Nicks Fou Bartfort

Nicks Fou Bartfort (ニックス・フォウ・バルトファルト) is the eldest son & child of Bartfort Household & Leon's older brother.

Appearance
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Personality
Nicks is more earnest and upright than his lighthearted younger brother. While Leon often jokes around in most situations, Nick usually goes straight to the point and takes matters seriously, whether his education or duty as the eldest son. Furthermore, unlike the twisted Leon, he feels uncomfortable about trickery and underhanded methods. Nevertheless, both brothers and their father share a sense of modesty, preferring a peaceful, low-profile lifestyle over pursuing power or fame.

Nicks is a dutiful son to his parents and a loving older brother to his younger siblings. He always looks after them, including his annoying sisters, cleaning up whatever troubles they cause. His kindness also extends to people outside his family. For instance, Nick was thoughtful and worried about Dorothea's feelings even after she gave him the cold shoulder during the meeting.

Because of Leon's achievements, Nicks develops an inferiority complex. He is somewhat jealous of Leon's capabilities and a strong sense of self. Although he recognizes their differences in abilities and the pointlessness of envying Leon, Nicks finds it irritating to be constantly reminded that he is not as good as his younger brother. Nevertheless, being good-natured, Nicks doesn't consider taking advantage of his brother's position.

Like his parents, his ideal marriage is simple, relaxed, and happy. While Nicks is initially timid about romance, he eventually musters the courage and properly confesses his love to Dorothea. Nicks is also committed to his relationship with his fiancée, unlike Leon, who is romantically involved with many women, albeit unintentionally.

In contrast to his usually meek attitude, Nicks became surprisingly aggressive on the battlefield, mercilessly cutting down and cursing his enemies.

Volume 1
On the day when Leon regains his memory and he returns home late. Zola, irritated by his behavior, sends him to study in the storehouse, and out of the way cabin in the woods where Nicks is also studying. While in the storehouse, Nicks explains the situation of their family and how women hold more power than men in their society to Leon.

Ten years later, when Leon is suddenly told that he won't be going to the academy and will have to marry the daughter of one of Zola's associates, decides to become an adventurer to escape this marriage. Two months later Leon returns home with Luxion and lots of treasure as well and finding a deserted island, which Leon claimed for himself. Leon thought that he would become a baronetcy at the most but he was told that he would became a baron after graduation and had to enter the advanced class in the academy.

Bartfort Household, economically more stable now, had purchased an airship so Nicks, Leon and Jenna along with her purchased slave Miauler were riding in that airship & were going to the academy. Leon asks if Nicks was dissatisfied as Leon was the only one going to the advanced class and saying that if Nicks wanted, Leon could say that all his achievements were Nicks. Nicks hearing this said that he would never stoop so low as to take his little brother's achievements and Nicks said that he didn't wanted to go to the advanced class as only those kinds of women were there. Nicks gave his sympathies to Leon as he was the one who was entering the advanced classes. Nicks also gave his gratitude to Leon as due to him, Nicks can study without doing any part-time job.

After the duel between Leon and The Prince's Entourage, when Leon was informed that he would get promoted, Nicks along with their father, mother and Jenna, went to the Royal Palace, where Leon was promoted to the baron, sixth noble rank.

Volume 2
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Volume 3
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Volume 5
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Volume 8
Earl Roseblade proposes an engagement between his older daughter Dorothea and Nicks, who finds this alarming enough to accept Leon's offer to sabotage the meeting and have Dorothea object.

On Nicks first meeting with Dorothea he is asked by Dorothea, to be her pet. Leon who knew of this behavior of Dorothea had asked Nicks to refuse. According to Leon's plan, Nicks offers Dorothea a collar attached with a leash and aggressively tells her to be his pet instead. Unknown of the fact that Dorothea who was unwilling to get married, gets impressed by Nicks sadism act and falls in love with him. Feeling guilty Nicks confesses everything along with Leon's plans to her by which she is gravely heartbroken and decides to return to the Roseblade manor.

On knowing that the Roseblade ships are ambushed by air pirates on their way back, Nicks requests Leon for a battle armor and rushes to the scene along with Einhorn. He singlehandedly defeats most of the pirates and then lands on the the Roseblade ship's deck. He is thanked by the entire crew present alongside Dorothea. Dorothea and Nicks then share a nice conversation together inside the ship. Both of them apologize to each other and sort out their misunderstanding and later share a friendly conversation, even making the nearby maids to ponder about them being old friends. To thank the Bartforts, Earl Roseblade organize a party at the Roseblade Estate.

In the party both Nicks and Dorothea can be seen on a terrace. Leon, his fiancées, the family and Earl Roseblade watch them from afar. Dorothea asks Nicks for a second chance to be accepted as his wife, to which Nicks is hesitant at first. When he saw Dorothea's beauty in the moonlight, saw her crying, could not leave her and embraced her, making Dorothea surprise for a moment and hugged him back.

The next day Nicks was present in his family's gathering discussing about Nicks' actions. After some family bickering, Nicks along with his father and Leon go to meet Earl Roseblade to apologize for his actions. Earl Roseblade had already thought of Nicks as part of the family and refused to hear Nicks' worries. After some chatting count calls upon Dorothea so that she can show Nicks their household.

Both Nicks and Dorothea enjoyed their time together in the garden, they even held hands while sitting on a bench, unknown of the fact that they were being watched by Leon and others. After he parted with Dorothea he was approached by the Count and his parents who were relieved to know that Nicks had decided upon his engagement. Nicks who was confused at the moment later confronted his brother and came to know his recent deeds towards which he was furious. After seeing Dorothea and Deirdre approaching towards them to bid them farewell, Nicks let go of Leon and shyly bid farewell to Dorothea. After a few days Nicks can be seen writing replies to the letters sent by Dorothea. When Colin asked Nicks if he would marry anymore ladies, like Leon, he replied with having no such intention in the near future.

After Leon and his fiancées had left for the academy, Nicks was present at the Bartfort's port ready to welcome his very soon to be wife, Dorothea who had come to experience the countryside before her marriage into the house.

Volume 9
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Spin-off: Part 2
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Relationships
She is the eldest daughter of the Roseblade household, who is brought to the Bartfort territory to marry to Nicks on the order of her Father. Nicks mentions that she was in her final year at the academy during his own first year–he'd seen her from afar but the social gulf was significant. Both Nicks and Dorothea were against their marriage but soon after various ups and downs they fall for each other and get engaged. Dorothea who is usually very cold acts as child in front of Nicks.
 * Dorothea Fou Roseblade (Fiancée)

Though Nicks initially refuses to wear a collar at first, after their relationship develops he agrees to wear it in everybody's absence. Dorothea is very possessive of Nicks, as she can't tolerate the belittling of Nicks' and wishes to spend all her life with him. She mentions him with the  sama ーsuffix as well as dear and husband (though they aren't married yet).

Trivia

 * Among the population within Bartfort's territory, Nicks is favored by older generations, who consider him reliable and hard-working.
 * When he was in the Academy, Nicks was hated by male students for being Leon's brother. Meanwhile, because of the female students' fear of him and Leon's bizarre promotions, Nicks couldn't find a marriage partner before he met Dorothea.