Thomas Coleman

Thomas Coleman (ーマス・コールマン) is the first son of Viscount Coleman and the older brother of Keith Claes. He plays an antagonist role in Volume 4, as the supposed mastermind behind Keith's kidnapping.

Appearance
Thomas is described as a strong and healthy boy, around Keith's age. He has messy hair and a twisted smile. He is described to be fat by Keith, compared to how he used to be in the past.

Personality
Thomas is a very arrogant man, who only sees himself and holds no compassion for others. His status made him lazy, relying too much on his servants to the point of abuse. He blames everyone around him for his shortcomings, calling them "stupid" or "useless". He is ungrateful for his family and wealth and would waste them without a second thought. When he is in despair, he wallows in it but merely calls it "bad luck".

Background
Thomas is the first son of Viscount Coleman and was originally supposed to be the successor of the family. He would often abuse his power as the son of the Viscount to badmouth and abuse his servants, calling them insults and names as he deems them not capable in their service. He would often cause headaches to his father as he receives a lot of complaints from both the staff of the estate, as well as Thomas' teachers and peers.

Because of how much of a troublemaker Thomas was at school, and because of how badly he had been treating the servants in the Coleman Estate, he was kicked out by his father and transferred the right to succession to his younger brother. Thomas was sent by his father to a far-off estate near a village, in order to live a new life, but he arrogantly spent all the money on gambling and alcohol, which lead him to become broke very quickly.

Thomas allied with a woman named Sarah who he had met during his lowest point. He was able to capture Keith and enacted physical violence to him whenever he can, as well as announcing that he will sell him as a slave to a foreign land, as a form of revenge in order to quench his jealousy. Unbeknownst to Thomas, he was merely part of Sarah's plan to study the creation of familiars of darkness, and that his life force was slowly being taken away. He was left exceedingly weak, with not much time to live.

After being detained and interrogated by the Magic Ministry, he lost his life after being continuously weakened by Dark Magic. .

Keith Claes
As his father's "whoreson", Thomas hated Keith. He held no relationship with Keith as he was disgusted by both their father and his origins. At one point in time, Keith accidentally injured Thomas and his younger brother when they were young, which gave Thomas trauma. He would sometimes have constant nightmares of the event even after years have passed from the accident.

After falling rock bottom and being thrown out by his father, with no friends or coin to use, Thomas saw Keith after years and was filled with anger and jealousy as he compared their current status in life. Thomas is envious of Keith for being adopted by a duke simply because he had magic, and his thoughts were overrun with desires and planned to bring Keith lower than where he is.

Sarah
During the point in Thomas' life where he was at the very bottom, he was found by Sarah, who bought him alcohol and who comforted him during his despair. Thomas lost all of his "friends" as soon as he lost all his money, so he was shocked that Sarah stayed with him and listened to his life story and plans for revenge. Sarah did not look at him with pity and earnestly listened to his plight, making Thomas feel understood. Sarah provided all his daily necessities and aided him in his plan to seek revenge against Keith, which made Thomas fall in love with her.

Physical Strength
Despite being physically unfit, he is described by others as a strong and healthy boy. He was also strong enough to enact physical violence onto Keith on a daily basis.