Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Freime (芙蕾梅) |
| Alternate Name | Freme Kya 7 |
| Alias(es) | Death Howl; Lament Siren Princess 8 40 |
| Species/Race | Sea Monster; described as a mermaid and siren 6 7 |
| Gender | Female 7 15 |
| Occupation/Role | Sea Monster princess; prisoner under Herbert’s supervision 15 29 |
| Power Rank | Legendary 8 14 |
| Bloodline | Royal Sea Monster bloodline 19 44 |
| Residence | Deepwater Prison, the second sector of the Misty Monastery’s Foreign Races’ Prison 16 |
| Status | Alive and imprisoned 39 44 |
| First Appearance | Appears unnamed in Chapter 6; identified as Freme Kya in Chapter 7 6 7 |
Background / History
Three hundred years before meeting Herbert, Freime reportedly drove hundreds of sailors and fishermen to drown themselves, turning several fishing ports into ghost towns. Herbert recognizes her as the notorious siren associated with these deaths 7.
She is confined in the Deepwater Prison, a specially restricted demiplane that deprives her enclosure of nearly all water elements. Even at the prison’s normal settings, she can barely maintain a floating water sphere large enough to contain herself 16.
After discovering her anxiety over the lethal effects of her singing, Herbert questions whether the destruction of the ports was intentional. This remains his hypothesis; the circumstances of the incident are not established in the provided chapters 40.
Appearance
- Body: Human upper body and a fish tail 6.
- Tail: Rainbow-colored, with iridescent scales; Herbert finds it smooth, cool, and unexpectedly dry to the touch 17 37 39.
- Hair: Long and described as magnificent; it begins drying out when the sealing array drains her magic 14.
- Voice: Beautiful enough to earn Herbert’s sincere praise, despite his dislike of her affected, overly sweet delivery during their first encounter 7 15.
Personality
Freime initially presents herself as a flirtatious, approachable woman while concealing murderous intentions. Her attempt to lure Herbert close exposes the difference between her sweet manner and her hostility toward her warden 7 14.
She is proud and perceptive. During Herbert’s use of the sealing array, she refuses to beg despite her worsening condition. She also notices the change in his confidence and recognizes the calculating personality beneath his friendly behavior 14 15.
Sincere admiration unsettles her more than expected. Herbert’s compliments leave her flustered but pleased, while his apparent immunity to her song reveals a more vulnerable side: she repeatedly checks that he is unharmed and shyly asks him to return as a listener 15 38 39.
Abilities & Skills
Vocal Charm
Freime uses her enchanting voice to influence others and draw them toward her 7.
- Her historical reputation includes compelling hundreds of people to drown themselves 7.
- Herbert’s Purity Blessing renders her charm ineffective; Nenasya explicitly distinguishes this immunity from her own protection 8.
- Freime recognizes the blessing as the reason she cannot control Herbert’s mind 15.
Lethal Singing
Her singing can harm listeners beyond merely enchanting them, connecting her voice with her title Death Howl 38 40.
- She expects an exposed listener to suffer bodily decay, mental madness, or death, and reacts with guilt when Herbert overhears her nighttime song 38.
- Herbert shows none of the effects she expects, allowing him to listen without apparent harm 38 39.
- Herbert attributes the defiler’s progressive loss of flesh partly to hearing Freime sing after Valentina injured it 44.
- Her repertoire includes an ancient ballad about a Sea Monster Queen and a human prince, sung in a strange language 37.
Water Manipulation
Freime gathers water elements to create and maintain a floating sphere 14.
- The sphere can become opaque or frosted to conceal her, and she can harden it to shut out further interaction 14 29.
- Its surface membrane deflects Herbert’s attempts to prod it with his sword’s scabbard 14.
- Outside the prison’s restrictions, she can use airborne water elements and magic to keep herself afloat even without surrounding water 14.
- The sealing array suppresses her voice, drains her magic, and collapses the sphere. Once Herbert releases the restraint, she rebuilds it within a few breaths 14.
- The array causes considerable discomfort and weakening, but prolonged activation alone cannot kill her 15.
Emotional and Magical Perception
Freime excels at manipulating emotions and detecting changes in others 15.
- She notices Herbert’s disappearance of fear and senses a calm, deceitful, arrogant character beneath his courteous facade 15.
- She detects something resembling a Sea Monster racial mark on him, though she does not identify its source 29.
- Her royal bloodline gives her access to extensive secret knowledge 44.
Royal Scale
Freime’s iridescent scale serves as a powerful monster material rather than merely a keepsake 17 19.
- She gives Herbert one as symbolic compensation and a token of reconciliation, after securing his promise not to use it for anything “weird” 17.
- Through Nenasya’s material-based method, it grants Herbert Sea Monster Queen’s Longing, a forbidden royal spell 19.
- The spell protects him underwater, resists mental manipulation and disorientation, and makes water creatures naturally favor him 19 23 29.
- It would ordinarily gradually transform its bearer into a Sea Monster; Herbert’s other blessings prevent that physical change 19.
- The chapters establish that her scale grants access to the spell, not that Freime personally casts it 19.
Relationships
- Herbert Albert — Her warden and an increasingly welcome visitor. Their relationship begins with attempted murder and retaliation, moves into reconciliation, and develops through compliments, teasing, and his willingness to hear her sing. Herbert still describes them as better than neutral but not quite friends 7 14 17 39 40.
- Archbishop of Mist — An authority associated with her confinement. Herbert identifies her resentment toward the Archbishop and monastery as part of her hostility toward him as their warden 15.
Story Role / Major Arcs
| Arc | Chapters | Key Events |
|---|---|---|
| First encounter | 6 7 | Discusses an earlier warden’s flight, asks Herbert whether she is beautiful, and attempts to lure him close. His immunity to her charm and literal responses derail her approach. |
| Confrontation and candor | 14 15 | Refuses to engage with Herbert until his persistent provocation triggers her anger and the sealing array. After releasing her, he proposes abandoning false politeness and openly praises her beauty and voice. |
| Reconciliation | 17 19 | Gives Herbert a rainbow scale to settle their earlier conflict. The material later grants him Sea Monster Queen’s Longing. |
| Unusual racial mark | 28 29 | Inspects Herbert after detecting a Sea Monster-like mark, becomes annoyed by his teasing, and closes herself off inside her sphere. |
| An unharmed listener | 37 38 39 | Herbert overhears her unfinished ancient ballad. After confirming that he is unharmed, she permits him to touch her tail and asks him to return to hear more songs. |
| Reassessment of her past | 40 | Herbert begins considering whether her notorious port deaths resulted from unintended harm rather than deliberate cruelty. |
Notable Quotes
“It’s not like I wanted to drown you or anything!” 7
“Are you really all right? You don’t feel unwell anywhere?” 39