Finding Stardust (Princess Of Akkadia)

Prologue: Princess Arreya & General Kaoshin Stardust (2)

The small ship quickly shot toward Earth after Arreya entered the coordinates of her intended destination. She sat in the pilot's seat and closed her eyes, trying to calm herself.

She always became emotional whenever she remembered the events that had happened a long time ago when she and Kaoshin had just landed on the Moon. Arreya couldn't remember anything after the party in the palace other than suddenly waking up in the capsule.

Several days had already passed since Kaoshin and Arreya first landed on the Moon. Kaoshin had been conducting an investigation while managing the robots to repair the ship's damaged parts. Arreya then decided to roll up her sleeves and help in supervising the robots.

Back on their home planet, Akkadia, Arreya had led an engineering division before she was appointed to become the crown princess, so her skills with machines were quite good.

"How's the progress?" Kaoshin asked as he approached Arreya who was overseeing the two robots repairing some damaged pipes.

The girl shook her head. "Bad. It'll take a long time for the ship to be repaired, and it won't be 100% functional."

"Hmm..." Kaoshin nodded. He turned and stared at the dark space decorated with millions of galaxies comprised of hundreds of billions of stars. "Do you see the blue planet over there?"

Arreya's eyes followed the direction where Kaoshin pointed at and nodded. "That blue planet looks very beautiful. It looks like it has a lot of water. There's none here."

"Right. Looking at it from the surface, about 70 percent of the planet's surface is covered with water. The people living there are very fortunate. Luckily, we have a complete life support system in the capsule. We can produce water and grow our own plants." Kaoshin observed the planet with great interest. "But it would be more interesting if we can see what kinds of plants grow on the blue planet."

Arreya knew that Kaoshin loved plants. The man had always wanted to be a botanist. But he gave up that dream and joined the military to protect Arreya after he had heard she became the crown princess.

"Why don't we go down there and find out?" Arreya said with a smile.

"I'll have to investigate first and ensure the planet is safe before I take you there. I don't want to risk your safety. Do you remember how their satellites attacked our capsule?" Kaoshin asked.

Arreya nodded. "Of course, I do. But I think what they did was quite reasonable. They considered us suspicious and unauthorized visitors, so we need to contact them properly first."

Kaoshin's face grew dark at Arreya's suggestion. How would they contact the blue planet? Also, there were only two of them. Of course, their existence and intention to establish contact would be highly suspected.

"We don't need to worry about such things right now. Let's focus on fixing the capsule and building the life support systems first for our survival," he said as he noticed Arreya's worn-out face. "You look tired. Let's take a break and eat."

Arreya looked up and smiled at Kaoshin's request. The man reached into his pocket, taking a small box, and forked out five pills. He handed four to Arreya.

"Er... that's a lot. I only need two." Arreya took two pills and pushed Kaoshin's hand back, so the man would take the rest. "You need to eat more than me. Look, my body is smaller than yours."

Kaoshin smiled faintly and nodded. He downed the three pills in his mouth before putting the box back into his pocket.

They sat and rested on the two folding chairs the robots had made. They had been stranded on the Moon for several days now but hadn't had much time to explore the area but based on the capsule's radar observations, there were no other living beings on the Moon. Hence, they didn't have to worry about being attacked by other creatures and had focused on repairing the ship and building a livable habitat.