Perv Asshat

Perv Asshat (ドエム・ケツハット) was the royal chancellor of the Oriana Kingdom and Rose's ex-fiancée. In truth, however, he was a member of the Cult of Diablos who sought to become a Knights of Rounds by seizing the kingdom and hand over Rose for the Cult's experiments. After failing to control the kingdom his superior, Mordred killed him after his incompetence exposed the Cult's activities.

Appearance
Perv was a handsome man appeared to be in his thirties with brown hair and facial hair. He donned a red noble suit with a white slack.

Personality
One key aspect about Perv is that he was a treacherous schemer with a manipulative nature, having no loyalty at all to anyone, even to his allies. He was willing to use almost everyone around him as pawns to further his ambitions and would switch sides if it suits his agenda as he willing to do anything necessary and won't stop at anything to achieve his goals, including manipulating or killing anyone.

After the Bushin Festival event, Perv was become paranoid after witnessing Shadow and the Shadow Garden's prowess firsthand. He even thinks that the Cult Of Diablos isn't as powerful as they think it is and are delusional to think they still have a firm grip of the world. Before and during his supposed wedding ceremony of Rose Oriana, Perv trying to tightens and still even doubts his security.

Background
Learning the Oriana's current king's treason for cutting his ties with the cult and building a force to rebel against the cult by allying with the Midgar Kingdom and also sending his daughter to attend their academy in the secret hope to protect her from harm, they decide to brainwash him to become their puppet king by ordering Doem to drug the king considering his action with the help from the Queen Reina.

Doem persuaded and curried favor with the 9th Seat Knight of Rounds, Mordred, and his faction to help him receive a promotion to become a candidate for occupying the Knight Rounds 12th seat if his mission from the cult has been successful. Mordred agreed on helping him, in exchange for Doem's backing support in the cult's upcoming internal power struggle.

Before the king become the cult's puppet, he did one final act; he took possession of the "Ring of Succession", which was the key to the "Black Rose", then he recorded his last will in the ring along with all evidence of Doem and cult's crimes. Also, he altered the ring to transfer control over his daughter, and marrying her is the only way to gain dominion over the ring. After that, the king hid the ring from the cult.

While Mordred searches the ring's hiding place, Doem will be visiting the Royal Capital of Midgar to retrieve Rose Oriana under the pretense of their engagement after the king become his puppet.

Bushin Festival Tournament
Perv meets Rose and he smiles at her along with his subordinate after he presented her brainwashed father to her. Rose drew her sword and attacked him all sudden, but his subordinate called for some guards to apprehend her. Rose, now framed as a criminal, fled with Perv warning the princess to surrender herself before the festival ended, or he'll order her father to make him kill the king Klaus Midgar. Perv also notices that Rose showed signs of possession, which means she will become a prime material for the cult's experimentation. So, Perv and his collaborators then dissuaded Midgar's government not to get involved in interfering with Rose's affairs and personally want to handle it themselves.

Later, Perv and his puppet king have a meeting with Princess Iris to discuss the security plan for the Bushin Festival, but he doesn't feel it needs more security. When Iris states that his condition looks good because the report about him being attacked is different from the report she received, Perv agrees as he says that the news story was a little exaggerated and guesses that Midgar worries that easily because of Alexia's kidnapping. Perv then heard that Iris personally went looking for her and he intends to follow the same and have Oriana solve their family problems themselves. Perv then adds that every business will be taken care of by himself for the negotiation, rebuilding princess order and appearing in the Bushin Festival. Even Perv sympathizes with Princess Iris' worry and he eases her concern that Oriana Kingdom will not do anything that troubles her.

Perv later meets Iris Midgar again at the tournament when she, who is suspicious of Perv, discusses and asks about Rose's predicament but Perv calmly expressed confidence that she will return to him once she calmed down. He explains that his puppet king will be attending the festival tomorrow citing not feeling unwell and apologized that the security that had been prepared was in vain, Iris explains that his father, king Klaus Midgar will be also watching from tomorrow.

Perv and Iris watch the tournament when the match between Annerose Nichtsehen and Mundane Mann. Iris had a feeling that Mundane will possibly win the match, and Mundane won against Annerose and complimented Iris's observation. After the match was over, Perv had his men search Mundane Mann's background, believing he might be a potential threat to his plans because it will be a problem if he is a denizen of underworld society backed by the Lawless City, even Perv dismisses the idea of Mundane have a connection with Shadow Garden and doubts if they have the motive to take action at the Bushin Festival.

Before going to the final tournament and meeting with King Klaus Midgar, Perv drugs King Raphael again and tells his men to cover its odor sweet with perfume. Perv also waited for Rose to arrive at the tournament because of his threat at her, even if she didn't come he would make his puppet king kill King Klaus and start a war resulting in the Oriana Kingdom's annihilation and loss of his status. But, Perv doesn't care because the cult's plans to install a puppet leader in Midgar Kingdom are already underway. Perv is also worried about what Shadow Garden may do and that they may be working with Rose, so he preparing to increase the cult's forces around the tournament arena.

Upon arriving at the tournament for the final match, Perv, along with King Raphael Oriana, met up with Iris once more only to become wary when Beatrix was there, who took notice of something off about the king. Perv also thought of getting rid of Princess Iris if she were to become a hindrance but he decided to forget about it, due to Beatrix's presence which would become even more troublesome if she decided to make a move against him. Even Perv has to be on high alert about Mundane Mann because he never found anything about him no matter how hard Perv searches, which means Mundane is a pro and has some objective. So, Perv decides to wait until the predicament outcome of the match between Iris and Mundane.

He watched Iris's match against Mundane and was shocked that Iris was taken down in one strike. Suddenly, Rose Oriana arrived and she killed her father, along with wounding Perv. Outraged that he lost his puppet, Perv ordered his knights to arrest Rose only for them to be stopped by Mundane Mann who revealed himself to be Shadow.

Novel/Manga
Perv sends his men after Rose as she flees only to see the men he chose have been killed by Shadow and he watches Shadow against Beatrix but she was overwhelmed. Perv witnesses in horror as Shadow's fight ends with Beatrix losing even with Iris Midgar's help, as he bests both of them. Also, Perv witnessed Shadow emitting a large magic vortex from his body in the tournament.

Anime
Perv wants to stop her, but all of his men are already dead by Shadow Garden members. By the time Beatrix decides to jump and clash with Shadow, Perv uses the chance to escape and runs back to the Oriana Kingdom without stopping at the embassy, leaving the dead puppet king Raphael Oriana which will be returned through Marquess Grant, who is the leader of the anti-chancellor faction.

In Oriana Kingdom, Perv is reprimanded by Mordred after hearing the report of his failed mission in securing Rose was due to Shadow interference during the Bushin Festival Tournament and conveyed his disappointment, to the point where he was forced to beg his superior’s forgiveness for his failure. Perv also told his superiors that as long as the cult holds the royal family, Rose won't be able to stay hidden. Plus Oriana's situation is already in chaos with the loss of their king, Perv is sure that Rose can't ignore it and will come back. Mordred said hopefully so and told Perv not to disappoint him too much.

Oriana's "Black Rose" Civil War Wedding Incident
Following Rose's escape and Raphael's death, leaving with neither Oriana Kingdom a monarch or successor, the nation descended into a civil war over the throne. This forced Perv to alter his plans from taking over the country by marrying Rose to directly conquering the kingdom by winning the civil war.

Legacy
Although Perv was dead now, his failures resulting in the exposure of the Cult's activities within the Oriana Kingdom would have consequences. With their existence threatening to be exposed, the Cult would use their connections within the Church to turn the Oriana Kingdom into a heretic state whilst preparing to initiate a "holy war" to destroy the nation and thus cover up their past actions.

Powers & Abilities
As a Duke and Royal Chancellor, he had enormous influence, second to the king. Only by giving effective advice, he was appointed to represent his kingdom and be the spokesman for the king. He possessed some physical strength and magical power on par with the "Second Children" of the Cult of Diablos.

Swordsmanship
During the Bushin Festival, Perv claimed to Iris Midgar that his sword skills are "decent". Overall, he appears to be fully aware of his limits, acknowledging that he is no match for Iris, Beatrix, Shadow, Mordred, or even Rose.

Raphael Oriana
To take over the Oriana Kingdom, Perv brainwashed the king and made him his puppet. He planned to have Raphael assassinate King Klaus Midgar during the God of War Festival and then use him as a meat shield in case Rose tried to attack him. However, Rose proceeded to kill his father without hesitation, ruining Perv's plans and leaving him outraged. Later, Perv would receive his comeuppance when Rose activated the "Ring of Succession" that projected an image of Raphael who exposed all of Perv's crimes.

Reina Oriana
Reina was Perv's lover and part of his collaborators in taking over the Oriana Kingdom when she agreed to help Perv brainwash her husband. While it seems Perv is engaged in a romantic relationship with the queen, it's revealed that Perv saw Reina as nothing more than a useful pawn and implied that he would have her either brainwashed like her husband or killed.

Iris Midgar
Perv had a semi-hostile relationship with Iris. From their brief interactions during the God of War Festival, it was clear that the princess does not like the chancellor and politely asked him to leave her be, though the latter just playfully laughed off her antagonism.

Klaus Midgar
Perv saw Klaus as nothing but a mediocre king and plotted to have the brainwashed Raphael assassinate him so the cult could replace him with a puppet ruler. Unfortunately for him, this never came to pass since Rose assassinated Raphael before Perv got the chance to implement his scheme.

Cid Kagenō / Shadow (Mundane Mann)
Perv catches a glimpse of Cid at the Bushin Festival while in the deluxe suite, but he ignores him. Even when Perv sees him back in the Oriana Kingdom during the civil war, he does not recognize his face and only notices him as the famous pianist and composer Shiron's apprentice making Perv tries to test his skills by playing the piano in front of the nobles as he wants to embarrass him. When he is playing the "Moonlight Sonata" with a passion to the end, Perv was amazed by his performance and wanted to know his name until Perv didn't realize that he was snatching the "Ring of Succession".

Perv is heavily suspicious of Cid's alternate persona, Mundane Mann and has his men investigate his past, believing him to be a threat to his plans. After Mundane defeated Iris in one strike, Perv is not only left shock at the sight but also developing levels of jealousy at Mundane's strength.

On the other hand, Perv was terrified of Shadow after seeing just how truly deadly he was during the Bushin Festival after the latter revealed that he was Mundane Mann in disguise. He immediately left Midgar and didn't stop at the embassy out of sheer fear of being targeted by Shadow. When he lost the "Ring of Succession" before his supposed wedding day, he dismissed the idea that it was Shadow's doing because he believed he would have just easily killed him to get it.

Beatrix
Perv heard about the famed "Goddess of War" and was quite shocked to meet her in person. Her presence at the festival left him wary of her, concluding that he needed to be careful when she sensed something was off about Raphael despite the chancellor's attempts to hide the king's brainwashing.

Mordred
Despite Mordred being his direct superior, Perv had no true loyalty to him and would have switched allegiances to another Rounds member if it served his goals. Nevertheless, he was shown to be rather fearful of the Knight, hiding the fact that he had lost the "Ring of Succession" out of fear of what he would do to him. True enough, Perv died at Mordred's hands after he learned of his failures.

Trivia

 * Perv's name is a gag by the author, as he often does for side characters.
 * His name in Japanese is "Doem Ketsuhat", which was roughly translated to "Perv Asshat" in the official Yen Press release in the West.
 * He is the first Cult member to survive his introductory arc until he returning in volume 4.
 * In the novel, Perv's death is shown differently.
 * In the Light Novel, Perv was killed by Mordred after being defeated by Rose Oriana in a duel on their supposed wedding day.
 * In the Web Novel, Perv was killed by Cid Kagenō after he broke his mind first through an experiment before killing him.