Simon

**Simon** (サイモン) is the hotel manager and cafe owner of Ende Hotel in *Nights of Azure*. He has the responsibility to relay the orders from Curia and to support Arnice.

Simon can be found at the Hotel's reception desk where takes the role of quest giver. By interacting with him there, the player can accept Night and Day quests. He can also be found in the Arena, where speaking to him allows for various challenges to be accepted.

Simon is also an item vendor until Lloyd settles in the hotel.

## Appearance

Simon has the appearance of a man with blonde, semi-long hair tucked into a pigtail and turquoise eyes wearing a black waiter outfit, white gloves and black shoes. The outfit is made of an open black jacket with white accents and rolled sleeves on top of a buttoned water-green blouse on top of a striped white chemisette. The black jacket has four pockets, two at chest height and two at waist height. The pocket at his top-left contains a white handkerchief, and is tied to the eyelet by a thin chain. The back of the jacket reaches knee height and is cut into two ends. The buttons on the jacket are tied together by two thin chains.

## Personality

Simon is polite and well-mannered, and he always treats Arnice and Lilysse with respect. He is also very loyal to Arnice and he will always be there to back her up no matter what choices she makes. He tends to snark at Lloyd and Professor Alucard, but even he can't help but join them in voicing displeasure at Lilysse's attempts at baking.

It is revealed in a memory that Simon was ordered by the Curia to put Arnice and Lilysse in separate bedrooms. However, he couldn't bring himself to do so and defies the Curia's orders so that Arnice and Lilysse can be together.

## History

 **Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. Read at your own discretion.**
10 years prior to the events of the game, Simon was a Holy Knight tasked to protect a Saint known only as "Lady L." One day she asked to be left alone. Simon, thinking it would be fine to leave her for a couple hours on her own, lost her, resulting in her death. Consequently, he was stripped of the title of agent and discharged from the Curia.

## Relationships

* Arnice - As manager of the Ende Hotel, Simon assigns and assists Arnice with her duties as a Holy Knight of Curia. He also occasionally confides in her about his problems in addition to assisting Arnice with her own. Their relationship is friendly but largely professional.
* Lilysse - Lilysse requested Simon to allow her to work at the hotel during her free time from her Saint duties. Simon assigned her as the cafe's waitress despite his aversion of her working as such. Their relationship is strictly professional in nature, a status only aided by Simon's fear of Lilysse's clumsiness and questionable baking skills ruining his hotel's reputation.
* Professor Alucard - Simon acts as bartender to Professor Alucard. Sometimes Simon seems to indulge in mocking Alucard in similar ways that the other characters do.
* Lloyd - Simon mostly acts as bartender to Lloyd. Upon hearing about Lloyd's skills in trading, Simon decides to transfer him the ability to sell items to Arnice.
* Curia - Working for the Curia, Simon directly speaks to them by phone, through which he receives orders and tasks that he communicates to Arnice.

## Trivia

* Simon's name could be a reference to Capcom's platformer series, *Castlevania,* as he shares physical characteristics with the character Simon Belmont.
* Simon is not only efficient at performing his occupational duties, but he is also skilled at playing the piano, as well as song composition. This is demonstrated in a scene between he and Arnice wherein he plays her theme, "The Night, Servans, and I" on the piano in the hotel's lobby.