Valentino von Neuschwanstein

**Valentino von Neuschwanstein** is the younger brother of Johannes von Neuschwanstein and an extended family member.

## Appearance

Valentino has an average build, despite being a knight, with green eyes and short sandy brown hair. Befitting of his status as a noble, Valentino dresses in formal attire.

## Personality

Valentino is a cocky individual, despite not having much to his name save for his ties to the Neuschwanstein Family. He is also an incredibly obnoxious individual who refuses to take responsibility for his action, choosing instead to rely on his siblings and has no real power or authority by himself.

## History

Not much is known about Valentino's past except for the fact that he and his siblings used to play and get into all kinds of mischief within the Neuschwanstein estate. According to his siblings, he was the primary troublemaker in the family and would tattle to their parents.

## Synopsis

### Reset Arc

Following the proceedings of his older brother's funeral, Valentino, together with his 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 his 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, his sister Lucrecia von Sebastian asks that she be allowed to stay in the estate a while longer to comfort the children. Valentino volunteers to teach Elias von Neuschwanstein how to wield a sword. Shuri agrees to let them both stay.

Days later, in the privacy of her chambers, he whines to Lucrecia about making him wait - that he was sick of pretending to be a teacher. Lucrecia assures him that she would put Shuri in her place soon, vowing to thoroughly crush the Marchioness. During one of his training sessions with his nephew, Valentino mocks his lack of skill with the sword then cruelly reminds Elias of his father's death and tells him Shuri would not be able to handle caring for him and his siblings and would eventually leave - successfully planting doubt into his mind.

After some time, Shuri calls for a meeting and his sister assumes she is about to give her permission for their niece's early debut. Instead, Shuri announces that he and Lucrecia 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 while he can only focus on her description of him.

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. Valentino catches his sister, loudly questioning if Shuri has lost her mind. 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. Seeing the twins attack his sister, Valentino nervously turns to Elias and tries to justify his actions, only for his nephew to hide behind his stepmother.

In the middle of the chaos, Jeremy arrives and Lucrecia tries to get him on their side. 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. Valentino can only stare in disbelief as Shuri tells him and his sister to leave, smiling while trusting they could get by without a carriage.

Riding a shaky and rattling carriage, he and Lucrecia are silent in the wake of their banishment from the estate. He 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

* *"She's forced to take care of you brats, but she'll run away soon enough because she can't handle it."* (To Elias, Episode 10)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 5
2. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 8
3. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 10
4. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 11
5. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Episode 13