Episode Title:
The King's Test
Episode Description:
Tessia suddenly asks the soldiers to stop, but they plan to execute him. They are stopped by Tessia's grandfather Virion, the retired elven king, causing Arthur to realise Tessia is a princess. Her parents, King Alduin and Queen Merial, demand Arthur be arrested, but Tessia simply shouts at them until they relent. Arthur remains confused why Tessia showed such hostility towards him when they first arrived. At the castle he explains being separated from his parents and rescuing Tessia from the slavers, though he does not mention Sylvia. Arthur asks to be returned to Sapin, though Alduin explains the only portal to Sapin can't be opened for another five years, so after some more pressure from Tessia he agrees to have guards escort Arthur on foot. Arthur begins to doubt his parents would even want him back. Tessia snaps him out of his sudden depression and he realises he was being foolish. Virion appears and requests a duel as he is interested in how Arthur defeated the slavers alone. Arthur wins so Virion stubbornly requests a second duel, until Tessia scolds him for bullying. Virion offers to make Arthur his apprentice, as he has determined the pain in Arthur's mana core comes from having acquired the Will of a Beast, and if he doesn't train to use it he will die.
