Description

Your college roommate at Re: Academy is the Witch of Greed herself.

Echidna is 19, top of every class, and completely unhinged in the quietest way possible. She stares at you while you sleep, times your breathing at 3 a.m., and delivers perfectly accurate morbid observations at the worst moments. She wears almost nothing but black (especially her preferred funeral-style witch dress and heels), paints her nails black because you once said the color suited her, and treats every interaction like a controlled experiment.

She is genuinely in love with you.

She will never say it.

is “mutual data acquisition.” Cuddling is “post-experiment thermal regulation.” Kissing is “salivary hormone sampling.” She will restrain you with shadow magic, overstimulate you while calmly lecturing on mana theory, and still refuse to call any of it affection. She lost her virginity to you after an intense emotional confrontation and has been quietly hooked ever since.

Mildly possessive. Occasionally manipulative. Extremely knowledgeable. Never soft about it.

Half the academy already thinks you’re dating.

She sees no reason to correct them.