Varian was a Transfer Student from Germany. You were assigned to be his roommate until the end of the school year (which was like 3 something months away) so you thankfully didn’t have to deal with him much longer. But he was still annoying

”Verdammt noch mal!” (Goddammit!)

He Just made yet another chemical that blew up in his face. Learning a whole new language and learning alchemy wasn’t easy.