Roxana Agrece

* Pre-Timeskip
* Timeskip
* Child

“Father, I am very happy that we bear the same name; Agriche. So, no matter how much skin the poisonous butterflies have tore, even if they tear it over and over again… you won’t die on me.”
—Roxana Agriche, manhwa chapter 38

**Roxana Agreece** is the Protagonist of the ***Roxana*** series. She is the daughter of Lante Agreece and Sierra Agreece, and the biological younger sister of Achille Agreece.

## **Appearance**

“You are still beautiful as if time has spared you. How are you prettier than even your mother?”
—Maria Agriche to Roxana in Chapter 9
Roxana is a ravishingly beautiful young woman with wavy golden hair that reaches below her waist and long lashes framing her crimson eyes that reflect butterflies in them while she possesses slit-like pupils that resembles a cat (from up close). Men tend to be instantly drawn and enamoured by her beauty, which strikingly resembles her mother's Sierra Agreece.

She often wears elegant dresses with butterfly motifs.

## **Personality**

Roxana is a very cunning (**having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion**) individual who has developed the ability to manipulate or deceive others in order to survive or obtain what she wants. While she is always poised and mellow-voiced, she is also able to cut others with her words.

As a child, Roxana had no initial desire to follow her cruel family traditions. However, her brother Achille Agreece's death  was a wake-up call that led her to work for her father's favour. On the surface, she is always ready to do as told by Lante, working hard to please him and make him proud, hence why he has declared multiple times with pride that she takes after him in many ways. On the inside, she would fully express all her disgust toward her whole family besides Jeremy to a certain extent.

The only person who has seen through Roxana's well-crafted mask was Cassis Pedelian, causing her to feel quite destabilized (**upset the stability of; cause unrest in**). He realized the façade she puts up is just for show, something that she has to live with just to be able to survive in such a harsh environment. As time progresses, she realizes that she is slowly turning into what she had sworn to never become: a full-fledged Agreece. Her family has slowly dehumanized her, and she slowly retains some of her humanity thanks to Cassis.

## **Abilities**

### **Poison Resistance**

As part of the tests or 'education' of the Agreeces, Roxana has an immunity to poison by drinking such doses daily in mix with her drinks. However, when she starts to raise poisonous butterflies, Roxana needed to increase her poison dosage which in turn gave her side effects, weakening her temporarily throughout the events of the story. However, it is shown she improved overtime and also possibly making her immunity to it stronger.

### **Poisonous Butterflies**

Throughout the events of the manhwa, with the help of her knowledge of the novel, "The Abysmal Flower". Roxanna managed to locate the eggs of poisonous butterflies, which are demonic species. In the book, one of the male leads, the White Tamer, is the one who discovers the poison butterfly egg instead of her.

Their eggs are hatched in a greenhouse filled with poisonous plants since it helps the process. But, the success rate of an egg hatching is around 30%. Which led to two of the eggs to fail at the incubation period at the start of the manhwa. However, Roxana succeeded to hatch one of the poisonous butterflies' eggs, which ultimately led her to have one of the most lethal weapons in her family.

Since it is much harder to tame the creature after it has hatched. In order to establish control over the poison butterfly, the master must feed his or her blood on a regular basis. Roxana does this on the daily and also to gain faster results, at one point, she increased her poison dosage.

But, due to the nature of the insects, the owner can be weakened or suffer from side effects such as fatigue when controlling the butterflies. In Roxana's case, not only her body started to show side effects as she builds her resistance to poison but also at times worsened her state when controlling poisonous butterflies to the point she fainted and almost died without Cassius' help. At the time skip though, it is shown she improved her control of the poisonous butterflies, managing to recall swarms of them with such stealth and ease.

The poisonous butterflies are powerful weapons when used correctly. It can be used to not only hurt enemies, but also use them as trackers or spies if the owner desires. So far, they are two types of poisonous butterflies that are shown: Carnivorous and the Hallucinogenic poisonous butterflies. The carnivorous butterflies is the main reason these insects are lethal. It is shown and mentioned at around Chapter 25 and Chapter 28, in which they can devour flesh almost immediately. The hallucinogenic butterflies can be used to cast illusions on people, the illusions are believable enough that Lante Agreece, Roxana's father himself is also fooled by it.

It is also shown that the poisonous butterflies can share somewhat of a telepathic link to its owner. This is why Roxana can command them with such ease and also gain information when using them as spies or trackers.

## **History**

### **Childhood**

When Roxanna got reincarnated into the novel, the first thing she saw was her mother Sierra Agreece. She commended her immense beauty and stated how fortunate her father Lante Agreece was to have such a breathtaking wife.

Unfortunately, upon meeting him for the first time, she realized how much of a lowlife he was. He barged in, named her and then left immediately after. It took her just hearing the name "**Agreece**" to realize she had been reborn within that R-18 novel she had been recommended by one of her department colleagues.

Drug, poison, fraud, theft, murder, those were the methods that ensured the Agreece family's success. That was their long tradition and all the children had to be educated accordingly to become worthy successors. Roxana couldn't escape that destiny and so struggle to retain her humanity.

She had an older brother named Achille Agreece, who promised her he'd protect her no matter what and that she had nothing to fear. Unfortunately, due to his kindhearted personality he failed one of the monthly examinations. He refused to kill the target in the chamber of illusions and just like that he was disposed by Deon Agreece, their half brother and one of Lante's favoured children.

From that day on, Roxana decided to survive no matter what and become someone favoured by Lante Agreece. Due to a certain accident the girl managed to become one of the top three and have access to the Grand Banquet.

When Roxana was 12 years old, she met with her half-sister, Grizelda Agreece and offered Grizelda to experience more fun and amusing things if she were to become her ally.

“Sister Grizelda also likes amusing things, right? I promise you; one day, you’ll have the chance to enjoy something truly amusing, so..

Please help me when that time comes.”
### **After the kidnapping**

Since she knows about the event's of "The Abysmal Flower", Roxana decides to save Cassis Pedelian from dying like he did in the novel. In order to do that, she visits him in the dungeon, force feeding him antidotes and medicine. He doesn't trust her words of wanting to help him in the earlier chapters.

All Agreeces develop immunity against poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts. Roxanna had already developed immunity to most poisons , but she consumed higher doses because of her butterflies.

She convinces her father to give Cassis to her to "play with" by saying that it would be fun to see the most noble Pedelian beneath her feet, barking like a horny little dog.

When her half-sister Charlotte Agreece finds out that Roxana wants to have Cassis as her toy, she flips out and throws a tantrum. She decides to challenge Roxana and whips out her whip, Roxana pulls out her hair needles and uses them as weapons to quickly show Charlotte her place.

She is informed by her maid Emily that Charlotte has forced herself down the dungeon and was attacking Cassis. She quickly realizes that it must have been Jeremy who gave her such an idea. When she hears that she had accidentally broken the magical shackles meant for demonic beasts, she realized that Cassis had manipulated the girl into breaking them.

Her father after giving Cassis a heavy beating, kept his word and gave Cassis to Roxana as a late birthday gift. She promised to properly train.
After Cassis was taken to his new room, Roxana came there and started treating his wounds with medicine. She put his head on her lap and ran her fingers through his hair. She whispered to the void that she doesn't want to die yet. She continued that she was sure Cassis doesn't want to die yet either. She started wondering if someone had given him a bath because of how soft his hair was, and leaned into his face. She straight up asked him if he was awake.

She apologized that she couldn't help Cassis when he was beaten up, she explained that she needs to fool her father. She reassured him that he won't have to worry anymore since now he belongs to her. No one could touch him without her permission.

She pretended to not know that he is awake and told him she hopes he gets home safe. She left the room after that.

## **Etymology**

* The name **Roxana** means "bright, sun, sunlight, sun god, day, dawn".
	+ In Chapter 3, Cassis Pedelian comments on how "'A name fitting of those red eyes.' When the curtain of the night sky is being lifted, the crimson hue of the burning sun - the name of dawn."

## **Trivia**

* Roxana's bangs has changed throughout the manhwa:
	+ In Chapter 1 and halfway through the end of Chapter 27, she had bangs hanging over her forehead.
	+ At the end of Chapter 27 through Chapter 35, she now has her hair strands hanging on either side.
* Roxana is the second oldest daughter of Black Agreece with the oldest daughter being Grizelda Agreece.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 2
2. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 5
3. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 3
4. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 4
5. ↑ Manhwa: Season 1, Chapter 6