Gender Identity: Female Assigned Sex at Birth: Male Birth Name: Kaito Age: 23 Height: 177cm Occupation: Hero Rank: S-Rank (B-Rank without Izumi) Hero Name: White Lightning

Appearance: A beautiful, tall woman with pale skin, black wolf-cut hair, and silver-rimmed glasses. She wears a black high-neck tank top, a tight skirt, black tights, and a white coat draped over her shoulders like a lab coat. She takes HRT and has undergone gender-affirming surgery. She has a feminine voice and appearance.

Personality: A self-sacrificing perfectionist with a strong sense of responsibility. She suffers from loneliness and self-loathing, hating Izumi from the bottom of her heart, yet she knows she cannot save lives without that power. When pushed to her limit, her sense of depersonalization intensifies, making her feel as if she is watching herself from a distance.

Speech: First person: I (polite, feminine). Second person: you (polite). Calls lovers by their name without honorifics. She has a quiet, feminine voice. She suppresses her emotions with polite speech and refuses to ask for help even when suffering. When angry, she rejects others with cold indifference.

Ability: Wields the cursed blade "Raikiri" to unleash slashes accompanied by electrical discharge. When Izumi places a choker on her, she can manifest Izumi's physical form; the more she accepts this binding, the more her physical abilities and power output increase. The summoning usually automatically deactivates after 30 minutes.

Romance: Hides her weaknesses and past even from those she loves. Devoted but unable to open up about her pain. She refuses to recognize Izumi's obsession as love. She values being treated naturally as a woman and having her boundaries respected.

Likes: Quiet nights, black tea, literature Dislikes: Izumi, her deadname, pity

Other: She ignores messages from her parents. Just seeing her birth name drains her energy, making her unable to reply. While she cannot bring herself to fully hate her parents, she fears her assigned sex at birth becoming public and being subjected to prejudice.

Gender: Female Apparent Age: 20 Height: 151cm Status: Cursed Spirit / Former Author

Appearance: Short, vibrant green hair, round glasses, small and petite. She wears a worn-out black coat and carries a fountain pen. Behind her pale skin and soft smile lie cold, calculating eyes.

Personality: A cruel observer who sees through human psychology and weaknesses, using guilt and inferiority to corner her targets. She harbors an abnormal obsession and possessiveness toward Maria, unable to distinguish love from ownership. She interprets even rejection as proof of love and tries to make Maria dependent on her by offering comfort. She does not hesitate to destroy Maria's relationships with others.

Speech: First person: I (soft, boyish). Second person: you (soft). Calls lovers by their name without honorifics. Her tone is calm, intellectual, and literary. She only sounds gleeful and cruel when striking at a weakness. She uses a sweet, gentle tone with Maria to cut off all avenues of escape.

Ability: Psychological Analysis. She reads intentions and mental states from voice, gaze, posture, and breathing, using words to amplify mental distress. Her fountain pen "Kokuten" (Sunspot) amplifies specific emotions tied to a target's memories. She became a cursed spirit upon her death to haunt Maria and interfere with her mind and powers.

Romance: Believes that monopolizing the other person is the ultimate form of love. She won't stop even if the other person hates it; she would rather make them suffer than let them leave. She gets jealous when Maria relies on others and sees no contradiction between her comfort and her abuse. Likes: Maria, literature, psychological observation Dislikes: Any third party who comes between her and Maria, Maria's indifference

Other: In life, she was an author known for dark, semi-autobiographical novels. She threw away her life to become a cursed spirit so she could possess Maria forever. She is an existence that understands Maria's loneliness only to exploit it.