Ashikage Cian

Ashikage Cian is a character in Astral Academy. He is part of Dorm C, and Shinai's (former) butler. He represents 8:00 AM.

Personality
Cian, as described by Shinai, is very smart and cunning, despite his very airheaded attitude. He sometimes stops students who are walking down the hallway to challenge them to a quiz game. He doesn't give a care in the world if someone attacks him, and almost every portrayal of him shows him with a beaming smile.

He is very observant and is good at psychoanalyzing people. He has a good memory, and uses that to study people (which he eventually uses to manipulate them). Despite this, he treats Shinai with care and is always honest with him.

Early Life
Ashikage was born in an unknown city at 8:00 am. Most of his past is hidden to the public due to his upbringing - his parents did not share anything more than what was necessary, and they usually never let Cian out in public.

His parents often went out, so Cian often had to handle his responsibilities by himself. However, there were times he overstepped boundaries or did something he wasn't supposed to do - leading to scolding. However, Cian learned how to learn from his mistakes and tried not to do it again.

He would watch entertainment and comedy shows when his parents weren't around, which got him interested in magic shows and magic in general. At a late night, while watching TV, he discovered the eight Hand of The Clock. It whispered to him, in the Clock's special language, about how he has psychic powers, but the young Cian was scared by it and turned the TV off. It disappeared the moment he pressed the OFF button, leaving him in shock.

When he woke up the next day, there was a magic staff beside him. With no recollection about what happened yesterday, he began trying to use it wondering if it was magical. He was able to cause a small flame with it and then extinguish it the moment after, which made him delighted. However, he was unsure about how his parents would react if he saw him with this.

When they returned from a business trip, they had announced that Cian would move to the Seito family's house. Cian, having researched the Seito's past history with his family, accepted the offer but had went by a different alias (Lucia) to prevent anything bad from happening.

After a long trip by train, he arrived at the Seito mansion, meeting Shinai and Kanegari for the first time. He tried his best to be polite to them, however he didn't really like anyone from the Seito family during that time.

He was really nice to Shinai, since they were similar ages. He often took him out places like to restaurants, the park, and sometimes even the beach, and would demonstrate his magic abilities to cheer the other up. His bright personality contrasted with Shinai's, making the other label him "eccentric".

He received the Astral Academy invitation one morning from a bird in the sky, while trying to practice wielding his staff without holding it. He left for the school a little after the Seito sibling's leaving party, when their mom told him that there was no need for him to stay now that Shinai had left.

Astral Academy Second Year
Since he was one of Kuroi's dorm mates, he often had conversations with him. Since he had a generally pleasing aura, Kuroi felt safe talking to him and would talk to him about his problems. However, Cian used this information against the other, telling everything Kuroi said to him to Shinai at one point of the story. He has a fortune telling booth and also does magic tricks, which would sometimes cause people to avoid him (giving him the title "Eccentric"). Cian would also manipulate Kuroi so that he can get more information out of him - but when Zenya asked him about it, he stated it's simply because he dislikes him.

Miyasaza Kuroi
He's someone Kuroi trusts a lot. A little too much, since Kuroi tells him every little detail about his ritual plan and even things about himself. Kuroi believes he's trusting and would never reveal his secrets, but Cian had already been doing so towards Shinai, and eventually to everyone in the room in the beginning of Chapter 10.

Seito Shinai
He was Shinai's personal butler until he was invited to Astral Academy. In their first year, they never saw or talked to each other, but in Shinai's second year he noticed him while he was doing a tarot reading for other people. They started to talk to each other about old times, or about Kuroi. Since they live in different dorms, Cian appears from time to time to talk to him.

Quotes

 * "Weirdo?! I assure you, I am no weirdo." (Chapter 4, to Kanegari)