Genau

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**Genau** 「ゲナウ, *Genau*?」 is a first-class mage. He is the proctor of the First Exam in the First Class Mage Examinations.

## Personality

Genau is shown to be an extremely cold-hearted mage. The First Exam he proctored was constructed to create significant conflict, which Sense calls him out for. Genau shows no remorse over the examinees' deaths as well. During the Demon General Subjugation Arc, when his hometown is massacred, Genau says he feels no sorrow whatsoever, only indifference. Frieren and Methode also note that Genau possesses an incredibly strong killing intent during the aftermath of the demon massacre, implying Genau is not wholly truthful about his disregard for his hometown's destruction.

Genau also has a frosty personality. Additionally, when Methode is assigned as his partner, Genau refuses to greet her properly until Serie commanded they shake hands.

However, during the subjugation of the Divine Revolte, Genau breaks away from the fight to save a demon disguised as a child, who stabs him immediately, A flashback of his former partner, who had died saving a child, crosses his mind, showing a moment of kindness.

While Genau and Methode are parting from Frieren and her party, Genau merely asks Stark how is injuries are, and offhandedly promises to pay them back. However, when Methode reminds Genau to show gratitude, Genau relents and thanks them for their help.

## Appearance

Genau is a middle-aged man of tall stature. During the First Class Mage Exam, He dons a black trench coat with an upturned collar and a simple white cloth cravat. In the Demon General Subjugation Arc, he wears two black trench coats with a silver lining, with the inner one secured with a belt.

## Synopsis

### First Class Mage Exam - First Stage

Genau is the proctor of the first stage of the First Class Mage Exam. He and Sense supervise the exam from within the barrier of the first stage grounds.

Sense calls Genau malicious for creating an exam heavily dependent on luck, and for causing the death of many promising examinees. Genau retorts by claiming that a promising mage would not die from a mere exam.

During Denken and Frieren's fight, when Denken conjures a hellfire tornado, Sense asks Genau if the barrier would be fine. Genau responds by claiming that no mage could break Serie's barrier, showing a strong belief in Serie's supremacy over all mages. Even while the barrier is being broken, Genau refuses to believe that it is possible until it finally collapses, at which point he recognizes Frieren's name as the name of the elven mage of the Hero Party.

### Demon General Subjugation Arc

Genau and his unnamed partner were previously tasked with exterminating demons across the Northern Plateau. Upon encountering the Divine Revolte, his partner lost his life while protecting a child. Because of this, they failed to subjugate the demon general. At his partner's funeral, Genau shows no emotion and when Serie mourns his death, Genau merely responds with empty words. To this, Serie calls Genau an "abominable man" who does not "possess even a hint of kindness".

Soon after, Methode was called on by Serie to accompany Genau on policing the Northern Plateau. In response to Methode's greeting, Genau simply tells her to not hold him back. Serie commands them to shake hands. Genau asks Methode if she is a good person, and wonders out loud while Methode was chosen over Ubel, who he considers to only care for battle like himself.

First Class Mage Fern receives a subjugation request from the Continential Magic Association and arrives with Frieren and Stark to assist Genau and Methode, where Genau has realized that Serie sent him to his old hometown. While Methode, Fern, and Stark seek out possible demon locations, Genau and Stark remain at the village, with Genau wanting to protect their corpses and Stark willing to help him despite the fact that the mages will not have a vanguard.

Genau and Stark are ambushed by the Divine Revolte, where they quickly subdue him. A demon disguised as a child reveals herself, causing Genau to rush over and protect her after Revolte throws a sword at her. Genau is stabbed in the abdomen, but quickly recovers, killing the demon. Genau and Stark manage to break Revolte's swords, at which point Revolte pierces them both with his bare hands and claims his victory. Genau responds, saying humans are far more tenacious than Revolte can imagine, and Stark and Genau cut Revolte down. After both are healed, Methode asks if Genau is bothered by her prioritization of Stark. Genau denies this, saying Stark did well.

While Genau and Methode are giving their farewells, with Methode's reminder, Genau thanks Frieren and her party for their help.

## Relationships

### Sense

Genau and Sense frequently host the first and second stages of the First Class Mage Exam, respectively. Both seem to be familiar and at odds with each others' examination style, with Genau claiming Sense's exam is cruel in its difficulty, while Sense responding that she does not wish for their deaths at the very least.

### Unnamed Former Partner

Genau previously had a first-class mage partner who was also assigned the duty of exterminating demons across the Northern Plateau. Genau and Serie both note that he was exceptionally kind, and Genau mentioned that his partner had treated him like they were close friends. While Genau initially seemed completely indifferent to his partner's death, he showed an ounce of sadness over his death during his rematch with the Divine Revolte.

### Methode

Genau was initially unwelcoming to Methode, refusing to properly reciprocate her greeting at first. However, at the end of the subjugation of the demon general, Genau appears more willing to listen to Methode, even following her behest to show gratitude to Frieren and her party.

### Serie

As one of Serie's apprentices, he carries out Serie's requests for the Continential Magic Association. Genau also shows a strong reverence of Serie during the First Stage of the First Class Mage Exam, where he refuses to believe any mage could break Serie's barrier.

## Abilities

* **Spell to manipulate niello wings: Digardnacht** is Genau's signature magic. It allows him to create a pair of wings from niello. These wings are sharp and allow Genau to attack at close quarters as well as defend. They also afford him extra mobility.
* **Barrier Magic**: After the massacre of his hometown, Genau sets up a barrier around the corpses to prevent monsters from devouring them. He claims the new barrier should be stronger than the previous barrier.

## Trivia

* Genau is German for "exactly" or "precisely".