Keel

Profile
Alternative Names:
 * 鎌の勇者

Info
 * Hero of the Sickle
 * Cursed slave of Iwatani Naofumi
 * As the Sickle chooses him, the slave curse is removed
 * Presumed to be future wife of Foulu
 * Guardian of Divine (crepe) Tree

Sickle Skills

 * Soul Ripper (ソウルリッパー)

History
Kiel was first introduced in chapter 131 of the web novel as a slave owned by the Slave Trader in Melromarc's Castle Town. He is described as a young man around the age of 10 with dog-like features. When Naofumi tells Raphtalia to choose anyone he recognizes from her village and Kiel is the first. At first he doesn't recognize her because of her grown up appearance, but when she recounts the time he was looking for a pretty shell to give "Father" for his birthday so he dived into the ocean and almost drowned but was saved by Sadina] as well as the time he accidentally ate a poison mushroom he found in the field, messed up her stomach, and hid to avoid being scolded so when she, [[Raphtalia, found him she was told to keep it a secret including that he had even wet his pants. After all was said he immediately acknowledged who she was. After having an unconvincing conversation with Raphtalia, Kiel agrees to become Naofumi's slave with the hope of returning to the village.

Although she identifies as male, in chapter 137 it is revealed that he is actually a she. She rebuts with "father said that a man is a man if he thinks he is a man no matter what" but the revelation still throws her into moderate confusion. Kiel wasn’t meant to be an important character, however the personality she was given overlapped with another male character that was already firmly planned to be made down the road, so the author decided to give ‘him’ a little "quirk".

Relationship

 * Iwatani Naofumi
 * Foulu