Even though the kingdom of Flora can be regarded as 'The Purest of Kingdoms', their modest king can make some contradictions as to that ridiculous belief. This meant that there are moments where everybody can have a little mischief and fun in their lives. Nobody's wholesome; everybody automatically knew that. So what was the issue that nobody outside of Flora could understand?

It was only that the pleasure that the whole royal court was emphasizing (and mostly it is the males who propose this comment) only meant that they were practicing the sinful acts of enjoying the presence of gorgeous concubines.

Tonight, ironically the sultriest of nights, is when the naughtiest of festivities occur. At the palace, the Floran knights celebrate a fellow knight's homecoming from a tiresome quest in the treacherous jungles. Soon enough, parties came flourishing in among the Royal Jade Guards, welcoming and congratulating him on a job well done. With that job done, merriment and the drinking the rarest of wine went round and round like an endless carousel of a satyr's life.

After all of the feasting and drinking, the knight proceeded to tell his events of the odyssey. What the knight gave his fellow companions from his adventures was what he gained through his knowledge; this only served as a new memento of wisdom to the knights so as to use it to their advantage on the next dangerous moment of their lives.

"….So, what I had to do was trying to erase out my own troubles in the heat of killing this beast, and concentrate hard and fast on its Achilles Heel. That can win you many victories as you encounter more monsters," the heroic knight explained.

"But is there not an artifact that you have taken with you? Golden treasure, an amulet, something?" One soldier asked. Everybody wanted to know this.

You see, sometimes a knight brought with him something extra special not only for himself, but for the enjoyment and fulfillment of his fellows comrades as well. At this expected request, the Jade Knight could not help but grin smugly ear to ear.

"Well, I have brought something, or should I say someone, along home with me…" He smiled more broadly because he knew he would agonize the soldiers, with anxious expressions on their faces.

"Someone? What do you mean 'someone'? " When it finally dawned upon them, they gaped at him like he was crazy. No, he couldn't have…

"My men, I have brought home a most rare jewel, a novelty that no soldier can even try to achieve in their lifetime. I would take most of the things that more men compensate in their hearts, like gold and silver of the likes, but she is the only jewel that I took to heart completely, and I never shied away the duty to conquer her fears for her and rescue this maiden."

She?

The Jade Knight went outside into the warm night. The other knights heard voices going on, but composed themselves to wait for the surprise. The Jade Knight came back inside with a luscious and lovely someone, a certain someone that all the men craved immediately. She was a precious gift indeed.

Right before their eyes was a pure white bat with sparkling aquamarine eyes. She was wearing a sensual, inviting combination of a dark pink choli and a silky violet skirt. She stood with both prominence and the signature of an erotic maiden. Her seductive glares made the men absolutely delirious and hungry…for the touch of her soft skin, that is.

"Gentlemen, this beautiful girl was what I had in return of defeating the beast. You see, she was to be a terrible sacrifice to it, in homage of not angering her god I suppose. I happened to run by the scene when I see something so delicate as snow so helpless and needful. It was as though she was practically calling for my need."

While his friends paid attention to his story, she rolled her eyes.

"So I came in defense, serving as a protective barrier against the monster. And I defeated the monster, so on and so forth, and I decided to take her home with me." The knight finished without taking a slight wind of breath. The crowding knights were amazed and gave him applause and cheers, only because it is a rarity when one fellow guard could rescue a damsel in distress ever!

Now there's one trivial question lingering in their heads now: who's the first one to take a taste out of her sinful goodness?

While a lot of the knights were in a din as to who will lie with the virgin tonight, the Jade Knight ordered one of the standing servants to escort the girl to one of the bedrooms in the palace. The servant did as he was ordered to, and took the bat girl by her hand toward her quarters. As they walk in the halls of the palace, the bat girl was mesmerized at how wonderful and grandeur this palace looked inside. Never had she realized that the Flora Chateau would be beautiful and ….well, pulsating with a powerful sovereignty.

As they arrived to the room, where she awaited the lucky winner of Rock, Paper, Scissors to lay with her tonight, the white bat stood alone as the doors closed behind her. She approached the large, heavily curtained window and examined her surroundings.

Very suitable for an honored guest, but she never did think a girl of her services could become an honored guest, or especially as a guest for that matter. She sighed as she wished that her desired dream could come true, her dream of becoming mercilessly wealthy and untouchable, lavishing in the luxury…

No, she must not go astray of her mission. Her job was to search this palace ceiling to floor for those powerful Chaos Emeralds and return to the Umbra Kingdom as soon as possible. Nothing else but that could occupy her mind. Using one of the Umbrian dragons worked, there had no doubt about that. However, her annoyance was that at least she could have thought of a better disguise than this degrading position. Honestly, why do men take it upon themselves as to decide what a woman should go undercover as? The male dominance in this world can sometimes takes a woman's perspective into a screwed up outlook, alright. Shame, shame…

Oh well, she might as well get this over with, because her heart was only set on getting ownership of the Umbrian Master Emerald.

"Phase One of Operation Floran Emeralds complete." Rouge said, smiling at how exciting and challenging this will be for her. And also how she'll pull this off without flaw and get her deserved reward so she could rub it in that damned echidna's face. What an adventure.

Hearing a knob of a door turn, Rouge quickly put on her innocent ingénue mask as the lucky soldier opened the door…