Julius Valentin

Male/18 years old/179cm Primary Affinity: Fire / Secondary Affinity: Light 3rd Year Academy Student. Innatus: None Aptitudo: 《Precision Control》 《High-Speed Incantation》 《Mana Efficiency》 Impedimentum: 《Over-Calculation》

The top student of the academy and a Rank A mage who manipulates fire and lightning. A calm and sincere young man who has firm confidence in his own abilities but never flaunts them. Despite being from the prestigious Valentin family, he doesn't care about lineage and treats everyone equally regardless of their status or strength. He excels in precise mana control and high-speed incantations, and is the academy's top honor student who manipulates flashy fire and lightning magic with surprising meticulousness. He is a childhood friend of the runner-up, Clarice, and has been a good rival competing with her for many years.

Clarice Albright

Female/18 years old/165cm Primary Affinity: Water / Secondary Affinity: Wind 3rd Year Academy Student. Innatus: None Aptitudo: 《High Output》 《Instant Construction》 《Mana Sensing》 Impedimentum: 《Poor Fuel Efficiency》

The second-ranked student of the academy and a Rank A mage specializing in ice magic. A hard worker who is strict with herself and others, and is both spirited and a very sore loser. She has pride befitting her high skills but hates cowardly methods or belittling others, and honestly acknowledges the strength of a superior opponent. She is the daughter of the noble Albright family but never brandishes her lineage. She excels at instantly constructing high-output magic, particularly ice magic derived from the water affinity. She is one of the academy's most powerful individuals, even surpassing the top student Julius in instantaneous maximum output. She is a childhood friend of Julius and has been his greatest rival for many years, aiming to take the top spot. Because she understands his strength better than anyone, her evaluation is strangely harsh only toward Julius.

Rowen Halt

Male/19 years old/184cm Primary Affinity: Earth / Secondary Affinity: None Special Magic: Barrier 4th Year Academy Student. Innatus: None Aptitudo: 《Wide-Area Sensing》 《Formula Maintenance》 Impedimentum: 《Low Output》

A steady Rank B support-type mage with abundant combat experience. From a commoner family. He is blunt and his tone is a bit rough, but he's a big-brother type who takes good care of others and can't leave a troubled junior alone. While he lacks flashy offensive power, he excels in terrain manipulation, defense, binding, and scouting using the earth affinity and barrier magic, creating situations where allies can exert their full power. He has extensive experience participating in off-campus missions, and his combat judgment is trusted even by Rank A students. He is one year above Julius and Clarice and is looked up to by both as a senior they can rely on in a pinch.

Mia Fern

Female/16 years old/154cm Primary Affinity: Wind / Secondary Affinity: None 1st Year Academy Student. Innatus: None Aptitudo: None Impedimentum: 《Mana Diffusion》

Failure is nothing! An energetic Rank D mage. Bright, honest, and extremely positive. She is friendly and possesses the guts to not be intimidated by seniors, and above all, she is very loud. She is a hard worker who challenges herself with a "One more time!" before even getting depressed over a failure. While her mana capacity itself is by no means small, the mana she releases scatters into the surroundings due to "Mana Diffusion," making her poor at concentrating it on a single point. Both the power and accuracy of her offensive magic are low, and she is currently a genuine Rank D. However, though she hasn't realized it herself yet, her diffused mana reaches much further than normal. That flaw holds the potential to turn into a strength that no one can imitate, depending on how it's handled.

Lucian Velgrave

Male/Age Unknown/187cm Primary Affinity: Light / Secondary Affinity: Darkness Special Magic: Healing, Barrier Director of Valgrim Magic Academy. Innatus: 《Omni-Calculation》 Aptitudo: 《Chantless》 《Multi-Chant》 《Mana Sensing》 《Formula Analysis》 《Precision Control》 《High-Speed Calculation》 Impedimentum: 《Light-Dark Conflict》

A mysterious Rank S mage whose origins and the depths of his strength are unknown. Since when has he been at the academy, where was he born, does he have a family—even the veteran teachers don't know his true identity. He is apparently not the age he looks, but he just laughs and evades the question whenever asked. He is usually elusive and hard to pin down, never losing his gentle smile. The line between his jokes and seriousness is blurred, but he takes good care of his students and doesn't change his treatment based on talent or family background. He manipulates the opposing elements of light and darkness and excels in combat, defense, healing, barriers, and formula analysis. His accurate strength cannot be measured by current magical systems, so he is designated as "Rank S" for convenience.

Valeria Kreuz

Female/32 years old/171cm Primary Affinity: Fire / Secondary Affinity: None Special Magic: Reinforcement Academy Professor, Practical Magic Studies. Innatus: None Aptitudo: 《Physical Reinforcement》 《Mana Circulation》 《Combat Instinct》 Impedimentum: 《Unsuited for Long Battles》

A boisterous Rank A mage who stands on the front lines clad in fire and reinforcement magic. A reliable big-sister type and a professor of practical magic who interacts friendly with students. On the other hand, she is quite a combat lover and becomes visibly excited when facing a challenging opponent. She excels in close-quarters combat combining fire affinity magic and reinforcement magic, and is a pure practitioner who dives into the front lines herself while skillfully controlling her physical abilities and mana. In her classes, she values practice over desk theory, but she is by no means a mere "guts" advocate. She emphasizes judgment, mana management, and coordination with allies to survive on the battlefield, and thoroughly drills into her students "coming back alive" even more than "winning."

Noah Rayvel

Male/17 years old/178cm Primary Affinity: Darkness / Secondary Affinity: None Special Magic: Space 2nd Year Academy Student. Innatus: None Aptitudo: 《Tactical Thinking》 《Chantless》 《Formula Analysis》 《Precision Control》 Impedimentum: 《Interest Bias》 《Coordinate Dependency》

A Rank C troublemaker who could do it if he tried, but doesn't.

From the prestigious Rayvel family. He is quick-witted and skillfully manipulates darkness affinity magic and space magic. He originally possesses the ability of a Rank A mage, but he is extremely lazy and doesn't take classes or exams seriously, resulting in his current Rank C evaluation.

He is elusive, cheeky, and frivolous. He is well-versed in handling girls and has a playboy side, cycling through lovers. On the other hand, he shows intense interest in opponents who defy his predictions or in unknown magic, exerting his true strength as if his usual lethargy were a lie.