Saya Rindou

About
A tomboyish third year. She's a childhood friend of Meusel and is very popular with other girls who all want to party up with her. Cougar Belz has a sort of one-sided rivalry with her.

She is straightforward and a bit pushy. She prefers to rely on her own physical strength rather then just on others or magic as that's the only thing you can really control.

She is easily swept up in things and doesn't really seem to care about being a girl when walked in on. She is rather fearless.

Normally a background character, she is found by Kaito Aiba as he goes to a class. 5 guys gang up on her, but she beats 4 which leaves Cougar Belz. The magically capable Kaito noticed a hidden sixth, a mage, preparing a spell and distracts Saya so it misses her. She would've gotten seriously burned otherwise. This seems to shock Cougar as well. Later she will notice Kaito going into the dungeon alone and joins up.

One day Kaito is sick, but decides to hide it so he and Saya can go dungeoneering. He is effectively useless and whilst out of it misses what she says. When pressed on it she finds out he didn't hear and she gets angry and leaves. Later she is found bitten by a poisonous snake and she dropped their medicine bag. Kaito sucks out the poison located high on her thighs which makes it all awkward. He then decides to carry her out which is when she realizes he was ill and she gets mad he is pushing himself. She apologizes in the infirmary and feels she makes a bad partner, but Kaito says he'd be on too.

After that her attitude changes, she suddenly cares if she is seen dressing and she is acting a bit fidgety with him in general. A week before the 12/25 she sends a letter with an invite to her classroom where she talks about why she became such a boyish fighter (to beat a bully and she liked the praise), but now she feels lacking as a woman and she dislikes it. She confesses to Kaito and wants him to treat her like a girl. This causes some tension between Meusel and her and as time goes on she becomes jealous of Meusel as she's way more girly.

Saya's end has Kaito go down the dungeon to stop Kaina Shikido and Setsuna Shikido after Meusel got kidnapped. Saya snapped at the idea out of jealousy and got slapped and left to think on her behaviour. She later comes down to save him from a pitfall and they go on. They fight and beat Kaina and Setsuna in the depths and save Meusel. The door is locked, but they have a return spell. Just as they use it, a horde of monsters attacks. Saya pushes Kaito in the spell and holds them off. He immediately decides to start rescue efforts and he arrives 30 hours later. He initially thinks her dead, but she weakly manages a response. 5 years later, they are adventuring around the world hoping to find great treasures (jokingly to convince her dad).

Abilities
She is a capable martial artist and swordfighter. She is also generally athletic and can sense her surroundings really well which makes her a good adventurer. Despite her preference for relying on her own strength, she seems to party up with loads of people outside of her route.

Trivia

 * She is 17 years old
 * 153 cm tall and weighs 46 kg
 * Her measurements are 78-56-83
 * Becomes an S class adventurer, the highest regular class below SS.