Christina Beltrum/Relationships

### Flora Beltrum

Christina is a real doting sister for Flora, even if she is still strict with her it's always for Flora's own sake. Although Christina prioritizes the kingdom’s interest rather highly, as long as it is for Flora's safety and happiness she doesn’t mind compromising even if it results in a small disadvantage for the kingdom.

### Rio / Amakawa Haruto

In volume 12 Christina talks about how arrogant she was when she was a child, she believed that she was better and more special than everyone else. Everything changed when she met Rio, she humbled herself upon seeing what Rio had to experience explaining that if she had to take his place she wouldn't have been able to endure the abuse and humiliation from the other nobles at the academy. She was always impressed with his martial arts, guilty watching the nobles bully him being with him reminds her how she used to be so arrogant and prideful. She still regrets how she treated him when they first met and how embarrassing and painful it was not being able to apologize to him due to their social class and her lack of courage. The day Rio was framed for the attempted murder of her sister was the worst day of her life because she thought she would never see him again, she felt that a part of her died that day and made a vow that she would change her kingdom so that no one else would have to suffer and experience what Rio had to.

Christina is conflicted with her feelings for Rio. She understands that her kingdom has no right to ask for Rio's assistance (betraying him so the nobles stay on their side. A bit ironic because of the coup d'état). She recognizes Rio has become a force to be reckoned with and needs his strength in order to re-establish her family to power. However her guilt prevents her from being too pushy and demanding, she is unwilling to use Celia as a bargaining chip however, she and her sister make every attempt to be with Haruto and his powerful allies in order to build some kind of relationship. (Christina and Flora are often invited to Haruto's mansion in Galarc).

### Celia Claire

Christina has high respect for Celia with how she graduated from the academy at a young age and with how she successfully invented many magical items at her age, as well as with how Celia mastered magic as the best magician in the kingdom. Christina also highly trusts in Celia, she even stated that she can trust anybody that Celia trusts.

### Hiroaki Sakata

As the 1st princess, Christina's position made her more prominent to marry Hiroaki for the kingdom over Flora (though the cocky bastard wanted both of them because he's aiming for a harem anyway).

In the Light Novel, Christina meets Hiroaki in the Galarc banquet; she tries to behave nicely with him because he represents one of the six wise gods. After she takes over the Restoration as head representative, she finds out Hiroaki to be far worse than she had originally thought: spending his time in tea parties, chasing noble girl's skirt, engaged to many ladies without consideration of the ranks or kingdom. She finds him unbearably arrogant, confident, and self-centered. Her exasperation reaches the pitch when out of jealousy, he provokes Haruto in a mock battle, lost the duel and nearly makes a disaster when he lost control of his divine arms (traumatized by his crushing defeat). Christina takes advantage of this and puts limits to Hiroaki. Later, he seems to not care about Beltrum sibling's disappearance, being more preoccupied with his engagement with Liselotte but she turns him down, clearly saying she has no feelings for him. When the sister returns with Haruto, Christina dissolves her sister's engagement with Hiroaki (to which he does not care at all), ignores his whim and tells him to negotiate himself directly with François if he wants to be married with Rosalie (however, this time he does care and is afraid). Later, Christina has a discussion with duke Huguenot; she tells him if the engagement with Rosalie fails she will propose herself as Hiroaki's first wife, but the latter chooses to marry Rosalie anyway.

### Roana Fontaine

Roana is Christina's close friend since their academy days, though their relationship is still pretty stiff and more like a master and their vassal.

### Vanessa Emerle

Vanessa is Christina's personal escort knight, and she's really loyal to her. There is more than one instance that Vanessa has tried to sacrifice herself for Christina's sake.

### Orphia, Sara and Alma

Christina meets the three of them when they rescued Celia and her during the escape from Cleia. Later they take a bath and the group explains their relationship with Haruto. Christina who was raised in a greedy and manipulative royal court is dumbfounded and amazed by their absolute loyalty towards Haruto as well as their determination. This causes the princess to curse herself and her kingdom for disregarding talented people like Haruto in her head, and she promises the girls she will take an example of them to be a better person. After Haruto saved her and her sister (Lucius fight) she asks the whereabouts of the girls and makes Haruto request to see them again for thanking them.