Walter Hendrick/Relationships

### Juna Crawford

Juna is Walter's classmate and his canonical love interest. She is the first student Walter meets on the day he arrives at Thors Military Academy Branch Campus in Levees, where they become classmates in Class VII. They initially started off on rocky terms, as Juna accidentally fell on him during an orienteering exercise, causing his face to land on her chest. She slapped Walter for it, and it took them some time to apologize for the incident.

Juna behaves like a classic tsundere when it comes to Walter. Initially, she had a terrible opinion of him, especially towards Walter's father, Ricardo Hendrick, who played a role in the annexation of her home, Crossbell, under the Erebonian Empire. While the two of them tried to be on good terms, they frequently clashed at times. In fact, she was greatly annoyed when Walter hid the fact about who his father was, and Walter insisted he only kept it a secret because he didn't want to make a big deal about it and didn't want others to regard him solely as his father's son. This stemmed from his strained relationship with his father, as he felt neglected by him prioritizing his duty as the Magistrate over their family.

However, Juna began to see Walter's good qualities, such as his honesty and selflessness, and how he would always go out of his way to help others. Walter helped her come to terms with her conflicted feelings towards their teacher, Rean, who represented the Erebonian soldier to her: one who followed government orders and conquered her hometown, Crossbell. Juna explained to Walter how Rean was active in Crossbell as the Ashen Chevalier and had saved her and her siblings' lives from Calvardian airships. Before they officially met, Rean was already saving her life. Walter, while not fully understanding the extent of the circumstances regarding Erebonia's annexation over Crossbell, respected Rean as a selfless person who took on many burdens on his own. Walter wanted to accompany and help him, but he didn't want to leave Juna behind. He stated that everyone in their class, including themselves, had a lot to learn in order to grow, and with Altina showing them a message from Rean, Juna gained the resolve to stop feeling sorry for herself and take action.

Walter is a bit dense when it comes to romance, and Juna has developed a crush on him since he helped her come to terms with her internal conflict towards their teacher, Rean. However, she kept her feelings to herself, being rather naive and inexperienced on the subject, having trouble figuring out how to deal with these feelings, and often expressed her frustration at Walter whenever she embarrassed or annoyed by Walter's obliviousness. She would occasionally get jealous when other girls showed interest in Walter and frequently denied it when others pointed it out. Due to Walter being oblivious to romance – while he understands the concept, his understanding of it is very limited – he tends to not realize Juna's growing feelings for him. He sometimes gets close to her face without realizing it, making her feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. He also checks if she has a fever when he notices her face turning red. Juna occasionally gets annoyed by Walter's obliviousness. While she keeps her feelings for Walter a secret, she tends to deny them when their classmates note it or when Juna's younger siblings, Ken and Nana, tease her about Walter being her boyfriend, to which she frantically denies while Walter remains oblivious to the situation.

When Class VII was invited over for dinner by Walter's mother while they were in Walter's hometown in Granbell for a field study, tension between Walter's father, Ricardo, and his brother, Fraid, began to build up. This resulted in Fraid leaving, while Ricardo left due to receiving orders dealing with activity near Ishgar. This caused Walter to storm out, and he then exchanged words with Juna and the rest of their class about how he resents his father. Since becoming Chief Commander of the Erebonian Imperial Army, Walter feels that his father has neglected his family. Walter explains that he is determined to never abandon those closest to him, as he perceives Ricardo to have done. He also explains the incident involving his oldest brother, Robin, who apparently died in Ishgar, which resulted in a strained relationship between his father and the rest of his family. Juna comes to understand Walter's reasons regarding his strained relationship with his father.

When confronting the members of Ironblood, the Old and New Class VII were faced with an unmasked Code. It was revealed that Code is actually Robin Walter's presumed-deceased brother who is still alive. He explained the circumstances that occurred after Robin's presumed death and came face to face with Tien Hogan, his half-brother. They engaged in a battle with their classmates. However, as the fight progressed, Tien was about to strike Juna. Walter intervened and protected Juna but was slashed on his right eye in the process, resulting in a scar. This caused worry among Juna and the rest of the class. Later, Walter disappeared with his teacher, Rean, following the confrontation.

During a moment where they were alone together, Juna finally mustered the nerve to tell Walter how she felt about him. This left Walter shocked and speechless by her confession, while Juna was surprised by Walter's reaction since he was usually dense when it came to romance. She apologized and said that her feelings were something she had wanted to get off her chest for a while now. Juna told him that he didn't have to answer right away and that she would give him time to think about it as she tried to run off. However, Walter grabbed her arm and asked her to wait. He admitted that he didn't expect this and confessed that he didn't know how to react to things like this. Walter expressed his appreciation for everything they had been through together with everyone and then held her hand, thanking her for looking out for him. Juna said she felt the same way and that he had helped her so much and that she was glad that she had met him as the two of gave each other a warm embraced.

### Kurt Vander

Walter and Kurt are classmates in Class VII. Kurt took a interest in Walter's unorthodox swordsmanship despite stated he not very impressed with it much to Walter's annoyance regardless they frequently support each other in grow as much as they can. Walter would eventually regard Kurt as his closed friend and confidant.

Walter helps Kurt find purpose as a fellow classmate, and also more broadly in his life and Kurt explained how he had lost his major purpose in life. By tradition, the Vander family's raised was protecting the Arnor family. However, political circumstances following the aftermath of the October Civil War distanced the Arnor and Vander families. Mueller Vander was transferred far away from Prince Olivert's side, and Kurt was release from responsibility to protected Prince Cedric and Kurt no longer has a purpose for training and explained he originally meant to go and attend at Thors Main Campus but hastily switch to branch campus at the last minute. Walter tell Kurt even if he lost a major purpose encourage him keep moving forward and struggle until he find path he can shrive for.

### Clement Lester

Clement and Walter first met at the entrance ceremony for Thors Military Academy Branch Campus and later they became classmates of Class VII and become best friends.

### Shin Greger

Shin is one of Walter's classmates in Class VII.

### Altina Orion

Altina is one of Walter's classmates in Class VII. Walter found Altina to be a bit rather odd and found it shocking when she reveal to previously work under the Imperial Intelligent Division and was already acquainted with their Homeroom Teacher Rean.

### Melyssa Brackett

Melyssa is one of Walter's classmates in Class VII.

### Musse Egret

Musse shown interest in Walter mainly due to him being the son of Ricardo Hendrick. They latter became classmates when Musse transfer into Class VII from Class IX. Walter found Musse completely unusually due seeing her bold flirts and raunchy suggestions to their Homeroom Teacher Rean and unable to figure out what she thinking.