Nia

Nia (ニア) was a character from the "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō" series.

She was Shizuku Yaegashi's personal maid.

Appearance
Nia is a young girl with long brown hair that she braided, and purple eyes. She also has freckles.

Personality
Nia is a sincere and honest individual. She would usually appear to be calm and composed but would get angry at those who relied too much on Shizuku.

Biography
Nia was from a family of knights. From a young age, she learned swordplay from her father and brothers.

When the heroes of Earth were summoned to Tortus, Nia was assigned to be Shizuku Yaegashi's personal maid. After the apparent death of Hajime Nagumo in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, Nia attended to some of the students that were too afraid to fight in the Labyrinth again. She tried to comfort them, but her words got misinterpreted by Atsushi Tamai and started to yell at her when he thought that she was accusing them of being cowards. Atsushi soon calmed down, however, and apologized to Nia for his outburst. The conversation then changed to Aiko Hatayama traveling the Heiligh Kingdom to help with their agriculture due to her vocation as "Farmer". It was then that Yuka Sonobe decided to accompany Aiko and inspired the other students to join her.

When the demons invaded the kingdom's capital, Nia took Shizuku and the other students to the courtyard, where they were ambushed by army of royal knights. Shizuku was the only one that managed to successfully defend herself from the surprise attack. She then saw that Nia was being restrained by one of the knights, and managed to rescue her. Unfortunalty, Nia betrayed Shizuke and stabbed her in the back with a knife while her guard was down. It was soon revealed by Eri Nakamura that she killed Nia some time ago, as well as the knights, and that she was controlling their bodies like puppets to make it appear that they were still alive.

Relationships

 * Shizuku Yaegashi - Nia acts as Shizuku's personal maid. She feels a kinship with her since they were both trained in swordsmanship at an early age. At first, she is nervous serving someone that is considered to be one of Ehit’s chosen heroes, but she eventually comes to see Shizuku as a friend. She is worried about Shizuku when she and the other heroes explore the uncharted floors of the Great Orcus Labyrinth and bothered when everyone treats Shizuku like she is a special being since all of those expectations would wear her down.

Quotes

 * (To Atsushi Tamai): “It’s true that in my time serving Shizuku-sama, she has never once shown any such weakness before me. However, I do not believe a perfect person like that exists. Shizuku-sama is also just a teenage girl who was a student only months ago. She may still look fine for now, but... I’m sure not being able to rest even when she returns to the palace, and having everyone around her say things like ‘It’s obvious that Shizuku-sama can do something like that’ must be a huge burden on her.”

Trivia

 * Nia's role as Shizuku's maid was coveted by many servants of the royal palace (particularly the Tortus sect of the Soul Sisters).