Tessia Eralith/Relationships

## Family

Virion Eralith: Tessia’s Grandfather

Alduin Eralith: *Tessia‘s father*

Merial Eralith: *Tessia’s mother*

Rinia Darcassan: Tessia’s Grand-aunt

## Friends

### Arthur Leywin

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. She was assaulted and beat up by Lucas, which resulted in her face being battered and bruised while her clothes were messed up and torn. She was taken to the Xyrus Academy campus, where she was dragged by her hair and held as a hostage by the radicals. 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.

References

1. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 10
2. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 11
3. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 12
4. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 13
5. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 14
6. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 15
7. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 16
8. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 12
9. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 26
10. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 43
11. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 44
12. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 45
13. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 47
14. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 48
15. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 55
16. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 56
17. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 57
18. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 59
19. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 60
20. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 72
21. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 73
22. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 74
23. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 85
24. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 90
25. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 90
26. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 92
27. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 96
28. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 99
29. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 97
30. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 104
31. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 124
32. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 130
33. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 133
34. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 135
35. ↑ The Beginning After The End Novel: Volume 1 - Chapter 143