After returning to Windsor Castle, Velin stayed for another half month at Kavell's earnest request.
Half a month later, watched off by his elder brother's family of three, Velin and the other four boarded the Sandora Floating Airship and set off for Cadro Province, the kingdom's northwestern border province.
Atop the city wall, Ilisis watched the Floating Airship vanish into the sky. He crouched down, rubbed Kavell's little head, and said, "Once you come of age, how about I send you to your Uncle Velin for training?"
Kavell rubbed the little head of the Mutated Griffon cub in his arms. With a hint of determination in his eyes, he said, "Father, once I come of age and go to Qixing Territory, I will definitely pass Uncle Velin's trial."
"Ha ha ha, that's my son."
Ilisis laughed heartily, then picked Kavell up and pointed at the plains outside Windsor Castle. "As a reward for spending so long atop the Wind Listening Tower this time, I'll allow you to mark out a plot of land in this area and build a place for recreation, provided it costs no more than three thousand Gold Coins."
"Father, do you really mean it?" Kavell could hardly believe what he had heard and could not help seeking confirmation from his father.
"Of course I do."
Hearing that, Kavell gave his father a fierce kiss and said, "Thank you, Father."
Standing nearby, Aisilia watched the interaction between father and son with a gentle smile on her face, then stroked her own belly.
In another six months, her second child would be born.
May 16, 9779 of the Radiant Calendar, at dawn.
Ten thousand meters above Cadro Province, a hundred-meter-long silver-gray Floating Ship cut through the sea of clouds, steadily sailing toward the border line faintly lit by