Paranoid Mage

About Paranoid Mage

Callum has spent his entire life noticing strange beings—monsters, beasts, and mages—secretly living alongside ordinary people, and even after awakening his own portal magic, he wants no part of their hidden world. For as long as he can remember, Callum has witnessed unusual things existing just beneath the surface of everyday society. Creatures of myth, dangerous beasts, and practitioners of magic walk among regular humans in secret, carrying on their lives unseen by the wider public. Despite knowing what lurks in the shadows, Callum prefers to keep his distance from the supernatural realm. When he suddenly awakens an ability to wield portal magic, his stance does not change, and he remains completely uninterested in joining the clandestine society of mages. Walking away, however, is not an option permitted by those in power. The Guild of Arcane Regulation strictly governs magical society and demands absolute fealty, formal education, and mandatory service from every newly awakened mage. Callum flatly refuses to submit to their authority or surrender his freedom to their rules. Rather than bow to the Guild of Arcane Regulation and accept a life of forced servitude, he goes on the run, leaving his pursuers to try and catch a mage who can bend space itself.

Status

Ongoing

Genres

ActionMagicMonsters

Theme

Fantasy

Type

Others

Artist

Kisai Entertainment

Released

2024

Chapters

133

First chapter

Chapter 1

Latest chapter

Chapter 133 · Nov 13, 2026

Released

Sep 19, 2026

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Characters

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  Callum Wells

  Main character

  A thirty-year-old architecture consultant who has quietly seen through supernatural disguises his entire life. After awakening spatial and portal magic, he goes on the run rather than submit to the Guild of Arcane Regulation.

• L

  Lucy Harper

  Supporting character

  A non-magical woman born to mage parents who works in information technology for the Guild of Arcane Regulation. She serves as a technical liaison and makes contact with Callum early in his flight from the authorities.

• C

  Chester

  Supporting character

  The level-headed alpha of a local werewolf shifter pack. He crosses paths with Callum when Callum looks for a quiet place to lay low away from the Guild.

• S

  Shahey

  Supporting character

  A dragon-blooded man covered in red-orange scales who owns the local gym Callum frequents. An armed attack at his gym inadvertently exposes Callum to the magical authorities.

• F

  Felicia Black

  Supporting character

  A siren agent with the Department of Arcane Investigation whose voice compels others to obey her. Alongside her partner Ray Danforth, she is initially assigned to investigate Callum.

• R

  Ray Danforth

  Supporting character

  An investigator with the Department of Arcane Investigation partnered with Felicia Black. He is one of the first agents tasked with looking into Callum after the incident in Callum's hometown.

• G

  Gayle Hargrave

  Supporting character

  A young mage from the prominent House Hargrave. She is studying to pass her magical examinations in hopes of avoiding a forced apprenticeship under a rival house.