Cyrus Lanchester

Cyrus Lanchester (サイラス・ランチャスター) is a new character and capture target of Fortune Lover II: Love at the Magical Ministry.

He is the Director of the Magic Research Department in the Magic Ministry.

Appearance
Cyrus is a brown-haired, green-eyed handsome man with rimless glasses. He is usually seen wearing a clean and complete Ministry uniform.

Personality
Cyrus is a talented man deeply admired by his subordinates. He is very strict with his fellow employees and gets irritable at disobedience and tomfoolery, such as the customized uniforms of Larna's department. He is a man that always puts his foot down and thinks of business first. Despite his strict and composed outward appearance, he becomes still and flustered around female colleagues, as he is unfamiliar with how to treat and talk to women.

Background
He is the second son of Count Lanchester, a poor nobleman who lived no different from rural peasants. Due to their household being located in the middle of nowhere, they had no power and eventually lost their status and fortune. He grew up as a commoner who eagerly helped on his family's farm. He eventually discovered that he possess magic, and in his fear of entering an academy filled with nobles, he studied hard in order to educate himself for when he steps into the academy.

Despite this, he was not able to fit in and was disliked by his peers for his commoner upbringing. As someone who had no friends during his time in the academy, he used his time to study diligently. This lead to him to receive various academic achievements and was eventually offered a seat in the Magic Ministry. He wanted to decline, wanting to no longer stay anywhere near noble society, but accepted the offer in order to help his family monetarily. His strict and no-nonsense attitude lead him to be called "The Lonely Genius" in the Ministry.

His inability to keep up a strict façade and acting as the Director of the Magic Research Department lead him to always collapse when he is under psychological stress. He was recommended to find a hobby in order to calm his nerve, and he chose a hobby that originated from his roots: farming. After he started to pursue farming as a hobby, he was able to calm his nerves and increase his productivity in happiness.

Game Description
Cyrus, in Fortune Lover II, is a strict boss of the Magic Research Department that hides his sweet and bumpkin personality under the guise of a no-nonsense superior. He would initially act cold towards the heroine, as he is not sure how to interact with beautiful women. He would slowly attempt to interact with the heroine in order to get rid of his fear, and would eventually fall in love with her.

Game Route
Throughout the game, while trying to gain the attention and affection of the capture targets, the heroine must also try to reveal the identity of the mysterious woman with dark magic that has been causing trouble in the Ministry


 * If the heroine and Cyrus, the chosen capture target, reveal the identity of the mysterious figure, that person will then be arrested and the two will be able to live a happily ever after together
 * If the heroine fails to reveal the identity of the mysterious figure, she and the culprit will duel each other, and both die. All the capture targets, including Cyrus, will fall prey to dark magic.

Katarina Claes
In Fortune Lover, Cyrus is among the cast who will partake in the identification of the mysterious figure with dark magic, who is revealed to be Katarina herself. Cyrus would be involved in throwing Katarina in jail.

In the present story, Cyrus had the sudden urge to start farming and made a field near the Ministry of Magic, where Katarina found him by chance and aided him in farming. The two share an interest in farming and get along. Cyrus feels at home and comfortable around Katarina, as she reminds him of his grandmother, as she was very easy to talk to. Katarina and Cyrus both see each other as old people. Cyrus actively asks for Katarina's help in getting to know and become close with Maria.

Maria Campbell
Cyrus wanted to get along and talk to Maria in order to get rid of his fears of talking to women, because he finds her to be a really beautiful and hardworking girl. He ends up falling in love with Maria.

Dewey Percy
Dewey is an employee under the Magic Powers Research Department, which Cyrus is the Director of. They have a very professional relationship.

Larna Smith
Cyrus is one of the many employees of the Ministry that dislikes the carefree and irresponsible attitude of the employees of the Magic Tool Laboratory, which Larna is the Director of. He dislikes her for not disciplining her staff.

Water Magic
Cyrus' magical element is Water.

Farming
As he was raised as a commoner, Cyrus is very good at farming. He was described as a professional by Katarina.

Trivia

 * Cyrus is the first named character to have glasses in the series.