After the applause, Xu Huo and the noble girls slowly descended to the floor. Then the other guests asked to see a second trick.
"My second trick is space travel." Xu Huo walked to the front and addressed the King. "However, to perform it, I'll need permission from the King and Queen to move freely throughout the Castle. Otherwise, I won't be able to achieve the desired effect. For safety's sake, the King may send a guard to accompany me."
"That would be disrespectful to a performer who has come from afar," the Queen said.
"The Queen is right." The King nodded in agreement, then said to Xu Huo, "I'll allow you to go anywhere except the Rose Garden. But how will you demonstrate space travel?"
"I was going to invite one of the guests to come with me, but since I can't choose a destination when traveling through time and space, it wouldn't be polite to take someone wherever I please around the Castle... I wonder if Your Majesty would be willing to experience space travel firsthand?"
The guests fell silent, completely taken aback that he had invited the King.
"Hahaha!" The King laughed. "The Queen and Madam Liya have gone to the trouble of holding this banquet to cheer me up. How could I not enjoy myself? Mr. Sunflower One, you won't take me to that mysterious land from my dream, will you?"
Xu Huo smiled. "Perhaps Your Majesty is destined to visit that mysterious land."
"Space travel sounds so marvelous. I want to experience it too. Why don't you take me along, Brother?" A man about the same age as the King, and similar in appearance, stepped forward and introduced himself. "I'm the King's cousin, Duke Mick. You can take more than one person with you, can't