Item from Re:Zero by Tappei Nagatsuki
Emilia's spirit arts combat style — ice weapons, barriers, and constructs fueled by her contract with Puck. Beautiful, devastating, and a constant reminder that the world sees her magic and thinks 'Witch.'
Ice Brand Arts is Emilia's signature combat magic — a spirit arts discipline that creates weapons, shields, and constructs from ice using the mana channeled through her contract with the Great Spirit Puck. At full power, Emilia can generate ice swords, lances, barriers, and area-of-effect freezing attacks with enough force to challenge some of the strongest combatants in the world. Her ice is not ordinary cold; it's spirit-enhanced, capable of resisting magical disruption and persisting far longer than conventional ice magic. The bitter irony of Ice Brand Arts is that it makes Emilia look exactly like the thing people fear most. A silver-haired half-elf casting ice magic that freezes everything around her — to the people of Lugunica, this is indistinguishable from the Witch of Envy's legendary destruction. Every time Emilia fights to protect someone, she looks more like the monster they already believe she is. Puck designed the style to keep her safe. The world uses it as evidence that she shouldn't be trusted. The magic is beautiful. The politics of wielding it are ugly.
Also known as: Ice Brand Arts, Emilia's Ice Magic, Spirit Arts