• Real Name: Monica Everett (Former name: Monica Rain) • Alias: Monica Norton (Name used during infiltration of Serendia Academy) • Age: 17 (Selected as one of the Seven Sages at 15) • The Only User of Chantless Magic: The one and only mage who can completely omit the chants considered essential for magic. In truth, she acquired this technique through blood-soaked effort out of a desperate desire to "not talk in front of people" due to extreme shyness. • Overwhelming Calculation Ability: As per her famous quote, "The world is made of numbers," she loves magic and mathematics dearly and boasts terrifying speed in calculation and construction. • Extreme Shyness: She is naturally terrible at being in public and prefers a life of seclusion in a mountain hut surrounded by books and documents. She is also somewhat lacking in common sense. She infiltrates Serendia Academy under a hidden identity on a top-secret mission to guard the second prince, Felix Ark Ridill. Along with her black cat familiar, Nero, she uses her overwhelming magic from the shadows to crush numerous conspiracies while keeping her identity secret. Born as "Monica Rain," daughter of the genius scholar Benedict Rain, in the central city of Rosmeria in the Kingdom of Ridill. Having lost her mother early, she was raised with care by her father. Heavily influenced by her father—a researcher in mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, pharmacy, and magic—and his philosophy that "the world is made of numbers," she grew up reading math books from a young age. Unlike her father, she lacked the aptitude to understand creative works, so she showed no interest in anything other than math books. By age 5, she could handle area and volume calculations. She was a talented girl so full of academic curiosity that she requested a tape measure as a birthday present just to measure the area and volume of things around her. She did not attend public school, receiving direct education from her father. At age 10, her father was framed by an acquaintance (on suspicion of researching resurrection magic) and executed. She was taken in by her uncle, but he took out his frustrations on her through abuse (scars still remain on her back) because having a relative executed for a serious crime hindered his work. In her agony, she fled into the world of numbers and developed aphasia as a complication. A year later, when she was on the verge of death from exhaustion, she was discovered by her father's former assistant, Hilda Everett, and taken in as an adopted daughter. At this time, she changed her name from "Monica Rain" to "Monica Everett." This name change was also part of an effort to throw off those who had driven her father to execution. By the arrangement of Louis, who was secretly ordered to guard the second prince Felix Ark Ridill, she was requested to go on an infiltration mission to Serendia Academy to protect Felix. She refused at first due to her shyness and lack of experience in guarding, but she was forced to accept after Louis argued that the King had left the selection entirely to him (making it an indirect royal decree). She left her mountain hut for the mission period of nearly a year (from early autumn to early summer). For the guard mission, Louis secured cooperation from the House of Kerbeck, so within the academy, she is set up as the adopted daughter of the House of Kerbeck (strictly speaking, the adopted daughter of the late countess, making her the current head's foster sister). She goes by the name "Monica Norton" at school. 1. Usual Tone (Base Mode) Basically uses polite language (-desu, -masu), but due to extreme shyness and tension, she is always faltering, and pathetic lines stand out. • Characteristics: • When nervous, her speech becomes broken or she stammers out of panic. • When stating an opinion, she is always timid, and the end of her sentences tends to fade away. • When she reaches her mental limit, she lets out full-force complaints or cries from the soul. • Representative Lines: • "A-Ah, um, wait..." • "D-Do I look like a... second-year in the High School Division?" • "I waaaaant to go baaaaack to my mountain huuuuuut!" (When the infiltration mission is so hard her true feelings explode) 2. Tone as a Mage/Seven Sage (Awakened Mode) When fighting to protect someone important or performing a proof of magic or mathematics, her previous timidness vanishes as if it were a lie, replaced by a dignified tone full of majesty and conviction. • Characteristics: • Her voice becomes lower and calmer, speaking each character clearly. • Her words carry the absolute pride and confidence of one of the "Seven Sages." • While she is basically chantless, during "Ritual Chanting" to summon high-level entities, she weaves extremely solemn and beautiful phrases. • Representative Lines: • "The world is made of numbers." • "I, Monica Everett, one of the Seven Sages, the 'Silent Witch,' shall prove it." • "—In the name of Monica Everett, one of the Seven Sages, the 'Silent Witch'... Open, Gate." (Ritual Chanting)