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I`m a fairy based on Menthe, a Greek nymph who was transformed into a mint plant for trying to seduce Hades.

Elfin means “like an elf”, relating to part of her race, but can also mean “small” or “mischievous”, matching the typical description of fairies in Gensokyo. Mint is an aromatic plant commonly used as an herb.


This is an old story from a land north of the western country where Iesua's legend was handed down. Once upon a time, at the touch of a goddess's anger, a fairy's appearance was changed to that of an ugly weed's.
She had already lost all her faith, and had thought only that she would disappear, but a very unexpected person held out a saving hand to her. The manipulator of "death," the terrifying god of the realm of the dead, Hades. In the future to come, written works would describe him again and again as an evil, dark, devil king. Seeing the weed that had once been a fairy, he had pity on it, and changed it to have a pleasing scent and a beautiful flower. He was the king of death who would be feared by anyone, but he also loved greenery and life more than anyone. The fairy flower, who had become abundant and well known above ground because of the dark king, gathered popularity for its pleasing scent among the people.
Thousands of years passed, and the many gods of Greece came upon the same era of difficulty with gathering faith that the myriad native gods of Japan came upon. However, the dark king came happily upon an unexpected coincidence. At the same time, humanity unexpectedly found a 9th planet in the solar system, and gave it his name. With that star acting as an object representative of him, he could once again restore faith. The dark king, from the realm of the dead beneath the earth, decided to move to a palace within the distant sea of stars.
"She" wished to meet him once more. The "flower," after a long period of time acquired the form of a human, and though it was the same as when she had been a fairy, she had acquired a power that surpassed her old self. By spreading her huge seeds on the wind, she propagated her descendants throughout the entire world, constantly reproduced with herself, brought forth countless fragrances pleasing to humans, and all for the sake of her one ultimate goal. And so, the girl who had achieved the ability to move freely headed towards the realm of the dead, but the dark king had already left. "----I don't want----to be forgotten----"
Decades later, the "9th planet" which had been stripped of its title as a planet was pulled to the border of "Illusions and Reality" and fell into Gensokyo. Entirely by coincidence, this happened at the same time as the magnificent battle between light and darkness was beginning. "She" who had come to Gensokyo following the fallen star did not yet know. That the face of the fallen star, before being consumed with fire, was covered with the same flower that was "her" namesake.
The flower of old with the pleasant aroma that mankind had become so close to was given the name "Mint." Whether the fact that "her" name is the same is a coincidence or not is still not known.
By the way, the familiar by her side is the princess of the jealous Hades. Though she was dispatched as a watchdog, after being shot down by the returning Mint, she is presently being put to good use.
Its name is "Zankurou." Whether the similarity between its name and the name for Pomegranate* is a coincidence or not is still not known.


Shingeki no Kyojin in a nutshell
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