"Princess Lucy," Prince Leo said softly. There was a noticeable pause when they first saw each other in person. But he was able to smile and walk towards her. Blushing, Lucy kept staring but looked back forward on the ground once she noticed. The prince stopped walking until he was at her left side.

"Even though Prince Leo will escort you around," the giant King said, "you still have to come back in the afternoon for your studies, training, etc. I updated your schedule to fit this morning time for tours. As for Prince Leo, I trust him that he will protect you at all costs. "

"That's fine. Thanks! "Lucy bowed again.

"Now ... smile!" The King put on his biggest grin that always made his daughter smile back. It was also his closing statement before he disappeared in sparkles.

"So Princess Lucy? Would you like to prepare yourself for the journey before heading off? "Leo turned to face her.

Lucy took a few seconds to figure out how to talk to him. Casually? Formally? Or like he was her friend? "Yeah, I'm going to go change before we leave. You can wait at the gates. "

"As you wish," Leo winked. Lucy rolled her eyes. She did not want to look too easy to sway. They walked out together and separated where they had to. Lucy changed into casual outfit: a blue sleeveless shirt that exposed most of the back, with golden clips on the front to close it and a white collar; a white skirt with a brown belt that has a pocket she put her own key in; tall brown boot that go up to her thighs; a black sleeve on her left arm from half way of her hand to her upper arm; and a white fluffy bracelet on her right wrist. She kept her sideway ponytail with a blue bow.

She ran to the gates to see Leo waiting for her patitently. "You look absolutely stunning, Princess. "

"Thanks, and just call me Lucy."

"Okay, Lucy. You can just call me Leo too. But you'll always be my Princess, "he took her hand and kissed it.

At first, Lucy did not know what to do in these flirty situations. But she figured to play hard-to-get will be more fun. She was taught to be careful around guys like him, especially Leos.

She took her hand away, "No 'funny' business during these tours. That's my only condition. "

"It depends on what you mean by 'funny,'" he smirked.

"You know exactly what I mean! If you do anything, you're going to get a beating from me! "She crossed her arm and looked away.

He chuckled under his breath. "Then I will not try too hard." They started to walk on the crystal-like stairs that connected the stars. There was not any transportation in the spirit world, but the spirits did not mind walking at all. "So here's the plan that'll probably take about a few weeks. Anyways, we're going to first visit the 12 zodiac stars. Then some of the spirits that hold the gray keys, and the border between our land and the dark spirit's. Finally, we'll go to the mortal world and meet some of the celestial wizards. Sounds good to you? "

"Yeah I can not wait!" She exclaimed. Her dreams were starting to come true.

"I think we can visit three zodiacs a day before lunch. They live pretty far from here and far from each other. "

"Will we go to yours first?" She asked eagerly.

He was glad that she wanted to see his star home first, but he had something else planned. "I was thinking about saving the best for last. So we'll go to the Virgo Star first and go in order of the calendar. "

"Then your star better be worth it to save it for last."

"I promise," he smiled while glancing at her for a second. Lucy caught his eyes but looked away at the same time when he did. Hopefully this tension would not go on for the whole journey, she thought.

The Zodiacs lived in a circle surrounding the kingdom, so each lived equally apart from Lucy. While they walked, the princess asked questions about Virgo. She knew what they looked like and their powers, but not their personality.

Leo described her, "She has a monotone voice and a fetish for, well how do I put it, punishment."

"Punishment? Does she usually get in trouble? "

"No, not at all. She's really helpful and caring. But for some reason, she always asks to be punished. "

"Okay?" She said with a long 'okay.'

"All the Zodiacs are weird in their own ways, but we all have the same pure motive: to protect our masters and our Princess."

Lucy felt a warmness in her heart from that. They did not even meet her in person, yet they would protect her.

With a couple of breaks in the middle, it took about an hour to arrive in the middle at Virgo's star. She expected some form of castle but she just saw village homes. It made sense since the Virgos are maids or servants. One of them looked larger and more decorated than the others. She assumed that was the main representative of the Virgos. As the people saw her arrival, they bowed and politely blessed her.

The prince and princess walked towards that house and knocked on the door. A girl with short pink hair and blue eyes opened the door. She had a black under coat, a white frilled-trim apron, and a matching headband. She had a petite body and was about the same height as Lucy. The Princess saw that she was wearing shackles around her wrists but the chains were not connected.

Virgo bowed with her right arm across her chest. In her monotone voice and straight face, she said "Princess, did you finally come to punish me?"

"Huh ?!" Lucy was so confused, though she was warned beforehand.