Disclaimer, don't own Log horizon or my hero academia or any other series used in this fic.
An: au,,,, ooc... Izuku is Shiroe (or a version of him at least)... accidental time-travel... sort off dimension travel... winged Izuku... magical Izuku...
side note: did a few alteration on the previous chapter, filling a few blanks about how Shiroe got his the original version of his wings, and makign it a bit more possible.
"talking"
'thinking'
Chapter 4... training and new bonds
when Enchanter woke up he felt slightly tired but his health was back to normal.
"you shouldn't move but I'm guessing you've already healed haven't you" Hawks stated.
"perks of adventurer physic" Enchanter admitted with a light shrug.
'adventurer?' Hawks filed the word away for later as Enchanter noticed the plastic bag who seem to be from a convenience store.
"erm, what's with the bag?" he asked.
"you're out of food" Hawks replied as if it was the simplest thing in the word which it probably was. "still not quite sure how you are so light considering the state of this place"
"my grocery shopping gets interrupted 9 of 10 times" Enchanter admitted rubbing his templet for a moment.
Hawks paused at that response and eyed Enchanter's rather exasperated expression at merley stating that fact, "that explains some things about your sightings" Hawks mused at least those rumors now made sense, "what's the deal with your weight anyhow?" he wondered.
"fay throwback, a rather intense one I'm probably actually only 10% human possible even less" he shrugged, that was the truth thought Enchanter isn't quite sure how he's half-alv here or fay as this world calls the race but apparently he is. it explains how he still have his racial skills and so forth he even have the tattoo on his tongue, thought the form was different from the alv symbol he used to have in theladasia.
this one more or less looks like 6 diamond-tribal feathers forming fairy wings. but it have gained a defined familiar pale white-blue color thought he's not sure when that happened.
it took Enchanter a while to notice it, simply due to how used he was to having a mark on his tongue in the first place. it wasn't until he noticed the different form and that didn't raise more then a raised eyebrow and some intrigue at the difference.
perhaps the memories and very much active mana use caused pre-existing traits to become more dominant or surface?
that would make sense as to why some traits wasn't noticed at first.
"that would do it" Hawks agreed.
throwback genes, surfaced at random and they truly did seem to be non-human heritage. they don't depend on any quirk mutations as the throwback is completely separated from ones quirk factor. but allot who do have a throwback from half, to 1/4 or 1/8, even 1/12 so the person with the throwback may not even know of it. allot non-human stories and myths are probably caused by the ancestors of these throwbacks, as they often come with one or several physical traits and outright quirk like abilities
considering the higher rate the throwback have the more of the abilities are unlocked.
"so what do you want for lunch, I'll cook" Hawks said and Enchanter blinked,
"eh?"
"will need to drag Dabi out from the library later to eat" Hawks mused,
"again?" Enchanter closed a eye in an amused smile.
Hawks had the distinct feeling that it's supposed to be the other way around.
"do he do that often?" he asked curiosusly
"sense Dabi started studying mana a few months ago yes" Enchanter responded as his lips quirked slightly.
'mana?' Hawks wondered if he had heard right filing the word away for later.
/
a few days later...
Shinso glanced at Shiro as the other where reading something, before Shinso continued his training run, or rather run in the sand and water on the beach.
While efficient it's heavy and tiering, as Shiro worked him to the ground. But it as allots easier now than two weeks ago when he started and Shinso isn't sure if the rate he's progressing at is normal.
Either way he's graceful for Shiro's help and steadfast support, even if there's a tiny voice in the back of his mind that keep whispering that someone will realize that he doesn't deserve it, that it's a mistake and that someone with a quirk like his can't become a hero.
Shinso breath in heavily as he slowed, yet his body felt more, slightly warm then exhausted, 'what's going on?' he wondered, thought when Shiro joined him in said training he never looked tired, which means he still has a lot to catch up.
"have you heard of quirks that need specific triggers to manifest, incarnations or throwback abilities" Shiro said off handedly making Shinso pause mid step at the information.
His mind reeling from the information he doesn't know what incarnation means but throwback abilities he knows they're hard to separate from a quirk at times, and that there is a few just that the throwback trait or traits don't need a quirk-factor to work.
he also knows that the worlds population only 20% is quirkless and out of those 90% of them is over 60. late bloomers where often confused as quirkless for a time they're always powerful and it's also pretty rare... their quirk surfacing when their body can handle it.
then there are those quirks that surfaces later due to needing a specific condition in order to manifest. He remembers the story of a girl who fell into the ocean and manifested gills in her panic.
Was Shiro's quirk like that? but he had wings, Shinso couldn't stop the shiver running down his spine, the pain of something like that manifesting.
As if reading his mind Shiro smiled "the wings cause is complicated but no I didn't go thru a violent manifestation to get them" he explained and Shinso let out a breath of relief, he did not like the thought of his friend, teacher going thru something like that.
"do you know what the term incarnation is coined for?" Shiro asked and Shinso looked confused.
trying to recall where or if he had heard that term before and came up zero, "no" Shinso answered.
"there's three types of incarnations, scare, terror and nightmare. but they all share the trait of having memories knowledge experience of a completely different life a different time or outright different world. the first type is that the powers they had there they don't have here or they might just not had any quirk like power to there, it's called scare because half the time it comes with mental trauma, normally ones own death" Shiro explained simply blandly.
"the second type terror is called such because not only do they have their other lives memories and experience but they can use their quirk as replacement for whatever power they had lost, these while also carry some trauma are way more rare about 10% of those who end up as an incarnation" he continued.
"the last is Nightmare incarnation, now these are called Nightmare and not simply terror, this is because they don't need any quirk to replace ones old power because we Still retains the power we had there, nightmare cases happens because the power they had is tied not to ones biology but ones mind or spirit thus not lost in the transition between lives, just fallen dormant until the memories surface causing them to awaken with ones memories" Shiro finished.
"you said we" Shinso pointed out and he flinched back at the responding smirk as Shiro's blue eyes flashed brilliant dangerously white before giving a so-so gesture.
"that I did. while not completely accurate, and beats me how as it shouldn't been possible with how that world works. I just woke up one day remembering a completely different life" Shiro said and shrugged he didn't have a faintest clue how this happened, just that it did and while he had theories he had no way to Confirm it.
"in my other life, quirks didn't exist but we were far from powerless, the superpower we used where equal if not superior to quirks because it didn't follow the same limitations and everyone had it. hell everyone have it here, those with none combat quirk with training and dedication learns to use Mana subconsciously takes a bit longer and not as intense as when intentionally learned but still if partially trained" Shiro explained.
"enhanced physic" Shinso breath out in realization making Shiro flash a pleased grin.
sense quirks started ones physical limits have risen, resulting in that with training one could become way faster, stronger better than professional athletes from the pre-quirk era. but no one quite understood or knew why this happened.
"you can feel a hum underneath your skin no?" Shiro asked and there was something about that question that caused Shinso to pause. he could feel something a hum of sort he couldn't quite place other then it felt powerful.
giving a nod as yes,
"focus, will that energy to right behind your eyes" Shiro instructed.
"okay" Shinso started not quite sure as to why Shiro was asking him to do that but when he got it there he stumbled "what the fuck?!" he sputtered as a flickering screen appeared and vanished it looked almost like something out of a game from the quick glance he got.
Shiro grinned it was almost feral as his eyes flashed. "that is the status screen, everyone in theldasia could use it, err... unless you were a monster that is, it's a mana trait and we never figured out why mana works with game like mechanics perhaps it's just how it interacts with reality" he shrugged. "but the more you train, the more effort and dedication you put into it the more your mana would develop allowing you to level up rising from rank E all the way to B or A with time matching enhancement quirk on equal power, and that's without filtering in the abilities ones mana type can grant you with practice depending on which of the four you possess" Shiro explained.
Shinso was still as realization hit him.
"game like mechanics you said" Shinso stated and Shiro nodded, "do that include a class system?" he asked and Shiro could sense the hope flare.
"sort of" Shiro made a so-so motion with his hand.
"there's differences in the system between worlds, the subclasses are the traditional main classes you're thinking of while main class here is more or less hero, villain or vigilante or at east those three are the most common I've seen so far" came the following explanation.
"did you see what color the screen was before it fizzed out?" Shiro asked.
"color?" Shinso asked confused did the color matter.
"the color of one's status screen depends on what type of mana you got so it's an quick way to determine if you have Will, Chi, Spirit, Magic or just happen to still be neutral" Shiro responded. "as a mage my status screen is emerald green with turquoise and electric green mixed in on black but still the mage green. said color differ from person to person in their vibrancy, lightness or darkness" he admitted as a example.
"I'm guessing the type affects how the mana is used" Shinso mused
"of course" came the response.
Shinso focused again on the feeling, and he manage to hold the screen for a little while, not used to doing so it fizzled out shortly after, but he could see the black background, and was that a color framing and highlighting it?
"grey-yellow I think" he eventually said and Shiro raised a brow at that. "can I learn it fast enough to get into UA?" Shinso asked uncertain he had no clue how long time it took to learn to wield ones mana, especially with it being more or less forgotten art here.
Shiro let out a puff of air "you're progressing at a rate similar to a rookie adventurer without the quest boost. if you weren't then you'd not reach this point until about 8 to 14 months from now at the earliest"
"oh" Shinso said out 'so this rate is normal for an adventurer that is. but what's an adventurer?' Shinso thought wondering not quite sure what Shiro meant with adventurer other then it meant something important.
"I will give you more in depths information as needed and you can always ask if you got questions but you'll need to research more on your own because I won't choose for you, each type have several classes and each class tend to have several builds and that's without counting in several subclasses who can be added for more personalization. but your training will change a bit form now on, but as your's is already leaning to weapon master I suggest you study those" Shiro stated as a notebook appeared in his hand from what appeared to be motes of light surprising Shinso.
handing it over to the other teen who bowed his head as he accepted it "thank you" Shinso said out.
Shiro shook his head, but didn't say anything.
/
"feather oil, feather oil" Shiro murmured feeling slightly at a loss but this is the scale section.
"where's the feather section?" Shiro asked.
honestly, he's starting to wonder if he should even bother with it. while even the most basic low level cosmetic item are made to be as realistic as possible. In Theldasia cosmetic items were made with intent to change ones Appearance. it could be something casual as changing ones hair color or eye color to a tattoo. then more advance ones like ears, horns, tails, wings.
they connect to ones nerves, muscles bones and are controlled as if they were natural biological part of ones body regardless of the material of said item.
it causes an actual transformation like effects and changes on one's body as long as said cosmetic item is equipped. That means you care for them as if it's simply natural born part of ones physic and the higher the level and class the better the traits and abilities they grant are and the more usable the item becomes in combat.
his wings where no exception from that as the Great Wings of Wisdom is a high level phantasmal cosmetic item, and possible the hardest to get item he's ever gotten.
The wings don't merely provide the ability of full flight but also provide similar protection as a tank's shield as they're a defensive item. the feathers are akin to plates n sheets of metal n shields providing powerful defenses and protection allowing Shiro to block and tank attacks that would normally knock a mage out of commission. but they also grant some offensive abilities like the edges of metal sheets the feathers sharpens allowing the secondaries and primaries to cut thru metals and rocks in addition to the fact that a single flap can shatter rocks or bend metal due to their strength but the offensive capabilities where the intended focus the defensive ones where.
this was a specialized shop but honestly it's not like Shiro actually needed it so it wasn't like he's been here before.
Shiro rubbed his templet "seriously where is the feather section?" he asked because this was not shelves with items for feathers but for fur.
"it's on the other side" was heard and Shiro turned around toward the voice and saw a teen with dark jeans, and black hoodie, and while the bird head should have caught Shiro's main attention it didn't, as he absently noted the basket in his hands containing a few items of his own. feather soap, beak polish and brush kit, feather oil as well.
no what caught his attention where the other's presence, the unique print of a phantasmal seamlessly merged with that of a spiritual entity one fully aware and sentient with their own will and emotions Shiro could almost trace.
"Kogarasumaru?" Shiro asked more to himself then anyone else, and a tiny bird like shadow startled in the hood large unseen yellow eyes blinking rapidly at him, while the teen looked very confused at that name.
Shiro shook his head "never mind, your spirit just felt familiar to someone else I used to know" Shiro explained.
he nodded "that's fine, I'm guessing you got a bit lost looking for an item of importance" his voice was surprisingly deep, Shiro mused.
"that it is, I'm Shiro by the way, pleasure to meet you" Shiro said
he gave a nod "a pleasure to meet you as well, I am Fumikage Tokoyami"
"you wouldn't have any suggestions for water repellant for feathers?" Shiro asked, as Tokoyami mused for a moment.
turning around the corner, and as he said earlier there was the feather section, "perhaps, there is a few who do that, but most aren't that good with keeping the feathers sheen. Hawks brand is good for the sheen and integrity but not as strong at water repellant" Tokoyami said.
Shiro looked at his suggestions "my mana coating is too efficient for both the integrity and sheen, but lately it's been too much water for the mana coating to handle. they feel like dead lead then light mithril they're supposed to be" Shiro explained flicking his wing emphasis, water scattered over the floor from the mere motion.
Tokoyami and shadow's eyes widen as water scattered over the floor at the mere motion, feathers mowing so very slow not even managing to untuck from his back, actually only a few of the primaries managed to move at the attempt.
*heavy* Dark shadow murmured mentally, at the positively drenched wings. "my apologies" Tokoyami spoke.
"it's fine, you couldn't have known" Shiro said as he took one of the oil bottles.
"to be honest I haven't run into anyone with avian related quirks other than my family" Tokoyami said making Shiro hum.
"I actually have a fae throwback not avian quirk which are eerily similar to each other" Shiro explained, putting the first bottle back before taking another.
"I didn't know that throwbacks could get so intense" Tokoyami mused,
"it's rare for any throwback to get higher then 30% and mine is probably around 90" Shiro admitted pausing slightly. "this one should work" he hummed placing the bottle in his basket.
"it was nice meeting you Tokoyami but I should go and check this out, it will take hours to get all the water out at this point" Shiro said giving a wave, Tokoyami waved back as the pale teen moved to the checkout.
Dark Shadow pocked out from the hood making Tokoyami look at him, "yes?"
"I like him, he has feathers too" Dark shadow paused. "but that name it's familiar"
"indeed? Kogarasumaru was it" Tokoyami mused.
"it feels like I should know it somehow"
"interesting but he did say your presence felt like Kogarasumaru's" Tokoyami reminded.
"I like him" Dark shadow repeated.
"perhaps we will meet again" Tokoyami said.
/
"you keep visiting" Enchanter stated as Hawks entered the building, he had more or less flitted in and out of the old church turned home for the last month, half the time often having groceries with him, something Enchanter didn't mind considering what tended to happen when he tried to go shopping.
"I'm rather curtain you are not solely coming back here due to it being quite" he stated even if he had set up the building's zone for it to be quite which gave a sweet relief for someone with esp of any form. but Enchanter wouldn't blame Hawks he did come back here for that reason he just didn't think it where the sole reason.
"I don't actually want anything from you. but I guess I want you to continue, you're good at it" Hawks answered holding a cup of coffee before sitting or perhaps lying down on the sofa as he held it with both hands.
Enchanter blinked "say what?"
"you're not a vigilante, nor are you like most vigilantes or even heroes. you genuinely want to help people and don't ignore others when they need help. I don't understand why walk this tightrope and limit yourself so much instead of just becoming a legal hero?"
"using my powers publicly would open a can of worms I'm not willing to deal with right now" Enchanter replied.
"I'd vouch for you, you know" Enchanter blinked, and luminescent blue meet molten gold.
"if I fail or become villain your reputation would be in tatters" Enchanter stated and Hawks outright snorted.
"I don't doubt you being a mastermind on par with Nezu" Hawks admitted "but you're Kind, Humble and Care deeply for others, you don't even care if others thank you afterwards or not"
Enchanter looked at him curiously, before going over the current and then shook his head. "it's not time yet" was the simple explanation
"not quite yet" he repeated
'not time yet?' Hawks repeated mentally.
"and you alone wouldn't be enough, not with how quirkless people are treated, me having a throwback wouldn't change a thing" Enchanter stated.
Hawks stared for a while 'wait what?' hawks thought going over the words mentally a few times,
as he went over that, "damn was so sure about the stealth quirk" he muttered, "I know that throwbacks can change ones physic, but I thought the fae wings were merely a myth" Hawks brought up the fact.
"the culture throwback has been lost here yes. but it wasn't lost in Theladasia, mana was all they had against the monsters so either learn and advance or die to the never ending hoards" Enchanter said somewhat amused.
"are you an isekai case or incarnation one" Hawks asked because that wasn't the first time that name and mana had been brought up, nor other terms like adventurer and so forth.
"both I think" Enchanter admitted not really sure himself but that's the theory who makes some sense. "but I'm also rather sure my other self there is still well there due to how that worlds adventurer system works"
drinking slightly as that sank and Hawks didn't feel as surprised as he should have been hearing that.
"mana is some form of spiritual energy right? that's why you still have it. but what is an adventurer?" Hawks asked, anyone with even remote knowledge of games can guess what mana was after all.
"that it is" Enchanter confirmed. "as for an adventurer, that's a tricky question" he paused how do one explain that?
"in theladasia adventurer is the generic term used, but we could also be called travelers because adventures traveled the world battling giants, undead, goblins and other monsters it didn't matter what kind of adventure you were if battler, explorer, socialist or crafter" Enchanter explained.
"all adventurers surpasses human abilities, due to our mana being far denser stronger then that of a normal person allowing us to skip initiate and elementary state and go directly to intermediate because using mana is as natural as breathing to us. allowing adventures to grow stronger five times faster then normal if not more but it also affects our bodies"
"adventurers are insanely hard to kill high levels ones especially as the stronger we got the stronger our durability, strength, speed, and regen got. making even fatal injuries become nothing more then mere flesh wounds who we can still fight thru even if you end up with a sword right thru your chest. a cut of arm sure just reattach it, said arm won't die even if it stay separated for weeks months even" Enchanter paused that had come as a surprise when they found out.
Hawks startled at that, because that sounded rather insane. "that's not starting on the skills we learned and develop, as we manipulate our mana for practical Active use rather then the passive aspects of it" Enchanter continued.
"considering the game terms you use at times, I'm guessing there exist a class system and a hud" Hawks stated because without a hud those gamer terms would not become a normal part o ones every day life.
he nodded in affirmation "anyone able to use mana can access the hud if they know of it existing that is" Enchanter chuckled.
'so even people here eh' Hawks thought to that.
"it's divided in four types, Will, Chi, Spirit, and Magic who divide the main classes into four categories of warrior, weapon master, healer and mage respectively" came the explanation.
"healer being what Dabi is so interested in" Hawks mused.
"can't blame him, healing spells are way stronger then the dominate portion of healing quirks, as it uses mana, a metaphysical energy generated by ones mind or soul all it causes if overused it exhaustion for the user which passes with a simple rest" Enchanter admitted.
that was the fact, the cause why he considered spirit stronger then healing-quirks.
it's simply not limited in the same way.
"I'm guessing you're a mage if going by your namesake" Hawks stated curiously he could be wrong
"I am a Enchanter yes with assassin as secondary main-class" he admitted making Hawks blink once because that secondary came as a surprise.
'that explains his stealth' Hawks thought but there where a chance of that class merely boosting his pre-existing stealth which was the more likely scenario.
"wonder what my own mana is?" Hawks mused.
"the hud change color depending on ones mana type you simply focus mana behind ones forehead" Enchanter stated offhandedly. "will have blues, chi is yellow-orange tones, spirit is plum purple to pinks and magic is various green and turquoises" he counted
Hawks looked curious at that description 'focus mana behind ones forehead?' he wondered as he finished his coffee, that where probably a bit trickier done then described.
/
private chat;
deadtosleep (Eraserhead): you're inviting Shiroe to the meeting, aren't you?
seetomuch (sir Nighteye): it makes sense, his analysis is beyond most professionals and chooses to help heroes rather than hurt us. that in itself is invaluable
laughs (Ms Joke): he's saved allot of people with those analyzations, allot of the cases where solved in a matter of hours when it took us pro's weeks
deadtosleep (Eraserhead): true enough, he connected the attacks in Hokkaido and Osaka immediately which solved the case in three hours
laughs (Ms Joke): do Shiroe have an analyzation quirk, maybe an intelligence one?
seetomuch (sir Nighteye): we don't actually know who he is even less what Shiroe's quirk may be
deadtosleep (Eraserhead): would Shiroe even come to a meeting he's been doing this for almost over a year now and we've yet to meet Shiroe in person.
seetomuch (sir Nighteye): point, even if Shiroe don't accept the invite it's worth to try
seetomuch (sir Nighteye): I don't think anyone have actually tried to send this kind of request yet or at least I've not heard of it.
deadtosleep (Eraserhead): ...
/
"say what?" Shiro paused as he reread the message, he got a little earlier today.
Mister Shiroe
I will be having a meeting with several underground pro's and detective Tsukaiushi for a difficult time sensitive case. if you are comfortable showing up in person we would like you to be involved. and we are in need of your analysis skills.
the meeting will be this Thursday at 18;00 at this address at #### apartment complex
I ask that you do not discus this with anyone outside of the group.
that's from sir Nighteye isn't it.
"got something interesting?" Dabi asked raising his gaze from the book he was reading and notebook he where writing in.
"a meeting request" Shiro responded
"wait first noe?" dabi asked pausing in his reading.
"indeed I where wondering when I'd get one" Shiro chuckled honestly that he hadn't gotten one earlier by now is a surprise.
"i thought you'd already gone to a meeting" dabi stated.
"actually no"
Shiro answered, before writing a reply.
/
AN; end of chapter 4.
it ended up shorter than the previous chapters, but so be it.
hawks is curious about mana, and Shiro finally got a request to come in person, rather then online request from the online hero network.
some more explanations to how mana function in the fic as well.
hgx review, translated: why did stain fight with izuku? the answer can be several different things at this point. from being in the wrong place, to enchanter's quick rise in popularity. might even be stain's breakdown when he turned from vigilante to hero-killer. for now, who knows.
here's some clarifications to Masterx01 review:
the commission bit. that actually sorts of just happened when I where writing. thought the how will be explained later on when others actually ask how he did it. but part of how ties to his senses mentioned in chap-1, as well as in chapter 2 in a added portion.
about Dabi. remember this is a Au, differences happen. at the time Dabi was in a Grey area, so his class hadn't turned into a villain even if it were starting to lean to it. while Villan and hero are the more known classes it's not the only ones, and class here can change.
main classes in Theladaisa are more or less easy to get... but in the hero world this isn't the case. here main class as referred if loosely is closer to title-classes.
the students in UA won't get the hero-class just by entering the hero course it's not that easy... and you don't automatically get villain class by as mentioned in chapter Surviving, it's not the same thing, different moral stance even if Dabi where getting close to that class-shift.
as for the situation he ended up in. Dabi where already exhausted previously, and his quirk mess with his body rather badly with no access to doctor or healing quirk. it's mentioned that this kidnapping attempt isn't a sole incident, it's outright stated Incidents in chapter, so it's not the first time.
Dabi where also going to turn the idiots into ash. but said idiots lucky for them get put asleep, said act and Shiroe's sudden appearance out of the blue, startled Dabi and seeing the idiots out cold, well he just left it there.
the land price in earlier chapter... it's reverse of what happen in theladasia where ruined falling down buildings have insane high prices that's by adventure's are considered ridiculous.
zone's can still be bought by the mana game like system who obviously warps reality to some extent, but as it's a different world, some changes can happen. allowing the price to sink as the zone was more or less forgotten it exist.
don't stop it form being ridiculous thought.
as for the currency used, I can't remember any specific currency mentioned outside calling it money, when reading or watching the anime, so it just happened that way when writing.
some notes about Shiroe's power...
in one of the games, (thought only read about it) he can be an Assassin to, due to an item known as Toy Ring, allowing him to use said class, skills and abilities as long as he is using said ring. even if he apparently only used it to better understand how to support his allies in the field.
while it's not primary class he do still have it as a option and with how the class system in the hero world works, it's not locked. so the skills, abilities that said Toy Ring unlocked, remains Unlocked for his use, even when Shiroe's not using said ring.
using Vs wiki for some comparison between worlds.
Shiroe in canon fell from a height of a skyscraper and came out a bit stunned but unharmed. his physic as a adventure is inhuman, it's a fact.
canon Izuku needs 30% of One for All to be of same strength as a Level 90 Shiroe.
this Shiroe is higher than a level 90, with access to a second main class who got the highest damage-per-second rate of the 12 classes without needing to wear his toy-ring to unlock it. Shir'e sfully capable of dealing high levels of damage quickly he just normally don't or haven't needed.
singing praises?
hadn't noticed, or even considered that.
for one Shiroe's an Adventurer, in a world where adventurer's or if it's had them before are merely legend or myth. as such unheard of.
in the Japanese version of Log Horizon, unless you're close friend to Shiroe thus have your own suffix for him, everyone tended to add dono or Samma when talking to or about Shiroe.
even other Veteran adventurers who's been around for potentially longer, like Akaneya refer to Shiroe by some suffix version of master. while Nyanta who's also a veteran who's been around for potentially longer isn't called dono or samma by other Adventures but Chief instead referring possible to either captain or chef.
yet it's never quite stated why this is.
in this fic, the cause is due to Shiroe's aura, his Presence. something everyone in the hero world can feel it even if they're not aware of what they're sensing or that they even are noticing it in the first place. thus even less understanding why.
Shiroe's a legend. that's a fact, one of his official titles are Legendary Strategist. he was renown even before joining the tea Party. he have the sheer Presence and Aura of a Legend, even if it's something he personally ignores for most part.
it's not something he simply loose.