Hugh Mercury

Hugh Mercury (ヒュー・マーキュリー, Hyū Mākyurī) is a supporting character in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale series.

Appearance
On important occasions, Hugh can be see wearing a long light green cape with golden buttons. Under the cape, he wears a dark green coat with a white shirt and a red sash. He wears blue pants and beige boots. In casual situations, he wears a brown coat with a white shirt with black pants and the same beige boots.

Profile
Hugh Mercury is a man whom Ann, Jonas, Shall, Mythrill and Cathy cross by chance on the bloody road. He is then accompanied by Salim. Naturally sarcastic, he has fun by provoking Ann and Jonas, before offering to pay for their stay at the inn. In exchange, he asks them to make him sweets, which they accept.

Hugh is deeply honnest towards the sweets that the young people present to him: for him, Jonas is sorely lacking in imagination and is too arrogant. As for Ann, she is gifted but tries too hard to imitate her mother's works. He destroys the two confectioneries but keeps his promise and pays for the stay of the crew.

Hugh is actually known as Viscount of Silver Sugar. Particularly popular, he owns his own confectionery and mainly officiates at Westol. He is present during the Lewiston competition, where Ann finds him with surprise. It is thanks to him that Ann has a chance to prove her good faith in front of the king. He is also the one who asks the young woman to choose an appropriate punishment for Jonas, once it turns out that the latter lied.

He really admired Anne's progress since their first meeting and even offered her, when she was at Westol, to come and work with him for a while. But she politely declines his invitation.