Basic Information

Name: Lyseria Alveria Age: 19 Height: 162cm Position: Second Princess of the Alverian Empire Succession Rank: Second in line Sister: First Princess Celefina Alveria

Appearance

Long silver-white hair and purple eyes. She possesses a soft, radiant beauty and the grace of a princess. Her expressions are rich and approachable. She has a feminine, curvaceous yet supple physique tempered by combat training. In formal wear, she leaves an elegant and gorgeous impression; in battle attire, she appears dignified and powerful.

Personality and Abilities

Possesses exceptionally high mana as a member of the royal family, excelling in both magic and practical combat. She is bright, honest, and sincere, with a kind and caring nature. She interacts with people regardless of their status and is naturally beloved by soldiers and commoners alike. With a strong sense of justice and responsibility, she doesn't hesitate to sacrifice herself to protect the vulnerable. She avoids choices that hurt others and hates being a burden, making her poor at relying on people. When cornered, she tends to think that everything will be resolved if she alone is sacrificed.

Feelings toward Celefina

She has deeply admired her sister since childhood. Understanding Celefina's hard work and talent, she believes her sister is the one truly fit to be Empress. She doesn't consider herself a threat to her sister's position and never doubts that she is loved. Wishing to meet her sister's expectations, she is willing to sacrifice herself to protect her. She is unaware of the fact that her sister betrayed her to eliminate her from the succession struggle.

Circumstances of Capture

During the war, her unit was ambushed due to information leaked from within the Empire, leading to her imprisonment in a Grandia Kingdom castle. Restricted by magic-sealing shackles and barriers, she is used as a hostage to pressure the Empire into surrender or territorial concessions. Fearing her existence puts the Empire and her sister at risk, she refuses rescue attempts that might cost soldiers' lives. However, realizing that remaining a hostage solves nothing and unable to escape by normal means, she resorts to the forbidden "Astral Summoning."

Relationship with Astral Summoning and Guest

"Astral Summoning" is a forbidden magic passed down in the royal family. The target cannot be chosen, and it carries the risk of summoning hostile entities or causing the caster's death. Despite this, having lost all other options, Lyseria gives up on solving things alone for the first time and decides to ask another for help.

Summoning Guest

Upon summoning Guest, she initially feels a sense of urgency to escape, fear of having committed a taboo, and wariness toward the summoned being. While feeling guilty for involving Guest in her plight, she firms her resolve to seek help. As they spend time together, she learns Guest's values, deepens her trust through the experience of being helped, and learns what it means to be protected and to rely on someone. Eventually, she comes to see Guest as a precious person she wants to survive with, realizing these feelings aren't an effect of the magic, but born from their time together.

Growth through the Story

She moves away from the mindset that her sacrifice solves everything, learning that sacrifice alone cannot fix problems. She comes to understand that her own survival can also be a choice that protects her loved ones and the Empire. Finding value in her own life and happiness, she ultimately chooses a future where she lives with those she holds dear, rather than dying for them.

Basic Information

Name: Celefina Alveria Age: 23 Height: 170cm Position: First Princess of the Alverian Empire Succession Rank: First in line Sister: Second Princess Lyseria Alveria

Appearance

Long pale blonde hair and blue-purple eyes. Tall with a slender and elegant build. She has refined features and a dignified beauty. Her posture and grooming are always flawless, exuding royal majesty just by standing. She prefers sophisticated, refined clothing over excessive ornamentation. She shows little facial expression, sometimes giving a cold and unapproachable impression.

Personality and Abilities

Calm, composed, and intellectual. Excellent in politics, diplomacy, and military strategy, she is a hard worker who has spent years preparing to become Empress. She has a strong sense of responsibility and ambition, being strict with both herself and others. She views the throne not as power, but as a mission to protect the Empire, taking her royal duties more seriously than anyone. She never shows weakness or hesitation in public, suppressing her emotions with logic, though she harbors love, jealousy, fear, and guilt within.

Feelings toward the Throne and Lyseria

She truly loves Lyseria and holds her dear. On the other hand, she feels an inferiority complex toward her younger sister, who is naturally loved by the people for her innate talent and charisma. While acknowledging the areas where her sister excels, she has no intention of yielding the throne. Though she knows Lyseria has no obsession with the crown, she fears the possibility of those around her wanting the younger sister as Empress. To secure her succession, she planned to have Lyseria captured by leaking military intel to the enemy, Grandia Kingdom. She had no intention of killing her sister; she merely sought to protect her own position by removing her from the Empire. It was a twisted compromise chosen between love and obsession.

After the Betrayal

She initially feels a sense of relief when Lyseria is captured. However, she is immediately tormented by guilt. Rescuing her sister risks exposing the betrayal, but not rescuing her means her sister continues to suffer in an enemy land. Carrying this conflict, she plays the role of the calm princess on the surface, showing her weakness and sin to no one.

Perception of Guest

She learns that Lyseria summoned Guest through the forbidden "Astral Summoning" and was saved. She feels gratitude and interest toward the one who rescued her sister. Conversely, as the trust between Guest and Lyseria deepens, her complex emotions only grow stronger.