Audrey

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Audrey Gates (also rendered Audrey Gaits)
Alias(es)	Countess Audrey; Madam Audrey
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Gates/Gaits Family; Kerry Raynor's household; administration of Shark Fishing Island
Occupation/Role	Noblewoman; businesswoman; manager and recruiter of business personnel
Status	Alive
First Appearance	22

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Ordinary person	78	Kerry explicitly identifies Audrey as an ordinary person; she has no combat power.
Ability Awakening — Super Healing	242	After taking enhancement fluid, she stabs her own palm and the wound heals before Kerry can treat it. Her ability rapidly repairs injuries, though it consumes energy and does not make fatal wounds harmless. 242 259

Background

Audrey is the third daughter of the Gates/Gaits family, a wealthy Seattle noble and merchant family tied to the Jili Merchant Alliance. Her father assigned her to oversee part of the medicinal-herb trade, and she had previously worked across the family’s medicinal-herb, logistics, and grain businesses. 53 77 194

Despite her business experience, Audrey is treated by her family as a marriage asset. Her father and mother support arranging her marriage for commercial advantage; her mother, Melinda, consistently defers to her father in disputes. This pressure drives Audrey to seek a final period of freedom and to insist on completing her Griffon bet with Kerry before returning home. 77 82 153

Appearance

Audrey is presented as a striking noblewoman whose clothing shifts between mature elegance, businesslike refinement, and formal finery.

• Long hair, which she tosses dramatically when leaving Kerry after their first confrontation. 23
• Wears a purple, lace-decorated mid-length gown at Kerry’s birthday celebration. 113
• Appears at her arranged blind date in heavy makeup and a black lace floral dress. 158
• Wears a fitted white sheath wedding dress and veil for her marriage to Kerry. 225

Personality

Audrey is sharp, proud, and highly capable in business. She bargains aggressively, understands the value of talent, and can use both family connections and generous compensation to secure people for Kerry’s growing industries. 22 53 194

Her early conduct around Kerry and Emma is deliberately provocative. Angry over Kerry’s apparent failure to honor their Griffon bet and resentful of her own lack of freedom, she engineers misunderstandings, exploits Elizabeth’s appetite, and threatens to turn any injury into a political incident. 78 79

After confronting Kerry honestly, Audrey admits that her family’s treatment and looming arranged marriage had left her bitter and directionless. She apologizes to Kerry and Emma, reassesses Kerry after witnessing his relief work during the storm, and gradually abandons her earlier scheming. 82 85 86

She remains competitive and occasionally jealous, particularly when Shi Qi grows more attached to Kerry, but she can also be empathetic: she defends Little Ai despite the girl’s attempted assassination of her and cooperates with Shi Qi after their shared danger. 255 259 264

Abilities & Skills

Super Healing

Audrey’s awakened ability rapidly repairs physical injury.

• Heals a self-inflicted knife wound in her palm almost immediately. 242
• Restores injuries sustained during the hostage incident, including wounds to her hand, arm, and chest. 258 259
• Requires substantial energy replenishment after healing. 259
• Does not prevent pain; Audrey remains frightened of being stabbed. 258
• Is not absolute immortality: Kerry fears a severe chest wound could still be fatal despite her healing. 259

Business Administration

Audrey has practical experience in trade, staffing, logistics, and management.

• Uses her family status to facilitate Kerry’s business-registration process. 77
• Provides Mike with part of her tonic stock while seeking mutually beneficial future trade with Kerry. 53
• Recruits former Gaits employees as her personal “dowry,” offering escalating salaries, housing, and employment for their families. 194
• Takes responsibility for Kerry’s major industries after marriage, including factory operations, distribution, shared electric vehicles, and mine oversight. 271
• Oversees Shark Fishing Island’s recovery and recommends Ben Beckman for Governor. 317

Equipment

• Space Ring — Given by Kerry as an apology and peace offering; Audrey initially mistakes its significance as a token of affection. 91
• Reinforcement Potion — Given to Audrey by Kerry; it strengthens her body before her later awakening. 241
• Five Animal Immortal Brew — Audrey and Carson receive unrestricted access to this brew among the castle residents. 266

Relationships

• Kerry Raynor — Initially a Griffon-bet rival, then a romantic interest and eventual husband. Audrey actively pursues him, resists an arranged marriage, and later helps manage his territory and businesses. 22 89 163 225 271
• Emma — Began as a romantic rival after Audrey deliberately provoked misunderstandings; Audrey later apologizes, and the two develop cooperation and mutual understanding. 78 85 108
• Shi Qi — Fellow member of Kerry’s household. Audrey becomes jealous of Shi Qi’s attachment to Kerry but later gains respect for her after the assassination attempt. 255 259
• Bill Gates/Gaits — Audrey’s father and head of the family. He initially treats her marriage as part of a business alliance, but later approves her union with Kerry alongside their commercial cooperation. 153 164 165
• Melinda Gaits — Audrey’s mother. Though affectionate toward Audrey, Melinda supports the arranged marriage and habitually follows Bill’s decisions. 153 161
• Brad Pitt — Her intended blind-date partner in the Pitt–Gaits marriage alliance. Audrey openly resists the match, and Kerry ultimately takes her away from the arrangement. 158 160 163
• Leory Raynor and Leanna Raynor — Audrey and Kerry’s twin son and daughter. 420

Story Role / Major Arcs

Griffon Bet

Audrey first meets Kerry while trying to purchase an old, sick Griffon for 50 Gold Coins. When Kerry buys it for 100 Gold Coins, she wagers another Griffon against his ability to cure it. She withholds her address after learning Kerry’s location, confident she will win. 22 23

Three-Month Stay and Reconciliation

Using her family status, Audrey visits South Australia Island and remains there under the pretext of the three-month deadline. She initially seeks revenge through romantic mischief aimed at Kerry and Emma, but eventually reveals that she is avoiding a family-imposed future and wants to fulfill the bet on her own terms. 77 78 82

Kerry’s protection of storm victims and his relief efforts in Little Nose Bay Port City change Audrey’s view of him. She apologizes to Emma, stops causing trouble, and begins contributing pastries to the household. 85 86

Courtship and Arranged-Marriage Crisis

Audrey attempts to confess through a heart-shaped chocolate cake, but Kerry mistakes the gesture for another scheme. His later gift of a Space Ring deepens her hopes while intensifying Emma’s suspicions. 89 90 91

When Audrey is taken back to Seattle for a marriage alliance with Brad Pitt, she worries that Kerry will not come for her. Kerry arrives at the blind date, publicly identifies himself as her boyfriend, and takes Audrey away after confronting the Pitt and Gaits families. 153 158 161 163

Business Alliance and Marriage

Kerry resolves the marriage dispute by proposing a shared electric-vehicle business involving the Gaits and Pitt families. The resulting alliance leads to the public announcement of Audrey and Kerry’s marriage. 165 166

Before the wedding, Audrey gathers capable employees from her family’s businesses as a “business elite” dowry, intending to help build and manage Kerry’s industries rather than remain confined to a domestic role. 194

Audrey marries Kerry in a ceremony interrupted by Brad’s plot and Elizabeth’s phoenix reappearance. She nevertheless begins her married life with Kerry and soon assumes management responsibilities for the household’s commercial operations. 225 228 232 271

Shark Fishing Island and Motherhood

Audrey becomes a key administrator on Shark Fishing Island, where local officials respect her management and she helps identify Ben Beckman as a suitable Governor. 317

She later reveals her pregnancy to Kerry and gives birth to twins, Leory Raynor and Leanna Raynor. 318 420

Trivia

• Audrey’s first conflict with Kerry centers on an elderly Griffon, while her later relationship with him begins through repeated deliveries of cakes and pastries. 22 89 90
• She scored first in her grade as a child and describes herself as the strongest and most competitive member of her childhood group. 242
• Audrey correctly identifies Elizabeth as female based on the wing markings of male blue-crowned parrots. 236