Ilya

"I love you, Sariphi. I have ever since I was a boy."

- Ilya confession to Sariphi about his romantic feeling for her.

Ilya (イリヤ, Irīa) is the childhood friend of Sariphi.

Personality
Ilya was once kind and good-hearted, vowing himself to always protect those he cares for. According to Sariphi, when they lived together in the same village he made sure to always look after her and were very close friends. However, losing his family at the hands of a group of beasts and not being able to do anything to protect them deeply affected him. Ever since then he made an oath to do whatever it takes to avoid losing someone he cares about.

Ilya has developed a strong hatred towards all beasts in general; to the point of discriminating and seeing them as "evils" and even trying to kill an innocent child simply because he is a beast. He now wants to kill every beast that exists to liberate humanity so they can live happy and in peace showing some twisted morality. Ilya also refuses to believe that some beasts can be nice and good-natured, thinking that Sariphi was being tricked by the king when she told him that the king is not evil.

Early Life
13 years ago, he's seen chasing away some kids that made fun of his sister Misha because she had different hair color than him and their mom and they told her that she was adopted and that the beasts would take her. When they are back at their house their mom is seen telling them to hide and not make a sound, a little bit later two beasts are seen entering their house then suddenly one of the beasts look in the closet and gets eye contact with Ilya which terrifies him, the beasts then opens the closet and refrain Ilya then they take Misha and kills her in the front of Ilya. After that they told him to run away as fast as he could and then they would chase after him, if his teacher haven't found him he would have been dead. After that, he met Sariphi and swore to protect her so that he doesn't loose another one that he cares about.

Plot
He is seen entering the castle and knocks out two guards, and tells them to bring him their king as he has business with him. He is then taken to a cell and when the king of beasts comes he asks him if he ate Sariphi. After Sariphi comes down after she heard some noises, Ilya is happy that she's still alive.

Misha
He was really protective over her.

Sariphi
Ever since they were younger he has always loved her, after finding out that she was the 99th sacrifice he traveled to Ozmargo to find her.

After he knocks her unconscious and takes her somewhere else he then tells her that he loved her.

Quotes

 * "I'll protect you from anything... Even all of Beastkind!"
 * "We'll go to one of them... and live there together, you and me."
 * "I'm sorry... ...Sariphi... ...but I'm taking you away from here... ...to somewhere that Beast King can never reach you."
 * "If you want Sariphi... ...you'll have to take her by force."
 * "Know this. If you ever cause Sariphi to shed so much as a single tear... I will return, and I will take her back. Don't forget that... Leonhart."
 * "Because the love I feel for you... is the real thing."

Trivia

 * In author's notes, his clothing design is surprisingly hard to draw.
 * The tattoo on his face is a ward against evil, and he got it from his master.
 * In Chapter 17, it is revealed that he is scared of heights.
 * In Volume 4, his height is 175cm (5'8") tall. He formerly had dislike Beastkind and like Cheese Risotto.
 * He is three years older than Sariphi.
 * According to Clops an Cy's Character Introduction:
 * He is born on May 7 of the Yoana Calendar.
 * His hobby is maintaining his swords.
 * He is a bounty hunter.

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