Deruth Henituse

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Count **Deruth Henituse** (later on Duke) is the patriarch of the Henituse household. He has been married twice, initially to Jour Thames who was Cale's mother, and later to Violan who is the mother of his younger two children, Basen and Lily.

He cares a lot about his territory and the safety of his family, and believes in the Henituse family motto.

## **Appearance**

Deruth is strong and healthy despite his age, as he still practices his sword every morning. He is described as average in appearance and, on certain occasions, is shown to share Cale's famous smile (often worn while scamming people).

In the manhwa illustrated by PAN4, Deruth Henituse is portrayed with a slight beard on his chin, having wavy brown hair that falls a little past his ears and brown eyes, with slightly tanned skin. He wears fancy clothing befitting of his rank, and is occasionally seen wearing fur coats.

## **Personality**

Deruth is a competent manager of a very prosperous territory producing both marble and the continent's best wines. Though he doesn't have any special skills or influence, being a fairly average man, he's competent in what he does and the prosperity of his territory has made his family incredibly wealthy.

He cares a lot about his family and follows the beliefs of the Henituse Counts before him that living peacefully and happily is more important than fame:

> “He may not be a good fighter, but Deruth was always thinking about ways to protect himself and his family.”
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> — Chapter 8

## **Relationships**

### Cale Henituse

Cale is his firstborn son and the only child he had with his first wife, who is deceased. Cale was a good boy when he was young, and he was the one who comforted Deruth who was crying after her death, which perhaps led to Deruth's tendency to spoil Cale rotten.

When Deruth remarried after his first wife died, the original Cale never managed to learn to get along with the new members of his family. This led to Deruth spoiling the original Cale with excessive amounts of freedom and money, which (in the opinion of Kim Rok Soo) irresponsibly exacerbated the original Cale's terrible personality. Despite this, both the original and (Kim Rok Soo) Cale have a very close relationship with Deruth, who trusts his son implicitly.

Deruth often keeps a careful eye on his son's activities without his knowledge as seen from how he supervises through Hans when Cale is going around the slums and feeding bread to trees. Despite knowing all the details about his son's trashy attitude, he continues to dote and spoil his son, treating him with lots of affection, trusting him, and letting him do what he wants.

After Kim Rok Soo's transmigration, Deruth continues to keep an eye on his son, and even secretly gathers information and looks into things that might be important in regards to keeping Cale safe regardless of the cost or of the rank or position of the people he's going against, no matter if they're royalty or not.

## Quotes

* "They think we’ll do anything they order us to do because we have been staying low for a while."

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 2
2. ↑ Chapter 59
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 67
4. ↑ Chapter 13