Centaurea

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Centaurea (欣特莱雅) 145
Alias(es)	Little Platinum; Skadi the Idol 145 153
Species/Race	Pegasus 125
Gender	Female 145
Affiliation	Chen Ran; Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 145
Occupation/Role	Knight and idol; designated Black Horse/Famine Knight 125 145
Status	Alive 228
First Appearance	Chapter 125, as the idol knight called Skadi in this worldline 125

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Third-eye time manipulation	126	Learns that her eyes can slow or stop time and that she can interact with frozen objects. The entity granting the power initially claims that its eventual price is her body and soul.
Expanded time control demonstrated	149	Reveals that she can accelerate or decelerate time for herself and others, explaining her unusually quick return from a mission.
Life-sized body through a black crown	165	Chen Ran uses a black crown to make her body life-sized. This is an externally enabled transformation, not a stated cultivation rank.

Background / History

Knight and idol career

Centaurea comes from a humble background and struggles to continue her knightly career. The Unarmored Alliance offers her a chance to become its next Platinum Grandmaster if she kills a previous opponent. She refuses rather than compromise her principles 125.

Her beauty and Pegasus bloodline make her a popular idol, but fame brings exploitation and pressure. She adopts a more guarded, expressionless manner, while the Alliance approaches her again with intentions to harm or capture her 125.

Pact and retaliation

After discovering her third eye, Centaurea encounters an entity visible through the moon’s transformation into colossal eyes. She remains composed despite its threatening claims and suspects that it is helping her for its own amusement. Nevertheless, she chooses to use its time-manipulation powers against the assassins targeting her 126.

Her sudden reversal of fortune also affects her treatment of Zofia. Having recently been penniless and overworked, she takes intense satisfaction in overpowering her wealthy former employer—a reaction Chen Ran notices and mocks 129.

During her retaliation, she silently kills a leader’s bodyguards and swiftly defeats the leader himself. A colossal hand then intervenes, and Centaurea proceeds into a director’s room. She later recalls that some directors’ private soldiers were tough enough to survive a single stab 138 145.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Zofia accepts Chen Ran’s proposal to cooperate with Centaurea against their enemies. Chen Ran names the two-woman team the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, assigning Centaurea the Black Horse/Famine Knight title and Zofia the White Horse/Plague Knight title. Centaurea questions both the headcount and why her white hair does not make her the White Horse; Chen Ran admits that the arrangement is deliberate 145.

Expecting the Unarmored Alliance to be their next target, Centaurea requests a divine weapon. Chen Ran gives her Gungnir, fashioned from two twisted iron wires. She immediately trades it to Zofia for a year’s salary and declares that eliminating the Alliance is now Zofia’s responsibility 145.

The ensuing operations attract the Supervision Committee’s attention. It deploys the Silver Spear Pegasus knights, and Grand Knight Commander Iolayeta Rosso personally invites Centaurea to afternoon tea rather than immediately confronting her. Centaurea and Zofia subsequently return home, leaving the knights to handle the cleanup 148 149.

Other worldlines and life with Chen Ran

Centaurea and Zofia later undertake a deity’s mission in Higashi, but are left waiting after the Year Beast incident. They travel to Kazimierz, where Centaurea experiences another worldline’s version of her own life. Following that visit, she becomes more openly attached to Chen Ran and more appreciative of her circumstances with him 164 165 166.

Their relationship becomes physically intimate, with Chen Ran caring for her afterward. Centaurea also continues teasing Zofia, particularly after finding her wearing Centaurea’s halo 170.

Appearance

• White hair, which she cites when disputing her assignment as the Black Horse 145.
• Pegasus heritage and distinctive beauty, both contributing to her idol popularity 125.
• Slender build, noted alongside Wishdale and the other Skadi 228.
• Third eye, associated with her perception of the entity and her time-manipulation powers 126.
• Variable body scale: Chen Ran can make her life-sized using a black crown 165.

Personality

Centaurea initially maintains a firm moral boundary, rejecting the Alliance’s offer despite the promise of advancement. Exploitation and threats subsequently leave her guarded and resentful; once empowered, she is willing to retaliate violently against those targeting her 125 126.

Around Chen Ran, that reserve gives way to irreverent humor and shameless bargaining. She jokes about seduction, asks for favors, and relies increasingly on his indulgence. Her opportunism is particularly clear when she exchanges Gungnir for salary and transfers the dangerous assignment to Zofia 145.

Her bond with Zofia combines affection with provocation. She describes Zofia as a mother figure, yet enjoys embarrassing her and asking her to take care of practical chores. After visiting her counterpart, she also becomes noticeably clingier toward Chen Ran 149 165 170 228.

Abilities & Skills

Time Manipulation

• Slows or stops time through her eyes 126.
• Can interact with objects while they are frozen 126.
• Can accelerate or decelerate time for herself and others 149.
• Her Time Stop can be borrowed by Xi 200.
• The supposed loss of her body and soul is presented as the granting entity’s initial claim, rather than a completed consequence 126.

Combat and Stealth

• Silently eliminates bodyguards before confronting their leader 138.
• Rapidly defeats the leader when he attempts to fight back 138.
• Recognizes the limits of ordinary attacks: some directors’ private soldiers survive a single stab, prompting her request for stronger equipment 145.

Summoning Chen Ran

• Teaches Zofia a spoken formula for attracting Chen Ran’s attention 153.
• Zofia successfully summons him after finally reciting the entire formula; its wording is deliberately embarrassing rather than conventionally solemn 153.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Gungnir — A makeshift spear constructed by Chen Ran from two iron wires twisted together. He names it after a legendary spear said to strike its target when thrown; Centaurea’s own use does not establish that property. She hits herself while flourishing it, then trades it to Zofia for a year’s salary 145.
• Halo — Used to let Zofia observe her interactions with Chen Ran. Zofia later wears it herself, and Centaurea also receives shared sensations through the halo connection 165 170 228.
• Black crown — Used by Chen Ran to create her life-sized body 165.

Relationships

• Chen Ran — Patron, source of her extraordinary powers, and intimate partner. She initially interprets him as an evil entity, but grows comfortable enough to bargain and joke freely with him. Despite their familiarity, she only learns his name when Zofia mentions it during the toothbrushing scene 126 140 145 165 170.
• Zofia — Former employer, ally, and mother figure. Centaurea calls her “my former young lady,” gives her Gungnir in exchange for salary, and frequently provokes or embarrasses her 145 149 170.
• Unarmored Alliance — Hostile organization that first attempts to recruit her, then threatens her safety. It becomes the intended target of her partnership with Zofia 125 145.
• Iolayeta Rosso — Grand Knight Commander who responds to Centaurea’s actions through a personal invitation to discuss matters over afternoon tea 148.
• Alternate-world Centaurea — A counterpart whose life she experiences while visiting another worldline. In the normal worldline, Centaurea holds the Alliance’s Platinum Seat and targets Zofia’s niece Maria 145 165 166.
• Xi — Borrows Centaurea’s Time Stop while considering how to capture a Year Beast alive 200.

Notable Quotes

“Although I don't know how you persuaded my former young lady, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse... Heh, I never managed to obtain a knightly title, yet you were the one who gave me one...” 145

“Since you've been given this divine weapon, my former young lady, the task of killing the Unarmored Alliance is yours.” 145