Vichyssoise Alek Hydra

* Vichyssoise
* Subject Vi

> "You dare defy the Hydra? You…better sleep with one eye open……! You have no idea…there are *monsters* more terrifying than me."
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> — Vichyssoise, Volume 5 Chapter 5
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**Vichyssoise Alek Hydra**, also known as **Subject Vi**, is a member of the Hydra family. As an inquisitor, she has the authority to judge criminals.

## Appearance

Vichyssoise is a petite girl with flaming red hair. She has a stud in her left ear and hoop in the right one. During her attack on Liesbaden, she wore a battle robe with her hood on in order to conceal her identity. The uniform was thicker than those of the astral corps, and was dotted with purple spots that looked poisonous. In addition, she wore thick gloves that only had three fingers.

As Subject Vi, she becomes a "monster" in the truest sense, capable of even frightening Iska. Her whole body becomes translucent like glass, and her crystalized red hair resembles rubies.

## Personality

In the past, Vichyssoise had a gloomy countenance and a tendency of looking down. But lately she became more assertive, as if something had given her more confidence.

## History

Vichyssoise was a distant relative of the royal family that was adopted into the Hydra family. Because her blood relationship with the Founder is too thin, she isn't considered a *purebred* and lacks the family name of "Nebulis".

Due to the family's close connections to Kervina Sofita Hermos, she underwent experimentation from the latter and gained powerful yet frightening new abilities.

## Synopsis

### Volume 5

After Lord Mask was framed for the explosion at the queen's chambers, the Hydra family stepped in to mediate between the Zoa and Lou. With Mirabea's approval, Talisman put Vichyssoise in charge of "finding" the culprit. Using this a cover, she made her way to the streets of Liesbaden and bombarded them in order to draw out Sisbell. Vichyssoise succeeds, but before she can kill Sisbell, she was stopped by Unit 907.

Because Vichyssoise's uniform was damaged fighting Iska, she discards it and reveals her identity to Sisbell. Although her identity was exposed, she wasn't preoccupied in the least because she was sure that Sisbell was dying tonight. Her body was then engulfed in violet flames as she transformed into her inhuman form, the Mutant Star, **Test Subject Vi**.

Vichyssoise was surprised that Iska could keep up with her attacks by using his black sword, but he was soon overwhelmed by her *Magic Shot of Corpses*. It wasn't even the bullet that managed to temporarily knock him out, but the wind pressure alone that sent him flying towards a concrete wall. However, now that he had seen her trump card, he was ready for it. When she fired a second bullet, Iska used the flying bullet as foothold to reach her. Although she was ready to stop him with her astral flames, Iska countered them with flames of his own made by the white sword, surprising Vichyssoise before slashing her with his sword.

After her transparent flesh bled out particles of light, she began falling. Because she was unconscious and couldn't save herself, Rin summoned an earth golem to catch her. The next day, Vichyssoise was arrested and put into an escort vehicle. As she was transported to Central State, she was surrounded by military police and followed by Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX.

### Volume 7

When the Heavenly Empire launched their attack on the Planetary Stronghold, Vichyssoise is able to escape the palace jail because the inquisition severely underestimated her threat level. Due to her nature as a true "witch", the standard steel handcuffs that were used to contain astral power were ineffective on her. After breaking free, she stops by Elletear's room and they talk about being "monsters" and the plan to capture Sisbell.

Because Talisman and Iska's fight dragged on for too long, he calls for Vichyssoise and she uses the *Magic Shot of Corpses* to destroy the whole first floor. The attack leaves nearly everyone unconscious, allowing her to take Sisbell without any resistance.

Vichyssoise returns to the royal palace, intending to hold Sisbell in the Solar Spire, but she is discovered by Growley. The head of the Zoa already knows about the Hydra's betrayal, but he's curious about Vichyssoise's mutant form, so he challenges her to a fight. However, Vichyssoise passes because she has to deliver Sisbell, so she lets another "witch" fight him instead.

## Abilities

**Gravity Manipulation**: Vichyssoise's astral power gives her the control of gravity over a certain area. She can use it to pin down her enemies, crush buildings through an invisible force, or simply to soften her fall.

* **Magic Shot of Corpses**: Summons a black hole to consume the "corpses" on the ground, meaning the ruins and debris, and condenses all the absorbed materials into a six-thousand-ton bullet which can be fired.

**Fire Manipulation**: Vichyssoise obtained a secondary astral power through the amalgamation of astral energy, the power to generate violet astral flames. These flames were like the ones that burned down the Imperial capital a century ago, a type of flame that could not be extinguished through regular means like water or cold.

* **Violet Asteroid Belt**: Generates a dozen of fireballs from the same inextinguishable violet flames, and brings them down like a meteor shower.

## References

1. ↑ *Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World* Light Novel: Volume 5 Intermission 2
2. ↑ *Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World* Light Novel: Volume 7 Chapter 3
3. ↑ *Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World* Light Novel: Volume 5 Chapter 4