

When she gets serious, it becomes apparent she's one of the most dangerous soldiers in the series - she's a skilled Titan Shifter, cunning enough to play Xanatos Speed Chess against the various factions of the series, and one of the few characters with knowledge of the Ancient Conspiracy going on behind the scenes. She's actually Brilliant, but Lazy, and eventually confronted over having sabotaged her own grades in order to allow her Love Interest to take the 10th spot. Ymir is initially overlooked due to being Out of Focus, having ranked outside the Top 10 graduating cadets.This means that great things can happen to those who get on Ferdinand's good side, while antagonizing him is a very bad idea, as his family will be hearing about it. It turns out Ferdinand is the son of the previous ruler of the duchy and the current one's much-appreciated half-brother. When he interacts with a noble from another duchy who doesn't know who he is, Ferdinand is treated like a lowlife despite being the temple's second-in-command and the other noble is blindsided when Ferdinand uses magic only people with a proper noble education know. Myne's mentor Ferdinand is from the latter category, but gets respect from many nobles of the duchy because of the family he's from. On occasion, properly educated nobles will willingly join the temple to nominally retire from politics.

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Blue priests are usually people from noble families who have too little Mana to be worth being raised as a proper member of the Supernatural Elite by their family or occasionally children of politically problematic birth Sent Into Hiding.

well, much of what Fudou does doesn't make a lot of sense. The other leaders of the group are oblivious.
