Ascot

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Ascot is a Palu, a young child possessing the unusual ability to summon monsters, whom he regards as his friends. Although hideous, they harbor no ill will, yet the villagers still fear them. Consequently, Ascot was driven away until Zagato offered to provide him and his friends with a home in exchange for serving under him. In the anime, he destroys Presea's house with his monsters and essentially causes her death; later, he confronts the Knights again (their first encounter in the manga), but Umi slaps him for using his friends and causing them pain. This triggers a change of heart in Ascot, and he then forsakes Zagato. In the second series, he uses the power of his own will to transform himself into an adult due to his love for Umi. Additionally, he still summons monsters but has learned other spells from Clef to avoid using his friends as living weapons.
In the anime, he is able to tell Umi his feelings before she leaves to fight Tarta. Umi replies that she loves him as well, but just as much as everyone else in Cephiro, and that she does not have any romantic feelings for him. This saddens Ascot a bit, but he still tries to win her heart later on.