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Hänsel was a boy kidnapped and raised by Eve and Adam Moonlit, and the twin brother of Gretel. Born as part of Project 'Ma', the newborn twins were taken by their mother, Meta Salmhofer, to Held's Forest and raised by the Moonlit Family after Eve killed Meta. After being abandoned in the forest during a famine, Hänsel and Gretel murdered their foster parents and split Eve's Original Sin into the vessels of sin.
History[]
Early Life[]
Hänsel was born along with his twin sister, Gretel, on December 27, EC 0 in the royal institute in Magic Kingdom Levianta as part of Project 'Ma'. After being birthed by his mother, Meta Salmhofer, Hänsel and his sister were placed in a life support system, due to having problems breathing on their own. Celebrated by the people of the Magic Kingdom, their births marked the first year of the new Evillious Calendar.
Five days after their birth, when Pale Noël launched an attack on the research institute with the remnants of Apocalypse, Hänsel and his sister were taken by Meta from the laboratory as she fled with Pale. When Seth Twiright used a gas derived from the brainwashing drug Venom to capture the fugitives, Pale collapsed, but the twins and their mother remained unaffected. Escaping into the night, they fled to Elphegort, Meta hiding with her children in Held's Forest. During her time fleeing, she encounter Adam Moonlit. While disturst with each other, Adam put down some supplies that could help Meta and her children survive for few days. after hesitating, Meta grabs the supplies Adam left for her as Adam walk away.
One night, on a stroll through the forest after a year of being hidden by Meta, she settled them near a tree and left them. Soon after, he and Gretel were discovered by Eve Moonlit. The witch took the infants and fled through the forest, killing Meta during her pursuit. After Eve showed the children to her husband, Adam, the woodcutter couple adopted the newly orphaned babies and raised them as their own. Over the years, Adam tried teaching Hänsel but the child failed to understand any of it. He also kept a glass bottle as a personal treasure.
Moonlit Abandonment[]
In EC 013, fragments of the Levia-Behemo dragon descended upon the twins as two lights and fused with their bodies. A few months later, in EC 014, Hänsel and his sister were led by their parents deep into the forest on a moonlit night, following a famine in Elphegort resulting from the Levianta Catastrophe.
Despite questioning their parents on where they were going and why they looked so sad, the twins received no answers, continuing to be lead deeper into the forest. Eventually, Hänsel and his sister realized that they would be lost if they continued on the path and were soon after abandoned by their parents to die. Seemingly betrayed, Gretel and her brother concluded their parents were actually a wicked witch and her henchman that had tricked them.
Using the glass bottle full of moonlight he had around his neck, Hänsel lit the path as they wandered together. At last, Hänsel and Gretel arrived back home, recognizing it as the "witch's house". The twins then murdered the "witch" and her "henchman".
Watching the "witch" burn to ashes in the oven, they witnessed her body become the embodiment of her Original Sin. Splitting it into seven fragments, the twins also performed a Re_birthday, remaking the six spirits of the earthlings into Demons of Sin. Housing each demon inside a household object, the two thus created the vessels of sin. Afterward, they scattered the vessels across the world. Hänsel and his sister then slept in the witch's house before deciding to go out and search for their "real" mother and father.
Stupid Servant[]
Following his death, Hänsel and his sister reincarnated as the twins Arte and Pollo in the Beelzenian Empire in EC 298. Losing their parents at a young age, the twins became servants to the Conchita Family and became obsessively loyal attendants to Carlos Conchita. After finding and keeping the wine glass vessel of sin, the two presented it to their dying master in July of EC 323 as a means to save Carlos from his eventual fate of overeating.
Once the Duke forged a contract with the Demon of Gluttony, the two supported "Evil Food Eater Conchita" as he began indulging in increasingly disgusting foods, killing any staff that opposed the feudal lord on his orders. As his sister took command of their master's army of undead, the servant helped to do battle against the imperial soldiers sent to subdue Carlos. Pollo was later killed and devoured by Carlos around August of EC 325, following his sister.
Marlon Assassin[]
In EC 482, Hänsel reincarnated as Nathan Marlon, the illegitimate daughter of Queen Prim Marlon of the Kingdom of Marlon and King Arth I of the Kingdom of Lucifenia. Discarded by his mother to hide her infidelity, Nathan was raised and experimented on by Prim's court mage Abyss E.L. Becoming obsessed with pleasing his mother, Nathan infiltrated the Kingdom of Lucifenia as a spy, and, feigning amnesia, was adopted by Head Maid Mariam Phutapie of the Three Heroes.
Nathan was eventually hired as a butler at the royal palace, where she worked to undermine the reign of Prince Alexiel Lucifen d'Autriche. During the Lucifenian Revolution of EC 500, Nathan killed his adoptive mother before returning to Queen Dowager Prim in Marlon. Made the commander of the Special Maneuvers Task Force, Nathan assisted his half-sister Queen Michaela in her Witch Hunt. Later given the Glass of Conchita by Abyss E.L., Nathan took command of Retasan Fortress and revived undead hordes for Marlon's Beelzenian campaign in EC 505.
Forced to retreat, the assassin returned to his mother in Marlon and joined her at Castle Hedgehog while building up their undead forces in preparation for Michaela's retaliation against them. During the ensuing battle, Nathan's sanity snapped, causing him to kill Prim before wildly attacking Micheale and completely submitting to the Demon of Gluttony. After being subdued and captured, he was killed by Abyss E.L. at Lioness Castle.
Servant to the Glass[]
Afterwards, Hänsel's soul was merged with the Glass of Conchita and his memory of his past lives reawakened; Hänsel immediately returned to serving the new Demon of Gluttony, Carlos, learning about his master's ambition to find the Grave Yard where the technology of the Second Period was located to become the Master of the Graveyard and devour the world. Two weeks later, the two watched Abyss E.L. battle Germaine Avadonia and Yukina Freezis. When Abyss suddenly attempted to use the Marlon Spoon against Aelxiel, the remorseful "Nathan" used the Demon of Gluttony's power to cancel out the Demon of Greed's magic, saving the prince and leading to the mage's defeat.
Possessing His Twin[]
After Elluka Clockworker reclaimed the Glass of Conchita and changed her identity to "Julia Abelard", she stored the vessel in her mansion's treasury in Rolled, Lucifenia. In EC 603, Hänsel awoke to see Rin Abelard examining the glass. Upon her touching its surface, his spirit possessed her and forged a contract between her and Carlos. Reading through her memories, Hänsel confirmed the adopted Rin was a reincarnation of Gretel before the girl passed out.
Not long after Rin awoke, Hänsel was finally was able to speak with her, introducing himself as "Nathan" and claiming he was another her; he then explained the situation, that only she could hear his voice and that they were now inseparable since her touching the wine glass. Afterward, Hänsel watched Rin live out her daily life as Julia's adopted daughter, occasionally speaking with her. Sometime after the girl was given the Glass of Conchita as a present for her eighth birthday by Julia, the two of them had a conversation about Julia as a mother, with Hänsel trying to caution Rin that she intended to use her, to no avail.
While Julia and Rin ate dinner at home on August 17, EC 609, Hänsel heard Julia tell Rin about her presidential inauguration ceremony the next day, noting there would be an after party at the Lucifenian Palace and that her friend Lemy Kun was scheduled to sing there. After Rin attended the inauguration speech in Milanais Square the next day, she returned to the Abelard estate. Hänsel chided her into attending the after-party, talking to her about the "Lucifenian Royal Palace" where it was being held once he arrived.
He directed her through the palace where she was greeted by Bruno Marlon, and he was present while Rin and Bruno discussed Lemy Kun and the shady reputation of his manager, Ton Corpa. After Rin's repeated failure to meet with Lemy in the wake of his retreat into the Corpa Mansion due to a lip-syncing scandal, Hänsel implored her to force her way inside the mansion in early October of that year. Learning that the Cirque de Lune would be tented on the grounds of Corpa's mansion before their performance on October 10, he had Ein disguise herself as a member of the circus to sneak into the estate grounds and infiltrate the mansion when everyone was asleep.
Before she left, he also removed the golden key vessel of sin from Julia's treasury and put it in Rin's pocket to help with the infiltration. Inside the mansion, the two were able to locate Lemy's room; finding it locked, Hänsel directed Rin to use Grim the End to open it. Shortly after, Lemy revealed Ton's plans to kill him, after having murdered the singer he lip-synced to; Hänsel then watched the man himself appear to confront the pair. When Rin failed to intimidate him, he took full control of her body for a brief period, swiftly disarming Corpa of her knife and stabbing him in the back with it.
Defying Conscience[]
After Rin escaped with Lemy to her "aunt" Mayrana's mansion in Calgaround, they were intercepted by Julia and brought back home alone. Hänsel watched Julia reveal her position as leader of Père Noël to the girl and coax her into helping her "correct" the world as the criminal organization's assassin, Fifth Pierrot, with the skill she demonstrated killing Ton. Hänsel remained negative of the girl's involvement, though Lemy was convinced by Julia that she belonged in the role.
After another rebuke from the girl for his doubts, Hänsel silently listened to Julia assign her, her first mission to hunt for the traitorous Seventh Magician hiding in Rolled. Over the following months, Hänsel watched while Rin murdered random prostitutes throughout Rolled in search of Seventh Magician. After she had murdered her eighth prostitute, he again cautioned Rin that she was being manipulated, relating to her a tale of his time as Nathan, brainwashed by his mother, though under the guise of it merely being a boy he "knew". When this story only angered Rin, Hänsel changed the topic to her enjoyment of killing, although again failing to get through to her.
When Rin went to investigate the brothel on 7th Block on February 11, EC 610, Hänsel watched while the brothel owner led the girl to Isabel Ismael; she then witnessed him confirm Isabel was Seventh Magician before attempting to slay her. As she was brainwashed by Yuzette's Lust spell, Hänsel took over, stabbing Yuzette and taunting her as she perished. He then returned control to Rin, noting as she collected her knife and the Venom Sword.
When the girl began to leave, he urged her to kill off the brothel owner as well so as to leave no witnesses ahe was there. Despite her reluctance, she prepared to do so, only for Hänsel to recognize the owner as Irina Clockworker and stop her, explaining when asked that he knew her. Irina promised to keep Fifth Pierrot's murder of Seventh Magician a secret in exchange for a meeting with Julia, introducing herself as Third Sleep Prince. Despite Hänsel's insistence that she was lying about her identity, Rin agreed to the deal.
Hänsel observed Julia and Rin's meeting with Irina at the brothel two days later, listening to the "Sleep Prince" claim that he took over Irina's body when the mage attempted to use the Swap Technique to destroy her. After she proved she could use Adam's powerful hypnosis, both her and Gumillia were recruited into Père Noël as the new Seventh Magician and Eighth Sniper. Irina suggested "Nathan" be the new Fourth Shadow, though Hänsel found it frivolous.
New Père Noël[]
Over the following months, Hänsel rarely spoke up to Rin. After the girl was assigned by Bruno Marlon to assassinate Nob Nicole during a diplomatic meeting, Hänsel watched as the job was complicated by a pair of Justea investigators who barged in during the meeting, revealing Bruno's plot and his secret identity as the fugitive Kaidor Blankenheim. As Julia signaled Rin to kill Bruno, Hänsel spoke up and suggested Julia was sacrificing her as well as Bruno. Rin quickly was paralyzed with indecision, and the two watched Bruno be arrested and taken away.
At night on September 9, Julia sent Rin to an inn on 12th block while she dealt with persons looking into her connection with Bruno, and Hänsel noted that this was out of fear that he'd leak information related to Père Noël. Soon after, Seventh Magician came in with Eighth Sniper and Hänsel listened to the mage offer Rin a chance to escape from the criminal organization with her before it completely fell apart. As he commented on Irina's warnings, Hänsel learned that she could hear his voice as well and again argued that she wasn't the real "Sleep Prince". Irina once more pressed her offer to Rin, and then left.
Afterward, Hänsel returned to the dimension in the Glass of Conchita while Rin slept that night and reported what had been transpiring to Carlos. When Carlos suggested Hänsel teach Rin how to use the corpse soldiers, one of the powers granted by the glass, Hänsel refused on the grounds of her arrogant. Further into the conversation, they noticed Rin's soul watching them. Thereafter, Hänsel continued watching Rin's day-to-day actions, including relaying Irina and Gumillia's treachery to Julia. They continued to bicker about Julia's true nature, until Rin told him to be quiet.
From then on, Hänsel merely observed as she restarted her nightly murders of persons opposing Julia. After Rin was shot through the heart by Gumillia on December 26 and subsequently buried, Hänsel waited underground with the "corpse" until Julia put the Glass of Conchita and a folded pair of clothes by his grave around a month later. After Julia left for him planned duel with Irina and Gumillia at Pale Noël's tomb in Elphegort, Carlos decided they'd use the opportunity to get close to Irina and lead Rin there to help her "mother" with her battle.
Duel of Merrigod Plateau[]
Around 2:00 AM the next morning, after Carlos healed her fatal injury, Hänsel woke Rin. Once the girl dug herself out of her grave, Hänsel explained to her how she was still alive, realizing in the course of the conversation that she still had not remembered anything of her past lives but instead her face change into Gretel. He then hurried her to change clothes and bring the glass. After the Demon of Gluttony led Rin to Julia's location at Merrigod Plateau's Apocalypse Cliff, Hänsel warned Rin that Julia was likely engaging Seventh Magician and Eighth Sniper within the tomb, leading her onward. Once they reached the cave entrance, he urged her inside.
As Rin entered the glowing moss-covered cavern and approached the main chamber, Hänsel commented on the blue fire that emerged from the chamber and ended up explaining how Irina was a mage that specialized in it. She then entered the main chamber and joined her mother in facing Irina and Gumillia, being healed quickly by Carlos's power as Gumillia attempted to kill her again. Hänsel and Carlos watched while the four battled one another for the next two hours.
After Gumillia used Grim the End to finally kill Rin, Carlos brought Rin's soul into the wine glass to join them. After she awoke, Hänsel welcomed his sister back; afterwards, Rin regained enough of her memories to recognize Hänsel as "Pollo" and herself as "Arte". Hänsel then praised her for fulfilling his mission of getting close to Irina. As Carlos opened a dimensional portal to the outside world again, Hänsel set out their breakfast and the three dined together. They then watched Julia discard her human and self-destruct her pink rabbit body with Black Box Type S, dragging everyone caught in the blast into Seventh Magician's inner psychological world.
When Elluka Clockworker, Gumillia, Adam Moonlit, Levia, and Behemo confronted one another in the mental world, Hänsel watched Carlos enter from the outside and interrupt the duel, threatening all of them with the Worldeater. After the resulting blast caused the souls of Elluka, Levia, and Adam to fuse into Ma, Carlos returned and Hänsel saw Arte sulking in the corner of the glass world over her master's near murder of her former adoptive mother.
After bringing Calros his next collection of meals later that day, Hänsel ate with his master and they discussed the outcome of the duel. Carlos later changed the topic to their search to find the Grave Yard, Carlos discussing with him how they couldn't presently leave the glass and Carlos agreeing they would need to find a new contractor. Afterward, he thanked Hänsel for the delicious meal and Hänsel continued to serve her as always.
Graveyard Restaurant[]
At some point, Hänsel awakened, given a physical body by a fellow servant of Carlos, Lich Arklow. He then began working as the Graveyard restaurant's waitron in Levianta, alongside another fellow servant Eater Sabella, who worked as the restaurant's chef. In EC 978, "Waiter" welcomed a new customer. Using the customer's choice of red wine as an aperitif to introduce him to Blood Grave and the story of Carlos Conchita, Waiter asked if she wanted to hear it, learning that she had come there for that express purpose.
Waiter then told the customer the story of Carlos in between serving him meals from the restaurant's pre-set menu, and afterwards describing the aftermath of Carlos's apostasy and Beelzenia's decline. Suddenly, after Waiter asked for hard cash as payment for the meal, the customer revealed herself to be Michelle Marlon, director of the USE Dark Star Bureau. Waiter was then arrested by the police for the restaurant's lack of a business license among other apparent violations. Noticing that Lich and Eater were missing, the exasperated Waiter reiterated he didn't know anything and wasn't the owner.
Later on, the Boy was tried by Michelle for the restaurant's lack of business permit, tax evasion and serving of dubious dishes. Waiter insisted he wasn't related to the management, and angrily yelled at her to pay her bill. Ignored, he was sentenced to six months of penal servitude. After being released from jail, he went missing. After Evil's Theater was built in EC 982, rumors arose that he had been spotted with Ma in the Millennium Tree Forest.
Evil's Theater[]
Once Carlos awakened as Master of the Graveyard, Hänsel and his twin became the "Servants" and continued to serve him; they did this by tearing apart any intruders to Evil's Theater, killing them and serving them as meals to their master. Hänsel later met Postman and got along with him; learning that Postman was unable to express any emotion or will because his body was broken, Hänsel gave Postman his own physical body and had Lich make him a new one.
Gammon Octo later encountered and escaped from the servants, and they attended his trial for him by the Master of the Court. Although calling for Gammon's execution, they were forced to comply when Postman, now Waiter, recruited him as a choreman. When Gammon submitted a "motion" to review the script regarding his vision for the Director Doll's utopia, the Servants attended the faux hearing but largely ignored the prophecy.
In EC 998, the Servants attended the "trial" meeting called by the Master of the Court as they searched for the vessel of Wrath. After Ma claimed the last vessel was in the hands of the Master of the Hellish Yard, the Servants frantically ordered everyone to look for her. The Servants were later killed in the destruction of the world the following year.
World's End[]
After the Third Period's destruction and subsequent merging with the Hellish Yard in EC 999, Hänsel and his twin joined Carlos at the Conchita Mansion in Gasto, cooking and serving his desired meals in their forms as Arte and Pollo.
When Tasan Party soldiers arrived with a Black Box, Gretel and Hänsel captured and interrogated a soldier about Evil's Theater under Carlos's orders. After reporting their findings to Carlos, Hänsel and the other servants accompanied him to Evil's Theater; the twins later escaped the theater with Lich when Ma absorbed Carlos. Resting under a tree, Hänsel watched as the confrontation between Rinne Nyoze and Ma carried out. Hearing Kyle sing the Clockwork Lullaby, Hänsel discussed the lullaby and Kyle with Lich before taking part himself.
After Ma was defeated, Pollo accompanied Carlos, Arte and Eater to the Grave Yard as part of their preparation to journey to a parallel world, leaving Lich behind when they couldn't find him. Once they returned, Arte and Pollo were approached by Lich with Ron in tow and asked to undo their curse on him; not remembering they had cast it to begin with, he discussed it with his twin.
After Lich made Pollo a new body, he and Arte were tasked by Seth to clean out the second floor of Evil's Theater II, which had his belongings. While cleaning, the two discovered akashic records and played them on a jukebox, although stopping after they were called upstairs by Carlos. Soon after, he accompanied Carlos and the rest of his servants to the parallel world, serving him. During the trip, the ship was attacked by Ma, causing it to malfunction and threatening to crash, only for all of them to survive the ordeal.
Exploring New Worlds[]
Once they had arrived in the World of Giants and Beastmen, Pollo joined Arte in preparing to attack the giants below the theater, serving them as a meal for their master. However, sometime after this, the theater crew was betrayed by the bunny hero Jarre and Pollo was killed along with most of the others.
After transitioning to the World of Angels and Demons, Pollo's soul was placed in the body of Jarre. He and Arte were then set to the task of turning the main room of the theater into a restaurant.
Legacy[]
Centuries after Hänsel's death, Nyoze Sudou began hearing the voices of Hänsel's and his twin, telling him repeatedly how he had been abandoned by his mother, Ma. Ma wrote several screenplays involving Hänsel and Gretel and adapted them into films. While watching the films with an intruder to Evil's Theater, Ma playfully questioned their existence, citing they seemed to be hidden so well by their parents that there were no recorded documents of them in existence.
While reflecting on the "motions" of the Master of the Court, Gammon Octo noted how Gretel's reincarnation as Rin was uncharacteristically born without a Hänsel's counterpart. Gammon also wondered what became of the twins, questioning if they needed to ask the Master of the Hellish Yard to find an answer.
Personality and Traits[]
Hänsel was a dumb and somewhat naive boy. Typically free-spirited and playful, he was always ready to have fun whenever the opportunity arose and rarely sulked over anything for long. At the same time, his simple nature made him rather submissive to others, quick to serve his superior's whims. This was especially true of his twin sister, Gretel, where the boy often let her boss him around largely without complaint; despite this, he sometimes took the lead in supporting her in certain situations.
Being a HER, Hänsel was also rather malicious, happily committing murder with a dose of mockery. After being abandoned by his false mother and father, he and his twin became embittered by their apparent apathy and decided to find their real parents, despite not knowing who they might be. Following his reincarnation as Pollo, Hänsel became wholly devoted to Carlos Conchita, serving his demonic lord in whatever he needed; he also inherited the stupid servant's peculiar laugh.
Likewise, after his reincarnation as Nathan Marlon, the boy was extremely wary of Elluka Clockworker and her manipulative ways, considering her a dangerous threat. Conversely, the Boy acted uncharacteristically nervous with Rinne Avadonia, struggling to express himself and even feeling guilty about some of his past crimes toward his previous incarnation's half-sister. He apologize for his actions, though helping Rinne as best he could in other ways.
Skills and Abilities[]
Due to being designed after Behemo of Levia-Behemo, Hänsel was an imperfect copy of one of the dragon gods. As a result, the young twin's shadow could come to life and manifest in dark, twisted forms, such as arms, hands, or other appendages, and be freely manipulated by him. Hänsel also showed some other magical capabilities, as he was able to split the Original Sin into seven pieces and scatter them across the world.
It also allowed Hänsel to reincarnate every few centuries, his soul fated to be reborn in an identical body, typically with his reincarnated sister as a twin. However, if either of the boy's fated parents had children with someone else before his intended birth, Hänsel could instead incarnate as one of those children instead or not incarnate in that particular reincarnation cycle at all.
After becoming a familiar to the Demon of Gluttony, Hänsel was able to possess others on his master's behalf, allowing him to act in the same capacity as the demon himself for his contractors. However, this also meant he shared his master's weaknesses, unable to manifest his spirit and move freely outside conceptual worlds due to the Third Period's rules. Possessing the combined experience of all his reincarnations, Hänsel was extremely skilled in assassination,espionage, menial service. though pretty terrible at cooking only able to cook some meal.
Character Connections[]
Meta Salmhofer: Hänsel's real mother. Hänsel didn't remember Meta, growing up in Eve's care, but he later expressed a wish to go find his "real" mother after Adam and Eve were dead. He passed on a fanatic loyalty to Meta to all his reincarnations, showing this loyalty to anyone resembling her with the exception of Banica Marlon.
Eve Moonlit: Hänsel's foster mother. Hänsel grew up thinking of Eve as his mother, however he became convinced she was a wicked witch after he and Gretel were abandoned by her and delighted in bringing about her death. He later considered her to be a troublesome woman, discovering her Original Sin among her ashes; similarly the boy treated her with little familial affection at the end of the world.
Adam Moonlit: Hänsel's foster father. Hänsel grew up thinking of Adam as his father, even trying, albeit failing, to be taught the woodcarving trade he engaged him. Later, however, he became convinced Adam was the wicked henchman of a witch after he and Gretel were abandoned by him. After killing Adam, Hänsel delighted in his accomplishment and gave him no more consideration after discovering Eve's Original sin. He is though quite loyal and devoted to one of his Look-alike, Carlos Conchita.
Gretel: Hänsel's twin sister. Hänsel loved his sister and was always beside her if he could help it, holding her hand to comfort her while lost in the woods and leading the way with the bottle; later he would aid her in defeating their foster parents. Hänsel continued to stay with Gretel after Eve's death and would usually be by her side in their reincarnations.
Pollo: One of Hänsel's reincarnations. Hänsel's appearance and soul passed on to Pollo's, and with it he passed on his loyalty to anyone resembling Meta, with the exception of Banica Marlon and instead during his time as Pollo, royal to serve Carlos.
Nathan Phutapie: One of Hänsel''s reincarnations. Hänsel passed on her soul to Nathan, and with it he passed on his loyalty to his mother figures, such as Prim.
Levant Baldured: A fellow resident of Evil's Theater and Hänsel's friend. Getting along with him during their time together, Hänsel eventually gave Levant his own body in order to restore his will.
Trivia[]
- While Carlos Conchita resemble Adam heavily, the twins, Arte and Pollo still follow him due him helping their mother when she was in a run. Finding Carlos first instead of Banica and was with him most of his and their life, resulting their royalty are with Carlos, not with Banica, despite her resembling Meta. It did kinda help that Arte and Pollo kinda feel a sense of love to him as a father figure both to Adam and Carlos. (Carlos being a big brother figure at first and then to a father figure) they still kinda fond of Banica. They don't really hate her, they tolerate her at first before being fond of her. They still won't hesitate if they have to kill or cook her, no matter how much they like her, their royalty is with Carlos.