Cain Roscente

**Cain Roscente** is an antagonist in the series *The Villainess Turns the Hourglass.* He was the heir of the House Roscente and the elder brother of Aria Roscente and Mielle Roscente.

## Appearance

He has sandy blonde hair, chartreuse eyes, and clear skin. He usually wears simple suits, brown or back. When he becomes officially Count, he started to wear luxury suits.

## Personality

He loves his sister Mielle and during the story, he pretends not to know the horrible actions that his sister does. During the judgement for the Count's accident he was upset with her for the problems that she caused but finally, he helped her to run away to Croa. He is also arrogant and a hypocrite. He didn't agree with his father's decision to marry Carin and bring both her and Aria into the family, but he has unsavory desires for Aria, and, apparently, he really thought that Aria would reciprocat that. When he replaced his father, his personality becomes very arrogant, he didn't want advice and he was obviously inexperienced, his own father said it. Also, he had had machismo thoughts about the women's intelligence, saying that Aria couldn't control the Count's properties without his aid.

All this thing will change when he leaves the prison, he becomes a humble person and he don't consent Mielle's tantrums anymore. He was really disappointed when Mielle accidentaly poisoned him, thinking that Mielle thought about him like an obstacle, similar they thought in the past of their father.

## Story

Cain is presented as having a very close relationship with his sister Mielle Roscente, sharing most of her attitudes and her unfavorable view of Carin Roscente and Aria Roscente in particular. In the original line of events, he, as the head of the House Roscente, was the one who beheaded Aria, leading Aria to resent him in the revised timeline. However, Cain himself becomes quite dazzled by Aria’s beauty over time, much like how his father was by Carin’s beauty.

Initially breaking with Mielle and becoming rather supportive of Aria, his role in the story changes soon after hearing about his stepsister’s relationship with Asterope Franz, feeling jealous of him and being frustrated about not being able to express his feelings of love. He forms a reluctant alliance with Mielle, who promises to prevent her engagement to the Crown Prince. Although he is not involved in and quite shocked by Mielle’s horrific schemes, he continues to cover for her, letting her escape from the mansion among other things.

Having been burdened with taking care of the Count’s business due to his father’s disabled state, he is quite busy, struggling as an inexperienced but important member of the crumbling Aristocratic Fraction and failing due to his lack of business connections and experience. Not being able to see Aria often due to having to return late, his resentment of Aria Roscente grows stronger and stronger, until he one day outright attacks Aria after hearing of their kiss. The same day, he is arrested for his involvement in the conspiracy against the Imperial family, though not executed on Aria’s request. He is made a servant at the Imperial Castle, being grateful to Aria for letting him and his sister live and appearing to be a much more stable person overall, seemingly accepting the relationship between Asher and her after a long time. However, this state does not last, as he goes on to die shortly after drinking Mielle’s poisoned tea.

## Relationships

* **Count:** He is his father, and they had a normal relationship. The count send Cain to the academy to learn all the thing that he could need in the future. They had an argument about the count's marriage, We know that the Count was worried about the knowledge of Cain. Along the history Cain is more in disagreement with the Count, principally about the Aria's relationship with the Prince, motivated for his proper feelings for Aria. This is the major reason as to why he agreed with Mielle's plan to eliminate the Count. When the plan fails, he does not talk much with the Count and only think he is a fool who was seduced by Carin and Aria. In his death, he probably regretted his actions against his father.
* **Ex-Countess** The history don't say much information about their relationship, as he probably was too young to remember her.
* **Mielle Roscente:** He really loves Mielle, and they have an deep relationship, compared the Count. He is a principal ally in the history. He do important efforts to help Mielle and he was really sad thinking that Mielle didn't love him in the end of the story.
* **Carín Roscente:** He only thinks about her like a bitch. They had very little interaction between them, and in the end, during the nobility judgement, the hostility between them is too strong.
* **Aria Roscente:** In the beginning, probably he had the same thoughts about her like her mother. That was true in the past line-time. In the actually line-time, he had romantic feelings about her. Aria says that is probably because her beauty, the same situation happened with Count and Carin. He doesn't think to Aria's will. After the time in prison, he is really gratefully with her and accepted the Aria's relationship with Asher.
* **Asher**: They were enemies, in the politic and this the private life, because Caín wanted to be the Aria's lover. After the judgement, He don't interact more with him.

## Etymology

* The name **Cain** means "something produced; spear; possessed; acquired" in Hebrew.
	+ **Cain** is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He is the firstborn son of Adam and Eve (the first couple within the Bible) and the elder brother of Abel.