Lyle

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**Lyle** (ライル) is one of Iris' personal guards and childhood friend of Dida.

## Appearance

Lyle has short blond hair and sharp blue eyes. He usually carries a stoic expression, though it is often broken due to Dida always casually addressing Iris. During Volume 03, he briefly dyes his hair to keep up a disguise.

He is dressed in black attire befitting for battle and wears armor on his arms.

## Personality

Lyle is polite and rather uptight. He is often seen with Dida and apprehends him whenever Dida addresses Iris too casually.

He also works hard, training every day to ensure that he is able to protect Iris from danger.

He is rather strict in who is worthy on sparring with, Dida even commenting that Lyle's standards are too high. While Dida was willing to believe four people in the knights were potentially worthy opponents, Lyle believed only two of them were.

He showed such refined behavior in comparison to his peers which was hard to ignore.

Despite being rather patient, there are limits to it as expressed in Volume 04. When Dida outright gets angry at the Knights for continuing to pressure them to accepting their invitations, Lyle does nothing to sway Dida's attitude. If anything, he outright supports Dida's actions.

## History

He was the illegitimate child of the former Count Melzel. His mother had gained the affections of a man old enough to be her father and gained the ire of the count wife and was killed. He himself was nearly killed but was unknowingly rescued by Iris. He wanted revenge and that to join the knight.

Lyle was saved by Iris when he was a child, since then he has stood by her side. He underwent training by Iris' grandfather and became a splendid knight. Louis made an investigation of his background and he himself told them about it and his desire to join the knight. Iris cried of her inability to help him and that five year old promised to aid his dreams in the future. Lyle was melted by her affection since both his parents had no interest and wanted to get rid of him.

After receiving training from Iris' grandfather, he was offered a chance to join the knights, but he had changed his mind at that point. Additionally, when Iris gave Lyle an option to leave the Armelia household when she was about to attend the academy, he chose to remain.

## Plot

He and Dida are there to greet Iris shortly after she returns following her expulsion from the Academy along with her father appointing her as acting governor of the Dutchy.

Lyle willingly agrees to accompany Iris on her tour of the dutchy.

Iris comes across Lyle while he is training after she gets lost. She tells him that she intended to find the stables. Lyle gives her directions, but as it was getting late, he escorts her back to the mansion for the time being.

Following the establishment of the Azuta Corporation, Lyle along with Dida are made part of the security force.

## Relationships

Iris Lana Armelia

After being saved by Iris, Lyle is willing to give his life up in order to protect Iris. He is able to tell if Iris is standing behind him even if she did not tell him so. He also finds it a great honor to be able to serve her as her personal guard.

Due to their closeness, Iris sees him as part of her family.

Dida

A childhood friend and rival of Lyle. When they were younger, they often compete against each other during training. Despite that, the two are close where Lyle is aware that Dida secretly trains every day to maintain and improve their skills.

They share the same contempt for the country, both feeling that the country has done nothing for them. They refused to become knights for they only wish to serve Iris, for Iris was the one who saved them.

When Yuri attempts to win Lyle over to her side, Lyle insists on letting Dida stay, he could hear what Yuri had to say. Dida was quite surprised to learn that Lyle was the illegitimate son of a nobleman, and Lyle admis he didn't intend on keeping Dida in the dark, but he had trouble talking about it. Despite the revelation, the two continue to work together as if nothing happened.

Dean

He and Dida have a preexisting relationships with Dean due to being trained by the same person.

Edward Tone Tasmeria

While they never directly interact, Lyle has a low opinion of him following Edward breaking off his engagement with Iris and publicly humiliating her. He personally finds it unbelievable that Edward would break off his engagement to Iris and sees him as a rich spoiled kid with no taste.

Yuri Neuer

After learning his past, Yuri thought of able to pursue him to join the knight and felt a kinship for been through the same experience as her. But Lyle rejected her much to her shock. When questioned how his hatred subdued, he answered that he was reborn and doesn't need to bind himself to the past. He continues to ignore her despite her expressing her disbelief and annoyance at him resisting her attempts to sway him.

Dorssen Kataberia

While his contempt for Dorssen was not as noticeable as Dida's, he also had a low opinion of him due to his role in humiliating and harming Iris.

## Trivia

* He is one of the few men to fully resist Yuri Neuer's charms. While Berne Darshi Armelia and Dorssen Kataberia eventually changed their minds, Lyle is one of the few never to be swayed in the first place.