Mary Valenti

LN

**Mary Valenti** (メアリ・バレンティ, *Meari Barenti*) is a character of *Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki* series. She is a designated saint of the Orthodox Papal State of Lunaria and ambassador to the Kingdom of Friedonia.

## Appearance

She looks to be around eighteen with regular features and moistly sensual eyes. She has silver hair that tied back into twin-tails.

According to Kazuya Souma, her appearance was modeled after his Queen Consorts; with Liscia Elfrieden's face, Aisha Udgard's hair color and Roroa Amidonia's twin-tail hairstyle to make her look appealing to Souma. Since it was publicly unknown at the time that Juna Doma was also Kazuya's Queen Consort, Mary lacks any of her features.

## Personality

Since she was raised as a saint by the church, Mary is extremely submissive and devoted to her faith. She answers in a 'doll-like' fashion with seemingly little emotion. She does show some disgust when she met with Bishop Souji Lester. Overall, she is basically raised to be the tool of the Orthodoxy.

However, during the rise of Fuuga Haan and his influences on the State, she has shown more emotions like worries and has been shown to a degree that she has 'broken free' from the church's indoctrination. She even laughed when seeing Souji's cries and complains during his promotion to arcbishop.

## Biography

After the formation of Friedonia, Mary Valenti was sent to the new kingdom in order to have an audience with Kazuya Souma. Though she praised Kazuya for his achievements, both he and his Prime Minister Hakuya Kwonmin were not fooled by her flattery and appearance. Mary's main goals were to establish the Lunarian Faith as a state religion at the behest of the Lunarian clergy, bestow the title of Holy King upon Kazuya, and negotiate an alliance with Friedonia to stand against the Gran Chaos Empire. She was unaware of the secret alliance between Friedonia and the Empire that had already been formed during the conflict with the Principality of Amidonia.

Because of her appearance and demeanor, Kazuya and Hakuya concluded that Mary was likely one of many 'saint' candidates that had been heavily brainwashed into the Lunarian faith so as to serve as bait towards other countries leaders. This tactic was revealed to later be true, though it is only known among the Lunarian hierarchy. Because of her 'training,' Mary has complete faith in Lunaria and the Papal State's leadership. When she presented herself to Kazuya, she would even offer herself to Kazuya to 'do as he would like.' Unfortunately for Mary and the Papal State, this offer was the final contribution that allowed Kazuya to fully reject Mary's offer, which consequently pushed his relationship with Liscia further.

In the end, only her goal to establish the Lunarian Faith as a state religion was accomplished, though the selection of Bishop Souji Lester to serve as Friedonia's bishop was not to the liking of both herself and the Papal State. Furthermore, the fact that all religions accepted in Friedonia needed to be registered, meant that the Lunarian Faith would not hold dominance over the beliefs of the citizens. After returning to the Orthodox Papal State, Mary has become embroiled in the internal conflict of the Lunarian hierarchy. Mary sided with the moderates, becoming more concerned about the effect the conflict might have on her sister saint candidates lives. She secretly made her way to Van and spoke with Souji Lester, who was there at the time, about potentially sheltering the sisters in Friedonia should things look deadly for them. Souji would petition Kazuya about this, and he agreed to take in moderate Lunarian refugees should the conflict escalate.

With the rise of Fuuga in the Union of Eastern Nations, the heirarchy conflict indeed escalated. Hardline believers took over the nation, forcing out moderates and silently executing them to remove dissent. Mary, with the help of Kagetora and one of the last moderate cardinals, ushered out a number of moderate priests and approximately half of her fellow saint candidates. Mary would make a final appeal to a fellow saint candidate named Anne, who had been selected to be sent to Fuuga by the hardline believers, but was ultimately rejected. The last moderate cardinal made a final request of Mary, that being to reign in Souji.

During the escape from the Papal State, Mary and her companions were assisted by Sill Munto and several other dragon knights from the Nothung Dragon Knight Kingdom. Mary was surprised by this. since the Lunarian faith and Mother Dragon worship were constantly seen as being at odds, but she would accept their assistance. After arriving in the Kingdom of Friedonia, Mary would request that her fellow sisters be allowed to remain together for support. Kazuya agreed to this, forming a specialized choir to investigate the affects of Area Heal when cast in groups. She was also asked to assist and control Souji after his promotion to archbishop by Kazuya, as with Souji and Mary's guidance they wanted to separate the Friedonia Lunarian faithful from the greater Lunarian faith that was throwing support behind Fuuga. Mary has been eager to work with Souji in this capacity.

## Abilities

### Religious Knowledge

Because of Mary's education, she is incredibly knowledgeable about the Lunarian faith.

### Magic

Mary has some magical training, and though her magic element is not confirmed, it is suggested to be the Light element.