Daurand

Daurand (ダウランド) is a minor character in My Next Life as a Villainess! All Routes Lead to Doom!

He is the director of the Library Department in the Magic Ministry.

Appearance
Daurand has business haircut, with black-rimmed glasses on his face. He has a very scrawny physique that is emphasized by his weak and tense demeanor.

Personality
Daurand is a weak-willed man who is called a "prissy coward" by his colleagues. He is considered among the realists within the ministry, who ignores rumors and myths due to disbelief. Despite being the kind of man who is cowardly, gullible and easy to intimidate, he can be a bit impatient and irritable to those he talks to. He is not good at keeping secrets, as he avoids eye-contact and fumbles his words when interrogated. He has a weakness for beautiful women.

Background
Daurand is the viscount to a not-so-wealthy family. He is the current director of the Library Department in the Magic Ministry, making it his job to oversee the use and management of the resources found within its walls. Some time in the past, he was given the task by the previous director the department to watch over a hidden library located under the main library, that contains questionable materials. It is a job that only the generations of Library Department Directors are knowledgeable of, as the reveal of its secrets could cost the current director his reputation and position.

Katarina Claes
As Katarina is a daughter of a duke, Daurand is both impressed and intimidated by her status. Katarina considers him as one of the odd directors of the Ministry; a title that he wouldn't be very proud of.

Lana Smith
Daurand and Lana are both directors in the Magic Ministry, making them equals and colleagues. Despite this, Lana can easily domineer over Daurand, as she can easily read his thoughts through his nervous demeanor.

Trivia

 * According to Lana, Daurand has secretly been having lunch with a female colleague from the Library Department. Whether this was just a friendly gesture or an act of cheating is unclear.