Fritz

Fritz of Wind (〝風〟のフリッツ) is one of Paladins that act as subordinates to Hinata Sakaguchi. He uses an expert combination of Wind Magic and Swordsmanship.

Appearance
Fritz is a handsome young man with medium-length white hair and emerald green eyes. He can typically be seen wearing his Paladin uniform, which he wears improperly with the jacket tied around his waist.

Personality
Compared to the more strict and formal members of the paladins, Fritz has an comparatively playful and loose personality, earning him something of a reputation as a trickster and delinquent. Despite this reputation, he is the single most dedicated knight in the entire order when it comes to following Hinata, who is his idol. Underneath his nonchalant attitude is a calculative and realistic mind that can calmly understand combat situations, but, when it comes to talking with women, he's completely hopeless.

Background
Fritz was the third son of a wealthy businessman, being a bastard son born between the affair of his father and a maid. His father agreed to raise him as a son, but their relationship was always strained due to interference from his father's wife. His eldest brother looked down on him as a bastard son and treated him poorly, while the second son was envious of Fritz's genius and felt his position as the second heir threatened. With this strained relationship between the brothers, any future involving the family business was out of the question.

When Fritz was 12, his mother passed away due to falling ill from the winter cold, leaving Fritz without a reason to stay with his family any longer. He threw away his last name and decided to run away to the royal capital to make it on his own. He was able to survive the journey despite the harsh winter due to being loved by the Wind Elementals since birth–a fact he kept hidden even from his mother–allowing him to find food and shelter. Using the guiding voices of the Elementals he was able to trek most of the journey, but reality is often a cruel mistress. Fritz was attacked by a wild Monster and would've lost his life had he not been saved at the last moment by a Holy Knight.

Being rescued and taken to safety by the Holy Knight, the young Fritz joined the Western Holy Church, passing their entrance examination to become a soldier and setting his eyes on becoming a Holy Knight one day. Fritz's genius and his close connection to the Wind Elementals allowed him to become an expert fighter in the span of just three years, mastering swordsmanship and spirit magic in addition to Holy Magic. His reputation as a prodigy was enough to catch the eye of Hinata Sakaguchi, the Commander of the Holy Knights, who Fritz arrogantly challenged to a duel to test his strength.

The young Fritz was utterly defeated by Hinata without even being able to make her draw her sword. That day was the day that Fritz learned the distance between himself and the top, eternally respecting Hinata from that day forward for teaching him humility. It was due to the humility that Hinata showed him that Fritz was able to not fall into the same bad habit as his second brother when the two super-geniuses Arnaud Bauman and Renard Jester joined the Holy Knights. Instead of falling into envy he came to respect the two of them for their strength, while also knowing from his own experiences that one cannot survive off of talent alone. In short time, Fritz was able to rise through the ranks and become a Paladin among the Ten Great Saints, the loftiest position a Holy Knight could hope for.

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