Lane Pinonua

Lane is a side character in the series "The Villainess Turns the Hourglass". He is a close aide of Asher, often doing visits or work for him.

About
Lane firsts visits the Roscente mansion in order to "evaluate" Mielle Roscente, who Asher mistakenly thinks is Aria Roscente. After testing her with questions for a couple of months, Lane has the sense that who Asher is searching for is Aria, and reports back to him about it. From then, his visits are less frequent, but he still sends a couple of gifts to Mielle and tulips to Aria, so as to not arise suspicion.

Lane also appears in the monthly meetings with young men from the Imperial Faction during the casino ordeal.

Lane appears again at the near end of the novel, after working errands and writing documents for Asher in the countryside. He meets Asher in jail and awkwardly reveals to the ragged Mielle that his master was Asher all along.

After the national marriage, Lane decides to play a harmless prank on Aria and Asher after seeing Asher's foul mood. But instead of making it possible for both of them to meet more often, he actually makes it more difficult. Asher bans visitors due to his jealousy, and Lane tells Aria it is because Asher wants her to focus on her studies. Thus, Aria stays late studying and Asher can't meet her as often as he wanted. Asher then catches Lane in the act of telling Aria more misunderstandings, but Lane flees out of the room.

Personality
Lane is a sharp person. He is still a nobleman so he can easily fake a smile or change the course of a conversation. Lane can also be aloof around Asher, despite Asher being his master. He jokes around and sometimes plays pranks for a light revenge. But Lane still gets the job done when the time comes.

Trivia
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