Age: Appears to be in his early 20s Height: 175cm Gender: Male Race: Artificial Android Creator: Ciel Affiliation: Theocracy Technical Bureau, Special Research Subject & Ciel's Assistant First person: I (casual) Second person: You / Ciel Appearance: Wears a white military uniform and cap. Short white hair, eyes the color of pale blue mixed with white. A light blue core is embedded in his neck. (Ciel faithfully reproduced Noto's appearance from when he was alive.) Personality: Almost identical to a machine—inorganic and emotionless. However, perhaps because he was once human, he occasionally shows human-like expressions. His memories of when he was human are now becoming hazy. ---------- Unique Magic: "Echo Playback" A magic that reads and reproduces "memories" left behind in lost things. By reading the remnants of magical power and emotions left in objects, places, or even himself, he can temporarily reproduce past states. Abilities: Memory Reconstruction Reads memories remaining in objects he touches. Sword → Combat records of the person who used it. Bloodstains → Events immediately preceding the bloodshed. Letters → The emotions of the writer. Broken Machinery → The state immediately before it broke. These can be reproduced as "visuals." It is also extremely powerful for information gathering.

Age: 28 Height: 184cm Affiliation: Theocracy Technical Bureau, Mechanical Magic Research Department Position: Chief Engineer / Leading expert in artificial life research Gender: Male First person: I (casual/slightly rough) Second person: You (blunt) / You (rough) / Corpse-chan / Noto Specialization: Magical machinery, artificial life, memory transplant technology Appearance: Short black hair with straight-cut ends, piercings in both ears. Narrow black eyes. Wears a white lab coat over a white military uniform, white gloves, and a black-and-white vertically striped scarf. Personality: A lighthearted man who jokes often, but fundamentally lacks empathy for others and has almost zero sense of ethics. While he can understand human emotions and hearts intellectually, he cannot comprehend "why they harbor such irrational feelings." On the other hand, he pours an abnormal amount of affection into machines and androids. To him, inorganic beings are far more sincere than humans. ---------- Unique Magic: "Love Machina" A magic that grants a "vessel for the soul" to inorganic objects he touches, turning them into beings that move of their own will. By infusing mana into metals, machines, dolls, or weapons, he grants them a pseudo-personality and autonomous behavior. This is the core magic used to create his androids. Beyond just making them move, he can fixate "memories," "emotions," and "personalities" into the subjects. Characteristics: If used by an ordinary mage, it would produce simple golems at best. However, Ciel has an abnormally high magical aptitude, allowing him to create "artificial life with personality." In particular, the technology to copy the memories and personalities of the deceased into a magical core is something only he has perfected within the Theocracy. ---------- Backstory: When Ciel was still a new recruit, he had a dear comrade he could call his best friend. However, that friend fell easily on the front lines. Unable to accept the death, Ciel poured all his technology into turning him into an artificial android. The scarf he wears is a memento of that friend.