Isabella

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Isabella (伊莎贝拉)
Species/Race	Human; bearer of a Mythical Breed bloodline associated with time manipulation 130 239
Gender	Female
Affiliation	The Church; later seeks support from the Governance Faction 135 222
Occupation/Role	Priest, investigator, captain of the Fictional Protocol investigation team, and reformer of Tail-Wagging Town's Redemption Department 135 212
Status	Deceased 633

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Black Stone Breed	56	An elite priest capable of advanced divine spells despite being outclassed by the Old Priest; could temporarily use the Blood Prayer Text to wield divine spells.
Steel Breed	159	Successfully advances during the Alchemical Clock Tower incident. Her special bloodline lets her attributes leap into the twenties rather than the usual foundational range.
Independent Time awakened	238 239	Her time-manipulation bloodline awakens during the battle against Daros's bone monster, initially allowing her to separate and accelerate her own time.
Bloodline fully awakened / Independent Time at its limit	280	Spends decades alone within Independent Time to force a full awakening. Her attributes reach their limit, but the ability enters a cooldown lasting decades and greatly shortens her remaining lifespan.

Background / History

Isabella attended a clerical academy with Jacques and had known him since childhood. Seeking a way to address her family's sealed bloodline, she travelled with him toward Dorsal Fin Village and became an apprentice priest under the Old Priest, whose earlier pursuit of justice she deeply admired. 128 56

Her emotional sensitivity emerged after sensing her grandfather's emotions following his death. This trait developed into an exceptional ability to perceive sorrow, despair, fear, and concealed abnormalities in others, shaping her determination to help people she encounters rather than ignore their suffering. 29 30

Appearance

Isabella is a striking young woman whose delicate, doll-like appearance contrasts with her strong will and readiness to fight. 24

• Golden hair and icy blue eyes. 126
• Often described as exceptionally beautiful and charming. 24 126
• Her full bloodline awakening leaves visible signs of the decades she experiences within Independent Time, including white hair strands and wrinkles. 280
• Her expression remains resolute even after the physical cost of her temporal cultivation. 280

Personality

Isabella is compassionate, emotionally perceptive, and firmly committed to justice. She can empathize intensely with other people's grief, but does not mistake empathy for surrendering judgment; she believes she should help those she can help without pretending she can save everyone. 30 132

She is patient when evidence is lacking, preferring to observe suspects until they expose themselves rather than make unsupported accusations. This restraint guides her investigations of Otto, the Old Priest, Galen, Rhine, and eventually Naimus. 30 138 219 222

Her ideals are tempered by practicality. Isabella rejects Al's tendency to decide what is best for others, refuses Xiao Bi's moral blackmail, and recognizes that authority is necessary if she wants to reform The Church on a larger scale. 132 135 222 239

Abilities & Skills

Emotional Perception

Isabella possesses an unusual sensory trait created by the interaction of her bloodline and priestly mental power. It allows her to perceive emotions and notice abnormalities that ordinary clergy overlook. 29 128

• Detects grief, despair, fear, guilt, relief, and suspicious emotional detachment. 29 30 138
• Identifies the concealed mental power of Runaway Accessory users, including Type II users who evade conventional detection. 128 134
• Uses emotional readings to guide investigations and assess whether someone is concealing their intentions. 30 139
• Can be hindered by disciplined emotional control, meditation, or perception-based interference. 29 35 56

Divine Arts and Sacred Fire

As a priest, Isabella uses the power of faith to cast divine arts. Her strongest and most characteristic offensive art is Sacred Fire, which she continually refines through combat. 36 131

• Sacred Fire / Holy Fire — Burns evil entities, demonic flesh models, black threads, and corrupted constructs. Her affinity with the flames improves after her battle with the Old Priest. 56 57 131 132
• Divine Intervention — Forms a holy magic formation that blocks energy attacks and reflects holy damage; she later attaches Holy Fire to it through Divine Art Fusion. 56 57
• Might of Judgment — Calms and stabilizes allies while disrupting emotionally driven enemies. 56 234
• Divine Manifestation, Dispel Evil, and Banish Evil — Reveals concealed evil influences, frees controlled victims, and expels demonic entities. 55 132
• Shelter and Illumination Orb — Provides guidance toward safety and creates light during investigations. 36

Advanced Spellcraft

Isabella is an unusually talented spellcaster capable of using techniques normally difficult even for experienced practitioners. 42 57

• All-Things Obedience — A complex Shaping School spell that transforms matter into energy and reshapes it; she casts it without mental enhancement to defeat Big Black, then collapses from mental exhaustion. 42
• Spell Hijacking — Seizes control of compatible spells or spell-like abilities, including Hack's Precept spell and hostile sacred flames. 159 273
• Spell Fusion / Divine Art Fusion — Combines multiple spells into a single effect, a technique she grasps after witnessing the Old Priest fuse Might of Judgment with Illusion Manipulation. 57
• Sealing techniques — Uses connections between objects to lock down or suppress targets with minimal power. 140 159
• Luminous Matter — A spell created by independently controlling and fusing her magic; it destroys Daros's bone monster. 240
• Her combat system uses Holy Fire as a vessel into which she incorporates other spells through hijacking and fusion. 239

Independent Time

Isabella's awakened bloodline lets her separate her own time from the outside world's flow. 239

• Can initially accelerate her own time to recover mental power, rest, prepare spells, and heal from physical strain. 239 254
• While separated, cannot change her position, interact with the outside world, or directly alter anything beyond herself and objects connected to her body. 239
• The duration she spends in Independent Time becomes the cooldown before she can use it again; acceleration multipliers do not increase that cooldown. 239
• Lets her prepare layered spell fusions before reconnecting to normal time, making her casting appear nearly instantaneous. 239
• After decades of isolated cultivation, she develops Time Vortex, trapping Naimus in a one-directional time loop with her. 280

Steel Breed Combat Ability

After reaching the Steel Breed, Isabella can use her spiritual power to enhance her body, react at high speed, and fight far beyond the level expected of a newly advanced priest. 159 214

• Her attributes exceed the normal range for a newly advanced Steel Breed due to her special bloodline. 159
• Uses mobility-enhancing spells such as Wind's Blessing, Divine Speed, and Cat Spirit Possession in conjunction with Independent Time. 254
• Defeats Otto in close combat despite both having recently become Steel Breed. 214
• Builds a combat style focused on analyzing an ability after encountering it and developing a countermeasure. 254

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blood Prayer Text — A text written onto a church statue that temporarily monopolizes its Power of Faith, allowing Isabella to use divine spells beyond her ordinary capacity. 55 56
• Divine Intervention accessory — An accessory inscribed with Divine Intervention, used to block and destroy one of Xiao Bi's humanoid models. 132
• Dagger — Kept ready during her confrontation with Xiao Bi, including as a potential means of removing the demon-created organs inside Mokania. 133

Relationships

• Jacques — Childhood acquaintance and clerical academy peer. They investigate Dorsal Fin Village together, with Isabella often steadying his impulsiveness and encouraging him to improve after his defeat by Naimus. 30 35 38 128
• The Old Priest — Her former teacher and an initially admired model of justice. Isabella becomes his opponent after discovering his Bloodline Experiment and corruption. 30 55 56 57
• Naimus / Nigel — Initially a mysterious ally and eventual romantic interest, but Isabella's growing suspicions lead her to treat him as an enemy and declare an investigation into his crimes. 169 219 222 280
• Mokania — A victim Isabella saves by expelling Xiao Bi's demonic entity from him. He later views her as a compassionate “Sister Isabella” and a guiding light. 132 477
• Xiao Bi — An adversary whose demonization Isabella suppresses. Isabella sympathizes with Xiao Bi's suffering but refuses to excuse her violence. 131 132 133
• Al — A fellow investigator whose savior complex Isabella comes to understand as dangerous idealism rather than simple kindness. 135
• Gabriel, Brent, Galen, and Lina — Members of the Fictional Protocol investigation team chaired by Isabella. 135 141 159

Story Role / Major Arcs

Dorsal Fin Village Investigation

Isabella investigates the deaths connected to Otto's caravan after sensing that Otto's grief is performed rather than genuine. Unable to prove his guilt, she resolves to wait, observe, and strengthen herself until he makes a mistake. 30

She investigates grave desecration, Whale-ification Disease, and The Grid with Naimus and Jacques. Her suspicions eventually turn toward the Old Priest, whose perception spells had interfered with her earlier judgment. 35 36 38 56

When the Old Priest reveals his Bloodline Experiment, Isabella fights him despite being only a Black Stone Breed. She uses the Blood Prayer Text, Sacred Fire, Divine Intervention, and Divine Art Fusion to resist his superior techniques. 55 56 57

Tail-Wagging Town and Fictional Protocol

Assigned as a priest to Tail-Wagging Town, Isabella finds that its polished institutions conceal corruption, especially within the Redemption Department. Her archive research leads her to suspect that Fictional Protocol is far larger and more sophisticated than The Church believes. 126 128

She saves Mokania, confronts Xiao Bi's artificial demonization, and learns that the Fictional Protocol distributes increasingly advanced Runaway Accessories. Her success and unusual perception lead to her appointment as captain of the investigation team. 131 132 135

Isabella infiltrates the tavern and the Scavengers' territory to uncover their ties to Fictional Protocol, Byrne, the Dartmenly Family, and Runaway Accessory Type IV. 139 140 141

Steel Breed Advancement and Church Reform

During the purge of the Alchemical Clock Tower, Isabella advances to the Steel Breed and creates an escape route by combining Spell Hijacking, Divine Intervention, sealing, and Hack's Precept spell. 159

She investigates the Church's hidden forces and Bishop Rhine's conduct, refusing to overlook wrongdoing merely because it serves the institution's darker interests. 168 169

After leading the Redemption Department's reforms, Isabella personally distributes water and magical treatment during a heat wave in the South District. Her actions earn her widespread public admiration as an “angel.” 212

Break with Naimus

After Otto's exposure, Isabella reopens the Dorsal Fin Village case and discovers evidence suggesting that Naimus and Otto may have been involved in the villagers' deaths. 214 219

She separates her feelings for Naimus from her duty, submits an application to investigate corruption throughout The Church, and recognizes Naimus's refusal as confirmation that he has become her enemy. 221 222

Bloodline Awakening and Time Vortex

During the battle against Daros's bone monster, Isabella awakens Independent Time, develops Luminous Matter, and uses spell fusion to destroy the creature before its curse can spread further. 238 239 240

She later spends decades alone in Independent Time to reach the limit of her bloodline, accepting the loss of most of her remaining lifespan. She confronts Naimus and deploys Time Vortex, trapping both of them in a one-directional time loop. 280

A later account states that Isabella's reliance on simple moral sentiments leads her to instruct others in a way that results in her death. 633

Notable Quotes

“Everyone in this world has their own misfortunes. My mission is not to save every last misfortune, but to do my best myself and extend a helping hand to those misfortunes I see and am capable of helping!” 132

“Naimus, perhaps it was my mistake that allowed you to reach this point. And I am going to end that mistake.” 280

Trivia

• Isabella initially mistakes the Old Priest's natural odor of decay for the source of the disturbance behind the church. 35
• Her special perception can distinguish hidden Runaway Accessory users whose mental power appears calm enough to resemble orthodox meditation. 128 134
• She refuses numerous noble suitors after becoming famous in the South District, finding their desires and attempts to interfere with her work distasteful. 212