Melinda Desmond

Full name: Melinda Desmond
Race: Human.
Age: 29 Years.
Height: 5'7" / 1.70 cm.
Gender: Female.
Eye color: Hazel color.
Hair color: Dark brown.
Affiliation: Ostania / Lady Patriots Society.
Occupation: First Lady of Ostania (Formerly).

Melinda is a beautiful and rather tall woman. She has dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and fair skin with a mole on the lower right side of her mouth. Like Damian, her eyes are half-lidded and slightly droopy, with noticeably long lower eyelashes and short, thin eyebrows on top. She wears triangular-shaped dangling earrings with a circle inscribed on them and a small black dot in the middle. On her left hand, she has a ring on her ring finger, and on her right she has a ring on her middle finger with the triangle and circle symbol engraved on it.

Melinda has been shown to often wear a disguise when out in public, with a headscarf and sunglasses to cover her face. She appears to be an athletic person and organizes the Ladies Patriots Society, which she leads to participate in sports such as volleyball.

Although Yor Forger has observed that Melinda has an odd air about her, Melinda appears to be a very energetic woman who quickly makes friends with those she is interested in. After meeting Yor and seeing his skills, she immediately takes a liking to him and asks him to be the bell ringer for her volleyball team. During their volleyball game, whenever Yor messed something up, Melinda would encourage her to do better and explain where she went wrong. She doesn't care too much about status and simply wants those around her to be themselves. She also seems quite generous, happily gifting Yor some of the cakes for their group's volleyball game after the housewife saves her and the cakes from falling down the stairs.

As the president of the Society of Patriotic Ladies, Melinda seems to be very involved in the organization and helps out in any way she can, as seen when she was at the department store carrying many boxes of cakes with her maid Nola as snacks for their volleyball game. She also seems to want a good reputation for the group, discouraging its members from making unsightly displays of themselves and keeping an eye on the behavior of others.

Much like Donovan, Melinda seems to not bother to communicate closely with her children and seems to neglect her youngest son, Damian. When Yor insisted on apologizing for Anya punching Damian during school orientation, Melinda shut her up with an unexpectedly cold expression. Furthermore, she is also a rather reserved person who does not appear in public and mainly communicates only with friends she knew before her previous status as First Lady.

When Yor's co-worker Millie Myers, who lost her father in the Second East-West War, insults the Desmonds at a public event when she accuses Donovan of being the one who started the war, Melinda reveals a more empathetic side of herself. Melinda decides to apologize, believing that as a Desmond, it is her burden and that she has a duty to support both the veterans and their bereaved. Understanding Millie's suffering, Melinda shares that she has her own family as well, and that she would resent someone if she lost any of them. She then takes the burden Millie was carrying and thanks her for helping out at the event, after which Millie apologizes for what she said.

Melinda Desmond is the wife of Donovan Desmond and mother of Demetrius and Damian Desmond. She is also the president of the Lady Patriots Society.

•Donovan Desmond: According to Loid Forger's observations, Melinda appears to have an estranged relationship with her husband. When Damian mentions him to her after the Red Circus incident, her thoughts and behavior abruptly change to a negative one, as she refers to her husband as "that man", even though she previously mentioned him cheerfully and without hidden aggression in front of Yor. The two also appear to live separately, with Melinda living in her own residence, according to family servant Jeeves. Despite their estrangement, she later mentions to Millie that if she were to lose any of her family members, including her husband, she would resent someone for it as well.
•Demetrius Desmond: Almost nothing is known about their relationship or how Demetrius treats his mother. However, according to her own statement, she would have resented anyone if she had lost someone in her family, including him.

•Damian Desmond: According to Loid's research and Melinda's friends, Melinda, like her husband, has virtually no communication with her children, instead opting for a hands-off parenting philosophy. She hears about Damian mostly from the servants and seems to be indifferent to the fact that Anya once hit him. Periodically, Melinda has a creepy way of talking about Damian. For example, when Yor was too insistent on apologizing for Anya hitting him, Melinda's face darkened as she shut her up and told her she didn't care.

In truth, Melinda cares a great deal for Damian. While driving Yor back home, Melinda mentioned Damian and expressed her wish for him and Anya to remain friends while grimacing with a forced smile. When Anya reads Melinda's thoughts, she hears her adoration for her son. However, Melinda suddenly begins to feel a disturbing disdain for Damian at the mention of Donovan. These feelings for her son seem to fluctuate in an unsettling way as she oscillates between calling him her treasure and her curse, to the point that Melinda even thinks about wanting to take care of him, but also wishing that he died in the bus hijacking and be a burden to her.

Despite this, Melinda still shows affection for her son. While she did not join Damian for dinner after returning home following the incident, she did cook all the dishes for him, something she mentioned she wanted to do for him in her thoughts. Later, when Damian requests rare and exquisite tea cakes to gift to Anya, Melinda goes out of her way to get them for him, mentioning that she hopes he and Anya can become closer with this gift. She later mentions to Millie that if she were to lose any of her family members, including Damian, she would resent someone for it as well.

•Yor Forger: Melinda was deeply grateful to Yor after she skillfully saved her from falling down the stairs and asked for her help in a volleyball match. There, the two bonded as Melinda was continually amazed by Yor's immense physical abilities. Afterwards, Melinda revealed her true identity to Yor and expressed her desire to build a friendship with her. Melinda seems to be very fond of Yor and wishes for the two to be friends without her status affecting Yor's reputation.

Later, when Melinda attends the charity bazaar for disabled veterans, she is surprised and happy to see Yor working there and chats happily with her. When Millie shares her opinion of the Desmonds out loud, Melinda formally apologizes to her for her suffering, as she does not want Millie to hate Yor for something she did.

Being an ordinary human, she has no special abilities or powers.