Beelzebub

Beelzebub is one of the main characters of aracters of Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita series.

Background
Prior to the events of the story, Beelzebub worked as a public employee for one thousand five hundreds years, before eventually being promoted to the Minister of Agriculture by Provat Pecora Allières.

She is first mentioned in Volume 1, Chapter 6, "An Elf Dropped By," where Halkara tells Azusa that she's pursued from her home village by Beelzebub, who intends to exact vengeance on her after having been poisoned by her Nutri-Spirits. However, this is revealed to be a misunderstanding as in the following Chapter 7, Beelzebub was here, where she makes her full appearance, she attacked Azusa before demanding to Halkara to supply her with a more consistent supply of Nutri-Spirits, as she had become dependent on the tonic and suffered from withdrawal.

Appearance
Being a Demon, she has a human appearance of a beautiful woman of slender build and an olive skin. Her hair, platinum blonde, reaches down to her waist and is very wavy though the bangs on her forehead are straight, and her eyes are a vibrant purple, possibly rose. Upon her crown are a pair of horns, as indicative of her demonic status; they extend either side at roughly 45 degrees, before straightening and continuing upwards, colored dark grey with a teal inside.

She wears a white shift underneath a wine-purple corset-like vest either supporting her breasts or supported by them, decorated by a gold chevron on her solar plexus, gold trim and two clasps either side. She also wears a belt, loosely worn from her right flank to left hip, fixed with a silver buckle. Below that, she wears what is either a very-high double slit black ruffle skirt or black loincloth of a frilly textile. On her legs are thigh-high stocking hoses with an indistinct pattern on the garter, followed by black and gold trim poleyns, greaves and, presumably, sabatons atop high-heel boots. Her arms are gloved from the wrist to mid bicep in fur-lined sleeves of similar material to her vest, finished with a gold band at the elbow and line to the wrist. Lastly, she wears a black cape with a wine-red interior, tied at her neck by a pair of long, flowing laces.

A la her title as Lord of Flies, she can also transform into a housefly.

Personality
In spite of an aloof and nearly callous outward personality, Beelzebub is deeply a hard worker and kind person who will always help others, though not often without compensation; in Azusa's case, this will typically be permission to dote on her daughters, usually in the form of gifts pertaining to their interests.

Professionally, she's a cool-headed and focused worker who can work for hours on end accurately and expeditiously, such that observing her work becomes extremely monotonous and boring. She likewise expects this manner of professionalism, accuracy and expedition in her subordinates, Fatla and Vania, the latter of which is often air-headed and absent-minded, resulting in frequent reprimands.

Plot
In the Light Novel, Beelzebub was first mentioned in Volume 1, Chapter 6, "An Elf Dropped By," and made her first appearance in Volume 1, chapter 7, "Beelzebub Was Here." Since then, she has become a common recurring character.

Volume 1

Initially an antagonist, Beelzebub is first mentioned by Halkara after arriving at the cottage. To keep up with her work, Beelzebub invested in some of Halkara's nutri-spirit drink and inadvertently became dependent on them. After falling ill when they ran out, she attempted to purchase more from Halkara, but, as a result of some rumours, lead herself and her village to believe that Beelzebub had been poisoned by the spirit and had begun to hunt her, prompting her to become exiled from and flee to the cottage in the highlands.

As finding Halkara on her own would prove to be difficult, Beelzebub published and distributed 'wanted' posters to the Adventurer's Guild, gradually making their way to Flatta.

Trivia

 * Beelzebub's name is likely inspired from one of the seven princes of Hell of.
 * Between January and July 2018, in the volumes 5 to 7 of the light novel, a special story about the character Beelzebub was published at the end of those volumes.