Flum Apricot

The protagonist of Roll Over and Die.

Appearance
She has Reddish-brown hair (Strawberry Blonde in the Web Novel) and red eyes. She is a young teenage girl of average height.

After Jean burned Flum's left cheek and sold her into slavery, she is left with a red slave mark. When the Slave Merchant officially converts Flum into a slave, she the brand on her cheek is composed of special ink that remains on her face even after she gains regeneration abilities that allow her to heal her injuries.

Upon her introduction, Flum is shown to be wearing a simple long-sleeved tunic, buttoned cloak, short shorts, and knee-high boots.

During her brief time as a slave, she is forced to wear rags. She was given a ripped and grimy shirt and short shorts. After Flum managed to free herself, she wears a cloak similar to when she was in the Hero Party.

Upon completing her trial assignment to become an Adventurer, she finds the "Bloodstained Steel Gauntlets" as she and Milkit were returning to the capital. Afterwards, she then buys a red and white tank top-like tunic with an exaggerated white collar that has a light brown embroidering. Flum also wears a belt clip, a black under shirt, a brown pelt, brown short shorts, and brown knee-high boots with black leg-high socks. During her battle with the Spiral-faced Ogre, she would acquire the "God-hating Boots". She will occasionally wear a brown leather shoulder bag across her body.

When Flum gains Epic Tier Cursed equipment, she gains crest-like tattoos on her body that glows light blue when her equipment is not active. She obtains one tattoo on the back of her right hand when she acquires the "Soul-Devouring Zweihänder" sword, and she gains another tattoo below her naval when she acquired Epic Tier cursed equipment from Gadhio Lathcutt in Episode 04.

Personality
During her time in the Hero's Party, Flum was a good person, but she had struggled with the fact her affinity, "Reversal" left her with zero stats. When she stood with the other members of the Hero Party who were either already famous prior to their appointments to the Hero's Party, she felt like dead weight, and it ultimately caused her to lack self-confidence. Despite this, she still strived to be of use to the party even if it was merely doing odd jobs or engaging in small talk with the party. Several members of the Hero Party ultimately admitted that having Flum around kept things running smoothly.

Despite Flum's attempts to be useful, several party members would treat her with indifference, contempt, or in Jean's case, downright venomous hostility. When Jean went as far as to sell her into slavery, Flum had very little trouble believing his lie that everyone in the party agreed to it. The only two people she had a hard time believing would go through with it were Eterna and Gadhio, but even Jean was able to manipulate Flum into believing they didn't care. This left Flum in broken spirits and near complete despair. When she later found out from Eterna that Jean lied and everyone would have been against such a heinous action, Flum couldn't help but cry. Regardless, this event caused Flum to become far more skeptical of people and less willing to trust others.

Upon gaining the "Soul-Devouring Zweihänder" and torturing and brutally killing the slave trader (along with his ghouls) that was trying to kill her and several other slaves for entertainment, a more brutal and merciless side she never knew she had emerges out of her, in the aftermath, Flum starts to tear up and tells herself that it is okay to live indicating she is capable of picking herself up from despair. Inflicting pain onto others is now a lot easier to her to the point of almost having sadistic tendencies, she even fantasizes about getting even with Jean and making him suffer for selling her into slavery.

Flum is also willing to put herself in grave danger for the sake of others. In Volume 02/Episode 03 of the Light Novel, she willingly let herself be blown up rather than letting Dein use a slave girl be used as a suicide bomber. In Chapter 14 of the manga, Flum willingly drank poison when Milkit was being held hostage by Dein's men. While Flum partially committed both actions because she believed her healing abilities might be able to save her life, she also acknowledged there was a good chance she would die, and she took the chance because she didn't want an innocent life die.

While Flum is still generally a good person, she is quite merciless to those that have wronged her, her friends, or commit some injustice as she will not hesitate to conduct cold-blooded torture to anyone that wrongs her or anyone that she cares about. This aspect of Flum's personality eventually came to a head, when Milkit's former master, Satils Francois, decided to kidnap Milkit. Flum didn't hestitate to use torture to obtain information on Milkit's whereabouts, and she would torture Satils to death for the harm she had caused Milkit. While Flum was afraid that Milkit would hate her for torturing Satils to death, she made it clear that regardless of what Milkit may feel about her, she could not let Satils live for the sins she committed or the ones she would commit if she was spared.

Despite Flum's merciless attitude, she recognizes when she needs to show restraint. While she intended to deal with Dein, she recognized she could not simply kill him right away. When she learned Satils was Milkit's previous master who also poisoned Milkit, she had to hold herself back from killing Satils right then and there because killing Satils in public would not be beneficial to her.

History
Flum was born with the rare affinity known as 'Reversal'. For her entire life, it caused all her stats to remain zero regardless of what she did. Despite this, she lived a fairly normal life with her family and friends in her village. This changed when she was chosen to be a 'hero' by Origin to join the great quest to defeat the Demon Lord. Due to how this was a great honor to her village, Flum reluctantly accepted the appointment.

Despite being chosen to join the Hero's Party, Flum was never told what her role was supposed to be nor what her true abilities were. As a result, she appeared to be considered useless to the party and treated as a second class citizen, with only Eterna and Gadhio consistently treating her well. During their travels, Flum learned a number things regarding herbs and old medicine from Eterna, and she learned a few fighting techniques from Gadhio despite lacking the ability to fully utilize them.

During the journey, she took on odd jobs for the Hero's Party. She would take care of shopping, cooking duty, and prepared Jean's tea. Despite her attempts to be useful, she was abused by Jean, and he turned Cyrill against her. Linus and Maria treated Flum neutrally or with relative indifference.

Chapter 1: The Girl Who Wanted To Be Boring
After returning to the Capital, Flum is mistreated by Jean for her perceived uselessness. Flum becomes even more depress when she sees Cyrill treat her coldly as well which Flum interprets as her silently agreeing with Jean. Flum begins to wonder if she is developing a victim complex.

Despite Flum’s depression, she resolves herself to do what she can to be useful to the group. She goes out to market to buy food for the Party, and she encounters Eterna Rinebow and Gadhio Lathcutt who offer to help her with her shopping which she happily accepts.

At night Flum is approached by Jean who tells her to come with her. Flum is reluctant, but she feels as though she can’t refuse Jean’s request. She follows him, and he refuses to tell her what is going to happen. When they meet the Unnamed Slave Merchant, Flum realized what was happening, but Jean prevented her from escaping.

Flum’s pleas fall on deaf ears. He proceeds to tell her that everyone in the Party decided it was to their benefit to sell Flum into slavery. At first Flum refuses to believe it, and she especially has a hard time believing that Eterna or Gadhio would have agreed to this. Jean tells her that she’s been a burden on everyone, especially them, and Flum breaks down crying. Afterwards, Jean burns the slave mark on Flum’s cheek until she loses consciousness. The Slave Merchant proceeded to mark her cheek with the special ink, so Flum would permanently bear the slave mark. After suffering through Jean's torture, Flum is rendered unconscious. Jean walks away with the money he sold Flum for while the slave merchant converted Flum into a slave.

Chapter 2: Flum's Blessing in Disguise
After being illegally sold into slavery, the Unnamed Slave Merchant discovered that Flum had zero stats. It doesn't take long for the slave merchant to determine that she is worthless, and he throws her into a cell filled with other slaves that he deemed unsellable. After being thrown into the cell, she notices a slave with bandaged face and a shiny eye. At first, Flum didn't realize the slave was a girl until she heard her voice, and she ended up sitting next to her.

Eventually, the Slave Merchant tells all the slaves that he'll be disposing of them because they are costing him money to feed them. He decided that feeding them to ghouls will make their deaths entertaining for him to watch. Flum watches in horror when she sees one of the slaves be eaten alive. Then when the Slave Merchant tells them they could potentially use the sword he has on display to fight off the ghouls, she witnesses another slave melt into a puddle. She also witnesses the Slave Merchant slice the throat of another slave who begged for mercy.

When Flum begged for mercy, the Slave Merchant told her it was her fault that she's in this position, and she 'tricked' him into losing so much money on her even though it was really Jean that tricked him. He tells her that she should die for what she did, or she could take her chances with that sword. Knowing that either letting herself get eaten alive or potentially being melted were her only choices, she tearfully chooses to take her chances with the sword. When she moves toward the sword, she is attacked by the ghouls. Even as they begin biting her, Flum manages to reach the sword. Much to her and the Slave Merchant's surprise, the sword doesn't kill her. Instead, her wounds begin to heal.

Flum then proceeds to use the sword to kill the ghouls and break open the cell. The Slave Merchant falls to the ground begging for his life. However, Flum begins cutting him to pieces before ultimately decapitating him. Flum tearfully comes to the realization that she can live.

The sword disappears and a tattoo forms on the back of Flum's hand. Flum realizes that the sword she was wielding was 'Epic' class equipment, so she would be able to summon her sword by her own will the next time she needs it. When Flum tries to decide what to do next, she realizes the slave girl she sat next to is the only other survivor besides herself. She decides to take the girl along with her partly because she doesn't want to be on her own.

When she offers the Slave Girl her hand, the Slave girl asks if Flum will be her new Master. When Flum realizes that saying otherwise will not help, she reluctantly accepts being the new Master of this slave girl. She introduces herself as Flum Apricot to the girl, and the bandaged slave girl likewise tells Flum that her name is Milkit. Afterwards, the two escape from the Slave Merchant's dungeon.

Intermission 1: The Tiny Cog
Flum doesn't appear in this chapter. Jean tells the Hero's party that he convinced her to go home which causes Cyrill to behe will be disposing of them. depressed. The group shows signs of falling apart. While Gadhio takes over her job as the cook, he isn’t able to do as good of a job as Flum because Flum was able to take extra time to cook the food to everyone’s liking, including Jean. It was also revealed that Flum had prepared Jean’s tea just as he liked it.

Chapter 3: There Are Good People Out There! Maybe We Have a Chance Yet?
After escaping from the Slave Merchant’s facility, Flum inspects her new weapon. She is able to use Scan for the first time in her life due to her sword granting her magic. Flum discovers her new sword is supposed to harm her rather than hurt her. When Milkit offhandedly mentions that the affects of the cursed sword appear to be reversed, Flum realizes that’s what her Affinity is capable of. Milkit has a bit of a deadpan reaction to Flum’s revelation which Flum makes note of, but she considers the fact she only just met Milkit.

Flum makes note that they are in desperate need of money. Milkit offers to become a prostitute which Flum immediately shoots down. Instead, she resolves to become an Adventurer to support the bother of them, and they make their way to the West District Adventurer Guild Upon their arrival, they are met with a less than welcoming reception from the receptionist Y'lla Jerishin. She even outright suggests they get jobs at a brothel.

Before the situation became anymore intense, Dein Phineas makes his presence known. He gets Y’lla to give Flum a trial assignment.

After Flum and Milkit left, it was revealed that Dein gave them a D Ranked Assignment in the guise of an F Ranked Assignment in hopes it would get them killed.

Chapter 4: This Job'll Be a Cakewalk!
While attempting to complete her first guild assignment, Milkit questions Flum on why she bothers keeping her around. Flum tells her that she doesn't think leaving Milkit alone in the West District would be wise, and it might be as dangerous as keeping her by her side if not more so.

Before finding their objective, Milkit asks Flum why she decided to take her with her. Flum tells Milkit she didn’t want to go on her own.

Milkit tries to convince Flum to sell her to which Flum refuses.

When Flum sees Milkit's face, she is shocked, but she still refuses to get rid of Milkit. Instead, she recognizes the cause of Milkit’s disfigurement. Based on what she learned from Eterna, she deduces that Milkit was inflicted with Mustardo poisoning. She approaches Milkit who moves away. Flum moves closer and hugs her.

Despite Milkit’s initial resistance, Flum remains firm. She tells Milkit that she won’t abandon her. She also resolves to find the herbs to heal her. While Flum wasn’t sure if Eterna would be willing to help her cure Milkit’s face because she wasn’t sure whether or not Eterna really did support her being sold into slavery, but she would wait until she had a chance to talk to Eterna before making any assumptions.

After Milkit managed to calm down, Flum continued with her trial assignment. When Flum spots her target, she realized that the targets were far stronger than what an F Ranked assignment should be. She teold Milkit that Dein lied to them. Despite that, Flum is certain that she is strong enough to take out some werewolves.

Just as Flum is about to make her move against the werewolves, Milkit warns her that she sees something. Flum and Milkit see that an Anzu has appeared. The monster manages easily eat the werewolves, and it is stronger than Flum currently is. The Anzu takes notice of Flum and Milkit's presence, and it attacks.

Chapter 5: Not Exactly a Walk in the Park
Flum fights and defeats the Anzu After Flum's body was shredded to pieces by the Anzu, Milkit believed Flum was dead, but thanks to her regeneration abilities, she was able to survive.

Chapter 6: A New Fate Awaits
When Flum attempted to obtain her reward for obtaining werewolf fangs, Y'lla at first refuses to. Several of Dein's men insinuate that Flum must've whored herself to an Adventurer and got him to do the work for her. Flum delivered a 'Flum Punch' to knock one of them off his feet, and she pulled out her sword to make it clear that she is not someone they should mess with. She gets Y'lla to provide her with her reward. After she and Milkit leave, Flum reveals to Milkit she was worried about how that was going to turn out.

Manga Version
Flum’s role remains consistent in the Manga adaptation with a few changes. She kills the Unnamed Slave Merchant, but rather than cutting him into pieces, she kills him immediately by cutting him in half. During her 'trial assignment', Flum is forced to fight a Chimera rather than an Anzu. In the aftermath following her fight with the Chimera, the dying Chimera wishes to get even with Flum for everything she had done that has yet to be revealed.

Intermission 2: The Teachings of Destruction
Flum’s absence in the Hero’s party proves to have far more negative consequences than Jean could have anticipated. Cyrill becomes unable to live up to her ‘Hero’ title, and Eterna decides to quit the party partly because of Flum’s absence. Gadhio gives support to Eterna's decision, and he jokingly tells her that he won't miss her nearly as much as he misses Flum.

Chapter 7: From the Depths of Hell to a Life of Normalcy
Flum and Milkit go shopping to purchase regular clothing. At first Flum considers buying a skirt, but she decides to ask Milkit for some advice. Milkit points out that a skirt wouldn't be the best idea for fighting which Flum agrees, so she decides to buy shorts instead. After Flum is finished buying her clothes to help with her Adventurer profession, she buys Milkit clothes. Flum purchases Milkit a maid outfit because she liked it.

Chapter 8: The Duality of Purity and the Woman of Light
After apprehending the thieves affiliated with Dein's men, Flum returns the stolen goods to the rightful owner. The man is Leitch Mancathy, and that leads to him recruiting Flum to obtain herbs to save his wife.

Chapter 9: And We Meet Again
As Flum makes her way to Anichidey, Flum and Sara enjoys Milkit's cooking.

Chapter 10: Back to the Home that the World Forgot
Flum and Sara are forced to fight for lives against the Spiral face Ogre.

Chapter 11: Our Time Was Not Wasted
Flum is forced to ask Sara to cut off her arm when her arm is caught by a spiral faced woman, but her arm regenerates thanks to her power.

Chapter 12: What Can I Believe In?
Flum has an encounter with Neigass after being saved from a second Ogre. While Flum is amicable with her former foe, Sara is far less. It takes Flum stopping her from doing something stupid to make her realize they are outmatched.

Chapter 13: The Heart that Melts
Flum kills several of Dein's men who threatened Milkit's life.

When Flum had one at her mercy, she is briefly convinced by Sara to spare him. However, he attacks her. She uses that to prove her point that there are some people who are incapable of redemption, and they deserve no mercy.

Chapter 14: Cheap Rent and a Strange Roommate to Boot
Flum obtains a house as her reward for saving Leitch's wife.

Shortly after arriving in their new home, Flum and Milkit hear something coming from upstairs. Upon investigating the source of the sound, Flum is shocked to see Eterna Rinebow is squatting in her new home.

Chapter 15: Home Sweet Home
Flum is still taken aback by Eterna’s presence, and she is unsure how to respond. Eterna notices the slave mark on Flum’s cheek, and she inquires about it along with why Flum is still in the Capital. In turn, Flum inquires about why Eterna doesn’t already know the truth which confuses Eterna more.

It was then Flum tells Eterna that Jean sold her into slavery while also being told that everyone in the Hero Party, including Eterna and Gadhio, were in favor of it. This revelation angers Eterna who reveals that Jean lied to them. She told Flum that they had no knowledge of Jean’s actions, and they would have stopped him if she did. She also told Flum that both Gadhio and Cyrill missed her much to Flum’s surprise and happiness.

Eterna then uses the other herbs Flum gathered to cure Milkit’s face.

Flum gets to see Milkit’s cured face.

Side Story: Setting into a Daily Routine
Flum begins her new life living in her new house with Milkit and Eterna. Eterna remarks how Flum seems to get aroused at the idea of picturing Milkit taking a bath.

Manga Version
The manga generally plays out the same until Flum and Milkit obtain the house, and Eterna becomes their new roommate. Rather than having a one week time skip to after Eterna finishes Milkit’s treatment to cure her face, the manga instead has a plot line that takes place during that time period.

During Chapter 11, Flum is shopping when she is harassed by several guards. It is implied that these guards are in Dein's pocket due to them apparently getting wind of the possibility that Flum killed the slave merchant. Flum has no regrets for her actions, and she has no intention of letting the guards arrest her.

As Flum summoned her sword to defend, the guards are cutdown by Ottilie Fohkelpi, a member of the Royal Army who had picked up Flum from her village after being appointed a member of the Hero Party. After flowing protected by Ottilie, she informs Ottilie that she had been kicked from the Hero Party. She also reveals that Jean sold her into slavery, and Eterna is now her roommate.

Later on, Flum sees that Milkit is troubled by something. This causes Flum to embrace Milkit again. She tells Milkit that she wishes to be closer to her, but she sees that Milkit needs some help opening up. Flum then encourages Milkit to spend some time with Sara.

In Chapter 12, Flum is in town, and she notices Sara is knocked unconscious. When she goes to see if Sara is okay, she sees that Dein Phineas is holding Milkit hostage. When he tries to goad Flum, Milkit insults him which causes Dein to knock Milkit unconscious which further enrages Flum to action. Thanks to Ottilie's help, a number of Dein's men are subdued. Unfortunately, as Flum is about to save Milkit, Flum is hit and incapacitated by one of Dein's ropes and pinned to the wall. He then proceeds to capture and carry off by Dein while Flum cries out for Milkit.

During Chapter 13, Flum thinks back to when she and Milkit first met. She attempts to free herself from ropes, but Ottilie cuts her free. Ottilie tells Flum she has a idea of where Dein may have taken Milkit based on the information she extracted from one of his men. Flum resolves to go save Milkit. As she and Otillie head to the location, they are attacked by one of the Spiral Children. Ottilie decides to take up the challenge while letting Flum run ahead.

Flum manages to arrive at Dein's hideout along with Sara. She decides to head in while telling Sara to go another way.

When Flum enters, she sees that Dein is holding Milkit hostage. Dein tosses Flum a vial of poison. He gives Flum and ultimatum. Either her life or Milkit's. Flum readily decides to drink the poison much to Milkit's surprise. Milkit is forced to watch in horror as Flum is harmed by the poisoning. After being rendered incapacitated by the poison, Dein takes pleasure in torturing Flum, but Flum refuses to break.

Before Dein can finish Flum off, a giant rock falls through the roof of the building forcing Dein and his men to retreat while Flum uses her Reversal ability to protect herself and Milkit. After the debris clears, Milkit hugs Flum out of gratitude for saving her life. Flum then falls asleep on Milkit's lap.

Intermission: Making Sense of the Nonsensical
Cyrill continues to miss Flum, and she continues to preform poorly as a result. Gadhio also decides to leave the party partly due to Flum and Eterna leaving. Before he leaves, he promises if his journeys take him in the direction of Flum’s village, he will visit her on Cyrill’s behalf.

Chapter 1: The Scoundrel Laughs On
Flum and Milkit are finishing up a shopping date as they come across several of Dein’s men harassing Ink Wreathcraft. She protects the young girl from them. The young girl claims to not have any memories, but Flum doesn't believe her. Regardless, Flum decides to take Ink back to her house for the time being.

Chapter 2: Trapped in the Spider’s Web
Flum has dinner with Milkit, Eterna, and Sara.

Flum notices that Milkit isn’t eating, and she encourages Milkit to eat.

Chapter 15: An Uncomfortable Truth
Flum wakes up to Milkit sleeping in her bed with her. She is informed by Milkit that Ink survived her operation and recovering. Flum was happy that Ink survived.

Gadhio later comes to visit Flum. She tells Gadhio the truth about what happened to her. She tells him that Jean sold her into slavery. Gadhio expresses his disgust for Jean. He does observe that Flum seems happy now that she has Milkit with her.

Side Story: Eterna Is as Eterna Does
Flum finds a ear cleaning tool, and Milkit offers to clean Flum’s ears.

Intermission: The α Girl Learns of the Incongruities
Flum briefly appears in a flashback where she and Cyrill enjoyed eating cake. Then it transitioned to when Jean was bullying Flum, and Cyrill did nothing to help her.

Chapter 1: That Which He’s Lost
Three days after the Spiral Children Incident ended, Gadhio comes to visit Flum and tells her to follow him. Flum walks with Gadhio throughout the West District. Flum can't help but think that the streets feel more than a little deserted. Regardless, she continues to follow Gadhio.

When Flum entered West District Guild, she was 'greeted' by a hostile Y'lla. Flum get into a heated argument. During that time, Flum points out that Y'lla gave her an assignment that nearly got her killed which Gadhio overhears. When Y'lla tells Flum that any complaint she could make would go unheard because the Guild Master never comes, Gadhio makes his presence known, and he reveals that he is the rightful Guild Master.

While Gadhio considers firing Y'lla on the spot for her previous actions, he tells Flum that he's allowing her to decide Y'lla's fate. Flum decides that unlike Dein, Y'lla could potentially redeem herself, so she recommends that Y'lla get a pay cut much to her chagrin, but Gadhio points out that Y'lla is lucky that was all Flum recommended. Afterwards, Y'lla makes it clear to Flum that she is not happy about getting her pay cut, but Flum shrugs it off. Before Flum leaves, Y'lla tells Flum something about Gadhio's past that many consider him to be a 'coward' which Flum has a hard time believing.

Chapter 2: Why We Fight
Flum is surprised to see Gadhio lives in a huge mansion and apparently has a daughter.

Chapter 3: A Meat Puppet Suited for Testing the Blade
After obtaining new cursed equipment from Gadhio, Flum spends a few hours playing with Hallom to the point of feeling exhausted. She declines Gadhio’s invitation to have dinner because she knows Milkit would be waiting for her.

Chapter 4: The Fools Who Desecrate Sacred Grounds
Flum wakes up the following morning to Milkit making breakfast. She observes that something seems to be off about Milkit, but Milkit lies to Flum by saying she’s fine. Flum decides not to push it any further, and she offers to help Milkit with cooking.

When Milkit goes outside, Flum suddenly realizes the area has become silent which was eerily similar to when Milkit was kidnapped by Nekt. Flum listened to her instincts, and she discovers that Milkit was captured by two A Ranked Adventurers Demiceliko Radius and Tryte Ransila. Flum gives chase to both of them, but she is forced to fight Demiceliko while Trytr carries off Milkit.

After a short fight ensues, Flum manages to defeat Demiceliko by cutting off his legs. She then begins torturing him to find out where Milkit was taken. She does not relent until he finally reveals that Satils Francois ordered Milkit’s kidnapping. He revealed how Flum could find her. As Flum leave Democeliko behind, he attempts to kill her with one last strike only for her to annihilate what was left of him.

Chapter 5: I Hate It, But What Choice Do I Have?
Flum follows up on the information Demiceliko told her, and she heads to Satils’ estate where she runs into Welcy Mancathy. Flum kills the remaining Adventurers that were guarding Satils with ease.

Flum breaks a hole through Satils’ torture chamber to rescue Milkit before killing Satils afterwards.

Chapter 6: Re
After rescuing Milkit from Satils Francois, Flum takes Milkit to Leitch Mancathy’s estate, so Milkit could get some rest.

Flum and Milk spend the rest of the day inside eating lunch and dinner with the food they have in storage. When it is time for baths, Flum insisted on taking her bath with Milkit which Milkit reluctant agrees to. While bathing, Flum couldn't help but be envious of Milkit's body and ask out loud if Milkit was actually an angel or a fairy. Afterwards, Flum notices Milkit appears to be frightened to go to sleep, and she allows Milkit to sleep in the same bed as her. When Milkit takes Flum up on her offer, Flum embraces Milkit, so they could both fit. Flum tells that she partly wanted Milkit to sleep in the same bed as her, so she can make sure no one else takes her away from her like Nekt or Satils men did. Due to Milkit feeling safe in Flum’s arms, she requested if they could sleep in the same bed from now on which Flum happily accepts. She even tells Milkit she was going to ask the same thing.

Flum and Milkit spend a fair amount of time discussing their plans to go shopping the next morning, they stayed up longer than they planned to.

The following morning, Flum nearly choked on her breakfast when Eterna asks her if she and Milkit are going on a date. Flum denies this multiple times until Eterna gave up.

Chapter 7: Dreams Are a Blissful Insanity Known Only to You
Upon seeing Satils in the crowd, Flum and Milkit give chase to her.

Chapter 15: Wrong from the Very Start
Flum is captured by Satils.

Chapter 16: Creeping Crawling Malevolence
Flum is trapped within Satils’ monster body, and the Origin Core with it causes Flum to forget everything about herself. Milkit is able to spot Flum's hand sticking out of Satils' monster body, and she convinces Nekt to help her save Flum.

Chapter 17: Escape from Limbo
Milkit manages to successfully reach Flum, and she grabs Flum's hand as she calls out to her. Milkit tells Flum that Flum has done so much for her, and she wishes to do something for Flum this time. Milkit's voice manages to reach Flum.

Side Story: Lamentable Boundaries
Flum trains with Gadhio in the park. While she may not be able to gain more stats from training, she decided it would be good to be better to learn how to hone her fighting skills, so she could better protect Milkit in the future.

SIde Story
Cyrill found out that Jean sold Flum into slavery which caused the Hero’s Party to fall apart.

Chapter 1
Flum first scene is with her eating breakfast with Milkit, Ink, and Eterna. Upon hearing Milkit say she thought Eterna feeding sink looked fun, Flum decided to offer food to Milkit.

Chapter 2
Flum is nearly murdered by a member of the church.

Abilities/Equipment
Reversal

Flum’s Affinity is a rare affinity that no one else is know to have. A side effect of it would be it causes all her stats to be permanently labeled as Zero. As a result, no matter how much Flum trains, she cannot naturally increase her stats. Additionally, this also causes her to be hurt if someone tries using healing magic on her.

In exchange, Flum is able to wield cursed equipment. According to Gadhio, cursed Equipment offer a larger amount of Debuffs than regular equipment offers Buffs, so Flum obtains a great deal more from her various cursed items she has on her arsenal.

Souleater Zweihänder

Obtained: Episode 01

This is Flum’s trademark sword from the moment she obtained it from the Unnamed Slave Merchant. Ordinarily, people who touch this sword will melt into a puddle. However, due to Flum’s Reversal affinity, any wounds she receives will be healed instantly. While it does not prevent her from feeling pain from her injuries, she has used her ability to regenerate to her advantage multiple times in combat.

It has been discussed that if her heart or brain are destroyed, she would die despite her healing abilities.

Bloodstained Steel Gauntlets

Obtained: Episode 01

God-hating Boots

Obtained: Episode 02

Family
While Flum hasn’t interacted with her family on-screen, it is indicated that she does love her parents. However, it can be inferred she has felt like a burden to them. When Jean said that her parents probably are better off without her, Flum didn’t attempt to say otherwise. Additionally, after being branded as a slave, Flum believes returning home is no longer possible. She does wish to go home one day to introduce her parents to Milkit, but she isn’t sure when/if that’ll happen.

Milkit
The relationship between herself and Milkit is the most defining one in the series. Flum considers Milkit to be an irreplaceable treasure while Milkit cares for Flum above anyone else. After their first meeting, Flum has done her best to reprogram Milkit from thinking she is just a slave with mixed results.

Flum first met Milkit after they were both thrown into the same prison cell by the slave merchant. Flum was quick to make note of Milkit’s bandages and how her skin seemed to be enflamed. She also thought to herself that Milkit had a beautiful eye.

After the Slave Merchant tried to feed all his ‘worthless slaves’ to ghouls, Flum and Milkit were the only survivors after Flum managed to turn the tables. She wished to bring Milkit with her as she made her escape partly because she was afraid to be on her own. Milkit asked if Flum would be her new Master. Flum immediately took pity on Milkit for believing the only relationship that existed were ‘Slave-Master’ relationships. Flum reluctantly agreed to be Milkit’s master from then on.

Flum is relatively protective of Milkit from the start as she brought Milkit with her on her trial assignment because she believed that Milkit would be in more danger if she left her behind in the Capital. During the trial assignment, Milkit attempts to convince Flum she might be better off selling her and buying a new slave, but she refuses. At the start of Episode 02, Flum buys Milkit clothes that Milkit told her that she liked those maid clothes at her previous Master’s estate.

Eterna Rinebow
Flum and Eterna have a relationship of mutual respect and trust. Flum considers Eterna to be a friend. Eterna has acted as Flum’s teacher on different occasions. Flum trusts Eterna to protect Milkit and Ink when she is not there to do it herself.

They first met when they were chosen to be part of the Hero’s Party. Unlike other members, Eterna was one of the only ones who consistently treated Flum well. During their time together, Flum more or less became Eterna’s student as she taught Flum about medical herbs. Flum would later apply this knowledge to acquire the necessary ingredients to heal Milkit.

When Flum was betrayed by Jean, she had a hard time believing that Eterna would have agreed to selling her into slavery. She only reluctantly accepted Jean’s lie when he tells her that she’s been more of a burden on Eterna and Gadhio than anyone else.

After reuniting with Eterna, she is first shocked to find Eterna squatting in her new home. It was then that Flum learned that Eterna, Gadhio, and the others had nothing to do with Jean selling her into slavery. Flum was relieved and accepted Eterna's words. She also let Eterna stay in her home as a new roommate, and she was grateful that Eterna was willing to heal Milkit.

Ink Wreathcraft
Flum first met Ink when she was being harassed by Dein’s men, and Flum forced them to retreat. She subsequently took Ink in when she said she didn’t have anywhere else left to go.

When Flum attempted to apologize, Ink instead apologized to her for all the trouble she inadvertently put her through.

Flum was relieved to learn that Ink survived the surgery, and they presumably reconciled in the aftermath of Episode 03.

During Episode 04, Ink continues to live in Flum’s house, and the two are on friendly terms again. When Nekt shows up, Flum nearly agreed to forming alliance with him under the condition that neither Milkit nor Ink would be harmed.

Ink is later worried when she finds out Flum had been captured.

Gadhio Lathcutt
Similar to Eterna, Gadhio was one of the only Hero Party members to consistently treat Flum well. He also took on the role of being Flum's teacher, and he taught her about how to use the sword. Due to Flum's lack of stats, she wasn't able to effectively use his training at the time, but she kept what he taught her in mind. She kept the advice he told her to obtain cursed equipment. After obtaining cursed equipment, she was able to finally put the moves he taught her to work, and they came in handy in saving her life in her fight against the Ogre in Episode 02.

Flum had a hard time believing that Gadhio would betray her. She ultimately and reluctantly believed Jean due to him pointing out that she was a burden on Gadhio. She was relieved to find out from Eterna that Gadhio had no part in that.

At the beginning of Episode 03, Gadhio left the party partly because of Flum's departure. He promised Cyrill that if his future travels as an Adventurer take him to Flum's village, he would check in on her. He soon finds out that Flum is actually living in the Royal Capital.

Throughout the episode, Flum receives multiple strange messages that appear to be warnings. It is later revealed it was Gadhio. The two would later reunite properly during the climax of Episode 03.

Y'lla Jerishin Their relationship is a turbulent one. They first meet in Episode 01, and she gives Flum a hard time. Instead of doing her job, she tries to force Flum and Milkit work in a brothel to Flum’s annoyance and disgust. Eventually, she does go along with Dein’s deception, and she gives Flum a D Ranked assignment disguised as an F Ranked assignment.

After Flum finished her assignment, Y’lla was unwilling to believe she actually pulled it off. However, Flum manages to force her to give her her reward and Adventurer license to displaying a show of strength by beating up one of Dein’s men.

When Flum and Dein’s conflict was coming to a head during Episode 03, Y’lla more or less remained nuetral.

During Episode 04, she tells Gadhio not to fire Y’lla, but her pay should be reduced.

In Episode 05, they are getting along much better. She even shows some concern regarding Flum's well being.

Slowe Uradnehs
Unlike other members of the guild, he was never affiliated with Dein, and they never had any issues with each other.

Former Hero Party Members
Flum traveled with the Hero Party for a number of months prior to Jean betraying and selling her into slavery. During her time with them, Flum felt inadequate due to her being a ‘simple country girl’ while the others her accomplished Adventurers or had a great Affinity. While Flum did her best to be useful by doing chores, such as cooking and shopping, it wasn’t enough.

When Jean sold Flum into slavery, he told her everyone else agreed to it. Flum had a harder time believing Eterna and Gadhio agreed to it, but she had little difficulty believing the others would have. While Flum was relieved to learn that Jean was lying, she still felt like she was useless to them based on how they treated her with indifference.

Cyrill Sweechka
When they first met, they were close friends. According to Flum, they really clicked due to having similar backgrounds as country girls along with enjoying the city life in the royal capital and enjoying the various desserts available.

It is heavily implied that Cyrill has romantic feelings for Flum, especially when she continues to hold Flum in her arms in Princess Bride Style while Flum only thinks of Cyrill as a friend. However, Flum only thinks of Cyrill as a friend.

At one point, Jean played a role in fracturing the friendship Flum and Cyrill had. She became cold to Flum as a result which caused Flum to become depressed. Flum even believed Cyrill hated her.

Flum had little issue believing Cyrill was in favor of selling her into slavery. In reality, when Jean said that Flum left on her own, Cyrill was shocked and regretted how she had treated Flum. She knew that Flum was the person who supported her the most. Cyrill became depressed, and she becomes unable to be the Hero.

Flum felt relieved when Eterna revealed Cyrill had nothing to do with what Jean did. Flum was willing to forgive Cyrill for the cold treatment she received from her.

Linus Radiant
During their time in the Hero Party, Linus had a nuetral opinion of Flum. He wasn’t hostile towards her like Jean and later Cyrill were nor was he friendly to her like Eterna and Gadhio.

When Jean sold Flum into slavery, Flum didn’t have much trouble believing that Linus was willing to sell her into slavery. Likewise, Linus was willing to believe Flum left the party, and he believed that it was for the better. Regardless, Linus couldn’t help but observe that Flum’s absence created a less than ideal environment for the Hero Party. At the end of Episode 04, Linus figures out Jean had sold Flum into slavery, and he rushed to confront Jean about it. This is followed up at the beginning of Episode 05 when he punches Jean and confronts him over his crimes. He gets pissed at how Jean feels no remorse for what he did to Flum.

When Linus reunites with Flum during Episode 05, he apologizes for not treating her better.

Demons
Unlike her former fellow members of the Hero Party, Flum was not hostile towards the Demons.

Neigass
Flum and Neigass had previously had encounters with each other during Flum's time in the Hero Party, but they did not officially become aquainted until Episode 02. They met for the first time after Flum had been kicked out of the party, and she was participating in a quest to obtain herbs for Leitch Mancathy to cure his wife as well as find herbs cure Milkit's face. Neigass had been in the area to investigate the lab the Church had set up when she had witnessed Flum and Sara defeat an Origin Spiral Ogre. She then proceeded to save the duo from a second Origin Spiral Ogre. Neigass asked Flum if she could potentially hold onto the broken Spiral Core. Flum was fine with letting her have it partly because she knew if she held onto it, it would most likely do her more harm than good.

Sheitoom
Flum and the Demon Lord have yet to interact, but the Demon Lord has shown some interest in meeting her.

Leitch Mancathy
They first encountered each other when Flum saved him from being robbed by Dein’s men.

After Flum successfully obtains the herbs that Leitch needed to save his wife, he was extremely grateful. He handsomely rewarded her with a lot of money and a new house.

Welcy Mancathy
They first meet when Leitch introduced the two. Flum has come to see her as a reliable ally and source of information.

Jean Inteige
To describe their relationship as one of ‘mutual hatred’ would be putting it mildly. Due their time in the Hero Party, Jean would consistently belittle and abuse Flum despite Flum's attempts to be useful to the party which included cooking his food and making his tea.

Affer being betrayed and sold into slavery, Flum loves to fantasize in making Jean pay for all the pain he caused her.

In Episode 05, Flum reflects on how she never considered forgiving Jean, but she also recognizes he would never feel remorse in the first place.

On occasions, Flum reflects on how if Jean didn’t sell her, she never would have met Milkit, and Milkit would’ve been killed by the Slave Merchant. That is enough to disturb Flum.

Unnamed Slave Merchant
Due to how the man treated her and other slaves, she did not hesitate to kill him. He was the first person she ever killed.

He was the reason why Jean was able to sell Flum into slavery. After Jean sold her, he officially converted her into a slave by putting the slave mark on her cheek with the special ink that causes her slave mark to remain attached to her face permanently. When the Slave Merchant realized Flum had Zero stats, he abused her until he threw her into the special prison cell where placed other slaves he considered worthless, including Milkit. He intended to feed her and the other slaves to ghouls for his entertainment.

When begged for mercy, the Slave Merchant told Flum it was her fault he wasted so much money on her, and she had to atone for her crime with her life. He then goaded her by saying she could take her chances with the cursed sword if she wanted a 'chance' to live. Despite seeing the Cursed Sword melt one of the slaves earlier, Flum decided she was better off taking her chances with it. Much to both her and the Slave Merchant's surprise, Flum didn't melt.

Flum was able to wield the cursed sword and killed the slave merchant's ghouls. When she broke free from the prison cell, the slave merchant pathetically begged for mercy, but Flum was unwilling to grant him any. In the Light Novel version, she proceeded to torture him before killing him. In the manga version, she kills him immediately by cutting him in half.

When she is confronted about her past actions, Flum feel no guilt for what she did to him. If anything, she feels more disturbed by the fact that if she wasn't there and didn't kill him, Milkit would've died.

Dein Phineas
Flum originally had a good first impression of him when he got Y'lla to given Flum a trial assignment. However, all any goodwill she felt towards Dein quickly soured when it became apparent the 'trial assignment' he got Y'lla to give her was actually a 'D Rank' assignment rather than an 'F Rank', and he intended for this assignment to get both herself and Milkit killed. After Flum not only returned with her objective, but also assaulted one of Dein's men who accused her of selling her body to get someone else to do the trial assignment, Flum and Dein's group quickly became enemies who wanted nothing more than to kill each other.

While they don’t interact directly in Episode 02, their fued intensified. Flum encounters two of Dein's men attempting to rob Leitch Mancathy. She along with Sara Anvilen managed to apprehend his men, and Flum convinced Sara that they needed to be put into prison. Dein learned of what Flum and would not allow take this lying down. In the Light Novel version, he sent two of his men to sabatoge Flum's Herb Quest, but he gave them to green light to assault Milkit. Flum was able to kill his men which enraged Dein more.

The developiment of their rivalry changes in the manga adaptation of Episode 02. While the development of their rivalry generally remained the same until Chapter 10 of the manga, it changes shortly after Flum obtains her house when Dein is informed of Flum's whereabouts and decides to take action personally rather than simply relying on his men. In Chapter 12, Flum is enraged when Dein personally assaults and kidnaps Milkit. During Chapter 14, he forces Flum to drink poison in exchange for not harming Milkit.Their rivalry finally comes to a head in Episode 03. During the time skip between Episode 02 and Episode 03, Dein and his men attempted to sabatoge Flum's career as an adventurer with mixed results. While they prevented Flum from completing a few of her assignments, she completed enough to be promoted, and she obtained enough money to keep supporting her household. After Flum managed to prevent some of Dein's men from kidnapping Ink Wreathcraft at the beginning of Episode 03, Dein decides that he needs to take stronger action to put an end to Flum once and for all.

Shortly after Flum leaves the guild when she is not able to obtain new information on Ink, Dein puts his plan into action.

Satils Francois
Prior to their first meeting, Flum hated Milkit’s previous Master because of how she poisoned, tortured, and broke Milkit. While she did not know Satils identity at the time, she figured Milkit's former master was most likely female even before Milkit confirme it because she surmised that Satils was most likely jealouse of Milkit's natural beauty.

Upon their first meeting, Flum could not help but feel something was off about Satils. She learned from Leitch Mancathy, that Satils enjoys purchasing young slaves from the black market who are responsive to torture. When Leitch offhandedly told Flum about the Unnamed Slave Merchant she supposedly conducted business with being killed recently, Flum immediately figured out that Satils was indeed Milkit's previous master. Upon realizing that, it took Flum a significant amount of willpower not to pursue Satils and behead her right then and there.

Mother/Mich Smithee
The two hated each other from the moment they met. Shortly after meeting Mother, Ink chooses she would rather stay with Flum, and Mother proceeds to hit her which enraged Flum.

Spiral Children
Flum’s feelings regarding the Spiral Children is mixed. She understands that they were forced to receive Origin Cores in their chests, but they also pose a major threat to her, her friends, and innocent people at large.

Trivia

 * Prior to the official spelling of her name being revealed, it was believed Flum’s name could also be translated to Fulham or Flamm.
 * By Flum’s own admission to Milkit, she has never been this physically close to anyone besides Milkit not even Cyrill or any of her other childhood friends. As of Episode 05, she considers Milkit to be the number one person she is closest to.
 * Flum is the subject to multiple running gags throughout the series.
 * When people see Flum openly act affectionate with Milkit, most will question what is the nature of their relationship. If Flum notices she is getting strange looks, she’ll immediately get defensive and claim it’s not what it looks like.
 * Due to how Flum’s body heals from her injuries, but her clothes do not get repaired in the process, Flum has been subjected to heavy clothing damage. In Episode 03, Ottilie Fohkelpi has to lend Flum her jacket, and later in the same episode Flum realizes she needs to buy a lot more clothes since she is close to running out.
 * While Flum was chosen to be a member of the Hero’s Party by Origin, very few people recognize her as one of them partly due to her not being an accomplished Hero beforehand. As a result, people may recognize her name, but they don’t put two-and-two together unless someone else who recognizes her points it out or she spells it out for them.
 * When it comes to Milkit, Flum becomes aroused quite easily when she pictures Milkit taking a bath or seeing her face which Eterna pokes fun of her for.