Raphael Walt

Raphel Walt (ラファエル・ウォルト) or formerly Sirius Dieke(シリウス・ディーク) is a hidden character in the first part of the otome game Fortune Lover.

As Sirius, he was the student council president and a side character in Fortune Lover.

Appearance
He has brilliant red hair and grey eyes. He wears a white long-sleeved collar shirt with a grey cardigan, under a long brown jacket. He wears long brown pants folded slightly to reveal long brown boots.

While in the Magic Ministry, his hair is dyed brown by her boss, Lana.

Personality
As Sirius under the surface, he displays a professional demeanor and is a kind person willing to help anyone. Showing no prejudice towards people as he is willing to accept Maria despite the fact she is a commoner. In reality, Sirius is a very hateful person who holds a deep grudge against the Marquess family this is mostly due to the curse that was placed on him. He is not complying with evil during Maria's captivity; he took care of her never striking her, and is even giving her a proper meal.

As Raphael, he is a very kind individual and is very helpful he regrets his actions as Sirius.

Despite still being very caring and kind, he has a cunning side to him that he does not show. This trait is shared with Maria when they were stated to be secretly associated with an organization that plans to break off Katarina and Geordo's engagement.

His impressions as a laborious man leads him to dumped with paperwork during his stay in both the Magic Academy and the Magic Ministry, which he unwillingly accepts, showing that he is both responsible as well as always tired and sleep-deprived.

Background
Previously known as Sirius Dieke, an illegitimate son of Marquis Dieke from a maid. In the town he lives, he was constantly being picked on though he has never told his mother. However, he and his mother were kidnapped by Marquess Dieke. She who felt inferior to Rafael's mother who was both beautiful and bore a healthy and handsome son while Marquess Dieke has a sickly son named Sirius Dieke. Marquess Dieke revealed her intention of both robbing the life and magic of Rafael and his mother.

A forbidden ritual happened and Raphael's mother died after her magic was moved to Sirius and Sirius died afterward his soul was extracted and merged to Raphael's body. Raphael became Sirius however, despite the merging of Sirius and Raphael's memories, Raphael still dominated his mind. After the forbidden ritual, Raphael obtained dark magic, and the men who had done the ritual were mercilessly killed by the Marquess. However, the moment that happened, one of the men cast a curse to Raphael which manipulated him to pursue revenge.

Game Description
A dangerous person that has dark magic. If successfully captured, he will have a sweet daily life with the heroine, if one fails, he will kill the heroine and all her friends in the student council.

Katarina Claes
Upon first meeting her as Sirius, he displayed a kind demeanor towards her, even allowing her to hang around the Student Council room. He even offers her tea, which he makes himself. In reality, he despises her to the point of calling her a hypocrite, and sarcastically calls her savior. On one occasion, he created intensely detailed, albeit untruthful documentation about Katarina's supposed bullying of Maria. He went so far as to use Dark Magic on his fellow classmates to manipulate them into reading these false grievances publicly. All this, as an attempt to get Katarina expelled. In their final confrontation, Katarina offers to stay by his side, and reveals his true name: Raphael. Katarina's kindness turns him away vengeance and frees him from the grip of Dark Magic.

Currently, Raphael and Katarina are co-workers in the Magic Tools Laboratory of the Ministry of Magic.

Maria Campbell
Raphael and Maria had a very friendly relationship during their days in the Magic Academy. He was the first one to treat Maria nicely in the student council, as he saw her as someone he can use to enact his revenge against the Marquess. For a short period of time, he despised Maria due to losing the sense of camaraderie he felt between them after she became friends with Katarina. After he is set free from Dark Magic, he continues to be a good friend to Maria.

He admits that if he was not in love with Katarina, he would have been charmed by Maria's beauty and kindness.

Nicole Ascart
Nicole is Raphael's childhood friend. He was one of the first to notice Nicole's changing behavior upon meeting Katarina.

Lana Smith
As the Vice-Director of the Magic Tools Laboratory in the Magic Ministry, Raphael takes over all of Lana's paperwork, as she is usually missing on the job. He is usually unwilling to carry all the paperwork, but has no choice but to do so. He respects Lana as his boss, but is not afraid to be upset at her for not being around the Ministry.

Sora Smith
Sora and Raphael are co-workers in the Magic Tools Laboratory of the Magic Ministry.

Dark Magic
Due to the forbidden ritual insinuated by Marquess Dieke, Raphael gains the ability to use Dark Magic. In the end of Volume 2, it is revealed that he was mostly just borrowing the Dark Magic, as we was being possessed by the Dark Magician that conducted the failed sacrifice attempt by the Marquess.

Brewing Good Tea
In Volume 5, it is noted that his special skill is brewing good tea. His tea has a very gentle flavor, that Katarina can immediately recognize.

Trivia

 * His likes are black tea and snacks that go well with it.
 * His dislikes are dark and gloomy places.
 * In Volume 5, it is stated that he can give really good back massages, though he is the one who is in need of it the most.
 * In the original translation of Volume 5, it is stated that Raphael's original magic is Wind, but in the english translations of the light novels, it says that his magic is Light.
 * It is implied in Episode 7 that Sirius could have been the one who saved Katarina and Sophia from falling from a cliff during their magic exams, supporting the idea that his original magic was Wind.