Bab 97: Tenax.

The magical beast flew through the sky at a fast speed, Valerian sat with his back facing the front to read the book in his hands. Vertex looked at him and wanted to talk more but watching that the other party was so focused and that his mother had exhorted him not to trouble him, he sat calmly.

The second prince was upright and stern, he was a teenager and some mistakes were bound to happen, yet this did not change the fact that he was compassionate to the family. They had been flying for the whole noon and it was about to turn dark. 

The soldier in the front controlling the flame sparrow asked, "Your Highness, shall we land here?" 

Vertex looked below and found this place to be a clearing next to the main road and nodded. The soldier followed the instructions and the flame sparrow landed in the open. The second prince said, "Be careful of bandits." 

Valerian asked, "Your Highness, are bandits so ignorant to attack such a big magical beast?"