Genius

> “*As long as you have the will, there is nowhere that is out of your reach. The ideas you can imagine, the things you can see.*”
> ― Genius, Chapter 18
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**Genius** is the white god of light and martial arts, and the tutelary deity of Meese.

## Personality

Genius is a wise yet a rather whimsical bird god. Though divine, he is also overly benevolent with his high degree of tolerance as he wasn't bothered being called a "bird" or even strangled by Lumi.

## Appearance

Genius is a plushy white three-legged crow, similar to a Yatagarasu.

## Biography

On the night of Youta's, a bright flash appeared on a mountain outside of Meese. As Lumi went off to investigate, Genius who had a bad feeling also accompanied her. Arriving at the scene, they encountered Youta. While he was in disbelief, Lumi was turning red for seeing a man for the very first time. Lumi asked him if she can kill Youta, he told her not to. He then asked the man, if he came from Earth to which the man replied in surprise for knowing. As Youta made physical contact with Lumi, the paladin started panicking and leaking in embarrassment. Genius explained the leaking as the "Fountain of Desire" and gets strangled by an embarrassed Lumi as a result. As Lumi got more aroused, she pinned Youta to the ground. Genius did further explaining about the parallel world and Youta's situation as the only man, and it declared that this was now Youta's fate. It then observed the two for a while then left without notice.

After some time, he met again with Youta by the door of Lumi's room. He informs Youta that he has to yet to mate and if he doesn't the women of the parallel world will die when they reach adulthood. He further explains to Youta the reason women die so young is that they were cursed by the Jealous God and by mating or killing the god will lift the said curse. After that, he left and let Youta decide on his own.

He appeared again before the Quintet, who were camping out at mine's entrance to confirm Youta's statement and inform them of what he knew about the Jealous God.

After Nagomi's sacrifice to Galia, the rest of the Quintet went out of the town at night in search of Genius for information regarding the witch. He heard their call and provided them what he knew. His knowledge offered mostly ill news, as he admitted that the witch cannot be defeated, though he informed about Youta killing another witch in Reel and his current whereabouts, and confirmed the existence of doors.

## Skill Set

### Powers

* **Divine Beast Physiology**
	+ **Immortality**
* **Flight**

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect**
	+ **Historiography**
	+ **Occultism**

### Weaknesses

* **Land-Bound**: He cannot leave the area he is bound to.
* **Limited Vision**: Having eyes that of a bird, he cannot see well in the darkness.

## Trivia

* In the first popularity poll, he is tied with Yuuri at nineteenth with 2 votes.
* He is based on:
	+ A mythical bird creature whose appearance signifies divine intervention in human affairs.
	+ A type of tutelary deity of late Greek and Roman religions, that functioned as the personal deity or daimon of an individual from birth to death.

## References

1. ↑ Special short comic 2
2. ↑ Chapter 1
3. ↑ Chapter 2
4. ↑ Chapter 3
5. ↑ Chapter 8
6. ↑ Chapter 9
7. ↑ Chapter 18
8. ↑ Chapter 87
9. ↑ Chapter 87