Fidel: Iris Dream
Designer's Reflection: Iris Dream
Obtained: workshop for Vol. 2 Ch. 9
Rarity: SR
Attribute: Gold/Elegant
Awakened Suit: Iris Love
Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection
Chapter 1 - Dignified Work
Chapter 2 - Napping Queen
Chapter 3 - My Invitation Letter
Story - summarized
The budget for the upcoming Cicial Idol contest heavily favors Mercury Era. Fidel brings up this issue to the other officers at the Ministry of Finance, but no one listens to him. Of course, the Minister of Finance himself was selected from Mercury's men, so everything the minister does is biased.
Fidel worries how this will affect Ninir, but to stop him from pestering the ministry further, the Minister of Finance sends Fidel to a tea party at the royal palace in his place. He's not surprised to find that none of the senior officers have come to the tea party; instead, they sent underlings like Fidel.
Everyone leaves when the Queen takes forever to appear. Fidel shuffles through the gardens - he hears a young woman singing. He recognizes the song: it's from Starheaven.
The Queen had been relaxing in the garden, humming to herself. She's impressed that he recognized the song. He surprises her further by claiming the "power of beauty" belongs to Ninir, and that it is important that everyone from the different ministries should know Ninir culture.
The next day, the Queen sends a letter to Fidel, inviting her to another tea party at the palace, and also promoting him to Minister of Culture. He accepts without hesitation.
Connections
-Fidel isn't the first person to be seduced by Lilith's looks and charms. In Voice of Desire, most of the officials fawned over her - even though she is sixteen years old and much younger than any of them. That didn't stop her, though, from tempting the old men to her advantage.
-In the garden, Fidel notes that Lilith's beauty is "too good to be true." She made a deal with Nightbane after the sabotaged Starheaven Swan pageant to become the most beautiful person in the world to earn everyone's love.
-The "stars shining in Lilith's eyes" also appeared in her Reflection Abyss of Stars, when she met Nolan, a violinist who played for her until he wasted away to death. He was smitten by the "starlight in her eyes" and was obsessed with composing the best song for Lilith.
-Mercury started infiltrating the Ninir government after the earthquake from the Angel/Demon hell event. Once the Goddess of Desire was defeated, he decided to ensure his own power the same way he did in Pigeon when his sister was crowned in Elves' Elegy: placing his own men in positions of power to sway politics to favor Mercury's businesses.
Fun Facts
-Fidel's name comes from the word "fidelity," which means "loyalty."