Agnès Chevalier de Milan

Anies (or Agnes in some translations) Chevalier de Milan is a character that first appears in the second season of the fantasy anime Zero No Tsukaima. She is an inhabitant of the country of Tristain, on the continent of Halkegnia, part of a fantasy world at a roughly 17th century technology level, the world into which Saito Hiraga was summoned into in the previous season. Anies was born a non-magical "commoner", however, she has, unlike most of her class, gained noble status in spite of her lack of magical powers, due to her military prowess, with both melee weapons and the relatively new techology in Halkegnia of firearms.

Anies was born in the small village of Danguteal, until while she was still a child, the village was designated by a noble named Lishimon as being wiped out by a plague, and a group of fire mages were sent to burn it down. Anies was the only survivor, being rescued from the flames by an unknown rescuer. Anies later discovered the destruction of Danguteal was no accident- Lishimon intended to wipe out the village- a center of dissent. This incident instilled a lifelong hatred of mages in Anies. The one exception was Henrietta, the princess and later queen of Tristain, who Anies is deeply loyal to, as she is the only noble who trusted her and valued her talent, in spite of her being a commoner. It was Henrietta that promoted Anies to commander of the musketeer unit and the royal guard.

Anies first encounters Saito when she arrived at the Tristain Academy of Magic to recruit students into the military for a war against the country of Albion. Anies was sent to train the recruits in unarmed and melee combat, a method of fighting most of the young mages found pointless because of their powers. During this time, she also showed Saito a weakness in his own powers- his powers only enhance his skill with a purpose-built weapon, not an improvised weapon.

Later, Anies investigates Lord Lishimon for Henrietta under suspicion of treason, discovering the he burned down her village. Anies corners Lishimon and tries to shoot him with her pistol, but misses. Lishimon fires a jet of fire magic at Anies, but Anies manages to survive the impact and kill Lishimon by impaling him on her sword.

Later, Anies, Saito, and one of the teachers at the magic academy, Colbert, a skilled fire mage, attempt to rescue the rest of the students, who are held hostage in the great hall of the academy by a group of mercenaries. Anies and Colbert use black powder in a paper casing as improvised flashbang grenades, stunning the mercenaries, before entering through the windows. Anies, Saito, and Colbert then fight the mercenaries, most notably the leader, a powerful fire mage with a mace-like staff. Anies fights the fire mage, who states that he was involved in the destruction of Danguteal. However, he later states that the leader of the task force was none other than Colbert.

Colbert and the mercenary leader fight each other, as Anies tried to attack both of them. Colbert is hit by powerful fire blast, and part of his clothing is burned away. Anies discovers a scar on the back of his neck, the same one as the man who rescuer. It turns out when discovered Colbert he had been tricked into destroying an inhabited village, he deeply regretted it, and tried to atone for his sins by rescuing the one living person he could find, the child Anies.

The mercenary leader then tries to finish off Colbert, but is killed by Anies, who stabs his while he is distracted. Anies that walks over to the wounded Colbert, intent on killing him. Anies prepared to kill him, which Colbert said she had every right to do, and did not resist, when Colbert "died" of his wounds.

In fact, Colbert had actually had one of his particularly skilled students put a sleeping spell on him, knocking him out and giving the appearance of death. Anies left the scene, believing her foe was dead, however, both Anies and Colbert reappear in the third and fourth seasons. Anies is initially mortified that Colbert is alive, but decides not to kill him stating that doing so would make an enemy of his students, and the chain of hatred and revenge would continue.

Anies later becomes close friends with Saito, and aids him in training when he temporarily loses his powers.