"I said that somehow, on Saturday afternoon, I ended up in Vesta Woodland, got inexplicably caught up in a strange battle, and then somehow returned to Tobesk."
Iluna reached out to pet Little Mia, but the cat, eagerly awaiting breakfast, dodged away.
"So The Church punished me, saying I had illegally ridden a Luku Bird without obtaining a 'Luku Bird Riding License.'"
She was quite unhappy about it, while Shade was baffled.
"You need a license to ride a Luku Bird? But you don't even need a license to ride a horse, and Luku Birds are much easier to ride than horses."
Iluna covered her head in frustration.
"That's because Luku Birds are supernatural creatures, but their intelligence is nowhere near that of highly intelligent Alien Creatures like Unicorns. So, according to the '421 Regulations' issued in Year 421 of the Common Calendar—its full name is the 'Regulations on the Raising and Use of Category Two Alien Mounts'—a license really is required to ride a Luku Bird. I remember that no one even takes this test once every ten years. How did they suddenly remember this?"
"So did they dock your bonus, or take away your vacation?"
Luvia placed bacon in front of Iluna. Iluna softly thanked her, then turned to look at her.
"There's no punishment, but The Church wants me to go to the Church headquarters and get the license within a week. I think that although they don't know how I got to Vesta Woodland, they probably want an excuse to send me away from Tobesk. They don't want me going there again anytime soon."
"The Church is thinking of your safety too. No one can resist the pull of the out-of-control Tree Hollow now. If you, a Chosen One, were lost in endless time, what would