Chapter - 23

Flora came back to her palace and told Neil to take her out to the city to explore. He tries to explain to her but she is determined to go, so he has to take her out. The next day when they were ready to leave, Flora was shocked to see the number of royal cars, guards and servants waiting for them.

"Are we migrating somewhere?", she asked in shock.

"This is for your safety, highness", replied Neil.

"In a minute, disperse them and only we both will go in a normal car", she ordered. Neil tries to make her understand but she just glances at him once and everything is dispersed. She told him not to worry as she put on the perfume given by Dragon to hide her royal scent.

He took her to explore the planet and she was surprised that it was similar to Earth, with a similar structure of roads and buildings. Even the clothes were like that. She asked him that there are various famous clothing brands on earth so what about here? He told her that she wears the top brand every day as all royals have their clothes made in the Frozen galaxy. She looks out the window and feels like she is back on Earth. He told her that if she wants to eat something, then they can go to the best restaurants.

"Instead of the best, we should go to a normal one", said Flora. He took her to the one near his academy. He told her to wait in the car and he will bring her food here but she insisted on coming out and put on a mask. After giving orders they both sit and wait, he told her that during his academy sessions, he often comes here to eat. Suddenly three boys came from behind and hit his head.

"Boss, a royal assistant here to eat", said one boy.

"Maybe the royals also kick the orphan out", and they all laugh. Flora was about to burst with anger at them but Neil signed her not to do anything as it is not safe to attract the attention of people.

"Get lost while I am being nice", flora reacts.

"Woah! Boss, looked like this girl is trying to get into a fight", said a boy and the boss sat there and warned her to think before speaking as she doesn't know his father. Neil yelled at him to be respectful to her. They laughed and pushed him away. She uses her powers, makes them slap themselves, pour water on them and gets all three of them to their knees.

"Didn't I tell you to get lost while I was being nice but no...you need to introduce your father first", yelled Flora "These are the ones who bully you?". Neil nodded and the boss told her that his father is the head of the academy. Flora interrupts him and says "And I am the head of this galaxy!".

Everyone was shocked and Neil was scared as now she revealed her identity in public which will create chaos so he asked her to leave. They both got into the car and left. The boys stand shocked as they still can't believe who they messed with. On the way back, they both laugh at the boy's condition and Flora told Neil that he should protect him as the more he will endure, the more they will bully. When they reach the palace, Flora told him that she will be in her room, he can call her later for any work.

She was lying on her bed thinking about Leo and messaged him what he is doing, suddenly she received a reply and when she clicked, it become a video call with him through the watch.

"Missing me, my love?"

"Can we even video call with this? Woah Great!"

"Of course. Otherwise, how would I see your face every day"

She smiled and told him everything she did today. He gave mixed reactions as it is good that she teaches them a lesson but still it's not safe for her. She asked him when they can meet again, he teases her that if she wants then he can come right away. She was happy with this but told him to first complete his work and then meet her soon. She saw that her necklace was shining so she told him to talk later.

Chief told her that universal link-ups are coming and she needs to find partners for kings. She asked him if Snow is again ordering her. He told her that it was not related to King Snow, it was what he is asking from her. She said that the elders already got their partners, only cadets were left.

She decided to first find a girl for Dragon, she told Neil to prepare an aircraft for Drake Galaxy. On the way, suddenly the aircraft began to shake and crashed on an anonymous planet. "What's that?" asked Flora and Neil told her to stay on the ship as he will go out and check. Flora is not one to just wait and watch, she also followed and saw that their aircraft was attacked by space pirates. Neil quickly orders guards to cover Highness and summons his sword to protect her. The pirate leader comes out of his ship and warns them to give in. Flora tries to talk with them but they are not people to talk with. Neil warned them to stay away as she is a royal member, but they attacked them and within a blink of an eye, Neil knocked them out. She was surprised to see the one who can't fight with those schoolboys, fighting like this with pirates. She didn't even need to lift a finger and all the pirates were on their knees.

"You can fight so well?" said Flora "Why didn't it come out earlier?". Neil told her that they were taught to fight only to save the royal members.

"Please forgive us! We only rob local aircraft but because of the conditions on our pirate planet, we need to attack royal aircrafts. Forgive us", said the pirate leader.

"What happened to your planet?" asked Flora. Neil told her not to believe such people as they might trick her. "You can fight so well, who dares to trick me".

"Our pirate planet doesn't have a galaxy of its own and lies between Andromeda Galaxy and Drake Galaxy. To survive we need to be a part of any galaxy otherwise our planet will be scattered and our people will be homeless", pleaded the leader.

"Why didn't you ask the galaxies to take you as their planet?"

"We did. But every time gets rejected"

"Can I see your planet?"

"Highness! You can't. It's not safe", Neil whispered to her.

"Okay we will take you there but we need to know who you are to inform our princess", said the leader.

Neil looked at her and signed her not to reveal her identity but before he could stop her she already announced herself as the Highness of the Andromeda Galaxy. Everyone was shocked and bowed to her. She messages Dragon to come through her watch, when he comes, checks her if she is okay and warns the pirates who attacked her. They were scared and didn't dare to raise their heads. Flora calmed him down and said that she is fine but he needs to go somewhere with her. She tells the pirate leader to lead the way to their planet. Flora and Dragon followed them in the royal aircraft and she told him everything in the meantime.

When they reached there, the pirate leader took them to the palace of their princess. Palace gives the vibe of typical pirate settings similar that of Earth. When they entered the main hall, pirates hailed their princess, a young beautiful yet powerful-looking girl on the throne.

"Didn't I tell you guys to not rob people, then how dare you overstep my orders?", she yelled at them.

"Forgive us, princess, we just need to attract the attention of royal people towards our planet"

"I will do that. You just need to stay away from all this robbery stuff", she saw some new faces and asked who they were. Mr Rui asked them to be respectful towards the king and highness. Everyone in the hall hailed them and the princess came down to greet them. 

"It's my pleasure to meet the great King Dragon and Highness. I am Princess Adira of the pirate planet". Flora found her eloquent way of speech very attractive and when she looked at Dragon, his expressions were so different from normal. He was mesmerised by her and just looking at her.

"Your eyes will pop out now", murmured Flora and hits him to bring his senses back. He was startled and got embarrassed while Flora teased him more. When they settled down, Flora asked Adira about the matter of their planet. She told her that earlier their planet was a part of Drake galaxy but after her father's demise, they were kicked out of the galaxy by claiming that they are not up to the standards of the galaxy, however, they served the galaxy every time in situations of war but still their efforts were not praised at all. Dragon apologises to her for such behaviour as he was not aware of all these things. Adira assured him that it was not his fault as it happened before he became the king.

"Let's come to Andromeda Galaxy", said Flora.

"No! let us correct our mistakes and give you the position you deserve", claimed Dragon. "I assure you that this time your all efforts will be praised well". Flora looked at him with eyes full of teasing him about the princess.

Everyone hailed them and Adira invited them to have lunch with them. They agrees and during lunch, Flora told her to drop the formalities when it's just us as we can be friends.

"Friends? It's a big word for someone like me. I can't even manage a single planet on my own, how can I be friends with the great king and highness of the galaxies", replied Adira in a low pitch as she was guilty of not being able to provide her people with a better planet.

"You should not think like that, even we are also not perfect and you have managed your people well so far. You should not let yourself down", said Dragon. Flora again glanced at him as it was him who always let himself down and now motivating someone else. She whispered and teased him to not get over-excited as the princess is still more determined than him. He was embarrassed and to change the topic he told her to eat but suddenly held her hand and stopped her.

.............to be continued.