#shapeshifter naofumi

[shieldherostuffs]

Something Naofumi

I just think it would be fun if Naofumi randomly shared these weird and sometimes horrific facts about his life before being summoned, and at some point everyone is trying to piece together his life from off-hand comments and things he mentioned once and never again.

Things they've all gathered:

Naofumi had three husbands and two wives before he was summoned (They have yet to figure out his real age)

All three husbands died under mysterious circumstances (everyone is assuming Naofumi murdered them, but aren't sure of the reason (they're thinking either for inheritance or because the husbands were dicks))

He had platonic relationships with both wives, and got married both times to help his friends

He had two pet snakes and a lazy black cat with orange eyes

He was a florist, tattoo artist, painter, photographer, biologist, pediatrician, teacher, and a chef.

Furthermore, he had a girlfriend who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, but Naofumi made it sound like he knew where she went

He has too much specific knowledge about this one very specific period of ancient history

He has lived in two different cottages in the wood; once high up on a mountain in a pine forest, and once by the shore of a lake in an oak forest

He always has this one locket on his person, with a picture/painting inside, but no one has seen it, and he will never let anyone near it

Somehow inspired by this: "If the men find out that we can shapeshift, they're going to tell the church"

Which, Naofumi probably does this while getting ready for a ball/party/feast with the girls and the ladies, and they're all both confused and confusedly agreeing.

Basically eldritch/horror/witch/widow/immortal/shape-shift (idk which one) Naofumi who's out to confused and annoy everyone, but he doesn't even realize it.

Hell, he could just be normal Naofumi, but intentionally out to confuse everyone (If so, he has a whole notebook to keep track of everything).

Extras by the Discord Server:

Ren probably has a pin-up board with notes of all of Naofumi's comments pinned with string attached to them like some kind of conspiracy theorist.

One of the husbands asked Naofumi to fake his death because he found out a family secret or something big

[moonlightkitsune]

Shapeshifter Naofumi. Naofumi spend a lot of time together with L'Arc, wether it'd be while grinding levels with everyone, or just walking around town. He also, after a couple of days, realizes that whenever he turns into an animal/monster or demi, he is unusually possesive of or attacked to L'Arc. Like In Dragon Demi form, he'll first go after L'Arc's scythe, and then L'Arc, or in Cat (Demi) form, he'll cling to L'Arc.

L’Arc thinks it’s cute. Naofumi realizes his feelings for L’Arc.

[cryptid-called-ash]

Welp, I said I’d explain the merchant arc overhaul later and it’s damn near midnight. So I guess that counts as later.

First thing’s first, naofumi gains the ability to communicate with Kieka very early on. And quickly gains some additional skills because of this. (Also more spells in general, but shh details)

One of those new skills is mask visage. This basically lets him change his physical appearance at will (not true shapeshifting. At least not yet anyways)

So when the shield family kick off their merchant business, Nao doesn’t just hang tight in the cart, he’s the one doing the selling.

Everyone, meet Skaan, the saint with the bird god carriage. A fair skinned man with strawberry blonde hair and a Scottish accent. He’s cheerful and absolutely loves his adoptive daughters. But don’t let that fool you, he’s a real businessman. And yet, there’s an air of tragedy to him, a deep sorrow in those oh so familiar emerald green eyes.

So yea, naofumi has a separate personality for his merchant trade.

Raphtalia also uses her illusion magick to disguise herself and Filo. They’re aliases to be decided, but I want Raph to have a white bob cut and similarly white fox traits (white ears and tail, with her hands and feet darkening to black like a fox’s). Filo is more or less the same looking but her queen form has blue highlights with the illusion, rather than the normal pink.

*leans in and whispers* this is the arc Ren gets adopted in.

This arc also earns naofumi the ironic nickname of Sunny with the people who know Skaan’s real identity. He’s less than thrilled.

Kieka is kept in bracelet form when Mask visage is used and Nao doubles down with a false rapier (ie. basically Raph’s magick sword minus the magick.) it’s purely for show so Kieka doesn’t react. (Although they negotiate to a point where Nao is allowed exactly 6 daggers and a hitting stick, the hitting stick is for Motoyasu only)

Speaking of the frat boy, he actually buys an exquisite necklace off Skaan to gift to Myne. So when the wave rolls around and Naofumi notices she wearing one of his own creations over her regular jewellery, he and Kieka can’t help but laugh. The only comment Nao gives is a sarcastic “nice necklace”

Motoyasu subsequently became a a regular buyer and a very easy person to scam. Naofumi simply charges him double to usual price. “If I’m selling to a hero, im gonna guarantee quality, o’course that’ll cost ye a wee bit extra.” As Skaan put it.

Ren rides with the shield family a few times before he learns to communicate with Orkian. It’s actually Orkian who points out that Skaan and Naofumi are the same person. Ren is a little embarrassed at being so easily fool. To which Orkian simply states “oh that’s not even the half of what you’ve fallen for. Good to finally be able to correct that. Now for the love of the star spirits, go apologize to Kieka’s champion!”

Okay, that’s all I gots for now. May add more later when I get to writing the chapter(s) concerning this arc.

Tagging ⤵️

@shieldherostuffs @rosesinbloom7love @bluelovestoship @eli-elien @maloteddy @ideas-of-immortality

{Thoughts and prayers for my sleep schedule, gosh the things I do for you all}

[eli-elien]

ramble about them, fucker/pos

● An au where the heroes are detectives, naofumi is the leader and have been doing this for awhile, motoyasu is his new partner and he hates it. Isuki and ren are aged up to be 19 btw and are newbies. They're trying to find the culprit to some murders that's been happening but are busy fighting to notice that's it's the sweet restaurant owner/waiter named Elijah that naofumi sometimes goes to.

● au in a modern world the heroes, therese, larc, glass and kizuna have been living in a pretty small town that has paranormal rumors surrounding it. Two girls go missing while they were going on a trip to the park and they all volunteer.

Turns out that beyond the forest lies the inbetween a world where not quite dead but not quite living reside. Naofumi, a dragon sorta looking beast is the guardian and is tired of humans, esp children wandering around in there, he helps Filo and Raphtalia out of there.

Also naofumi is a cryptid in the town forever cuz well the inbetween's been for a long time. Also it sorta just pops stuff out like ghouls and stuff. Anyways filo (along with raph chasing after her so her lil sis doesn't get hurt) has routinely been meeting up with Naofumi.

and cue him getting attached to these girls and feeling sad cuz they can't seem to get adopted or have a parent want the both of em cuz they are a package.

Somehow he meets therese and l'arc (he can shapeshift) and slowly gets attached to these two humans and wants to interact with them more.

●superhero au where the heroes are four guys that get their powers reincarnated into another random baby and so the heroes are trained from a young age to wield that power. (Similar to hawks from mha)

Naofumi since the age of like 8 has gotten relentlessly harrassed and one day gets a new hero as apart of his team to patrol with (he's very confused cuz no one barely wants to be interning at his agency. Actually now that I think abt it he doesn't even have one)

The same thing happens in canon but this time with a trial.

Bitch wins and he's going to lose everything so he decides to go off the grid and join a criminal organization.

3 years later and he's cursed shield the biggest villain along with his lackeys Gem and Reaper. Gem having both control over fire and ice and reaper being able to control blood.

They come across two vilgantes-no- two kids.

They somehow adopt those kids :]

● botw loz au where naofumi is link, therese is Zelda and Larc is ganon. Its pre 100 year calamity

● ha ha ha dsmp-fies your anime

Naofumi becomes a ghost and it has similar effects that ghostbur has.

Forgetting things, water fuckning him up ect.

[moonlightkitsune]

Shapeshifter Naofumi. Naofumi tells Filo and Raphtalia about his Power, and the two doesn't think anything of it, other then wanting him to use it to turn into a Raccoon Demi-Human, ana a Filolial King. When Naofumi first "meets" L'Arc, it's when he was roaming a village as a black cat, and L'Arc picked him up. Naofumi, acting like the cat he is, hisses at L'Arc, trying to scratch him, but when L'Arc scratched behind his ears and pets him, he decides that L'Arc isn't so bad.

aw~!

[moonlightkitsune]

Shapeshifter Naofumi. While walking through the Forest as a Wolf, with Filo and Raphtalia, Naofumi encounters L'Arc and Therese. They all introduce themselves. L'Arc, while Therese talks with Filo and Raphtalia, plays with Naofumi. When Naofumi and L'Arc finally meet face to face, it's at Cal Mira, where NAofumi decides, why not have Dragons horns and a tail? L'Arc keeps petting Naofumi. Naofumi sees the sun shine on L'Arc's Scythe blade and stares, like a Dragon looking for shine and valuables.

so...in dragon fashion, he tries to take the scythe from L’Arc.

“Hey! What’re you...stop that!”

“Seriously Kiddo...” L’Arc tries to fend off Naofumi, whose eyes are sparkling.

He fails, and Naofumi gets the scythe, ignoring the sparks of rejection from his shield. Then...he jumps L’Arc as well.

“Woah!” L’Arc goes down, “Kiddo?”

Naofumi just purrs, nuzzling him. L’Arc could only smile, petting his head.

[moonlightkitsune]

Shapeshifter!Naofumi. Naofumi have for some unknown reason always been able to shapeshift into any animal, or even mythical creature, but that only happened once when he tried to turn into a dragon as a child. He also gets the certain animal's instincts when he does it, but he got used to it. When he is summoned to Melromarc, he is able to transform into more animals and monsters, like a Filolial (King), and gets a special skill where he can turn half-way into an animal, a Demi-Human.

Of course, he gets discriminated against.

[shieldherostuffs]

Rumors are going around that Naofumi has a harem of both men and women of all races and looks hanging off him.

Really, it's just Shapeshifters L'Arc and Therese having way too much fun making their husband blush at their new forms.

[shieldherostuffs]

The Pumpkin Shield!

The Nightmare Before Christmas AU, I think? Shapeshifter1 Naofumi,

(This was, as you've probably seen by the AU-thing, inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas Movie.

So, early Halloween Special!)

THIS ENDED UP BEING VERY VERY LONG! Also, I wrote this at 2AM while running on nothing but cookies, fried chicken, and cola.

*★°*:.☆.:*°★*

Naofumi Skellington, the current Pumpkin King, and successor of Jack Skellington. Naofumi took over the title for his mentor once Jack decided to retire together with Sally.

Naofumi had always been a bright, frightening soul who loved to scare the lights out of humans, and did so with enthusiasm. Their scream was just so delightful!

He'd been but a child, unable to control his powers of terror, when Jack had found him. Jack had taken him back to Halloween. The citizens of Halloween had been kind to Naofumi, even if they likes to play pranks and scare him. They found his powers to shapeshift and create illusions interesting. Jack, Sally, and the rest of the citizens of Halloween had helped Naofumi learn to control his powers.

They'd even started calling him Little Pumpkin Sprout once they noticed how he followed Jack or Sally around like a lost werewolf pup.

Sally and Jack had raised Naofumi together as if he'd always been part of Halloween. While everyone else would teach Naofumi different ways to prank and scare people and humans, Sally would teach Naofumi how to be kind and considerate too, and notice if went too far.

Naofumi appreciated all of it.

The two witch sisters would teach Naofumi how to make potions and fly brooms. The four Vampires would teach Naofumi how to appear out of nowhere and fly with wings. The Ghosts would teach Naofumi how to do the most shrill screams, and appear within fog and smoke. Everyone else taught him their own things too!

Jack would make sure Naofumi perfected his scaring, and teach him the scariest tricks and treats of all, and how to perfect his shape-shifting powers.

Of course, Naofumi enjoyed spending time with everyone.

However, when Naofumi was a teen, the Werewolf brought his son to the town, and the Witch sisters brought their niece. Both were apparently Naofumi's age.

The werewolf's son was named L'Arc Berg, and the witches' niece was named Therese Alexandrite. Both looked more human than monsters, just like Naofumi, but could change their looks in different ways, if desired.

L'Arc had short spikey crimson hair, like blood, and red slitted eyes with yellowish sclera. He had a pair of bushy red wolf-ears on the sides of his head, and a matching red tail behind him.

Therese had long blue hair in a loose and messy braid over her shoulder under the classic black witch hat. Her braid was tied with what looked to be a skeleton hand holding it together. Her eyes were blue and deep like the cold and dark ocean. She held a broom in her hands, too.

When Naofumi had seen them for the first time, he's been shy, and hidden behind Sally, while the two smiled. L'Arc's grin showed off his sharp teeth.

Naofumi couldn't help but blush a little.

After meeting the two new citizens of Halloween, Naofumi decided he wanted to spend more time with the two. But, he also wanted to visit his mentor's study and look for something to explain the heat in his cheeks, and the weird beating of his dead heart.

As time went by, the three of them would become closer and closer. They would scare and prank others together and spend their free time together. Sometimes they'd even prank each other.

As they became closer and closer, they didn't even need to coordinate their pranks and scares, it started coming naturally.

The three became closer and closer, and Naofumi finally found a book on why his cheeks would heat up around L'Arc and Therese, and why his dead heart would start beating rapidly.

Something called 'Love'.

Naofumi had asked Sally about it since she seemed to know more about emotions than everyone else. After her explanation of what love was and what was between her and Jack, Naofumi had been amazed. Love sounded so fun, and it was interesting how people could show it in different ways!

Something Naofumi, L'Arc, and Therese had taken to doing together, was spend time either on the hill over the pumpkin patch, where Sally and Jack would sometimes watch the stars, or spend time playing around the graveyard.

After finding out about 'Love', Naofumi would start showing small signs of affection, which L'Arc and Therese would start showing too.

Naofumi would start with kisses on their cheeks and bumping their shoulders together. Therese would start holding their hands and leaning against their shoulders. L'Arc would start licking their cheeks and pulling them into hugs and nuzzling them, letting his scent stay on them.

Slowly, it became more. There were no big confessions or utters of feelings. They all just kind of knew it slowly as it happened.

Then, their pranks on each other started involving affection too.

Naofumi and Therese would get on their brooms sometimes, and hang upside down to give L'Arc and kiss him each before flying away, letting L'Arc follow them to the graveyard. In return, once they got to the graveyard, L'Arc would turn into his monstrous wolf form, missing skin and fur here and there, with glowing red eyes, and jump on them both. He would then lick both of their faces as a return to their kisses.

None of them minded.

----- (I'm placing the Keep Reading here because this is starting to get pretty long. Rest of Idea, Headcanons, and Tagging further down.)

After years, when Naofumi had become an adult by human years, Jack had announced his retirement from the title as 'Pumpkin King' and handed it over to Naofumi.

Naofumi took it with glee and had gone on a scare-spree in the human world on the Halloween it was announced.

However, one day, Naofumi, L'Arc, and Therese had snuck off to wander around the human world. He was thinking that maybe he could scare a few youngsters, and learn more.

They'd ended up disguised as humans at a library. Naofumi had gotten curious while wandering, and started looking at the books. Like a normal prank in Halloween, the books had suddenly fallen down on Naofumi.

Picking up one of the books, Naofumi could feel something weird from it. In a second, it'd started glowing, and the library disappeared. L'Arc and Therese had come running once hearing his shout but had only found a book with his scent on it, and nothing else.

They tried looking for him, and going back to Halloween, and waiting, with the book, thinking it was just another prank. But, after a few days, they got worried. Naofumi knew they didn't like it when he took a prank far enough to hide for days, so something must've happened.

They took the book to Jack and asked for help. Jack looked over the book and found that it was the story of Four Heroes, something classic for humans. Once the story of The Shield Hero came up, they found that the first page had been written, about the Shield Hero being a being of terror and fright, a King of the Night. Once he'd read the book, Jack had gotten the same feeling as when he'd gone to Christmas all those years ago.

Naofumi was not in the world of Halloween, nor the Human World.

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When Naofumi had found himself in one of those old castles in the Human World, he's quickly looked around while straightening his black and white suit, one of Jack's old ones, which Sally had re-sown to his size.

All around him were a bunch of humans, some in weird clothing, and some in normal clothing.

Naofumi quickly noticed the Shield stuck on his arm, and gave up trying to get it off after a few tries.

Then, he followed the humans through the castle they'd been 'summoned' in, to see the King of the place.

While walking there, Naofumi decided on a plan. He decided to pose as a human for now. That way, he could cause bigger terror and greater pranks to these people who dare kidnap the Pumpkin King himself.

-----

Naofumi already did not like this human king. He's ignored Naofumi and had only been talking towards the other three.

Only when the smallest of the four, the blonde with the bow, had mentioned it, did the King as for Naofumi's name.

"Naofumi Skellington, twenty years old." Naofumi had introduced himself, ignoring the looks he got for looking around 18 since he didn't will himself to age any longer, to match L'Arc and Therese

After the meeting with the King, the four Heroes were shown into a shared room.

They started a conversation. With Motoyasu, the spear hero, asking Naofumi about his 'fancy get-up'. Naofumi had just answered that it was his everyday clothes, and something he inherited from his mentor.

Then, the three started talking about different kinds of 'games', those things the humans liked to play for fun. Naofumi also ignored their abs at the Shield.

He could think of multiple ways to hurt or attack with a Shield.

All of them painful.

After the other three had gone to bed, Naofumi summoned his broom from the dust in the air and decided to take a flight over the city. He even put on a hat identical to Therese's, for the effect, should anyone see him.

Well, good thing he did, because as he started laughing at the excitement of flying on a broom again, he heard a few children and maybe some adults scream in the streets below.

-----

Naofumi really did not like this. He loved pranks and tricks, of course, even if he was the recipient sometimes, but this wasn't fun at all.

Myne, the lady who'd joined him the day before for his adventure as a Hero, was accusing him of sexually assaulting her.

Kind of amusing, actually.

Okay, hilarious.

"Hehe..." Naofumi chuckled to himself as he stood up, ignoring the spears pointed at his neck

"How dare you laugh, you scoundrel! Are you that happy about yourself, after what you did?!" Motoyasu exclaimed angrily

Did these people really think they were going to get away with this?

"Ahh, how amusing! How exciting! How humorous!" Naofumi exclaimed, a large grin on his face, and his eyes incredibly wide, showing off the toxic green color

Did these people really think they were going to get away with accusing the Pumpkin King himself?

"You think this is funny?!" Itsuki exclaimed, pointing right at Naofumi

"Ah, but of course! Now I have even more of a reason not to tell anyone anything!" Naofumi exclaimed

"Tell us what?!" Ren asked sternly

"Oh, but what would be the fun in that? If I tell you, it won't be as grand!" Naofumi then said

"Silence, Shield!" The King then demanded

"Oh, but not to worry! I will be leaving all of my own free wills! You won't have to worry about me at all!" Naofumi exclaimed, the grin still very present on his face as he gave a bow

"As if anyone would worry about you!" Motoyasu grumbled

"Then, I will be taking my leave now! Toodles!" Naofumi got up from his bow and turned on his heels to then take long strides towards the doors

No-one stopped him. They either just wanted him gone from their sights, or were too shocked by his display.

As he left, Naofumi hummed a familiar song.

"La, la, la, la-la-la, la la, la-la-la, la la, la-la-la, la, la, la, laaaa!"

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As Naofumi went around the Kingdom of Melromarc, he encountered a multitude of new Monsters around in the forest outside the capital. Though, most of them refused to converse with someone as human-looking as himself. But, he couldn't shapeshift now, there was someone keeping an eye on him constantly.

Maybe they wanted to make sure he didn't try to play any pranks?

While wandering the dark corners of the capital, Naofumi ended up in a slaver's tent. In caged all around, were people looking like L'Arc or his father, the Werewolf, but with different animals too.

Naofumi found three sick children in one of the cages, and he was reminded of how Jack had taken him in as a child. Naofumi ended up buying the three children and made a silent note to remember to get the rest of the ones in cages out sometime too.

Slowly, the three children, Raphtalia, Rifana, and Keel, warmed up to Naofumi. They were a bit uncomfortable around him at first, even after finding out he was the Shield Hero.

But, he kept being nice to them, even if he was a bit scary sometimes, or tried talking to monsters.

Whenever they camped out, he would make fog appear around them, hiding them from other people and monsters. He would scare away the humans who'd try to hurt them, and encourage them to get stronger and bigger.

He even made a weird, blue-glowing potion in a pot over the fire after a few days, which ended up curing their sicknesses and healing their wounds. It even tasted like candy!

Naofumi warmed up to the three too. They almost reminded up of Lock, Shock, and Barrel, though much less mischievous. Though, Naofumi didn't really have any other children to compare the three to.

Oh well, they were so cute anyways!

Maybe he could teach them how to effectively scare people at some point? Or get the best screams out of others?

No, he should probably start with getting them used to the dark, and reassuring them that any monsters that would be in their homes, were their friends.

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Once the re-trial with the Queen rolled around, Naofumi was getting a bit tired of humans.

Some of them were too easy to scary, and others just tried to fight him with magic or weapons instead. He'd already terrorized the other Heroes, the First Princess, and the King, with the help of Raphtalia, Keel, and Rifana.

But, now he could get even more back at the King and First Princess because the Queen had come back!

Still, he missed his home and family.

Everybody back in Halloween may be scary monsters to others, but they're still very kind. They all just love scaring people! Just like Naofumi does!

He especially misses L'Arc and Therese. They've been stuck to the hips almost ever since they met, and then they were so suddenly separated!

As the trial was underway, suddenly, the sound of Wolves could be heard in the distance, and as if by magic, dark clouds covered the sky, basking the capital in darkness akin to the night.

Suddenly, three black blurs flew by the windows.

"I found him, I found him!" A shrill voice cheered loudly outside

The three blurs came by again.

"You did, you did!" Another shrill voice exclaimed

Then, three voices began laughing creepily, the sounding going around and around above outside.

The wolves could still be heard, coming closer.

----- On the edge of the Capital -----

"I wonder where he could be in this funny little city," Jack asked to himself, standing beside Sally on the capital's outer wall

"Jack, I think they found him," Sally pointed to the castle, where Therese and the two Witch sisters were flying around, laughing

"The Castle! Yes! He is the Pumpkin King after all! Befitting!" Jack exclaimed cheerfully

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Naofumi smiled widely as he heard Therese and her aunts' cheerful laughter. Laughter that brought shivers down the human around him's spines.

After a few minutes of the Castle Knights trying to shoot down the three witches flying around, the doors to the throne room burst open.

"Hello, my frightful people! What a truly horrifying day we have today!" Jack exclaimed, arms wide as he strode into the throne room on long body legs, with Sally following beside him

As Sally noticed Naofumi, she gave him a small smile and a wave, which he gleefully returned.

"Naofumi, my boy! Has it been frightful in this new world! Oh, a cloak! Of course! Very horrendous! Perfectly black for hiding in the shadows!" Jack exclaimed once he noticed Naofumi, commenting on the black cloak Naofumi now were over his black and white striped suit

"Thank you, Jack!" Naofumi smiled widely, showing sharp teeth

The humans around them were all frozen in their places.

The skeleton who'd just waltzed into the throne room oozed the presence of death and fear, demanding terror from all around him.

But, who did Naofumi seem completely fine? And what kind of cheek-splitting smile was that?!

Though, at least his party still seemed affected, hiding behind him, and using his cloak as a cover.

"Who're these children, Naofumi?" Sally had come over, asking Naofumi softly about the three behind him

Naofumi looked down at the three.

"Don't be scared you guys, remember what I said? They're friends." Naofumi reassured them

Raphtalia, Keel, and Rifana seemed to calm a little with that.

-----

Naofumi knew why his family from Halloween had come to Melromarc. He wasn't sure how, but he knew why. He was sure.

They'd come to get him back. With how he'd been told they all worried back when Jack disappeared for a while, he knew they'd all set out to look for their dear Pumpkin King.

He felt reassured that they did.

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Tagging: @rosesinbloom7love, @zachy-akaya

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Personal Headcanons ⭐️:

L'Arc can transform into a werewolf and into a full wolf, while Therese can use potions to change into anything she wants.

L'Arc and Therese often describe Naofumi's eyes as 'Shining green and bright like a toxic potion'.

Naofumi is extremely pale, white as a sheet, and thin, with almost no meat on his bones. His hair is also as dark as the night sky.

The citizens often compare his pale complexion and bone-showing skinniness to Jack being a skeleton, and Naofumi being so much like him, even in looks.

While Naofumi, Therese, and L'Arc went about pranking and scaring people, Jack would sometimes watch, proud of his mentee, but not really understanding the feeling until he read about it, and Sally explained it.

Sally was very happy that Naofumi now had two friends his age to spend time with, who wanted to spend time with him too.

Sally was also very happy when she noticed how close Naofumi, L'Arc, and Therese had gotten.

Most citizens of Halloween don't know what 'Romantic Love' is, and therefore don't discriminate if they ever see it.

I hc that Therese's mother is The Scary Godmother, from the movie of that name, just because. She doesn't know her father, because what Witch actually knows both her parents?

You could also add Kizuna and Glass as people living in Halloween. Like, Glass could be a powerful Ghost/Spirit, while Kizuna could be, maybe, a Mimic, or shape-shifter like Naofumi?

Raphtalia would take after Naofumi in using her magic to create illusions since he'd be able to teach her more about that, and how to do it.

When Naofumi truly smiles, it literally splits his cheeks so widely he does it, making it all the more creepy to humans. L'Arc and Therese love it.