William Jones  

, ウィリアム・ジョーンズ

The protagonist of the story is a man from the "house of jones," a wealthy merchant family trying to move up into the gentry. as the eldest son and heir, he faces immense pressure to inherit the business and marry someone from an affluent family, preferably within the peerage. he developed feelings for emma after their initial encounter. in the manga, william informed his father about emma, but in the anime, his father had never met her. following emma's departure, william underwent a significant transformation. he worked diligently, attended social events, and managed his family's affairs. despite regretting losing emma, he resolved to live his life as expected by his father in the upper class society. his change influenced those around him, including hakim.