Serie

Biodata

Background and History

Serie is a mage of the Mythical Era and Flamme’s teacher. When Flamme brought Li Yan and Frieren to meet her, Serie took an interest in both disciples and offered to teach them herself. Frieren refused, while Li Yan stayed for training 13.

Serie defeated Li Yan in a training match despite suppressing her mana to his level. Judging his combat experience and spell knowledge insufficient, she assigned him to read the books in her magic library. Over six months, he lost all eighty-eight of their spars 14 16 18.

When Li Yan feared that Flamme would die of old age, Serie told him that no lifespan-extending magic existed. She nevertheless supplied books on the Goddess’s magic and Eternal Statue Magic, a sealing spell that could preserve a person until release 54 55. As Flamme aged, Serie urged Li Yan to use the seal sooner; despite her detached manner, she regarded Flamme as her most important apprentice 88.

Appearance

Serie is a petite elf with long golden hair and a youthful appearance 13 199 218.

• She was barefoot when first seen on her throne and during her early spar with Li Yan 13 14.
• Her immense mana can exert a palpable, oppressive pressure 13 118.

Personality

Serie is proud, blunt and eager to test herself against strong opponents. She values fighting spirit in mages and takes interest in unfamiliar techniques, including Li Yan’s variation of Flame Vortex 15 198 217.

Her concern for her family often emerges behind mockery or irritation. She brought Li Yan books after dismissing his search for lifespan magic, worried about him after Flamme was sealed, and offered to investigate when Frieren believed she was trapped in a dream 55 89 118.

Serie also enjoys comfort and treats. She became fond of Li Yan’s cooking and cola, visited Wigster’s Food Street daily, and later enjoyed a roller coaster and video games 51 81 208 248.

Abilities and Skills

Magical combat

Serie combines immense mana with experience and precise spell use. She overwhelmed Li Yan even while matching his mana level and later broke through the defense of Uldis, one of the Seven Sages of Destruction 14 61.

• Compressed mana: Blasted Li Yan through several trees at close range 14.
• Shattered Stars: Launches a dense barrage of tiny meteorites from a magic circle 217.
• Heavenly Flame: A Mythical Era close-combat spell used against opponents with powerful physiques 200.
• Elemental magic: Used fire, water, earth and wind in combat, including water and earth shields 15 217.

Defensive and binding magic

• Hexagonal shields: Precisely intercepted Li Yan’s spells and physical strikes 15 16.
• Space-blocking barrier: Prevented Li Yan from escaping with Space Magic during their spar 15 16.
• Mire and vines: Immobilized and bound Li Yan after he resumed attacking 16.
• Binding Magic: Li Yan replicated it on Little Fool’s chains to paralyze her if she attempted harm 25.
• Limitation: Li Yan trapped Serie with Anti-Magic Stone chains after she dispelled his ordinary magical restraints 218.

Space Magic

Serie used spatial movement to appear behind Li Yan undetected during their spar. She also used spatial storage to hide snacks and cola in her office 15 117.

Detection and observation

• Malice Detection Magic: Detected Li Yan’s hostile thought when they first met 13.
• Thousand-Mile Magic Eye: Let her observe Lanto’s real body in a distant village during the First-Class Mage exam 199.
• Tracking magic: She concealed a faint tracking mark beside Frieren’s earring to locate Li Yan 206.
• Memory Detection Magic: She offered to use it to investigate Frieren’s concerns, but Frieren declined 118.

Magical research and teaching

Serie maintains a vast library of magic tomes and is known as a living grimoire. She guided Li Yan’s study of combat and Space Magic, experimented with variations of his Flame Vortex, and developed Purification Magic intended to remove cola’s negative effects on the body 16 17 54 103.

She authored the Magic Gourmet Grimoire, a book on magic food. Frieren used it to make a meal that transformed Flamme and Li Yan into frogs 10.

Equipment and Possessions

• Magic library — A collection of tomes that Serie opened to Li Yan for study 16.
• Golden Mana Motorcycle — An enhanced motorcycle Li Yan made after Serie enjoyed riding his Black Lightning Motorcycle 52.
• Birthday plant — A gift from Li Yan that Serie continued to tend after his apparent death 103.

Relationships

• Flamme — Serie’s apprentice and, despite Serie’s claims that she took her on casually, her most important disciple. They disagreed over making magic widely available through an association 54 88.
• Li Yan — Flamme’s disciple and Serie’s grand-disciple. Serie trained him and repeatedly defeated him; their later relationship includes cooking, teasing and magical confrontations 16 18 51 217 218.
• Frieren — Serie’s fellow elf and grand-disciple. Frieren initially refused her offer of instruction, later rationed her cola, and failed her First-Class Mage interview 13 103 199.
• Fern — A First-Class Mage candidate whom Serie passed after Fern noticed her wavering mana and declined her offer of apprenticeship 199.

Story Role and Major Arcs

• Association leadership: Serie temporarily replaced Flamme as president while Flamme rested around the birth of her twins. She later resumed the presidency at the King’s invitation 84 85 103.
• First-Class Mage exam: Serie passed Wirbel, Duncan, Übel, Lanto, Methode and Fern, but failed Frieren. She initially mistook Li Yan for a young descendant of the Lionheart King 198 199.
• Return to Li Yan’s household: After locating Li Yan in Weise through a mark on Frieren, Serie accompanied him to the Royal Capital. She later spent time at his castle and visited the amusement park with him and Fern 206 208.
• Confrontation with future Li Yan: Li Yan challenged Serie with advanced magic, distracted her by stealing a personal item, and lured her into Anti-Magic Stone restraints. He later fed and washed her while she was unable to use magic; Serie vowed revenge 217 218 222.
• Assassins: Serie sought a quiet place at Li Yan’s home after assassins began bothering her. Their memories were rigged to self-destruct, preventing straightforward identification of their sender 243.

Notable Quotes

“In a life-and-death battle, no enemy will spare you because of your weakness. Remember that well, Li Yan.” 16

“What kind of dream do you think could create a monster like me?” 118