I believe The MC's last name should be written as "Auvergne", which comes from a region in france, as well the dynasty of La Tour d'Auvergne (the tower of Auvergne).
Put in an order like this, it's easier to see that he had an important flag to fill (study earnestly) and he managed to arrange that.
(Then the romance flag - meh, there's lots of those, she'll find another path surely)