Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov

**Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov**, a.k.a Visha, was originally a conscript mage in the Empire's Cadet Corps. During the battle of Rhine, she was assigned to the member of **Platoon 3** under Tanya von Degurechaff's leadership. After she was sent to OCS and completed her crash course, she served as Tanya's adjutant. After the battalion suffered numerous losses over the several campaigns in participated in, she eventually received command of one of the companies.

## Appearance

In the anime, she has long brown hair, large blue eyes, and a round face. Also, she has a busty body and slender waist with beautiful skin.

In the light novel, she has shorter blonde hair and her bangs are slanted on her left side. She has green eyes and has a slender build. In the manga, she shares the same appearance as the light novel, except her hair is brown and her eyes are blue.

Moreover, she wears her **officer uniform** in civilian places and a **battle suit** during her combat mission.

## Personality

### In the novel

Before her first battle in Rhine, she was a naive girl like most teenagers in her age. After that, she tried hard to learn how to fight as a mage to follow Tanya, her platoon leader. She seldom complained to Tanya, though most times she could barely be accustomed to the painful living of battle. She is a competent adjutant, and also a pragmatist. She gets along well with the other soldiers in the 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion.

### In the anime

She is carefree, friendly, hopeful, a God-believer, and an optimistic person. She always cares for the lives of her commander, best friend and her comrades. She is naive and slightly childish despite her age, she often gets excited and pumped up whenever people talk about food with her. Although she is scared when her commander, Tanya Degurechaff, becomes angry, she always thinks positive and never gives up in the hope she would act like a normal young girl.

### In the manga

It gets close to the light novel. In addition, she is more emotional in front of Tanya, and becomes strict when carrying out her orders.

## Plot

### Past

Viktoriya was born in the Russy Federation during Czarist regime in Moskva, and during the civil war, she fled with her family and sought refuge in Empire. She claimed she had forgotten most of her childhood memories in her former homeland and all that was left is fleeing from the Red Army and nothing happy.

### Present

She is conscripted due to her magical talent and attended cadet school in 1923. She is appointed as Corporal alongside Harald von Vist and Kurst von Walhorf under the command of previously ranked Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff.

With the recommendation from First Lieutenant Schwarzkopf and Second Lieutenant Degurechaff, she is sent to OCS and goes through an accelerated program. After graduating from OCS, she is assigned to be Tanya's adjutant because of their familiarity and gender. She also joins the training unit V601, and is retrained by Tanya in the Alpen Mountains Zugspitze Training Area. Finally, she completes the retrained mission, and becomes a member of the 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion.

## Trivia

* She was originally a citizen of **Russy Federation** and not from the **Empire**. Due to the revolution happening in her country, she and her family moved to her uncle and aunt's home in the Empire to escape from communists.
* Tanya loves the coffee made by Viktoriya the most.
* She is very good at playing cards. No one in Salamander Kampfgruppe wants to play cards with **Viktoriya** after they got "plundered" by her. And she has repeatedly deprived the local HQ of wherever they are stationed of luxuries to the point where her stash is considered "the battalion's treasury."

### In the anime

* Sausages, potatoes and K-Brot are some of her favorite foods to eat in the camp. Also, she has a strong appetite and can even survive a stomachache from eating rotten potatoes.
* She did not know that sprouted potatoes are poisonous until Tanya told her so.
* She once gave Tanya a beautiful dress which annoyed Tanya.
* She is an addicted lover of chocolate.
* According to the anime mini-series 'Youjo Shenki', she wrote in a journal during her time at the Rhine Front.
* She does not seem to mind exposing her body to Tanya, due to them physically being the same sex.
* Her real age is still unknown. It is stated that she's younger than Grantz.

## References

1. ↑ LN: Abyssus abyssum invocat Chapter I Rapid Advance (JP p. 64)
2. ↑ LN: Dabit deus his quoque finem Chapter I Long range reconnaissance mission
3. ↑ LN: Deus lo vult Chapter V Primeval Battalion; Anime: Episode 4 Campus Life
4. ↑ LN: Deus lo vult Chapter 1 The Sky In Norden; Anime: Episode 1 The Devil of the Rhine
5. ↑ Deus lo vult - Chapter III The Watch/Guard On The Rhine (JP pp. 176-177)
6. ↑ Abyssus abyssum invocat - Chapter V Timeout (JP p. 423)
7. ↑ Dabit deus his quoque finem - Chapter III Magnificent victory (JP p.207)
8. ↑ Ut sementem feceris, ita metes - Chapter III Effort with a plan (JP pp. 242)
9. ↑ Youjo Senki Manga, Chapter 50