Venri Colt

Venri Colt (ヴェンリ・コルテ) is a dragonman who once served the Klarus family as Princess Tio's attendant, bodyguard and wet nurse. Eventually, she ends up joining and becoming rank three of the Fleur Knights, using the codename Ivy (アイヴィー).

Appearance
At first, Venri appears as a woman in her late 40s with shoulder-length azure hair. After having her appearance rejuvenated by Hajime, she appears as a beautifully mature woman that is overflowing with motherhood and sex appeal.

Venri can transform into a large dragon with azure scales.

Venri's attire originally consists of an azure robe that is similar to a Japanese kimono. After joining the Fleur Knights, she wears a Victorian-era style maid outfit.

Personality
Venri is a gentle woman with a strong heart. She is also very perceptive and can tell when someone is lying.

Her many years as a caregiver has caused her to develop an overprotective personality and will express her concern for the well-being of others.

Venri believes that service is its own reward, and would refuse to be a burden upon others.

Background
Venri helped evacuate Tio to safety while their people were under attack by the followers of the mad god Ehit. She continued to perform her role as caretaker for centuries until Tio decided to venture into the outside world to investigate Ehit's newly summoned heroes.

Chronology
One day, Venri was told by another dragonman that Tio was returning home. Venri transformed and flew as fast as she could to where Tio would arrive. Once there, she saw what appeared as a horizontal tornado that was the same color as Tio's mana. Moments later, Tio arrived on the island. As Venri was about to embrace her after being gone for so long, she was surprised to see that Tio's dragon form had changed from the one that she was familiar with, to which Tio explained that she had altered it (thanks to metamorphosis magic) in order to become more aerodynamic, much to Venri's shock. Due to the energy she expended during the trip, Tio had Henri transfer some of her mana to her and had her transform back to her human form in order for her to ride her while she was prepared fly off to reach the rest of their people. Venri was initially reluctant due to its lack of decorum, but then accepted after she was ordered to by Tio. Venri was present with the rest of the dragonmen when Tio had reported to them that Ehit was planning to wipe all life on Tortus in order to steal their energy to travel to another world and presented a recording of her and her new comrades' fight against Ehit's servant god Alva (Venri was especially shocked at Tio calling Hajime Nagumo "Master", as well as her repeatedly squirming in pleasure while watching him, but didn't have the frame of mind to ask about it after witnessing Tio's recordings). After Tio's report, Venri finally inquired as to her relationship with Hajime after Tio also accidentally showed another recording of her being whipped by him in order to use her "Pain Conversion" skill to gain the power needed to fly back home so fast. Tio responded by claiming that he was both her master, as well as the man she loved, and then brazenly explained all the things Hajime did to her in battle while she was under the control of Yukitoshi Shimizu. This utterly shocked Venri and the rest of the dragonman after seeing their once noble princess having been turned into a massive pervert from that fight.

When Tio had survived a trial that her grandfather Adul presented her as a means to become stronger before the fight against Ehit, Venri was tending to her while she was resting due to the exhaustion she had experienced from it. After a half an hour of bed rest, Tio had awoken. As Venri was tearfully tending to her, Tio apologized for having worried her during the ordeal. The conversation quickly changed when Venri revealed she had been more shocked when Tio expressed her love for Hajime after witnessing his harsh treatment of her. This prompted Tio to vehemently defend Hajime's reputation and the two of them got into a heated debate over his worthiness to be with Tio. Venri even went so far at to provide a checklist of the criteria that she considered to make a man unmarriageable (which she labeled as "A checklist of traits a man needs to be worthy of the princess: DOM edition" or deadbeat old man). Despite her best efforts, Tio managed to prove that Hajime did not fit a single criteria on that list that made him a poor choice to be with, but Venri still refused to accept Hajime as a suitable man for her to be with.

Venri accompanied the rest of the dragonmen in order to fight Ehit, and gave Hajime a thorough lecture with regards to his relationship with Tio.

During the battle against Ehit's forces, Venri and the dragonmen provided air support for Tortus' allied forces against Ehit's apostle army. At one point, Venri criticized Adul for his lax attitude during such an important battle, after he teased Ristas over his unrequited love for Tio. Adul then unleashed his spell "Crimson Eradicator" at a group of apostles that had managed to breach the magical barrier of the allied forces' command center. Several apostled attempted to stop him, but Venri managed to intercept them long enough for Adul to successfully launch his attack. Adul had managed to stop most of the disintegration beams and apostles from reaching the ground, but some of them still made it through. Upset by his inability to properly defends Tortus' ground force, Venri assured him that they would pull through.

When a second wave of apostles arrived on the battle and unleashed a combined attack at the allied forces, Venri and the other dragonmen aided their allies by firing their breath attacks at the enemies, even though it exposed them to attacks from the apostles they were already fighting. Unfortunately, the new apostles had already managed to charge their magic before they even arrived, and managed to breakthrough to the command center. As the apostles unleashed a barrage of disintegration magic to wipe out Tortus' forces, Venri and the other dragonmen provided support for Kaori Shirasaki, who created a barrier to protect everyone. They managed to succeed in stopping the attacks, but they had used up all their mana in the process. Furthermore, the apostles were prepared to unleash a second wave of disintegration attacks at the allied forces. As the proceeded to attack, the apostles suddenly lost their power and became completely motionless. Everyone realized that this meant Ehit had been killed by Hajime.

In the weeks after the battle with Ehit, which would come to be known as "Ragnarok", Venri was giving bridal training lessons to Yue. However, Yue performed poorly at most of her assigned tasks. As Yue grew upset over her failures, Venri kindly told her the reason she was so strict was because she wanted to make sure that Yue would not make Hajime and the rest of his wives look bad to the rest of Tortus, since she was the first wife. After Yue regained her confidence, Venri soon presented her with a beautiful kimono that she made for Yue's wedding. She then asked Yue to take are of Tio, to which she promised, but she expressed he doubts aferwards when Venri asked her to cure Tio of her perverted nature. Venri was disappointed by this and began to lecture Yue about her duties as Hajime's first wife, to which she decided to resume Yue bridal lessons while Yue was still wearing her new kimono, in the hopes that in would prevent Yue from acting recklessly and ruin it.

Relationships

 * Tio Klarus - Venri has acted as Tio's childhood caretaker and attendant, with Tio treating her like her second mother. She cares greatly for Tio and is concerned when she volunteers to explore the outside world to investigate the newly summoned heroes from Earth. She is the only one that is able to shatter Tio's noble persona and turn her into a pouting child.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Venri is initially very critical of Hajime and disapproves of Tio's relationship with him due to him having turned her into a pervert, but eventually comes to care about him. Due to her many years of loyal service for Tio, Hajime decides to recruit her as a member of his Fleur Knights combat maids, as well as rejuvenating her back her youthful form.
 * Yue - In Venri, Yue rediscovered her respect and admiration towards dragonman, which she had once lost due to Tio's pervert nature. So much so, Yue quickly concluded that it's pointless to even try her charm on Venri. Some time before the gang's trip back to Earth, they made a short vacation at Tio's homeland (as recharging the artifact for next inter-dimension trip will take some time), there Venri gave Yue a compact - but nonetheless comprehensive - bridal training course, so to make Yue befitting of her status as Hajime's first wife, plus entrusting her to straighten out Tio in due course. It goes to a point that Venri is concerned for Yue's well-being, because Yue was over-reliant on magic for just about everything... to that end, Venri gifted Yue a beautifully crafted kimono (in Yue's adult size), have her wearing it while learning to do chores with proper diligence and care.

Powers & Abilities

 * Expert Combatant - Venri, along with all of the members of the Fleur Knights, were trained to fight by the Haulia Tribe.

Skills

 * Draconification - Like all members of her race, Venri can transform into a dragon.
 * Mana Manipulation - A skill to use magic without chants and magic circles.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Magic Armor - A suit of armor that Hajime Nagumo made for everyone who participated in Ragarok. It was imbued with a triple-layered "Diamond Skin", "Impact Absorption", "Auto-Recovery", "Stamina Recovery", and gravity magic that made it lighter. The helmet was imbued with "Riftwalk" and "Foresight", and the gauntlets with "Steel Arms". parts of it were imbued with evolution magic that upgraded the power of the dragonmen’s breath attacks It was destroyed by Hajime after Ehit's death.
 * Gravity Magic Artifact - Hajime Nagumo made one for every dragonmen who participated in Ragnarok. It increased their flight capabilities significantly. It was destroyed by Hajime after Ehit's death.
 * Metal Claws and Tail - Hajime Nagumo made one for every dragonmen who participated in Ragnarok. They were enchanted with spatial magic in order to improve their penetrating abilities.
 * Last Seele - A red gem Hajime Nagumo made for everyone who participated in Ragnarok. It bestowed its wearer "Limit Break" and "Overload". It was destroyed by Hajime after Ehit's death.

Quotes

 * (To Tio): "You’re always so reckless, Princess. It is precisely because you’re an adult that I can no longer watch over you while you jump headfirst into danger, so at least let me fuss over you while you’re here."
 * (To Yue): "Whether you like it or not, you are the most famous bride in all of Tortus’s history. I know better than anyone what a wonderful woman you are, but when a person becomes famous enough, people inevitably try to find fault with them. And don’t forget, Hajime-sama will be marrying women from many different races, nationalities, and cultures. As the first wife of that household, you will be held to an unreasonable standard by the general public. Right now, everything is fine because people’s memories of Ragnarok are still fresh. But as time passes people will forget. Unlike the other girls, who contributed directly to the fighting, you were the one person who needed to be rescued. Sure, Hajime-sama may have told everyone that it was with your help that he defeated god, but no one actually saw you fight. Once enough time passes, people will start to talk. They’ll start saying that the girl from their race or culture is more deserving of the title of first wife. I’m not saying you have to be perfect, or even that you have to push yourself very hard. Why, with your strength, you can easily ignore what others say. You, or Hajime-sama, or one of the other girls can shut anyone up easily enough."

Trivia

 * Venri is the first character that debuted in the Light Novel, prior to the Web Novel, to appear in the Manga.
 * Venri's codename for the Fleur Knights "" is a genus of over a dozen species of evergreen plants of the Araliaceae family.
 * In the Web Novel, Venri does not participate in Ragnarok.