Daria Selas

Daria is the mother of the siblings Kirie Selas, Edward Selas and Elaine Selas and a minor character in the Einstein isekai franchise.

Appearance
In opposite to her headstrong personality, Daria is a fairly petite woman with light blue eyes and a small mole on her right cheek; she has long, curly white hair which goes down to her waist, fading into a gray-ish silver towards the tips. She rarely settles for a specific style or outfit, fully using the advantages of being royalty, and is often seen in different, intricately designed and expensive-looking dresses, combined with various silver jewelry.

Personality
Daria is a fierce woman that appears friendly and polite at first glance, but will backstab you the moment you are not dancing like she wants you to anymore. Her greatest weapon are words that she uses at every opportunity she can get, getting her way by using snide remarks, glances that make you want to hide and simple gestures to make you surrender once you made her your enemy, all the while staying polite and playing innocent when she gets confronted about it.

She does not lose her temper either and will just feel slightly annoyed when someone inconveniences her, never losing her polite smile, although she does seek revenge by using the methods mentioned above.

She cares for her family, but she will not hesitate to put them into their place should they fail to meet her expectations- be it their studies, their dancing lessons or their behaviour in public. Be that as it may, she would never use measures on them as drastic as the ones she uses on her enemies.

History
Daria Selas, formerly known as Daria Cascade before she married Tyrone Selas because of an arranged marriage their parents decided before both of them were even born, was the daughter of a Duke and Duchess and grew up learning the proper etiquette and education that she would need for her future life as the queen of Curatio, got whatever she wanted and never had to wish for anything.

As she got older and saw the crown prince more and more often, she realized that she could not imagine being in a serious relationship with this dainty man, despite him being the future king. She knew that a life full of luxury and wealth awaited her, but she could not help but feel jealous about the boys her friends met. But even so, she continued her studies to the best of her ability and tried to become the perfect future queen, so that they could at least live peacefully together, hopefully not having to confront him often.

She knew that she could not use her usual tactics on him.

A few years later, when they both were of-age, the king sat together with Daria and Tyrone to discuss their arrangements. Daria knew that Tyrone had grown attached to her and was going to fully use that, stating that she wanted her freedom, freedom to go anywhere she liked whenever she wanted to, to buy anything she liked and most importantly, to take in one or two lovers. Tyrone calmed the enraged king down and accepted her conditions.

And while she never started seriously loving him like he seemed to love her, they lived in harmony and even started to get along well. The request for lovers was long forgotten when they had their first two children and was pushed even further into the back of her head when her next daughter was born.

She got used to her lifestyle as a queen and did her job responsibly, not once failing to meet anyone's expectations.

Abilities
Daria is an average water-user and therefore, is able to create ripples in water and move it to her heart's content, although she cannot gather the moisture from the air or humans and use it like some other water-users can. Occasionally, she can create fog, which she mainly uses to get revenge on her glasses-wearing enemies. Additionally, she sometimes oversees Elaine's training and can extinguish any fire she creates.

Relationships
 Tyrone Selas 

Daria married Tyrone due to an arranged marriage and at first, thought he had not enough assertiveness for a king and thus saw him as weak and too friendly. Now, after having lived with him for several years, her opinion of him has changed, not seeing him as a failure of a king anymore after she saw what he was capable of and that he has a completely different attitude when he is performing his duties. Additionally, she has developed affection for Tyrone, although it is unclear if it is of romantic nature or not.

 Elaine Selas 

Daria pays close attention to Elaine, making sure that she is acting like a proper lady and like a future queen at all times, just like she had been trained to do at a young age. However, Elaine rarely needs to get reprimanded or corrected because she is perfecting everything she starts or does. Other than that, the two seem to get along quite well, never getting into any arguments or disagreements, Daria even helping Elaine train when she can spare time despite not having to do it.

 Edward Selas 

In the earlier years, when Edward's magic slowly manifested, he often came to her for guidance because his magic seemed to be similar to hers, even though it slowly went into a completely different direction. Nevertheless, she helped him wherever she could, noting how quickly her son lost his temper and scolded him appropriately, explaining to him why losing his temper is exactly what he should not do and how there are way better ways to get revenge. He listened to her advice and started doing so, making Daria just the slighest bit proud. Over the years they became distant to each other, not having any real reason or time to interact as both of their duties doubled.

 Kirie Selas 

Daria and her second daughter never formed the connection she formed with her other two children- it was probably because Kirie was so much more like her father and so unlike her mother that they never had any mutual ground to stand on. In addition to that, Kirie inherited her father's light magic, making her interact with her mother even less and even more with her father and sister. They see each other at dinner, greet each other and Daria still pays attention to her etiquette and behaviour in general, disappointed when she found out about her daughter's rebellious and boy-ish behaviour. Kirie seemed to be stubborn like her mother and Daria may have scolded her harder than her other children. She is aware that this reflects badly on Edward's image of Kirie.

Trivia

 * Ironically, her first name means 'possessing goodness' in old-persian, while the modern meaning is 'sea'.
 * Her last name 'Selas' is the name of the royal family that she got when she married Tyrone. In greek, sélas can mean light or brightness.
 * Daria's maiden name is Cascade.
 * Her parents are Duke Conrad Cascade and Duchess Giselle Cascade.
 * She has a younger sister aged thirteen, Lorraine Cascade.
 * Excluding the royal family, they are currently the wealthiest family in Curatio.