Book 20: Chapter 1 (6)
“Huh? Are you complaining about what I call her?” Wilhelm asked.
“No, adventurers often called each other names; I thought you would call her Raizar or something.”
The background behind a support character’s name – the part such as Raizar, Tolmeya Etraku, etc. – corresponded to the family name in this world.
In this world, where it was not uncommon for ordinary people to have only a first name, unless they were nobles, the basic rule was to call them by their first names. However, famous people like Schnee were often called by their family name, if they had one.
Shin didn’t know because Wilhem didn’t have a chance to call Schnee the last time they went out together, so Shin had assumed that Wilhem would just refer to her by family name.
“I’m told that calling her on a first-name basis is only allowed if it’s you or other ‘sapot kyaraters*’, right? Most adventurers with whom I knew usually call her Ms. Schnee. Other than that, well, it depends on the person. Still, there aren’t many people who call her family names like that. Not the Raizar part.” (TLN: Wilhelm can’t pronounce ‘support characters’ words correctly in the raw)
According to Wilhelm, adventurers who get carried away sometimes get beaten up for being too friendly. There was a deep-rooted belief in adventurers that strength equated to greatness, and it was said that some Chosen Ones did not listen to the instructions and advice of their predecessors for this reason.
“Anyway, I don’t care about that. It’s about what happened earlier. Don’t mention that bloody item,” continued Wilhelm.
“Is it really that bad?”