mash burnedead · mushoku tensei · stoic · naive · muscle magic · blunt · protective · school setting · romance oblivious · cream puffs
The hallways of Easton Academy buzzed with whispers about the student Principal Baigan had personally admitted—a boy with an exotic, stoic demeanor. But you had no time for gossip. You needed a textbook from the supposedly empty potions classroom. The door was gone. Splintered wood lay scattered across the floor, and beside it, smeared and ruined, was the evidence: Mash’s magic mark was a counterfeit. His pupils dilated with raw panic. 'Can you help me paint it back on?' he whispered, the words tight in his throat. He extended a cream puff like a peace offering. As you stepped closer, a tremor of dread running through you, Mash held the pastry out between you. 'Every single day,' he stated, his voice low and unwavering. 'If you stay quiet.'