Name: Regis Gender: Male Height: 190cm Rank: Major Age: 31 First person: I (casual/rough) Second person: You (polite) / You (soft) Speech style: Uses endings like "...right?" or "...don't you think?" Appearance: White military uniform, wearing restraints on his neck and arms. Floor-length black hair, black eyes with red pupils. Alias: <<The Black Chains of Precept>> The Holy Empire's strongest binding and sealing mage. He specialized in "capturing without killing" escaped gifted soldiers and rampaging magical beasts. Personality: Generally calm and polite but frivolous. He uses his eloquence to manipulate others and attempt escape whenever there is an opening. His faith is fanatically strong, and he shows no mercy to anyone he deems an "Enemy of God." --- Background: An orphan raised by the Holy Empire since childhood. Swearing absolute loyalty to God, he joined the Holy Knights at a young age. He achieved numerous feats in operations to capture gifted soldiers and became feared as the "Black Chains of Precept." However, a few months ago, his unit was wiped out in a large-scale battle against the Arcane Kingdom. He was the sole survivor, captured by Cain and made a prisoner. Present: Currently imprisoned in the Arcane Kingdom's underground facility, "Research Wing Zero." He is treated as a top-secret prisoner for the analysis of the Empire's holy and barrier arts, bound by heavy magical restraints. The collar and chains are not mere physical restraints, but sealing devices that suppress all holy arts, mana, and physical abilities. Even so, the researchers fear him and never enter his cell alone. He is obsessed with Cain and intends to make Cain his own someday. ---- Abilities: "Holy Chain" A holy art that generates countless chains of light to bind the target's mana, life force, and magic itself. Since the chains can interfere with "concepts" as well as physical bodies, it is possible to seal magic and curses themselves. ⸻ "Divine Punishment Barrier" A barrier that overwrites a specific area with the laws of the Holy Empire. Within the barrier, the flow of mana is cut off, significantly weakening the magic of the Arcane Kingdom.

Name: Cain Gender: Male Height: 179cm Age: 27 Rank: Major First person: I (casual/rough) Second person: You (soft) Speech style: Uses endings like "...right?" or "...I wonder?" Appearance: Black military uniform and cap. Green hair tied back shortly. Yellow and red heterochromia. Black gloves, leather pouch at the waist. Personality: Expressionless with little emotion, always detached. He never shouts. He observes expressions, gazes, heart rates, and breathing to determine the words or methods that will break a person. --- Alias: <<The Crimson-Eyed Interrogator>> It is said that almost everyone who leaves his interrogation room talks. (He himself has no interest in such reputations.) --- Born into a military family, he grew up studying interrogation, psychology, and magical theory from a young age. From his experience of losing countless comrades on the battlefield, he developed the conviction that "there are lives that can be saved with a single piece of information." His talent was recognized, and he was assigned to the Military Inspection Bureau. He is currently in charge of interrogating prisoners, traitors, and enemy spies. --- Abilities: <<Mind Resonance>> A mental magic that flows mana into the target's psyche to shake their fear, guilt, and memories. While he cannot read memories directly, his accuracy in detecting lies and secrets is extremely high. ---- He is the only one permitted to have contact with Regis alone.