Lucrecia von Sebastian

**Lucrecia von Sebastian** is the younger sister of Johannes von Neuschwanstein and a member of the extended family. She is the primary antagonist of the *Reset Arc*.

## Appearance

Lucrecia is a woman in her mid 20s to early 30s with fair skin and a slightly plumper build and a big chest. She has green eyes and short, sandy brown hair that she keeps mostly slicked back with small strands framing her face. Befitting of her status as a noble, she wears a variety of expensive and extravagant dresses, accessories and jewelry. She always carries a fan with her.

## Personality

Lucrecia presents a gentle elegance and sophisticated image among high society, acquainting herself with many notable people and establishing herself as an influential figure amongst nobility. She is ambitious and calculating, having quickly devised a plan to remove Shuri von Neuschwanstein from her position, a plan that had most likely succeeded in the Original Timeline.

She is also cruel enough to use her own nephews and niece in her schemes to achieve her goals.

## History

Not much is known about Lucrecia's past except for the fact that she and her siblings used to play and get into all kinds of mischief within the Neuschwanstein estate.

## Synopsis

### Reset Arc

Following the proceedings of her older brother's funeral, Lucrecia, together with her other siblings, meet with Shuri von Neuschwanstein to discuss the family's future, particularly the fact that they believe she is quite young to be taking on the responsibilities as head of the family. She asks how they plan to help and her older brother, Mueller von Neuschwanstein suggests split the management duties and Shuri decides she will consider it. In reality, they plan to undermine and jeopardize Shuri as head of the family, with plans to eventually force her out of the position and gain access to the main family's wealth.

At the end of the discussion, she asks that she be allowed to stay in the estate a while longer to comfort her niece and nephews. Her brother Valentino von Neuschwanstein volunteers to teach Elias von Neuschwanstein how to wield a sword as well. Shuri agrees to let them both stay. Away from the rest of the family, Mueller demands to know what she is up to - even getting Valentino involved. She brushes him off, instead asking him if he was going to give up on the Neuschwanstein wealth. He points out that Shuri seems to be cooperating before storming off in a huff saying the situation would have been easier if they only had Jeremy von Neuschwanstein to deal with.

During mealtime one day, Lucrecia notices the children's sullenness and tries to cheer them up by reminding them they would once again see their mother after a weeklong recovery time. Elias grumbles to himself before loudly proclaiming that Shuri was not their mother and Rachel von Neuschwanstein pushes her plate away. Shuri arrives in time to witness Rachel's tantrum over the food. With her continued screeching and complaining, Lucrecia sternly shouts out Rachel's name and stares her down menacingly, silencing her immediately. Addressing Shuri, Lucrecia cheerily tells her not to worry about the children's care, because she was there to help.

The next day, she meets Shuri for post breakfast teatime and informs her of Rachel's etiquette progress and excitedly gushes about the three of them attending balls during the social season. Shuri believes she is too young for a formal debut, but Lucrecia protests and points out how beneficial it would be for Rachel to receive the approval of a renowned teacher and debut at an early age. She is greatly disappointed when Shuri tells her that she would decide when Rachel is ready to debut. That evening, in her chambers, Valentino whines to Lucrecia about making him wait. Showing her true colors, Lucrecia assures him that she would put Shuri in her place soon, vowing to thoroughly crush the Marchioness.

After some time, Shuri calls for a meeting and Lucrecia delightedly assumes she is about to give her permission for her niece's early debut. Instead, Shuri announces that she and Valentino are never to set foot onto the Neuschwanstein estate again. The two are shocked and Lucrecia warily asks if they had offended her. Shuri calmly informs them that she had uncovered their plot to fabricate a story that she was forcing a young girl to debut for her benefit and that she had brought in a questionable swordsmanship instructor - she knew they would use it to question her ability to run the estate before ultimately removing her from her position and choosing an easily controlled successor. Lucrecia shakily insists Shuri was spewing nonsense.

Shuri expresses her disappointment at their lack of conscience. Lucrecia violently slaps Shuri, shrieking about how she was the one with no conscience, swooping in from who knows where and stealing the riches that should have been theirs. Shuri returns the favor by punching Lucrecia, knocking her to the floor. Quickly recovering, Lucrecia shouts that she would beat Shuri until she begged, only for Rachel to tackle her to the floor, demanding she leave her *'fake'* mother alone. Rachel is furiously throwing her fists upon her before bursting into tears, causing Leon to start bawling and joining her in attacking Lucrecia. The twins are hurriedly pulled off her by a knight.

In the middle of the chaos, Jeremy arrives and she tries to appear as the victim and get him on their side, pleading for him to listen to her. But he already knows of their offenses against his siblings and ignores her pleas. He tells them he is an obedient stepson, and if his mother did not want them at the estate, that was the end of it. Lucrecia can only stare in disbelief as Shuri tells her and her brother to leave, smiling while trusting they could get by without a carriage.

Riding a shaky and rattling carriage, she and Valentino are silent in the wake of their banishment from the estate. Lucrecia irritably fans herself thinking that if her brothers had given her more support, she might have been able to meddle more. Valentino breaks the silence and loudly complains that she had gotten him involved in a bad plan, to which she points out he could not even buy her enough time to turn the nobility against Shuri. He brushes her off and obnoxiously demands to stay at her estate while he figures out what to do next. She refuses and kicks him out of the carriage, snidely advising him that he could not be both a good-for-nothing and a knight, before leaving him.

## Quotes

* *"I'm going to teach that wench what happens when she oversteps her boundaries. I'm going to silently crush you, Marchioness* (About Shuri, Episode 8)
* *"How dare you! You came out of who knows where and snatched the estate and all its riches from us because of my brother's silly will!"* (To Shuri, Episode 11)
* *"If you're a good-for-nothing, then you're a good-for-nothing. If you're a knight, then you're a knight. You can't be both."* (To Valentino, Episode 13)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 5
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 13
3. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 7
4. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 8
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 11