Vanessa Emerle

Vanessa Emerle (ヴァネッサ＝エマール) is a knight and a royal guard who serves as Princess Christina's escort.

Appearance
Vanessa is a stern lady with sharp features on her face, her eyes are dark green and serious, her hair is chestnut brown, tied in a single braid on her back, with two side locks at both side of her face, her body is firm and slender, she wears standard knight attire that didn't look feminine at all

She is in her mid-twenties.

Personality
She's a strict and very loyal to her master, though when it's related to her master she is easily provoked.

History
Earl Emal's daughter, Alfred Emerle's little sister, her family is part of Duke Fontine's faction.

WN Route
Her first appearance is when Rio and Celia sneak in Celia's secret basement for meeting her father, mistaking Rio and Celia for assailants she would attack them after failing in apprehending Rio she would try to sacrifice herself for earning time for Christina but Celia would undo the misunderstanding reveling her identity, after hearing from Christina how and why she escaped from Beltrum's castle and how the national army searching for Christina was just about to find them Rio and Celia would offer her help for taking Christina's group out of Creia, she would help Rio for the next two or three weeks to guard Christina, Celia, Kota and Rei.

When the group is near the border with the Galarc kingdom Rio would separate from them for fighting against Arain, Lucci, Ven and a group of hired adventurers, at the same time Reis would fight against Aisia for keeping her away from Christina too, while Christina's group is running towards the border a group of ten knights riding griffins, Charles and Alfred included would try to capture them, Vanessa fought her brother intending to earn time for Christina but she was defeated quickly and left in charge of two knights, later while she was in the middle of asking her captors to just kill her already Rio would arrive to rescue her while pointing Alfred's sword at Charles.

After reuniting with Christina she would try to convince her for seriously investigate the man named Haruto Amakawa, but Christina that was already considering the possibility of Rio=Haruto would refuse due to the fear of what he could do if someone tries to revel his identity, some days later in Liselotte's house she tried to convince Christina of using Celia for making Rio to join Restoration but she refused with the excuse of that being something that would turn Rio into their enemy and because of her fear of Haruto really being Rio.

Her last appearance was when Rio brought back the missing Flora, she asked to him worriedly if showing in front of her subordinates the magic tool that changes the hair color, her subordinates would misunderstand this as Vanessa trying to pick up Rio and would begin to tease her.

Year 991 Holy Era
After Flora's kidnapping she was ordered to go with Celia to the slums for looking for Flora, Christina discovered them and forced them to let her and Roana to tag along, in the slums' entrance they met Rio, Vanessa asked to Rio if he had seen Flora in a high handed tone and failed to gain any information from him because of that, Celia took the lead in the conversation from her, when Rio warmed the group that with the clothes they were wearing they looked to rich and would be assaulted ten out of ten they went to the market for buying more normal looking clothes, when going back to the slums again they saw Rio carrying Flora on his shoulder, Vanessa took Flora back for Rio and ordered him to go with them to the castle, in their way she heard from Rio his story of how he found Flora and made him wait in an interrogation room where he was supposed to repeat that story to a subordinate of her and then to wait there until Flora wakes up and confirms or denies Rio's story, instead of her subordinate Charles took Rio to a torture chamber where he tried to force him to confess to be Flora's kidnapper, three hours later Flora woke up and confirmed Rio's story, Vanessa stopped Rio's torture and asked Celia to heal Rio's wounds.

Year 996 Holy Era
She witnessed Rio defeating Charles in the tournament match.

Year 1000 Holy Era
She went with Christina to meet Celia before the parade that would take her to the church and guarded the entrance to the tent where Christina was talking alone to Celia and apologizing to her with her head touching the table between them for how she ended having to get married with Charles because her father lost the internal struggle inside the kingdom and ordered earl Claire to help in Flora's escape, she was present when Celia was abducted by the insurgent in her wedding to Charles, her brother Alfred entrusted her the security of the church.

She was present when Haruto was having a tea party with the four of Strahl Region's princesses. Christina questions whether Vanessa can perform the feat of cutting and destroying photon bullets in battle. Vanessa confess she couldn't and she wouldn't want to as there were people behind in that situation. Rio remembers Vanessa instantly as the one with Christina when they met in the slums.

More or less a week later Vanessa followed Christina when she escaped until Creia, after Rio's group helped Christina's group to escape from Creia she tried to convince Christina of using Celia for making Rio's group to join Restoration but Christina refused, Vanessa didn't insisted in this again after remembering how Rio looked at her after stopping his torture, at the battle in the national border she tried to help Ouphia in her fight against Alfred but she was instantly defeated by him.

When Christina and Flora went back to Rodania after meeting François for explaining to him the things happened in the border between their kingdoms Vanessa was with them as their escort then Lucci, Arien and Ven invaded the room, Vanessa was stabbed in the abdomen and kicked in the face towards the furniture, she was left there alone, unconscious with a knife stabbed in her stomach.

Relationships

 * Christina Beltrum : her protegee since her childhood, she's more than willing to die for her sake.
 * Flora Beltrum: her protegee since her childhood, she's more than willing to die for her sake.
 * Alfred Emerle: her older brother, she looks up at him as the ideal knight.
 * Rio/Haruto Amakawa: she respects him as warrior and as person. They meet first time when she was looking for Flora in the slum. She was deeply impressed when Rio was not afraid of her pointing a sword under his throat. Later, after the torture, Rio refused her help, not trusting her because she said to him he will be released once his innocence proved. There is no interactions during the academy era but Vanessa crossed Rio's path again in volume 11 when he brings Celia in the royal capital to see her father. Vanessa and Christina were there, hiding from the Arbor faction in a attempt to flee to join the Restoration. This unexpected reunion allows them to ask for Rio's help. Vanessa is extremely grateful to Rio for saving them and is deeply impressed Rio survived an encounter with her brother Alfred during Celia's wedding, more than that she is shocked when Christina tells her Rio has defeated him in a fierce fight during his escape. Due to Christina's reluctance to ask Rio to join the Restoration, Vanessa suspects Haruto to be Rio. The late saved her again when she was stabbed during the kidnapping of the princesses, Rio cures her guessing she suffers from brain damages. In volume 17 she participates in a training session in Haruto's house along with other bodyguards where she laments that Beltrum kingdom seems to banish all talented people.
 * Aria Governess: Liselotte's grand chamberlain and trusted advisor. Their interactions begins only in volume 17. Both of them participate in the training session organized by Charlotte. When Vanessa sees Aria spars with Haruto she is surprised the chamberlain seems to master Beltrum's swordplay and ask Cosette about it. The maid tells her Aria was the daughter of a viscount who has fallen into ruin. Once again Vanessa cursed her own kingdom for moving aside talented people.
 * Louise Sharon:

Abilities
Vanessa can use Enchantment Physical Abilities《身体能力強化魔法(エンチヤントフイジカルアビリテイ)》 magic to strengthen her physical abilities.

Trivia

 * She the template trope of Kukkoro Female Knight.