Kiriri

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Kiriri (克克里)
Alias(es)	Archmage Pandram; Mage Kiriri; Shopkeeper; Clili/Crili
Species/Race	Gekket person 610
Gender	Female
Occupation/Role	Archmage; apothecary shopkeeper; magical researcher; mentor
Status	Active 905
First Appearance	Chapter 71: “Magic Inflation”

Background / History

Kiriri is an Archmage of the Pandram lineage and a former Royal Academy instructor. She ran an apothecary shop in Oak City, where she initially taught Mel the basics of sensing and guiding magic power. Though impatient with him, she recognized his genuine desire to learn and accepted him as her disciple after he brought her a Golden Slime 71 91 284.

Her past is tied to the destruction of Lightless City. Hututu states that Kiriri was the sole survivor of a demon attack that killed the city’s inhabitants and many of her former companions, leaving her seriously injured. The event left her hostile toward demons, estranged from the Royalty and Church, and unwilling to return to battlefields or the Imperial City 263 283 284. A recording later shown at her trial depicts Kiriri slaughtering the city; the Church publicly claims this proves she colluded with demons, while the full circumstances remain unresolved 622.

When Mel disappeared after being teleported away by an unknown magic array, Kiriri spent months pursuing slave merchants and searching the Exile Land and Kren for him. She recovered Kled, punished the nobles connected to the betrayal, removed Kled’s slave mark, and eventually returned to Oak City after learning that Mel had survived 192 221.

After meeting Liberia, Kiriri immediately recognized the girl’s exceptional magical reserves and accepted her as a second disciple. She subsequently traveled with Mel and Liberia through demi-human settlements, researching curses, Ancient Magic, mixed races, abnormal storms, and the ruins connected to the Unification King 221 222 238 242 257 260.

Kiriri was later framed for the Emperor’s assassination after being summoned to the Gard Imperial Palace. She fought four Hall of Fame-level opponents before a Church Holy Relic sealed her magic power; she was imprisoned and scheduled for trial 619. She escaped with Mel and fled Gard afterward 623 624.

Still wanted in Gald, Kiriri later returned to investigate a city saturated with Lich aura, determined not to let another catastrophe like Lightless City occur. She confronted the Demon King during the incident, wounded him with her strongest light spell, and withdrew after suffering internal injuries 739 741.

Appearance

Kiriri is a petite, youthful-looking Gekket woman whose long-lived race makes her appearance misleading. She is commonly identified by her witch hat, purple hair, and characteristically expressionless “dead-fish” eyes 91 241 610.

• Often carries a staff for casting and support 132 238.
• Prefers white clothing despite Mel considering the color unsuitable for her 303.
• Wears practical cold-weather clothing when exploring snowfields, including fur-lined garments and insulated boots 415.
• Her small stature is notable enough for Hututu to joke that she could not possibly hide Mel behind herself 739.

Personality

Kiriri is blunt, sharp-tongued, and easily irritated by Mel’s endless questions, but she takes his education seriously. She criticizes his poor magical talent and lack of focus while continuing to guide his studies, lend him money, protect him, and search for him when he vanishes 91 139 192 249.

She is intensely curious about unexplained magical phenomena and pursues research even when it involves dangerous ruins, storms, curses, or inaccessible regions. Her work is methodical: she records scripts, memorizes magic arrays, studies recovered documents, and develops new formulas from incomplete sources 132 139 270 289.

Despite her fearsome reputation, Kiriri is protective of her disciples. She abandons an intended expedition into the Northern Snowfield because Liberia lacks combat ability, develops remote tracking imprints so Mel and Liberia will not be lost again, and avoids using her full power when it could endanger them 249 258 289.

Abilities & Skills

Archmage-Level Magic

Kiriri possesses overwhelming magical power and control, capable of treating Level 40 monsters as insignificant threats and overpowering dark-magic creatures without visible fatigue 132 137.

• Defeated an Undead Knight at Level 40 shortly after entering the Sky Island labyrinth 132.
• Destroyed a ghoul through sustained offensive magic while retaining ample reserves 137.
• Fought several Hall of Fame-level combatants at once during her framing in the Imperial Palace 619.
• Can use concentrated attacks powerful enough to intimidate slave merchants and high-ranking demons 193 258.
• Her magic can be completely sealed by the Church’s anti-magic Holy Relic 619.

Magic Shield

Kiriri can create defensive barriers ranging from personal shields to enormous area-wide protections.

• Enclosed an entire merchant caravan in a massive Magic Shield against Unicorn Wild Horses 240.
• Used shields to block attacks during her escape attempt from the Imperial Palace 619.
• Her shields could not withstand the Demon King’s overwhelming physical force 741.

Levitation and Flight Magic

Kiriri routinely uses levitation for mobility, transport, and exploration.

• Floated herself and others through the Sky Island labyrinth 136.
• Levited griffin cubs during travel 229.
• Used flight magic to enter and leave dangerous areas, including the Lich-infected city in Gald 739.
• Researched flight magic and considered using levitation to cross the Storm Sea’s barrier 252 438.

Light Elemental Magic: Heavenly Punishment Blade

Kiriri’s strongest documented spell is [Light Elemental Magic: Heavenly Punishment Blade].

• Used only after survivors had been evacuated from the Lich-infected city 741.
• Severely wounded the Demon King, forcing his retreat 741.
• Did not defeat him; the Demon King is immune to ordinary magic and vastly superior in close combat 741.

Magic Perception and Analysis

Kiriri is highly skilled at sensing, identifying, and investigating magical phenomena.

• Detected hidden magic flow left by a destroyed ghoul 137.
• Investigated the abnormal magic-power currents sustaining the Storm Strait 242.
• Identified widespread Lich contamination throughout a Gald city while deliberately restraining her perception to avoid alerting the enemy 739.
• Recognized Liberia’s extraordinary magic reserves immediately 221.

Ancient Magic and Magic-Circle Research

Kiriri studies lost magical systems, ancient scripts, teleportation arrays, and ruins.

• Repaired and activated an Ancient Magic circle using her blood, teleporting herself into the Sky Island labyrinth 132.
• Copied unfamiliar square-script inscriptions from the labyrinth for later study 132 142.
• Memorized a one-way teleportation array for future research 139.
• Pursued Ancient Magic beyond the Storm Sea and accepted the Frost Dragon’s aid to reach the Carlos Empire ruins 415 438.

Curse and Magic-Imprint Research

Kiriri researches curse control in hopes of saving Mel and develops practical tracking magic.

• Consulted Hututu about using multiple opposing curses to delay or counter fatal curse effects 257 258.
• Analyzed cultist documents but could not recover a complete curse-control method 289.
• Perfected a remote magic-imprinting formula for tracking different species over long distances 289 290.
• Gifted remote magic-imprinting trackers to Mel and Liberia so they could locate one another 289.

Apothecary Knowledge

Kiriri owns an apothecary shop and teaches potion-making to her disciples.

• Maintains an apothecary in Oak City, where Mel frequently studies 142.
• Taught Mel potion-making while traveling 229.
• Provided healing potions to adventurers and the Mid-tier Team 94.

Equipment / Items

• Staff — Kiriri’s primary casting implement 132 238.
• Witch hat — a defining part of her appearance 91.
• Notebook — used to preserve magical knowledge, scripts, and observations 132 140.
• Remote magic-imprinting trackers — tracking devices she developed and gifted to Mel and Liberia 289.
• Red agate bracelet — purchased for her by Mel, though she showed little interest in it 905.

Relationships

• Mel — Kiriri’s first disciple. She teaches him magic despite repeatedly criticizing his poor innate talent, and she goes to great lengths to locate and protect him when he disappears 71 139 192. Mel later introduces Kiriri as his wife while traveling on the Avatoron Continent 897.
• Liberia Carlo — Kiriri’s second disciple. Kiriri takes her in after recognizing her exceptional magical talent and protects her as a child under her care 221 222 249.
• Mage Pandram — Kiriri’s deceased master and the source of her Pandram lineage. She traveled with him to Storm Valley in the past, and his name still commands recognition among the Lizardmen 241 284.
• Hututu — an old Lizardman acquaintance and fellow researcher into curses. Their relationship is argumentative but cooperative, particularly regarding Mel’s curse and the Lich threat in Gald 238 257 739.
• Kled — an associate recovered during Kiriri’s search for Mel. Kiriri removes his slave mark and travels with him while investigating Mel’s disappearance 192 193.
• Eugene — the Sword Saint. He seeks Kiriri’s help training a Hero Squad but acknowledges that the Lightless City incident makes her reluctant to return to the battlefield 283.
• The Royalty and Church — institutions with which Kiriri has longstanding conflict following Lightless City; they later frame and imprison her for the Emperor’s assassination 284 619.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Mel’s Magical Mentor

Kiriri introduces Mel to formal magic by guiding his magic power during his first attempted Fireball. She becomes his teacher after recognizing that, despite weak aptitude, he is serious about learning 71 91.

Sky Island Labyrinth Expedition

Kiriri repairs an Ancient Magic circle, enters the underground labyrinth alone, defeats an Undead Knight, records unknown writing, and later guides the group’s escape through a one-way teleportation array 132 139.

Search for Mel

After Mel is separated from his group through an unknown teleportation array, Kiriri tracks down Kled, confronts the nobles and slave merchants involved, and searches routes through Kren and the Exile Land 192 193.

Training Mel and Liberia

Kiriri accepts Liberia as a disciple and leads both children across demi-human and mixed-race territories. She balances research expeditions with their magical education and safety 222 238 249.

Lightless City Investigation

Information from Hututu and Eugene reveals fragments of Kiriri’s traumatic history: the destruction of Lightless City, the deaths of her companions, rumors that she collaborated with demons, and her break with the Royalty and Church 263 284.

Framed Archmage

Kiriri is lured to the Imperial Palace, falsely accused of killing the Emperor, defeated through the Church’s anti-magic Holy Relic, and held for public trial over both regicide and Lightless City 619 622.

Return to Gald

Though still wanted, Kiriri returns to Gald to stop a Lich outbreak resembling the tragedy of Lightless City. She fights the Demon King, evacuates civilians, and injures him with Heavenly Punishment Blade 739 741.

Snow Mountain and Storm Sea Research

Kiriri pursues Ancient Magic across the northern snowfields, reaches the continent’s highest mountain, encounters the Frost Dragon, and attempts to reach the Carlos Empire ruins beyond the storm barrier 415 437 438.

Trivia

• Kiriri’s first disciple was so unexpected that a cloaked figure insisted she had never taken disciples before 92.
• She considers Mel’s magic talent extremely poor but continues investing substantial time and resources into his education 139 221.
• Kiriri dislikes troubling other people and also dislikes being troubled herself 105.
• She prefers to keep accounts clear even with her disciple, accepting Mel’s repayment of 14,000 Oren without hesitation 249.
• Her apparent age is deceptive; Mel notes that, by long-lived-race standards, Kiriri is still relatively young 643.