Nico Silva

* Debut
* Timeskip

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**Nico Silva** 「ニコ・シルバ *Niko Shiruva*」is a nobleman and the third son of the Clover Kingdom's House Silva, one of its royal families. He is a Junior Magic Knight of the Black Bull and Royal Knights squads.

He is the unintentional creator of Nephelae, an artificial spirit of Cloud Magic and a defense mechanism which Nico subconsciously created over the course of 15 years to fight against Laesme, a devil who was residing in his grimoire and sapping his magic power, however this did grant him access to Sound Magic.

## Personality

Much like every other nobleman, Nico often comes off as arrogant and vain with his demeanor, even when he doesn't mean to be. However, unlike most nobles, Nico is a rather laid back individual that doesn't care much for his heritage, often preferring that people forgetting about the fact that he is nobility entirely and treat him as if he were any other person.

Nico has an odd way of supporting people, in which he downplays himself and his achievements in an attempt to make others feel superior and lift their spirits, most prominently with his twin sister Noelle, whom he often does his best to motivate and support. He often does his best to coax Noelle to express her true self with others.

He has a knack for seeing through people, as he has shown to be able to see people for what they truly are, rather than at face value, making him an exceptionally difficult person to lead astray, as he is often far more cautious than his typical demeanor would imply.

He has shown to be prone to holding grudges, large or small.

## Battle Prowess

### Magic

* **Cloud Magic**: Nico uses this magic attribute to generate and manipulate clouds, which he is able to apply various effects to such as rain, hail, lightning, etc.
* **Creation Magic**: Nico uses this form of magic to shape objects and entities from clouds.
* **Spirit Magic**: Nico used this form of magic to summon a spirit that can assist him in battle. He used this magic to summon Nephelae, the artificial cloud spirit. With this magic, he is a Saint Stage mage.
* **Reinforcement Magic**: Nico uses this form of magic to increase his physical abilities.
* **Sound Magic**: Nico uses this magic attribute to generate and manipulate sounds of various types. He gained access to the attribute as a result of Laesme taking residence within his grimoire.
* **Union Magic**: Nico combines his own Cloud and Sound Magics with those of Nephelae and Laesme.

### Abilities

* **Immense Magic Power**: As a royal, Nico possesses an immense amount of magic power, however, due to Laesme's constant presence within his grimoire, sapping mana from him for so many years of his life, his magic power was significantly hampered. Following the Devil Union between them, his magic power has started returning to him.
* **Intermediate Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: In order to compensate for his limited pool of magic power due to Laesme, Nico was ~~tortured~~ trained by Mereoleona Vermillion in order to strengthen his body. Through this training, his knowledge of hand-to-hand combat grew significantly.
* **Enhanced Strength**:
* **Enhanced Speed**:
* **Enhanced Durability**:
* **Enhanced Instinct** **and Reflex**: Another aspect of Mereoleona's training was strengthening defensive and offensive instincts, and his reflexes. This was mainly accomplished by attacking him at random parts of the day, sometimes including while he was sleeping.
* **Faux Spirit Absorption**:
* **Mana Zone**
* **Devil-Possessed**
* **Dual Mana Attribute Affinity**: While Nico was born with an affinity for Cloud Magic, he was granted access to Sound Magic as a result of Laesme residing within his grimoire.

## Relationships

### Family Members

#### Nozel Silva

Though their relationship was never what one would describe as "stable", Nico has said that, of his siblings, excluding Noelle, Nozel is the easiest to tolerate, due to his habit of simply ignoring him a majority of the time, instead opting for silent judgement that Nico has grown accustomed to blocking out and not paying attention to. Despite this, Nico has displayed a sort of unconscious habit of comparing himself to Nozel, believing that, despite his lack distaste for his oldest brother, he is the height of House Silva; a metaphorical ceiling that Nico aims to break through.

#### Solid Silva

Despite their close familial ties, Nico has expressed extreme disdain towards Solid that borders on the edge of genuine hatred, despising him for his unjustified sadistic tendencies towards others, though especially for his treatment of himself and Noelle. His hatred of him has often led the two into physical altercations. Nico's number of victories against Solid, with or without magic power getting involved, has helped to detour the latter from expressing his sadistic nature around the former, however this has not helped to improve their relationship in any regard. In fact, it has served as an extra point for resentment between the two.

Because of their extremely poor relationship, Nico goes to extreme lengths to "humble" his older brother, going as far as to uncharacteristically mock him after his defeat against Noelle in the Royal Knights Selection Exam.

#### Nebra Silva

Nico's perception of Nebra is much like that of Solid, though he doesn't attack her with mockery. Instead, he simply opts to ignore her a majority of the time, believing her to be a "shoddy parrot of Nozel", expressing that he'd rather be looked down on by Nozel himself, rather than a poor copy of him.

#### Mimosa Vermillion

Nico has shown and stated to care for Mimosa, as both a family member and a close childhood friend. He deeply appreciates Mimosa for the fact that she is unlike a majority of royals in the Clover Kingdom, not letting her status turn her into a stuck-up prude. He has a tendency of teasing her in one way or another during days where he's feeling more jovial, often poking fun at her klutzy nature, but ensuring that he doesn't take it too far.

#### Kirsch Vermillion

He has displayed the same annoyance and disdain for Kirsch as both Noelle and Mimosa have, though Nico has directly stated that he despises him, and views him as a "textbook example of what everyone sees royals as", alongside Augustus Kira Clover XIII. During their brief interactions, Nico is very blunt about his dislike towards Kirsch, and often does his best to end their very rare conversations as quickly as possible.

#### Mereoleona Vermillion

Nico has known Mereoleona since he was a child, and while he does care for her, he is also highly afraid of her as a result of a request he made to her to train him so he could protect Noelle while she was still learning to control her magic. However, Nico quickly lost his luster after only a few hours of Mereoleona's "training", and began passively avoiding her for years, however they inevitably came back into contact with one another.

#### Leopold Vermillion

Despite expectations, Nico's relationship with Leopold is surprisingly pleasant, with Nico at times going out of his way to interact with the boy, enjoying his cheerful and at times carefree attitude. Though he does chastise him on the occasions that he belittles others from lower social standings, expressing that the habit is the only aspect of his personality that he dislikes.

## Notable Quotes

* ***"I'm not one to call a situation impossible, no matter what I'm faced with. Saying something is impossible just means that you haven't found a solution to it yet."*** 「私は、どんな状況に直面しても、その状況を不可能だとは言いません。不可能だと言うということは、まだ解決策を見つけていないということを意味します。*"Watashi wa, don'na jōkyō ni chokumen shite mo, sono jōkyō o fukanōda to wa iimasen. Fukanōda to iu to iu koto wa, mada kaiketsusaku o mitsukete inai to iu koto o imi shimasu."*」
* ***"Unfortunately, us humans just don't know when to quit. You can call us ants or rodents or whatever other stupid name you can think of, but our determination... Our unyielding will is something that you could never even dream of having!!!"*** 「残念ながら、私たち人間には、いつやめるべきかわかりません。私たちをアリとか齧歯動物とか、思いつく限りの愚かな名前で呼んでも構いませんが、私たちの決意は...私たちの不屈の意志は、あなたが持つことさえ夢にも思わなかったものです!!! *"Zan'nen'nagara, watashitachi ningen ni wa, itsu yamerubeki ka wakarimasen. Watashitachi o ari toka gesshi dōbutsu toka, omoitsuku kagiri no orokana namae de yon demo kamaimasen ga, watashitachi no ketsui wa... Watashitachi no fukutsu no ishi wa, anata ga motsu koto sae yumenimo omowanakatta monodesu!!!"*」