Lilly Lilium

* Light Novel
* Manga

* Cardinal (Normal)
* Masked Man

**Lilly Lilium** is a recurring character in *I'm in Love with the Villainess*. She is a cardinal at the Spiritual Church and a strong believer of the Great Spirit. With her position conflicting her sexuality, she finds comfort in Rae Taylor and falls in love with her.

## Appearance

Lilly has long silver hair and red eyes.

She normally wears her cardinal outfit, which resembles more of a nun outfit.

When her split personality comes out, she disguises herself as the "Masked Man" at Salas Lilium's, her father, discretion. As the "Masked Man", she wears a black mask with cross lines and a long black robe and veil. In this state, she often smiles slyly and sadistically.

## Personality

Lilly is a meek and shy girl who is highly knowledgeable about the Spiritual Church and her religion. She often stutters and refers herself as "Lilly" when she speaks. In addition, she is prone to be easily startled and accidentally insult others whenever they act inappropriately. Despite her shy personality, she is serious in her prayers and duties as a cardinal. Her seriousness, along with her cute appearance, can be enchanting to others, such as Rae, who watch her perform her prayers.

She has a split personality. Normally, she is a shy individual who often stammers when she speaks. However, due to experiments done by her father when he was trying to artificially create a dual-caster, a second personality was embedded within her. This side of Lilly is a ruthless assassin who follows Salas.

Lilly also has strong convictions in her beliefs. Due to this, she places great importance on what is right and wrong. Although hesitant at first, she goes as far as to be willing to convict her own father for his crimes. Not only does she apply her convictions onto others, but also onto herself. After learning the crimes she did as the "Masked Man", she does not excuse herself from those crime and does not expect anyone to forgive her, even though her evil side was due to her father's experiments.

Her love for Rae is serious and persistent. As a lesbian cardinal in a homophobic setting and engaged to Yu Bauer, she feels that she was fighting her battles alone. However, Rae's words and views make her believe otherwise, which leads to her finding comfort in Rae and falling in love with her. Rae's affection for Claire François does not bother Lilly, who plans to make Rae reciprocate her feelings. She usually follows Rae's guidance and is quick to believe in her. Despite her rivalry with Claire, she cares for both of their well-beings and is open to the idea of being Rae's mistress.

## Background

Lilly serves as a cardinal at the Spiritual Church. She is the daughter of the Bauer Kingdom's chancellor, Salas Lilium, and is engaged to Yu Bauer through an arranged marriage. After seeing Rae defend her against a pair of homophobic nuns, Lilly quickly falls for her.

## Powers and abilities

* **Water magic**
* **(As Masked Man) High-Aptitude Wind Magic - Time Manipulation**

## Trivia

* Lilly doesn't appear in the game *Revolution.* She is only mentioned in the character reference guide, which never gave her a name. She was described as having a secret.
* In a short story that takes place after the second book, she is the main character and she helps another girl come to terms with her sexuality

* According to Salas, Lily's alternate persona was the result of a pet-project that aimed to create an artificial Dual-Caster. Though technically Salas was successful, in the regard that Lily now possessed two different attributes, she can only use one or the other when acting as Lily or the Masked Man, respectively.

## Gallery

Lilly illustration by AonoshimoLilly illustration by AonoshimoMasked assassin manga designLilly's sports jerseyLily in Ep 8 of the anime