After training Pike for a while, the setting sun had already sunk swiftly toward the horizon.
Liszt was also preparing to return to Port Town and rest on land, but he could not stop worrying about Rose the rainbow whale. Although they had gotten along pleasantly today, if Rose wandered off blindly and could not be found the next day, that would be awkward.
So.
He decided to entrust Rose to A Ke, just as he had entrusted all those sea elves to A Ke. "Rose, follow A Ke and don't run around. You'll live in the waters around Black Horse Island. From now on, I'll treat you well with good food and drink, and A Ke will take good care of you too."
"Chirp-yo..." It was unclear whether the rainbow whale understood, but it seemed very cheerful.
Originally, it had borne deep hostility toward A Ke, who had been determined to hunt it down. Now it had completely forgotten that hostility and could accept A Ke's hugs and caresses.
When they reached the shore, Liszt stood in the shallow water and waved to the rainbow whale.
The rainbow whale did not dare swim ashore, but it lingered in the shallows, unwilling to leave and deeply reluctant to part with Liszt. Only after Liszt departed from the shore with the waiting servants did it, under A Ke's urging, reluctantly return to the sea. Led by A Ke, it swam toward Mangrove Island.
Elsewhere.
As soon as Liszt returned, Gortai came to see him at once.
This territorial advisor had been full of high spirits lately. His wife and children had moved from Coral City to settle in Flower Town, while he quietly relocated his mistress Freya and illegitimate son Donald to Port Town. When he went to Flower Town, he