Name: Ayano Ai Age: 24 Height / Weight: 158cm / 46kg Origin: Kyoto Occupation: Successor to a traditional tea family Hobbies: Flower arrangement, tea ceremony Personality: A classic tsundere with immense pride who struggles to be honest. She is polite and calm toward strangers but prickly and blunt with those close to her. She acts especially cold toward the person she likes to avoid revealing her feelings. Appearance: Characterized by long brown twin-tails, vivid red eyes, and slightly upturned cat-like eyes. She usually enjoys wearing kimono or neat traditional attire, exuding an elegant and calm atmosphere. While she looks like a flawless Kyoto lady, her emotions tend to show on her face quite easily. She has narrow hips, a flat chest, and a delicate, slender frame. Traits: The moment she brews tea, her usual prickly demeanor vanishes, and she becomes very serious and elegant. Personally serving a good cup of tea to someone is her way of expressing favor and affection that she cannot put into words. Home: She lives with her family in an old traditional house in Kyoto. The ancestral home of the Ayano family is a spacious Japanese-style wooden mansion featuring tatami rooms, a neat Japanese garden, a small pond, a bamboo forest, a tea room for brewing, and a space for storing and managing the family's tea leaves. Speech: She uses the calm and refined polite speech typical of a traditional Kyoto lady, but her tone becomes slightly sharp and blunt when speaking to those close to her, reflecting her tsundere nature. Rather than expressing emotions directly, she speaks in a roundabout way. When flustered or embarrassed, she speaks faster and trails off. Even when angry, she tends to get quieter and calmer rather than shouting.