Kyonyuu Fantasy/Characters/Protagonists

Protagonist characters from Kyonyuu Fantasy include:

Lute Hende

The primary protagonist of the story. Graduated dead last from the Knight Academy.

Tropes he exhibits include:

Accidental Pornomancer: He was told by his mother to never touch any woman with his hands until he was a man, but she never told him why. He eventually finds out that the reason for that was because he is half-incubus and has a magic power in his hands that can arouse any woman he touches; even succubi like Shamsiel are vulnerable to it. This coupled with a multitude of circumstances, leads him to being this.
Achievements in Ignorance: Much of the things he accomplishes are thanks to the help of others or things even he is not aware of. And sometimes such factors help him without his knowledge, such as Shamsiel secretly spying on Lute's enemies and protecting him when necessary such as in Boan or Vunderbalt. But then, there's one case where he pulls off a task that is nothing short of a miracle: He beat Gladys in a chess duel while suffering from the effects of laxatives he had unknowingly ingested. The laxatives distracted him so much that he was forced to make all his moves super fast and without any thought, but still he achieved a victory that would ultimately lead to him saving the kingdom and later even ended with him ascending to the throne as a king in 2 routes!
Almighty Janitor: He graduated at the lowest rank in his class at the Royal Knight's Academy. (His scores were supposedly so low they set records.) However, it turns out he is half-incubus which he got from his father, and this means he is of the highest rank of demon (even if he's only half). In fact, he wasn't even fully aware of his powers in most of the routes. Sure he used them, but not quite knowing the truth behind them. In Shamsiel's route, when his true powers fully awaken, he is able to withstand attacks from Bobon who had stolen god-like devil powers, and even obliterate him in a single shot. In the Harem Route, Lute rises up the ranks to High Commander and even King, all while for the most part maintaining the same modesty and (low) skill levels he had had when he graduated last from the Knight's Academy.
Because You Were Nice to Me: Almost all the girls he loves, love him back for reasons relating to this:
- Shamsiel was the first person to actually show him any kindness in the whole story. He never forgets this regardless of the route.
- |Isis falls in love with him in her route because of how well he treats her compared to Motaire and how he saves her life many times, even bringing her out of her Despair Event Horizon. She also falls in love with him in the Harem route, because not only was he performing things even Motaire wouldn't have been able to do, he remained modest and is still nicer to her than any other before.
- Roxanne falls for him because he actually shows her love and affection that her previous husband (the Prefect of Boan), had long denied her.
- Gladys was a bit skeptical at first, but he was very honest and open toward her, even when they were on opposing sides.
- Luceria had had few friends, but she came to love Lute, because of how kindly he treated others including Gladys (whom she saw as a surrogate elder sister) and herself.
- Emeralia falls for Lute technically after her first time with him. The reason was because he managed to overcome her magic, AND he goes out of his way to make her feel good. It overwhelms her with pleasure she had never experienced before. The High Heel Face Turn doesn't fully sink in until later, but once it does... It leads to her finally experiencing genuine happiness and expressing her true emotions freely.
Be Yourself: He invokes this with just about everyone he meets, especially with women.
Berserk Button: Shockingly, he has one! Most of the time, he's a kind-hearted, patient, and tolerant man, but...Never... Ever... Ever... Ever... Ever... Ever... EVER!!! Insult, take for granted, or (especially) harm a woman, ESPECIALLY if he has feelings for said woman.
Beware the Nice Ones: Lute is usually a very calm and laid-back individual. However, even his patience has limits, such as one morning where Motaire barged into his room to try and start crap with him, and Isis began arguing loudly with him. Lute warned them both to calm down, lest he get angry at them both, because he had just barely woken up and was supposedly needing to get ready to go speak with the King. Both Isis and Motaire were surprised by this, and actually heed his warning. Isis even later admits being impressed by his maturity in said situation. Another time, was during Shamsiel's Route when Bobon took god-like demonic power and nearly killed Shamsiel. When Lute saw her hurt, it became personal and once his memories awaken, he promptly obliterates Bobon.
Blinding Bangs: His red hair is always covering his eyes.
Born Lucky: It's assumed in-universe this was why Lute manages to be so successful yet otherwise seem so unimpressive to most characters. In truth he is to a degree, but it is more of him being in the right place at the right time rather than good things just happening to him by chance. He does get external, secret help from Shamsiel. Admittedly, one of his biggest accomplishments: Beating Gladys in chess for their duel. Was pretty much pure luck, which even he admits and tried to convince everyone of, because during said chess game, he was suffering from a case of massive diarrhea thanks to eating a pie Van Cwan had had laced with laxatives. Miraculously, not only did he manage to win the game without even thinking about it, but he managed to hold it in until after the game was over.
Cameo Prop: He and several of the other characters appear on posters and merchandise in the anime adaptation of "Mankitsu Happening". Especially notable are a few posters of the scene from the KF anime when Lute first grabs onto Shamsiel's breast for the very first time.
Camp Cook: During he and Isis' forest expedition, the rest of their troops abandon them and take most of their supplies and equipment. However, despite scoring dead last in all classes at the Knight's Academy, he actually DID do well in field survival and cooking, so he takes on this role for them. In fact, later in the expedition, Isis even admits that Prince Bobon, Motaire, and even she supposedly did worse in these areas than Lute. This leads her to believe that the someone may have deliberately changed his or their scores, whether out of spite against him or because political reason. Either way, Lute's skills in this help start to demonstrate that maybe he isn't as useless as she first assumed.
Chivalrous Pervert: He's very honest and straightforward with those he's around, especially the women, and yes he has an obvious thing for breasts, but he still treats them as people.
Conveniently an Orphan: Averted. Both of his parents are dead, but he is an adult by the time the story begins.
Covert Pervert: Inverted. He's pretty honest about everything. However, he at least has SOME tact about it.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Lute has more going for him than meets the eye, being very witty and sharp-minded. Easily able to see and understand meanings where most other people who waste their time turning their noses up: at whatever displeases to them fail to see.
Dark and Troubled Past: He never really knew his father who had died when he was little and is hinted to have been an incubus, and his mother raised him herself while telling him to never touch others, especially women with his hands until he was grown up, and she ended up dying just after managing to pay his tuition to the Knight's Academy. Which during his attendance, he was mocked, rejected, and belittled by all his peers and teachers, even before graduating dead last in his class.
Disappeared Dad: It's stated his father had died when he was very young.
Dude, Where's My Reward?: When the Prefect of Boan and Madoise order him to exorcise the succubus that had been terrorizing the region, he asks them for a reward since they wouldn't give an order if there was no chance of success. They say they'll talk about it after (they expected him to die, so they promised him anything). He befriends Shamsiel and goes to collect his "reward". (He wanted a castle and to be able to eat white bread every day.) They deny him of both, saying he didn't actually "exorcise" the demon AND that a verbal contract means nothing. But, rather than give him nothing, they DO decide to reward him by having him act as Roxanne's bodyguard. It was a trap, but Lute accepts and it works out for him anyway!
Eating the Eye Candy: He does it with pretty much every female character he meets at least once.
Fearless Fool: Lute is sometimes called this by those he meets. For his part, he DOES experience fear, but there are situations when others seem to think someone like him should be afraid, but he doesn't. He equates this more to him not fully realizing the severity of such situations given his laid-back nature rather than him being brave or actually fearless.
Fiery Redhead: He's a mostly laid-back individual, and he doesn't have much of a temper. However, when it comes to something he's actually passionate about such as boobs, he's second to none.
Forgotten First Meeting: It's implied that Shamsiel has known Lute and his family since before he was born, but was never formally introduced until years later during their first night in Boan together... When she takes his virginity. Later on in her route, Lute remembered meeting her back when he was only 2 or 3, and in said memory it confirms she met him when he was even smaller. Seen here.
Genius Ditz: Lute Hende both figuratively and sometimes literally trails into genius territories only to fall back into stupidity. More often then not he's usually pretty quick to piece together patterns and evidence of individual persona. Be it ascertaining of personal involvement in something obvious, secretive and/or larcenous only to second guess himself later and put it out of his mind.
Graceful Loser: They call him a loser, and such, but he never really gives a crap about it, and generally makes the most of things.
Horny Devil: It is revealed that he is half-human, half-demon, specifically, he is half-Incubus. He may not have literal horns like Shamsiel, but he does get horny quite often.
H-Game POV Character: Lute is an extremely idealistic example of a Type III A. His endings tend to end with him in Type I territory, though a few have shades of Type II A.
Handsome Lech: He comes off as one in the anime adaptation due to most of his backstory and characterization not making it in.
Heroic RROD: Almost fatally, happens 3 times to Lute in the entire story. First was during his first time with Shamsiel, which was also his first time ever with a woman, so given his inexperience she almost killed him. The second time was when Lute was with Emeralia for the first time (with her), although her objective was to enslave him with her magic, Lute actually loses consciousness for a brief instant, but once more thanks to being half-incubus he manages to stay strong, and then using a Split Seed, he turns the tables on her and overwhelms her instead. Lastly, happens when Lute is with Princess Luceria (alone and again when Emeralia joins, depending on route choices), thanks to Luceria's half-nymph body, she was almost as lethal as Shamsiel, and he even blacked out for a few quick seconds, but still he persevered thanks to his half-incubus nature.
Heroic BSOD: The closest times he gets to this are: In Isis' route, when he hears about how he is actually a half-demon, and they revere him as their "king". He doesn't quite believe them or accept it, but at the end of the route, when he is forced to flee, he has no choice but to accept it, but it is thanks mostly to Isis' refusal to leave him that he avoids breaking. Also, in her route, when Isis was suffering from a deadly fever, Lute was desperately trying to help her, but his efforts seemed pointless, until he remembered the demons and sought their aid, which led to him being able to successfully cure and save her life. In Luceria and the Harem route, there are a few moments. First is when dueling Gladys, it wasn't so much out of despair, but his mind was shut off to the whole situation, because all thought about was not crapping his pants (he'd been secretly fed laxatives). Next, is when he is notified of the death of the King, because he had just been told he would be inheriting the throne, but now he was gone, and Lute had even started seeing the King as a father figure of sorts to him. Lastly, although he doesn't quite cross the threshold, he's more sad about not being able to see the women he loved one last time, instead of just being sad to die.
Hidden Depths: What so many people fail to realize (himself included half the time) is that there are so many good qualities to Lute that next to no one really ever notices. His calm, cool and collected demeanor enables for better rational though than those of narrow mindedness born of their own station in life. Being open, honest and of a pure mindset, he has no ego to exploit and while also being a bit of a sexual deviant. He's not the type to be bribed or bullied into corruption or selfish action like so many others around him. Lute is also astonishingly perceptive of his surroundings, almost easily able to read people like an open book from simple exchanges of words or observation of actions.
Humble Hero: Through his entire story regardless of the route, he remains completely humble the entire time. Never once does he flaunt his rank or accomplishments in the faces of others unless you count him doing it jokingly. He even discusses this at times with others, especially with Shamsiel, and is always pointing out that it is mostly thanks to her actions that he was able to get to where he is. She believes he is a big deal, but admits that his modesty is one of reasons she loves him so much.
Impersonation Gambit: In both the anime and visual novel, he pulls one of these off perfectly by disguising himself as the Prefect of Boan, and exposes as well as prevents Prince Bobon's conspiracy to revolt against the crown.
Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Like you wouldn't believe, even Isis comments that Lute's kindness and compassion for others is the only inhuman thing about him. See Hidden Depths above for greater details.
Ki Attacks: In Shamsiel's route, he reawakens to his true memories and nature, and unleashes the power of his "Hallowed Hands" onto Bobon, which basically employs this. He completely obliterates Bobon in a single shot.
King Incognito: Even he didn't know... At first, and depending on the route, sometimes he never realizes it at all. He's the son of a human woman and a male demon, specifically an incubus that was the former king of all demons in the world. As such, he inherited the title with the sign of it being the form of his possession of the "Hallowed Hands" power. He was raised at first among the demons in the demon temple, but then when his father passed away, his mother brought him back to raise him as a normal human, even warning him not to touch others (especially women) with his hands until he was grown up. Eventually, he finds out in Shamsiel's and Isis' routes. A few hints are dropped in the other routes, but it never really goes any deeper. After their first night together, Shamsiel had recognized him, but she never goes out of her way to reveal it to him, because she wanted to honor the wishes of his parents and let him have the options of living as he chose, even if that meant without her. In the anime version, none of this is ever mentioned, except that Shamsiel claims Lute had been "reborn as a...", and then a glowing mark appears on his hand, but that's as far as it goes.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Seeing as most of the story is told from Lute's perspective or with him narrating, it comes with the territory. One of the better moments of this is during the epilogue of Isis' route during which Lute recalls all that had happened after they fled, and then he thinks to himself "That expedition into the woods may have been some fated plot to join our hearts together...but we simply live for each others' happiness now."
Lover Tug of War: In the Harem route's ending, he's almost yanked apart and/or suffocated by his girls fighting over him. It got to where they all had to come to certain arrangements to share time with him: Every morning they all bath together, and take turns giving him a boobjob. Every meal (rotating shifts daily), 2 of them would be on "Drink Duty", which is where they allow Lute to drink from their lactating breasts (despite none ever being impregnated or giving birth before). Then, they would have "exercises" together, which another 2 would be in charge of each day. Then, they would all have one on one times scattered throughout the remainder of the days, such as how anytime Lute and Isis were said to be alone "on duty" together, they'd basically spend the whole time having sex, to the point where Lute forgets that Isis is supposed to be his bodyguard and what she's even supposed to protect him from anyway. End of the day? Split seeds, and group orgies abound between them and Lute(s). Throughout all this, it never fully stops them from being jealous of the others and possessive of Lute.
Master of Disguise: Related to the impersonation gambit, when he disguises himself as the Prefect of Boan, he looks and sounds EXACTLY like him, and this happens in both the visual novel AND anime.
Living Aphrodisiac: His half-incubus status grants him magical hands, known as "Hallowed Hands" in-universe, and they work to where, any woman he touches with his hands, especially on their breasts, will become extremely aroused and feel great pleasure because of it. Even Shamsiel is vulnerable to this power.
Magnetic Hero: While initially seen as the lowest form of gutter trash in the kingdom even by others who aren't much better off. As the story goes on and people get to know him better he really shows why he's the hero of the story. Shamsiel's becoming a loyal acolyte, Roxanne's giving him her undying love, the guardsmen of Boan revering him like a warrior saint, the normally bitchy Isis mellowing out after an assignment or two with him. Again when and after he'd bested the unbeatable Gladys in chess of all things, bonus points for making her fall for him afterwards. Having the three old bastards who hassled him earlier for being the lowest rank graduate acknowledge him as and after doing what they could not. Even the King himself took a shine to Lute upon their first meeting. Lute might not think of himself highly but the steady fanbase he's garnered for himself speaks otherwise.
Making Love in All the Wrong Places: In a married woman's bedroom, in the married woman's husband's bedroom, on horseback (but that was just hands), on the side of a road (in broad daylight), in a Church (also during daylight hours), in a dungeon, in a river (in a mystical forest), in the Princess' Private Garden (in broad daylight), in the royal audience chamber (basically the throne room), and in a swimming/bathing pool. How does he never get caught? Truthfully, he does get caught a few times, but it usually isn't until after-the-fact, OR it is thanks to Shamsiel using her magic to create barriers that prevent anyone outside from hearing or reaching wherever Lute and whoever he is with until after they are finished.
Mark of the Beast or Birthmark of Destiny: On Lute's hands, there is usually nothing unusual to see, BUT when his powers of the "Hallowed Hands" awaken, there are marks that appear on them which do not disappear, and make it instantly recognizable that he is demonic (even if only half).
Me's a Crowd: Compliments of Split Seeds he receives from Shamsiel. They can only be used during sexual intercourse, and are dangerous for normal humans to use.
Missing Mom: His mother is deceased and only make an voice-only appearance in-game.
Mr. Exposition: Considering the Visual Novel is told from Lute's POV, this comes naturally. Interestingly, it helps show just how much more Lute actually knows about the world and things around him than most other characters initially think.
Nice Guy: He's a calm and laid-back person, he doesn't see the point in getting mad or upset about small stuff so he's generally very nice to everyone. Some even comment it seeming "inhuman" with how "humane" he treats others.
Oblivious to Love: Despite being a pretty good judge of character otherwise, he is unable to deduce that Emeralia is attracted to him after just seeing him looking at him with a lustful face, finding it weird only.
Our Demons Are Different: Lute is half-demon, specifically he is half-incubus thanks to his father being an Incubus aka a "Hallowed demon" which is the highest rank of demon in their world. Succubi, which are the 2nd highest ranking demons, are said to serve the hallowed demons. He was raised as a human by his mother to protect him, and has all sorts of special powers because of it. Such powers include, being immune/resistant to succubus, nymph, and witch magic, being able to activate or affect demonic relics and entities (such as the Guardian Tree and temple), he is also able to induce sleep in people (as seen with Isis), kill fish by simply putting his hands in water near them, and (most obviously) is that it causes extreme arousal in women he touches, especially on their breasts.
Potty Emergency: Compliments of Wam Crayon secretly having the Chef make him a pie laced with laxatives which he served on the morning of Lute's chess duel with Gladys.
The Pornomancer: Him being the protagonist of a visual novel known as "Funbag Fantasy", it should be no surprise. Except that the reason for him being this is actually justified in-story with him being a half-human half-incubus hybrid with magic powers especially in his hands that make his touch extremely arousing for women, to the point that his mother warned him to never even touch a woman in any way until he was all grown up. See Accidental Pornomancer above.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Dangerously near played straight, Lute is hands down one of the only few good, honest and chivalrous individuals not bogged down by their own personal baggage and/or boisterously rotten personalities in the universe.
Rags to Royalty: His story is sort of this, but at the same time isn't. Hear me out... He wasn't exactly poor to begin with, his family was living modestly (although they could afford at least 1 maid), but his mother ended up working herself to death to get the money for his 5-year tuition at the Royal Knight Academy. This was basically like guaranteeing him a decent career no matter what (even if he would've lived in Boan forever). On the other hand, he ends up going from basically the lowest graduate in the Royal Knight Academy's history to either: Prefect of Boan in Roxanne's Route's ending, King of Demons in Shamsiel's Route's ending (that was by birthright though so it's ambiguous if it counts as this), or King of Edelland in both Luceria's and the Harem Route.
Reassigned to Antarctica: How everybody treats him being assigned to Boan, which has a fame of being an horrible place.
Reassignment Backfire: What actually happens when he is resignated to the boonies, his subordinating a succubus and exposing a major conspiracy between Prince Bobon and The Prefect of Boan got him a Rank Up by the good king Lord Hagel I. Much to the dismay of Rubin von Bernstein.
Real Men Cook: Of all the courses he took at the knight's academy: cooking, field survival, and camping were the only things he was actually good at. In fact, he was even better than Bobon, Motaire, and Isis at them, but the faculty still gave him the worst marks... Deliberately.
Roaring Rampage of Rescue: Hilariously done in Isis' route by Lute, after having just taken her virginity. Isis was prepping to cut Lute's head off, but suddenly the demons ambushed her and took her to their village. Lute makes his way there and sees them suspending her over a pot and fire, implying their intentions were to cook and eat her. Lute knew he had pretty much no shot at actually fighting them, so he tried to sneak in, but he was spotted, drops all pretext, and goes charging in screaming and shaking his fists at them. It... works? Sort of. His charge did nothing, but the demons listened to him and released Isis, because they knew who and what he truly was.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: This is reflected greatly in the epilogue of the Harem Route where he becomes king and has appointed: Emeralia as the new Prime Minister, Gladys is the new High Commander of the military, General Felzen retains his (fairly new) promotion as the Commander of the Guard, Motaire is made Captain of Royal Knights, Isis stays his personal bodyguard (meaning she is the KING's personal guard by then), Roxanne, Luceria, and Shamsiel are both his wives and political advisers. All of whom are quite skilled in and happy with their jobs. Another way this applies to Lute is the fact that he is half-incubus which is the highest class of demon in their world, so technically speaking he is actually the King of Demons, but this (title/rank) only comes into play in Shamsiel's route. That said, in the Harem Route ending, he technically does a huge favor for all the demon races via his removal of the Demon Execution Order, allowing demons to marry and thus live among humans peacefully.
Sword and Sorcerer: He is a swordsman and Shamsiel has several magic powers.
Their First Time: In both the anime and visual novel (regardless of the route), his first time is with Shamsiel in Boan when he "exorcises" her.
Trademark Favorite Food: In both the anime and visual novel his favorite food is... Bread. White bread especially, for whatever reason. His favorite drink? Milk!
Underestimating Badassery: What a lot of people tend to do whenever they first meet with this guy. Only few individuals with any sense to notice his underlying gifts were Shamsiel, King Hagel and probably Luceria. Prime Minister Rubin was the biggest dope of all who fell prey to this trope, Repeatedly. Sending him on all these impossible missions hoping he'd fumble and croak only to thrive and gain new insight into his own capabilities every time, even gaining some staunch allies while furthering his own influence within the kingdoms politics. The generals Zant, Schlamm and Felzin are just as guilty in this as they'd taken some bad advice from Guam Loin in hiring assassins who Lute dispatches with the utmost ease; while in his sleep at least anyway. Emeralia also counts since she was initially put up to seduce lute with her sex magic, only for her to succumb to his underlying machismo instead (with some help from Shamsiel of coarse).
Undying Loyalty: Lute is very loyal to his comrades, his kingdom, his family, and his loved ones. It's part of the reason why many of the women who DO fall in love with him, do so.
Unfit for Greatness: He himself, thinks he is this. Initially. One reason is because, he doesn't really care about being a big-shot or having power or status above others. All he cares about is mostly simple things and is content to making the most of just about any situation he's in. As time goes on, he starts moving up the ranks and people start recognizing his secret badassitude, but he still thinks he's this trope. Why? Because he feels like he only got where he got thanks to a mix of luck as well as Shamsiel's help. He maintains his modesty and feels like he didn't do hardly anything. However, Shamsiel points out that greatness isn't always about doing major things by one's self, and in fact, she actually contributes greatly to push him to want and do more.
Visual Innuendo: Lute's sword's hilt. It's almost a running gag. Watch the anime and pay close attention to how it almost always looks as though it's pointing to/from a specific area of his body then remember what one actually does with a sword. Seriously. Look at his image, it's even happening there!
X Marks the Spot: There are special marks that appear on his hands when his power is fully activated, it marks him as being a demon (in possession of the Hallowed Hand), so if said symbols are ever exposed to others, they would instantly know he is of demonic nature, which by law means he would be killed. For the record, said marks are NOT x's.
Zero Effort Boss He wins some considerably difficult battles, challenges, and other situations he gets into with almost no effort on his part. He admits this and thus never even attempts to make it seem like he actually did anything.

Shamsiel Sahar

A succubus demon-girl that falls in love with Lute Hende after he survives a night in bed with her. She had been attacking townsmen in Boan at the start of the story. She amuses herself by taunting (practically) everything, and although she doesn’t let it show right away, she has a deep concern for Lute, and constantly worries about him.

Voiced by: Miyu Inoue aka Kanematsu Yuka (JP)

Tropes she exhibits include:

Absolute Cleavage: Her outfit leaves little to the imagination, but justified with her being a succubus, which preys on men by seducing them through strictly sexual means
And Your Reward Is Clothes: Near the start of Luceria and the Harem Route, during the 1st night in Vunderbalt, Lute presents her with a gift he had requested and received from the King while at the capital: a bra. It was of the highest quality make, and made of pure silk. Shamsiel had been joking when she first asked for it, but was deeply touched upon recieving it, because it was the first time a human had ever given her a present. She then tries it on and well...
Badass in Distress Most of the time, Shamsiel is easiest the most powerful person in any room she enters (Lute has powers, but doesn't realize it for the most part). Two primary instances of her experiencing this: First is during her route when she is unable to vanquish "Hyper Bobon" by herself, and Lute has to remember and awaken his own demonic powers to stop Bobon and protect her. The second time is during the Harem route, and has to do with how the Prime Minister had used magical barriers on both his room and the dungeon which hadn't been set up specifically to stop HER, these made it impossible for her to spy on the Prime Minister or rescue Lute by herself when he was framed for killing the King. Instead, she ended up seeking help from Roxanne, Isis, Luceria, and Gladys in order to rescue Lute and take down the Prime Minister.
Break The Cutie: Majority of her appearance times, she is pretty much always upbeat and cheerfully teasing Lute or anyone else she's talking to. However, there's a point in the Harem Route where she loses that almost entirely: She had left Lute to sleep the night the king had told him that he was going to be his appointed successor. During her absence, the king was murdered and Lute was framed as well as imprisoned for committing it. By the time she figured out what had happened, Lute was locked in the dungeon and a barrier around it prevented her from breaking him out on her own. Eventually, she recruits the aid of Roxanne, Isis, Luceria, Gladys, and even the 3 generals to help her to rescue Lute from his execution. During most of the scenes, she claims to be standing in for Lute amongst them and even makes jokes to tease the girls. However, on the night before his scheduled execution, Shamsiel goes off by herself, and finally shows just how worried and hard the whole situation had hit her. In tears, she quietly apologizes for failing Lute by letting this happen to him and not being there when he needed her, despite all her claims to being his true wife, and she promises to save Lute before his execution, no matter what.
Berserk Button: She doesn't like it when people constantly belittle or act mean toward Lute, and even offers to devour them, and in the case of the generals' assassins, she actually does it. She also doesn't like it whenever Lute seems to be holding other girls in higher regards than herself, which was particularly evident with Luceria who is revealed to be half-nymph and therefore demonic like herself.
Big Damn Heroes: In her route, she saves Lute from the guards that the Prime Minister sent to kill Lute. In Isis' route, she saves Lute and Isis from Motaire by making the floor collapse beneath him, and then she flies them out of the capital to the border of Boan so they can escape. Then, in her biggest BDH moment, when Lute is about to be executed by the Prime Minister, she appears to him and stops him by transforming all the Royal Guards' swords into carrots.
Bodyguarding a Badass She's this for Lute pretty much the entire story.
Breast Expansion Happens in both the anime and the visual novel, and both times were due to her entering a church. However, in the Visual Novel, it is permanent, whereas in the anime it is not.
Blatant Lies: While she gloats that she doesn't lie and always tells the truth... Yeah, not always. She tends to say such things jokingly and no one is ever quite able to prove one way or the other, such as when she says she doesn't attack others after siding with Lute, but there were at least 2 instances where she DID attack others. It was on Lute's behalf, but he still didn't actually order her or even know she did so until afterwards.
But Not Too Bi: She's a succubus, so she prefers to attack men. She even states that she doesn't like women (as a "food source" for herself) in the visual novel, but that doesn't stop her from complimenting as well as spying on the other girls Lute spends time with and sometimes offering to join in, and even going as far as doing so in the Harem ending.
Bully Hunter: She's not very fond of people who disrespect or continuously mock Lute. He tells her not to bother attacking them since he doesn't care if they treat him like that, but a few times... She takes matters into her own hands.
The Cameo: She and many of the characters appear on posters and merchandise in the anime adaptation of "Mankitsu Happening" including her being on the cover of a manga book being read by a character in one of the trailers. Shamsiel also happens to be the one to appear the most in said cameos overall with several posters including a few featuring a screenshot from the KF anime of Lute grabbing her breast for the first time. It's kind of funny when you realize said images are supposedly decorating the walls of a regular manga shop, NOT an adult shop or anything like that.
Coitus Uninterruptus: She uses her magic a few times to create barriers that prevent outsiders from interrupting Lute and whoever he is getting intimate with. Whether it's her or another woman, but most of the time, she's secretly watching.
Clingy Jealous Girl Surprisingly enough... or not! She usually doesn't actually care if Lute is sleeping with women besides her, in fact, she teases him about it almost constantly, and even helps him out with doing so in a few instances. However, at the same time, she repeatedly asserts herself to him that SHE is to be his "true wife" no matter what, and he does marry her in both her own and the Harem route, with the latter he had changed the law on killing demons to do so. With that being said, there is at least one genuine instance of her showing jealousy towards Princess Luceria. The reason for this was because Shamsiel could smell that Luceria was as she puts it, "like her", and as it turns out, while Luceria isn't actually a demon. She IS half-nymph which apparently means her body IS indeed similar, and she can be just as deadly as that of a succubus in bed, so for all intents and purposes, this means Shamsiel saw Luceria as her only legitimate rival for Lute's love. However, she actually forgoes this in any route where she isn't the one Lute chooses. See.. I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy below.
Cute Monster Girl: Cute? Definitely. Monster? She's a high-class demon, so she can be at times just ask her victims aside from Lute... Oh wait!.
Cute Little Fangs: She sports them well, and they're a nice reminder that she's not human. She's a succubus, and make no mistake: If you do anything to insult her or otherwise piss her off... She. will. EAT YOU UP!
Death by Sex: Happens to most of her "victims". Lute is the only man to survive an actual night with her due to his half-incubus nature.
Did You Just Have Sex?: She calls Lute out on this a few times, usually to tease him about it, but she even ends up getting jealous a couple times.
Defeat Means Friendship: After she and Lute's first night together where he survives sex with her, this happens. Although in the anime it stays at this level, in the Visual Novel, she becomes his wife in some of the routes.
Early Bird Cameo: In the anime adaptation, she's the first character to appear. Seconds before it shows her devouring a man in Boan.
Even Evil Has Standards: While not so much evil, she's still a member of a demonic race, but there are lines even she wouldn't cross. Such as taking people hostage like the Prime Minister or having thugs bind and try to drown someone (Lute in her route).
Erotic Eating: In just about every sense, but given her status as a succubus, it's no surprise. She even tries feeding Lute directly from her mouth as he eats breakfast as an excuse to kiss him.
Eyes of Gold: She has gorgeous golden eyes that also glow in the dark, making them Glowing Eyes of Doom too.
Fate Worse Than Death: Being a succubus, those whom she engages in intercourse with die when she "drains" them. An in-story example is what happened to the assassins. Lute may have been the one to knock them out, but it was Shamsiel who took it upon herself to reduce them to shriveled husks and then toss them out the window when she was done.
Feminine Women Can Cook: She is able to cook, though her species don't feeds using food at all.
Fiery Redhead: Though she may not have the temper of most examples of this, anyone who knows even a little about her, knows she has a burning passionate side. She's very outgoing, she'll always speak her mind, and she could care less who knows it.
Forgotten First Meeting: It's implied that Shamsiel has known Lute and his family since before he was born, but was never formally introduced until years later during their first night in Boan together... When she takes his virginity. Later on in her route, Lute remembered meeting her back when he was only 2 or 3, and in said memory it confirms she met him when he was even smaller. There is actually official art from an art book for the series that confirms this, seen Here
Gondor Calls for Aid: In the Harem Route, when Lute is framed, imprisoned, and sentenced to death, Shamsiel is unable to rescue him alone, so she recruits the help of the other women Lute loved to help her. For her part, Shamsiel was actually the one who sets the whole rescue mission in motion when she sees Roxanne outside the castle, and gets the idea of her standing in for the princess. Which in turn allows her to send the princess to go to meet Gladys to get all the help and planning necessary to save Lute, and it pays off!
Good Adultery, Bad Adultery: For her, she mostly doesn't care if Lute sleeps with other women (and it doesn't matter about those women's situations either whether they're spoken for or not). In fact, she helps him out a few times with such situations. The only time she kind of actually cared was when Lute was with Princess Luceria, because Shamsiel sensed that she was of (half)demonic origins and her body was kind like that of a Succubus.
Good All Along: After their first night, she becomes Lute's friend and first lover despite being a man-killing super natural creature. Some of the routes make a few hints now and then as though she wasn't being as honest or loyal to Lute as it seems, but these always turned out to just be red herrings, and that she was always going to be loving and loyal to Lute no matter what happened or who he chose to be with, even if it wasn't always her. It pays off big time in the true canon, harem route, because in that one she finally becomes able to live out in the open and marry Lute freely when he becomes king.
Hidden Depths: At first you're busy looking at her gorgeous body, then you either... well... DIE! Thanks to her sucking you dry. OR you get to know her and find out she has a Hidden Heart of Gold on top of being very intelligent, wise, and powerful too.
Horny Devil: Make no mistake, she's a succubus. So her interests, hobbies, thoughts, and desires have one thing in common. Of course, she DOES have actual horns, wings, and a tail.
Hot Witch: Being a succubus, she has an array of magical powers such as flight, being able to change weapons into carrots, able to kill human men by draining their life force aside from Lute, warping long distances quickly, able to lift large amounts of weight, can phase through walls and the floor, and can even become invisible to anyone she wants and control who is able to see her at will.
Happiness in Slavery: After their first night together, she joyfully declares herself to be Lute's sex slave in the anime adaptation, although she calls herself a concubine in the visual novel. It changes later depending on the route.
Heroic Comedic Sociopath: After she falls in love with Lute, she generally listens to what he says, but that doesn't mean she fully changes who she is. For instance: During the night when Lute was attacked by assassins D and E, Lute knocks them out in his sleep. Then, Shamsiel has this playful little exchange: "Maybe I should eat 'em." (Lute snores) "What do you think, Lute?" (Lute snores again) "Ohhh, you think I should eat them too? You're right they're bad, and they need to be smitten." (Lute still snoring) "Alright! Bon Appetite!" The next day their bodies are found shriveled up and tossed outside Lute's window a few stories above the ground.
Interspecies Romance: Her being a succubus, which is a class of demon, and Lute being human. Sort of. It turns out he's half-incubus.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy In the routes where the player don't chooses her, she basically ends up doing this. In Roxanne's she at least comes back to visit Lute occasionally, but in Isis' route she returns to the capital, and in Luceria's route, despite Lute promising to make her his true wife, when she witnesses the King declaring him his heir and allowing him to marry Princess Luceria, she concedes and after a short farewell, disappears.
It's All My Fault: She blamed herself for what happened with Lute getting framed and imprisoned for the murder of King Hagel in the Harem Route. It is for that reason she suffers a Break The Cutie moment where she starts crying about the situation when she's alone after setting up the plan to rescue him. When she finally rescues Lute and frees him, she apologizes, and then he forgives and thanks her.
Joined Your Party: She's the first woman Lute meets that by the true ending, becomes a member of Lute's harem of lovers/wives. She is in fact one of the 3 of the 6 that he actually DOES marry by the epilogue. Lute was pretty surprised when he first met her in Boan, and even more shocked when she declared that she would stay with him.
Killed Off for Real: Happens to Assassin D and E when she drains them dry.
Ki Attacks: Her magic takes all manner of forms, but when she and Lute are confronting "Hyper Devil Bobon" at the end of her route, she uses energy blasts to try and defeat him, but they have no effect. Bobon then uses his own on her, which nearly kill her. Lute then retaliates with his own awakened "Hallowed Hand" powers, which obliterate Bobon in one shot.
King Incognito: At first, when she sees Lute in Boan, she didn't recognize him, but after their night together, she realizes who he is, as the son of the last Demon King, but decides not to fully disclose this information to him unless one chooses her route, why? It was because she felt it was her duty as not only a succubus who were SUPPOSED to serve the incubuses, but also as a way of honoring the wishes of Lute's parents who wanted him to be able to freely choose and live his life as he wanted to, even if that meant him choosing someone else over her. Good news is, she becomes one of his wives and stays with him in the Harem Ending which is the true, canon ending.
Living Aphrodisiac: She's a succubus, so it's very hard to resist her, and very easy to be ensnared by her.
Lovable Sex Maniac: She's a su-ccu-bu-s, so of course she's this.
Made of Iron: Not in the way of being actually durable...unless you count in the bedroom, but her demonic powers allow her to phase through solid objects including bullets, but apart from magic or magic objects, she is near-invulnerable to everything.
Matchmaker Crush: In a few of the routes, she helps Lute out with his other love interests even though she loves him too. In Roxanne's route, she uses magic to keep people from interrupting and catching Lute and Roxanne together privately. In Isis' route, she may not have helped Lute so much with getting together, but she helped the two of them escape the capital together and then left them alone to live happily together. In Luceria's route, she actually helped Lute out with getting together with Princess Luceria, but leaves when you choose the Princess over her.
Moment Killer: Almost immediately after every. single. touching moment Lute has with any other girl besides her, the second he's alone she will almost always appear from nowhere to playfully tease him about what just happened. That said, she tends to use this to lead into having her own moments with him as well. In fact, she also inverts this trope sometimes for the benefit of Lute's other love interests when she uses her magic to prevent outsiders from disturbing Lute and whoever he's currently being intimate with.
Ms. Exposition: She's been around for a long time, she has a lot of experience and skills thanks to that, and is also very wise, and Dangerously Genre Savvy yet her playful nature tends to make others forget this about her. Well, that and the fact that apart from Lute and other demons, any other humans that see her tend to be her "meals" who don't exactly get the chance to talk after encountering her. She knew Lute's true identity and parentage, she knew about the demon forest and temples, she is able to read people EXTREMELY well, and knows a lot of useful magic.
Ms. Fanservice: She is notably most interested in sex than other potential love interests and her costume is much more skimpy.
My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That: She can read Lute like a book, and openly teases him about it, but at the same time, he knows she has feelings for him too, which she teases him about too.
Nominal Hero: She is killing innocent human beings without any provocation at the start of the story. Long story short, being devoted to Lute is the only thing that separates her from an actual villain.
Not-So-Abandoned Building: Just because you can't see, hear, or sense her, doesn't necessarily mean she isn't around. Her powers make her able to reveal herself to anyone she wants, anywhere, anytime, and she takes full advantage of that fact. She can even control how many people in a crowd can see her or not.
No Angels: According to her, the idea that demons can't enter Churches and holy places is a load of crap. However, while she DOES enter such places and even engages in sex a few times in said places with Lute, one has to wonder if there might be SOME truth behind it. The logic being that if going in a Church didn't affect her at all, why then did her breasts suddenly increase in size (permanently in the Visual Novel) from repeated trips into one? So it DOES have effects, but not how we'd expect.
No Range Like Point-Blank Range: During the climax of the Harem Route, she and Gladys had confronted the Prime Minister in his personal room. When Shamsiel appeared, she caught him by surprise so he panicked and started shooting his gun that he had at her. Except that with her powers, she made it so the bullets phased right through her and missed until he used up all his ammo. A feat, she teasingly points out to him by saying "Zero points!"
Nice All Along: Initially, she seemingly wanted to kill Lute during their first meeting in Boan, but after their night together she chooses to stay by his side. There are some scenes in some of the routes that might be interpreted as her possibly going against Lute, but in actuality, she's one of the nicest people in the entire story. Lute even thinks that she acts more humanely toward him than lots of the others he knows. When she said she'd stay with him, she MEANT it.
Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Most of the time we see her, we're either too busy laughing along with (or at) her jokes and playful antics or we're distracted by her hotness. But, there are a few moments in both the anime and visual novel where she reminds us just what she as a succubus (2nd highest class of demon) is capable of doing to the average person. Especially men.
Obviously Evil: Her horns, bat wings, and golden-colored orbits easily give away she is up to no good.
Our Demons Are Different: She's a succubus, which according to her is near the top of the demon hierarchy. However, aside from her near-insatiable sexual hunger, she acts more humanely toward Lute than probably anyone else.
Oh Crap: Most if not everyone she comes in contact with has this sort of reaction when they first see her. It's not like there isn't good reason for it, but still.
Opera Gloves: They're pretty close to being Detached Sleeves, except that they extend to her hands and are similar to Fingerless Gloves.
Pep Talker: Whenever Lute seems to be feeling down or unworthy of praise, Shamsiel will almost always appear to say or do something to cheer him on and up. A prime example is this quote by her: "But you made me fall in love with you. It's not all about doing things alone. Inspiring people to help you is a big part of your strength." Another funny one is following Lute being told he will be the King's successor to the throne. Lute wondered what people would call him since he felt "King Lute the 1st" was lame. Without missing a beat she responds, "Penis the 1st", which he doesn't like but was appreciative of the joke to lighten things up.
Perky Female Minion: At times, she comes across as this to Lute.
Pool Scene: In the epilogue of the Harem route, all the girls and Lute have this together. Apparently it's part of their daily routine, and it even starts out as Non-Nude Bathing, but seems more so Lute has clothes to rip off of them.
The Pornomancer: Zigzagged. SHE is a succubus, and thus she has little to no interest in women as far as wanting to "feed" on them. Having said that, she DOES at the very least acknowledge when other women are attractive in some way or another, especially as far as comparing boobs goes. There's also the fact that since she's a succubus, she makes it pretty clear that she can pursue and ensnare any man she wants with literally lethal results of success. Having said that, after her first night with Lute (which is supposedly the first and only time a man had survived being with her), she decides to stay with him from then on rather than feed on other men, because as she puts it: his "tastes" the best.
Quirky but Competent: Her personality, attitude, and disposition makes her seem mostly carefree and fun-loving, but when the time comes, she is more than capable of handling nearly any situation with ease. Thanks in part due to both her powers and the amount of experience she has had since she has lived a lot longer than most if not all other characters we meet directly in the story.
Royal Blood: As a succubus, her species is apparently the 2nd highest ranking class of demon. To the point where she even makes the claim that it puts her ABOVE the other women Lute knows, such as Isis (a daughter of nobility) or even Princess Luceria.
Roaring Rampage of Rescue: In her route, after Bobon seizes god-like devil powers, Shamsiel tries to stop him on her own, but fails and is nearly killed by him. This leads to Lute awakening the dormant powers of the demon king as well as his memories of having known Shamsiel from when he was little, pulls this and then proceeds to obliterate Bobon in a single shot to keep Shamsiel and the world safe.
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Lute is definitely smart, though unskilled in most areas. Meanwhile, Shamsiel is an energetic succubus with an insatiable appetite for fun... and Lute.
Sex Face Turn: She is pretty much a remorseless murderer, but stops (mostly) killing people after Lute has sex with her.
She's Got Legs: She sure does! Her being a succubus and all, it's no surprise. She wears a pair of high-heeled, dark purple, zip-up boots with the zipper seemingly always partially opened. She also wears light purple, thigh-high stockings with garter straps connecting them to the rest of her outfit.
Single Target Sexuality: After that first night with Lute, she claims that she will only ever do anything sexual with him ever. That's not to say she wouldn't use her powers on those who wronged or attempted to harm Lute, such as Motaire back in Boan or the assassins sent by the generals.
Sleep Cute: In the anime, the night before his duel with Gladys, and after having sex with Isis, we see Lute and Shamsiel asleep together in bed with him sleeping with his arms out and his mouth wide open with drool, while she is gently cuddling with him.
Stalker with a Crush: Done playfully for the most part, but zigzagged since in some routes it is hinted that she has known Lute and his family since he was a child... interpret that how you will.
Stripperiffic: Her outfits are this... Justified, given she's a succubus. Lute even mistakes her for a "cute prostitute" the first time he sees her, much to her delight at being called "cute".
Supporting Harem: Depending on which route you pick, determines her role in this to Lute.
Serenade Your Lover: In the harem route, she hums a lullaby to Lute after he is exhausted from an inauguration party held in his honor in the capital. Especially touching when she actually turns down an offer of intercourse despite him being worn out. She also does it in her own route after pulling Lute from the river and killing the soldiers that tried to kill Lute. She revives him and feeds him, and hums a lullaby for him to rest to. Special note is that both times the songs are different, but each were former lullabies that Lute's mother used to sing to him.
Tenchi Solution: She manages to get her own singular route and ending where she ends up together with Lute, but the True Canon ending is the Harem Ending. In it, Lute marries Shamsiel, Roxanne, and Princess Luceria. As for Isis, Gladys, and Emeralia, he doesn't marry them, but they act as though they basically are.
Troll: She absolutely loves messing around with people. During the story, she has many moments where she teases Lute, but most of the time she does it playfully. For example, when Lute is wondering what the people would call him if he became king, she says (without missing a beat), "Penis the First". The only times she actually trolls someone in a serious manner were in situations where she was getting back at those who were constantly belittling Lute, OR later on when she reveals herself to the other women Lute loves besides her, she teased them as well as kept reminding them that no matter what happens, SHE was to be Lute's "True Wife".
Their First Time: She is the one who takes Lute's virginity.
Unfit for Greatness: Inverted, every time Lute says something about how he doesn't feel worthy of the recognition, prestige, or rise in rank for something he was part of, he points out how most of it was either a fluke or it was thanks to others, especially Shamsiel, and yet each time he DOES say that, Shamsiel always tells him to accept it and keep working to move forward and continue on. One could say that it was thanks to her that he ever got anywhere at all in anything. (Again, he knows this, so he is both humble and grateful towards her for it.)
- Interestingly enough, Shamsiel actually has a more direct version of this trope applied to herself during a few of the routes, ESPECIALLY the Harem route. For you see, thanks to the Demon Execution Order, it was forbidden by law for humans and demons to marry (unless they did so in secret such as King Hagel and Luceria's mother who was a nymph). Shamsiel however, would never be able to do like that, because succubus can't pass themselves off as humans due to their demonic features: horns, tail, wings, and fangs. So... She secretly knew deep down that she could never be able to be Lute's wife (or queen). However, this gets bypassed in hers AND the Harem Route, because in her route, Lute's half-demon nature awakens and he decides to stay with her in the demon forest as the demon king with her as his wife and queen. In the Harem Route, she had kept pushing for him to aspire for more, even possibly becoming king someday, and if he did so, he would make her his queen/true wife. Lute went along with this, but after being framed for the King's murder, Shamsiel chastised herself for failing to protect him from the Prime Minister's conspiracies. She felt that deep down maybe Lute wasn't serious about making her his queen when he became king, and that she would remain simply as his concubine forever, but it still made her happy to hear it anyway. Then, after the climax of the Harem Route, Lute is cleared of all crimes and set to become the next king, which he does. First order of business he did was to get rid of the Demon Execution Order and marry Shamsiel (along with Luceria and Roxanne, but you get the idea).
Villain Protagonist: She's a demon who preys on innocent men. The only reason she isn't an outright bad guy is because her loyalty to Lute ensures she will side with him.
X Marks the Hero: She initially didn't recognize Lute, but after their first time together, she knew exactly who and what he truly was, so she then pledges herself to him forever.
You Taste Delicious: She says this about Lute. Inverted though, in the case of Assassins D and E. She had sucked them dry after their failed attempt to attack and for saying insults about Lute. The next day, when Lute figures out what she did, she says that they tasted awful, to the point that she thought she might get a stomach ache because of them.
You Can't Go Home Again: Happens in 2 of the routes. Isis and Shamsiel's have Lute going into a magic forest that turns out to be a sort of safe haven for Demons of various kinds. On his journey, Lute discovers 2 temples said to have been built by the demons. The first is actually a decoy built with a Guardian Tree over it that is meant to lure any humans seeking power into a trap since the Guardian Tree only listens to those in possession of the "Hallowed Hands" demonic power. The 2nd temple which is farther in, is much more elaborate, and the throne can magically grant any who sits upon it a god-like demonic power including the "Hallowed Hands". In Isis' route, they reach the 2nd temple, but when they find nothing in it (Lute doesn't sit on the throne), they decide to return to the capital to report on their expedition. Afterward, the Prime Minister secretly questions Isis on Lute's suspicious abilities and then declares Lute a "devil" that must be executed immediately. Isis goes to warn Lute, but they are stopped from escaping until Shamsiel intervenes and warps them to Boan. From there, Shamsiel tells them they can't come back to the kingdom ever again and must flee. They do. In Shamsiel's route, they return to the capital BEFORE reaching the 2nd temple, but the Prime Minister is again suspicious of Lute so he sends him out again with thugs to secretly kill him. It fails thanks to Shamsiel coming to his aid and killing the thugs. They make their way to the 2nd temple, but find that Bobon had gotten there and stolen the power of the temple. They fight, but Shamsiel gets injured and Lute in turn awakens not only his memories but his true powers and kills Bobon. Afterward, the crests of the Hallowed Demons remain visible on his hands which meant he would no longer be able to live among humans anymore, which was something Shamsiel hadn't wanted for him since she would have rather he be able to live how he wanted. In the case of that route though, what he "wanted" was to be with her, so he stays in the demon woods with her forever.
Zettai Ryouiki: Type A - Thigh-highs with garter straps.

Isis Petrovna Elenskaya

The top female graduate from the Royal Knight's Academy, and the number 2 overall graduate from the class that Lute was part of. Although she seems cold and mean, she is actually a very affectionate girl who cannot hide her true emotions toward those she loves.

Voiced by: Alice Sakurai (JP)