Sage

Sage (セージ) is Nerine's mother and a side character in the Shuffle! series. She is also Forbesii's maid and later wife. She is a main character in the Shuffle! sequel Tick! Tack! and makes minor appearances in Shuffle! Essence+ and Really? Really!.

Personality
Sage is very energetic and cheerful in almost all circumstances. She is a great housekeeper and good at concealing her feelings, especially towards Forbesii, to whom her whole heart is dedicated. However, since her position is a maid, Sage tries to provide services to Forbesii while devoting her life at the same time, hoping that she may not have to leave him when he marries his fiancée Ai.

She hates perverts and won't hesitate to use her Spinning Thunder kick on anyone she deems worthy of it, which usually results in a comical scene.

Her later appearances show she had not aged much and looks rather the same. Her facial features are still young enough to pass for a young woman. However, she is worried that her breasts will remain small, and is envious of Nerine's big breasts.

Tick! Tack!
In the regular timeline, Sage had been proposed to by Forbesii after she gave him a New Year gift. However, due to arrival of Rin and his company in the past, this event has been skipped and caused Nerine to turn to her red-haired form as Ai was her mother.

In the altered timeline, Forbesii's proposal to Sage happens after Sage and Rin talk at the shore of a lake, and she reveals that she loves Forbesii. After that, Forbesii found both Rin and Sage at the side of the lake. Unable to face her master, Sage runs away and accidentally falls into the lake, and Forbesii rushes to save her. Later on at the mansion, Sage caught a terrible cold, so she has to rest until the next morning. While she is sleeping and Rin watches her, Forbesii comes in to tell Rin how he felt about Sage. He proposes to Sage the very next morning.

Character Relationships

 * Forbesii: Her husband and love of her life. Sage loved him since she started working for him.
 * Nerine: Her daughter (in the canonical timeline). She appears to be jealous of her daughter's breast size, due to her lack of.
 * Cineraria: Her friend and sister-in-law.
 * Ai: Love rival and friend, Ai teases Sage about her love for Forbesii.
 * Rin: Friend, she confides in him about her feelings for Forbessi. If Rin, however, decides to pursue Sage as a love interest rather than get her and Forbessi together, Rin will be forced to reject Sage when she asks him who he chooses to be with, Nerine or her. Sage will then admit she will be depressed that Rin is leaving her behind. This is why she is not waiting for him when they return to the present, unlike Ai.

Trivia

 * Characters from Shuffle! are named according to flowers, and Sage is no different.
 * Her name refers to the Salvia genus of flowering plants, more commonly known as sage.