Kiraya

Kiraya always forgets she's a girl.

She doesn't look the same as any other girl. Skirts and jewelry don't exist in her world, and neither does softness. All that she thinks about is combat and training, and her animal instinct and her fierceness in battles are nothing less than that of males.

In others' eyes, Kiraya is a reliable person with her unique charisma. She has many admirers, but she never took any of their confessions seriously.

Kiraya was, however, once a soft and fragile girl when she was young. At that time, she admired her brother, who was as strong as she is today.

Kiraya and her brother lived in their aunt's house with their scumbag cousin, who often bullied Kiraya when her brother was away. She tolerated everything, so her brother could focus on his study. Soon his brother enrolled in a knight college and told Kiraya she could move to live with him after one year.

But in a terrible accident, Kiraya's brother lost his life. Then she overheard a conversation and learned that her aunt intended to send her own son to the knight college as an impostor.

That night, Kiraya snatched her brother's letter of admission, cut her hair short, and set off for the knight college herself.

The moment Kiraya set forth for her journey, she swore not to allow anyone to defile her brother's dream of becoming a knight, and she would become an excellent knight on his behalf.

But the reality didn't go easy on her. The long travel almost wore her down, and neither her physical strength or combat skills matched the college's standards. And when her identity eventually got exposed, the instructor was really mad. But he decided to give her a chance after listening to her story.

One week later, Kiraya passed the admission test.

Richard I noticed that a mysterious power had been manipulating his loyal subjects. This evil might be a manifestation of the vicious desires of humans, or it might be from another world.

Richard I didn't manage to defeat it. He couldn't find a way to harm the Nightmare that was hiding behind his innocent people, even though they had turned their backs on him.

In despair, he made a deal with a mysterious sorcerer to purge the kingdom of Nightmares at the cost of his own life. After his decease, his soul was converted into a spirit lens and kept watching over this world from an unknown place.

Before her graduation, Kiraya was abruptly pulled into a dream by an unknown power. She found herself on an ancient battlefield, where her tutor and classmates were fighting nightmares.

Thanks to her solid training and discipline, she showed both extraordinary combat prowess and outstanding leadership. When the hero's armor suddenly appeared, she put it on without any hesitation.

Linked to the heroic Richard I, Kiraya returned in triumph and graduated as a student hero. She then joined SEED and became an honorable knight who protects both reality and dreams.