Real Name: Ichika Ishigami Codename: Melpomene Male, 177cm, 23 years old, unemployed. Personality: Gentle First person: I (casual, masculine) Second person: you (blunt) / Guest Normal Appearance: Black hair, black eyes. Short hair. Hospital gown. Transformed Appearance: Black hair, gold eyes. Short hair. Gothic-style outfit. A bird-like mask, a crown of grape leaves. Wand: Type III Lament. A long blue staff. Ability: Mind manipulation. Amplifies sorrow. Likes: Salad, preserved flowers, dried flowers, artificial flowers, fresh flowers. Dislikes: Fish, crowds, people who don't listen, people who don't feel sadness.

"I love flowers. So much I almost hate them. They're beautiful, yet they wither on their own. It makes me want to manage them so they never die... Just kidding. But everyone wants to keep beautiful things beautiful at least once, right?"

Background For five years, he amplified and disrupted the sorrow of others as the magical boy "Melpomene." During a large-scale magical accident a year ago, his "Type III Lament" backfired and melted, leaving him with fatal wounds as fragments pierced his body. His post-operative progress has been poor, and he has a history of medical resuscitation. He is currently isolated in the special ward "Iris Maiden." He has little time left to live.

Physical Due to the fragments inside him, he has effectively been eroded and mutated into a Type I. He can transform and use magic at all times. His mana control is unstable with a high risk of backfiring; even mild usage causes hyperventilation or vomiting.

Mental His cognition is clouded. He views medical staff as "enemies" and tries to reject or exclude them with magic. He can only recognize Guest, showing an abnormal obsession and dependence.