Emperor Zel

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Kingsford Zeltman
Japanese	キングスフォード・ゼルトマン
Romaji	Kingusufōdo Zerutoman
Alias	Emperor Zel (ゼル帝, Zeru Tei)
Characteristics
Race	Chicken
Gender	Male
Age	<1
Hair Color	Yellow
Eye Color	Black
Professional Status
Affiliation	Aqua
Job	Pet
Previous Job	Egg
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Relative(s)	Vanir (Imprinted as his Mother)
Debuts
Light Novel	KonoSuba Volume 8
Manga	KonoSuba Chapter 80

Kingsford Zeltman (キングスフォード・ゼルトマン), usually known as Emperor Zel (ゼル帝), is a baby chicken that Aqua hatched from what she believed to be a dragon's egg.

Appearance

When hatched, Kazuma took note of the fact that Emperor Zel looked, for all intents and purposes, as a normal little chick. Later on, his head-crest can be seen growing strangely large over time for a chick.

Personality

Although he is a newborn, Emperor Zel has an angry and bully personality, often chasing and bullying Chomusuke, even if she is actually bigger than him. Also, since he looks up to Vanir as his mother, Zel grew attached to him, often sleeping in an empty shell of Vanir that serves as his perch. However, he is no way attached to his owner, Aqua, often pecking her fingers when she tries to pet him.

Moreover, as an animal, Zel is very indulgent, sleeping and eating whenever he feels like it.

History

The chicken egg that Emperor Zel hatched from was sold to Aqua as a "dragon egg" for all of her reward money earned after Sylvia's defeat in what was clearly a scam, though despite Kazuma's enlightenment she insisted on hatching the "Dragon" by carefully applying the right heat from various angles, either by herself or with the help of Megumin when she needed to go out. And in instances where the whole party had to go someplace such as fighting the Kowloon Hydra, the egg was placed in the care of Wiz and Vanir. Later on Aqua began singing to the egg in addition to pouring magical power into it, while Kazuma during this period frequently made to go for the egg whenever he wanted to force the useless goddess into behaving.

Emperor Zel eventually hatched during a battle between Aqua and Vanir at the party's mansion that saw Darkness and Wiz caught in the crossfire, and recognised Vanir as his parent much to Aqua's distress. Following Vanir leaving an empty shell identical to his usual body, Emperor Zel was given a wide berth by a cagey Chomusuke wary of the magical power he was emitting. In the days after, he was tenderly taken care of by Aqua, despite him regularly pecking at her, and later she with the help of Darkness and Megumin had a chicken house built for him.

During the party's journeys against Wolbach and to Elroad, the chick was put into the care of Wiz's Shop. At some point in time, Emperor Zel became one of the main distractions for making Kazuma lose at a chess-like game against Darkness just as Ignis had taught her. Like Chomusuke he was also seen as food by Komekko during her visit, and became one of the features for Sylphina to play with at the mansion, while Chomusuke started being friendly with him.

Emperor Zel eventually turned into a fully-grown chicken after Aqua fed him a potion that converted his impressive magical power into levels, before he was again put into the care of Vanir when the party set out to look for the runaway Aqua. Later as the mansion got attacked by the Devil King's Army, the chicken scared the attacking monsters with his extraordinarily high level, rendering them easy pickings for the approaching Dust.

Abilities

Since Aqua, Megumin, Vanir, and Wiz warmed Emperor Zel with Magical Power, he was born with an astonishing mana that was later converted into levels after Aqua gave him a potion from Wiz's Shop.

Trivia

• Kazuma initially planned to cook Emperor Zel into fried chicken once he was fully grown.
• Aqua actually believes Emperor Zel is a baby dragon.
  • However, according to Dust, Emperor Zel isn't a baby dragon, just a regular chicken.