Lessy

Lessy (レッサーくん Ressaakun) is Rozemyne's highbeast created using a feystone given by Ferdinand. She thought of a lesser panda and the cat-bus from My Neighbour Totoro as a reference for her highbeast.

First, Rozemyne created rides she knew from amusement parks and playground looking like a panda. After that, she used a lion as reference, as a lion-esque animal was the animal used by the archduke's family. As she thought about vehicles she could ride, she used a certain bus as reference. When she created the Lionbus, Ferdinand demands her to change the animal because it's "not beautiful." Rozemyne sets her mindset on making her highbeast even cuter, so Lessy the Pandabus was born. Lessy's tail was too big, and Ferdinand chastises it as a waste of mana. Rozemyne had to comply and shorten the tail about half of the length after a little argument with Ferdinand.

In Rozemyne's first year at the Royal Academy, her unusual highbeast draws quite some attention from the other students. While most of the boys dismiss the design, many of the girl are intrigued by the advantages it brings. During one of the lessons, Professor Hirschur is able to reshape her own highbeast into something inspired by Lessy, albeit with more traditional reigns instead of a steering wheel and pedals and modeled after a shumil. This starts a new trend among the female archduke candidates and archnobles, though due to the increased mana cost compared to traditional highbeats, few mednobles and no laynobles are able to follow suit.

Coined by Professor Hirschur, the term drivable highbeasts becomes an established way to refer to these kind of car-like highbeasts, with the classical variant being called rideable highbeasts.


 * Lessy is a highbeast that can transport any amount of passengers and luggage easily, as Rozemyne can increase Lessy's size to accommodate her needs. The biggest Rozemyne has made Lessy so far was big enough to hold luggage that would have taken three regular coaches to transport, as which point she thought that Lessy had become more of a pandatruck than a pandabus.
 * Lessy is a highbeast that does not have wings but still flies, which initially surprises people. This feature allows it to move easily in tight spaces like corridors and forests.
 * Lessy is like a car on the inside. It has seats with seatbelts, pedals, luggage space, and a steering wheel.
 * Lessy's internal is soft, comfortable, and feels pleasant to touch.
 * Because the rider doesn't have to ride on a steed, s/he is able to sit on a chair. A few noble women take note that they will be able to wear their finest dresses while riding, instead of changing into their rider costumes.
 * Since Lessy's insides are an enclosed space, the rider is unaffected by the weather outside. The windows are covered with transparent mana membranes.
 * Lessy is created from Rozemyne's mana, therefore anyone with less mana than Rozemyne couldn't destroy Lessy or harm the passengers inside. Due to Rozemyne's exceptionally large mana capacity, it is nigh-impenetrable in terms of defense.

Lessy, the panda bus, originates from Lesser Panda (レッサーパンダ Ressaa Panda). In the Japanese version, Rozemyne names her highbeast Lesser-kun (レッサーくん Ressa kun) which implies Lessy to be male.


 * Most people thought Lessy is a grun, implying that a grun looks like a lesser panda. However, Rozemyne thought they're not similar at all when she encountered real gruns.
 * Miya Kazuki noted that most people abhorred Lessy because it's equivalent to making a cockroach-shaped car on earth. It's not going to be popular even when made to be cute, not to mention that Yurgenschmidt doesn't have the culture of making cute style drawings and figures.
 * Rozemyne is allowed to use it around the Archduke's Castle, because she walks too slowly and the castle is very large.
 * Justus is not allowed in it. This is because the first time he was driven in it, he talked too much and asked too many questions, which distracted Rozemyne.
 * Brigitte is usually the guard who accompanies Rozemyne in Lessy when they're travelling, while Damuel is on his highbeast protecting them. She is also one of the very few people who find Lessy cute.
 * After her retirement, Angelica and Judithe took her place in part 4.
 * Hirschur is the first person to create a drivable highbeast based on Lessy. They become a trend in the Royal Academy since then, especially popular among females.
 * When big enough to have side-by-side seats, Lessy has the steering wheel on the right side, as is common in Japan.