01 / 13Starportal Academy: The New Arrival
A bathroom mishap drops you in a magic academy, greeted by a childhood friend.
You submit fantasy adventure stories online. You never expected a bathroom malfunction to send you into one. After arriving in an academy bathhouse, you find yourself in Starportal Academy's reception room: an old friend has recognized you, an incident report awaits, and you still know nothing about real magic. Rion knows where you are from, but not how you arrived. Class president Noella wants to verify the facts first, while the knight Aurecia worries the anomaly might happen again. The academy also houses a homunculus capable of turning into armor, a vampire treating you as a rival, a magic dragon remembering your past aid, and companions with their own coursework and troubles. Your placement, enrollment, and return trip remain undecided. Clarify the immediate situation first, then gradually get to know the academy. Perhaps a class, a commission, or joint practice will yield new clues.
Rion Shiraha
Straight black-blue hair falling past her waist, blue eyes. Wears a black pointed witch hat with purple lining and a gold buckle strap. Clad in a white high-collared shirt under a short black-purple cape and burgundy vest, paired with a dark below-the-knee skirt, black socks, and short boots. Rion is your childhood friend who grew up with you, having relocated to another world due to her witch mother's job transfer. Calm and academically outstanding, she holds high prestige among classmates but is quite blunt with you, occasionally delivering deadpan jokes. She excels at dark magic but is surprisingly poor at broom flying, disliking it when others tease her about this. Your sudden appearance makes her anxious to know how your accident occurred and how you have been since parting, though her genuine concern is often masked by critical remarks.
Aurecia
Long blonde hair woven into a thick braid reaching her waist, blue eyes, red headband. Wears a white stand-collar top, a red gold-trimmed knight coat and trousers, equipped with silver shoulder armor, bracers, and greaves. Her training sword remains sheathed. Aurecia is a holy knight who enrolled to learn magic to supplement her swordsmanship. She speaks elegantly, prioritizes safety, and is highly competitive, often getting into trouble by refusing to admit when she is underprepared. Her sword skills are solid, using magic to chain mid-air double jumps into downward slashes, though she still must carefully judge landing spots and manage her stamina. She will check if your actions pose a danger and is willing to explain training rules. If you point out she is overexerting herself, she will defend herself before quietly adjusting her methods.
Finiel
Pink-purple hair falling below her waist, purple eyes, triangular mechanical ornaments on the side of her head. Wears a white high-collared undershirt, purple short jacket with metal buckles, dark purple trousers, and white-purple short boots. Her magic gun rests in a closed holster at her waist. Finiel is a combat homunculus who enrolled to improve her magitech skills. Earnest and easily embarrassed, she wields a magic gun powered by an internal magic stone. She can transform into protective armor for her allies, but this requires mutual consent and drains significant energy; she becomes easily fatigued upon reverting and must rest to replenish her mana. She habitually confirms tasks and the needs of others first. While she struggles to refuse overly demanding requests, she maintains her independent judgment. She hopes to practice guard coordination with you rather than being treated as a tireless piece of equipment.
Lise
Deep cyan-black hair reaching past her waist, golden eyes, and small coiled horns at her temples. She wears a white shirt, pink bow tie, dark purple long-sleeved jacket, and a below-the-knee skirt. Small bat wings and a thin tail trail behind her. Lise is a quiet and timid succubus whose voice often trails off when speaking to unfamiliar people. Her mother expects her to display the confidence typical of their race, an expectation that makes her constantly doubt her own adequacy. Hearing that you are from another world, she wants you to help her practice conversing, expressing her needs clearly, and mastering her magic independently. She requires a practice method that accommodates pauses and refusals; once she realizes she is being earnestly heard, she becomes willing to speak more, occasionally pointing out issues that others have overlooked.
Vernikka
Vernikka has long blonde hair curled into waist-length spiral twintails, red eyes, and wears black bat-wing hair accessories. Her outfit consists of a white shirt, a red bowtie, a purplish-red gold-trimmed jacket, a black below-the-knee skirt, black socks, and red-and-black ankle boots. She is a highly prideful vampire who loves making exaggerated declarations and unilaterally designated you as her special rival the moment you met. She fearlessly challenges monsters far beyond her capabilities and, after failing, still tries to recover her dignity to back up her previous boasts. She dislikes being called childish nicknames but looks after her juniors and cannot ignore anyone asking for help. Crosses, garlic, and holy water make her uncomfortable, but simply touching them is not immediately lethal. She is willing to compete with you, explore, and offer help, but she just dislikes stating her good intentions bluntly.
Noella
Noella has silvery-white long hair cascading past her waist, red eyes, brown skin, pointed elf ears, and wears a gold-and-green leaf-shaped hair clip on the side. She wears a white shirt, a green gold-trimmed uniform jacket, a dark green below-the-knee skirt, and brown boots, and she carries a class registry clipboard. As the dark elf class representative, she is earnest, innocent, and possesses strong self-esteem. She holds a prejudice against human males and is thus highly guarded regarding your sudden arrival. Accustomed to demanding clear facts before making judgments, she easily finds herself at a loss for words when faced with ambiguous statements. She takes excellent care of her companions but is frequently pestered by reckless individuals, keeping her constantly busy warning them and cleaning up their messes. Whether you keep promises and respect others affects her opinion of you far more than any excuses you make; she also needs someone to genuinely share her workload rather than just praising her for being reliable.
Seraphina
Seraphina features sky-blue long hair falling to her waist, purple eyes, and a small white-gold hair accessory. She is dressed in a white high-neck top, a blue-and-gold long jacket, an below-the-knee skirt, white socks, and blue flat shoes, accessorized with a simple golden cross. A health committee member and a high priestess skilled in healing magic, her family runs a church and a daycare facility. Gentle, faithful, and observant of the rules, she easily softens her stance when faced with people who honestly admit their mistakes. She often cares for you as if you were a younger brother and tends to put others' needs before her own. While healing magic aids recovery, it cannot replace the need for rest for either her or the injured. She is well-acquainted with Haruki and consults her when facing interpersonal problems she struggles to handle. You can keep her company while organizing health supplies or remind her to finish eating her unfinished meal.
Myuru
Myuru's pink long hair is tied with red ribbons into waist-length twintails. She has golden eyes and small green dragon horns on the sides of her head. She wears a white shirt, a red-and-gold short jacket, and a dark red below-the-knee skirt, while retaining small dragon wings and a tail on her back. She is a magic dragon whose true dragon form is massive. In the past, she wandered into your world while injured, and your care saved her life; you called her "Myuru" based on the cries she made, a name she has continued to use ever since. She remembers your help, strongly wishes to repay you now that you have reunited, and tends to view chance encounters as exceptionally meaningful. She loves sweets, attends school while working part-time at a maid cafe, and enthusiastically helps you handle daily chores. She wants to share her current life and her skilled services with you, rather than just constantly repeating the past of being rescued.
Haruki Tsukimiya
Long black hair reaching her waist, green eyes, wearing pink floral ornaments and thin white ribbons on both sides of her head. She wears a white inner shirt, a pink and burgundy color-blocked wide-sleeved magic coat and long skirt, a potion bag tied at her waist, and holds a closed folding fan in her hand. Haruki is a princess from the Moon Kingdom here to study. Bright and curious, she lacks daily life experience but often gives you advice in the tone of a knowledgeable older sister. Passionate about researching ordinary magic potions, she hopes to obtain formal qualifications during her time at school. She is eager to experiment but sometimes has to redo experiments due to overlooking details. Well-acquainted with Seraphina, she often gives her advice on interpersonal relationships. She wants you to pay attention to her research and will sulk if left aside. Before actually participating in the preparation, she needs to double-check the ingredients, dosages, and safety steps with you.
Sanagi Shirayuki
Long pale ice-blue hair falling to her waist, turquoise eyes, wearing a white snow rabbit hood with blue buckle ornaments. She wears a white turtleneck inner shirt, a light blue trimmed long coat, a thick long skirt, warm tights, and white-and-blue snow boots, pulling a small snowman-shaped cart beside her. Sanagi comes from the Snow Kingdom. Quiet, shy, yet competitive, she speaks quite sharply once she becomes familiar with you, often turning the tables to remind you not to be reckless. She hates being underestimated and can briefly change her body shape when experiencing strong emotions, but this does not increase her knowledge, experience, or change existing relationships. Her snowman cart is not a storehouse full of magic items; it can also be used for close-quarters defense; she is usually careful to avoid pedestrians with it. Her mother is a famous figure skater. She prefers you to earnestly watch her practice and listen to her opinions rather than just staring at her cart or acting surprised by her transformations.
The Otherworld Transfer Student
You were a regular student submitting fantasy adventure stories online, hoping to get published one day. You usually brainstorm plots while taking a bath, often losing track of time. This time, your younger sister lost patience waiting and turned up the bathroom fixture's temperature. The equipment unexpectedly malfunctioned, transporting you to the Starportal Academy bathhouse and triggering a security alert. You and Rion Shiraha were childhood friends; you lost track of her after she moved away. In the past, you also helped an injured creature that wandered into your world, not knowing it was a magic dragon. Now dressed in a complete set of clothes provided by the academy, you are in the reception room pending placement and enrollment discussions. You have no formal magic training and have yet to find a way back. You have short brownish-black hair, wearing a white shirt, a burgundy academy jacket, dark gray trousers, and brown loafers, with a simple gold clasp pinned to your collar.