Mikhail Albert Hessen

Marquis **Mikhail Albert Hessen** is the original protagonist of Jubelian’s novel and an antagonist of the story *Father, I Don’t Want To Get Married!*. He is the former fiancé of Jubelian Eloy Floyen.

## History

### Original novel

Mikhail was the protagonist of the original novel who was in a relationship with the novel’s villainess Jubelian Eloy Floyen for three years. Mikhail took pity on Jubelian and comforted her when her father Regis Adri Floyen did not attend her debutante. Jubelian became attached to Mikhail and began a relationships with him, Obsessing over him and chasing away women who would approach him. Having had enough of Jubelian’s behavior, Mikhail ended their relationship to be with the royal princess, Beatrice Evelyn Ashet. While attending a banquet, Jubelian gave Beatrice wine which happened to be poisoned. Mikhail decided to stake the blame on Jubelian with the intent that she wanted revenge on him.

## Synopsis

After arriving 3 hours late to meet with Jubelian Eloy Floyen, she announced her intentions to end their engagement. Mikhail at first believes she is just acting out in frustration, but Jubelian insists that she is serious and does not love him anymore. Still not convinced of her actions, Mikhail lashed out at Jubelian to never show her face to him again. Jubelian only smiles at Mikhail and apologized for her actions. As Jubelian took her leave, she expressed her wish for Mikhail to be happy. Mikhail is caught off guard by Jubelian’s sudden change in character and quietly glares at Jubelian in irritation.

### Arlo Birthday Banquet

Still convinced Jubelian is only ignoring him for his attention, Mikhail continued to write to Jubelian demanding an apology, but his letters were intercepted by her father Duke Regis Adri Floyen, who upon learning of their break-up from Jubelian, intercepted all letters from Mikhail to keep him from harassing his daughter. After hearing that Jubelian would be attending Rose Marie Arlo’s birthday banquet, Mikhail decides to attend himself. Mikhail was later visited by his cousin Radian Droil who informed Mikhail of Jubelian’s purchase of a pair of men’s cufflinks. Radian continued to provoke his cousin by reminding him that giving cufflinks to another man is a symbol between lovers, taunting Mikhail with the idea that Jubelian has found a new lover. Infuriated by his cousin, Mikhail orders Radian to leave his home. Convinced that Jubelian had deceived and betrayed him, Mikhail swore revenge on Jubelian.

While attending Lady Arlo’s birthday banquette, Mikhail witnessed as Jubelian arrived with her father, wearing the rumored cufflinks. Realizing they were just a gift to her father, Mikhail smirked and assured himself that Jubelian has not gotten over him. Noticing Jubelian going off by herself, Mikhail attempted to follow her but was stopped by Duke Floyen who glared at Mikhail in resentment. Realizing that Duke Floyen would not let Mikhail anywhere hear his daughter, Mikhail walked away. Mikhail could only watch as Duke Floyen carried his daughter away as they left the banquet, recalling Jubelian’s history of being in poor health.

### Terrence Tea Party

While practicing his swordsmanship, Mikhail is approached by Veronica Joanna Terrence who expressed her discomfort of Princess Floyen attending her tea party. Seeing an opportunity, Mikhail seduced Veronica into allowing him to attend as her date. Mikhail attended Veronica’s tea party as her date to make Jubelian jealous but was infuriated to see Jubelian had brought a date of her own, her new lover Maximilian Kasin Ashet. Mikhail and Max showed great animosity for each other by glaring into each other’s eyes. Now more deluded into thinking Jubelian is only trying to provoke him, Mikhail could barely contain his rage before greeting Jubelian with his charming smile. Jubelian only greets Mikhail with indifference and shows more concern for Max, who is forced to wait for the tea party to end in another room. Max further enticed Mikhail’s jealousy by embracing her.

With Max no longer in the room, Mikhail continued to his plan to entice Jubelian by showing affection to Veronica. This does nothing however as Jubelian continued to ignore Mikhail throughout the tea party. When Mikhail notices Jubelian looking out the window, he looks outside to see her lover Max watching them from a tree. Noticing Mikhail, Max taunts him into confronting him outside. Refusing to accept anymore humiliation, Mikhail steps outside with his sword in hand and confronts Max.

Mikhail attempted to draw his sword, but Max had already subdued Mikhail by kneeing him in his gut before his blade was unsheathed. While Mikhail fell to his knees, Max continued to taunt Mikhail, claiming Mikhail was more fitting kneeling to him. Max demanded to know who Max was and why he was with Jubelian but Max refused to answer him. Exploding with rage, Mikhail stands back on his feet with his sword to Max’s neck and demands Max tell him why he was with Jubelian, proclaiming that Jubelian would never love a man like Max. Max only smiled at Mikhail’s weak threats and reminded Mikhail that he is Jubelian’s lover.

Before either man could do anything else, Jubelian, along with the other tea party attendants, arrived outside and confronted Mikhail over his actions, demanding he drop his sword. Surprised to see Jubelian, Mikhail calls out to her by her first name but Jubelian reminds Mikhail that they are not close and that he is to address her as princess Floyen. When Mikhail tries to explain what happened, Jubelian runs past him to check on Max.

Tired of being ignored over and over again, Mikhail grabbed Jubelian by her wrist and demanded she talk to him. Max demanded Mikhail to remove his hand but Jubelian stopped him and assured him that she would take care of Mikhail. Believing she has finally become obedient, Mikhail attempts to take her away but Jubelian stops him and demands he remove her hand from him. Taken aback by her new authoritative attitude, Mikhail removes his hand from Jubelian who scolds Mikhail for his violent and abhorred behavior and warns him never to repeat such behavior again.

As Jubelian and Max walk away, Mikhail, now realizing that Jubelian has truly left him, calls out to her and demands to know why she would rather be with Max than him, believing that Max was unworthy of her. Jubelian only coldly responds that she no longer loves Mikhail and that she no longer wants anything to do with him, leaving Mikhail behind heartbroken and humiliated. As Veronica attempted to comfort him, Mikhail pushed her away, swearing to himself that he would not let Jubelian go.

## Personality

While the original novel depicted Mikhail as compassionate and righteous, the true Mikhail has shown to be anything but opposite from these traits. Mikhail is in truth two-faced who keeps up his noble appearance to the public, but in truth he is vile, manipulative and possessive man; using his charming appearance and personality. and reputation to gain favor and power, using the people he manipulates only to further his goals and will not hesitate to discard them when they have proven to outlive their usefulness. Mikhail above all else is prideful and refuses to be looked down on by anyone he deems lower than him such as commoners or weak-willed beings. After Jubelian Eloy Floyen ended their relationship, Mikhail was completely deluded into thinking she was only trying to get his attention by making him jealous (an action that unintentionally worked) despite Jubelian’s assurance that she was over him. Mikhail has shown to be quite violent when faced by people he deems below himself and will lash out in fits of rage and aggression.

After being rejected by Jubelian then getting beaten by Max and having his house destroyed by Regis, Mikhail vowed to destroy the Floyen household and make Jubelian his. His obsession with Jubelian has led him to become both emotionally unstable and mentally ill to the point that his hubris nature gets better of him. He started to offenses the higher class people (namely the Floyen ducal household and the royal family) as shown when he insulted Jubelian and threatens princess Beatrice Evelyn Ashet's regal title and forces her to follow him, revealing to the princess that empress Isabelle is secretly pregnant despite having promises her that he won't speak to anyone.

In **Let's go Party at the Marquis Hessen**, it is reveals that Mikhail along with his sister inherits their parents traits of being arrogant, greedy and obsesive. According to Max and Jubel, he was pampered by his parents and they are the reason why his attitude was like that.

## Physical appearance

Mikhail is a man of average stature with straight blond hair that has bangs hanging over his forehead (he later has his bangs hanging on the left side in further chapters) and violet eyes. He is considered beautiful and uses that to his advantage. After became obsessed with Jubelian, he became more haggard and started to showing his psychopathic nature.

As a nobleman with the title Marquis, Mikhail dresses in gorgeous formal clothes and his attire is extremely elegant.

## Relationships

### Love Interests

#### Jubelian Eloy Floyen

In the original novel, Jubelian and Mikhail were originally engaged, but their relationship seemingly ended because of Jubel’s villainess behavior. Their actual relationship is much more toxic than what was initially shown. Mikhail originally entered into a relationship with Jubel to become the next Duke of the empire and he was annoyed by how clingy she was to him. When he was given the opportunity to be with Beatrice Evelyn Ashet, Mikhail abandoned Jubel without remorse, claiming to have never loved her.

After Jubel regains her memories from her past life, she ends her relationship with Mikhail, which surprised Mikhail as he believed she was obsessed with him. Mikhail at first did not take her seriously and believed she was only trying to make him jealous, but after repeatedly ignoring his letters and taking a commoner as her new lover, Mikhail realizes Jubelian is sincere in ending her relationship. Now having become jealous himself, Mikhail is obsessed with Jubel and refuses to acknowledge their relationship has ended.

Soon after, he no longer appears to be obsessed with Jubel as he now has his eyes for Beatrice, but Mikhail still has his eyes set on Jubelian as he is only using Beatrice to take away the royal family's power and influence in order to destroy Floyen household and make Jubel stay with by his side for the rest of his life.

#### Veronica Joanna Terrence

Mikhail knew of Veronica’s feelings for him, but he was not interested in her. After learning that Jubelian Eloy Floyen would be attending Veronica’s tea party, he seduced her into allowing him to come as her date, only using her to get close to Jubelian. During the tea party, Mikhail attempted to make Jubelian jealous by flirting and doting on Veronica only to be infuriated that she was ignoring him. After he was humiliated by Jubelian and Maximilian Kasin Ashet, Veronica attempted to comfort Mikhail only to be thrown away by him, making Veronica realize that Mikhail was only using her.

#### Beatrice Evelyn Ashet

In the original novel, Mikhail was engaged to Beatrice who was seemingly poisoned by his former fiancé Jubelian Eloy Floyen. As the current Jubelian had ended their relationship, Mikhail has not interacted with Beatrice as he has now become possessive and obsessed with Jubelian. However, he has eventually started to interact with Beatrice when he greets her during 'The Day of the Princess' Coming of Age Celebration' in **Chapter 70** and he is also seen talking with her in **Chapter 71**, **Chapter 72** and **Chapter 80**. After learning that Beatrice might be an 'Archmage', Mikhail somewhat became so interested in her that he asks Darius Zeferon Ashet if he can begin a relationship with Beatrice (**Chapter 82**).

However, this is all false as Mikhail is only with Beatrice to steal the royal family's power so he could end the Floyen Family and have Jubelian return to his side (as revealed in **Chapter 72**).

In **Chapter 109**, Darius announces Mikhail and Beatrice as 'Husband and Wife.'

### Family

#### Romeo Hans Hessen

(his name is spelled as "*Romeo Hans Hesein*" in *Chapter 66*):

In *Chapter 66*, it is revealed that Mikhail has a father named Romeo who shares the same blond hair and purple eyes.

#### Patrican Rin Hessen

(her name is spelled as "*Patrican Rin Hesein*" in *Chapter 60*)

In *Chapter 60*, it is revealed that Mikhail has a mother named Patrican.

#### Giselle Maria Hessen

(her name is spelled as "*Giselle Maria Hesein*" in *Chapter 60*)

In *Chapter 60*, it is revealed that Mikhail has a sister named Giselle who shares the same blond hair and purple eyes. It is unknown if she is Mikhail's older sister or younger sister.

### Rivals

#### Regis Adri Floyen

Before Jubelian Eloy Floyen ended her relationship with Mikhail, he looked up to her father quite a lot who in turn, respected him and believed him as a worthy successor. Once Jubel and Mikhail’s relationship ended, Regis has grown a deep hatred for Mikhail as he was convinced that Mikhail had broken his daughter’s heart. As such, Regis intercepted Mikhail’s letters to keep him from harassing his daughter and even physically keeping the two apart at Lady Rosemary Arlo’s birthday banquette, coldly glaring at Mikhail.

#### Maximilian Kasin Ashet

Despite not knowing he was the crown prince at the time, Mikhail has a deep seeded hatred for Max for his seemingly commoner status and for being Jubelian Eloy Floyen’s new lover. Max in return is disgusted with Mikhail for his manipulative and cold treatment of Jubelian. Max takes joy and satisfaction in reminding Mikhail that Jubel is his woman now and enjoys seeing the jealousy and anguish in Mikhail that he tries to suppress. As a proud nobleman, Mikhail refuses to let Max look down on Mikhail and believes Max is undeserving of Jubelian, going as far as to draw his sword at Max to threaten him.

However, in chapter 91, after Max subtly declares war toward Darius and Mikhail by publically reveals his identity at the end of the hunting festival and declares that he will make sure to find the culprit who deliberately freed the magical beast, Mikhail was shocked and disbelieve that the commoner lover of Jubelian - his love rival whom he looks down on through out of this time was the crown prince himself.

### Others

#### Isabelle Rusty Ashet

In **Chapter 70**, upon learning that Isabelle is pregnant, Mikhail makes Isabelle an offer by having her to "lend me your power." in exchange of not revealing to everyone that Isabelle "is bearing the child of the empire."

## Etymology

* The name **Mikhail** is Russian and Belarusian form of Michael.
	+ The name **Michael** means "Who is like God?" and "gift from God" in Hebrew. This is the name of the most famous archangel and the most powerful among the archangels in Christian.
* Mikhail's middle name **Albert** means "noble, bright" in German.
	+ Ironically, despite his first name and middle name means "noble", Mikhail is vile, manipulative, possessive, and rather pathetic.

## Trivia

* Mikhail himself was shown to have been mentally ill with several psychological syndromes revolving around Jubelian Eloy Floyen such as:
	+ *Narcissistic Personality Disorder - NPD*: When he deluded himself that Jubellian broke up with him just to get his attention or when he pointed his sword at Maximilian Kasin Ashet for being Jubelian's new lover. He also can't stand the fact that he is lower than Max, especially when he became Jubelian's lover.
	+ *Obsessive Love Disorder - OLD*: He is overly obsessed with Jubelian as an object and believed that she belongs to him no matter what.
	+ *Erotomania Syndrome and Adele Syndrome*: He believes that Jubelian is obsessed with him while in reality, he is the one who is obsessed with her. And for that obsession, he willingly to uses under-handed tricks.
		- *Erotomania Syndrome* - Erotomania, also known as “de Clérambault's Syndrome”, is a psychiatric syndrome characterized by the delusional belief that one is loved by another person of, generally of a higher social status.
		- *Adele Syndrome* - A mental condition in which a person is obsessed with another person.
* Regis commented Mikhail being a pathetic man in **Chapter 27**.
* Despite being said to be a swordmaster, Mikhail is extremely weak compared to other swordmens. For instance:
	+ He is easily beaten by an unarmed Max while using a sword himself. And later nearly died under Max's hands on several occasions.
		- According to Max, whether Mikhail has a weapon or not, his moves are easy to predict as he always attacks from the front.
		- Max noted that due to his nature, Mikhail being easy to lose his cool, thus each hit he took was always wasted. This is why Mikhail is easy to be defeated the others.
	+ He is intimidated by Regis, who uses his strength to threatens and destroy his house.
	+ He uses guards to taking Beatrice and Jubelian by force despite being stronger in physique as a man.