Mel

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Mel is an orphan who never knew or met his parents. He grew up in Archmage Yamier’s tower, where he experienced a warm childhood and received an education outside the magic-academy system. He credits his teacher’s guidance with teaching him that a mage needs the strength of character to control powerful magic responsibly 11 61 84 161.

Yamier’s tower included a protected practice room that reduced a fireball to a spark and weakened even instant-death magic to minor injury. This allowed Mel to practice dangerous spells safely, although it initially left him prone to using excessive power when he ventured outside 14.

After leaving the tower, Mel joined the Kunlan Rangers. More than ten years before the main story’s finale, he infiltrated a mercenary group and disguised himself as a captured girl to rescue Anna from beastmen. Anna later adopted the name of his female disguise 37 157 191.

Mel subsequently accepted an invitation from the Osland Federation. During his first year there, he redesigned equipment for the elite Shield of the New Star guards, improving its power and energy efficiency while replacing bulky blast shields with guardian magic arrays 12.

Appearance

• Eyes: Bright sapphire-blue, repeatedly compared by Xipei to magic crystals filled with energy 15 27 132.
• Hair: Soft, smooth, waist-length, and light-colored; its warm coloring is compared to honey mixed into wine 31 35.
• Build: Slender and well-proportioned, with firm, smoothly defined muscles rather than a knight’s bulky physique 106.
• Face and hands: Refined features, a high nose bridge, and slender hands noted for their graceful spellcasting movements 11 27 133.
• Clothing: Wears black mage robes; his summit attire includes a fitted robe with gold embroidery around the collar 35.
• Relative height: Two centimeters taller than Xipei in their normal forms 157.
• Female transformation: Takes on softer features, a curving figure, and long, wavy hair. This form was convincing and attractive enough to become central to Anna’s memories of her rescue 157.

Personality

Mel combines an imposing public reputation with an earnest, easily embarrassed private manner. Xipei initially associates him with the composure of a famous genius, but comes to know his exuberance, playful sulking, and tendency to blush when teased. He freely admires Xipei’s scholarship and often treats praise of his partner as seriously as an academic discussion 24 27 121 151.

He is generous with knowledge and persistent in research. He offers to teach Shadow Dance in exchange for Xipei’s shield technique, and repeated failures at elemental rune-writing do not make him impatient. He also criticizes academy specialization that leaves graduates unable to perform basic spells outside their chosen element 11 15 24.

Despite being openly known as a dark mage, Mel values restraint and responsibility. He refuses preferential release from prison while Xipei faces punishment for the same offense, and he protects Reynold in battle despite disliking him. His teacher’s emphasis on moral discipline shapes his approach to Black Magic 13 26 80 84.

Mel is particularly protective—and sometimes jealous—where Xipei is concerned. He insists on rest after mental exhaustion, becomes furious over Reynold’s treatment of him, and repeatedly reassures him that his past does not make him a monster. Later, he also learns to exploit his own apparent embarrassment and jealousy to tease his husband 23 24 85 98 201.

Abilities & Skills

Shadow Dance

Mel’s signature spell animates and controls shadows, including those belonging to other people. Its distinctive appearance is famous enough to compromise his identity while invisible 15 19.

• Restrains enemies by making their shadows coil around them 19.
• Controls multiple shadows simultaneously, including during close-range combat against agile cyborgs 17 29.
• Uses shadows for ordinary tasks such as carrying food, arranging bedding, and fixing his hair 15 24.
• Can exert lethal force; Xipei remembers shadows crushing orcs’ necks during Mel’s battlefield deployment 27.
• Limit: The shadows can touch solid objects but cannot independently cast spells. Mel wants to develop that capability 15.

Absolute Protection

A defensive spell invented by Xipei and named by Mel after he learns it 15.

• Blocks physical attacks and restricts the area affected by other spells 15.
• Can be formed as a protective dome or reduced to a miniature shield at a precisely identified energy node 15 22.
• Shields Xipei while he prepares powerful magic against the Electronic Demons 81.
• Limit: Mel must still account for nearby allies when choosing offensive spells; a shield does not remove the danger of friendly fire 80.

Elemental and Combat Magic

Mel uses lightning, wind, ice, and other elemental spells, selecting them according to the enemy rather than simply favoring higher-level magic 17 19 81 82.

• Combines shadow restraints with invisible wind blades 19.
• Covers a mine tunnel with a blizzard 81.
• Exploits Electronic Demons’ internal circuits with basic Lightning Strike spells, turning their electrically charged battery systems against their vulnerable flesh 82.
• Defeats a squadron of magic-powered fighters and returns without injury 151.
• Mental-power limit: Describes his capacity as “two and a half” forbidden spells: he can chant a third, but may lack the mental power to channel it 71.
• Material use: Recognizes a mage’s own blood as a powerful casting material and attempts to use his wounded hand during the mine battle 81.

Transformation and Disguise

Mel transforms both himself and others, using the spell for infiltration, recreation, and punishment 50 124 157.

• Turns Reynold into a sheep, then later into a black alpaca and a baby alpaca 50 85.
• Turns Anna into a black rabbit 124.
• Assumes a female appearance for his rescue of Anna and later for a shopping trip with Xipei 157.
• Limit: Reynold’s sheep transformation wears off; in that incident, his leopard-print underpants remain unchanged 50.

Mental and Spatial Magic

• Mind Link: Shares perceptions and coordinates actions with Xipei. The connection lets him locate and catch Xipei when his mental power gives out 19 23.
• Power sharing: Transfers magic power and mental power to Xipei while he stabilizes a falling dragon ship 115.
• Movement: Uses flight, acceleration, instant movement, and teleportation in pursuit and rescue operations 17 23 81.
• Concealment: Uses invisibility and leaves an illusory double in his prison cell 16 23.
• Limit: Mind Link requires trust and comparable mental strength; an imbalance can cause the weaker participant headaches 18.
• Movement distinction: Explains that instant movement requires a visible destination, while most teleportation spells require prepared positioning runes 13.

Runes, Alchemy, and Magical Engineering

• Copies functional runes with precise strokes and steady magic output, though an unprotected experiment produces dangerous decay around the parchment 11.
• Learns to write runes directly with magical elements rather than relying on special paper and ink 23 24 63.
• Crafts the spatial ring he gives Xipei 36 198.
• Designs military magical equipment and guardian arrays for the Federation 12.
• Adjusts the mage tower’s barrier so network cables can operate through it 170.

Teaching, Languages, and Practical Skills

• Ancient Elven: Writes an extended diary in the language using fire elements and teaches it effectively to Xipei 36 63.
• Instruction: Trains Anna and joins Xipei in teaching their apprentices, including lessons on Hellfire 63.
• Martial skills: Spends several days learning from dark elves while accompanying Anna home; he is physically stronger than Xipei 64.
• Drawing: Produces a recognizable portrait of Xipei, deliberately giving him longer hair as an artistic choice 37.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Mage tower — An extension of Mel’s mental power and will, with carvings and protective talismans responsive to him. He later brings it into battle against Xuesang 58 190.
• Raven familiar — A remotely controlled familiar used for communication, visits, and guiding Xipei to the tower 33 58.
• Spatial ring and spell notebook — Carries casting materials and private magical notes; also safeguards Xipei’s notes during their imprisonment 11 27.
• Book collection — Offers the entire collection to Xipei as a romantic gift 63.
• Phone — Initially owns none and has never used one. Later registers a social-media account to announce his impending marriage 37 121.

Wealth and Business Interests

Relationships

• Ciprins Field / Xipei — Husband, research partner, and fellow legendary archmage. They first meet while reaching for the same library book, exchange magical knowledge, fall in love, and establish a shared household. Mel’s public proposal culminates in their legal marriage 15 64 74 191 193.
• Archmage Yamier — Teacher and the central adult figure in Mel’s childhood. Mel preserves his teacher’s lingering memories in the tower and takes their reminders to practice as continuing encouragement 61 161.
• Anna — Elven apprentice whom Mel rescued in disguise. She frequently provokes him, offers questionable romantic advice, and writes fiction about him and Xipei; he repeatedly disciplines her by embedding her in the tower’s walls or ceiling 61 63 157 197 199.
• Moli — Xipei’s apprentice and a member of their household. Mel initially calls her a good apprentice and worries that Anna will lead her astray 32 61.
• Reynold — An admirer of Mel and Xipei’s former boyfriend. Mel resents his treatment of Xipei and humiliates him with transformations, but still protects and helps rescue him 29 50 80 85 102 118.
• Ruiduo — Rescued Holy Tree Elf whom Mel helps name and protect. He later entrusts her with caring for a lamb, affirming her connection to nature 100 107 199.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Imprisonment and the Prison Attack

Mel and Xipei’s rune experiment brings them to the authorities’ attention for dangerous Black Magic. Their imprisonment becomes an opportunity to exchange spells and study together. When an alarm interrupts their rest, they conceal their escape from the cell and investigate the attacking cyborgs 11 12 15 16 17.

During the confrontation with a giant mech, Mel places a miniature Absolute Protection at the energy node Xipei identifies. After Xipei disables the machine and exhausts his mental power, Mel catches him, returns him to their cell, and insists that he rest 22 23 24.

Courtship and the Shared Tower

At the summit, Mel spends more than two hours inscribing an Ancient Elven diary across the assembly hall’s dome. Xipei reads its declaration of affection and later sends a familiar to tell Mel that he likes him too 36 37.

Mel invites Xipei and Moli to live with him. Their relationship becomes explicit during a Hellfire lesson, and they subsequently agree that they are partners in life, research, travel, and teaching 40 58 63 64.

Electronic Demons and the Apprentices’ Rescue

In the mine battle, Mel protects the group but cannot freely use destructive area spells while allies fight nearby. Xipei turns to his own darker magic, while Mel identifies and exploits the Electronic Demons’ electrical vulnerability 80 81 82.

When Anna and Moli are taken to a private military base, Mel and Xipei divide their search using Mind Link. Without vulnerable companions beside him, Mel dispatches the base’s defenders with fast, precise spells and investigates its heavily guarded interior 91.

Dragon Emperor Rescue and Federation Crisis

Mel helps recover the kidnapped Reynold, continues with the group toward the captors’ base, and later defeats magic-powered fighters during the Dragon Emperor rescue operation. After reuniting safely, he and Xipei agree to marry when they return home 118 124 151.

During the Machine Zealots’ assault on the Federation’s Congress building, Mel fights Xuesang. He keeps the exhausted Xipei out of the duel and brings their flying mage tower into the confrontation 182 190 191.

Proposal and Married Life

After Xuesang is brought down, Mel kneels before Xipei in front of the crowd and asks to share their lives and scholarship. Xipei accepts. Mel urges immediate registration so the law will protect their relationship from interference by the Shadow Moon Temple; their marriage is confirmed shortly afterward 191 193.

Their relationship becomes a public sensation, generating photographs, online discussion, and Anna’s fiction. In the birthday episodes, Mel’s jealous display over students’ chocolates and roses is revealed as a deliberate attempt to tease his husband 170 197 201.

Notable Quotes

“Xipei, you deserve a better partner.” 27

“Only an absolutely powerful mind can master absolutely powerful magic.” 84

“On the road ahead, please accept me and share life and scholarship with me. Let us explore the unknown and the future together, teach apprentices together, and honor our elders and teachers.” 191

Trivia

• Mel is two years older than Xipei; his exact age is not stated in the supplied chapters 131.
• His elven connections lead Federation commentators to speculate about elven ancestry, despite his explicit identification as full-blooded human 13 40.
• He has always liked black cats with green eyes. Anna objects that cats are too conventional for a mage; a black cat later appears among the students’ gifts 47 201.
• His initial lack of a phone stems partly from familiar-based communication in Yamier’s tower and unreliable reception in the Rangers’ war zone 37.
• Although openly a dark mage, he has an enthusiastic public following; summit viewers even report comments that obscure his face 35.