| Sally | |
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| Physical Information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 4’3” (130cm) |
| Hair color | Silver |
| Eye color | Purple |
(Note: Some of this content is a translation of text originally written by kayyack.)
Sally is a magician and Char Fairfield’s true form.
History
Sally is a 12-year-old novice witch who lives with her grandfather in New Salem. Perhaps because of the shock of her parents suddenly disappearing one day, she is currently being home-schooled and is a bit of a recluse during the day, so people around her are worried about her.
…But that is just a front. In reality, despite her young age she is a very accomplished magician and researcher. From a report on a certain potion left by her parents, she invented what she calls her own “rapid growth pill” which she uses to work as “Char Fairfield,” an ace patrol officer in the New Salem Police. With the help of her grandfather, a former magical tool craftsman, she works under a fake name, body, and identity because she deep down she knew that her parents had been harmed by villains who claimed to be cops. She endeavors day and night to investigate the organization from the inside, locate her parents, and expose the dark side of the law.
Writing Her Own Story
After the events of The Staunch Hawthorn, Sally withdrew from the public eye, satisfied that justice had been served. A couple of years passed, and she came across an ad recruiting investigators. Eager for something new, she answered the call and moved with her parents to Ylatt Tower where she met Gertrude Rosenfeld, and eventually Gina Evelyn and Nashwa who would assist her. At Gertrude’s behest, Gina, her girlfriend Jane O’Young, and Sally were located in a luxurious penthouse near the local university campus.
As Char, she used her magic and combat experience to protect Gina as she investigated incidents, like the attacks on restaurant and university staff. When Gina gained the ability to use magic, she was responsible for teaching her the basics of casting spells, flying with broomsticks, and magical defense.
Outside of her investigation, she took the opportunity to experience university life. While she enjoyed auditing various classes and watching students engage in club activities, she disliked rowdy frat parties and vowed never to attend one ever again.
Personality and traits
Sally is a precocious, calm, and logical thinker, and at the same time, she is a kind girl with a strong sense of justice. In addition to being flexible enough to follow not only the right way but also the wrong way to achieve her goals, she is also more diligent than most people. These characteristics can be seen from how she can infiltrate the New Salem police and operate under the guise of Char.
Yet she can be a bit shy around strangers, and conversely she is lonely and demands attention from her closest friends. In fact, she has many traits that make her more childlike than her actual age, such as her love of heroic stories and cute things, her hobby of knitting stuffed animals of them, and her fondness of sweet treats.
Her gender is often mistaken because of her somewhat childlike yet androgynous behavior, and her clothes and her hairstyle give her a boyish appearance. Sally also often does not correct these misunderstandings, so many people think she is a boy. Sally also often does not correct this, so many people think she is a boy. This is part of her undercover plan to weaken her assocation to the adult Char Fairfield, and also because Sally herself values people as individuals and isn’t very concerned with gender.
She has a deep mistrust of adults because of a malicious incident that befelled her parents. Because of this, she has a clearly bad habit to keep things to herself and the tendency to dislike compromise and unpreparedness. But at the same time, she has an excellent ability to make snap judgments and is exceptionally courageous. These qualities can be seen from when Sally comes across an event, she transforms into Char to deal with it without any hesitation.
Magical abilities and skills
Although still young, Sally is an excellent wizard, possessing more mana than most adults. Furthermore, she has a natural talent for creating potions and making advancements in magic due to her parents’ background as researchers. However, she is not all powerful: she can neither use lightning magic at a rudimentary level due to past trauma nor use her magic to its fullest extent because her body is not yet mature enough.
- Ice Magic: Sally’s signature magic type, it is quite effective in its adaptability, from firing ice bullets during combat to keeping lemonade tasty at all times.
- Rapid Growth (Char): Sally is temporarily transformed from Sally into Char, her adult form, by taking a rapid growth pill that she developed on her own based on a report left by her parents. By becoming Char, not only are her physical abilities enhanced, but her amount of mana and magical output are also improved, transforming her into an extremely powerful wizard.
- Invisibility Barrier: Sally’s independently developed boundary magic, which allows the magician to hide inside the barrier, evading outside physical and magical perception. There is nearly no time limit, but it has the disadvantage of rapidly deteriorating when magic is used inside. Its use varies, but in Sally’s case, it is mainly used to transform into Char without anyone noticing.
- Flying: Sally can fly with a broom and can make more advanced movements than the average magician.
- Magic (Potion) Development: Sally can create new potions and magic if she has sufficient time and dedicated equipment.
Possessions
- Wand: A slightly higher class yet very common wand, but Sally is very protective of it as it was a gift from her parents on her fifth birthday.
- Rapid Growth Pills: In order to transform from Sally to Char and to maintain Char’s appearance, she carries rapid growth pills with her at all times, just in case. There are two types: red pill A for habitual use and blue pill B which takes quick effect. After red pill A is taken, the transformation completes after about 15 minutes, and after the transformation continues for exactly 8 hours, her body slowly shrinks and returns to normal after a grace period of 10 minutes. On the other hand, when the fast-acting blue pill B is taken, the transformation is completed in less than one minute, but the effect is unstable, lasting only about three hours, with a grace period of about five minutes to release the transformation, and with only about one minute for the body to return to normal.
- Sally’s Room: This is a so-called child’s room. It has a white color scheme and is generally well organized for a child of such a young age. There are bookshelves filled with books that even adults would find difficult to read (plus American comics and manga about heroes), a stand-up sandbag for karate, and a large closet that for some reason contains adult costumes and police uniforms. There are also cute stuffed animals and self-made stuffed animals around the desk and bed, while in one corner of the room there is a mini-fridge for storing juice and potions. And the most notable feature of all is the special portal that has been installed and connects to Char’s apartment.