Tessia Eralith/Relationships

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Family

Virion Eralith

Virion is Tessia’s grandfather. Virion is very affectionate towards Tessia, referring to her as “little one” and teasing her over her crush on Arthur. Tessia in return is much closer to her grandfather due to having no real friends before Arthur. Though she would yell at her grandfather whenever he embarrassed her, and pull his beard. During the War against Alacrya, Virion's protective instincts were on full display as he was reluctant to allow Tessia to join the war, but was willing to let her when she proved she had the mental fortitude to take on the task. During the war, Virion made it apparent to Tessia that she will be treated as a solider and she was to respect him as a general. Tessia complied with her grandfather, but was disappointed by him not informing her of Goodsky's death when he believed she wouldn't be able to handle it.

Alduin Eralith

Alduin is Tessia's father. Alduin loves his daughter immensely, though his duties as a king keep him from spending more time with her. After he nearly lost his daughter to slave traders, Alduin was outraged by humans attempting to kidnap his daughter. Though he is more traditional than his father, Alduin was forced to accept his daughter’s friendship and later romantic feelings for her human friend Arthur after saving her life.

Merial Eralith

Merial is Tessia's mother. Merial loves her daughter immensely, though her duties as a queen keep her from spending more time with her. Upon reuniting after her return to Elenoir, Merial was the first to arrive on the scene to embrace her daughter, refusing to let her go even after they returned to the palace. Merial is very affectionate towards her daughter, playing with her hair and smiling as she embraced her.

Rinia Darcassan

Rinia is Tessia’s Grand-aunt, on her grandmother's side. While she never knew her grandmother, Rinia was the closest to a grandmother Tessia ever had, even affectionately referring to her as "Grandmother Rinia". Rinia loves her great-niece dearly and was willing to help her watch over Arthur during their time apart.

Friends

Arthur Leywin

Tessia & Arthur with each other.

Arthur is Tessia's childhood friend and current love interest. When Arthur was four, he was lost in the Forest of Elshire in Elenoir and accidentally came across a five-year-old Tessia kidnapped by slave traders. As Arthur followed the slave traders and watched them closely, he successfully carried out a plan for the elf princess to escape. After about an hour of consoling Tessia, he agreed to help her and escort her back to her kingdom safely. During their one-week travel, they slowly began to grow closer and started learning more about their respective races. Arthur also allowed Tessia to call him Art while he was permitted to call her Tess. Immediately upon reaching her home, Tessia was revealed to be the sole princess of the Kingdom of Elenoir, which she kept hidden from Arthur during their travel. Although many elves were wary about a human child residing in the elven kingdom, Arthur was permitted to reside in the royal castle during his training under Virion Eralith as his only disciple. Ecstatic by the fact that Arthur was going to stay, Tessia grew incredibly attached to Arthur because he was her only friend, and they spent time together almost every day. During his stay in the Kingdom of Elenoir, Arthur and Tessia grew even closer, to the point where she would often barge into his room to wake him out of bed. After Tessia awakened at the age of nine, she was provided a mentor and began combat training with Virion alongside Arthur. Though Tessia knew that Arthur was bound to return to the Kingdom of Sapin, she was still devastated the day she heard Arthur's departure date. With tears welling up in her eyes, Tessia embraced Arthur with a hug and bid him goodbye as Arthur left to return to his family.

While Arthur was away in the Kingdom of Sapin, Tessia and Arthur had little to no communication. Arthur would occasionally think about Tessia's well-being and would instinctively compare other young girls to Tessia's appearance. Due to Tessia's constant nagging about Arthur's well-being, she visited Elder Rinia to make sure Arthur was safe and happy. Rinia gave Tessia a water-filled orb that constantly showed Arthur's face for her to bring back home. From time to time, Tessia would stare at the orb whenever she thought of or missed Arthur. Tessia was also extremely jealous when Arthur was seen conversing with Lilia Helstea, stating that Tessia was Arthur's friend first. After being caught staring at Arthur's face through the water-filled orb by Virion, Tessia grew red from the thought of marrying Arthur. Instead, Virion proposed to Tessia to attend Xyrus Academy, where she would be at the same school as Arthur. Tessia became exhilarated at the thought of going to the same school with Arthur and was determined to enter the academy.

After Arthur's two years of being an adventurer had come to an end, Arthur finally attended Xyrus Academy as a Scholar Student. During the first-years' orientation, Arthur spotted a 13-year-old Tessia on the stage, introducing herself as the Student Council President. Though Tessia is about one year older than Arthur, she was a first-year student, because she spent one year on the Xyrus Academy campus under Cynthia Goodsky's direct tutelage to improve as a Conjurer. Due to this fact, Arthur began hearing numerous whispers about the esteemed Tessia Eralith and students enamored by her exquisite beauty. While Tessia wished for their reunion to be more romantic and celebratory, Arthur was caught in the middle of a duel and forcefully stopped by an authoritative Tessia. They started a small quarrel, which left both of them feeling unsettled about their reunion. Tessia was worried that Arthur would start hating her. At the same time, Arthur was worried that he might have been too harsh on her. Later on, Arthur was engaged in a fight with a second-year which was again, forcefully stopped by Tessia. After Tessia discreetly helped Arthur out of this mess, Arthur left the cafeteria and met Tessia alone outside the school cafeteria. In an attempt to apologize, both of them bowed their heads simultaneously, which left large bumps on both of their foreheads. While Tessia was crying over the possibility that Arthur might hate her, Arthur embraced Tessia in a hug to assure her that he could never hate her. The two of them stood still, embraced in a hug before they were disrupted by Elijah Knight. After being left alone once again, they reconciled while walking together back to the dorms. Before Arthur went back into his dorm room, he handed Tessia the Elderwood Guardian beast core with its beast will still contained inside.

During a class taught by Professor Glory, Tessia and Arthur were put on opposing teams for a mock battle. While Tessia was skillfully defeating Curtis Glayder, she suddenly went pale right before his final attack and fainted. During this time, Arthur was busy fighting against Lucas Wykes, but was notified by Sylvie of Tessia's condition before she fainted. Witnessing Tessia's pale face himself, Arthur then decided to activate Static Void, Phase One of Sylvia's will, and save Tessia by wrapping his body around Tessia while using what little remaining mana he had left to create a barrier against the attack from Curtis. As Arthur was in the middle of recovering from his injuries, Tessia visited him as her body was in a much better state than his due to Arthur's protection barrier. Right after Arthur's family visited and left, Tessia gained the courage to sneak in a kiss, while Arthur was unable to move his body due to his injuries. Due to the mental age gap, Arthur began feeling guilty about enjoying the kiss and was left wondering if they should date or not. After a couple of days had passed, Arthur finally met up with Tessia to help her assimilate her beast will. Inside of the private training room that Cynthia Goodsky had provided them, Arthur begins explaining that he believes they should remain friends, due to their young age. Being childhood friends made Arthur state that he had never looked at or thought of her as anything more than a childhood friend. Tessia was infuriated after listening to Arthur's pathetic explanation. She retorted back, stating that though Arthur was extremely talented in many fields, he was awful when it came to confronting his feelings. She also states that due to his confidence in other skills, Arthur masks his insecurities and refuses to face them. After being left alone, Arthur felt uneasy about confronting Tessia in his next class with her, but was alarmed when he found out that Tessia had skipped the class due to being sick. After collecting his thoughts, Arthur decided to confront Tessia once more to sort out his feelings. He apologized for making excuses and earnestly confessed that he reciprocated Tessia's feelings. However, he asks Tessia to be patient and wait a couple of years for him to mature enough to accept his own feelings. He promises her that he will not find another girl by initiating a kiss. Afterwards, Tess smiles and tells him to not make her wait for too long.

As Arthur and Tessia slowly began getting closer both physically and emotionally, the time for Tessia's full assimilation came near. As Tessia's body was entering the final stages of her assimilation, a complication occurred, which heavily worried Arthur. Inside of the private training provided by Cynthia Goodsky, Arthur witnessed Tessia's body fully covered in uncontrollable vines with a thick, dark aura surrounding her. After successfully assimilating her body and taking control of the power of the Elderwood Guardian, Tessia fell into a deep slumber and was taken back home to the elven kingdom and later escorted by Arthur to the Helstea House to rest. As Tessia left the Helstea House to return to Xyrus Academy and catch up on work as the Student Council President, she was kidnapped by Lucas Wykes. Due to her little control over her beast's will, Tessia was unable to fight back using any of her powers. As Tessia was nearly defiled by Lucas, Arthur finally arrived at the scene just in time to save her. While the bruises and scars on Tessia's skin were surface wounds, her condition was not too bad, other than being drugged with an anesthetic to keep her unconscious. Enraged by the actions of Lucas, Arthur manifests all four elements, including his deviants, announcing to the school that he is a quadra-elemental mage. He overpowers and completely dominates Lucas and ends up killing him. Arthur ends up crushing both of his legs past the mid-thigh, dismembering and cauterizing his left arm past the elbow, freezing and crushing Lucas's right arm, crushing his genitals along with the pelvic bone, and more. Thus, Arthur was stripped of his title as a mage, his mana core was restrained, and he was incarcerated. Later on, as Arthur was freed from prison due to Windsom’s help, he went to Epheotus for training. As he was unable to say goodbye to Tessia during this series of events, he at least made sure of Tessia's well-being before he left.

During Arthur's training with Wren Kain IV, Tessia appeared as a hostage held by a black-thorned asura. Seeing Tessia's condition and worried state, Arthur hurriedly activated Slyvia's will, wasting precious mana on one elf princess. After realizing that both Tessia and the black-thorned asura were fake, Arthur confessed to Wren that there are people he considers more important than anyone else, including himself. Time skip to when Tessia is 17 and is living amid a war between the Alacryans and the Dicathens. Tessia grew from a princess to a soldier and was ordered to investigate and eliminate an S-class mana beast deep within one of the dungeons of the Beast Glades. Along with her fighting squad, Tessia prepared herself as she went through the teleportation gate only to find Arthur standing on top of a pile of lifeless mana beasts, including the S-class mana beast she was supposed to eliminate together with her army. Having Arthur return from his training thrilled Tessia, but the sight of his appearance made chills crawl up her spine. Tessia stared at Arthur's unrecognizable face and was scared to call out to him due to the uneasiness that would not subdue within her chest. After showering and bathing, Arthur returned to the campsite tent to see Tessia, only for her to start crying during their encounter. Though Tessia was angry, frustrated, and embarrassed, she was mostly relieved to have him back and also felt a sense of safety and victory for the war after his return. Due to Arthur's position and relations with the council members, Tessia and Arthur could not spend much time together during the war. While Arthur was away busy with council meetings on battle strategies, Tessia was off on the grounds fighting alongside her fighting squad. However, after Tessia and her squadron were caught in a surprise attack, she was quickly ordered to return to safety through a teleportation gate where Arthur was waiting eagerly and impatiently for her. Once Arthur saw Tessia walking through the teleportation gate, he quickly embraced her in his arms and escorted her to a place to rest. During her rest, Tessia awoke from her sleep to hear Arthur and Virion arguing about revealing the truth of Cynthia's death. Knowing fully well that Tessia overheard their conversation, Arthur and Virion take Tessia to see Cynthia and pay their respects. While they approach the door to Cynthia's burial, Tessia asks why Virion kept this fact hidden from her. She felt betrayed, and as Cynthia's only disciple, she felt she deserved to know when her master passed away. Afterwards, Tessia begins pointing out that despite everything she did to show that she was mature, Virion was still treating her like a child. Arthur wholeheartedly announced that he agrees Tessia is still a child. With anger fuming out of her, Tessia felt betrayed by Arthur's statement, noting that Arthur was still a full year younger than her. However, Arthur shouts that if Tessia had taken a minute to digest the information and observe the situation, she would have come to realize why Virion had kept it a secret from her. Arthur followed up by explaining that had Virion revealed that her precious mentor was killed by their enemy in the safest location in the continent, Tessia would have charged right into battle with her head full of revenge and getting herself killed. Tessia became quiet after she has failed to refute his heated speech and was left alone with Virion as a guard escorted Arthur out.

As of Chapter 212 of the novel, Arthur has finally returned his feelings to Tessia, believing that he had always had these feelings for her but was only trying to force them down. They have now made a promise to survive the war and start a relationship and family.

In Chapter 230 "Anchor", we get to see how trauma has shaped both Tess and Art. Tessia is in her room, depressed about her actions in the war, and their consequences. Virion tells Arthur to comfort her, saying that she needs him. Arthur goes in the room, and they are silent at first. Tessia walks out of the shower, with a towel around her. Arthur notices how she cannot even look at her reflection. That's how much she hates herself for her immature actions in the war. Arthur helps Tessia to tie her hair, and he combs it. They have a witty conversation, trying to look past their trauma. Then, Tessia hugs Arthur. The towel around her falls off as she hugs him. Arthur becomes conscious, conscious of her beauty, her pale flesh, her intoxicating scent. It takes all of his willpower to stay sane in front of her. However, he denies her in the end. Instead of engaging in intimacy, he tells her that he wants to do it when they aren't using it as a means of escape. He then later breaks down in the chapter, still haunted by the death of his father. The chapter ends with Tess holding him, comforting him. She is his anchor.

Xyrus Academy

Cynthia Goodsky

Cynthia is Tessia's mentor. Cynthia became Tessia's teacher after mastering her wind magic as well as Cynthia's friendship with her grandfather. Despite her strict training, Cynthia cares greatly for Tessia, treating her as if she were her own child. Tessia was shown to love her mentor dearly as she was distraught to learn of her passing during the war and was especially infuriated that no one told her.

Clive Graves

Clive is the Vice President of the Student Council. Clive has been shown to interact with Tessia the most within the council. Clive respects Tessia not only as his superior but as a fellow noble. He refuses to let anyone insult her in his presence and will go out of his way to defend her honor whenever he believes she is being looked down on, such as the misunderstanding between her and Arthur Leywin or during the excursion in Widow's Crypt when Lucas insulted her. While Tessia respects Clive as a fellow member of the Student Council, she is rather disappointed in his prejudice towards anyone of lower status and will not hesitate to reprimand him whenever he goes too far. While it is never confirmed, it is subtly implied from his interactions with her and Arthur that Clive has feelings for Tessia. Regardless of whether this is true or not, Tessia has made it apparent that she is only interested in Arthur, unaware that she and Arthur were childhood friends. Their relationship seems to have improved over time as Clive's prejudice towards Arthur seems to have mellowed out.

Lilia Helstea

Lilia is the Secretary of the Student Council. Though they are very friendly towards each other and respect each other as colleagues, they are slightly jealous of each other over their shared interest and history with Arthur Leywin. Nevertheless, they are mature enough to keep their feelings from interfering with their duties and friendship.

Elijah Knight

Elijah is a friend and roommate of Arthur. While the two are not shown interacting much, Elijah had a very big crush on Tessia at first sight, though he does nothing to act on it other than gush to Arthur about how beautiful and unapproachable she is as well as respecting Arthur's relationship with Tessia, though he was envious that Arthur was able to converse and snuggle with the "Lunar Goddess" herself. While Tessia knows about Elijah from Arthur, she is mostly unaware that he even exists. After awakening as Nico, Tessia becomes disturbed by his behavior towards her after remembering his past life and his plans to use her as the vessel for his past lover Cecelia.

Enemies

Lucas Wykes

Lucas is a student of Xyrus Academy and the son of a prominent noble family. Like most people, Lucas held no respect for Tessia and considered her beneath himself despite being a royal princess. Tessia was familiar with Lucas's reputation and was quite displeased with the arrogant noble. Nevertheless, the two would not interact much during their time in Xyrus Academy until the Dungeon Excursion in the Beast Glades, where Lucas was upset that Tessia was appointed as their group leader instead of himself. During the Attack on Xyrus Academy, Lucas sided with the radicals led by Draneeve and set his sights on the royal princess due to her relationship with Arthur Leywin. Lucas kinapped Tessia and was beaten unconsious, before being taken to Xyrus Academy, where she was dragged by her hair and held as a hostage by the radicals. Tessia was eventually saved by Arthur who brutally mutilated Lucas in retaliation for what he did to Tessia.