Legendary Panda-kin Shuyun left for Night-Kirin City in satisfaction to collect the infant incubator Landen had sold him.
The panda whom Zoleika had specifically invited Rosef to deliver had given birth smoothly, but the panda cub was far too tiny, and the pandas themselves were not skilled at caring for it. Its health was visibly worsening by the day.
It was Rosef who suggested asking whether Landen Gallop had any similar equipment. Shuyun had come this time merely to try his luck, never expecting Landen to actually have a ready-made one on hand.
Landen had no idea that the protection offered by his infant incubator surpassed even the Human Race's protection policies. It had practically pulled the legendary Dragon Zoleika and all of Meiyan City completely into his camp.
After Shuyun left, Landen continued decorating the cave for a while. As he waited for Totapara to wake up fully, he also had a stone statue of Lucoa, the God of Life, constructed in the cave according to the scale of White Wolf City's Temple of Life.
It was nearly evening by the time he finally woke Totapara completely. "Get up already. Sangji can't keep taking your place at the reception!"
On the way back to the city, Totapara remained in a state somewhere between drunk and awake, as though she had spent the entire day drinking highly potent vintage liquor. If Landen had not chosen to travel over the river, she might have tripped and fallen just walking on her own.
On the road from the edge of Frost-Wolf Forest to White Wolf City's gates, they saw a caravan heading west, toward White Wolf City. It consisted of roughly seven or eight carriages, with several people riding Pack Horses alongside them.
Landen noticed that the three leading carriages bore flame-like