Meiru Melusine (メイル・メルジーネ, Meiru Merujīne?) was a character who appears both in the main "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest" series as a minor character, and in the spin-off "Arifureta Zero" series as one of the main protagonists.
She was a dagon-vampire mixed breed, and an Atavist with the ability to use one of the Ancient Magics from the "Age of God". She was also the creator and caretaker of Melusine Labyrinth.
Appearance
Meiru was a beautiful woman in her early 20s with wavy emerald-green hair and narrow jade-red eyes. She had a slender body along with very voluptuous breasts. Her measurements were B98 W61 H89 cm.[1] Due to her dagon heritage, she had fin-shaped ears and webbed hands and feet.
Meiru usually wore a blue and white bikini, a mini skirt in the same colors, and a large belt. She also wore a white jacket that was adorned on her like a cape, and a black and white tricorne cap.
On her belt, she carried a beautiful saber with an elaborate cross-guard design.
Personality
On the surface, Meiru was a kind and charming woman who was always smiling. In realty, however, she was mischievous and sadistic. She enjoyed teasing others and would torment her enemies to the point that it would look like she was torturing them. Even so, Meiru cared greatly for her allies and would risk her life for them. She was charismatic enough that she managed to recruit hundreds of pirates that would gladly lay down their lives for her. She was also a good judge of character and could easily discern those that she could trust.
Although Meiru would frequently tease those around her, she was unable to properly respond to others when they teased her.
Meiru was greedy and would look for any opportunity to get rich, including stealing.
Despite her position as a pirate captain, Meiru did not like to think about anything too difficult and would immediately lose focus whenever a topic came up that she was uninterested in. She was also very sloppy and incapable of doing the most basic household chores, such as cooking and cleaning.
Due to being in possession of ancient magic, Meiru was somewhat arrogant in her abilities and initially believed herself to be practically invincible. This would later change, however, after her failed attempt to save Oscar Orcus' siblings with her magic, and later Miledi.
As being part dagon, Meiru loved being by the ocean and enjoyed swimming.
Powers & Abilities
- Master Swordswoman - Meiru was very capable of wielding her saber in battle.
- Expert Swimmer - As a half-dagon, Meiru could breathe underwater and was able to swim much faster than a human. Since Meiru could control both the current and the surrounding water pressure with her magic, she was more mobile underwater than on land.
Restoration Magic
- Tetragrammaton - Restoration magic variant, a magic which restores all destruction regardless of whether it was organic or inorganic matter.
- Transient Infinity - Restoration magic that can, regardless of the substance of the object, regenerate everything to the state one second ago every one second it is used.
- Revival Reversal - Restoration magic that reproduces the wounds and destruction that an object once received in the past. Although not direct or indirect, if it’s not touched within a radius of less than 3 meters it wouldn’t work, the wounds that can be reproduced is proportional to amount the mana being used.
- Stagnation - A spell that slowes down the flow of time for anyone within a 50 meter radius.
- Future Sight - It provides a vague glimpse into the future for a few seconds. It consumes a tremendous amount of mana, so it can only be used once a day.
Water Magic
- Rupture - An intermediate-rank spell that gathers water from the atmosphere, compresses it, and shoots it out as a high speed cleaver. It is possible to reduce the mana consumption of the spell by using an available water source, rather than gathering water from the atmosphere.
- Tidal Wave - An advanced-rank spell which can create a huge wave to crush the enemies. For an ordinary magic-user, it would only be a tsunami around ten to twenty meters, squarely.
- Torrential Bulwark - It creates a large dome made of water.
- Serpent's Fangs— Infinity - It can transform a micro ocean into a multi-headed snake.
- Aerial Sea - Meiru’s domain-creating spell. It summons a sphere of water 300 meters in diameter.
Composite Magic
- Leviathan Assault - A spell that combines Meiru's water magic with Miledi’'s "Spatial Severance" to unleash high-speed water jets.
Quotes
- (To Miledi): "That beautiful blonde hair, those refined features, and that impressive display of magic... You definitely seem more like a noble than a pirate."[2]
- (To Miledi): "I know not what a princess like you is doing here, but... I suppose this is a fitting punishment for a noble such as yourself. Suffer the wounds of your past!"[2]
- (To Miledi): "I love that simpleminded side of you."[2]
- (To Baharl): "Shut your mouth! You have nothing to give me, you monster!"[2]
- (To Baharl): "You’re a greedy, merciless, brutal, disgusting man! A beast wearing the skin of a human! Don’t try to tell me you actually had a heart all along, that you actually cared about my mother, about Diene! It’s too late to act like a good guy now!"[2]
- (To Miledi, Oscar & Naiz): "I think I’ll join your little group after all. It’s a pleasure to be working with you, Oscar-kun, Naiz-kun. And of course, my soft-cheeked little Miledi-chan."[2]
- (To Valf): "If you won’t come to me then... I’ll carve you up."[3]
- (To Valf): "Excuse me? Who permitted you to talk, mutt? I told you to bark your replies."[3]
- (To Lyutillis): "G-Get away from me, you freak!"[3]
- (To Lyutillis): "Every single time it actually matters, my healing powers aren’t good enough! What is there for me to be proud of?!"[4]
- (Her last words to Miledi): "Remember, you’re not alone. Even if I die before you, I’ll be thinking about you for all eternity."[1]
- (Meiru's recorded message): "Please, don’t cling to the gods. Don’t rely on them. Don’t grow accustomed to what’s given to you. Struggle on, and grasp what you desire with your own two hands. Decide your own path in life, and walk down it with your own two feet. Remember, no matter how bleak things look, you’ll be able to find the answers inside of you. Only you have those answers. Don’t be deceived by the gods’ honeyed words. Only when you live by your own free will can you find true happiness. I pray the path you walk will be forever showered in fortune."[5]
Trivia
- Meiru was based off the French mythological mermaid, "Melusine", with her merfolk/dagon design being taken from the European folklore on the character.
- Meiru was the first mixed breed character to appear in the series (although she was not confirmed to be a mixed breed until she appeared in the "Zero" timeline).
- Meiru was able to both sleep on command, as well as wake up whenever something she finds boring is over.[6]
- Proof for conquering Meiru's Labyrinth is a coin engraved with her crest.
- Meiru and Laus Barn's Labyrinths were the only ones who's locations were completely unknown to the rest of Tortus by the time Ehit had summoned the Hero Party.[7]