School Of Gifted Children
A commoner of unknown origin enrols at the most prestigious academy on the continent. He is the son of the Lord of the Tower.
- Volume
- I
- Release
- April 12, 2026
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Description
Long ago the six kingdoms of Kaladria set aside their wars to face a common enemy pouring from a gate in the mountains of Eterna. The peace that followed raised a tower over that gate and bound a demon hero to guard it, neutral in all human affairs. He has broken that neutrality three times. This is the third.
Ryuji Sato arrives at the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children having spent a year taking contracts from the Adventurers' Guild in the dark forests. The academy was founded for research and has since become a playground for nobles, where commoners are prey. He is not looking for improvement. He is looking for answers, and he does not intend to explain why.
Fate may be cruel at times... but it does not define who we become. Our actions do.
Characters
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Shun Sato
Shun Sato is the Lord of the Tower, known to the public as the Devil of the Tower and remembered as the third hero of the Demon War. Accounts of him divide sharply: some describe a kind, charismatic young man; others a devilishly cunning monster. He is the father of Ryuji Sato and Mimi Sato, served at the Tower by Zero.
Ryuji Sato
Ryuji Sato enters Volume I as a seventeen-year-old newcomer to the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children. He presents himself as a commoner of no notable house, despite the black-and-red suit, long black hair tipped red, and exceptional composure that initially cause the students to assume he is a foreign prince. That claimed status makes him an immediate target in a school where noble students routinely treat commoners as property. It also places him at the centre of the year's Battle of the Kings.
Mimi Sato
Mimi Sato is identified in Volume I as Shun Sato's eldest daughter and Ryuji Sato's sister. She belongs to the Tower household and calls Zero “Uncle,” placing her within the private family world from which Ryuji has been absent.
Magnus
Magnus is the Demon King of the Demon Realm and the sovereign under whom demonkind is unified. By the time of Volume I, he has ruled for more than six centuries and lived for seven hundred and fifty years. He is protected by three royal knights, although the history presented in the prologue stresses that this protection is not necessary for a ruler described as ancient, powerful, brutal, and cunning.
Satomi Hikari
Queen of Hikari, who hanged the nobles who betrayed her house and pardoned the soldiers who fought against her.
Arata Hikari
The usurper who seized the Hikari throne, killed at the Battle of a Thousand Shadows.
Yoshino Hikari
Yoshino Hikari is the warrior-king after whom the Kingdom of Hikari is named. He ruled the eastern nation and led its people to glory, establishing the swordsmanship traditions associated with the kingdom. He is the father of Satomi and Arata.
Kimiko Torafuku
Kimiko Torafuku is the Duchess of Chiseido, a hero of the Demon War, and the mother of Sawano Torafuku. She is associated with House Torafuku’s martial tradition and is described as an imposing battlemage in red silk robes, with the same orange hair as her daughter. The school’s tournament treats Sawano’s heritage as significant because Kimiko remains an undefeated hero.
Reiko Hayami
Reiko Hayami is a hero of the Demon War, the king’s royal guard, and the father of Yuki Hayami. Although his house began as minor nobility, it has grown influential through his reputation. Volume I presents Reiko as a knight whose standing is matched by the ice magic and discipline his son inherits.
Sawano Torafuku
Sawano Torafuku is the daughter of Kimiko Torafuku, the heir to the Tigress Martial Art, and a student of the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children. She enters the Battle of the Kings immediately, wearing no armour and fighting with the athletic confidence expected of her house. Her childhood friend Yuki Hayami has never defeated her in sparring.
Yuki Hayami
Yuki Hayami is the son of hero and royal guard Reiko Hayami, a student of the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children, and Ryuji’s first true friend. He has short blond hair, wears a knight’s uniform, carries a rapier, and fights with inherited ice magic. Unlike many students, Yuki states that he judges people by strength rather than status, which allows him to meet Ryuji without demanding submission.
Elian Stewart
Elian Stewart is the headmaster of the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children, a two-hundred-year-old commoner from the fallen Kingdom of Lindsey whose command of arcane knowledge has earned renown even among hostile nobles. He governs a school where noble children are accustomed to power and commoners to humiliation, and he repeatedly uses his authority to disrupt that expectation.
Riki Shibatani
Riki Shibatani is the son of Hinoki Shibatani, Earl of Chiseido, a patron of the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children. He uses his rank and fire magic to command a circle of noble students and treats Ryuji’s refusal to submit as a personal challenge. His hostility makes him one of the earliest defenders of the school’s existing hierarchy.
Nori Morita
Nori Morita is a student of the Morita barony, a lesser noble house that prides itself on protection and unwavering loyalty. Known for a quiet, calculated presence and water-based attacks, he enters the Battle of the Kings as Riki Shibatani's opponent. He yields immediately, an arrangement that exposes Riki’s manipulation of the bracket and leaves the crowd furious.
Michika Midori
Michika Midori is a junior student at the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children, recognisable by her short light-green hair, glasses, and librarian-like dress. She is introduced when Riki Shibatani, Sophia Dion, and other nobles have beaten and mocked her near the dining hall. The scene makes her vulnerability a direct example of the school’s abuse of weaker students.
Sophia Dion
Sophia Dion is a student of House Dion, daughter of Alexander Dion, Marquess of Helio. Her family’s power comes from unmatched mercantile strength, and Sophia initially treats the school’s nobility as a natural order. When she meets Ryuji, she offers protection only in exchange for lifelong fealty and service; his refusal turns the encounter into a public challenge to her authority.
Chiyo Minamoto
Chiyo Minamoto is the nurse of the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children and a gifted healer from the Kingdom of Chiseido. Once a commoner, she gained her place among the school’s trusted staff through the scale of her magical ability. Her presence offers a counterpoint to the institution’s entrenched rank-consciousness: her office is one of the places where a student’s injuries matter more than their house.
Professor Tomo
Professor Tomo is a faculty member at the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children and the teacher responsible for Ryuji’s class. From the start, he opposes Ryuji’s admission, warning Elian Stewart that the new commoner will bring trouble. Elian overrules him, and Tomo is forced to encounter Ryuji first in the corridor and then at the back of his own classroom.
Ali Hamza
Ali Hamza is a student of the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children and the son of Hamza Hakim, Viscount of the Kingdom of Agabah. His father is remembered as a fierce, cunning general who led the charge against the late Kingdom of Lindsey. In Volume I, Ali is introduced through the tournament roster rather than through a separate school scene; that position nevertheless places him among the young nobles whose family histories shape the event.
Taichi Suzuki
Taichi Suzuki is a commoner student at the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children and the son of a guard in the city watch. His place in the Battle of the Kings matters because he and Ryuji are the only opening match framed as two students without the shield of a noble name. Taichi asks for an honourable fight, bringing a spear that is plainly inferior to the weapons and inheritances on display elsewhere in the tournament.
Victor the Third
Victor the Third is the last recorded king of Lindsey before its fall and the ruler whose actions create the First Transgression. Volume I describes him as simple-minded, greedy, and easily manipulated. The Eterna Mountains, where the Tower stands, had belonged to his kingdom before the war.
The Guild Master
The Guild Master leads the Adventurers’ Guild and is an important early contact in Ryuji’s life before school. He knows Ryuji as “Cub,” an affectionate but admonishing name that he uses while challenging the boy’s arrogance. When Ryuji returns from killing hobgoblins in the Dark Forest of Eterna, he accepts the commander’s head as proof of the completed quest and prepares to oversee Ryuji’s promotion test.