The day was sunny and the wind gently grazed the leaves on the trees. The crew of Falcon 1 was ready to begin their journey into the city, they decided to walk to the city instead of taking their ship with them. Each of them brought their service rifle and pistol as well as a few magazines. They wore their service uniform and packed their dress uniform and another service uniform in their bag, they left most of their clothing on the ship, and Bianca brought a medic bag with her. They brought a minimum number of supplies to ensure they can move quickly through the forest. They found out the monsters in the forest are edible and they can gather herbs and others from the forest.

“So, the journey will take 4 days. Are you all prepared?” asked Bianca.

“Yes ma’am.”

“Yep.”

“Great. So what will be our formation, Lucas?” asked Bianca to Lucas.

“It is going to be a line formation. Lyra will be at the front and act as a scout and Sarah will be with her, Bianca and I will be in the middle, then Max and Ariana will bring the rear,” explained Lucas

“Yes, Sir!”

“I want the rear to watch our surroundings when we are in a fight. Exercise triggers discipline, make sure you don't shoot at the same target and stop shooting when they are dead. If possible we should not start the confrontation and we will sneak to get past the monsters. So Lyra, please lead us through a safe path and we will have drone support, keeping watch and giving us support fire if needed. That’s all.”

“Yes, Sir”

The crews walked carefully through the forest; they encountered a few monsters along their way thanks to Lyra’s detection ability. On the third day, they took a rest for the evening. Lyra and Bianca were gathering firewood while Sarah and Max skinned the monsters they hunted before. Lucas and Ariana sat down keeping watch of the camp. Not long after, Lyra and Bianca came back cheerfully.

“We found a pond!” shouted Bianca.

“Really?” said Ariana.

“Yep! Should we take a bath there? It is clean.” Bianca looked at Lucas with a glare “Girls only! You boys will get your turn later.”

“Yeah, do as you please. Make sure you secure the area.”

“Okaayy! We will go after our dinner then.” Bianca placed down the firewood and Sarah began to prepare to cook.

The reflection of this planet's moon made the pond look bright and beautiful. It was not a large pond and it was not deep. The wind slowly moved in the air and the night felt calm, different from what they had been through these past few days. The girls submerged themselves in the water, Bianca looked nervous when she saw the other girls naked, she felt she was lacking something from other girls. She was frustrated by his father for giving Lyra’s body a decent size.

“This feels nice,” said Ariana, her face was full of pleasure. Bianca looked at her and she could not believe how beautiful Arian was, she blushed.

“Umm, Lieutenant Ariana…” Bianca fell silent and Ariana turned her attention to Bianca. “yo-you looked beautiful….”

“Eh?! Thank you, Bianca. Next time just call me by name,” said Ariana.

“But, you are Lucas’s aide and have a higher rank than me.”

“You called him by his name though.”

“Well, he is my brother, kinda... But, if you insist.” Bianca agreed with a smile.

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Suddenly, from behind Bianca, something came lunging at her and hugging her. “Kyaah!” shouted Bianca.

“You are so cute Bianca,” said Sarah excitedly.

“Sarah, move away!” Bianca struggled to get out of her hug

“Nooo way~ It is rare to see you naked like this!”

“Pervert!” she was finally able to get out of her hug, albeit it was Sarah who decided to let her go. “So this is your true face huh, a pervert!” said Sarah while she backed away from her.

“Ehhh, I’m not like that!” rebuked Sarah

“Pfftt!” Sarah and Bianca turned their heads to the sound of the laugh, it was Ariana. She was laughing at their antics.

“So, our princess is able to laugh in front of us," said Sarah.

"huh?!" Ariana looked puzzled.

“When you joined us, you looked like the type that closed themselves off from others. So, it is hard for us to approach you. You rarely look happy or even laugh,” explained Sarah

“Yeah, that’s correct. You always focused on your duty as Lucas’s aide. But, since we left Earth after our mission to escort the Princess, you have changed a little. You have become more open, I heard from Lucas he talked to you when we were on Earth,” said Bianca. Then she glared at Ariana. ”and you have become clingy to Lucas. Too clingy!”

“Wh-what do you mean by that?? I-i am his aide, after all, s-so I have to be with him.” Ariana stumbling over her words, her face turned red.

“Hahh, you are really clueless, Ariana. As a woman, I can see the difference between work and romantic feelings,” said Sarah.

“It is clear as day,” said Bianca.

“I agree, Lieutenant Ariana could not hide her feelings well. From my observation on the ship, she always steals a glance at him and is always looking for a chance to talk with him and be with him longer. There was even a time where she was in front of at nig– ”

“Noooooo!!!” shouted Ariana, interrupting Lyra. Ariana flustered. “Wh-why, How did you kn– ah, the cameras”

“Hahh, to think you would be that bold,” said Bianca.

“I-I just sta-tanding guard, in case he needed me.” Ariana tried to convince them.

“Yeah, sure, Ariana.” None believed her excuses. Ariana drowned half her face to hide her embarrassment.

“I like this Ariana though,” said Sarah, “she is much more approachable and easy to tease!”

“Stop teasing her, Sarah,” said Bianca.

“ehehe, sorry, Ariana.” Sarah apologised. The girls kept bathing for a while and then came back to the camp.

Morning came and this day they would be able to reach the city by the evening. When they were on their way, Lyra detected the movement of multiple subjects, 2 people in front of a group of 10 people.

“It looked like they were being chased and they were moving in our direction,” said Lyra.

“Alright, let’s hide and see what is happening.”

Two women were running away from a group of people chasing them, one wore the clothing of a knight with leather armour and the other wore maid clothing and she had a robe covering her body and head. They were running away from the people chasing them.

“My lady, watch out!” an arrow buzzed near the woman in maid clothing.

“Emma, just let me go back to the city.”

“I can’t. I won’t allow you to even be betrothed to that vile man, My Lady.”

“A lot of people died because of this! Father and Mother are still back in the mansion.”

“My Lady, you don’t know how vile that man is! He had 3 wives and all of them died because of him! I understand your sentiment, but you're still a child, My lady. I want you to be happy and experience love.”

“I am 14 years old! I’m old enough!”

“Hah, My lady, yo–” Suddenly a thunderous sound came repeatedly. The women were frightened, they fell to the ground and lay down until the sound was gone. Then, they felt something coming closer to them, the knight reached for her sword then when the footsteps were close enough, the knight with a swift move, moved her body and raised her sword to the person that was coming. Her sword tip was just a few centimetres away from the man’s neck. His face looked shocked and frightened, he held both of his hands up. She looked at him, he wore fine clothing only attainable and worn by the noble. He carried something on his chest, it was something strange for her, it was long and it had something in cylindrical shape on top of it and an extension under it.

“Put that sword down. Now!” a loud voice came from behind the man. It was a woman with white-coloured hair, she had a deadly glare. She wore the same kind of uniform and she also had a strange thing the man had and she was pointing that thing at her.