Milan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Milan Snyder 62
Alias(es)	“Zorro” 62
Gender	Male 183
Affiliation	Prophecy School; inheritor of the Clock Tower School’s legacy 183 643
Occupation/Role	Major Navigator; wizard and diviner 183
Status	Active 922
First Appearance	Chapter 62

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Apprentice Knight / Wizard Apprentice	128	Recorded as an Apprentice Knight; his Prophecy School specialization left him less focused on the Knight’s Path. 128
Formal Wizard — Prophet	159	Advanced enough to retry the divination of Anita’s location through the Moonlight Spirit Sending ritual. 159
Temporary regression to Wizard Apprentice	163	A failed divination displayed the same signs as when he had been a Wizard Apprentice, prompting concern that his power had regressed. 163
Formal Knight / Formal Wizard — Prophet	183	Listed with Formal Knight and Formal Wizard ranks; possessed Master-level Navigation and Mysticism Knowledge. 183
Third-Order Great Wizard — Astrologer	794, 797	Promoted as the Duchy’s sixth Great Wizard and gained Peeking at the Timeline; his Prophecy School title became Astrologer. 794 797
Crown Wizard	920	Advanced with accumulated World’s Favor and the Duchy’s resources; later employed the Forbidden Incantation Fate Master. 920 922

Background / History

Milan first met Evan while using the name “Zorro,” a dark-blue-haired young man in a captain’s uniform. Though initially an acquaintance aboard the Silver Wing, the two quickly became friends; Evan found him cynical but principled, approachable, and unlike the arrogant upper-class elites he expected. 62

As a member of the Prophecy School, Milan developed as a diviner rather than a front-line combatant. After advancing to Prophet, he helped Evan locate Anita through Moonlight Spirit Sending, but the ritual nearly drained all of his spiritual power after only three minutes. 159 161 He later became Evan’s Major Navigator and a core source of reconnaissance, warnings, spirit-world access, and tactical support. 183

Milan regarded the Yellow Sand Society and its Fate Trickster Wizards as enemies of his own path. He willingly confronted Bassem despite ordinarily avoiding direct combat, because Bassem intended to use a Prophet in his advancement ritual. After Bassem’s death, Milan’s Prophet abilities made significant progress. 214 217 232

His acquisition of Treacherous Fate briefly made him extraordinarily lucky at a casino, but left him with roughly two months of severe bad luck. The backlash was serious enough that a Formal Knight and Formal Wizard repeatedly suffered absurd accidents, including falling down stairs. 246 247

On the New Continent, Milan became involved with Apusuya, the Huron princess. Their relationship became serious; after a year away together, they returned expecting a child and planning to marry. 425 732 Milan’s wish for an Earl’s title was primarily tied to securing a better future for their mixed-heritage son within the Duchy. 733

After inheriting the Clock Tower School’s spellbook, Echoes of Time and Space, Milan gained access to space- and time-related sorcery. He eventually became a Great Wizard, then a Crown Wizard, and played a central role in the struggle for the Clock Tower alongside Evan and Kong Yu. 643 794 920 922

Appearance

Milan is a handsome young man with short dark-blue hair. He is often presented in practical formal clothing, ranging from a captain’s uniform to a hooded robe used during prophecy rituals. 62 517 812

• Short, dark-blue hair. 62 812
• Described as handsome. 62
• Can appear pale and exhausted after costly divinations, with heavy eye bags and dark circles. 517
• Possesses the physical capabilities of a Formal Knight, though he is not a close-combat specialist. 183 219

Personality

Milan is sociable, playful, and fond of showing off, especially after a successful divination or a streak of good luck. He often banters with Evan, boasts about his own accomplishments, and reacts dramatically when embarrassed or frightened. 62 232 732

Despite his tendency to retreat from direct danger, Milan is principled and becomes unusually resolute when his school, friends, or future family are threatened. He chose to oppose Bassem even though the pirate vastly surpassed him in physical combat ability, viewing the Yellow Sand Society as an existential rival to the Prophecy School. 214 217 219

He is cautious about divination’s limitations and recognizes that fate can provide misleading or incomplete revelations. His later growth makes him more confident, particularly when protecting Apusuya and their child’s future. 214 733

Abilities & Skills

Divination and Prophecy

Milan specializes in extracting warnings, locations, possible futures, and hidden information from the Spirit World through crystal-ball divination and prepared rituals.

• Uses a Pure Crystal Ball as his essential divination medium. 183
• Located Anita at Shipwreck Bay through Moonlight Spirit Sending, guiding Evan’s consciousness to her location. 159
• Can use indirect divination by examining objects or people affected by an overwhelmingly powerful target. 258
• Performs active prophecies with ritual materials, while passive prophecy provides uncontrolled warnings from the Spirit World. 258
• Used Retrocognition to reconstruct the last known movements of a missing tribesman and expose an Evil Spirit impostor. 376
• Pinpointed Lambert Ulysses’ probable location and arrival window from roughly fifty kilometers away. 432
• His divination is limited by targets that leave no trace in the Material World, such as creatures concealed entirely in another dimension. 265

Spirit Detection and Mental Support

The Prophecy School’s reduced focus on destructive magic grants Milan unusually pure spiritual power and strong support capabilities.

• Spirit Detection — identifies spiritual traces, curses, hidden enchantments, and the nature of unusual objects. 195 317
• Mind Connection — maintains communication with Evan and allies; later contributed to the Duchy’s long-range reconnaissance network. 214 301 362
• Mind Warning — provides immediate danger signals, such as his reaction to cursed beaver pelts. 317
• Doom Curse — used against Bassem as combat support. 219
• Spirit World Traverse — allows Milan to move in spirit form and cross between worlds, enabling him to track hidden spirits. 321

Fate Manipulation

Milan’s fate-based sorcery developed from risky luck manipulation into direct control over fate lines.

• Treacherous Fate — amplifies luck for three hours, originally followed by approximately two months of bad luck. 247
• The spell’s side effects gradually diminished as Milan’s Prophet abilities grew, making it more practical in combat and survival situations. 527
• During his duel with Kong Yu, he combined Treacherous Fate with Combat Premonition and time acceleration; its backlash was offset by World’s Favor. 813
• Forbidden Incantation: Fate Master — manipulates fate lines by hiding, amplifying, weakening, replacing, editing, or terminating them; it can also transfer the cost of fate manipulation to others. 922
• Fate Master can sever an enemy’s fate line and declare their death, though Milan still faced difficulty against endless swarms of enemies. 922

Clock Tower Sorcery

Through Echoes of Time and Space, Milan gained access to the Clock Tower School’s time-space techniques.

• Sorcery Imprint: Quicksand Scales — connects him to the Source of Mystery, the Clock Tower, and is used in temporal confrontations. 787 812
• Space Jump Pad — greatly improves mobility and survivability, though Evan still jokingly considers him “a very fast weakling.” 643
• Peeking at the Timeline / Observe Timeline — lets Milan select advantageous possibilities and adapt to changing circumstances. 794 808
• Used timeline-related abilities to help awaken the biological warship Gemstone River. 794
• His time-oriented techniques allowed him to contend with Kong Yu’s space-oriented sorcery, though Evan’s arrival ultimately forced her retreat. 813

Navigation and Firearms

Milan is an accomplished navigator whose combat role relies on positioning, intelligence, fate magic, and firearms rather than melee strength.

• Holds Master-level Navigation Knowledge. 183
• Served as a competent navigator and intelligence gatherer during the Dragoon Pirate Crew’s operation against a slave-ship fleet. 390
• Wields paired Black Steel large-caliber revolvers, which can also be used for close-quarters slashing with their mounted bayonets. 635
• His spatial abilities eliminate the need for conventional reloading, giving Black Steel apparently limitless ammunition in battle. 779
• Remains vulnerable in close combat against stronger physical opponents and is typically protected by Evan and other front-line allies. 219 380

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Pure Crystal Ball — essential medium for crystal-ball divination. 183
• Echoes of Time and Space — Clock Tower School inheritance spellbook containing time-space knowledge and the Space Jump Pad spell. 643
• Black Steel — twin handmade large-caliber revolvers with bayonets; their ammunition can be sustained through Milan’s spatial abilities. 635 779
• Magic Pocket — animal-stomach-like portable storage used for ritual materials and equipment. 517 733
• Bronze Key — entrusted to Evan for opening a bronze box discovered in ancient ruins. 200

Relationships

• Evan — closest friend, long-time partner, and frequent protector in battle; they cooperate through divination, Mind Connection, and shared Clock Tower interests. 62 159 732 922
• Apusuya — Huron princess, Milan’s partner, and mother of his child; the two planned to marry after returning from a year-long absence. 425 732
• Ivena — Milan’s younger sister; he tries to cheer her up when she is upset. 62
• Kong Yu — fellow Clock Tower inheritor, rival, and eventual ally in the contest for the Clock Tower; they fought together against its bug monsters as Crown Wizards. 812 920 922
• Graham — chief of the Clock Tower School, who sees Milan as a potential inheritor capable of saving the school and retrieving its authority. 825 922
• Vice Admiral Snyder — Milan’s father; his grandson’s impending birth brought Apusuya considerable favor within the Snyder family. 732

Notable Quotes

“Fate will give us revelations, but sometimes it will only lead us down another wrong path.” 214

“Not in the past, but now it’s a piece of cake.” 733

“The outcome of the war is not yet decided, but if all goes as we wish, this will be the battle that brings Sirius down from its pedestal.” 779

Trivia

• Milan’s first major fate-based ability made him exceptionally lucky for only three hours, followed by a much longer period of bad luck. 247
• Evan once internally considered writing a book titled 100 Ways to Use Milan because of Milan’s usefulness in rituals and spiritual support. 355
• Dalos Hound Demons bear a grudge against Milan and specifically pursued him through the Clock Tower. 643
• Milan’s Prophet abilities identified Apusuya’s unborn child as a boy. 733