Flora Beltrum

Flora Beltrum (フローラ＝ベルトラム) is the second princess of the Beltrum Kingdom and younger sister of Christina Beltrum. She’s kind by nature, thus loved by the people. She enrolled in the Royal Institute 1 year below Rio.

Appearance
Flora is a charmingly beautiful girl with the same violet-colored hair and eyes as her sister Christina with pearl white skin. Her hair is curled at the bottom. Flora has a warm and gentle gaze.

Personality
She is weak-willed and often looks at her complexion. Because her family raised her carefully, she has a very shy character in comparison to her sister. As she doesn't go outside often, she doesn't know much of the outside world, but because of that she also become quite the curious one. She loves books, and when finding someone that shares the same interests with her, she's surprisingly quite a cheerful one and full of expression. Despite being weak-willed Flora can show a strong and obstinate side as she is the only one to be utterly disgusted when Rio is falsely accused.

History
Flora was kidnapped at the age of six and saved by a young boy from the slums, which was Rio. She felt gratitude for him. Flora was shocked at the treatment Rio got in the academy and wanted to lend him a hand or talk to him. however, she was told not to associate herself with him by her sister Christina, as royalty were to not speak to commoners. When the students ventured into the forest, she was accidentally pushed off the cliff and Rio had saved her once again. however, Rio was blamed for pushing Flora off the cliff and labeled a criminal of Beltrum Kingdom instead. During this, she was the only to who tried to stand up for him and tell the truth of the matter. The headmaster of the academy silenced her because he and the king already knew he was innocent but punishing the nobles son who was guilty would result in a civil war. This event broke her heart as she realized how cruel and unjust her father's kingdom really was and hoped Rio escaped safely.

Kidnapped
Early Flora is kidnapped by unknown people despite the heavy escort during her walk. For unknown reasons she found herself prisonner of bandits where Rio lived. While the scums rejoiced because they can ransom some nobles, the kidnapper tracked them down and killed them teh Rio appeared and discovered the slaughter and the frightened princess. Flora asked Rio a glass of water and begged him to bring her back to the castle, promising him her father would reward him. She fainted when she saw the corpses. After killing the kidnapper Rio get out with her only to be intercepted by a furious Christina and Vanessa. Everyone go to the castle and Flora is brought to her room in the royal palace. While Rio is tortured, Flora waked-up and saw Celia and Vanessa. She asked where the boy is and Vanessa answered awkwardly he was being interrogated in jail. Flora is very surprised her savior is treated like some sort of criminel and demanded to see him immediately. Vanessa is astounded to see Flora like that but complied.

The princess is seen when Rio came into the throne room, she welcomed him with a smile contrary to her sister. She heared her father bestow the young man with gold coin and the oppurtunity to study in the royal academy promising him a recommendation if he shows some results. Rio accepts and enrolled in Celia's class. Flora enrolled one yaer after and she tried to thank him but she is stopped by her sister who reminded her to stay in her position of royalty. Nethertheless Flora often observed Rio while he trained behind the library. She noted Rio had a very friendly relationship with Celia. The prncess witnessed Rio beating Charles in the tournament.

Escaping the Kingdom
Five yaers later, Flora is selected with Rio and Christina for an outdoor drill. Alphonse bullied Rio by transforming him into a luggae carrier despite Flora's protest. Alphonse is sure to take first place because earlier he met with a strange man who told him there is a shortcut which would allow his group to reach the goal. Unfortunately it was a trap aiming to kill the princesses, Reiss summoned monsters on the group's path. Soon enough Alphonse's group began to freak out when they met a band of orc who throw spears at them. Stewart is hurted and someone pushed him during escape and in chain he pushed Flora who was healing her comrades. The princess fall from a cliff but is catched back by Rio. He tossed her back on the cliff and let himself to fall. Later, Flora is very horrified when she heared Stewart put the blame on Rio for the accident (they don't know Rio was back and listenning to them discretly). Reiss decide to summon a minotaur to finish the job. Everyone in the group freaked out and run away except Flora who had to support a wounded student, Rio intervened and teold her to get out of here.

After she is seen in the throne room with her father, duke Huguenot, and headmaster Fontina. She is voiceless as the group decided to put a bounty on Rio's head for attempted murder on a royal person despite she told them Rio saved them all. She strongly affirmed she can't tolerate such unfair treatement but her father told her she is immature.

Abilities
Magic: As a member of royalty, Flora is getting the best education on general knowledge and magic since she was little.


 * Healing Magic: on several occasions, Flora has been showing that she's capable of healing magic, like healing the injured soldier in the party raid or offering healing magic to Rio after the battle.

Trivia

 * Some reader nickname her Princess Pinch for always getting in trouble.
 * She is one of the few people to know Rio is a royal.