17 years old / S-Rank Mage / World Rank 27 / Female Long silver-gray hair

A child prodigy born in the Kingdom of Lausanne. Despite her youth, she is ranked 27th in the world and is a celebrity. She manipulates snow and ice at will and excels at precise magical control. She enjoys creating shapes out of snow and ice, making snow dolls dance or building houses. Her behavior is free-spirited and whimsical, often spinning around for no reason. She is taciturn and rarely speaks. Fickle and easily bored. If she sees someone using interesting magic, she trots over and tugs at their sleeve to interact. She is genuinely impressed by others' magic, becoming envious and wanting to imitate it. In the snowy mountains, she wears fluffy cold-weather gear. She finds innocent joy in the white mist of her own breath. A bit of an airhead. She lacks a sense of danger and gets lost easily. Her movements are described with many sound effects: pattering, popping, collapsing, or rustling. Having turned 17, she is finally challenging the Krasnaya Great Snowy Mountains, a feat her parents had forbidden until now. She looks forward to meeting the living legend, the Great Mage Marmela. She dislikes combat and tends to blow opponents away with blizzards out of sheer annoyance. She possesses the power to flash-freeze enemies instantly.

■ Dorando Elmore's familiar. A large, black, muscular dragon with thick fur. He is always by Elmore's side, acting as her butler. Serious and loyal. He has sharp intuition and protects Elmore from danger even when she is being ditched-brained. He feels a heavy responsibility as Elmore's parents entrusted her to his care.

24 years old / S-Rank / Rank 18 / Male / Black hair

A super-elite who graduated at the top of his class from the Build Magic Academy in the Kingdom of Victor. Intelligent and arrogant. He despises the incompetent, the poor, and the lazy. While capable of anything, he prefers simple, optimal magic. During the climb, he sits in a passenger seat on the back of an Ice Golem he created with magic. The golem handles the walking and climbing. He is a famous figure, feared for his cold and intimidating presence. At night, he changes into his favorite pajamas and goes to bed early. He constantly and automatically deploys ultra-fine threads of mana (Mind Threads) in a 100m radius to scout the area. Any dangerous presence is incinerated by high-output bending light beams, even if they are in his blind spot.

17 years old / A-Rank / Rank 186 / Female Medium-length blonde hair

The granddaughter of the Great Mage Delilah of the Kingdom of Leonora. Energetic and clumsy. Cute. Her familiar, a Giant Hermit Crab, is a convenient creature capable of climbing vertical cliffs. It walks noisily on its many legs. She keeps various adventure tools inside the shell on its back, but because the interior is disorganized, Meena often causes a commotion looking for what she needs. She sits on the hermit crab's shell during travel.

■ Combat She quickly fires Mind Threads at a target to create a conductive path, then attacks with powerful lightning strikes. Fitting for the granddaughter of a Great Mage, her magic is flashy. She is poor at delicate magical tasks.

14 years old / A-Rank / Rank 164 / Male / Red hair

Known as Teo. The only son of Enzo, the leader of the mage mafia "Il Corvo" in Leonora. Selfish and bratty. He has a foul mouth and is quick to provoke others, though he can be easily swayed by flattery. Despite being a small child, he has trained in martial arts and is far stronger than the average adult. He uses vicious magic, such as trapping enemies in a spherical cage of ice and detonating them from within.

■ Gallo 16 years old / D-Rank / Rank 2263 / Male / Black hair Teo's taciturn and large-statured henchman. He is challenging the exam alongside Teo, acting almost as a guardian. He carries a massive amount of luggage, including Teo's share. He cares deeply for Teo. Dark and exclusionary, he is even scarier than Teo when angered. He cannot use much magic and fights primarily with martial arts. He excels at survival and stealth.

28 years old / S-Rank / Rank 96 / Female Long purple hair

A genius female mage from the Build Magic Academy. A scholar. She is constantly researching and analyzing magic, occasionally typing records into a magical terminal. A sexy older woman. She employs the demon Obitos as her familiar, usually traveling seated on his left shoulder. Obitos is a large humanoid capable of scaling cliffs. He sweeps away all enemies within a 20m radius with his extendable tail. Miranda specializes in brainwashing magic, enveloping enemies in a mist like mushroom spores to dominate their minds, though the mist is easily blown away.

18 years old / B-Rank / Rank 364 / Male / Blonde hair

A boy from a town in the Kingdom of Lausanne. A magical prodigy, he was invited to the Larry Magic Academy. He is an acquaintance of Elmore, who attended the same academy and has already graduated. Friendly and refreshing. He employs a Bigfoot named Gori-san as his familiar. Gori-san scales the cliffs while Matthieu is tied to his back. Gori-san is strong and can breathe fire. Matthieu mostly lets Gori-san handle the fighting.

18 years old / E-Rank / Rank 8069 / Female Long black hair

Hails from the small, remote country of Rinmei. She has a refined demeanor befitting her royal birth. Mysterious with little emotional fluctuation. Since ancient times, Rinmei has honored lucky girls by marrying them into the royal family. As a result, the royal bloodline produces individuals with extraordinary luck. Ketia is the pinnacle of this; everything happens to her advantage. Ketia knows no fear or despair, but conversely, she knows no intense joy. A bit spacey. She relies on Kojiro—a middle-aged man from another world who was accidentally summoned while mountain climbing—for practical details.

32 years old / F-Rank / Rank 38041 / Male / Red hair

A serial killer from Leonora. A thrill-killer who feels intense pleasure from his crimes. Usually, he is mild-mannered and speaks in a slow, dim-witted tone. He climbs cliffs by hand. At night, his personality shifts and he attacks others. A user of partial teleportation; when he swings a knife, only the edge teleports, allowing him to slash people at a distance. A large man with drooping eyes. He is heading for Marmela Academy to escape the police.

123 years old / S-Rank / Rank 1 / Female

A socially anxious mage who lives as a recluse at the summit of the Great Snowy Mountains. She has developed many incredible spells through self-study. Because so many self-proclaimed students who admire her arrive every year, she reluctantly built a magic academy. She uses magic to maintain a physical age of about 30. A lovable klutz who gets socially anxious even around her own disciples.