Mateus Luxure

## Description

Mateus is Louis-Ernest's younger brother as well as Fenn and Kieran's uncle.

## History

Mateus was unable to ascend to the throne as he was the younger brother. As Louis-Ernest's wives birthed son after son, Mateus was pushed further and further down the line of succession. Mateus realized that it would be impossible to ascend the throne through legitimate means, so he planned to start a coup d'etat in order to take over the throne. He was happy when Fenn was banished to the Isle of Colde as he believed Fenn to be the biggest threat to his plan. Mateus also planned to use Kieran by taking advantage of his resentment towards Fenn in order to complete his plans. He also used illegal ways to gain money, like selling Luxurean artwork through illegal means.

When Fenn was given permission to return to Luxure for the Symposium Centralis, Louis-Ernest had given Fenn the task of solving the issue regarding Luxurean art being illegally sold. The deadline Louis-Ernest gave Fenn was to solve it before the Symposium Centralis. If Fenn was able to successfully solve this issue, then Fenn and MC would be pardoned for their previous crimes of entering Luxure without permission (which occurred in Book 1 of Fenn's Consort Route). Since Mateus saw Fenn as a threat to his plans, he tried to make sure that Fenn wouldn't arrive on time to the Symposium Centralis. If Fenn failed to show up, then he would fail the task Louis-Ernest gave him. Mateus worked together with Kieran and had his men lock Fenn in a hut in a forest near the castle. However, his plan failed as MC was able to save Fenn.

Afterwards, he gained information from his spies that MC was the one who saved Fenn and that she had given him power. So, he planned to use his men to get rid of MC. After Fenn and MC had returned to the Isle of Colde, he had one of his men go there to try and get rid of MC. Mateus' spy pretended to return MC's dropped handkerchief and snuck a letter into her bag. When MC opened the seal on the letter, the entire letter burst into flames. Luckily, Fenn quickly dosed the flames with his magic, so MC only suffered some burns on her fingers. However, if he wasn't there, then MC would've likely burned to death. Fenn recognizes the seal on that letter and decides to distance himself from MC for her own safety. He then goes back to Luxure without telling MC.

However, MC chases after him to Luxure along with Violet. When MC and Violet arrive in Luxure, they are immediately surrounded by Mateus and his many guards. Mateus insists that he will take MC to the castle despite MC and Violet refusing. He then threatens Violet saying that he may have done something to her parents. He also persuades MC to go with him by saying he'll tell her the reason Fenn returned to Luxure. MC decides to go with him and ends up in a mansion instead of the castle. Mateus then proceeds to handcuff her with handcuffs that prevent her from using magic. He tells MC all about his plans and tells her to work with him. MC refuses which infuriates him and he starts getting violent with her. Meanwhile, Fenn receives a letter from Violet stating that Mateus kidnapped MC. Then, guards suddenly enter Fenn's room in the castle accusing him of selling Luxurean art through illegal means. Fenn realizes that this was all part of his uncle's plans. It is then implied that Kieran came in and stopped the guards from arresting Fenn.

Fenn then goes to the mansion where MC is being kept just as Mateus is about to burn her alive using fire magic. Mateus calls in all his guards to attack Fenn. Fenn gets injured as he is out-numbered. Right at that moment, Kieran arrives with knights from the castle to arrest Mateus for planning a coup d'etat and trying to frame the crown prince of Luxure for the crime of illegally selling Luxurean art. Mateus is shocked that Kieran has betrayed him, but Kieran tells him that he was never Mateus' ally in the first place. He only worked with Mateus due to their goals aligning. As Mateus is being dragged away by the knights, he knocks all of them out with his magic and aims a fireball at MC. MC can't put up a barrier in time, so Fenn protects her by taking the blow from the fireball. Fenn suffers life-threatening injuries, but MC heals him by taking off her choker embedded with the sigillum arcanum and kissing him.

It is later shown that Mateus was captured, chained up, and taken back to the castle. Louis-Ernest punishes Mateus for his crimes by taking away his title as prince, removing him from the line of succession, and banning him from ever approaching the castle.

## Relationships

### Louis-Ernest Luxure

It is shown in Book 2 of Fenn's Consort Route that Mateus fears Louis-Ernest. Louis-Ernest was able to silence Mateus after asking if he has a problem with him pardoning Fenn's crimes as the king. It is also shown that Louis-Ernest is indifferent towards Mateus as he just coldly sentences his own brother for his crimes without feeling any sympathy towards him.