Hikari Yukigawa

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**Hikari Yukigawa** (雪川 光, *Yukigawa Hikari*?) is a recurring character of the *Seventh Garden* main canon. She is the vice-head of the Disciplinary Committee and a Fifth-ranked Cardinal under the archive of Ira. Currently, she is a fifth-year student.

## Profile

### Background

Hikari Yukigawa, born as a daughter of a renowned assassin-magus Kurozumi Yukigawa, is a person gifted with above-average performance in both physical and magical feats. Though not as amazing or destructive, she still has an adequate power to stand her ground perfectly against those of middle or lower-class mages, and to some extent, high-class mages. Seeing as her daughter will inevitably be involved in conflict related to his job, Kurozumi Yukigawa chose to hide her under the care of his sister together with his wife. Kurozumi will sometimes visit them to either give her present or just to check on his family, and after the short visit, they will move again quickly to avoid detection from other parties. Having adapted to this kind of lifestyle, Hikari knows how to settle in one place, blend in, and leave the premises without anyone noticing.

At the age of 7, Hikari's aunt and mother started training her the ways of magic and self-defense, and discovered that she inherited more than her father's physical capabilities, but also a magical performance that exceeds her age (specifically: her mana pool is larger than average). Unfortunately, her affinity towards utilizing it is quite low, which led her to a thorny path of learning. Probably the most befitting fate of the daughter of a famous underground killer, she has to defend herself one day while she was alone, and suddenly an unknown man broke in to her temporary settlement, carrying a sword and a grimoire. Surprisingly enough, she succeeded in holding her own ground and counter attacking the trespasser with simple physical skills until her father came an ended the unknown man's life.

Moving on from the incident, Hikari realized that she has to get stronger to be able to stay alive longer, and begin training herself even harder. After enduring hardships and more incidents alike, Hikari was gifted a grimoire by his father at the age of 11. Hikari Yukigawa then made a contract with it, unknowing that it is the **Sheriruth Codex**, an old codex written in Ancient Hebrew with an incomprehensible set of grammars containing the records of greatest obstinacies that either led to the downfall of a dynasty or their rising. The idea that Kurozumi Yukigawa obtained it from one of his target is an acceptable one, as the grimoire itself was known for it’s history of quickly changing owners, though cases of mages wielding it for a lifetime is also recorded. In this case, Hikari Yukigawa has survived wielding the grimoire long enough to become accustomed to it (4 years). Another thing to note is that she chose her *Thema*, *Fervor*, at this age.

At Hikari’s 13th coming of age, Kurozumi Yukigawa was assigned to assassinate a person of importance and has failed which eventually leads to his demise. Receiving the news, Hikari and her remaining family member moved out once more, and in the events of their move, Kagura Yukigawa was consumed by her sadness and eventually fell to her demise, too. Left with only her aunt, her aunt decided that they have to settle somewhere and live a peaceful life, out of the hands of the underground world. Despite this, Hikari was still trained by her aunt to reach at least half the level of her father’s capabilities, mainly physical feats.

Seeing as Hikari has reached the age of 15 and has studied independently to reach at least middle school level of knowledge, Kaori Yukigawa decided to send her to the Royal Biblia Academy to continue her studies. When first entered the high school as a transfer student, she left no deep impression, that is until some students challenged her to a duel, and she showed an incredible performance. The challenger however, ended up as a piece of frozen ice with a hole pierced through the chest. From then on, Hikari has risen herself through the rankings and eventually stopped at the 17th place in the end of her first year. Now, she is actively seen probing the stronger students of the school regardless of age, class, and rank. Quite recently, she is also seen talking to thin air, but remembering that she has the **Sheriruth Codex**, it is just a natural occurrence for an accustomed wielder to do so.

### Personality

Hikari Yukigawa was first transferred to the High School section of the Royal Biblia Academy. During her first year, she showed no significant trait nor accomplishment. Surprisingly enough, at the last half of her first year, she was challenged to a duel by a senior. After a short battle, Hikari emerged victorious and showed a potential of becoming a great mage. Though that is the case, she still falls behind higher-ranked students.

When Hikari was asked if she had a wish to become the strongest mage, she simply answered, "No" without any hesitation in her tone. She even said that it is a pipe dream for the likes of her to be one, and that she knows her place. Rather than an ambitious-type, her goal is to serve as a subordinate to a stronger person, hence until the time another Magic King Candidate is chosen, she chose to act moderately.

She has piqued a deep interest in Victorian styled fashion, mainly those which are referred to as the Gothic-lolita style. In school, she can be seen carrying around a black umbrella with frills, whether or not she is inside a building. Outside of school, she occasionally takes a stroll in a black dress of sorts and an unfolded umbrella. Despite her look and efforts to show an image of a frail lady, she could show an athletic performance when asked to.