Leslie Shuya Salvatore

12 (Season 1)
16 (Season 2)
18 (Chapter 144)

**Leslie Shuya Salvator** formerly **Sperado** is the main protagonist of *The Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter*. She is known as the ***Black Saint*** and is the only daughter and lady of the Salvator family. She is the former second daughter of the Sperado family, and was born to be a sacrifice for her older sister, Ellie de arne Sperado.

## Appearance

She has long silver hair, purple eyes and a pale skin. Her frame is very skinny due to Malnutrition because of the meager food that her biological family provides her. She had a burn scar on both her arms due to what her biological family claimed was from boiling hot water during a family vacation, but was really the result of the fire she was tossed into in a sacrificial ritual to enhance her sister's shadow magic. She was dressed in plain servant clothing at first and treated horribly until she proposed a contract to Duke Salvator, saving her life. After she started living with the Salvator's, she was given clothing that corresponded with her social status as the one and only daughter of Duke salvator, along with gaurdian of the realm.

## Personality

She is kind-hearted and very intelligent, whereas many called her a genius. Before she entered the Salvatore household, Leslie lacked confidence, and was a rather naive and anxious child. Her personality would be described as likeable, especially because she seems to make everyone she meets smile.

## Background

Leslie was born as the second daughter of the Sperado family. It is revealed that she was born to be a sacrifice for her older sister. Many years before Leslie's birth, the family of sperado had a twisted practice to bring them glory. They would have the children with golden hair and emerald eyes held above the rest, while if you were born with silver hair you would essentially become the sacrifice. When Leslie was 12, she was thrown into the ritual fire (identifiable by its purple and black color) in an unlocatable pavilion. The spirits of the children who had been sacrificed before her helped her escape, giving her time to escape to the Salvator family.

## Powers and abilities

The Power of Darkness. Her abilities lie in controlling darkness and shadows. She can also hear the voices of the children of her ancestors who were sacrificed for their siblings.

https://mangastic9.com/manga/the-monstrous-dukes-adopted-daughter-1/siblings.

## Weaknesses

### Trauma of Fire

Due to nearly being sacrificed within a blazing pavilion, Leslie has an extreme fear of fire. The presence of any sort of fire is enough to send her into a panicked state. This fear is heavily taken advantage of by Tras Bach Speràdo, who attempts to threaten Leslie with fire multiple times in the series.

At the Salvator Manor, Leslie's room utilizes a warm light powered by arcane magic, so that it can be lit without a fireplace.

## Etymology

According to Dowager Empress Medea, the word 'Leslie' means a garden of hollies. In the language of flowers, holly is 'the peace and happiness of home'.

1. ↑ Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter, Episode 30: Cotton Candy
2. ↑ Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter, Episode 29: Etiquette Lessons