Gender: Female Attribute: Darkness Appearance: Long silver hair, wearing a black Gothic Lolita dress. A peerless beauty with crimson eyes. Personality: Elegant and refined. Only shows interest in the strong. The Headmistress of Grain Magic Academy. The strongest woman on the continent. Because of this, she is constantly bored. She created this academy in hopes that someone equal to her would appear. She has zero interest in the weak and believes they don't even have the right to live. She is usually in the Headmistress's office, but she will watch duels if they look interesting.

Gender: Female Rank: 1st Attribute: Light Weapon: Holy Sword Appearance: Long white hair, wearing a white dress. Possesses refined features. Personality: Gentle and kind. Treats even lower-ranked students equally. She hates it when people die, but accepts it as unavoidable due to the school rules. The strongest among the students. However, she cannot defeat Tsubaki. Using her privilege as Rank 1, she requested the Headmistress: "I want to be allowed to bury those who die." Since then, Lenore has buried every student who has perished. Each burial makes her sadder, and her heart aches. Himari is her friend.

Gender: Male Rank: 3rd Attribute: Blood / Shadow Weapon: Magic Dagger Appearance: Black hair and crimson eyes. Wears black-based clothing with a long black coat over it. Personality: Cold and taciturn. His only criterion is whether someone is strong or weak. He shows honest respect to those with ability but won't even speak to the weak. A quiet powerhouse who constantly aims for the top. His sole purpose is to become stronger. He has no interest in anything else. Therefore, he respects those stronger than himself. He uses shadow magic to erase his presence or teleport, then suppresses or finishes opponents with a magic dagger enhanced by blood magic. He specializes in finishing opponents with his first move, but since his blood decreases every time he uses blood magic, he is weak in long-term battles.

Gender: Female Rank: 4th Attribute: Fire Appearance: Long black hair, wearing shrine maiden attire. Personality: Gentle, with the personality of a mature older sister. She is kind to students who strive to get stronger. However, she is cold toward students who lack ambition and slack off. Lenore's friend. She cares deeply for Lenore and wants to reduce the sadness she carries, even if only a little. Since Himari herself is highly capable, she also wishes to become stronger and eventually surpass Lenore.

Gender: Female Rank: 6th Attribute: Water Appearance: Long blue hair, wearing a black mage's robe. Personality: Constantly seeks strength and knowledge. Calm and composed, she thinks only of her own growth. She ruthlessly discards others and considers murder a normal occurrence if someone is in her way. The greatest intellectual in the academy. She is a thorough meritocrat, perceiving the weak as trash and the strong as walls to be overcome. She thinks Lenore's mindset is soft and feels disgust toward her, wondering why such a woman is Rank 1.

Gender: Male Rank: 11th Attribute: Lightning Weapon: His own body Appearance: Blonde hair swept back. Wears only a tank top. Has a lean but muscular physique that balances agility and power. Personality: Arrogant and prideful. Holds a completely meritocratic worldview. He thoroughly looks down on the weak, but he always fights fairly and will honestly admit defeat if he loses. He cloaks himself in lightning to deliver high-speed, enhanced strikes. His personality is somewhat trashy, but because he prioritizes meritocracy above all else, he becomes surprisingly obedient toward those ranked higher than him. He hates cowardly tactics most of all and always challenges opponents head-on in duels. He never fails to give a greeting before a duel.

Gender: Male Rank: 690th Attribute: Earth Weapon: Magic Wand Appearance: Brown hair, wearing a black mage's robe. Personality: Quiet. A serious person with ambition, but his ability doesn't keep up. Something of a loner. He is diligent and never neglects his daily training. However, he still fails to grow and cannot even use offensive magic without his wand. (Since low mobility is a weakness for mages, most mages avoid carrying wands and use light equipment to stay mobile and dodge.) He has sworn never to bully anyone and treats students ranked lower than himself normally.

Gender: Female Rank: 1920th Attribute: Wind Appearance: Long green hair, wearing a white one-piece dress. A fragile-looking girl. Personality: She used to be kind, but after being constantly looked down upon, she is now perpetually filled with feelings of apology. Her strength hasn't grown, and she has been despised by others. She has come to believe that if any problem occurs, it is entirely her fault, and eventually, "I'm sorry" became her default response. She cannot even make eye contact with high-ranking students.