Demon Cleric

**Demon Cleric** (あくましゅうどうし, *Akuma Shūdōshi*), also known as **Leonard**, is a monster of the demon species. Though he looks like a gentle young man, he is the demon responsible for the "Demon Church" area inside the Demon King Castle and is part of the Ten Guardians. He is a healer and the deceased in Demon King Castle are generally resurrected by him with magic.

## Personality

Leo has a caring, mild-mannered personality and a tendency to greatly worry over things, almost always telling the Princess to repeat his words of valuing her life whenever she ends up dying. Occasionally, he can be careless about his actions and makes mistakes when reviving the dead. Similar to the other demons, he's prone to believing misunderstandings and accidentally causes them too.

Later in the manga, he develops feelings for the Princess, though he desperately tries to hide them from her. Because of his feelings, he is very protective over her and is easily jealous when a man gets too close to her, even going so far as falling for his devil temptations and placing a nasty bomb in Fire Venom Dragon's bag so he could explode the Hero. He deeply loathes himself for falling for the Princess and tried multiple times to distance himself from her, all of which failed.

When he was younger, Leo acted like a typical delinquent who dresses in spikey clothes and carries a chain sickle on his back. His mannerisms were quite demonic and vulgar, though his protectiveness hasn't changed much. According to Leo's cousin, Kamosh, he once beat a group of delinquent succubi who were fighting Kamosh.

## Appearance

Leo appears as a tall man with navy blue hair and indigo eyes. He has goat-like features, such as the curled-back horns, the black ears on the sides of his head and rectangular pupils, and a long devil tail. His hair is short and the bangs are cut straight. His nails are quite long and sharp, similar to claws, and are painted black.

He wears a white long-sleeved shirt and trousers, matched with black boots. Over his clothes, he wears a long blue garment with yellow embroidery. Around his shoulder is a black strap connected by a golden piece in the middle and he has a black necklace which has the Demon Church symbol. He wears a blue and white bishop hat. It also has the Demon Church symbol in the middle.

## Trivia

* SAN Level: ---
* Hardships: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
* Problem he's had in the last few hundred years: "Bad back"
* Current problem: "Every day I find the princess peeking out at me from inside a coffin"
* Three Sizes: Chest: 86cm, Waist: 80cm, Hips: 96cm
* Special Techniques: Healing, Stopping Breathing
* Likes: Social Media
* Hates: Cold Toilet Seats
* Foot Size: 27cm
* Specialty dish : Seasoned rice
* Favorite Bug: Jewel Beetles
* Has a haircut once a month
* Puts green onions (scallions) in his pork soup
* His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
* It is a running gag that Leonard is the grandpa of the group but his actual age is still a mystery. However it is known that he is not as old as the Egyptian era (3,000 B.C.) which is roughly 5000 years ago. He has also stated that he is much older than the Heian period (794-1185) and the Kamakura period (1185-1333).
* In the manga, the princess mistakes his full name "Leo" for "Leotard" instead of "Leonard". She assumes that is why he is ashamed of his real name. In reality, he is actually ashamed of his name Leonard because of being shared with an ancestor that has a bad reputation for being a irresponsible partier.
* He battles by using paper talismans. He also sticks these papers on to the dead as well. He also used to fight more directly.
* Specialties: Veteran Chef. His specialty Is seasoned rice.
* Whelk, His favorite sushi. This goat likes the crunchy ones.
* His favorite Dessert and Teas are red beans dumplings and demon brown rice tea (hot).
* He scored 1st place in the Demon Castle Army Popularity Poll with 30,634,809 votes.
	+ His Aunt somehow scored 76th place with 51,873 votes, despite not working in Demon Castle at all.
	+ He gave everyone he knows a vote.
* He keeps candy in his hat, mainly for the princess.
* His obsession with the princess has reached a point where he's able to "naturally detect" her to an extent, even when they're in separate rooms.
* His favorite foods are seasoned rice and sticky seasoned rice.
* He can cast curses on people through voodoo dolls.
	+ If the person he's trying to curse a curse-prevention spell cast on them, then the curse gets reflected back at Leo.
* He doesn't read manga.
* He can't stand messy hair.
* When he goes on business trips, he goes to various fortresses and teaches resurrection spells to other demons.
* When asked, "What part of your appearance do you care about the most and/or how do you maintain it?" he responded, "Well ironed clothes".
* When asked, "What’s the best thing that happened to you recently?" he responded, "I'm getting better at making seasoned rice".
* When sleeping talking, he says things such as, "No, it’s not like that…"
* He hates horror movies, but they amuse him slightly when he watches them.
* If the Human World Santa Claus came to the Demon World, he would ask for a hot spring vacay.
* He is skilled in pottery, even making a spiky mug that "resembled his heart".
* M.O.T.H.E.R, the Mechanical area boss labelled him as Hazardous Leak Target A.
* He realized his stalker tendencies when he met the stray kamaitachi, whose stalking the princess.
* Due to his negligence, the princess transformed into a cat and a zombie.
* He turned into a teddy bear demon once.
* He and the Mechanical Boss M.O.T.H.E.R came to the Demon King castle at the same time with Morpheus as their superior.
* He had a shirtless phase.

## References

2. ↑ Vol. 5, Ch. 57, Nooobody's At Fault!♥
3. ↑ Vol. 13, Ch. 168, Hey~ It's Your Demon Castle Home
4. ↑ Vol. 9, Ch. 106, Deadlines Turn Creatures Weird