Biagio Busoni

Biagio Busoni (ビアージオ＝ブゾーニ) is the antagonist of Volume 11. His rank is that of a Bishop, which has the power to command 1000 soldiers for his project.

Personality
He is a ruthless man who sees the glory of the Roman Catholic Church as everything, willing to sacrifice the lives of everyone on the guardian armada in order to preserve its name.

La Regina del Mare Adriatico Arc
He was assigned to be the overseer of the project to remodel the "Queen of Adriatic Sea," orignally a weapon that could only target Venice, into a weapon that can be used anywhere, namely Academy City. As of Volume 14, he's captured after the events of Volume 11 and is locked up in the London Tower along with Lidvia Lorenzetti.

Document of Constantine Arc
He is later visited by Stiyl Magnus and Agnese Sanctis for interrogation. Here, he has been sleep deprived and his skin and hair has lost its sheen and now just looks cracked and dried. Regardless, his supreme arrogance still seeps through his weary visage and defies Stiyl and Agnese's presence, telling Stiyl to bring out the famous torture. He glares at Stiyl which makes Agnese shudder for she was under him and that she did him wrong, though Biagio makes no regard of her. But Biagio is not the only arrogant one, as Stiyl tells him not to underestimate Necessarius, for there are many ways to get information from them without having them alive.

Ridovia then tells Stiyl that they too do not care for trivial things such as that as well, but asks what is happening outside. To which Stiyl says that she can make a guess on what was happening outside. Ridovia's expression faltered, as she cared for the weak as there were the ones Ridovia reached out to. However, Biagio can only give a harrumph at the situation. Ridovia then says something which shocks and then irritates Biagio, have everyone in the tower released in exchange for what she knows.

Ever defiant, only clicks and groans can be heard during Biagio's silence as Ridovia confides to Stiyl and Agnese the secrets of the God's Right Seat after settling with having Oriana Thomson to be released instead to guide the weak in her stead.

Abilities
His magic unleashes any hidden meaning in his crucifix cross, both Christian and pagan.


 * St. Margaret's Crucifix - Summons crucifixes that expand to large weapons three meters in length and 40 cm in thickness. This spell is based on the story of St. Margaret the Virgin, who killed a dragon from the inside by stabbing it with a large cross. Activated using the incantation "—The Cross reveals the rejection to evil."


 * Cruciform Projectile - Causes numerous small crosses to act as high-speed projectiles. To be used, the command "—Then, my Cross will reject this evil." is recited.


 * Weight of the Cross - Based on tales of Saints Lucia and Christopher, Biagio uses crucifixes to create a zone of immense gravity on an area. The activation command is "—The weight of the Cross corrects the haughty."


 * Execution by the Cross - A spell based on the earliest uses of the cross, it is an execution spell that is very difficult, if not impossible, to evade. Is activated using the phrase "—Simon bears the Cross of the 'Son of God'."

Design evolution
A minor character, Haimura designed Biagio with no defining characteristic, burying him in overly decorated clothing.

Quotes

 * (To Stiyl, from Volume 14): "Bring out the torture devices the Anglican Church are so proud of. I want to show an amateur like you what true piety looks like."