A King's Admonition: Failure is the Mother of Success

The enormous "Eye of the Main God" rose from the red altar of Shenwei University, bearing the Main God's mark of the Sun Hummingbird as it drifted toward the sky that belonged to the gods. On the ground, over a thousand pairs of wide-open eyes did not blink for an instant, filled with shock and awe as they looked up at this flight destined to be recorded in history!

At that moment, the broad school field was utterly silent. Everyone waited for the hot-air balloon to rise, like dark clouds waiting for thunder, like night waiting for dawn.

Xolotl stood on the altar and likewise lifted his head. He watched the hot-air balloon climb higher and higher, his face filled with an expectation he could hardly suppress. Beside him, the learned priest Chimer clenched his fingers, calculating nervously.

"Thirty meters! The Eye of the Main God has risen to thirty meters! Level with the Royal Capital's little Yakata..."

"Fifty meters! It's risen to fifty meters! Level with the great Yakata..."

"Ah! It's passed the great Yakata, and it's still rising!"

With ample buoyancy, the hot-air balloon climbed steadily upward. Soon, the enormous balloon had surpassed every building in the capital, surpassed the small hills around the Royal Capital, and continued flying toward the sky! And in the bamboo basket beneath the hot-air balloon, a turkey that was not fat poked out its head and stared in terror at the ground growing ever more distant. It did not move at all, not even daring to spread its wings, like a petrified turkey statue.

"Such a huge ball actually... actually flew up?!"

The young girl Irene stared blankly at the sky and also turned into a petrified statue. She murmured to herself, unable to believe it. Several breaths later, the girl closed