
ah idk i dont ship arthur with anyone but if you ship him with someone i respect your ship, but for me when im reading those types of genre i usually dont like romance in it :/

You may not ship anyone but here In the LN small spoilers so read at your risk. In the LN it was shown in his past life he was someone who wanted to become king because he wanted to figure out the death of someone he lost. He trained to the point of losing his friends and lost a lot of happiness he barely felt the feeling of love So this feeling from tessia is something he's rejecting because of their age gap and his lost of love throughout his pass life

SPOILER!! Read at your own risk.
I wouldn’t call it as the author forcing a love story to the mc. From this point onwards, there will be many events that will unfold drastically, and we will get the back to the focus of the story which is arthur being in action for a greater purpose. Arthur mentioned in the LN that in his previous life, he rejected all the opportunity of having someone to protect as to avoid having weaknesses. I think the author is trying to make arthur experience things he hasn’t before being reincarnated. I don’t know about you, but I do want him to experience it because going into war with the Vritra clan. His training will take another couple of years far away from the people he wants to protect so let’s just give him this moments.
damn im glad i there aint zombie's in real life, cuz that shit scares me