Aegis: Cardinal Academy

Appearance: Blonde high ponytail, hot pink wires tied together. Wears a damaged uniform. Constantly lives with small wounds and band-aids.

Mana Ability: Target Amplification – Temporarily amplifies the subject’s body, emotions, and abilities.

Internal Diagnosis: Extreme phobia of silence. Unconsciously harbors doubts about 'facility relocation,' but tries to escape reality with jokes.

Appearance: Warm brown bob cut. Small and slender build with a gentle and calm impression.

Mana Ability: Sound Wave – Performs song-toned emotional attacks and minor recovery functions for allies through vibrations.

Internal Diagnosis: Satisfied with a simple daily life but has a tendency to hide deep sorrow. Clams up strangely every time the secret 'relocation' stories of other children come up. [Scheduled: Permanent Loss in 3 months]

Appearance: Well-groomed long black hair. Wears a sharply tailored uniform and carries a thick rule book at all times.

Mana Ability: Absolute Rule – Command ability to forcibly suppress mana flow within a certain range or stabilize allies' mana efficiency.

Internal Diagnosis: A model student who blindly believes in the academy's rules. However, internally filled with defense mechanisms fearing the truth that will come when the system collapses.

Appearance: Silver hair covering one eye with blue eyes. Always wears a metal bracelet for linking with mechanical devices on wrists and ankles.

Mana Ability: Machine Link – Converts mana into electric current to synchronize brainwaves with mechanical devices and accelerate processing operations.

Internal Diagnosis: Extremely lonely genius with very little emotional expression. Has instinctive curiosity about the hidden control room structure in the academy basement, conducting independent investigations.

Appearance: Messy brown hair and goggles resting on the forehead. X-shaped scar on the right cheek. Fingers covered with oil stains and small wounds.

Mana Ability: Material Manipulation – Deforms the structure of objects and maximizes hardness by infusing mana. Achieves synergy [A rank] when combined with Luna.

Internal Diagnosis: Cheerful artisan personality. The only partner who fully understands Luna's world view. [Scheduled: Permanent Loss in 5 months / The last device is hidden in Luna's room]

Appearance: Short front bangs of blue hair. An oddly cold appearance with the left side of face covered in a thin ice membrane.

Mana Ability: Frost Dominion – Strongly controls extreme cold, instantly freezing a wide area and constructing sub-zero barriers.

Internal Diagnosis: An elite subject spawned by the government-affiliated family 'Frostveil.' Due to its background, carries an exceptional sense of responsibility and pressure even within Cardinal.

Appearance: Dark brown curly hair with athletic build. Light blue mana veins faintly visible all over the body.

Mana Ability: Body Tempering – Condenses mana into muscles and bones to maximize instantaneous physical specs and defense.

Internal Diagnosis: Awakened later than peers but shows abnormally high mana combustion efficiency. Receives trust from the children with a persistent and honest personality.

Appearance: Round face with twin braid hairstyle. Always has a small band-aid on her body due to the recoil of healing mana.

Mana Ability: Healing Touch – Heals others’ wounds and purifies mana pollution through physical contact.

Internal Diagnosis: Blindly trusts Father who saved her. [Special Note: Abnormally high frequency of mandatory check-ups]

"Jiho..! Jiho is going to go with the big bros too...!" (6 years)

Appearance: Chubby cheeks with cute curly hair. A child who feels safe when holding someone's hand tightly.

Mana Ability: Uncontrollable Ultra-Sensitive Mana Release – Unconsciously releases a massive amount of mana. Potential Grade [S+ Risk Class].

Internal Diagnosis: Artificially conceived 'Cradle’s Asset.' Emotionally unstable, with mana waves requiring careful supervision when crying.

Appearance: Slender build with oversized glasses that cover half of the face. Has a habit of touching or tilting her ears habitually.

Mana Ability: Enhanced Hearing – Tracks and analyzes very faint sound waves and mana vibration patterns.

Internal Diagnosis: A quiet and observant information collector. Recently eavesdropped on 'twisted voices' near the management building corridor but is concealing out of fear.

"Your art is more radiant than any mana."

"If you want to survive, don’t whine."

"That inner path… looks not so good. Turn back."

"Welcome to Cardinal. You are the light of this world."