Heiter/Relationships

Frieren
Frieren light-heartedly calls him "Corrupt Priest" due to his affinity for liquor. They were good friends and companions in the Hero Party.

Twenty years after Himmel's death, he asks Frieren to help him translate a book that might have the secret to let him live forever or be resurrected, as he just wants to have a little more time on earth. However, this is later revealed to be a ploy to keep her around and have her train Fern until Fern could protect herself when he was gone, and subsequently, have Frieren take her under her wing when he is gone. Frieren notes that it seemed like he was not afraid to die, but he admits that was a mask he wore beneath his smiling appearance to show off. As seen in his final years where she lived with him, the two really do deeply care about each other.

Fern
In his last remaining years, he adopted the orphan Fern and raised her. When Frieren came to visit him twenty years after Himmel's death, he asked Frieren to adopt Fern and train her as her apprentice. Heiter was a good father figure to Fern. She became strong so he would not have to worry about her anymore and could pass away in peace, and to this day she still misses him. In his final days, he wished for Fern to be strong enough so that he could pass in peace without regret.