Philip Dayton L'Eyre Montserrat


 * "That's right! I'm Philip! Watch me! Watch the man who will be the central figure of the Kingdom!"
 * - Philip's self-proclaimed declaration.

Philip (オスク) is the third son of a low-class noble of the Re-Estize Kingdom and he becomes the successor of his noble family after the death of his two older brothers.

Appearance
Philip is described as a low-class nobleman of the Re-Estize Kingdom.

Personality
Philip has a naive and delusional personality. Because of his delusion habit, he has an overactive imagination and couldn't even control himself. He also has a lack of knowledge and courtesy of as a noble.

Background
Philip was born as the third son of a low-class noble family in the Re-Estize Kingdom. Philip grew up without receiving minimal expectations from his father and also doesn't receive a proper education as a family head. His second older brother died from illness while his first older brother will be inheriting the family. At this point, Philip was now elevated to the position of a spare. His value had risen from that of a farmer to that of a butler.

The Ruler of Conspiracy Arc
After the massacre at Katze Plains, Philip becomes the next head of his noble family as his first older brother had been consumed by the Sorcerer King's magic, and perished with the twenty peasants that went with him. He was allowed to attend the royal party to welcome the envoy, Albedo. Philip becomes entranced by her dark beauty, and plans to bring wealth to his domain by allying with the Sorcerer Kingdom. He invites Albedo to a ball at his estate in the Royal Capital.

Back at his estate, his father scolds him for trying to befriend the kingdom that killed his older brother rather than deepening his relationship with the count and other nobles. Philip refutes his father that the Sorcerer Kingdom is a powerful ally and doesn't want to draw their domain into a mess. Philip assures his father that the Count has recognized him as heir, though he didn't even meet with the Count. The family does not have an estate large enough to host a ball, but Philip made plans with a landlady named Hilma in the royal capital in exchange for an unnamed favor.

At the ball, the guests all greet the landlady, Hilma before him. While she provided the venue, since he is the organizer, Philip was greatly infuriated by this turn of events. However, his fury faded when Hilma convinced him that under his leadership the people present will come together to form a new faction. To make a powerful impression on everyone, she advises him to be Albedo's escort. Philip follows her advice and goes to Albedo in the waiting room. There he requests to be her escort, to which she immediately agrees, causing him to believe that she loves him. Philip then asks Albedo if she is married to which replies that she isn't. He then takes her by the shoulder and prepares to make his entrance with her.

Later, Philip approached Hilma, telling her that Albedo is tired. He insisted on going as well but she convinces him that as organizer he must stay at the ball. However, before the two take their leave, he asks Hilma if she knows a way to allow him to marry Albedo, but she states that is impossible due to the difference of their positions, through Philip doesn't seem to think so.

Abilities
Philip is the next head of his noble family and will be inheriting his family's domain.

Philip's father
Philip does not get along well with his father, mainly because he thinks that he's too reliant on the count whom underpays his family for the goods they produce.

Hilma Cygnaeus
Philip owes a favor to Hilma and promised to return it. Unaware to Philip, he is being manipulated by Hilma, one of the executive of Eight Fingers.

Albedo
Initially, Philip only forged a relationship with Albedo to use her to create a connection between his family and Nazarick as well as to create a new noble faction led by him. However, as he spent more time with her, her beauty and kindness towards him caused him to fall in love with her. Unaware to Philip, however, she is in fact the one using him.

Trivia

 * Philip has a self-proclaimed revolutionary idea on selling the good-quality wheat and vegetables to the traders from his domain.
 * Philip and his faction are the newly elevated heads of their noble families after the former heads of their families were killed at the Katze Plains. In other words, these people are in similar situations to Philip.

Quotes

 * (To Albedo): "The pleasure is all mine, Albedo-sama. Nothing could delight me more than to make your acquaintance."
 * (To his Father): "Father! Think a little! Although the road joining the Sorcerer Kingdom and the Kingdom is quite long, our domain lies on the middle of it! If the Sorcerer Kingdom makes war on the Kingdom, we'll definitely be drawn into the mess. Therefore, we should forge good relations with the Sorcerer Kingdom, shouldn't we?"
 * (To Hilma): "It's not like that, I simply didn't expect the people here to be so unexceptional. Even if I gathered all these people into a faction, I wonder if they could compete with the other factions. That is what discomforts me."