At the banquet celebrating Halcala, Landen rose with his wineglass in hand. Every guest and territory resident present stood with him to listen to his speech.
"Everyone, the first time I entered Padmira Palace, I was awestruck by one magnificent place within it: the Elf Garden. If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I could never have imagined that, thousands of years ago, someone had already achieved what I have been striving for—the dream of establishing magic plant plantations across the Gallop Plains."
Though Landen's speech lacked polish and flowery rhetoric, his pronunciation was clear and precise, and his feelings were utterly sincere, making Ben Kaul nod again and again.
Below the stage, Honnier Gallop was hearing Landen speak formally for the first time. She cocked her ear, taking in his pronunciation and breathing, trying to gauge what level of noble education Landen had received from them.
Under the gaze of so many Legends, Landen was rather nervous. He continuously cast calming magic on himself, allowing himself to keep speaking smoothly.
"The second thing that awed me in the Elf Garden was that every magic plant there still remembered the Elf Princess who had personally transplanted it all those years ago. Even during the centuries after she left, the magic plants quietly followed her instructions and kept the entire garden in perfect order. Esteemed guests, this princess of the magic plants—the ancestor and National Pillar of us all, Lady Halcala Oak—still remembers every single magic plant she planted all those centuries ago."
"For the sake of these magic plants, our ancestor delayed her ascension to godhood by at least several centuries, while the magic plants became her most loyal believers. This is a myth belonging to Night-Kirin City, and also the longest and greatest chapter in the