Puer

Biodata

Background / History

Puer belonged to the Allen family before breaking with it early in her life. She later met other people and experienced unspecified accidents that left her trapped as a cat. She explicitly denies that her transformation resulted from a hereditary disease or family curse 46 47.

Her connection to the Immerlis Family predates Dis’s birth, and she became a cat while he was still young. She watched him grow from a child into a grandfather, retaining knowledge of the family’s history, relationships, and withdrawal from church service 26 35 46.

Puer says she was once an accomplished fighter but has been weak for over a hundred years. Her former appearance predates photography; she believes murals depicting her may still exist in the underground chambers of Allen Castle 26 46.

Appearance

• Black feline body: Her fur is smooth and glossy, attracting Eunice’s immediate affection 46 49.
• Humanlike expressions: She conveys reluctance, disdain, embarrassment, and amusement with unusual subtlety for a household animal 6 17 25.
• Expressive ears and tail: Her ears repeatedly rise and fold when she is reluctant to investigate danger; her tail stiffens when Dis intimidates her 17 26.
• Female speaking voice: Kallen describes her voice as clear, pleasant, and carrying a mature, commanding charm 25.

Personality

Puer is proud of her noble background and former beauty. She objects to being treated as an ordinary pet, considers accompanying Kallen’s amateur investigation beneath her dignity, and repeatedly belittles the household’s golden retriever 17 27 45 46.

Her sharp tongue persists even when she is injured. She mocks Kallen’s supposed divine status, teases him about his relationships, and argues openly with Dis—although his threats quickly make her retreat 11 17 28 35.

Her initial suspicion of Kallen gives way to practical affection. She first urges Dis to kill him as a possible Otherworldly Demon, then argues that his pure power deserves development. Kallen’s cooking openly influences this change: she sees little reason to hate an alleged Evil God who makes fish for her 11 35.

Despite her early separation from the Allen family, Puer remains protective of its descendants. Discovering Eunice’s ancestry abruptly reverses her enthusiasm for the match with Kallen. When he recognizes her fear that he might bring misfortune upon her family, she becomes ashamed and unusually conciliatory 46 47.

Abilities & Skills

Supernatural Detection

Puer can see Otherworldly Demons and identify supernatural threats that ordinary people might overlook 26 27.

• Dis assigns her to accompany Kallen primarily to provide advance warning so he can escape, not to defeat attackers 17 26.
• She identifies the hospital attacker as a bewitching Otherworldly Demon 27.
• She senses an unusual manifestation of power and initially wonders whether it comes from Dis before realizing it does not 32.
• She regards Eunice’s bearing as evidence of exceptional spiritual sensitivity, though this is her assessment rather than a demonstrated measurement 46.

Residual Bewitching-Demon Instincts

Puer retains instincts from her former existence as a noble pureblood bewitching Otherworldly Demon 27.

• Her claw strike interrupts the hospital demon’s attempt to extract Kallen’s soul, leaving bloody marks across its manifested face 27.
• She attributes this success to the opponent’s lack of her former pureblood status rather than to general fighting strength 27.
• Her feline body remains vulnerable: the possessed nurse catches her, slams her onto the floor, and kicks her hard enough to leave her bleeding 27.

Knowledge of Purification and Church Powers

Puer explains supernatural mechanics to Kallen, including Purification, clerical ranks, corpse spirituality, and purified bodies 25 26 28.

• Corpse awakening: She explains that corpses retain spirituality and that awakening it produces a limited revival, not restoration of the original person 26.
• Untrained perception: She identifies Kallen’s uncontrolled supernatural hearing and sight as instinctive abilities he cannot properly manage without Purification 25.
• Purified bodies: She describes how an awakened corpse can be prepared and permeated by a primarily soul-based Otherworldly Demon to serve a similar function 28.
• Purification potential: Dis judges her a higher-grade “Sacred Artifact” for performing Purification than anything else in the Ruilan District. He explicitly forbids her from using that capacity on Kallen 35.

Speech and Feline Dexterity

Puer can speak human language but initially conceals this ability from Kallen 7 25.

• She abandons her pretense of ordinary meowing after Kallen threatens to pair her with a tomcat 25.
• She operates the hospital light switch and call button with her paws 27.
• She assists Kallen in the kitchen by moving seasoning jars and reluctantly peeling garlic 45.
• She remains unfamiliar with Kallen’s language and asks him to explain one of his foreign expressions 7 26.

Relationships

• Kallen — Initially considers him an impostor and dangerous supernatural being. She later becomes his adviser and companion, saves him during the hospital attack, and openly favors his cooking. Their exchanges remain teasing and argumentative 11 25 27 35 45.
• Dis — A longtime acquaintance whom she has known since childhood. She challenges his decisions and understands his family loyalties, but he punishes her interference and strictly forbids her from secretly purifying Kallen 11 26 35.
• Eunice — A descendant of the Allen family, not Puer’s direct offspring. Puer recognizes her family crest on Eunice’s gift wallet and becomes protective of her. Puer has never had children and later clarifies that her genealogical position would include “sister” rather than simply “grandmother” 46 47 49.
• Alfred — Recognizes him as a powerful Otherworldly Demon better suited to combat than herself. He detects her hiding in Kallen’s car and carries her home when Kallen refuses to let her accompany his date 25 26 49.
• Miss Molly — Another Otherworldly Demon whom Puer considers more suitable for physical protection. Puer nevertheless advises Kallen to rely on Dis’s judgment rather than follow Alfred and Molly too closely 26 38.
• Golden Retriever — Frequently mocks the dog’s intelligence and cowardice. The retriever is intimidated by her and does not dare compete for her food 4 27 31 45.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Suspicion of Kallen

• Puer’s ability to speak is first shown when Dis asks about Kallen’s unfamiliar language. She says she has never heard of an Otherworldly Demon inventing a language so complex 7.
• She accuses Dis of allowing family affection to override his duties and urges him to act against Kallen. Dis confines her within Order… Cage and painfully suppresses her 11.
• Dis later orders her to accompany Kallen to Piaget’s home despite her objections 17.
• After Alfred and Molly pledge themselves to Kallen, she warns Dis that his grandson has brought two Otherworldly Demons under his command 22.

Hospital Attack

• Puer reveals her speech to Kallen and explains why his supernatural perceptions are difficult to control 25.
• She considers whether his affinity with corpses could mean he has returned from the dead, comparing the possibility to legends about the God of Order 26.
• She interrupts the bewitching demon’s attack on his soul, then suffers serious injuries fighting its possessed nurse 27.
• After Alfred removes the possessed corpse, she explains its suitability as a purified body and reports the attack to Dis 28.

Support for Kallen’s Development

• Puer argues that Kallen’s power is weak but exceptionally pure and urges Dis to allow his Purification 35.
• Dis refuses and warns that secretly performing the ritual would end her century-long friendship with the Immerlis Family 35.
• During the confrontation with the editor-in-chief, Puer makes an apparent attack on Kallen, cutting several strands of his hair. Dis invokes the regulation against commanding an Otherworldly Demon to harm an ordinary person and sentences her to confinement 42.

Eunice and the Allen Connection

• Puer enthusiastically encourages Kallen’s match with Eunice, believing their children could possess exceptional spiritual potential 46.
• Recognizing the Allen crest on Eunice’s gift wallet, she abruptly begs Kallen to stay away from her family’s descendant 46.
• Her explanation helps Kallen identify Dis’s likely plan to provide him a fallback through the Allen family in Vien 47.
• She secretly remains in the car to supervise Kallen’s next visit to Eunice, but Alfred discovers her and takes her home on Kallen’s orders 49.

Notable Quotes

“I've lived for two hundred years, and I've never heard of an Otherworldly Demon... inventing its own language.” 7

“Even if he's an evil god, he's an evil god willing to make braised little fish for me. As a cat, what reason do I have to hate him?” 35

“Because Dis doesn't believe in religion.” 39

Trivia

• Puer dislikes the name Kallen uses for her, despite his insistence that it sounds poetic 26.
• She enjoys coffee alongside fish and complains about having eaten cat food for a hundred years 31 35.
• Kallen’s special meals for her include braised small fish and Suancai Fish; she also requests the carp dish he has promised to make 31 39 45.
• Although she boasts of having been the dream lover of many brilliant young men, her exchange with Kallen indicates that she never married or dated 46.