here in search of you!"

Luckily he did not bug me after that and just went straight home, Dean shagen sat down and discussed the whole list of mentors and then my project that will be starting a week later. Maybe the guilt of increasing my workload suddenly washed over her.

So finally it is a new day today my routine was pretty normal today waking up 5 minutes before the alarm goes of at 6 AM, go to swimming, take a nice warm shower, make some delicious breakfast. Savana, my cat went out 3 weeks ago and hasn't returned yet, Surprisingly her bowl was empty yesterday so I made sure I filled it today in case she decides to return.

It was around 8 my dad called me, that is also once in a blue moon thing!

"hello darling! how have you been? hope you have it all working smooth like a butter" he exclaimed on the phone.

"I am great dad! just too much of workload for this week"

"ohh I know you darling, you make everything look like a piece of cake even if you are burning in hell hahaha", he replied with a hearty laughter.

So I replied sarcastically, "ha ha very funny dad, anyways may I know the real reason behind this call now?"

His tone tensed up a bit and then he continued in a commanding voice, "I heard you got a promotion, I would ask of you to leave the job immediately! The news has reached me that the last family member of the royal lineage has come out of the hiding, and he or she is around the Indian peninsula. As a duty of crowns moon we must find and protect the next crown, did you get that?"

Without second thought I replied in a stern voice, "Yes Dad! what are my duties now?"

He got more serious but there was a certain concern in his voice this time, "Darling I know you have better life to live out their and yet I drive you towards duty at such short notice, out of all the times that I have sent you on an assignment this one concerns me more... you already know how all the branch families are at war with respect to the throne more than that the property right? If the news of the official heir being out without their moon spreads before we get to him or her we will fail as the crown's moon. Your duties are nothing but to protect the crown and when time comes die for their life, I would have taken up the duties had I not gotten involved in the war and paralyzed myself"

"I know dad" I answered "don't worry I will carry out all the duties just fine"

"oh darling just be safe that's all I wish for you"

"Yes dad! take care. I have to leave for college, I will get all the arrangements done for my visit to India today itself"

"Alright darling, all the best and be careful... bye"

"Bye dad"

I sat there on my study table trying to digest the depth of the situation I was about to get myself into. 'but I owe this to my dad for picking me up off the streets and giving me a life! No matter the fact that this was never the life I wanted. But then again I wouldn't have survived to see the life that I ever wanted so this doesn't make a difference'

As a child my father never kept me blindfolded towards the war fuming in between the branch royal family, he always mentioned, "we belong to a noble house and no matter how much we hate this war and the people involved in it, you are to serve them one day as a duty toward our own household and to the throne".

That's bullcrap, I mean look at the decade we are in! Its 2021! who cares about royals and nobles in this period of time. Even Queen Victoria is probably treated as if she is just the queen of her own palace, well isn't everyone kings and queens of their own life?...

My thoughts were running rampage when suddenly the doorbell rang. I checked the time and it was 8:24 ,'Holycrap! I have only half-an-hour to get ready and be in college.'

I ran to the door composed myself and calmly opened the lock to see who was there.

"Hey I am your new neighbor....chri...ssss", He stood there with an expression I wasn't so familiar with a bit shocked. And suddenly he shouted, "SHIT!".

"Umm Excuse me! neighbor! What was that for!?" I said it in a rather taunting way, even I felt the same for a minute but whats with that tone.

"Nothing really, I have a feeling I judged you too soon. So hey neighbor! I kinda got a box of chocolates for you, here",He handed me the box and well that looked pretty expensive to me.

"Thanks chris! Now I am really sorry but I am late for college and you are as well unless you are planning to leave rightaway... so bye bye see you there!" I banged the door on his face and rushed to get myself ready.

I was exactly 9 minutes late for college and I ran into chris in the parking lot. He rolled in his Bugatti, 'damn so he IS a rich son of a dipshit! well doesn't matter not like I come from some average family either only if I had asked for a car I would have rolled in the campus in my own Bugatti. Not a custom one like his though!'

I pulled up my bike in the parking lot and started running toward the Deans office.

"Hey there mentor! how is your day going? running late?" chris came up from behind, today he was flashing a different personality. I couldn't help but smirk at the thought of how much of a snake he felt at this moment. "Wow that was a cold smile" chris said with a rather teen guy tone.

"Hey there Mister Rich Royalty how may I help you today" I asked in a teen girl tone obvious enough for him to notice.

"Well just fulfill your duties as a mentor and you will get rid of me for good, then we can go being only good neighbours Miss Junior Rich Mentor!", he said it in the same tone and flashed me his same oh-so-fake smile "Now if you may excuse me I am a little late for college, meet you at 5... BYE!" and rushed away without even expecting a reply from me.

I ignored all the fanatics and rushed to deans office. She beamed up in her chair at my sight as usual, "Aphie! I thought you cancelled your plans on your project discussion today! After all its very rare to see you late" she laughed as she finished her sentence and gestured me to sit on the guest couch in her office, so we can be sitting close enough discussing the project. She offered me water and then got her diary, inspite of all the fashionable clothes and latest devices she owned dean Shagen liked to work in a rather old fashion way... with book and a pen.

"So Aphie I am aware about you situation and the demand you are going to make" dean said it a rather low voice as if the walls had ears.

"What do you mean Dean?" I wasn't yet aware about what she was hiding until she leaned in closer this time whispering in the lowest voice she can, "You want to go to India, but the person you are looking for is already here in search of you!"