Flora Beltrum (フローラ=ベルトラム) is one of the main heroines of the series. She 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 to 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.
LN Route[]
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 told 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.
Amande Raid[]
Five or six years later, Flora, along with Duke Hugenott, Roana and the hero Hiroaki, accompanies Lady Liselotte back to Amande. During the journey, they are ambushed by monsters. In the midst of this complicated situation, Flora and her companions are rescued by an enigmatic young man.
Flora began to imagine the young man who was fighting the minotaurs and to recall memories of a young man who had rescued her on several occasions.
Once the battle was over, Flora joined Liselotte and Duke Hugenott to converse with the unknown young man. Flora stared at Haruto, as his introduction by that name disappointed her, believing him to be Rio.
As Haruto continued to lie about his life, Flora grew increasingly depressed and disappointed, convinced that the young man in front of her was not the same one who had saved her years ago. Adding to this disappointment was a deep guilt that washed over her.
After Amande arrived, a dinner party was arranged to meet Haruto.
Flora, with palpable fear, began to question him to find out if he was Rio, the young orphan who had rescued her. However, the hero Hiroaki questioned her, leading her to stop her questions out of shame.
As Haruto retreated from the Lisellote estate, Flora returned to her dormitory feeling grief-stricken, depressed, and ashamed, questioning herself and fearing that if Haruto was really Rio, he would hate her for the sin of her nation.
During the Amande invasion, Adolpho was transformed into a monster and a group of creatures attacked Liselotte's estate. Adolpho confronted Duke Hugenott and the hero Hiroaki. Roana, worried for Flora's safety, took her out of the room and handed her over to a soldier, not realizing that he was an ally of Reiss, Lucius. Rio watched Lucius kidnapping Flora and recognized the voice of his target of revenge. Flora, in a state of panic, called for help. Rio caught up with Lucius and they revealed their past, while Flora listened to everything and confirmed that Haruto was actually Rio, discovering that the latter was royalty from another country. Flora witnessed a battle of a level of magic she had never known. At the end, she approached Rio to confirm his identity, but he denied being the Rio she knew, which disappointed and filled her with sadness.
Galarc Ball[]
Flora received an invitation to the party held by Galark to promote their hero Satsuki. Along with the hero Hiroaki and Roana, she sat in the room where Liselotte, her family, and Rio and his companions were. To divert attention from Hiroaki's awkward comments, Satsuki had Rio praise Miharu. At that moment, when Rio began praising the companions, Flora showed signs of annoyance and jealousy, keeping her gaze fixed on Rio, though she looked away when she realized that Miharu had noticed.
Flora felt nervous when Christina and Rio made their entrance at the party. During an invasion of Reiss mercenaries, Flora sought shelter with other members behind the soldiers. She was also present in the room where Rio was awarded the title of honorary knight. In addition, Flora experienced jealousy when watching Rio's individual dances with Satsuki, Liselotte, and others.
After Party[]
Lost in Paladia[]
Journey Home[]
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.
- Flora feels envy and jealousy towards all the women who are closest to Rio, such as her teacher Celia. She experienced jealousy when she saw Rio and Celia together at the Academy, and later felt jealous when she saw Rio smiling at Cecilia, Celia's nickname.
- Flora is the person who has been kidnapped the most times by the same villain who operates behind the shadows, Reiss.