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Originally Posted by Alesio33

Found this picture...



I take it the one on the far right is Kuran but who are the other two?
And is the blue knight actually a big deal in a political sense? Or more like does it have any relevance that mc is blue knight?

The picture isn't showing properly since you hot linked a wallpaper site.

But fixed that for you:

Spoiler:

Those two are Flair and Karis, the ancient Fortorthe version of Ruth and Yurika/Maki.

Flair, or Flairaan Nye Pardomshiha, is the direct ancestor of Ruth (Ruthkhania Nye Pardomshiha) and the guardian knight of Alya, just like Ruth is to Theia.

Karis is one of the royal magi who was initially sent to spy on Alya's. Koutarou accidentally caught her when he first reunited the stranded Alya with Ruth and co. She was loyal to the head magi for raising her from an orphan, but defected after realizing that they were willing to poison an entire town including her in it.


MC being Blue Knight is relevant to a little too many things to explain here.
Most of them revolved around Harumi and especially Harumi, and then Theia and Ruth, and Kuran.
But his trip to the past also touched on the plot around Kiriha, and Sanae.
His actions in the past also resulted in the elements for the plot around Yurika and Shizuka.
And the most important thing: himself (yes Koutarou has his own plot *points at episode 1*).

In the political sense, supposedly the Blue Knight has power almost equal to the emperor. But that hasn't been explored in the novel yet since they aren't on modern Fortorthe (yet).