Ayase Miharu

Amakawa Haruto’s [unrequited] childhood sweetheart. She mysteriously disappeared right after their high-school entrance ceremony, which devastated Haruto. He always regretted not confessing his feelings to her, even until his next life.

She got caught up in the time-space magic that summoned her friends Sumeragi Satsuki and Sendou Takahisa, and was subsequently dragged off to another world, thrown off in the outdoor wilderness with Aki and Masato. She was briefly captured right away by slave merchants before Haruto swooped in to rescue her.

Appearance
Miharu is a cute and quiet girl with soft features on her face. Her eyes look kind, and her long black hair hangs freely reaching her waist. Under her clothes, she actually has quite the figure with all the curves and bulges in the right places.

Personality
Miharu is a soft and kindhearted girl, sometimes even too kind for her own good. She ranks #1 in her middle school's list of girls the boys want to marry, in addition to the list of housewife-type girlfriend. She's a caring person, honest and responsible, and seeing her still fulfilling her promises shows she's a really loyal girl. Aside from that, she's also very shy, not good at interacting with boys, and known to be too forgiving.

History
Ayase Miharu is the childhood friend of Amakawa Haruto. They've known each other since they were kids and practically grew up together. Miharu's family lived next door to Haruto's, and because of that, both their families had a good relationship. Miharu is considered a cute girl (that's still the case even now), attracting the attention of other boys. But because of their young age, that attraction turned the boys to pick on her instead, scaring her all the time. Haruto would become the wall to protect her, leading Miharu to depend on him.

Suddenly one day, Haruto had to leave town following his father after his parents divorced. Miharu kept crying as she asked Haruto to stay, the latter promising to come back to her one day, and at that time would take her hand in marriage.

Both of them then grew up holding their promises close, bettering themselves, waiting for the day they meet again.

Aki, the sister of Haruto that continued to stay with her mother, introduced Miharu to her new siblings, Sendou Takahisa and Masato. The two of them became the new group of childhood friends. She's still not good with boys, not interacting with them very much, but has tried her best to befriend Takahisa for Aki's sake.

On the first day of their high school entrance ceremony, on their way home, distortions formed near Takahisa and Miharu's senior, Sumeragi Satsuki, separately engulfing them. The distortions also enveloped Miharu, with Aki and Masato near at the time. Before they knew it, they found themselves standing in an empty grassland in another world.

Meeting You In This World
Miharu appears in volume 4, five years after the teleportation circle transported her, Aki and Masato to the borders between Galarc kingdom and Saint Stellar. They are completely lost in a new world, Miharu tries to check her cell phone but no signal. They walk in the grassland but are soon interrupted by slave merchants who arrested them. They try to speak to Miharu but she does not know the language. The slave merchants decided that Miharu, Aki, and Masato will make fine slaves, especially Miharu, who is separated from the Sendou siblings by putting her in a different carriage. Aki is desperate and asks for help, at the right moment Haruto arrives being averted by Aishia. The young man approaches and asks questions to the slaves merchants about Sendou siblings and Miharu, they try to play dumb but Haruto sees through their lies. Suddenly, Aki screams for help in japanese, the slave merchants are busted and try to kill Haruto. He kills a few men and the mercenaries men find out soon enough, they are no match. The chief slave merchant is held as a hostage by Haruto and orders him to lead him to the people he imprisoned. Aki and Masato are released, Haruto asks them if they are fine in japanese. The both of them are surprised, Haruto tells them he will explain later. Aki says there is Miharu who is still held captive. Haruto threatens the chief and orders him to release Miharu, the slave merchant obeys and conducts Haruto to the carriage. Haruto opened the curtain and noticed Miharu same for her. Both of them shared an awkward moment until Haruto told her he came to save her in japanese. Miharu is surprised and feels nostalgic when she sees Haruto's face. She descends from the carriage but is worried about the other slaves (women). Haruto tells her capturing slaves without the proper procedure is punished by law, but these slaves are legally here. Coming from a world where slavery has completely disappeared, Miharu can't believe it. Finally, the group is complete. Haruto asks them if they had belongings, Miharu answers they had bags. Haruto threatens again the merchants and orders them to give the bags back, they comply. Each of them verifies if all is here. Haruto tells the slave merchants to get lost and never come back for Miharu, Aki and Masato or he will find them and he won't give them an easy death. At last, the group departs by walking at the beginning then flying, they land near the rock house.

Life in the Rockhouse I
First, Haruto tells Miharu, Aki and Masato to enter the house. The three of them are very surprised, the interior is very japanese-like. Haruto goes to the kitchen and comes back with cold tea. Masato is thirsty and drinks all before asking a second, Aki says he is being impolite. Haruto begins to explain to them that they are currently in another world, and told them that he is someone who was a japanese person in the past. Haruto promises he will protect them. He will try to find clues about Aki and Masato's brother and their friend Satsuki, finally he will find a way to send them back to Earth. In the meanwhile, they can stay with him under the condition to keep his secrets, including his house. Having no other choices they accept. Haruto gives them a pooch with gold. He recuperates it when he was dealing with the slave merchants, he takes it as a punishment to capture innocent people. He tells Miharu she should keep it as funds if they decide to act independently one day. Miharu thanks him and says she will help him with the chores in the house or anything he wants. it is evening, Haruto tells he will prepare dinner, Miharu proposes her aid and Aki too. Masato tells his sister to give-up because she is very bad at cooking, Aki answers it is wrong and Takahisa said the hamburger she made was delicious, Masato says Takahisa was just considerate towards his sister. Haruto notices despite Miharu's kindness, she does not defend Aki so Masato was right. He tells the siblings they can take a bath which lifts their spirits. He shows them the bathroom, as usual they are surprised by the hot springs. He gives them clothes and towel and goes to the kitchen.

Haruto is in the kitchen with Miharu who is wearing an apron which gives a pleasant feeling. Rapidly, they dispatch the work. Haruto is staring at Miharu, she is embarrassed and asks if there is something weird on how she cooks, but Haruto answers there isn't. He is just impressed by her cooking skill. Miharu is blushing, then thanking Haruto and told him that she learned a lot about cooking from her mother. The dinner is ready and they all sit around the table. Miharu, Aki and Masato are surprised because Haruto follows japanese tradition to say "itadakimasu" before eating. Aki and Masato are very happy the meals are japanese-like and enjoyed the taste. After the dinner, Haruto showed them the rooms and they went to sleep. The next morning, Miharu is the first one to wake up, she is probably waiting for Haruto to wake up before preparing breakfast. Suddenly, she hears Haruto screaming (which is very unusual) and runs into his room. She discovers Haruto is sitting on his bed with a beautiful and naked pink-haired girl attached to his neck. In panic, Haruto tries to explain a blushing Miharu she is misunderstanding, but she apologizes and runs out of the room.

Later, Haruto gets out (after he learned the pink-haired girl is his contracted spirit) and explains the situation to Miharu who calms down. Aki and Masato soon arrive, Masato is very infatuated with the unknown girl. All sit and decide to give a name to the spirit. Haruto chooses the name "Aishia," in the spirit language it means "beautiful spring" the same meaning than "Miharu" in japanese. Miharu calls her "Ai-chan". Haruto then explains to the group he intends to bring them to Seirei no Tami where they will be safer than in the Strahl regions, but first he needs to get the permission from the elders so he will go first and will be back in a few days. All agree, Haruto warns them not to go far away from the house because they are in a dangerous zone. Haruto leaves for Seirei no Tami leaving Aishia as a safety.

Several days after Aki breaks the order and goes outside, lizardmen attacks her but Haruto comes back from the spirit village and saves her in a blink of time. Aki apologizes and so does Aishia for not acting in time, Haruto does not mind. He tells the group he has permission to bring them in. He explains to Aishia she is a humanoid spirit which are worshiped in the village as god and she will have to deal with it. They prepare to leave, Haruto put the house in the time-space cache and used a crystal teleportation. They have been transferred near the borders of the village, soon they see Ariel, Ouphia's contracted spirit with all the trio and Latifa on it. Latifa threw herself into Rio. Sara, Alma and Ouphia are impressed by the divine aura Aishia waves and kneel down in front of her. Aishia says she does not need to be treated so stiffly. Latifa asks if she can call her "Aishia," Sara scolds her and Aishia affirms Latifa can call her whatever she wants. Haruto adds Miharu calls Aishia "Ai-chan". Finally it is time to introduce the newbies, as usual Masato is stunned by the beauty of the spirit people (especially Ouphia). All the group directs towards the elders building.

At Aishia's entrance all the elders stand up and warmly welcome the humanoid spirit. The elders salute the younglings from another world, they are welcomed to stay in the village as long as they want.

Relationships

 * Rio/Amakawa Haruto
 * Ayase Miharu is Amakawa Haruto's (Rio's previous incarnation) first love and childhood friend. Before they parted when they were 9 years old, they promised to marry when they've grown. Due to that promise, both of them worked hard in every aspect to be a better man/woman for the other party. When they came of age to enter high school, Haruto returned to his old city where Miharu was and managed to enter the same school by chance. After finding that through the class listing, he went out to search for her. However, upon seeing the seemingly close relationship between Miharu and Takahisa, Haruto ran away and missed his chance to reunite with Miharu as he mistook the pair's relationship. After a few days of hesitation, Haruto decided to talk to Miharu face-to-face to remove the regret he felt for not facing her. However, that wasn't meant to be as Miharu went missing (she was transmigrated to another world). Haruto carried this regret till the end of his life in a traffic accident.


 * In volume 4, the reincarnated Haruto, Rio, found Miharu and co. in the forest. Rio was confused as to how to interact with her again as his moral values were vastly different from those he had as Amakawa Haruto. He detested the idea of involving Miharu and those he holds dear into his revenge toward Lucius. This stemmed from the fact he felt guilty of killing people despite being necessary, hence he felt that he is not qualified to be close to her nor to attain happiness.


 * Later, Aishia bestowed a dream upon Miharu, a dream about Haruto after they separated and Rio before they reunited again. This spurred Miharu to approach Rio more aggressively (it is only aggressive when compared to her usual shy/timid personality).


 * Aishia also warns Miharu that Rio is a kind yet cowardly person as he doesn't want people, he loves to enter his life because he may end up hurting them. She also says if Miharu wants to stay by Haruto's side once more, there's one opportunity to do so (when he reveals his true identity) and tells her not to run away if that opportunity comes. Thanks to Satsuki who gave Haruto advice, he can accept himself and Miharu once again. She later tells Sendou Takahisa that she's in love with Haruto as his past and as Rio. Takahisa attempted to kidnap Miharu but Rio foiled his plan and came saving her (also carried her like a princess).


 * In the WN, as Miharu keeps comparing Rio with the previous Haruto, she realizes that she's totally fine just being around Haruto. Later on, Aishia plays Haruto's memories to Miharu in her dream without prior warning, completely scaring her. When she reunites with Takahisa and is hugged by him, the dream came back to her and Miharu completely flips out trying to tell Haruto, watching confusedly, to not misunderstand. When Takahisa asks her to come with him to the Centostella Kingdom, Miharu refuses him and states she wants to stay with Haruto. During the party, Haruto confesses his love to Miharu, so clearly without letting allowing any misunderstandings, but before he reveals who he was and hears Miharu answers, they get interrupted by Aki and Takahisa, she's then forcefully taken away by Takahisa to Centostella, and only several months later does she know who Haruto is after Lilianna gives her Haruto's letter that Takahisa took.


 * Sumeragi Satsuki
 * Satsuki has been Miharu's senior since middle school, both used to be on the student council together. Though their relationship started off pretty stiff, she kept getting closer with Satsuki in the end, also accepting her into the new group of childhood friends with Takahisa. After the summoning, they became even more closer.


 * Sendou Takahisa
 * Takahisa fell in love with Miharu at first sight. He actually straight up froze in their first meeting when Aki introduced her to the Sendou siblings. Although Miharu is not good with boys, she endures it and tries her best to adapt because Takahisa is Aki's new family now and her brother. Because Miharu never approaches any other boy, she looks like she's close with Takahisa at a glance. Takahisa, too, as the only man that could get close to Miharu, felt some sort of superiority, thinking that it's just natural, and if he confesses his love Miharu would definitely accept; he simply didn't do it because he was afraid to ruin the relationship of their little group, because in the end the real bond that ties them is through Aki, and he doesn't want that relationship between Aki and Miharu to change because of him.


 * Their relationship starts to crack after their reunion. Out of a sense of relief after meeting again, Takahisa hugs Miharu suddenly, scaring her. She then states her decision to stay with Haruto, completely collapsing Takahisa's little dream, and after Takahisa's stunt of deceiving Miharu and taking her by force to Centostella, they are pretty much in a cold war with Miharu refusing to interact in any way with him.


 * Sendou Aki
 * Aki really likes Miharu and treats her just like her own sister, she felt jealous whenever Miharu and Haruto entered their own world as Aki always tried to put herself in between them. Aki's feelings of love to Haruto turned to hate because he broke his promise to stay with Aki forever by leaving with his father. Whereas Miharu kept staying, something Aki considers as protecting her promise, she later tries to recreate her little happy world by pushing his new brother to be with Miharu, to make Miharu forget Haruto and stay with her, disregarding the other's feelings.


 * Sendou Masato
 * Masato meets Miharu the first time when Aki introduced her to the Sendou siblings. Masato, just like his brother, stood there frozen, entranced by Miharu's looks.


 * Celia Claire
 * In the WN, Miharu became good friends with Celia in their time staying with Haruto. At first, she was really surprised to hear that Celia is way older than her and was Rio's former professor from his days at the academy, Celia was also impressed with Miharu's cooking and housework skills. At the same time, Celia was kind of annoyed when Haruto prioritized clearing the misunderstanding, with Aishia waking up in his bed, to Miharu first before explaining it to her.


 * Aishia
 * Miharu and Aishia have a good relationship. Miharu often teaches Aishia cooking and what Rio likes in his food. Aishia supports Miharu and also gives her hints about Rio's Japanese identity, and advice on how to face Rio in the future. Aishia creates a temporary contract path with Miharu after Rio leaves for a while, consequently giving a side effect that raises Miharu's affinity to Spirit arts.


 * Latifa
 * Latifa and Miharu have a close relationship, enough that Latifa confided in her, revealing her previous life's story and her life after reincarnating. Latifa continues to treat Miharu as a rival for Rio's affection.


 * Liselotte Cretia
 * Although it made her nervous to meet a noble lady like Liselotte at first, meeting several times warmed them up to each other, enough that now they can interact as normal friends. Liselotte reveals she is a reincarnator like Haruto speaking to her in japanese.


 * Sara
 * Miharu became good friends with the trio Seirei no Tami.


 * Orphia
 * Miharu became good friends with the trio Seirei no Tami.


 * Alma
 * Miharu became good friends with the trio Seirei no Tami.
 * Ever since arriving to the Spirit Folk village, Miharu has gotten close to the trio. That bond seems to only have gotten stronger in their travels with Rio in the Strahl Region.


 * Sayo
 * Miharu says she thinks they’re similar, Sayo wonder what Miharu means. Miharu tells her that she confessed her feelings to Rio too, that just like her there was a time when Rio tried to keep her at a distance. Sayo asks if she was able to stay with Rio, Miharu says that in her case she didn’t gave up and that Aishia did several things on her own too, that if not for Aishia, Rio could have let her behind because at the time Rio's will was resolute, because he was shouldering so many things, so she wants to be Sayo’s friend. Sayo says that if she’s fine with someone like her, they each say they will be in the other’s care. Latifa arrives complaining about the unfairness of just the two getting along, Miharu says she'll let her know what they talked about later.


 * Lilanna Centostella
 * In the WN only, though their relationship started pretty stiff because of Lilianna's position as the princess, they quickly become close with each other because of Lilianna's kind and friendly disposition, although Miharu asks to have some job in the palace and becoming something like Lilianna's lady attendant, yet she spends more time accompanying her when having tea, Miharu get even more close after Lilianna ask her to be her teacher on the Japanese language.


 * While Lilianna feels pretty guilty deceiving Miharu and taking her to her kingdom to follow Takahisa's will, she got even more depressed after she manages to read Haruto's letter that she translates, she gave the letter to Miharu despite her promise to Takahisa and deeply apologizes to Miharu. She then chose to fulfill Miharu's wish to meet Haruto again even if it means going against Takahisa's will.

Abilities

 * As a summoned person from another world, Miharu received an immense amount of Mana compared to the natives of the world, though she still has no knowledge or ability of using it whatsoever.
 * As a method for self defence, Haruto's instructing her in Martial arts by using a staff/rod, though it's strictly only for self defense, without any ability to defeat opposition.
 * She also learns some spirit arts in the LN, and because of her temporary contract with Aishia, her affinity to spirit arts have boosted to a high degree even compared to Seirei no Tami's highest practitioner.

Etymology

 * Ayase means "design" (綾) (aya) and "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (se).
 * Miharu means "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "spring" (春) (haru).

Trivia

 * In the WN, the price of both Miharu and Aki combined as slaves if they got sold as harlots was approximately 50 Gold coins with Aki on the cheaper part because of her age. As reference, the annual income of a lower class noble is 40 Gold coins.