Ye Sizhen (葉思真?) is a member of the Watchtower of Possession of the Spiral Manor.
Profile
Background
Yizhen is a mage who started with no decent connections at the start of her career.
Personality
She wants to open her own Spiral Manor inspired by how Waver Velvet has his own class, helping mages with no connections like she was at first. Her favorite hobby is collecting dolls and masks. Like all Chinese mages, she has the same disdain for spellcasters as Western mages do.[1]
She develops an appreciation for Shirou's cooking and kindness. She states that she'd never date a man who doesn't understand her interests in masks and dolls, and so Shirou commenting on their expressiveness of their craftsmen’s cultures, history, and ideologies has her briefly develop feelings for him. However, she doesn't continue her favourite subject with him due to the age-gap between them, and upon finding out Shirou has loyalty to Rin (although unclear whether it is romantic), she is relieved her new feelings were nipped in the bud.[2]
Appearance
She is almost 12 years older than Shirou.[2]
Role
The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II
Shirou with Ye Sizhen.
After a scuffle with the Morte mafia, Shirou is rescued by Ye Sizhen, a competitor in Fem's Casa and an apprentice to Ziz. She also states she's an associate of the girl he's rescued.[3]
Sizhen and Shirou are later attacked by Juste, a killer who idolizes Kiritsugu. Juste states that their mission is justice and they intend to kill Sizhen since the lives she would take away outnumber those she'd save, a thought process in line with Kiritsugu's own. Shirou fights Juste using Kanshou and Bakuya and Archer's bow, and counters Juste's declaration that they are justice by saying that his dream is to be a hero of justice. When Juste hears Sizhen call Shirou by his name, they recognize it and identify him as the person who "killed Kiritsugu". Their fight is interrupted by the arrival of Flat Escardos and Ergo, prompting Juste to retreat. As they flee, they say that they will never forgive Shirou.[1]
Abilities
Ye Sizhen's dolls and masks.
Her magecraft allows her to alter mass and space within her building. Messing with these specs is a Privileged Domain permitted only to the Xians of the Shanling Fating, but she can imitate it because every doll in her collection is an advanced Mystic Code. She has a Thought Key that can heal her and she uses Age of Gods Magecraft being a student of Ziz. It’s a relatively rare kind of possession Philosophy Magecraft that uses makeup to draw power from within herself. Her new magecraft can boost her key. After her powerup, Sizhen can outdo any modern mage's attempt to affect the outside world, but Atlas alchemy doesn't do that. She uses dolls for magecraft.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 7: Fem's Casa (Middle) - Chapter 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 7: Fem's Casa (Middle) - Chapter 1
- ↑ The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Volume 6: Fem's Casa (Upper) - Interlude