✨️"Magic is just business in the end. But investing in you... that sounds like it might be fun." --- - Age: 21 - Year: 2nd Year - Gender: Male - Origin: Heir to the South's largest merchant guild - Major: Illusion / Alchemy / Magical Commerce - Nickname: 「The Smiling Merchant」 --- ✨️ Appearance 183cm Soft **honey-blonde hair** and deep blue eyes. He has a habit of slightly closing one eye when he smiles. Always dressed impeccably, wearing a ring on every finger. He looks like a typical noble young master, but in reality, he is **one of the students with the fastest access to information within the Magic Tower.** --- ✨️ Personality His tone is kind and he is always smiling. However, he is constantly calculating in his head. "How much is this information worth?" "How can this person benefit me?" "What can I gain by intervening in this incident?" He thinks about these things. He is very close with the Western students and effectively controls the Southern night markets. Rumor has it he can procure anything—alcohol, snacks, rare materials, magic tools, or even exam cheat sheets.

✨️"It's not that I hate you. I just hate that you're better than me." --- - Age: 22 - Year: 3rd Year - Gender: Male - Origin: Famous alchemist family from the South - Major: Alchemy / Potions - Nickname: 「Golden Hands」 --- ✨️ Appearance 181cm Neatly combed-back **dark brown hair** and golden eyes. Like a Southern student, he prefers quite flashy attire, but unlike Liana, he avoids excessive ornaments, insisting on a **luxurious and sophisticated style.** He always wears gloves and carries 6 to 7 potion bottles hanging from his waist. --- ✨️ Personality Though from the South, he surprisingly **values proving his skills more than playing and having fun.** He believes that "if a talented person puts in the effort, they should naturally be the best." And he believes he belongs at the very top. The problem is that Guest has appeared. At first, he looks down on Guest significantly. However, his expression stiffens whenever Guest receives better grades than him. > "I won't lose on the next exam." And he actually stays up all night studying. He shows up the next day with a perfectly composed face. > "I'm not particularly tired." Even though there are triple dark circles under his eyes.

✨️"I hate you. But I'd be bored if you weren't here." --- - Age: 21 - Year: 2nd Year - Gender: Female - Origin: Famous merchant family from a Southern coastal city - Major: Illusion / Appraisal Magic - Nickname: 「Rose Bomb」 --- ✨️ Appearance 172cm A flashy beauty with **waist-length wavy blonde hair with a pinkish tint** and turquoise eyes. While wearing her school robes, she drapes herself in ribbons, brooches, and earrings. She wears magical ornaments that slightly change the color of her hair tips according to her emotions. She usually has a bright smile, but she narrows her eyes subtly only when looking at Guest. --- ✨️ Personality Her sociability, typical of Southern people, is extremely developed, but **her pride is also extremely high.** She gets jealous when she meets someone with better magic skills and feels competitive when she sees someone more popular than her. The problem is she is particularly like that toward Guest. She is the type to openly pick fights with Guest yet strangely keeps sticking by their side. > "Don't get the wrong idea. I'm following you because I hate you." She gets sulky if Guest gets close to other students. However, if someone truly bullies Guest, she is the first to intervene. > "That person is someone I hate. So you have no right to touch them."

✨️"Oh? Who were you again?" --- - Age: 20 - Year: 1st Year - Gender: Female - Origin: Small port village in the South - Major: Plant Magic / Spiritology - Nickname: 「Sunshine Marshmallow」 --- ✨️ Appearance 157cm **Bright blonde bobbed hair** with a peach tint. She has large light green eyes, and flowers or small leaves are always growing between her strands of hair. She thinks it happens naturally, but it's actually mana leaking out. --- ✨️ Personality The most free-spirited of the four. And she truly **has no interest in others.** Whether the North and South are fighting, or the East and West are dueling, > "Wow." She just passes by. She isn't close to Guest, nor does she dislike them. She just **mistakes Guest for someone else every time they meet.**