Re:Periodic : Deceiving Life in Another World From Zero

{87}- Meili Portroute | Ruler of Mabeasts

Meili POV

Survival.

Death.

Assassination.

Sister.

Mother.

Mission.

Many words describe Meili Portroute's life, yet none of them really fit.

In many cases, young girl has had more experience than many adults. Meili barely remembers any part of her early childhood, due to the fact that she was mostly raised by the mabeasts who followed her around.

Back in Priestella, Meili heard from one of her pets that a man in a white cloak was supposed to have a connection with her, along with another person called Milan. She believed it, since Mother did mention the powers of the Sin Archbishops of Gluttony and their ability to perfectly steal memories.

Now, why did she not seek the man known as Dynas out? She's obviously not scared nor anything, Meili's apathy made sure of that. Of course, she's not a hopeless monster, probably even better at handling emotions than her sister Elsa. If she was fearing for her emotional side, she could've asked Y/N to help.

Maybe she wasn't ready to face her past yet.

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Meili does not remember much about her past.

Or her early, early days, that is.

Her memories pick up somewhere after Elsa found her, and that they were sisters ever since. But there are fragments of memories seen through her photographic eyes slowly returning.

Meili Portroute was born with a powerful that allowed her to manipulate the behaviour of man-eating predators known as Demon Beasts. She was abandoned by her parents and subsequently grew in the wilderness surrounded by Demon Beasts that protected her. As a result, Meili was a feral child incapable of basic speech and etiquette. That's what Elsa told her about, when she found her.

Her Demon Beasts were definitely her best friends. Rock Piggie-chan and Flying-rat-chans were both very cute and probably one of her first supporting mabeasts. The feral girl, Meili, was then abducted by Elsa who inducted her into her —the Assassin Organization.

She was taught many things by Elsa, including how to talk and behave properly. She quickly became an operative of the organization who used her control of Demon Beasts and deceptive youth to execute her targets. She was frequently paired up with Granhiert on missions, whom she considered an annoying older sister of sorts. Portroute, like most members of the organization, feared their leader known simply as 'Mother'. 

When Meili spent her first days with Elsa, she remembered sitting on a couch, shivering from her slow recovery from insanity. No, Meili never considered herself insane, but Elsa often referred to her early days this way to point out the distinct difference between her past and now. She drank milk and ate bread that Elsa provided, probably from stealing in the capital.

She quickly became an adept assassin after figuring out her powers. Her Divine Protection of Magic Manipulation is definitely a unique power. (Btw, side A/N. Did you guys know it's 'a unique' and not 'an unique' bc the u in unique sounds like yoo and is therefore not a vowel sound? If y'all already knew I feel like an idiot.) Meili gathered tens of mabeasts after her debut as an official assassin as a partner to her onee-san Elsa, who was already quite high in the rankings.

Meili definitely did not expect a very scary meeting with their leader, contrary to her excitement she felt when she became an assassin.

Mother was terrifying. Everyone in the organization knows it. It's an iron rule that all must follow Mother's orders and carry them out without fail, or your free trial of life will be immediately terminated by her. In the Assassination Organization, failure is not an option. The first time Meili failed to complete a mission perfectly, Mother turned her into a pile of frogs for a few hours. As much as Elsa-nee wanted to help her, she couldn't do anything.