Keith Claes

"People say that I’m so sexy…… But if the person in question that I’m in love with doesn’t notice anything, isn’t it all useless in the end……"

- about Katarina

Keith Claes (キ一ス・クラエス) or formerly Keith Coleman (キース・コールマン) is the 3rd capturable character in the game Fortune Lover and the stepbrother of Katarina Claes. He was adopted from a branch family because of his huge magical powers. he is treated coldly by his stepsister and stepmother. As a reaction to this lack of affection, he grew up to be a playboy.

Appearance
He’s a handsome boy with flaxen hair and blue eyes. He wears a suit with a light purple waistcoat and a dark purple tie, under a long white and purple jacket.

Personality
Keith is a fine young man who grew up to be a hardworking and intelligent gentleman thanks to Katarina's encouragements. He is rather shy around other women, as he is not used to dealing with people who aren't as dense as Katarina. He is not good with dealing with physical affection, especially from his sister, and easily gets flustered over it. He is aware of his good looks and charm, and would use it when necessary (mostly involving Katarina).

Background
Keith is the capture target that was adopted into the Claes family seven years ago for his powerful magic. Since he was neglected by his stepmother and abused by his stepsister, had a lonely upbringing and became a playboy type character because of it. And when he entered school, his loneliness was supposed to be healed by the heroine and he would fall in love, but to prevent that from happening, Katarina has been pulling him out of his room every day. During this time, without Katarina having to pull him out anymore it turned out that they were always together. Therefore, Keith shouldn’t have grown up lonely this time. This way, the heroine won’t heal his loneliness and he shouldn’t fall in love with her.

However, Katarina still felt as if she had failed in preventing him from being a trashy playboy, since Katarina always told him that he has to “treat girls gently and kindly,” and the result is that Keith has become a gentlemanly ladies’ man. Since he obediently obeyed his sister and treated women gently and kindly just as Katarina told him to, that’s a wonderful thing. However, as the years passed and the lovely Keith matured, he’s somehow become a guy that emits lots of sex appeal just like in the game.

By the time Katarina realized this, all the noble daughters, and even all the female servants were hanging on to him and the ladies’ man had been completed.

Game Description
Keith's father was a distant relative of the Claes family, while his mother was a prostitute. In total, he has been raised by three different fathers. However, his mother was looked down upon by the Claes family for having been a prostitute, and he himself was also harassed greatly by the family members. One time, while he was being bullied, he invoked magic for the first time. His powerful magic injured his tormentors, and he ran off.

Meanwhile, Duke Claes had heard about his powerful magic, and decided to adopt him as his son. However, Keith wasn’t ever truly accepted in the Claes house, either. Katarina, who had been a spoiled only child up until then, hated suddenly getting an adopted stepbrother. In addition, Duchess Claes misunderstood Keith to be an illegitimate child of Duke Claes, and her relationship with Duke Claes became icy.

Since he was disliked by both Katarina and the Duchess, even the servants were not able to do anything for him. Therefore, he mostly confined himself to his room and spent his time alone. And as if to fill the loneliness within him, he grew up to be quite the playboy.

Such a Keith met the heroine. At first, he made a pass at the commoner heroine only because commoners were so rare for him to meet, but she was able to envelop him in such kindness that it gradually healed his loneliness, and he became attracted to her. And for the first time since he was born, he found someone he loved.

Game Route
In Keith’s route, the hard-working villainess Katarina Claes was featured extensively. Getting close to the duke’s family, the easy manner of exchanges with the heroine, the commoner enraged Katarina’s noble consciousness, and she tormented the heroine endlessly.


 * If the heroine captures Keith successfully, and gets the happy end–Just like the time with Prince Jared, since Katarina had been criminally harassing the couple, she was deprived of her status and exiled. After that, Keith left the Claes house and married the heroine.


 * If the heroine fails to capture Keith, and gets the bad end–Keith would be unable to protect the heroine from Katarina’s harassment, and Katarina would inflict a deep wound on the heroine that would not disappear. In his despair, Keith would use his strong magic power to murder his sister Katarina, and then disappear.

Katarina Claes
In the game, Fortune Lovers, Katarina and Keith had a cold relationship. Due to her sometimes physical abuse towards him and general neglect from the mansion staff and his family, he became a playboy who vied for attention.

In the present timeline, Because the current Katarina was able to prevent Keith from being lonely, their relationship instead became very positive. Unbeknownst to Katarina, instead of being a playboy like his game version, Keith had become a sis-con who is completely infatuated with Katarina and sees other people, like Gerald, as rivals. Keith is constantly worried about his sister, who is oblivious of how many people she unintentionally seduces.

After graduation, Keith was kidnapped by the magician Sarah for an experiment. When Katarina saves Keith, he unconsciously kisses Katarina. When he wakes up again, he tells her that he loves her and reveals his feelings toward her that he had for nine years. This makes Katarina finally aware of Keith. She begins to awkwardly treat him as a proper man and not just her little brother, though she would forget the confession most of the time.

In Verge of Doom, Katarina and Keith despises each other. After Katarina regains memories of her past life, she tries her best to win over Keith and to become real siblings with him (out of both regret and precaution). Keith reluctantly agrees to forgive her, but is wary of her sudden change and assumes that she has other motives.

Millidiana Claes
In Fortune Lover, Keith was despised by his step mother as she assumed that he was the son of her husband's mistress. Millidiana did not see or treat Keith as a son in any way, and would support Katarina's mistreatment of her step-brother.

In the present timeline, Millidiana loves him as a son, and would trust him more than she would with Katarina. She would trust Keith to take care of her older sister, and would use him as an example to her of how a proper noble should act. Millidiana favors Keith over Katarina (due to him growing up more ideally than his sister), but loves them both very much.

In Verge of Doom, Millidiana continued to despise until her was 15 years old, until it was revealed during a picnic that Katarina insinuated that Keith is not an offspring of the Duke. The two still have an icy relationship, but Milidiana swears to start treating Keith more kindly to make up for the misunderstanding that ruined his childhood.

Viscount Coleman
"It's such a hassle to take in(to the family) a nuisance like you."

Viscount Coleman is Keith's biological father. Despite Keith being his biological son, he has no interest in him and neglects him. Viscount Coleman took Keith into the Coleman household at the age of 3. Although the Coleman brothers and the Viscount's wife harass Keith on a daily basis, the Viscount pays no heed and neglects Keith completely. Viscount Coleman, on the other hand, was a despicable lustful man.

Keith's Mother
"I wish I didn't give birth to you." Keith's mother was a commoner and a prostitute. She only felt remorse and despair from bearing him. She even tells him how she regrets giving birth to him.

Thomas Coleman
Keith's biological brother, who hated him for being adopted into a rich and happy family by Duke Claes. He was kidnapped by Thomas, as he desired to see him fall and die.

Maria Campbell
In Fortune Lover, Keith would be interested in Maria as she was a commoner who didn't seem to be attracted to him, and only desired her as a new play thing. Eventually, Keith would realize that Maria's desire for friendship is genuine and would desire her as a real friend. Eventually, Keith would have fallen in love with Maria and protect her from Katarina’s harassment. Keith also gets along mainly with Maria because of her commoner roots, as his mother is a commoner herself.

In the present timeline, Keith has no feelings whatsoever for Maria due to how Keith is in love with his step-sister, the current Katarina, who had filled the void of Keith's loneliness in his early childhood. Thus, Keith was badly flabbergasted when the current Katarina had assumed Keith had fallen in love with Maria.

Geordo Stuart
In Fortune Lover, Keith and Gerald were rivals for Maria's affection. As a result, they often protect Maria from Katarina.

In the present timeline, Keith and Gerald are rivals for Katarina's affection. When Gerald makes advances towards Katarina, Keith is usually the one to intervene to his advances. Keith often quarrels with Gerald that his sister does not have what it takes to become a queen, while Gerald counters that she doesn't have to be. He would often come between Geordo and Katarina when they are together by coming unannounced to his invitations. Keith does not trust Geordo when he is around Katarina, and is always assuming the worst intentions from the prince, especially when it comes to his advances.

Mary Hunt
In the present timeline, Keith and Mary are good friends thanks to Katarina. The two would often ally with each other in getting in between Geordo and Katarina.

Earth Magic
Keith possess powerful Earth Magic, making him one of the strongest known magic users in the series, alongside Maria. With his magic, he can create Dirt Dolls of any size that he can control to do his bidding.

Trivia

 * He dislikes women who approach him aggressively, especially those at dances where he can't even refuse them.
 * He likes studying magic.
 * Due to Katarina's influence, he begins to like snacks as well.
 * He would often carry candy in his pocket to give to Katarina whenever she is hungry. According to Katarina, this makes him look like an old man.
 * When asked what he would like his lover to do for him, Keith replies with erotic scenes before cutting himself off."Things I'd want them to do for me? Perhaps jumping in suddenly when I am in the house, wearing thin garments and wandering around in the house, hugging me suddenly... Ahem, these activities are all very troubling and I would greatly prefer for her not to do these things."

- Keith