Revest Aynie

Revest Aynie (リーベスト・エイニー) is a student of Class 3-1 at the Demon King Academy.

Appearance
Revest has brown hair and light-colored eyes. He wears the royalist version of the demon school academy uniform.

Personality
Revest was very kindhearted and didn't want to hurt anybody at first, refusing to develop his Gyze or any attack magic for that matter. But after being taught by Meno that the Demon King used his strength to protect people, Revest began having immense respect for the Founder, to the point of becoming a Royalist and developing a more confident and arrogant personality. Despite that, his original nature is still present.

Like the other royals, he stubbornly believes that a mixed-blood can't be the Demon King of Tyranny and vehemently refuses to acknowledge any other way of thinking. Though compared to his peers, he is rather composed and doesn't discriminate against the other mixed-blood students. Yet, all of his narrow-minded views crumbled down upon witnessing the heinous cruelty of the false Demon King Avos Dilhevia, as he felt nothing but disgust and anger he finally acknowledged Anos as his founding ancestor, respectfully referring to him as "my lord" and tearfully pleaded for him to save his fellow classmates.

History
Revest was an underachiever when he first enrolled in the Demon King Academy. Since he hated fighting and the academy was combat-oriented, he even thought of quitting. He hated the Demon King of Tyranny for all his atrocities and the fact that he inherited his blood. It wasn't until Meno Historia talked to him that he began to see the founder in a different light. She told him that the two might've been very similar; if it wasn't to protect the demonkind, why would the founder share his power with his followers? After that, he gained respect for the Demon King far more intensely than anyone else and took pride in his own lineage. For this reason, he can't forgive Anos Voldigoad for claiming to be the founder, believing him to be a fake, and antagonizing at any given opportunity.

Hero Academy Arc
During the educational exchange with the Hero Academy, Meno picks Revest for the knowledge competition, but he points out that the activity is flawed. The heroes aren't asking about common-knowledge spells, but ones that are only taught in the Hero Academy. He tries to get them back by asking about the demon spell Nedra, but Ledriano is prepared for this and answers correctly. Rather than fostering a healthy relationship between them, it became apparent that the Hero Academy only wanted to ridicule the Demon King Academy.

The Inter-Academy Exam is held the next day, and Revest gets into a minor dispute with Anos over whose team will face the Hero Academy first. Anos eventually concedes, so the third-years go first. However, they suddenly become weak and get overwhelmed, as the battleground was rigged with holy water. Because Diego purposely delays rescuing Team Revest, Anos personally gets them out of the lake. At first, Revest refuses to get treated by Anos, but he gives up after seeing Meno crying. He also shows Anos the badge of the Hero Academy that he took, which was used to control the holy water. With tears on his face, Revest was about to beg when Anos stops him, telling Revest to leave the rest to him. Afterward, Team Anos utterly defeats Jerga-Kanon and get payback for Revest.

Great Spirit Arc
Revest and the rest of his class were suddenly attacked by a first-year who kidnapped their teacher. Anos eventually notices something wrong in their classroom and frees them from a dimensional prison with Sasha's help. Revest tells him about their attacker, Linka Theorness, and reveals that he put a tracking spell on her, allowing the Necron sisters to follow her.

Upon the awakening of the Great Spirit Avos Dilhevia, Dilhade became under her complete control and Revest was forced to watch helplessly as all of the mixed-blooded demons were being imprisoned or drained of their magic by his fellow brainwashed pureblooded students. Despite being a pureblooded demon, Revest wasn't affected by Avos' influence as the Demon King he believed in, used his power to protect the weak. He and his teacher Meno (who was also not affected Avos' influence) pretended to be part of the new regime, while waiting for the arrival of Anos and his subordinates. Upon his arrival, he aided Anos and his subordinates into infiltrating Delsgade without anyone taking notice, but not before he tearfully acknowledged Anos as his true founding ancestor.

Anos Voldigoad
While Revest absolutely detests Anos for claiming to be the founder despite being branded as a "misfit", he respects his power and confesses that he felt satisfied when Anos created a holy sword, hurting the ego of the Hero Academy. After the heroes cheat and humiliate Revest and his team during the Inter-Academy exam, he swallows his pride and was about to ask Anos to restore their pride as demons. However, he is stopped by Anos, stating that he already knows.

During Avos Dilhevia's reign of terror, he finally realizes and accepts that Anos is the founding ancestor, as the Demon King couldn't be someone who preyed on the weak.

Meno Historia
Revest shows a lot of affection and respect toward his teacher, as Meno acted like a mother figure when he struggled in school. Due to Diego's constant remarks about Meno and her ability to teach, Revest wanted to defeat Diego's students as revenge and prove him wrong.

Trivia

 * In the light novel, he's simply known as Rivest. This wiki uses the anime name because it includes his surname.