Character List, Tidbits, Outline, Settings, etc.
First off, you don’t have to read this. It’s perfectly fine to skip it. Also, this is kind of like a memo for the author to remember the characters. If there’s anyone missing, please let me know. I’ll add them.
Spoiler warning, so skipping is recommended!
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Timeline of Satsuki Kazuma, the protagonist of this work who also plays the role of a mob character:
0 years old – Entrusted to the Ivy Children’s Home.
Early childhood – Recognized by Honoka as one of the top three most mischievous kids in the facility’s history. Afterwards, his personality was formed through what was called “Anp〇nman Education,” where he was disciplined as if he were Baik〇nman.
Boyhood – Evolved into a mischievous brat. However, thanks to his mother-figure’s upbringing, he became a good and upright boy.
Youth – Hit by a truck and spent three years in another world. He has now returned and is thinking of living a peaceful life, but that’s already an impossible game.
Other World – Summoned Kazuma initially rebelled. However, if things continued as they were, the world would be dominated by the Demon Lord and humans would be turned into livestock for food, so he agreed to subjugate the Demon Lord.
After about a year of hellish training, Kazuma, having become a full-fledged warrior, set out on a journey to defeat the Demon Lord.
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Party Members
Sage Ludwin – A lecherous old man of unknown age. However, he is the world’s greatest mage and possesses immense wisdom. Kazuma’s magic teacher and guardian. A truly lecherous old geezer who seriously considered resigning as Kazuma’s tutor because Kazuma was a boy. But, he’s strong.
Sword Saint Lloyd Phonic – A handsome man in his late twenties. The world’s strongest swordsman. Kazuma’s swordsmanship master and best friend. In terms of swordsmanship alone, he’s still stronger than Kazuma. He’s a refreshing pretty boy, but he has no brains, so he’s a musclehead. Just like Kazuma’s master, his basic strategy is a brute force push. The armor Kazuma used as the Crimson Knight belonged to him.
Martial King Gilbert Sanders – A muscular macho man in his late twenties. A master, or rather, the pinnacle of martial arts. Rivals with the Sword Saint. Kazuma’s martial arts master and best friend. He looks like a musclehead, and he definitely is a musclehead.
Female Warrior Vivian – The next chief candidate of the Amazoness tribe. 19 years old. Kazuma’s guardian and bad influence friend. Absolutely no romantic feelings. However, she is willing to have s〇x. That said, it’s only for relieving sexual frustration, so there’s no caressing or foreplay. It’s more like slathering on lotion and getting it over with quickly. Her type is a brawny, well-built man like the Martial King. She has masochistic tendencies and wants to be dominated and violated by such a man. Her equipment is bikini armor and a greatsword.
Priestess Marianne Cradle – The next Holy Maiden candidate affiliated with the church. 16 years old. She appears to be a complete rear-guard type specializing in healing and support, but she’s actually a martial artist type who rampages on the front lines. Kazuma’s comrade-in-arms and bad influence friend. A sinful woman who is bisexual. She can do H with Kazuma, but due to restrictions, only through the back door. Anything more would require marriage, so in the end, it’s impossible with Kazuma, who is an otherworlder and the Hero. Her equipment is a sister’s habit with a slit and a mace.
Mage Eleonora Flenberg – The Sage’s disciple. 14 years old. A firepower monster. She’s completely useless in close combat, but her output surpasses the Sage’s, so she’s in charge of maximum firepower. A genuine pretty boy lover. Kazuma is at a compromise level for her. Her ideal is the Crown Prince. However, she casually sleeps in the same bed as Kazuma, so they don’t actually have bad compatibility. Her equipment is a witch-girl robe, a pointed hat, and a magic staff.
Assassin Shirley – 15 years old. Joined Kazuma’s party as a scout. Has special skills like disarming traps and picking locks. A generally versatile and useful girl. Kazuma’s bad influence friend and master. She even taught him things like lockpicking. She’s a shotacon, so Kazuma is outside her range, but one way or another, Kazuma understands her shotacon hobby, so she thinks it might be okay to marry him. Her equipment is a kunoichi-like outfit, and her weapons are concealed weapons and daggers.
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The eight-person party, including Kazuma, accepted the mission to subjugate the Demon Lord, traveled through various countries gaining assistance, and defeated the Demon Lord. That’s the gist of it.
Kazuma acquired his poison resistance due to traps set by assassins who had taken hostages from the Demon Lord’s army or were instigated by them. Even knowing it was a Honey Trap, Kazuma couldn’t refuse a beautiful woman’s request and fell into traps, drinking poison many times. In fact, he was rather proactive about it.
“It’s fine if it’s a trap! Even if it’s a trap, at least let me dream!” Kazuma said, shedding tears.
There’s a certain reason why he falls for Honey Traps so often.
The main reason is that Kazuma is an otherworlder and the Hero. His seed could become a source of conflict, so Kazuma is restricted from sexual activity.
Since it’s another world, there’s convenient contraception magic. For contraception magic, one just needs to go to the church and offer a prayer to the Goddess, so all women in the other world use contraception magic. To undo it, one just needs to go to the church and offer another prayer to the Goddess. Incidentally, money is taken as an offering.
However, the drawback is that you can’t tell if someone is using contraception magic just by looking. Thanks to that, Kazuma can’t easily engage in sexual activity.
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Party Member Tidbits
Female Warrior Vivian
“Vivian. Let me do it with you!”
“Sure, I don’t mind. But wait a sec. I’ll get it wet with some lotion or something. Oh, and just so you know, no foreplay, no kissing, no caressing. I won’t move, so just get it over with however you want.”
“Sobs…”
“If you were as big as Gilbert, things would be different. Then, even I would get excited, and I’d do what you want.”
“That’s an impossible game…”
Priestess Marianne
“Marie! Let me do H with you!”
“Alright~. Well, even though I look like this, I am a servant of God, so I plan to offer my front to my one and only husband for life. Only my butt is available, but is that okay with you?”
“Sorry. I want to lose my virginity in a proper way.”
“You’re such a damn troublesome virgin, aren’t you~. In that case, shall I relieve you with my mouth, hand, thighs, or perhaps interfemoral sex? You’re pent up, aren’t you?”
“If you’re going that far, let me do it all the way!”
Mage Eleonora
“Ellie! Let’s unite!”
“What are you saying, idiot? Of course not. I wouldn’t get excited with you. Look in the mirror before you say that.”
“It’s my face, isn’t it! My face!”
“You understand well, don’t you? Now, instead of that, let’s hurry up and sleep. Come over here. It’s cold, so hurry.”
“Uwooooooohh…”
Assassin Shirley
“Please! I’m at my limit!”
“Impossible…”
“Somehow, please! Come on, assassins are good at those kinds of erotic techniques, right? Why don’t you try them out on me a little? I’m always welcome, you know!”
“I’ll slice it off, you know?”
“I’m sorry. Please forgive me.”
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It pretty much progressed like this, with no developments. However, since their attitudes were generally favorable, there might have been a chance if Kazuma hadn’t returned. But, if he had stayed, he would have been used as a political tool or a tool of war.
He lost all his money at a casino, was stripped of his belongings, fell victim to a Honey Trap, was poisoned by another Honey Trap; he was an unprecedentedly outrageous Hero in history, but his actual abilities were said to be the strongest among successive Heroes, so Kazuma’s blood would genuinely become a seed of conflict.
Nevertheless, even such a Kazuma couldn’t defeat the Demon Lord alone. Just as Kazuma was the strongest Hero in history, the Demon Lord was also the strongest Demon Lord in history. If he had been alone, he would undoubtedly have been killed. The Demon Lord, the very incarnation of unreasonableness. He wasn’t reincarnated into another world or anything.
In the first place, Kazuma was summoned to the other world because of the Demon Lord. Past Demon Lords were somehow dealt with by the locals, but the Demon Lord Kazuma defeated was so unreasonably strong that the locals couldn’t oppose him. So, they tried to summon a powerful Hero from another world, and summoned Kazuma. Kazuma was the result of carefully selecting for aptitude, talent, and personality. It’s thought that there might have been a slight defect in the summoning magic.
Kazuma is basically a good-natured person but a fatal idiot. But, that’s what’s good about him. Having flaws makes one more lovable, probably. However, there are also people with whom he is fatally incompatible, so he’s not loved by everyone.
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Character List
Seventh Esper Academy Students
First Years
Support Course Satsuki Kazuma 16 years old Gift: Transposition
Support Course Takeshita Akatsuki 16 years old Gift: Levitation
Support Course Fudo Taichi 16 years old Gift: Telepathy
Support Course Ibuki Kosuke 16 years old Gift: Detection
Support Course Kamishiro Matsuri 15 years old Gift: ???
Support Course Toudou Misaki 15 years old Gift: ???
Support Course Seto Kyoko 16 years old Gift: ???
Support Course Satou ?? 16 years old Gift: ???
Support Course Shinonome Momoko 20 years old Gift: Mind Reading
Support Course Hyoudo Kureha 16 years old Gift: ???
Combat Course Natsume Kaori 16 years old Gift: Body Enhancement
Combat Course Kizaki Megumi 15 years old Gift: Wind
Combat Course Makimura Kaede 16 years old Gift: Telekinesis
Combat Course: Miyazono Arisu, 16 years old, Gift: Body Enhancement
Combat Course: Hayami Shunsuke, 15 years old, Gift: Body Enhancement
Combat Course: Gouda Takeshi, 16 years old, Gift: Body Enhancement
Combat Course: Tamura ??, 15 years old, Gift: Earth Manipulation
Combat Course: Inoue ??, 15 years old, Gift: Fire
Combat Course: Ichinose Shion, 15 years old, Gift: Lightning Strike
Combat Course: Nikaido Marin, 16 years old, Gift: Gravity Manipulation
Second Years
Combat Course: Himuro Yukihime, 16 years old, Gift: Fire
Combat Course: Akeno Karin, 17 years old, Gift: Ice
Third Years
Combat Course: Kiryuuin Hayato, 18 years old, Gift: Threads
Combat Course: Saijou Shiori, 17 years old, Gift: Elec
Teachers
Tanaka Kanata, 42 years old, Gift: ???
Aiba Manami, 21 years old, Gift: Marking
Onoda Masafumi, 23 years old, Gift: Restraint
National Defense Force
Houjou Mizuki, 25 years old, Gift: ???
Sugisaki Kenji, 26 years old, Gift: ???
Daito ??, ?? years old, Gift: ???
Killed in Action Group: Fujishiro, Tanaka, Takao, Yamazaki
Gifted Dispatch Company Samurai
Sanada Nobuyasu
Tomita ??, ?? years old, Gift: ???
Asakura ??, ?? years old, Gift: ???
Ivera Church
Amrutat the Infinite, ?? years old, Gift: ???
Lunazel the Faceless, ?? years old, Gift: Transformation
Azrael the Silent, ?? years old, Gift: Spatial Manipulation
Asmodeus the Slothful, ?? years old, Gift: ???
Notorious Criminals
Prisoner Number 0044
Yumemiya Sakura
Kazuma’s Parents
Sunozaki Kento, 58 years old, Gift: ???
He wasn’t planned to reappear, but showed up on a whim. Kazuma’s biological father and a gambling-addicted scumbag. It’s clear he’s Kazuma’s father because he lives life by the seat of his pants. He might reappear in the future, or he might just die off-screen. It’s also possible he might reappear, having been turned into a Modified Fiend by an enemy organization. A character who seems like he could be useful but probably isn’t.
Kanou Kumiko, 33 years old, Gift: ???
For now, I was planning to introduce her somewhere.
A sugar baby mama who continues to atone while filled with regret.
She gave birth to Kazuma at 17. After abandoning Kazuma, she was arrested, but after her release, she tried to live an honest life, started working part-time at a supermarket, and sent a small amount of child support for Kazuma to the Ivy Children’s Home every month. During that time, she repeatedly bowed her head to Honoka-san, wanting to see Kazuma, but was rebuffed each time.
She met her husband when he hit on her while she was working the register. She properly told him about her criminal record and experience as a sugar baby, and her husband married her knowing all that. Her husband is close to a saint, but he also has a soft spot for her because he fell in love.
Believing she mustn’t betray the husband who loves even a scumbag like her, she has become a devoted wife. After getting married, she watched a video of Kazuma’s sports festival and went to bow her head to Honoka-san, wanting to see her son.
Her wish came true, and she reunited with Kazuma. She was taken aback by being called ‘Sugar Baby Mama,’ but since it was exactly true, she couldn’t say anything. Afterwards, she reconciled with Kazuma. She was very happy to be called ‘Mom.’ Although she’s called ‘Old Hag,’ she likes Kazuma who talks to her normally. She plans to visit next time with her husband and children.
As an aside, I also considered making her a truly scummy character. There was a plan for her to see Kazuma getting along with world-famous Gifted in the sports festival video and come to him for money, like a true scumbag.
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Ivy Children’s Home
Manager — Satsuki Honoka, 50 years old, Gift: Body Enhancement
A beautiful witch with an outstanding figure.
She has the image of a drill sergeant. A mother is strong. Her fighting skills are also strong. Former soldier. Former heavy smoker. Her colleague’s husband died during an Ibinom subjugation operation, and that prompted her to retire from the National Defense Force at 25. Afterwards, she got a new job at a children’s home and quit smoking. A widow with a plethora of attributes.
She has raised many children, but mostly takes charge of delinquents like Kazuma.
She has an amazing track record, having reformed all of them and even gotten them to enlist in the National Defense Force.
Normally, her methods would probably be considered child abuse, but the delinquents fight back just as hard, so it’s hard to say. Or rather, with the juvenile law revised and some children being stronger than adults, it’s honestly very difficult to judge such things.
Kazuma was in the top three delinquents. He was short-tempered, threw tantrums easily, and caused trouble for other children by rampaging, so Honoka-san showed him Anpanman and gave Kazuma the words that would become his foundation.
“Listen, Kazuma? If you do bad things, you’ll get beaten up.”
Along with those words, Kazuma’s first memory is of Honoka-san punching him, sending him crashing into a pile of futons. Since then, while being beaten and sent flying by Honoka-san, Kazuma has continued to rebel with a “What the hell, bring it on!” attitude. Of course, he also engages in sexual harassment attacks like touching her chest or slapping her butt. However, he could never win and was repeatedly hit with her fists, had his d*ck flicked as punishment for sexual harassment, or had his butt spanked a hundred times.
Those who don’t listen when told will be beaten into submission. A look at history will tell you this is the optimal solution that has continued since primitive times. The essence of humanity is violence. Might is right. Violence is a second language.
When Kazuma was hit by a truck and was in critical condition, she was the first to rush to the hospital. Instead of shedding tears upon seeing the dying Kazuma, she clenched her fists so hard they bled and quietly burned with rage, intending to kill the perpetrator. Other staff and children who rushed over after hearing about Kazuma’s accident desperately stopped her. However, if Kazuma had died, the truck driver would undoubtedly have been killed by her.
She nursed Kazuma back to health after he wandered the border of life and death and revived. Occasionally, seeing Kazuma’s strange behavior, she sensed he was hiding something. Later, when she learned that Kazuma had been summoned by the government in connection with the Crimson Knight, she was also the first person to realize he was the Crimson Knight. Because she’s his mother. Of course, she’d notice right away.
She loves Kazuma dearly. Adores him. Since he was in the top three delinquents of all time, he took extra effort, so the shock when he left was immense.
Like, “The child who caused so much trouble has become so respectable…”
But, as expected, she’s lonely, so she strictly orders him to visit frequently. Kazuma also loves Honoka-san dearly, so he would have visited even if not strictly ordered.
By the way, the worst delinquent was a girl seven years older than Kazuma. As if to say “a woman’s enemy is a woman,” they had bad compatibility, but Honoka-san raised her into a fine lady, and she is now married. At the wedding, when she heard her daughter’s words of gratitude to her mother, she burst into tears, and loved her children so much that she cried into her pillow while hugging them, saying, “Don’t go. I’ll be lonely.” Even demons shed tears. She’s soft-hearted. She still keeps in touch with graduates.
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Overseas Gifted
The States
Alicia Miller, 18 years old, Gift: Telekinesis, Barrier
A strong person who longs to be an ordinary girl. Her Gift manifested in her childhood, so she was thrown into a training facility like an Esper Academy. Due to her appearance, she was popular with boys, but she couldn’t control her Gift well yet and ended up hurting those around her, making her unable to make friends and becoming a loner.
Both adults and children avoided her as much as possible, and even now that she can control her Gift, she is still feared. Because you never know when she might go berserk. Though that’s not the case.
However, King, America’s strongest man, interacts with Alicia normally. But, as Alicia stated, King is a bundle of self-assertiveness, so it doesn’t develop into romance.
For that reason, she thought, “I’ll probably be alone for the rest of my life~,” and then Kazuma appeared. Even after learning Alicia’s true identity, he treated her normally, and she was won over by his impartial attitude. Currently, she’s the runaway leader in the heroine race. However, I want you to remember that this work’s tags include neither “harem” nor “heroine.”
Stephen Marker, 26 years old, Gift: Item Box
A handsome man with no particular twists. I’m imagining Brad Pitt. He’s being pushed around by Alicia, a.k.a. the princess, but he’s technically a government official. He’s been told by his superiors to somehow poach Kazuma, but Alicia has warned him off, and Kazuma has turned him down, so he’s caught in the middle like a middle manager, making him a bit stressed.
King
America’s strongest man, scheduled to appear later. The only person in the world who possesses three Gifts. Currently, the two stated in the work are Lightning Strike and High-Speed Flight. The other one is probably easy to guess.
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Chinese Federation
Wang-Fu, 28 years old, Gift: Body Enhancement, Expansion/Contraction
A battle maniac. A stout man with short hair. Has the moniker “The Great Sage Equaling Heaven.” The reason for the name is that he’s a master of staff fighting and wielded his staff with the same freely expanding and contracting ability as Sun Wukong’s Ruyi Jingu Bang. He’s number 2 in China. He’s surprisingly smart and knows when to back down, but he’s still a battle maniac, so he’s close to a musclehead.
Overlord
A battle maniac. Born in the criminal underworld, an overwhelmingly strong individual who climbed to the top of China using only violence. They possess intelligence, making them quite troublesome, but they are, after all, a battle maniac, so they’re a muscle-head. They want to have a bout with Kazuma, the Crimson Knight. Not satisfied with just that, they are a die-hard battle maniac who also wants to contend for supremacy with America’s King and Egypt’s Sun King.
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France
Charlotte Soleil, 17 years old. Gift: Healing, Regeneration.
A self-indulgent Holy Maiden with no combat ability whatsoever. Her chest was ample.
Having been dragged out from the countryside and put on a pedestal, she’s also said to be the second coming of the legendary Holy Maiden, Jeanne d’Arc. She won’t be burned at the stake. That’s because her ability is enough to make the important figures of various countries drool.
She was ordered by the government to come to Japan and recruit Kazuma, the Crimson Knight. Frankly, her purpose was ensnarement. In other words, a Honey Trap operative. It was thought that since Kazuma is also a boy, he would fall if tempted by her. Absolutely correct. If the procedure hadn’t been mistaken, the operation would have succeeded. The only failure was that the Holy Maiden’s escort was too damn serious. If not for that, there might have been a chance.
By the way, the Holy Maiden, like Alicia, is a loner. Being a bird in a cage, she doesn’t have much freedom. A political marriage is also being considered. A captive princess. You get it by now, right? Kazuma is a Hero. A dark horse who appeared in the heroine race like a comet. But, I’ll say it again. This work has neither a harem tag nor a heroine tag. In other words, that’s how it is.
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United Kingdom
Sir Bedivere, 22 years old. Gift: ???
A gentlemanly handsome man. One of the Knights of the Round Table, the UK’s strongest group of Gifted. And that’s all for the explanation!
Sir Tristan, 23 years old. Gift: ???
A flirtatious handsome man. One of the Knights of the Round Table, the UK’s strongest group of Gifted. And that’s all, nothing particular!
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Egypt
Sun King
One of the world’s strongest, whose name has come up many times in the story. I think he’s scheduled to appear in the future.
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From here on, this will be a personal talk.
The more the slice-of-life chapters shine, the deeper the serious chapters become, right!
Astute readers may have already noticed, but the arc title is Academy Battle Tournament.
In other words, I think you can understand what I want to say.
I’ll do my best writing it, so I appreciate your continued support.
Also, thank you for your comments. I’d like to reply, but as I said with my previous work, the author has a loose tongue and might end up revealing spoilers, so I always just read them. Please forgive me, please forgive me.