Amelia Watson (AWverse)

**Amelia Watson** is a detective based in Westa. She was a student of the legendary detective named Ranpo Doyle.

## Appearance

Amelia has blonde hair which reaches up to her neck and blue eyes.

She wears a brown coat with white clothes underneath and a patterned brown skirt. She has black stockings and black shoes. Amelia also dons a brown cap.

## Personality

As a detective, Amelia is very observant and smart. She could decode strange messages and even notice slight slips of tongues.

Amelia also has a strong sense of justice and prefers to capture the criminals instead of killing them. However, she has no problems with killing since she was used to it already.

She is very helpful to her friends and is willing to do anything to help them out.

She takes pride in her detective skills and likes taking on challenging mysteries. However, her pride is big and she was easily taunted by Spade Echo.

## History

### Spade Echo Arc

Amelia offered her services when Spade Echo announced that she would steal a gem called the White Star. Mikage Kamishiro recognized her and vouched for her skills so she was allowed to join.

Later in the evening, Amelia contacted Mikage to accompany her to Westa Monument Tower. When he arrived there, Amelia told him the secret behind Spade Echo's coded message and when midnight arrived, Spade Echo appeared.

Amelia had a plan to capture Spade Echo but the thief changed her voice, called all of the knights in the area, and disappeared without the use of magic. Mikage was impressed by Spade Echo's tricks while Amelia was puzzled on how a person disappeared. Spade Echo left a message that she would steal the White Star on the day that it would be auctioned.

Because Amelia proved that she was a competent detective, she was invited to the auction along with all of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 13th units. Mikage wondered how Spade Echo escaped and Amelia unraveled her tricks. He was then worried how Spade Echo would move since Amelia told him that she could just disguise herself as a noble.

During the auction, the lights disappeared and the room became dark. When the lights returned, the White Star was stolen. Amelia told Mikage and Temma Kishido that she knew where Spade Echo was hiding and she led them to the basement. Mikage was surprised by Amelia's deduction that Temma was actually Spade Echo in disguise. However, a knight called everyone's Communicators and told them that Spade Echo was in front of him.

Spade Echo taunted Amelia and the three moved to the spot where she was supposedly seen. When they arrived there, they saw a sleeping Temma and a device which recorded Spade Echo's message. And so Spade Echo won and gave Amelia, Mikage, and the knights a humiliating defeat.

### Serial Murderer Arc

Amelia was hired by Mikage and Temma to help in investigating the murder of a Familiaran Executive. There were suspicions that the Kageyama Clan was behind the murder and the Familiaran would declare war on them if they will not surrender the murderer.

They first went to the Kageyama Clan and interviewed the leader of the Westa Branch, Botan Shishiro. Botan said that they wouldn't want to have a war with the Familiaran and Amelia deduced that the killer was someone who had a grudge on the Kageyama Clan.

The next day, another executive of the Familiaran was killed and after talking with Theodore Sen, a knight of the 14th unit, they noticed that the killer had deep hatred against the executive. Amelia deduced that the killer had a grudge on the Familiaran instead of the Kageyama Clan and asked Temma to arrange a meeting with one representative. While Temma was arranging for a meeting, Mikage and Amelia went to the records center and took a look at previous cases involving the executives.

They were then in a meeting with Arurandeisu, the Familiaran's boss. Amelia had a plan to lure out the killer using two executives as bait. Arurandeisu wasn't fond of the idea but he had no choice since they had to catch the killer before the youngsters of the Familiaran would start a war.

Amelia and Mikage followed one of the executives while Temma was in another place. A knight approached the executive and Amelia told the executive to back off and exposed the knight to be the killer. Amelia then explained the killer's motive and the knight applauded her.

She supported Mikage as he fought against the killer. The case ended with Mikage killing the knight.

The next day, she met Mikage who was out shopping for a new sword. She helped him in choosing a sword and even consoled Mikage’s conflicted feelings.

### Date Arc

Amelia asked Mikage’s help to lure out Suisei Hoshimachi’s stalker. Her plan succeeded and the case came to a close

### 20-Year Case Arc

Amelia visited the 13th unit’s barracks and asked if there were any interesting cases. Noel Shirogane told her the details of an unsolved serial murderer case from twenty years ago. Coco Kiryu then arrived and said that she saw a suspicious man who was similar to what Noel described. Mikage and the others ran towards the house of Arthur Karalis, the lead investigator who was interviewed the night before and taunted the killer.

When they arrived there, they saw Arthur's dead body. Noel asked for Amelia's help and she accepted the case. Mikage and Temma were told to accompany Amelia so she would be able to investigate efficiently.

The trio interviewed the relatives of the previous victims. Amelia noticed that all of the victims mysteriously disappeared during weekend nights and began to doubt Arthur who said that there was no connection between the victims.

Arurandeisu was one of the interviewees since his friend was a victim. He offered the Familiaran's connections to help in the investigation but Amelia refused since she wanted to bring justice and not revenge.

A house was burning and when Temma investigated, they found out it belonged to Arthur Karalis. While waiting for the fire to die down, the trio went to the records center to find out about the cases that Arthur handled.

When the fire died down, Amelia and the trio left the records center to investigate the remains of the house. She managed to find a hidden safe. The safe was locked with magic and a knight offered to bring it to the Mage Guild. They followed the knight since Amelia found him to be suspicious and they met a bandaged man.

The bandaged man applauded Amelia's deduction about the truth of Arthur's murder, the serial murders, and the missing people. He then summoned several shadow creatures and they had to fight.

The shadow creatures would return whenever they were destroyed and Mikage thought it was hopeless until Arurandeisu and the Familiaran arrived. Arurandeisu placed a tracker on Mikage and they also learned about the truth. He was still angry for the death of his friend and so the fight continued with the Familiaran coming for help.

Amelia and the rest of the Familiaran fought the shadow creatures until the bandaged man placed binding magic on all of them. Mikage absorbed the magic and lost control of himself until Amelia snapped him back.

### Memory Loss Arc

Amelia was surprised to find out that Mikage’s memory was gone. While they were walking around the city to stimulate his memories, she met Oga Aragami who suggested that they should go to the Hall of Memories.

She then went to the library and found a riddle about the Hall of Memories thanks to Rosalyn’s support.

Amelia and Mikage traveled to Pekoland to find the Hall of Memories. They then met Pekora Usada who was starving and after helping her, she joined their quest.

Pekora told them about the story of Krev Valley and they decided to travel to the Peafowl Kingdom to look for more clues.

On the way there, they encountered a girl who told them that her family was taken by bandits. Since Mikage couldn't ignore her, the trio raided a bandit hideout. However, they were caught and things were going bad until Moona Hoshinova arrived. With Moona's support, they managed to kill all of the bandits.

The four of them arrived in the Peafowl Kingdom and decided to research in the library and met Temma who was out for a special mission.

### Spade Echo Returns Arc

With Mikage’s permission, Amelia lent her support to the 13th unit who was guarding a gem called Red Rose from Spade Echo.

They went to the Peafowl Kingdom's Royal Palace and met with Reine Pavolia. She showed them the Red Rose which was placed in the castle's highest tower.

Amelia easily decoded Spade Echo's message and found out the time that she would strike. The lights of the room went out and the gem was gone when the time Spade Echo said she would arrive finally happened.

Mikage and the others were about to chase the flying Spade Echo but Amelia stopped them. She deduced Spade Echo's identity and saw through her disguise as a knight.

Spade Echo was cornered and she was about to be arrested when a bandaged man attacked. Several shadow creatures appeared even though there was an anti-magic barrier.

During the fight, Mikage fell from the tower and Spade Echo rescued him. However, a ball of darkness consumed them and teleported them somewhere else.

After walking for a while, Amelia, Pekora, and Moona was reunited with Mikage who traveled with Spade Echo. Amelia let Spade Echo go as thanks for saving Mikage.

When they returned to the inn they were staying at, Amelia talked about her past with Mikage while they were sharing a bed. Mikage wondered what could be Amelia's deep regret but he didn't have a chance to ask her.

The next day, they were invited to a tea party with Reine. Amelia told her stories with her detective mentor named Ranpo Doyle. As thanks for her service, Reine gave the group a hint about the riddle of the Hall of Memories.

### Past Arc

Amelia questioned the Primordial Memory about the process of returning Mikage’s memories. When Mikage regained his memories, they left the Hall of Memories.

### Special Chapter: A Glimpse of the Distant Past

Amelia’s life was shown as she was a young doctor who was also a genius. However, she was involved in a war known as the Dark Times.

One day, the base was attacked by the enemy and after Kiara told her to run away, she was surrounded by enemy soldiers. Then, the Primordial Time appeared in front of her and she formed a contract with it.

She was then found by Ranpo Doyle and Shellin Burgundy.

### Clash of Two Detectives Arc

After learning of Mikage’s predicament, Amelia offered to have him live with her.

She was then invited to a famous mystery author’s house. However, she found herself involved with a murder case. Amelia then met Shellin Burgundy after a long time and the two had a contest to unmask the murderer.

After investigating, Amelia debunked Shellin’s deduction. She then showed her deduction and made the murderer admit to her crimes.

She was walking home with Mikage and Shellin and she found out that Shellin was investigating the Unkindness.

### Moryo Dungeons Quest Arc

Amelia found out that Mikage was going on a quest and wished him luck.

## Equipment

**Gun:** Amelia uses a gun as her main weapon.

**Pocketwatch:** Amelia is carrying the vessel of the Primordial Time. Its powers are still unknown.

## Powers and Abilities

**Keen Observation:** Amelia is a detective and is really observant of minor details. She can even differentiate a screw from one another.

**Deductive Reasoning:**  Amelia is very good at deductions and solved many cases using that ability.

**Keen Intellect**: Amelia is very smart and can decode complicated codes.

**Expert Marksman**: As a gunslinger, Amelia’s aim is exceptional.

## Trivia

* Amelia is supposed to be just an extra. However, Cenonn had fun writing her and she ended up becoming a regular character.
* FAW wasn’t supposed to have any romance but thanks to the readers shipping Amelia with Mikage, she was promoted to become a possible romantic interest.
* When picking for the cover of the book, Cenonn debated on using Temma or Amelia. However, thanks to her popularity, he chose Amelia.

## Quotes

* (To Spade Echo) *"Amelia Watson, a detective."*
* (To Mikage) *"Your heart already accepted that what you did was a good thing before your mind did."*
* (To Arurandeisu) *“No thanks. I’d rather live with a clean conscience. If possible, I’d rather have the criminal sent to prison than having him tortured."*
* (To Mikage) *“We are detectives and we take pride in our skills. It’s not every day that we would have a challenge like this and be able to compete with another detective.”*
* (To Shellin) *“Once you think of a plausible solution, your mind becomes closed and you stop observing things around you. You became fixated on the ice trick that you missed one strange action that Justin did. You were even nearby when she did it.”*
* (To Justin) *“One of Ranpo’s lessons to us was “The mistakes a person makes when in a hurry can be very important clues.” The careless mistake you made caused me to realize that your movement was strange and it didn’t take me long to piece things together.``*
* (To Mikage) “N*o. I’ll never understand the reason that drives someone to murder except for self-defense. And I don’t think I want to.”*
* (To Mikage) *“Is “justice” putting an innocent man to prison? If it weren’t for me, Rex Talyonis would be the one who’ll be facing the trial while she would continue living a free life. The moment she tried to bring an innocent person to jail, she’s not a herald of justice. She’s just a dirty criminal who only ruins lives.”*