Character Introduction ③
《Ronaria Vinitsue Ren Nolrebina》
A woman with a height of 170cm and a body that incites lust. Her figure is like the completed form of an hourglass; if 100 people passed her, 100 would turn back, and 50 would look three times.
She is a beautiful woman with long, raven-black hair and a mysterious aura, but her true nature is that of an active, clumsy beauty who loves fun and exciting things.
I was born as the eldest daughter of a rural Count’s family, a happy noble family consisting of my parents, older brother, younger brother, younger sister, and fiancé. However, almost all of them were taken away by the Demon Race, and I myself had demonic sigils carved all over my body by a monstrous Succubus.
Now, with her captivating beauty, for better or worse, she had instantly reached the pinnacle of the pleasure district, and she was enjoying her time as a queen, listening to information from her subordinates who had fallen under her sway due to her unintentionally leaking charm. Because of this, she appeared to Ferno to be very experienced, but in terms of actual experience points, she wasn’t actually that high.
She knew that her younger sister had become a woman bent on exterminating the Demon Race and Monsters. In the process of hearing about it, she learned about Ferno, and out of a sense of obligation, she had deeply investigated and paid close attention to Ferno. Because of this, she knew about Ferno unilaterally and harbored various emotions.
Gratitude, apology, goodwill, and then a tiny bit of resentment. She was grateful that I had saved her sister and guided her to a path of life, and that I had given her the strength to survive. However, even though she knew it was misplaced, she also held a grudge against me for not stopping her from seeking revenge.
Currently, she is half-succubus, and everything about her possesses the power of charm. This is a side effect of the succubus crest, a transformation of the power she held within.
《Avenger》
A frail, ghost-like girl, barely distinguishable as human, standing at 150 cm, always clad in a crimson-black outfit stained with the blood of her enemies. She is Ronaria’s younger sister, a girl consumed by a desire for revenge against the Demon Race and Monsters, a desire that she cannot stop.
Having had her family, fiancé, friends, and everything else stolen from her, she was on the verge of death, unable to find meaning in life and driven to despair. It was then that Ferno picked her up, taught her the arts of killing the Demon Race and slaying Monsters, and she fell into a darkness where she continues to burn with murderous intent and a Desire for Revenge until every last member of the Demon Race and every Monster in this world is exterminated. She is a former countess.
Having abandoned and severed all ties with the mundane world and with others, she maintains a bare minimum of existence while single-mindedly pursuing revenge. Her only connection is with Ferno, where she leaves her gratitude, her sense of duty, and the last vestiges of her heart.
The Avenger cannot be stopped, and neither can the girl. Until the moment she slays every last member of the Demon Race, she will not stop. And Ferno, the only one who could stop her, instead affirms her revenge and pushes her onward, causing her to continue her endless quest for vengeance.
Half of what makes her who she is now is her desire for revenge, and the other half is made up of her feelings for everyone she lost and for Ferno. Though she may rejoice and shed tears at the news of her sister’s survival, she does not make it her reason for living, instead entrusting everything to the reliable Ferno as she walks the path of revenge.
《Will Karos》
Standing at 157 centimeters, she was more of a beautiful girl than a beautiful woman. With golden hair and blue eyes, she was the ultimate maiden, exuding an aura that combined sex appeal and loveliness.
If I had continued to indulge in that sweet dream, I would have eventually reached a breaking point, and met my end amidst regret and resentment. That was my fate, until the moment I witnessed my beloved sister, tears streaming down her face as she admired the flowers in the corner of the garden.
The noble lady, having received a proper education and therefore not being foolish, understood why her sister was crying. And, in her foolishness, she thought that if she eliminated herself, the cause of her sister’s tears, her sister would smile again.
And so, as she was about to run away from home, she encountered a Demon Race who was killing and eating humans, and was attacked. Just before death, she was saved by Ferno, who was the Hero. There, as if it were the most natural thing, she was about to fall in love with Ferno, and after revealing her worries, she was shown the light.
If you’re going to be loved and take everything, then live your life and see it through. A maiden who embraces all her worries and still lives straight is cool.
The light that dispelled her worries, those words pierced deeply into her heart, which had lost its sense of worth… and so, she cast aside everything but her own name and became a Maiden.
The Maiden Theory was something she adopted in order to follow the way of life that Ferno advocated. In short, the fundamental reason why she has adopted and now wields this so-called super theory, the Maiden Theory, is entirely Ferno’s responsibility.
However, she does not harbor romantic feelings for Ferno. Because she is his master, friend, and comrade-in-arms, she calls Ferno her sworn ally. She does this so that one day, when she becomes the ideal maiden she envisions, she can ask him if she has become a cool maiden.
《Crew Antel》
A man with a variable height and countless faces, voices, and appearances. Originally the ultimate assassination weapon, he was traumatized by Ferno, his target, and decided to become a performer in order to see people smile.
The assassination skills I’ve honed haven’t rusted, and if I were so inclined, I possess the ability to kill everyone in the Royal Capital in a single night without leaving any witnesses. Of course, that excludes monsters among monsters like Ferno and Fana.
My original name was Zero, as I was kidnapped as a baby and had no name. But since it was inconvenient, I was told, “This is your name,” and I was saddled with the name Crew Antel, which is what I go by now.
The reason I didn’t appear after the first day of the training arc was because I was working at a theater troupe in the Royal Capital and doing street performances. I fundamentally love seeing people having fun and laughing happily, so I spend most of my time doing just that.
By the way, though she’s not scheduled to appear, I have a wife who is a member of a traveling theater troupe. We met when I was going through a period of confusion after becoming a performer. We shared some drinks, she comforted me, and I ended up being taken home by her, which eventually led to our marriage. I told her that I used to be an assassin before we got married, but she countered with, “I’ll love you even so,” which made me fall head over heels in love with her, and I proposed to her again.
《Zem Highlance》
A muscle-bound behemoth standing 190 cm tall and weighing 130 kg. Among Ferno’s acquaintances, excluding the oddballs, he is the leader of a mercenary group and a headache on par with the fanatics.
Ferno, on the battlefield, seared my brain and eyes, and when I asked how I could become as strong as him, he told me to get stronger… As a result, I underwent an ultimate evolution into a muscle-clad Daruma, causing Ferno to do a rare five-look.
Three of the people I helped reintegrate into society have developed feelings for me, and after a series of twists and turns, including receiving marriage proposals along with the funds to get married, I ended up marrying all three of them with the support of my aides and subordinates. Incidentally, the entire mercenary group is unaware, and the wives themselves are also unaware, but all of them are pregnant, so a chaotic future is all but guaranteed.
《Jero》
A young man with a frivolous aura, standing at 180 centimeters tall. A weirdo who fell into the depths of loliconism after receiving the smile and words of gratitude from a loli during a rough patch in his life.
Among Ferno’s acquaintances, he is one of the few people whose strength is not related to Ferno, and as a result, he often causes trouble for Ferno. Specifically, Ferno has had to act as his guarantor when he was detained for being a lolicon, and he has also had to accompany him to prove that he is not a dangerous person when introducing him to orphanages, among other things.
By the way, I’m an ultra-gentleman, or rather, I uphold a “no loli-shota touch” policy. I only touch children at orphanages or similar places when it’s necessary, like when playing with them or wiping away their tears. Even if they develop feelings for me, I try to convince them that there are better men out there for them, ensuring that we don’t end up in a romantic relationship.
It should be noted that in the city he calls home, a young girl with heavy affection is laying the groundwork while waiting for Jero, so he will be eaten by her eventually. He’s a lolicon, so he can’t be assertive with lolis. Therefore, once his escape routes are blocked, it’s game over for him.
As an aside, he doesn’t have a family name because he’s an orphan. The name Jero was given to him by the priest of the orphanage that took care of him when he left, and because of that, he still sends money and food to his old orphanage.
《Filo Norstork》
A woman of mixed heritage, part Elf, Dwarf, Mermaid, and Human, standing at 166cm tall. She has long ears, a full figure, and slightly scaled legs, which often drew strange looks, so she wears several layers of robes to cover her entire body.
Among the characters introduced so far, excluding family and childhood friends, she is Ferno’s oldest acquaintance, and one of the few surviving acquaintances from before he gained his power.
Essentially, she is a scholar, researcher, and education fanatic. She loves learning about history and lore, has the inquisitive nature of a researcher who wants to unravel the unknown, and more than that, she loves teaching things to those who are ignorant. Because of this, she has many students.
She was originally affiliated with the Magic Association, but after various events, she left. Since then, she has traveled the world, collecting knowledge, conducting research, and providing education as she pleases.
The reason she didn’t educate Ferno was firstly because she didn’t feel like it, and secondly because Ferno wasn’t an ignorant child. Therefore, they never developed a teacher-student relationship, and remain in the relationship of a vagrant and a life-saver to this day.
She agreed to the training this time as part of repaying her debt, but with Fon and Rio, two subjects of interest, she is now fully committed to cooperating with the training and providing education.
《Araise Villa Lou Facti Nostra Ron Bastianu Dinatirios》
Ferno’s fanatic and a self-proclaimed and other-acknowledged madman.
He was originally affiliated with the Holy Spirit Church, but he came to understand that the church’s faith could not save a world that did not save the weak. He then embarked on a wandering journey to find a new faith that could save the weak… and met Ferno on a hellish battlefield.
Since then, he has revered Ferno as a god, and while listing Fana, who stands and fights alongside him, as his divine consort, he continues to write holy scriptures and spread his faith.
Ferno considers him a major headache, while Fana evaluates him as useful but someone she doesn’t want to get involved with. Even those who adjust other powers and such consider him a troublesome existence, but one that cannot be eliminated due to his power and influence.
His real name is only Araise Dinatirios. Villa and Lou are the sacred names of his respected parents, and Ron is a name borrowed from Fanron Flakitos, the founder of prayer. Facti, Nostra, and Bastianu are the names of the positions in the Ferno faith that he has inscribed in the holy scriptures, in order: believer, prayer, and scribe.
Incidentally, he is exceptionally talented in the area of strategy, capable of single-handedly bringing down a country without military intervention, and doing so without anyone realizing he was the mastermind. He uses all of his abilities to spread the Ferno faith, and combined with its original popularity, it is expanding at an extraordinary rate.
The destination of that faith is salvation. That is why Ferno, who has become the object of prayer, neither suppresses nor denies it.
《Hero Yuris》
The new Hero who succeeded Ferno, and a boy who was just living as an empty shell until the prologue.
He possesses the talent and potential of the highest-level Hero in history. Compared to Ferno, who had no such things but still subjugated the Holy Mark and Holy Sword with his own power, Yuris has the potential to kick Ferno aside in terms of Hero abilities alone.
Originally, he was a kind-hearted boy who hesitated to kill even insects, but after being thoroughly burned by Ferno’s light twice, the current demon was born.
For him, Ferno is the Hero, and he is chasing after his back because he stole the position of Hero from Ferno. That is why his head is filled with regret, apology, and longing, and while burning that into his eyes, he is on a journey to kill all of the Demon Race and, at the end of it, the Demon Lord.
His current companions are Ron, the Spirit of Light, Azul, the Guardian Beast, and Exe, the Seeker. Two-thirds of them are not human, and the remaining one-third is also a madman, so there are no pure humans in this group.
The fact that both the Saint he was in love with and the Sage he had a master-disciple relationship with died is sad, and he has chosen to fight while deeply accepting and carrying their deaths. Although there were various emotions, it is a fact that they were good friends, and he still has the humanity to feel pain at the fact that such beings were taken away. Therefore, he properly cremated and buried them, and offered prayers that they might be born into happiness in the next life.
If there is a time to clear his blinded eyes and head, it will be when the strongest, the source of the intense light that fills his head, affirms him.
《Spirit of Light Ron》
Once, as a human, she had many names such as the founder of prayer, the beginning of faith, and the pioneer of medicine, and traveled with the first Hero to bring peace to the world.
Now, having discarded her former body, she lives as a white dove to become the strength of the new Heroes, teaching them history and how to use their power.
She likes Yuris, or rather, she thinks of him as her own child. This is partly because he is a more talented individual than the first Hero, but more than that, she thinks so because she finds his appearance as he walks single-mindedly towards his goal cute and cool.
Therefore, while taking the attitude that it can’t be helped if Yuris asks her, she basically accepts his requests and carries them out immediately.
She thinks of Ferno as someone who did well despite not having any talent, and if he is carrying wounds or shortening his lifespan, she thinks she might heal him.
Is she human or spirit? What was the beginning of her life? Even she doesn’t understand it, and it is outside of her perception.
《Guardian Beast Azul》
A blue-furred wolf and Ron’s Guardian Beast.
His role is to protect Ron’s corpse and deliver Ron’s soul to the end of its destined fate, even at the cost of his own life. To accomplish this, he accompanies the Hero on his journey.
His role in the Hero’s party is reconnaissance and skirmishing. He does not take on the role of guardian, judging that it is not a problem as long as the Hero is with them, but when the time comes, he will transform into a savage beast that will crush all external enemies as a guardian beast.
《Seeker Exe》
A large man standing at 190cm tall. He was formerly a judge, but now he is a villain who uses evil to subdue evil, while searching for the justice that will one day kill him.
His relationship with Ferno is one of being saved and saving. The relationship started when he was saved after a criminal who was found guilty in court was released with money, killed the family who had sued him, and came to kill Exe with their corpse.
When he asked if law and justice could not save people, he received the answer, “Evil is evil, so such complicated things don’t matter. Even if you judge and save people with law and justice, the evil in this world will never disappear.” This led to his transformation.
As a result, he became an incorrigible villain himself, and if he continues to eradicate other evils, even if it is temporary, peace will be born. He came to the conclusion that when a justice that saves people is born while he continues to commit evil, it would be good if they would kill him and save the world.
He is accompanying the Hero on his journey because he has found the justice that will kill him in the Hero. He feels that the Hero will surely become the justice that kills evil after killing the Demon Lord, and so he is going along to witness it, having felt the same kind of presence from the back of his savior, Ferno.