Characters
Akira Nonaka - An orphan who is brought to live with his paternal relatives after his maternal grandmother died. He has to compete for the position as the Takatou heir.
Kyle Rei Basil - Akira's cousin and rival to the position as the Takatou heir. Rei takes an immediate liking to Akira.
Russel Shigure Kurosaki - Rei's bodyguard. Shigure looks up to his older brother to a fault.
Shizuka Okumiya - Runs the Takatou household. He has taken a shine to Shigure.
Yūji Takatou - Akira's uncle. He is head of one of the Takatou's division and has no desire to be heir. Flirtatious, he likes to cause good-natured trouble for those around him.
Raoul de Bavier Basil - Rei's nephew and rival in the Basil family. He's constantly trying to get Rei to simply acknowledge his presence and sees Akira as a means to an end in that regard. He later fell in love with Akira. After being rejected by both Akira and Rei, he left Japan to the Middle East in the spinoff series, "Our Kingdom: Arabian Nights".
Wilhelm Sagiri Kurosaki - Shigure's older brother. Seemingly cold and emotionless, he insists his brother is unfit to be a bodyguard and for a while takes over the position of guarding Rei.
Tamaki Kaminozuki - One of Rei and Akira's school mates. Hiyori is his childhood friend whom he loves to tease. It seems as though he is blackmailing him with something.
Hiyori Hozumi - One of Rei and Akira's classmates. Tamaki is his childhood friend who enjoys teasing him.
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