Touya Tachibana

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**Touya Tachibana** (橘 刀矢, *Tachibana Touya*?) is a recurring character in the *Seventh Garden* main canon. He is a Magic King Candidate, carrying the 64th Magic King Element associated with Duke Flauros and a fourth-year student of Royal Biblia Academy classified as an Archbishop-class mage.

## Profile

### Background

Touya was born into a seemingly normal family. One which had nothing special to their name nor were they special in any kind, at least at first glance. However, surprisingly, everyone in his family was born with the potential to use magic, with everyone being unique in their way, with both of his parents being students in the Royal Biblia Academy years back. Though they never mentioned this to Touya, in fact, they never had, which caused him to just live a normal life, with blissful ignorance and perpetual innocence. They strayed away from magic, remaining in a neighborhood near Akihabara as they all strived for a life of normalcy, which all came when the two had contemplated their decisions for becoming mages as they grew entangled in their love for one another whilst their fear of losing each other through the duties of a mage mounted, eventually leading to them abandon the academy and mages entirely.

Regardless, here he was, living his life of the norms and societal standards, being a rather energetic and warm-hearted child, with smiles and laughter, even gaining two sisters around the ages of 3 and 4, who he loved to dote on. Of course, by the time he had reached the age of 5 however, he'd enroll into a school like any normal child, being located somewhere near his home. He was very nervous and shy in school or really around people, which was very different from when he was with his family and had normally stayed silent as he had no idea how to approach people. Though sure, he was kind and considerate for his age, which felt as if it was just an inherited trait from his mother, but he did suffer from a large amount of anxiety from public places, especially in school because of the expectations that came from getting grades… which made him think that if it weren't high, then it won't be acceptable.

Even when he tried to make friends, he always ended up messing up and becoming one of the weird kids of his class because of it, which caused him to be rather distant from people and caused him to impair his social skills. On the flip side, he was revered as a very good student, proving to be at least average or above it in certain subjects, resulting in a pretty good academic status proven by his decent grades, mostly because of his constant worries of expectations causing him to be overly cautious and overstudy, which didn't help too much. As the year went on and he moved up the grades, he proved himself to be extremely well proficient when it came to PE, showing off incredible agility and high amounts of stamina, which essentially allowed him to keep running like a maniac with his oddly fitting and extreme amounts of energy.

That and at about that time, he showed great interest in "magic" and magicians, beaming at it despite fully acknowledging it was nothing more but a masquerade amongsts said magicians and loving their nifty magic tricks for what they were. What else was there to say about it? Who wouldn't be admired by the sheer talent and work put into clever deception of the eyes and a swift sleight of hand? Spanning from simple optical illusions to escaping a tank filled with water whilst cuffed on all limbs. This act of curiosity was what had awakened a feeling of importance, a feeling as if he was weighed down by fate, a feeling that he wouldn't realize till much much later. However, he also felt as if he could try to use "magic" like those too, but the moment he asked to try to do magic tricks to his father, he was quickly shot down, sparking a slight argument before eventually caving in and obediently obliged.

As time passed, around the age of 7, he managed to gather a fit of unnecessary jealousy from certain people followed by the attention of his other classmates because of his looks and cuteness, which had gotten him to be mistaken for a girl too many times for him to count. Alas, this attention only made him feel more anxiety, even more so when they asked questions such as *"How did you get your skin so smooth? How did your hair get so fluffy?"*, which as simple as it sounded, it felt as if it was reverberating in his head as multiple of them asked all at once. Back at home, however, he was doted on by his parents and provided comfort, even when they were busy, alongside his sisters, who he liked to spoil and treat too well, leading him to hide his issues from all of them as he felt guilty for making them worry.

A few more years later and his issues in school had turned to the worse as he soon experienced bullying of varying types, with some exploiting his 'weak' exterior thanks to his social anxiety, which caused his mental state to worsen significantly alongside a growing habit of apologizing after being either beaten or insulted when he failed to do one of the tasks that were demanded him to do. He at first wanted to tell the principal about all of it, but because he proved to be too good for his good, fell victim to their threats, making him don't do so, especially with the thought of worrying his parents who he wished to make proud.

But alas, this pain only lasted a year, but it had already affected his mind and ironically, was what made Touya better than he already was as his body adapted to it by developing his pain tolerance followed by perpetuating a new philosophy of "If you hated how it felt like?... Why would you do it back?", making him grow that now typical kindness in him. But on one day, a day in which Touya was having his daily dose of bullies stepping on his head and pushing onto the ground, a blue-haired girl rushed into and rescued him by both scolding the boys and threatening to call the principal for their misconducts, ending in his bullies fleeing. The girl's name was Vixen Runa (月愛 ビクセン *Runa Vixen*), one of the popular girlz in his class if not the school itself due to not only her near perfect grades, but her adorable and beautiful appearance that is only further bolstered by her kind yet headstrong personality.

Though obviously, Touya never approached her or ever really talked given his shyness, or really anyone for that matter, at least if he didn't have a proper reason. But to have her save him, he felt rather glad and happy, only to reel back as she then scolded Touya for not fighting back and getting himself hurt. In her words "You should have shown some backbone and stand up for yourself! I don't think anyone would want to see you hurt like that!... Besides those jerks anyways", to which Touya replied with an explanation of his issues and his anxiety, eventually having a nice and rather warm talk, obtaining her sympathy and even befriending her as she promised to protect him, garnering a whimpering nod from him.

Since then, she and he had been the best of friends, with her protecting Touya whilst teaching him how to be better and how to stand up for himself, which instilled in him his large amounts of confidence alongside other fun moments, whether it was playing in a park to playing an MMORPG with Touya and such. Though, as the years passes, Touya and her get closer with each day, with her poking and even teasing him on his personality and he'd get flustered, though of course, this was just friendly actions, nothing too far. But as peaceful as that may be… life would soon come to take a turn.

On a starry night, thunderstruck! An intense and unnatural mass of black clouds would form, causing heavy rain as the vicious pitter-patter of said rain muffled most sound, which was only followed with the eerie ambiance of their home with an equally eerie deafening silence despite the heavy rain outside. Meanwhile, however, Touya was hanging out with Vixen as they played games together, who had decided to hang out with her because of another reason.

That reason was an odd feeling of someone or something watching him earlier in the day, jolting fear into him and an overwhelming gut feeling, subsequently causing him to leave his home with his parents' permission. He never told his family anything about this feeling of being watched because after all, it felt rather common to feel like that, and well, he didn't want to have to worry them and cause them to jolt in it. But unbeknownst to him, this very decision will cause ripples through his future, as the **tragedy** was about to begin back at his home, a tragedy that will soon change his life and everything that he stood for.

His family was all chilling, with his mother just about to call home Touya when a man in a mask would break through the front door as a gust of wind blew open the door of its hinges, causing it to go flying into a nearby shelf, crushing it. She tried to react by protecting herself with her magic, though before she could even react, something had already slashed through her torso, dismembering her as a splat of blood covered the hallway. His father had of course heard the commotion and tried to intervene, anger and sadness growing in him upon seeing the corpse of his wife, which garnered a reckless and explosive attack from his magic and he was able to put up a fight.

He was overtaken by his wrath, desperately trying to put the man down only to soon hear the screams of his daughters pulled him back from the anger as he realized the damage he was causing him to focus on both daughters, telling them to get out of the house before imploding the man in front of him, rattling the house as it collapsed to the ground. A bit later, Touya would hear a loud explosion from where he was despite the heavy rain, causing him to quickly tell Vixen to stay here as he rushed back home. Why exactly? He didn't know… it was like a mixture of that gut feeling from earlier that made him feel like danger had come and sudden worries for his family and upon his return, he'd freeze before collapsing on his knees, mortified by the scene before him.

His eyes widened at the sight of his home set ablaze, collapsing into large rubbles and torn to nothing but ruins, a dismembered corpse of his mother with a blank yet horrifying expression plastered on it followed by the torso of his father as the prominent stench of iron filled in the air, supposedly from all the blood. The umbrella he had with him was simply swept away by the winds of the heavy rain, which he didn't even bother to grab as he stared at the decapitated head of his sister **Mizu Tachibana** (橘 水 *Tachibana Mizu*) on one part of the front yard, the rest of her body nowhere to be found. It was as if she tried escaping to no avail.

However, it was about then that he realized that neither **Tamako Tachibana** (橘 球子 *Tachibana Tamako*) was nowhere to be found, not a sign of her anywhere. *"Mom?... Dad?..."* he desperately called out to the corpses in front of him with no response as he began weeping his loss, tears flooding out of him as he whimpered in pain. It was as if he was in a state of denial, screaming out the names of his sister next, crying out *"ANYONE?!!... please…?"*. But preoccupied by the sight and the heavy stench of iron and blood, Touya would notice the smell of gas flowing through the air a moment too late, causing him to recoil instinctively and try to escape as he knew what the flames would do to the gas, but it was to no avail as the explosion would engulf the rest of his home, shooting out shrapnel at the same time, with multiple stabbing into Touya's back as a scream of pain blurted out of him.

Even after falling to the ground as blood left his body; he'd try to crawl away as he turned around for a moment to see his "home", reduced to nothing but blazing flames a rubble, which was then met with a secondary explosion due to their car, resulting in a more violent burst of shrapnel, which Touya did his best to defend himself with his arms, blocking his face with it but allowing his torso to be desecrated by it. Fortunately for him, none of these penetrated deep enough to either cause him problems or kill but it did cause him to bleed as he tried to crawl away from the raging flames that were behind him, begging for his life as he started to believe that he was the one that caused this.

*"If only… I told them about it…"* he murmured out in a pained and shaky voice, blaming himself for the incident as he cried, all the while hearing sirens from the distance. *"If… I did… none of them would have died"* he told himself, blaming himself even further, attaching the thought of him being the reason they died to his mind for the rest of his life to come, falling back into his habits of apologizing as he repeated it over and over, as if he pleaded for his family's forgiveness before soon, a red light would flash before his eyes as they closed shut, bringing him into nothing but empty darkness.

In this darkness he floated, a looming feeling of fate tugging on him; he was asleep, in his consciousness, with no dreams or anything. It was just an empty void that took over him and his vision. But, as if it only lasted for a bit, he'd see a white light at the end of this void, growing stronger and stronger, and before long, he awoke from that deep slumber. He felt weak, sluggish, and lethargic and found a beeping monitor to the side of him, even looking down onto the bed he was on. He concluded he was in a hospital.

He must have been lucky enough to survive… that or he just fainted with no issues however, he felt something warm clutching onto his hand causing him to turn to the left of him to find Vixen sitting beside his bed, her hand around his own. His movement and attempts to wake her up, however, had woken her up, causing her to feel relieved and happy upon seeing Touya awake and healthy, making her break down into an outburst of tears of sadness and worries.

He, of course, comforted her as he said he was fine; which he managed to do, calming her down before telling her about what had happened to him, creating a feeling of looming sadness. She tried to encourage him in response, ensuring to him that it would be alright and even stammering *"But hey! You could live with us if you want? We'll have so much fun!!"* to do so, which he giggled at the thought of it and despite all of this sorrow… he felt he could make it with someone like her as his friend which allowed him to keep his feeling of hope up. This fun chatter continued as well; with her frequently visiting him to talk to him and such, till the day he could finally leave the hospital had come.

Ever since then, Touya had lived as Vixen's roommate, having fun every day from that day, despite all the pain he hid beneath. In actuality, no one could just easily recover from what he just went through, and he's been trying to figure out who killed his parents and if he was caught, causing him to get flashbacks of it when it happened to come to him at times, even when he slept, he wasn't free from that sorrow as his dreams kept haunting him and repeating over and over. Despite this, he persisted in his searches, wanting to at least feel forgiven after "causing their deaths".

By the age of 14, he had already lived with Vixen for a couple of years. During these years, however, he never gave up on his family, memories of them flashing into his head every now and the state of their death had left Touya broken, even if he hid it well, he was suffering. He cried almost every night, contemplating his decision and even speculating that if he did things differently then everyone would have lived, but alas, it didn't. However, because of this pain and sorrow, he felt a strong urge for vengeance, especially with knowing his family killer was never found, he began digging through everything about it till he had a large clipboard of everyone that he believed was responsible but they were more guesses from some alright albeit stretched evidence.

If anything, these were unsolved crimes with mysterious causes. He was bewildered by all of it but he never gave up, even more so at the fact that there wasn't even a single trace of Tamako when the other bodies were there. His persistence didn't garner many results however, if anything, he became a bit of a trouble maker because of it. Though one day, upon his searches on one of those far-fetched suspects he had in mind, which resulted in him following the man. At first, however, it all seemed very normal, with him going to work, buying groceries, and such, causing Touya to grow frustrated and disappointed.

But! Before he could conclude that he wasn't a suspect he'd notice that he had suddenly begun to act strangely, making him grow suspicious of him and whether it be stupid or brave, he'd follow behind till eventually, they'd reach an odd location in Japan, finding himself in a long stretch of hallways, darkened and decrepit accompanied by an odd mystical feeling, though he kept on trailing the man through what seemed to be a labyrinth. He had no idea how long he had pursued the man, but all he knew was that he wouldn't give up here and he tried rationalizing his decision by saying that he was trying to remember the way he was going as to give more proof to the police despite him just being impulsive and reckless after believing that this will finally be the end to this case and bring about peace to his deceased family members.

Within an undetermined amount of time, they'd finally reach a light at the end of the tunnel, which just confused him because he thought it was going to be a crazy dungeon-like thing but upon stepping through the light, greenery and a large building were standing before him. *"What"* was all he could muster as he just stared at how this even existed and funnily enough, there were already a lot of people standing by, so he was essentially screwed when they shouted at his presence and detained him.

He ended up being questioned right after it in the building which happened to be an Academy. He was extremely curious as to what and why this establishment came to be but he refused to answer them at least until the headmaster of the Royal Biblia Academy came to give his final judgment on how to handle him. The people that had detained him had all suggested they wiped the memory of the kid and threw him back into the world of the mortals but the headmaster had other plans as he noticed the thread of fate attached to Touya, and it was the fact he was a Magic King Candidate, making him very interested with Touya and asked them to leave the two alone. The headmaster did their best to try and persuade Touya to tell him about why and how he got here, doing so successfully as he answered.

Trying to discover his family's murder? It was a rather odd thing for a 9-year-old to act on but the headmaster believed him and even asked him about who his parents were and the likes, and upon getting the answer, the headmaster froze. *"Tachibana?... He was alive?..."* He thought to himself as he stared at the kid of the one that was believed to be deceased long before, a well-respected man that did his darndest to complete his goals and now, his child stood before him with the news that he had just died fairly recently.

From there, the man asked Touya if he had any interest in magic and that he could show him that isn't just tricks and illusions and potentially use his power to capture the person he's looking for at the same time, but that is only *if* he wanted to enroll in this school, to which he quickly agreed to, seeing as this was the only lead to finding the truth and to subject himself into this magic he was promised of and in doing so, his hasty decision, influenced by his search for the truth, had meant the severing of his friendship with Vixen or at least that, they may not see each other as often if ever, which he sadly had to live with.

During his transfer from his old school, he'd notice that aforementioned consequence as it was stated to be him going into a "Prestigious School" because of his grades, and he was revered heavily by it whilst his friend, had only broken down in tears when she asked him *"Why don't you turn it down?!",* and garnering not a single response from Touya aside from a sincere apology and because of this action, he caused a rift between them, with her ignoring him because she believed he was being 'selfish' unlike the selfless person she knew. In turn, she'd learn to regret this as Touya left for Royal Biblia Academy, but only after leaving a promise to Vixen that they'll meet again.

Meanwhile, in this new school, he garnered a lot of attention seeing as he was a transfer student, even obtaining rumors of him being the child of the dead, and so on. Some were even nasty rumors while others were good. Whatever the case was, he was fairly popular for the time being, which wasn't good for him because of his terrible social skills that were a result of his shyness and anxiety. But as always, he manages to pull through it all. In the beginning, he struggled to get things right and he had to do lots of extra work to follow up with the others, but because of his high resolve, he wanted to do his best to climb to the top or at least get good as fast as possible, turning him into a very fast learner after going through countless books and lectures.

About a year later, at the age of 15, he even managed to finally connect a magic Archive, specifically, the Ira Archive, which was a very huge accomplishment or at least to him. Then, after even more time spent and studying, he even discovered and chose which *Thema* he was going for **Dispersio** (ディスペンシオ *Disupenshio)* to be exact, which used the ability of Dispersion to create a magic comparable to disintegration. All this progress he made in a fairly short amount of time did manage to start even more rumors about him (not that he was that popular anymore) and how he was connected to the deceased, a rumor that only grew as he finally took on his proper training to become a Mage.

At least after he was gifted the Grimoire **Lentasia Apocrypha** (レンタシア外典 *Renta geten*), a Grimoire that helped him with his magic and the latter, alongside had a voice that spoke to him to further help him, whether it's comfort or support and so on. He constantly trained and trained, even as far as training his body to better, be it exercise or physical training followed by studying on how to better use his magic and ironically, becoming a very much needed seal for his type of magic. Furthermore, a few months in and Touya had realized that his magic is quite useless in certain situations and entirely destructive given it's nature as the Ira archive.

That and he was aware and knowledgeable that there was always being someone on top of him, someone that can overcome him regardless of his magic had him start looking for alternatives to combat this and that was "Sword Arts", a so-called unison attack with swords and magic, which currently he trains with just his sword and Grimoire which immediately got him to try it out for himself, striving to create a 'Spellblade', which is easier said than done, and he has failed to do so too many times to count.

One year later, Touya had continued to work hard and train his body to the best of his ability, followed with his continuous endeavors to get better with his magic and his Sword Arts, subsequently mastering it someday by creating a Spellblade and even attempting to create his very own Sword Art style. All the while this ensued, he kept on studying his family's deaths and what connections they might have, even as far as broadening the scope of the culprits with this new world of magic which could easily explain the mysterious circumstances of the murder.

Meanwhile, at this time, he was being revered for his quick progress on everything, albeit not by many people as the others only really indulged in his rumors, eventually resulting in the title of the *"Pale Todesritter"* that was used to refer to him. Alas, it was what it was and it was from here that his life had continued forwards. Could he uncover the mysteries of his family's death? Will he survive long enough to reach that point? And will he be able to stand to the others that stand before him? Time will only tell.

### Personality

Touya is abnormally kind/nice and caring, to the point that he could be selfless in it seeing that he emphasizes those around him and cares for them, especially if they are friends or loved ones, and would help them in any way he can, which makes him extremely empathetic. However, this is because of his developed savior complex, which oftentimes puts him in dangerous situations... But alas, he manages to try his best to pull through, and with an immeasurable will and resolve, it's very hard to find him backing down or just staying dead... if he were on the verge of it.

Other than that, he is also a very soft person, even sensitive in a way, so much so that it results in making him easily flustered. He can also be fairly dense or dumb... leading to him making stupid or uncoordinated moves often... or just do something bewilderingly confusing, such as having the balls to befriend an opponent instead of fighting... which may or may not be because of him being capable of sympathizing with them… Though, after the years he's spent in the world of magic, he has learned that he'll need to kill, so he won't hesitate too much when he needs to fight to the death.

When it comes to fighting, however, he doesn't want anything to get in his way and he is very very grim against his enemies during so... or he makes some jokes frequently as a way to remove stress... and is rarely seen not doing either. Deep down though, his character grows deeper as the truth is, he is a bit of a broken mess. He is very broody or even just quiet if it weren't for him hiding his saddened state with the happy parts of his personality and well-being, as he wanted to make people happy instead of saddened, unlike himself. Just looking at his face, it makes it obvious that he is very unhappy and sad and most of his personality, such as his savior complex or his very will to help and protect others comes from a mixture of his terrible mental state, which contains things such as a loss of self-worth, self-pessimism and such… even PTSD after the events of the **Tragedy**.

These happen to leak out of him when he speaks at times, unlike his broodiness which rarely comes out. This even causes him to develop a habit of apologizing profusely and blaming himself despite it not being his fault. Because of all this, it is exactly the reason why he almost always keeps up that facade and false smile, followed by a more 'happy-go-lucky' side just to hide it, so no one feels bad for him.

### Appearance

His eyes are a crimson red, which feels both alluringly adorable and at times, very terrifying, especially when he is stricken with anger. Meanwhile, his hair is colored a pure/snow white and his hairstyle is always a fairly nice yet messy one, mostly due to how the hair is, and meanwhile, his is very soft to the touch it's really fluffy and because of that, it's rather hard to resist patting his head once you start patting him and it even looks like it even beckons you to pat it, and it even bolsters his feminine-like appearance as his hair that extend a bit past his neck. He also seems to have an ahoge, which almost reacts as if it has a mind of its own… pretty much like a tail.

Asides from that, his main and most persistent attire consists of a comfy and soft grey long-sleeved shirt with a turtleneck, with its long-sleeved intention to hide the scars on his arms and torso. Even when he's not wearing this, he almost always prefers and chooses to wear long-sleeved clothes to hide as he grows to be too paranoid and doesn't want people to worry about him… though, that's mostly due to his trauma of people hating or worrying about him for his scars, causing him to simply hide them.

As for the rest? It's grey jeans and a peculiar dual-styled belt which he uses to frequently hold pouches or if needed, additional weaponry or just weaponry in general. As for shoes, he wears fairly comfortable boots with some steel attachments on them. Though his clothing style may be considered "basic" to some, alas, most of this does get covered with his white coat, which he dons simply because it holds precious memories to him… that and he wears some armored shoes, which seems to be there to help with kicking and such.

As for those aforementioned scars? He has them all over his torso and back, mostly from stab wounds from shrapnel that lodged itself in him in an explosion back in the past. That and his forearm seems to have some as well, with some looking like he was trying to defend himself from an attack of sorts… again, hence his choice of clothing.

## Abilities

**General Abilities**

Touya was born with exceptionally high reserves of mana, so much that it would take a frightening amount of magic to fully use up all of it, even with his magic, which is incredibly powerful because of his destructive nature. Upon fights, he is seen normally coating his weapons in a veil of his magic or even just his fist or legs for powerful kicks or punches. Though his magic at times does like to drain mana fairly quickly but as mentioned earlier, it is still manageable. Asides from all that, he was born with immense stamina, and eventually, developing rather remarkable running speeds followed by an equally remarkable pain tolerance, which made some pain feel like nothing at all.

To top it all off, he developed amazing reflexes and reaction speeds that throughout his experiences in life. He does also have amazing will and immense resolve, one so strong that once he's put his mind into it, he'd do everything it takes to accomplish it no matter what it takes. So much so that due to it, Touya managed to learn the basics of magic at a terrifying rate. As for that will of his? It allows him to rarely ever give up, no matter how many times he gets knocked down, he'd stand right back up and fight again, which ironically makes him very difficult to kill seeing as he'd be stubborn enough to refuse his fate.

**Magic**

Ira, an archive that is said to be the embodiment of destruction, one that normally wields power beyond one's comprehension, leading to Touya going for the *Thema* of *Dispersion*, one to further enhance his archive's destructive power. His Thema's main and most notable ability is the ability to deconstruct and dismantle anything in existence down to nothing at a subatomic level, leaving only dust particles to be all that is left. No matter what it was, even magic, he could dismantle them regardless. Which subsequently means that his power is more than capable of going against most threats. It could also probably be used some other ways as well but as for now, it is left undetermined till it has been figured out. And after witnessing the pure destructive capabilities of his magic, it was given the name of **Voiden Collapse** (ボイデン崩壊 *Boiden hōkai*) to encapsulate in its name as well.

**Current Spells**

- [ Veil of Destruction ]

This spell consists of him surrounding his entire body or just a part of it or even just his weapon in a black veil to either be used as protective armor or to be used offensively. It's fairly versatile and takes advantage of the magic to practically make a part of his body if not all of it intangible. It also ends up taking the appearance of a demon when fully covered, perhaps due to the fact that he's a Magic King Candidate and bolsters his intimidation by a frightening level, especially with its bright glowing red eyes. However, he rarely ever uses it fully due to either its destructiveness, mana consumption (which is still manageable) or the fear of being eaten by his magic and only just uses it on an individual part of his body and/or his weapon.

- [ Disintegrate  ]

A spell that consists of customizable blasts of his magic, allowing him to make his spells easily specialized and adaptable to different situations, such as a spread shot like that of a shotgun or even just add an explosive aspect to his spell upon impact. Asides from that, it can also be charged to make larger spells, but it's rarely done.

**Limitations**

There are no drawbacks against a magic that can destroy everything and anything in its path, especially one that disperses and shreads things in a subatomic level. With that said, there are certain things that can fight against **Voiden Collapse**, and it comes in the form of certain magic such as Deflection magic or magic similar to it. Or really anything that can combat magic itself without being at risk of being destroyed and erased entirely, much like Spellblades (though Spellblades are still risky given it's multiple versions and methods) and Anti-Magic and the likes. Overuse of **Voiden Collapse** will eventually lead his body to faint as it essentially shuts itself down as a safety mechanism to avoid being consumed by his magic. He does also have an effective range of about 12 to 15 meters, making it useless in long ranges, though many of these can be overcomed and trained on.

**Grimoire**

Touya possesses a single Grimoire named **Lentasia Apocrypha** (レンタシア外典 *Renta geten*), which plays a massive role for him as it works not only as a crutch to control his magic but also as a seal for said magic because of its destructive nature. The Grimoire does also have a level of sentience, with a voice that whispers into his head and even calculates his magic for him as to help him control it better, which now eliminates some of his problems on controlling his magic by a small margin. The Grimoire also contains various murals and scriptures written in it that easily allows Touya to use lower class magic, which for him is ironically still very powerful that it still out outclasses most lower class magics.

**Sword Arts/Spellblade**

As a part of Touya's attempts to block out his weaknesses, he had pursued Sword Arts for about a single year, training in the well known **Shoden Musouden Itto-ryu** (正伝無双伝一刀流, *Shōden Musōden Ittōryū, Authentically Peerless Legendary One-Sword School*) known throughout Japan with sheer focus, commitment and will with the help of his very generic iron shortsword. He strives to attempt to create a Spellblade to further bolster his power, only to fail countless times. It seems he won't be obtaining it any time soon.

## Trivia

- Touya is also one of the few people alive to have the RHnull blood type, also known as "Golden Blood".

- As a child, he was given the nickname "Cottonball" for his adorable appearance topped by that fluffy hair of his. Though, to some; he was infamously nicknamed "Cottonhead" for how stupid and naive he was around the age of 4 to 6.

- Touya's personality was a play on the generic isekai protagonists, mostly for the "kind for the sake of being kind" part of it. And thus, he was given an actual reason to be kind, a reason to want to help people, which was all due to his mounting trauma.

- Within the community of Seventh Garden and the main canon itself, everyone had apparently wanted to turn Touya, who was kinda a femboy and often mistaken by a girl, even in his first appearance, into an actual girl. There was even a comment that they'd essentially cut of his genitals so he would be a girl.

## Notes

*Doing this on mobile is an absolute nightmare.*