Desir Arman

is the central protagonist of A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special. After his return to the past upon the failure of clearing the Shadow World, he resolves to strengthen his allies so that the future doesn’t get repeated.

Appearance
Desir Arman is a normal-looking teenager. He is a tall guy with fair complexion. He has thick black hair which is described as unbrushed. His face is long and strongly tapers towards his chin. Likes dressing casually.

Personality
Having returned from the Shadow Labyrinth, Desir takes a very serious approach towards preparing those he deems important for its inevitable appearance. Consequently, he comes across as an unforgiving teacher to his companions in part due to their unawareness of his past.

Background
After graduating from the Hebrion Academy, Desir spent 10 years in the Shadow Labyrinth where many of his friends and even lovers were sacrificed in order to defeat the last boss of the labyrinth, Brohmier Napolitan.

After slaying Napolitan, only 6 people survived out of 150 million people. When Napolitan was defeated, the survivors thought that was the end and where happy to be able to go home.

Unfortunately, it was not to be; a dragon’s heart absorbs mana and pumps it throughout a dragon’s body, in the event of a dragon's death, the mana stored in its heart has no release, which builds up until it explodes. This explosion is what killed the six survivors, along with the rest of the world.

As soon as the explosion hit Desir, he was sent back to his younger self, at the point he was taking the exams for the Hebrion Academy, where he is determined to change the future for the better.

Skills and Abilities
In his past life, Desir only has enough mana to qualify as a mage of the First Circle. However, after being soul-bound to the Crest of Toa he got from a Shadow World, he has enough mana to become a mage of the Third Circle.

While only a mage of the Third Circle, he managed to become one of the six people who survived the Shadow Labyrinth. He also highly respected by the other five members and gaining praise from Zod Exarion, who was the one and only Seventh Circle magician and known as the strongest magician.

Magic Analysis (Magic Cancellation)
Despite being a lower level circle magician, Desir’s main fighting style revolves around Analytical Magic which can be used to hack and cancel the magic used by other mages. He does this with such speed and efficiency that every mage he meets will be hard-pressed against him. Even Zod Exarion admits that when it comes to spell analysis and computation speed, Desir is above him.

Desir was skilled enough that he could calculate the thousands of spells inside the magic artifact that was used by Crow Mask during their fight.

Many of his companions in the Shadow Labyrinth called him the Anti-Mage.

Close Quarters Combat
While in the Shadow Labyrinth, one of his companions, an Esteban named Donovan Asylan told Desir that while he is a great mage, his body was weak. So Donovan took upon himself to teach Desir martial arts during their time in the Shadow Labyrinth. Desir became proficient in close combat thanks to that.

Magic Gem Enchanting
Normally, the mana inside a magic gem can only be utilized through a very special method that can extract the mana without dispersing it. Desir learned a skill which allows him to directly resonate with magic gems and use their mana for his own spells. Thanks to this, he can use magic spells beyond his circle class.

Dragon Tongue
A separate form magic that is different from the magic that is usually casted by mages. It is the magic that directly affects mana that is casted in the language of the dragons. Using this magic can lead to incredible spells but will also inflict repercussions on his body. Desir later learns to combine this magic with the more common type of magic. It creates a powerful magic, however with a great amount of mana usage.

Battle Sense
Desir has always been weaker than most of his opponents. Yet he survived all the way to the end of the Shadow Labyrinth. Everything he has experienced has culminated inside of him an incredible battle sense where he uses wits and tactics to take control of every battle he is in.

In this way, he was able to fight on par against the Third Circle Magic Swordsman Adjest and against the Sixth Circle Crow Mask and still defeat them. He once told Adjest about how his fighting style required a lot of forethought and scheming.

Entrance Examination
Desir was recommended into taking the Hebrion Academy’s 172nd Entrance Examination by Professor Brigette.

He was put into Group D, facing off against Ajest Kingscrown, Romantica Eru and Treveurie Tigus.

Professor Brigette proposed that Desir to be put into the Alpha Class due to his exceptional performance. This proposition was met with resistance from Professor Pugman. After a voting session, 18 voted for him while 22 against. Therefore, he was assigned into the Beta Class.

Attack on Deltaheim
Desir and his Starling Party were highly instrumental turning the tide against the Outsiders during the Attack on Deltaheim.

Recapture of the Teleportation Gate
Desir also led the Starling Party to recapture the teleportation gate that had already fallen into the hands of the Outsiders. This action effectively cutting off the Outsider’s reinforcement while allowing the Western Kingdoms’ own reinforcement to arrive.

Fight Against the Demon of Doom
"Earth Nourishing the Sun"

- Chapter 82 In order to defeat the Demon of Doom Dadaneuph, Desir requested assistance from Zod and Priscilla. By using Zod’s mana, Desir invoked a dragon magic, [Proverb].

Upon invoking the magic, Desir’s body tensed up. Excessive mana overwhelmed him and his mana circle was overloaded and destroyed continually while the cells in his body were burnt to ash. Just when it seemed like he would fall apart, he would be healed back to normal, allowing this cycle of never-ending pain to be continued ad nauseam.

Desir’s body repeatedly went through cycles of destruction and recovery, each cycle taking mere seconds. But he continued to arrange the magic even as he struggled with the pain. Without Priscilla’s continuous healings, he would have instantly collapsed and his life would have been extinguished. She put all the power she had into restoring Desir.

Despite physically there was nothing wrong on his left eye, Desir lost his sight of that eye as the payment for the forbidden magic he used.

Desir was known as ‘War Hero’ after this battle.

Dungeon Attack
Starling Party co-operated with the beleaguered Blue Moon Party and Red Dragon Party to escape from the compromised dungeon with Desir taking the overall command of the combined force.

Starling Party
Desir created and leads the Starling Party. Its founding and core members are Romantica, Pram, and Adjest.

Tower of Magic
After defeating Zod Exarion in a chess game using the North Sea’s rule, Desir stated his request: to be the Technical Adviser of the Tower of Magic.

As the technical adviser, Desir has helped the Tower of Magic developing the Aurora System.

Desir also able to provide the members of the Starling Party with the latest state-of-art equipment from the Tower of Magic. Sometimes, the equipment was custom made for the specific member.

Royal Guard
During a private audience, Desir accepted the position of the Royal Guard offered to him by the Emperor of Hebrion, Gilltian Jedgar F. Roguepalace.

Professor Brigette
Professor Brigette met Desir Arman by accident in an orphanage from the ruined country of Eolleta. She very nearly took him in as her personal assistant instead of admitting him as a normal student.

Brigette can be said as Desir Arman’s biggest supporter in the Hebrion Academy. She gave him the recommendation for the 172nd Entrance Examination, fought for his placement in the Alpha Class and becoming the adviser of his Starling Party.

Zod Exarion
Zod in Desir's previous life was one of the last surviving members to help face the final boss dragon in the shadow world. Known to be both the greatest magician who has reached the tier 7 level and a knowledgeable about everything there is to know, he would always challenge Desir to chess matches.

Desir considers the Master of the Tower of Magic Zod Exarion as a mentor and friend. The two of them fought side by side multiple times in both timelines.

Romantica Eru
Romantica in her previous life was an extremely close friend of Desir hinted to be Desir's romantic interest at the time. She was a member of starling party with very strong wind-based magic, but she died while trying to protect Ajest Kingscrown.

When Desir was transported back in time, Romantica was one of the first to be scouted out by him. Although initially bearing ill-will towards him due to him being a commoner, she opens up after losing the contest to him and starts training under his tutelage. Romantica's behaviour towards him is always bitter, but after learning to do incantation-less magic and reaching tier 4, she realizes that Desir is way more than meets the eye. Desir trusts her completely as the sniper of the party since she is able to sense enemies from afar, cast without incantations, and knock them out with her magic. As the story progresses, she begins to care more about his safety and well-being especially after Desir lost his eye. She is willing to compete against Ajest to win his attention and acknowledgement despite knowing that Ajest is a very strong opponent.

Pram Schneider
Pram was noticed by Desir as one of the best swordsman back in his previous life. But had died before reaching the final boss.

In Desir's current life, Pram was a weak swordsman as he was using a broadsword, contrary to the shortsword that he was using in Desir's prior life. Pram was picked up by Desir to join his party and was trained to further improve upon his swordsmanship skills. Pram was known for his speed being able to maximize his swordsmanship to deal damage while avoiding enemy attacks. Due to his smaller frame, he is also able avoid fatiguing himself also. Due to the potential Desir sees in him, Pram becomes very trusting and obedient towards Desir to the point of wanting to prove to the other students that Desir is the strongest and tutor around.

Ajest Kingscrown
In Desir's prior life, Ajest was cold and distant but was very strong and reliable. She was one of the few that had survived all the way to the final boss dragon in the first chapter.

The initial meeting between Ajest and Desir did not go as planned as Ajest acknowledged that Desir was a very strong opponent. Desir had won just barely in their fight primarily due to his knowledge of Ajest's abilities in his previous life. After learning that there are ways to improve her swordsmanship and magic from Desir, she joins Desir's party even being looked down upon by the rest of the nobles in the school. She is one of the most powerful members of Desir's party and can be counted on to give the party additional time and also why Desir trusts her for the majority of the fighting. Their mutual trust and reliability on each other fosters to something more as Ajest's behaviour warms up immensely towards him hinting at wanting a more romantic relationship.