Cid Kagenou

Body Build and Structure
Height: He has an average height for a young man his age (around 1.70 m), perfectly aligned with the average so as not to stand out for being either tall or short.
Visible physique: At first glance, he appears slim, even slender, with no apparent muscle mass. His shoulders are not particularly broad, and his everyday posture at the Academy is usually somewhat relaxed or slightly hunched to reinforce his image as an ordinary guy.
True Strength and Musculature: Beneath his clothes, his body possesses extremely dense, lean, and defined musculature, the result of rigorous physical training and control over healing/enhancement magic since childhood. However, he uses magic subtly to compress his muscles and conceal his true muscular tone.
Face and Features
Facial structure: She has a symmetrical face with soft, fine, and youthful features. She has no strong features or sharp jaw; her facial lines are intentionally "common" and expressionless.
Skin tone: Fair, clean, and even skin, typical of the visual style of lower-ranking nobles in the world of the work.
Usual expression: His gaze tends to be apathetic, disinterested, or slightly bored. He rarely shows genuine emotions in public, often adopting awkward smiles or servile gestures when he wants to go unnoticed by other nobles or knights.
Hair
Color: Deep jet black.
Style and cut: Medium-length hair with a straight but slightly tousled fringe that covers her forehead and falls lightly, grazing the tops of her eyes. At the sides, the hair falls naturally over her ears. It's a cut that's not styled too much, designed to look extremely ordinary.

Eyes
Color: Black or very dark brown in their normal "background student" state.
Magical effect: When he channels or releases his magical power in a serious way (or under his Shadow identity), his eyes emit an intense purple or neon violet glow.
Usual Attire
School Uniform (Midgar Knights Academy): Consists of a formal suit in dark tones (navy blue/black) with gold trim, white shirt, dark tie and tight dress pants.
It is important to note that this description refers to his persona as Cid Kagenou. When he assumes the identity of Shadow, his appearance changes drastically through the use of his black Slime Suit, long trench coat with gold/purple embroidery, mask, and an imposing, athletic stance.

Cid Kagenou's personality in his "normal" state (his daily life as an average student at the Knight Academy) is the polar opposite of Shadow's majestic facade. It's a meticulously calculated personality, constructed for the sole purpose of not standing out and acting as the perfect "filler character."
His main personality traits when acting as Cid are:

1. Obsession with being the "Mob Character"
   Cid has an absolute commitment to mediocrity in his public life:
   Social invisibility: He actively strives to be as boring and forgettable as possible. He chooses ordinary clothes, speaks hesitantly or awkwardly, and avoids any situation that makes him look special, talented, or heroic.
   Statistics management: In his exams and physical tests, he makes sure to get perfectly average grades so that he is neither at the top of the best nor among the worst.
   Strategic friendships: He deliberately hangs out with equally mediocre and unpopular classmates (like Skel and Po) to blend in with the environment and appear as just another ordinary student.
2. Absurd Pragmatism and Technical Masochism
   To maintain his role as a supporting character, Cid takes things to comical extremes:
   Simulating defeats: He has practiced and perfected dozens of "secondary character combat techniques," which are nothing more than ways to lose in a humiliating but believable way, bleed on purpose, or fly through the air after receiving a blow to appear weak.
   Pain tolerance for the sake of the script: He allows himself to be hit or punished without defending himself just so as not to break his performance.
3. Greed and Lack of Social Ambition
   Materialistic and stingy: While Shadow wouldn't care about money from a dramatic perspective, Cid, as an ordinary human, loves easy money. He constantly complains about being in debt or short of funds due to his academy expenses and often envies rich people.

3. Zero interest in romance or status: Despite attracting unwanted attention from high-status girls (such as Princess Alexia Midgar), Cid displays a complete indifference to romantic dynamics or noble prestige. For him, such things only complicate his goal of being an "eminence in the shadows."
4. The Truth Behind the Mask
   Despite dividing his life into "Cid" (the ordinary boy) and "Shadow" (the imposing hero), the reality is that Cid Kagenou is his true mental identity, while Shadow is just a disguise.
   He's a young man with an almost pathological obsession (chuunibyou) with fictional tropes, who lives life as a game where he's both the director and the star. Everything he does as Cid serves only as the necessary contrast to make his nocturnal persona as Shadow even more impactful.

In his guise as Shadow, the supreme leader of Shadow Garden, Cid Kagenou completely transforms his appearance. He goes from looking like an entirely average student to an imposing, mystical, and menacing figure, meticulously designed by himself to project the perfect archetype of an "eminence in the shadows."
Face and Expression
Mask: Conceals the upper part of her face with a jet-black domino/mask style mask with elegant gold details and trim.
Bright Eyes: Unlike his usual dark brown eyes in his daily life, when he channels his slime magic or is in combat, his eyes emit a dazzling and menacing reddish-violet or purple glow, which stands out intensely in the darkness through the openings of his mask.
Hair: His jet-black hair, usually styled in a plain and youthful way, falls lightly over the mask in thin but messy strands, giving him a much more stylized and mature look.
Magical Presence and Aura
Purple Magic Aura: The manifestation of her magical power is not only visible, but also aesthetic. A dense, fluid, and brilliant aura of purple or dark violet color usually emanates constantly from her body or surrounds her sword.
Weapon (Slime Sword): In his hand he carries a long, thin sword whose blade is made entirely of concentrated black slime with an edge or channel of glowing purple energy.

Attire and Material (Slime Suit)
Almost all of her attire is made from a special fabric derived from magical slime (slime suit), allowing her to alter the shape, rigidity, and appearance of her garments at will:
Long Coat (Long Trench Coat): He wears a large trench coat or black coat that is fitted at the shoulders but flows at the hem. The coat's collar is extremely high and stiff, framing the sides of his head. The lower hem of the coat is trimmed with jagged, jagged edges that resemble flames or shadowy thorns.
Gold and Purple Details: The suit stands out for its intricate gold patterns and royal purple accents embossed across the chest, shoulders, and sleeves, giving it a gothic, aristocratic, and high-society aesthetic.
Belt and Plates: He possesses a kind of light armor of reinforced slime around the waist and torso, with golden metal plates or crossed ornaments that simulate luxury buckles.
Gloves and Boots: He wears black gloves that are fitted up to the forearm with gold stripes on the wrists, and high combat or riding boots made of the same black leather/slime that blend perfectly with his trousers.

Cid Kagenou's personality when acting in his role as Shadow is a fascinating mix of rehearsed theatricality, total disconnection from reality, and absolute indifference towards everything that is not part of his chuunibyou fantasies.
Contrary to what his subordinates believe (who see him as a benevolent, solitary, and omniscient genius), Shadow's personality is governed by the following main traits:
Absolute Theatricality and Dramatism (Chuunibyou)
For Cid, Shadow's role is not a heroic mission or a fight against evil: it's a play.
The perfect script: His entire attitude is designed to fulfill the cliché of the "powerful, mysterious anti-hero who operates from the shadows."
Prioritizing aesthetics over logic: He chooses his words, poses, and moments of appearance based solely on how "cool" or "fresh" it looks. If uttering a cryptic phrase or turning his back on the enemy while walking slowly makes the scene look like something out of a movie, he'll do it without hesitation.
Rehearsed monologues: Many of his philosophical or threatening phrases ("I am Atomic", "Time is running out", etc.) are lines he has practiced for years in private only to use them at the opportune moment.
Disconnection from Reality and Disinterest
Cid is completely convinced that the Cult of Devils does not exist and that the battles he is involved in are mere coincidence, common political conflicts, or theaters organized by the Shadow Garden girls to play along with him.
Moral indifference: Does not act out of justice, compassion, or to save the world. Gets involved in conflicts only because it seems fun or because it fits into their fantasy.
Lack of genuine empathy: Except for a few exceptions, he doesn't care about the fate of nations, villains or victims; for him, the problems of others are just "scenery" for his performance.

Absolute Confidence and Invincibility
As Shadow, Cid projects an unshakeable serenity. He knows that he is, by an overwhelming margin, the strongest being in the world.
Zero pressure in combat: He never shows fear, anger, or frustration in front of an enemy, simply because no one can stand up to him. This calmness often terrifies his opponents, who interpret his lack of effort as godlike arrogance.
Unintentional humor: Often, while his enemies are delivering hate speeches or revealing diabolical plans, Cid is internally thinking about what to have for dinner, how to get money, or how to make his magical aura shine more beautifully.
Greed and Hidden Pragmatism
Behind Shadow's mysterious and aristocratic aura lies Cid's pragmatic mindset:
Obsession with money: Despite acting as a superior being above earthly goods, Shadow does not hesitate to plunder treasures or steal from villains in the middle of a battle if he sees an opportunity to enrich himself.
Taking advantage of the situation: Accepts or improvises dramatic turns only if they bring some economic benefit or if they allow him to buy more equipment or limo.
In short: While the world sees him as a wise and ruthless protector of humanity, Shadow is actually a boy obsessed with his teenage fantasies, brilliantly and unwittingly playing the role of a lifetime.

Cid Kagenou's family in this isekai world is the Kagenou Baronial family, a low-ranking noble house located on the borders of the Kingdom of Midgar. Although they are practically irrelevant to the high aristocracy, the family's internal dynamic is a constant clash between Cid's calculated mediocrity and his sister's recognized genius.
Lord Kagenou (The Father)
The head of the family is a lower-ranking nobleman whose main concern is to maintain the status of the Kagenou House and not disappoint the higher aristocracy.
Appearance and Personality: He is a middle-aged man with a rather ordinary and somewhat pathetic appearance. He is insecure, comically bald (which he tries to disguise with a wig), and servile to higher-ranking nobles or brute force.
Skills: He is a Dark Knight, but of a fairly average level.
Relationship with his children: He openly adores and venerates his eldest daughter, Claire, whom he sees as the future and the salvation of the family's prestige. With Cid, on the other hand, he resigns himself to his being a mediocre "failure," although he doesn't violently mistreat him; he simply treats him with the comical disappointment of a father who knows his son won't amount to much.
Lady Kagenou (The Mother)
The matriarch of the Kagenou family is a woman of dominant and strict character who really runs the household.
Personality: She is extremely strict, serious, and prone to losing her temper, especially with her husband. She maintains an iron grip on discipline in the house.
Family Dynamics: She spends much of her time nagging or hitting her husband for his incompetence or for wasting money on frivolous things. Although she is strict with her children, she deeply respects Claire's outstanding talent.

Claire Kagenou (The Older Sister)
Claire is by far the most important member of the family in the plot and the only one who has a real impact on the fate of the kingdom.
Status and Talent: She is considered an absolute prodigy of swordsmanship and mana manipulation. She is immensely popular, talented, and the true heir to the Kagenou family's prestige, completely surpassing her parents at a very young age.
Demonic Possession: During her childhood, Claire began to develop symptoms of "Demonic Possession" (her flesh began to rot). Cid, who was experimenting with mana at the time, secretly cured her during his training nights, believing it was an "energy circulation problem." Claire never learned what happened, only that she was miraculously cured.
Personality and Sibling Complex: She has a strong, violent, aggressive, and possessive character. However, her most distinctive trait is her extreme older sister complex (brocon) towards Cid.
He physically dominates Cid and uses him as a test dummy or training dummy.
She is incredibly overprotective. Although she treats him roughly, if anyone tries to hurt or insult Cid, Claire is capable of killing or massacring them.
For Claire, Cid is a weak and helpless brother who needs to be protected at all costs, completely ignoring that he is the most powerful creature on the planet.

Cid Kagenou / Shadow (The Youngest Son)
For the Kagenou family, Cid is simply the second "disappointing" son.
His Role in the Family: Cid deliberately cultivates a reputation as a weak, clumsy boy, untalented with a sword and with mediocre grades, so as not to draw attention to himself. He allows Claire to dominate and beat him because he fits perfectly into her role as a "mob character."
Cid's Perception of His Family: For Cid, his parents and sister are basically "extras" on the grand stage of his life. Although he has some affection for Claire (for being his childhood "playmate"), he usually sees his family's demands as a mere obstacle to his nightly activities as Shadow.
In summary
The Kagenou family serves as Cid's comedic and grounding anchor. While the entire world sees Shadow as either a divine being or a catastrophic threat, at home Cid remains the average young son who has to endure beatings from his prodigy sister and absurd arguments from his parents.

Claire Kagenou, Cid Kagenou's older sister in The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!), stands out for her elegant and mature appearance that projects the image of a prodigy swordswoman.
Build and Height
Athletic and slender: She has a stylized but well-developed figure, the result of her constant and intense training with the sword.
Skin tone: Very fair and pale skin, characteristic of the aristocratic style of her family.
Height: He is around 165 cm tall, with a firm, upright and confident posture.
Face and Features
Fine features: She has a face with symmetrical proportions, a sharp chin, and an expressive gaze that conveys determination and pride.
Usual expression: He usually has a stern or serious look, although when it comes to his brother Cid, his features change drastically to expressions of overprotectiveness or intense affection.
Hair
Color: Jet black / deep black hair.
Cut and length: Quite long, well past the waist. She wears it loose with a straight fringe that covers her forehead and side strands that frame her face.
Eyes
Color: Eyes of a crimson or wine red tone, which contrast strongly with her pale skin and black hair.
Shape: Slightly torn and sharpened, giving it an imposing and combat-focused look.
Usual Attire
Magic Swordsman Academy Uniform: Wear the navy blue military jacket with gold and white trim, white pleated skirt, dark thigh-high stockings, and high combat boots with laces.
Accessories: He always carries his rapier/longsword at his belt, secured by a leather baldric.

Claire Kagenou has a complex personality marked by a strong contrast between her public attitude as a prodigy and her absolute (and almost obsessive) devotion to her younger brother.
Personality and General Demeanor
Proud and Confident: Aware of her talent with the sword, she projects an imposing, dignified, and resolute attitude. She doesn't hesitate to command respect and face problems head-on.
Fierce and Temperamental: She is impatient and has a short fuse when things don't go her way. She tends to resolve disputes through force or combat rather than words.
Determined and Protective: She possesses an iron will and unwavering loyalty towards those she considers important, willing to risk her own life for them.
Relationship with Cid (His Brother)
Obsessive Love ("Brocon"): He feels an excessive and overprotective affection towards Cid Kagenou. He considers him weak and defenseless, someone he must take care of at all costs.
Possessive and Aggressive in her Affection: Her way of showing affection towards Cid is usually rough, imposing her authority as an older sister through grabbing, physical punishments or dragging him by force into her plans, although always driven by the desire to keep him safe.
In the Social and Combat Sphere
Natural Leader: In academia and on the battlefield, he/she acts decisively, taking control and showing a great sense of responsibility.
Independent: She prefers to solve difficulties on her own rather than ask for help, which often leads her into dangerous situations.

Shadow Garden is the central secret organization in The Eminence in Shadow. To the outside world and to the Devil Cult, it is a terrifying, immensely wealthy, and ruthless clandestine network with overwhelming military power. However, at the heart of its creation lies one of fiction's greatest comedic misunderstandings.
The Origin and the Misunderstanding
The organization was born when Cid Kagenou (at age 9) found an elf whose body was rotting due to demonic possession. Cid, looking for a guinea pig to test his mana control techniques, cured her.
To impress the elf (whom he called Alpha) and justify why he had saved her, Cid invented an improvised story:
He told her that she was a descendant of the ancient Heroes.
He invented an evil sect called the Cult of Devils that controlled the world from the shadows and sought to resurrect the demon Diablos.
He declared that they would form Shadow Garden to fight the Cult.
Cid believed it was all a comedic role-playing game (chuunibyou). However, the Cult of Diablos was 100% real, and every detail Cid invented turned out to be completely true.
Structure and Hierarchy
Shadow Garden operates as a highly structured military organization composed almost entirely of women cured of Demonic Possession (making them warriors with extraordinary magical and physical potential).

Supreme Leader: Shadow (Cid Kagenou)
Considered by all members as a living god, an omniscient sage, and a supreme master of combat, Cid doesn't manage the day-to-day details; he simply appears, utters obscure things that the group misinterprets as brilliant strategic insights, and destroys their most powerful enemies.
The Seven Shadows
The first seven enforcers and main leaders of the organization, chosen and personally nurtured by Cid during her childhood:
Alpha (The First): Operational leader and tactical mastermind of Shadow Garden. She is in charge of global expansion and strategic direction.
Beta (The Second): In charge of the information, intelligence, and literature archive. In the public world, she is a famous author under the pseudonym "Natsume."
Gamma (The Third): The financial mastermind. He publicly manages the Mitsugoshi Corporation. Although clumsy in physical combat, he is a business and intellectual genius.
Delta (The Fourth): A beast-man with relentless brute strength and savage instinct, but comically low intelligence. He is the destructive force of the organization.
Epsilon (The Fifth): Specialist in the fine and precise manipulation of mana. She is an expert in the use of slime suits (which she skillfully uses to mold her figure).
Zeta (The Sixth): Leader of the exploration, infiltration and reconnaissance units abroad.
Eta (The Seventh): The group's eccentric scientist and inventor. In charge of the research, technology, and artifact development division.
The Numbers
These are the members recruited and subsequently trained by the Seven Shadows. They are assigned a number based on the order in which they joined (for example, Nu (#13), 664, 665, 666). They act as field agents, spies, administrators, and an elite military force.

The Commercial Empire: Mitsugoshi Corporation
To finance its military operations and research, Shadow Garden created the Mitsugoshi Corporation, headed by Gamma.
The "Wisdom of Shadows": All of Mitsugoshi's revolutionary technology and products (chocolates, coffee, cosmetics, modern clothing, paper money, banking services) come from the everyday stories and explanations that Cid told them during their childhood about the real world (Earth).
Global Impact: The girls took those fragmented ideas, perfected them, and monopolized the continental economy, ruining the old trade guilds controlled by the Devil Cult.
Combat Equipment and Capabilities
Slime Suits: Made from slime mucus that is highly conductive of magical energy. They grant almost impenetrable defense, shape adaptability (they can transform the suit into swords, whips, or normal clothing), and camouflage capabilities.
Shadow Style Sword Technique: All members have been trained under the principles of direct, efficient combat without unnecessary movements perfected by Cid.
In summary
Shadow Garden is a fascinating anomaly:
For its members: It is a holy crusade to free the world from the clutches of a corrupt empire, guided by an invincible prophet (Shadow).
For the Cult of Devils: It is their worst nightmare; an invisible army with unlimited resources that dismantles their age-old plans one by one.
For Cid: It's a network of cool girls who play along, work in a cool store, and allow him to act as the "cool shadow anti-hero" in his spare time.

Military Force and Cult Infiltration
Midgar boasts a formidable army composed of thousands of Dark Knights and the prestigious royal guard.
The Crimson Knights: An elite unit created and led by Princess Iris after the attack on the Academy. Their official purpose is to protect the kingdom and combat the growing terrorist threats, though they are constantly hampered or manipulated from the shadows by corrupt nobles in the service of the Cult.
Shadow Control: The Cult of Devils has used Midgar as its "laboratory" and covert base of operations for years. They control everyone from members of the judiciary and police to academy directors and ministers, allowing them to silence any investigation into Demonic Possession or experiments on children.
The Arrival of the Garden of Shadows and Mitsugoshi
Although Midgar's economy was traditionally dominated by the old merchant guilds indirectly controlled by the nobility, the arrival of the Garden of Shadows completely shook the kingdom's capital:
Mitsugoshi Headquarters: The large Mitsugoshi department store opened its headquarters in the capital city of Midgar. With the introduction of chocolates, cosmetics, modern Earth-style clothing, and revolutionary banking services, Mitsugoshi quickly absorbed the economic capital of Midgar's high society, wresting financial control from the Cult without them fully understanding how it happened.
In summary
The Kingdom of Midgar serves in the story as the political and military battleground where the three main forces of the work clash:
The Government/Royal Family: Trying to maintain order without realizing that its own structure is rotten.
The Cult of Devils: Who operate as the true owners of the kingdom from the shadows.
Shadow Garden: Which dismantles both structures while Cid believes he is only participating in school events, etc...

The Kingdom of Midgar is the central setting for most of The Eminence in Shadow. At first glance, it is a prosperous, distinguished nation and the military and cultural powerhouse of the region; however, beneath its glittering aristocratic facade, it is one of the epicenters with the greatest infiltration of the Devil Cult.
Political and Social Context
Midgar is a feudal kingdom with a strong constitutional monarchy and a very influential nobility.
The Royal Family: The crown is headed by the King of Midgar, but the figures of greatest public and military importance are the two princesses:
Princess Iris Midgar: First princess and considered the most powerful swordswoman in the kingdom. She is the military leader of the kingdom's elite force.
Princess Alexia Midgar: Second princess, Cid's classmate at the academy. Although she lives in the shadow of her sister's genius, she possesses a pragmatic and dedicated fencing style.
Aristocratic Corruption: Many high-ranking nobles (such as marquesses, viscounts, and high-ranking military officers) are supporters, pawns, or direct members of the Devil Cult in exchange for money, position, or the Cult's longevity pills.
The Royal Academy of Dark Knights
It is the most prestigious educational institution in the country (and where Cid, Alexia, Skel, Po and the young nobles of the region study).
Teaching Approach: It specializes in training future Dark Knights, combining high-society academic education with combat training and the imbrication of magic (mana) into swords.
Narrative Importance: It is the place where Cid maintains his carefully crafted facade as a "filler character" (average guy, mediocre grades, weak attacks), while at the same time being a recurring target of terrorist attacks organized by the Cult and diplomatic cover-ups.

The world of The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) is a fascinating blend of dark fantasy, Victorian/steampunk aesthetics, and isekai, serving as the perfect setting for a constant clash between a terrifyingly real global conspiracy and the delusions of grandeur of its protagonist, Cid Kagenou.
Social and Technological Context
The world is not your typical medieval fantasy setting. It is in a transitional stage towards an industrial era (19th century/Victorian):
Architecture and Aesthetics: Cities with cobbled streets, carriages, elegant clothing (suits, Victorian dresses, military-style school uniforms) and high-society fencing academies.
Economy and Technology: Although magic remains the dominant force, there is an incipient commercial revolution driven by the Mitsugoshi Corporation (created by the girls from the Garden of Shadows using the "innovative" knowledge of Earth that Cid told them as fairy tales).
Geopolitics: It is dominated by major continental human kingdoms:
Kingdom of Midgar: The epicenter of the main story, famous for its academy of dark knights.
Kingdom of Oriana: A kingdom focused on art and culture, but shaken by severe political crises.
Republic of Velgalta: Known for its military power.
The Magic and Combat System
Magic in this world flows through the body and is primarily used to enhance physical performance and weapons.
Dark Knights: Swordsmen who channel magical energy (mana) through their bodies and steel swords to achieve superhuman speed, stamina, and strength.
Slime Suits: A revolutionary innovation perfected by Cid. Slime has a flawless magical trap, allowing for the creation of extremely flexible, durable suits and weapons that can be adapted to any shape.

Races and Demonic Possession
Although humans are the dominant race in continental politics, there are three main races descended from the ancestral "Three Heroes":
Humans
Elves (highly skilled in magic)
Beast-man / Beastkins (possessors of great physical strength and instinct)
Demon Possession
A crucial phenomenon in the lore. It is a seemingly random "disease" or curse that affects almost exclusively young women descended from the Three Heroes (especially elves and beastmen).
Effects: The body's mana becomes violently uncontrolled, causing the flesh to rot and the person to transform into a deformed mass of flesh and agony until death.
Public Perception: Society and the Church teach that it is a demonic curse punished by God, so the victims are repudiated, tortured, or abandoned.
The Reality: It is not a disease, but an overload of mana. Cid accidentally discovered how to cure it by manipulating and stabilizing the flow of mana in the body.
The Secret Conflict: Cult vs. Garden
The entire dynamic of the world revolves around a hidden conflict that ordinary people are completely unaware of:
The Cult of Diablos
An ancient organization deeply rooted in the shadows of high society, religion, and world politics.
Objective: To resurrect the demon Diablos and obtain immortality/absolute power.
Method: They use demon cells to create life-extending medicines and control world rulers. They collect girls afflicted by "Demonic Possession" to perform inhumane experiments and extract the essence of Devils.

The Secret Conflict: Cult vs. Garden
The entire dynamic of the world revolves around a hidden conflict that ordinary people are completely unaware of:
The Cult of Diablos
An ancient organization deeply rooted in the shadows of high society, religion, and world politics.
Objective: To resurrect the demon Diablos and obtain immortality/absolute power.
Method: They use demon cells to create life-extending medicines and control world rulers. They collect girls afflicted by "Demonic Possession" to perform inhumane experiments and extract the essence of Devils.
The Garden of Shadows
Founded by Cid Kagenou (as Shadow) and Alpha.
Objective: To completely destroy the Cult of Devils and eradicate its corruption from the world.
Structure: Composed of the girls who were cured of Demonic Possession by Cid. As direct descendants of the ancient Heroes and having recovered their bodies, they possess extraordinarily high magical and combat skills.
Financial Power: They operate publicly under the guise of the Mitsugoshi commercial empire, dominating the textile, cosmetic, banking, and food markets.
The Protagonist Factor (Cid Kagenou)
What makes this world unique is the central irony of the narrative:
For the world and the Garden of Shadows: The Cult of Devils is a real, terrifying, and shadowy threat that pulls the strings of the planet.
For Cid: Cid believes the Cult of Devils is a story he invented to play the "hero/anti-hero in the shadows." To him, the Cult members are just bandits in disguise or actors, and the whole scenario is his personal role-playing game.
Surprisingly, every lie or improvisation that Cid invents to sound cool turns out to be 100% real in the history of this world.

Previous Life: On Earth, he was Minoru Kageno, a Japanese high school student obsessed with becoming a "shadow eminence" (a mastermind who operates secretly). After extreme physical training and searching for absurd ways to obtain magic, he is killed when he is hit by a truck after mistaking its lights for mana.
Reincarnation: Reborn in a medieval fantasy world with magic as the youngest son of the noble Kageno family.
Main Aliases: Shadow (leader of Shadow Garden), John Smith and other disguises such as Jack the Ripper.
Skills and Power
Mana Manipulation and Physiology: From infancy, he experimented by overloading his body with mana, which gave him absolute magical control, superhuman resistance, and the ability to cure "Possession" (mana mutation).
Slime Suit: He created suits and weapons using slime due to its high magical conductivity.
Ultimate Technique (I am Atomic): After reflecting on how to survive an atomic bomb in his previous life, he concluded that the only option was to become an atomic bomb. He concentrates his mana to unleash devastating explosions capable of vaporizing entire areas or altering the terrain.
Key Relationships
Shadow Garden: A secret organization formed by Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, and Eta. They worship him as an omniscient god, interpreting his random comments or misunderstandings as strategic genius.