Flum Apricot

Flum Apricot is a teenage girl from a remote frontier village in a kingdom.

She is 16 years old and was living an ordinary life before being summoned to the royal capital.

Her hair is a bright light brown that can appear golden depending on how the light hits it.

Despite her outwardly weak appearance and zero stats, she becomes the center of a story filled with curses, betrayal, and survival.

Flum joins the hero’s party tasked with defeating the Demon King after being chosen by the creation god Origin through a divine prophecy.

However, her unique attribute "Inversion" causes all of her status parameters to be reduced to zero.

Even with all her stats at zero, she can just barely manage normal daily life and simple physical activity.

In battle, however, she is essentially useless by conventional standards and knows it herself.

Because of this, Flum constantly feels like dead weight in the party and tries desperately to contribute in any way she can.

She works hard at whatever non-combat tasks she can handle, putting in genuine effort to stay useful.

One of her party members, Jean Inteige, finds her presence intolerable and views her as a complete burden.

His resentment eventually drives him to betray her in a brutal way.

Flum is self-aware of her weakness and does not try to pretend otherwise.

Instead of giving up, she throws herself into support roles and daily chores, showing persistence and humility.

She is emotionally resilient, able to continue struggling even when treated with contempt.

At the same time, she is vulnerable and deeply hurt by being considered a nuisance and a failure.

Her defining trait is not physical prowess but mental tenacity and her refusal to abandon others.

Even after suffering betrayal and enslavement, she still chooses to save someone else rather than focus only on herself.

Flum’s "Inversion" attribute shapes both her power and her worldview.

What should hurt her instead becomes her strength once she discovers how to turn curses and direct effects back on themselves.

Flum was born and raised in a small village located on the kingdom’s frontier.

Her life there was simple and quiet, far removed from the affairs of the royal capital.

Nothing in her early years suggested she would become involved in world-shaping events.

She was an ordinary girl with no special training, lineage, or ambitions toward heroism.

Everything changes when the creation god Origin issues a prophecy that specifically involves her.

Because of this divine oracle, Flum is taken from her peaceful home and brought to the capital.

Summoned to the royal capital, Flum is made to accompany the hero’s party on their journey to defeat the Demon King.

She is officially a member of the party, despite having no practical combat ability due to her zero stats.

Her attribute "Inversion" ensures that every one of her status values is reduced to zero.

This makes her physically and magically weak, while barely allowing her to sustain normal daily life.

In combat, Flum contributes almost nothing by conventional measures, and she knows she is dragging the team down.

She compensates by throwing herself into chores, logistics, and any small support tasks.

Jean Inteige, another member of the hero’s party, cannot stand her continued presence.

He views her as useless, obstructive, and unworthy of remaining with the heroes.

Eventually, Jean arranges for Flum to be sold to slave traders, discarding her from the party entirely.

This betrayal is both personal and existential, stripping her of freedom, dignity, and any remaining sense of security.

After being sold by Jean Inteige, Flum becomes a slave under brutal conditions.

Everything she relied on — her party, her status, her future — is taken away.

In captivity, she falls into deep despair, no longer believing in her own worth or survival.

At one point, she is nearly killed as part of a cruel "show" for entertainment.

This moment of impending death becomes the turning point of her entire existence.

It is then that she comes into contact with a cursed weapon that changes everything.

Flum obtains a cursed greatsword known as the Soul-Eating Zweihander, ranked at the highest Epic level.

The sword carries multiple deadly curses, including severe ability reduction and a corrosive effect that melts the wielder’s body.

Under normal circumstances, wielding this weapon would be a slow, horrifying death sentence.

Its curses are powerful enough to render nearly anyone helpless or destroy them outright.

However, because of Flum’s "Inversion" attribute, every curse placed upon her is flipped.

Instead of reducing her abilities, the sword’s curses are inverted into massive boosts to all of her stats.

The body-melting effect is also turned on its head, granting her a form of near immortality.

As long as the sword remains in her possession and her heart or head is not completely destroyed, she cannot be killed.

In addition, she discovers that any magic or ability that has a "direct" effect on her is automatically inverted.

This makes her uniquely resistant, and sometimes outright immune, to spells and powers that would otherwise debilitate or kill her.

Realizing this, Flum’s role in the world shifts dramatically from powerless victim to terrifyingly durable fighter.

Her once-useless attribute becomes an extraordinary and unconventional form of strength.

With her newfound power through the inverted curses of the Soul-Eating Zweihander, Flum turns on her captors.

She kills the slave trader who had owned and tormented her.

Among the other slaves, she meets Milkit, another captive who has suffered deeply.

Instead of fleeing alone, Flum chooses to escape together with Milkit.

They break out of captivity with the goal of reclaiming some form of peaceful daily life.

This marks the beginning of Flum’s life as a free adventurer rather than a disposable pawn.

After escaping, Flum and Milkit head to the royal capital.

There, Flum registers as an adventurer and begins taking on quests to support their new life.

Her daily routine mixes ordinary concerns like income and housing with extraordinary combat challenges.

Despite her traumatic past, she aims for a calm, normal existence alongside Milkit.

However, the world is not done with her, and peace never lasts long.

She is repeatedly drawn into dangerous battles, conspiracies, and encounters with powerful enemies.

With each conflict, Flum grows stronger and more skilled at using her inverted abilities.

She gradually transitions from a helpless liability into a formidable combatant with a unique fighting style centered on her cursed greatsword.

Flum’s defining power is her rare attribute "Inversion."

This ability flips the effects of things that directly affect her, especially curses and magic.

Initially, "Inversion" manifests as a purely negative trait, reducing all her stats to zero.

This leaves her unable to fight properly, making her appear completely unsuited for adventuring.

Once she acquires the Soul-Eating Zweihander, the true potential of "Inversion" becomes clear.

The sword’s curses, intended to weaken and destroy, are inverted to become overwhelming stat increases.

The weapon grants her a special form of immortality, inverted from a deadly destructive curse.

As long as the greatsword remains with her and her heart or head is not destroyed outright, she will not die.

Her body withstands what should have been corrosive, body-melting damage, turning it into durability and regeneration.

This makes her an extraordinarily tough front-line fighter despite her original zero stats.

Furthermore, any magic or supernatural effect that directly targets Flum’s body or status is automatically inverted.

Offensive spells meant to harm may end up strengthening her, while debilitating effects can turn into buffs.

However, her inversion power applies to direct influence on herself; indirect effects or environmental changes may still be dangerous.

This limitation keeps her from being simply invincible and forces her to think carefully in battle.

Flum’s most important post-escape bond is with Milkit, a fellow former slave.

She rescues Milkit and chooses to live and work alongside her, seeking a gentle everyday life together.

Her relationship with Jean Inteige is defined by betrayal and trauma.

He is the one who sold her to slave traders, treating her as useless and expendable, leaving a deep scar in her heart.

Other members of the original hero party and various allies and enemies become involved as her story continues.

Through them, Flum is repeatedly forced to confront not only external threats but also her own fear, rage, and desire for a peaceful life.