The next day, Michael was overjoyed to learn that his parents allowed him to pursue his ambition.
Of course, there were a lot of caveats with that decision. First of all, he had to make regular check-ins with his parents, but that could easily be solved through Fudge and the wooden puppet that his mother already named 'Michael Too'.
Next, he would need to make regular visits to the estate during the holidays, which Michael was okay with.
Finally, Bart and Lylia were allowed to visit him again after a year.
Michael thought this was weird because he welcomed them visiting him any time they wanted, but Bart insisted on having a one-year buffer. His father wanted to make sure that he built everything on his own without any intervention for at least one year.
Since this didn't really affect Michael much, he agreed.
They all decided that Michael would start his journey after Winter, with Spring starting about one to two months from today.