
omg you are literals 13, pls calm down. why would just kiss him out no where???? and art, can you like straight up tell her you don't see her that way???
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from what I have seen/read so far, they end up together and art "likes her". what is the reason for this?? he is mentally way older than her and honestly I don't understand the need to add romance to the story

I read the novel as well and trust me you will become more annoyed as the story progressed. The FL is literally a damsel in distress that was used to progress the plot..
I got so annoyed that I stop reading it halfway but I've spend a week bulldozing through all those chapters..and I think wasted my time reading it.. (and it doesn't help that the author wrote it through characters' POV and sometime there are too much repetition of the same scene) I dunno why I keep reading it, maybe because I have high hopes from the scene where Arthur rejects some girl advances and stating that they're all too young for him.. and in the end he still dates that elf girl..and she kinda becomes a liability to him all the way..till the end of the novel as well..(I just read the spoilers for the ending since I'm so annoyed but I need to know the ending..lolz) should have just read the spoilers first before I started reading the novel though..would have save a week of my time..
It's a shame though, it starts off really strong and interesting but becomes more boring and complicated (in a bad way) the longer it goes..so disappointed since I like the art as well.. sigh..yeah..sorry for rambling (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

He dated her for a while before she was kidnapped.. as for who he really ended together at the end.. I'm not sure since the novel is still ongoing.. but I don't think so? You can ask people who read the latest volume..I already gave up..pfft
If I remember correctly, Elijah wants to use Tess as the vessel to awoken his dead lover. So, if he succeed = Tess gone forever..he wants to erase Tess. Not sure he succeed or not..but high chance he will not though..
Ah, I guess you were confused about my phrase "till the end, she still was a liability" right? My bad, the novel is still ongoing but yeah..everytime she appears, you just want to slap some sense in her..
Jian and Zhan Zheng are so hott!