Dole François

Dole François is a recurring character in I'm in Love with the Villainess. He is the Minister of Finance in the Bauer Kingdom and is the father of Claire François.

Appearance
Dole has curly light brown hair, mustache, and sharp eyes, a feature passed onto his daughter. Claire describes that he wears his first-class suit to perfection and carries around an ivory rosewood cane.

When he was younger, his curls and mustache were smaller.

Personality
As a noble of House François and the Minister of Finance, he upholds great pride in his nobility and is strict to those around him. Along with his position, he has realist views on nobility and society, so he sets himself to be harsh and competitive man. His realistic view also applies to other subjects; In SSCC, he believes that Rae Taylor being friends with Claire is the only, realistic way for her to stay by her side longer due to the difficulties in pursuing that love, which he admittedly regrets saying later on. He is also extremely well at putting up appearances and seems to prioritize nobility above anything else, except for his family.

Despite his strict personality, he loves his family and cherishes them. He adores Claire as a doting father and raises her with strict, but high standards of nobility.

Powers and abilities
He's capable of using earth magic and also create nightmares as we can see in volume 5 of the light novel.