Jeremy von Neuschwanstein

**Jeremy von Neuschwanstein** is one of the main characters of The Fantasie of a Stepmother manhwa.

He is the eldest son of Marquess Johannes von Neuschwanstein and Marchioness Alice von Neuschwanstein. He is the older brother of Elias, Leon and Rachel and the stepson of Shuri von Neuschwanstein. He is the official heir to the Neuschwanstein Family.

In the previous timeline, he was engaged to Ohera von Heinrich.

## Appearance

Jeremy is a young man in his early teens with fair skin and a lean but muscular build, due to his training. He has green eyes and short sandy brown hair. Befitting his status as a noble, and the heir to the Neuschwanstein family, he wears a variety of suits and accessories. Once he earns his knighthood, he can mostly be seen wearing the standard knight outfit.

## Synopsis

### Original Timeline

See Original Timeline

Only a month after his father Johannes' death, Jeremy angrily yells at Shuri about the lover she has taken. She simply reassures him that he need not worry about his inheritance as she has no interest in remarrying. He criticizes her and asks if she thinks he will allow her to get away with what she was doing. Frustrated by his words, Shuri asks him what he thinks he can do, asking whether he thought she wanted to be stuck in the manor pretending to be his mother. She angrily demands he leave her alone, that until he was the head of the family, she did not need to answer to him. Jeremy is at a loss of words and grits his teeth in anger but leaves her as she wishes.

### Reset Arc

Jeremy is the only one of his siblings who does not cry during his father Johannes', funeral. He runs into his stepmother Shuri, after she had said her final goodbye, and they are both frozen at first, before he notices her tears and hands her his handkerchief, saying it was inelegant to use her sleeve.

The night of the family meeting, Jeremy runs into Shuri in the garden and informs her that his aunt Lucrecia von Sebastian had made a fuss before dinner and talked about how she was going to help. Shuri tells him that she had allowed Lucrecia to stay in the estate for an extended period of time to help out with the family. She continues to say that even his uncle, Valentino von Neuschwanstein, had volunteered to teach Elias the art of the sword. He is stunned and voices his doubts about his uncle's abilities, and she confesses that she is aware of Valentino's less than stellar reputation. She reminds him of how fond the twins are of their aunt and that it would be good for them to be with her and regain a sense of normalcy.

On the way back to the manor, Shuri is suddenly doused in cold water. She loses her balance and falls to the ground, a few maids hear the commotion and come rushing out. The culprits are revealed to be the twins, with Rachel gleefully laughing before Jeremy sends them a glare. He gives them a stern scolding later on. Shuri catches a fever and is confined to her bedchambers for a week.

During his morning training one day, he hears the sound of his brother's voice. Curious, he investigates only to see Elias screaming at the top of his lungs at Shuri. He silently gets behind him and smacks him on the head, grumbling about all the noise so early in the morning. They start bickering before Elias runs off, leaving Jeremy to wonder when he will stop acting like a child. He tells Shuri that aunt Lucrecia had been looking for her at breakfast then he leaves to continue his training.

One day, he and Shuri chase Elias down, then Jeremy confesses that Elias had convinced him that he would deal with his situation himself and that she was the one person he did not want knowing about it. Elias suddenly breaks down in tears saying he knew Shuri did not really want to be with them - that because they were weak, she would leave them just as their parents had done. His brother's confession leaves him speechless, as he also entertained such thoughts. He huffs and says Elias should have just let him expose their uncle but Elias is quick to shoot back that Jeremy was unsure about what to do as well. Shuri calls them over and assures them that she has never once thought of them as burdensome, so they needn't think about the opinions of others. She tells them firmly that she would not be leaving. With their worries put to rest, she asks if they are keeping anything else from her. Immediately, Elias tries to make a run for it only end up admitting that he too was asked not to say anything.

Jeremy enters one of the many rooms within the estate and is confronted by chaos. Lucrecia immediately tries to appear as the victim and get him on their side, pleading for him to listen to her. However, 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. His words swiftly put an end to his relative's antics, and he stays by Shuri's side as she instructs his aunt and uncle to leave the estate for good.

## Relationships

#### Shuri von Neuschwanstein

When Johannes brings Shuri to the estate, Jeremy feels endangered by her presence. He believes Shuri has taken his spot as the next Family Head and is hostile towards her. In the original timeline, Jeremy looks down on Shuri for taking a lover a month after her husband's death, but in the next years doesn't pay her much attention until the day of his wedding with Ohera von Heinrich where him and his siblings try to fix their relationship with Shuri. In the current timeline, Jeremy and Shuri are much closer, to the point where pleads loyalty to her. Their bond leads to rumours and scandals being created and being compared to "The Swan House Tale"

## Quotes

* *"Though you may not expect it, I'm actually an obedient stepson. If mother says she doesn't like the two of you, then that's that."* (To Lucrecia and Valentino, Episode 11)

## References

1. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 4
2. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 6
3. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 8
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 10