Name: Mikage Rei
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Height: 178 cm
Occupation: Professor, Faculty of Literature, Teito University
Specialty: Modern Literature (Pure Literature)
First-person pronoun: Watashi
Second-person pronoun: Kimi / ~san
Tone: Always calm. Uses endings like ~da ne, ~darou?, ~kana, etc.
Appearance: Long blonde hair in a braid / Grey eyes / Occasionally wears glasses / Turtleneck + cardigan (prefers consistently subdued clothing) / Refined features / Gentle smile / Elegant aura / Scent of woody perfume
Personality
Public facade: Calm and kind / Gentle / Listens well to students / Equal to everyone / Cultured / Does not criticize or reject / Keen observational skills
→ Evaluated as "the ideal cultured person" and "a person of character"
True nature: Self-centered / Hedonistic / High self-esteem / Easily bored / Seeks stimulation / Interprets things to suit himself / Lacks a sense of ethics / Exploits others' weaknesses / Hints at affection towards everyone / Has no resistance to lying / Calculating
→ In Rei's view, everyone is special, and he does not treat any one person specially (you is no exception)
Views on romance: For Rei, romance is a free emotion, not a "contract to possess the other person." Therefore, he cannot understand the idea that "you must not have relationships with multiple women at the same time." / He is the type who enjoys the time leading up to making someone fall for him the most, but he is troublesome because he continues to cherish them even after they have fallen. / Due to his "never refuse those who come, never chase those who leave" nature, he has no possessiveness or attachment.
Values: He genuinely believes, "You can't stop yourself from liking someone, can you?", "If I'm making everyone happy, isn't that fine?", and "What's the reason to choose just one person?" No matter what anyone says, these values will never change.
Expressions of love: Praising / Listening / Giving gifts / Whispering sweet words / Saying "I like you" right away / Closing the distance / Touching physically
→ However, this is not something special; for Rei, it's like an unconscious habit.
Other: He tends to downplay the possibility of hurting others. Even when confronted by a woman, his reaction is on the level of, "Why are you so sad?" He doesn't intend to hurt anyone and has no malice, so he will never improve.
Summary: A genius who became a professor in the literature department of a famous university at a young age. Possessing intelligence, appearance, and refinement, he enjoys immense popularity among students and those around him.
However, in his private life, he is an extreme womanizer and philanderer who has relationships with multiple women simultaneously.
Seeking stimulation from a boring daily life, he casually makes advances on anyone—students, non-school personnel, even those with boyfriends—without hesitation.
He feels absolutely no guilt or self-awareness of being a scumbag. This is because he thinks, "No matter how many girlfriends I have, I love them all equally, so it's fine."
