Zaien

Light Novel

**Zaien** (罪焔 'ざいえん') is a main character in **Maou ni Natta node..**. She is the sword Yuki forged from the Axe of Resentment, the Ancient Hero's Sword, and a bunch of orichalcum. As Yuki was making Zaien's sheath, he found Zaien to have feminine preferences and decided to treat her like a girl. Yuki nicknamed her **En** (エン) because Zaien isn't a girly name.

Yuki gave the skill scroll for Personification to Zaien so she could interact with the other dungeon residents.

## Appearance

Zaien is a Tachi, a longer sub-type among Japanese katana. Zaien lacks a guard and even Yuki with his high stats feels the resistance from her weight. Her blade is crimson and becomes darker and sharper as she consumes more blood.

While in human form, Enne has short, glossy black hair adorned with red and black ribbons on the sides of her head. Her eyes gleam with the same black as her hair and look almost doll-like. She is deadpan. Although she is a genderless sword, she took a female form after Yuki and Iluna treated her like a girl. Iluna treated En as a girl the moment she met her and Yuki treated her like a girl because of her preferences.

## Personality

Originally, even from before Enne acquired full sentience, she was somewhat self-aware as a cursed weapon. Back then, she was more of a 'will' than an intelligent. Despite that, she hated herself for being a cursed weapon that controlled other people into doing horrible things. A big indication of her innate kindness despite her cursed origins.

Despite having been a genderless weapon, Yuki had the impression that Enne had more feminine preferences. Later this was made more clear once she humanizes.

Now, Enne considers herself Yuki's daughter and main weapon.. She's possessive about her title as the latter to challenge and potentially destroy any other sword that could even remotely threaten that position. So much so that whenever Yuki can't use Enne for whatever reason, he's forced to use some kind of blunt non-sword-like weapon. Her competitiveness stretches to being unable to stand being inferior to the weapons of Yuki's enemies.

An interesting trait about Enne is that she is a weapon of justice. This comes from both her identity as the daughter of the Demon Lord of Justice and her innate nature that makes her a weapon meant to cut down evil. As seen in her initial description, Enne despises sin and will ruthlessly cut-down sinners.

## History

Before meeting Yuki, Enne was a cursed axe who began their life in a warzone somewhere. Being wielder by men who went mad because of her curse. It hated the fact that she was a cursed weapon thus cursing her existence. After years of cycling through the killing, slaughter, and massmassacresiven by the madness of owners that have fallen to her curse, the cursed axe made its way to Yuki's hands. Who, for the first time, fought back the curse and completely resisted it. Giving the cursed weapon solace.

After Yuki returned from his second visit to Alfyro, he rested a little before he reforged the cursed axe. Yuki had learned from using his weapon creation skills to seek simplicity and fell on the goal of forging a weapon with immense weight and sharpness. In the back of his mind, he kept the visual concept of becoming less sinister and more dignified. He reforged the cursed axe by using orichalcum and the ancient hero's sword he found. Thus reforging, and bringing about the rebirth of the cursed axe into its new form as a long, heavy, and sharp, Taichi.

With the new form, the curse was gone and the budding will within was finally free of its control. Thus finding peace for the first time since its creation. Only to burst in happiness when Yuki gave his new weapon the name Zaien.

Becoming his main weapon, Zayn was able to telepathically communicate with Yuki through its wills and intentions. Happiness, loneliness, and competitiveness were all emotions that it was able to pass. It was only after a fight against the Manticore that Zaien was able to manifest a more sentient consciousness enough to humanize and begin interacting with the rest of the dungeon.

Following the battle with *Dragon Lord* Gilordio, Yuki augmented Zaien with one of Lefi's fangs. Thus becoming akin to the daughter of both the Demon Lord and Supreme Dragon.

Enne and Leila accompanied Yuki on his visit to the demon kingdom. Enne kept women from seducing him.

Enne joined Yuki and Nell on their trip to the capital but stayed in Yuki's item box most of the time to give the couple some alone time.

## Status

**WN 121 Status**

**General Information**

Name: Zaien

Race: Magic Weapon

Quality: Immeasurable

Attack: 459

Durability: 672

MP: 618

**Unique Skills**

Telepathy

Vampirism

**Skills**

Crimson Blaze III

Self Repair I

**Titles**

Intelligent Weapon

**Description:** A crimson greatsword in the shape of a katana synthesized by a demon lord named Yuki. This blade despises sin and those who commit it. Through its blade, which only grows sharper and more powerful as it bathes in blood, Zaien convicts sinners of their crimes and delivers their sentences itself. Zaien has developed a clear will of its own as a result of being wielded by its creator. Equipping this weapon leads to a drastic boost in its wielder’s stats.

**WN 121 Sheath**

Name: Demon Lord's Experimental Sheath

Quality: A+

**Description:** A scarlet sheath made for a weapon named Zaien by a Demon Lord known as Yuki. There is a blade embedded within the sheath's tip. As this sheath is fairly sturdy, it will not break unless put under serious pressure.

**WN 135 Status**

**General Information**

Name: Zaien

Race: Magic Weapon

Quality: Immeasurable

Attack: 962

Durability:1190

MP: 831

**Unique Skills**

Telepathy

Vampirism

**Skills**

Crimson Blaze IV

Self Repair III

Personification III

Wind Magic I

**Titles**

Intelligent Weapon

Dragonslayer

**Special Effects**

Magical Prowess Boost of the Highest Order

Physical Attack Boost of the Highest Order

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## References

2. ↑ WN 69
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 WN 80
4. ↑ WN 121
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 WN 122
6. ↑ WN 81
7. ↑ WN 135