As both Acher and Renar was being escorted by Khampa's men towards the village, the other villagers that remained inside were starting to come out from their respective houses so that they could see the new foreigners that had just arrived at their very homestead.

'Acher.'

'What?'

'There's a lot of goats in here.'

'I think they were the villagers alright, brother.'

'Ah.'

After walking through a few blocks, the two Splenish pilots arrived at Khampa's very house. There, the group of Tibetan Mastiffs stood by in complete readiness. Both Khampa and his son looked at the two humans before them.

'Please put down your bags and have a sit on the grass.'

Both Acher and Renar placed their knapsacks on the grass before they sat down on the ground. Khampa was still looking at them both.

'Our villagers were still thinking that you two were foreign guests of deep suspicion. Can you tell us of your business?'

'Sure thing, Sir.'

'The name is Khampa and the one beside me is my son Bodi. You guys might know him from earlier, right?'

'Uhh...Yeah. T-That's true, Sir Khampa.'

'Right then.'

Acher cleared his throat.

'Our main business that I been up to with my brother here is to deliver some important relics to Lhasa and Peking. It was originally a simple task since we're going to bring something of unremarkable value to the museums located in these capital cities.'

'I see.'

Bodi smiled a bit as he was taken an interest on what they had said to his father.

'What kind of relics that you guys were tasked to deliver?'

'The flags of Tibet and the Qing Dynasty.'

'Whoa. Now that's remarkable.'

'Yep.'

Khampa rubbed his chest a bit with his paws with a relief-like smile.

'Now I could finally verify that you two ain't intruders or persons of suspicion. It's fair for me to say at least that both of you seemed to be doing something a bit ordinary.'

'Yeah. I guess so.'

Acher chuckled a bit. Bodi knelt down near to Renar.

'So you guys were my fans?'

'Indeed. In fact, we been listening to your songs for long time now.'

'Yeah. Even the Crown Prince himself.'

'I see.'

Khampa coughed a bit as he tighten his shirt a bit.

'Who is this Crown Prince that you guys talking about to my son? What does he looked like?'

'He looked like a simple canine to some but with power invested in him.'

Renar then took his knapsack and he grabbed a newspaper clip before giving it to Khampa. The older mastiff took the clip and he could see a picture of Crown Prince Kalir posing near to a podium as if he was doing a public speech. Also in the background was his father.

'Ah, I see.'

'Whoa! I never thought that he could be powerful that anyone else.'

'That's not entirely true.'

'Why not?'

'Because he's not the incumbent Emperor that I would say. The real power was invested by his father.'

'His father? You mean this male human dressed in his regalia that was standing near to the podium was the one?'

'Yep.'

'Oh. I thought he was the incumbent taking hold on that position. What is his name?'

'The name of our current monarch that we're serving to was by the name of Splero Kerano but the world often refers him by his reign name called Spleriia.'

'Now that's a fairly tongue-twisting name.'

'Well. Not quite for some, though.'

Bodi took the newspaper clip from his father and he took a look at it. The young mastiff looked at the picture for a few seconds before he gave it back to Acher.

'We hope that the others would arrive here to help us in repairing the engine so that we could continue on our quest.'

'Does that quest important to both of you?'

'Not only for us but also for the very Empire itself.'

'Yeah. Our Emperor been planning to perform his first active overseas duties here in Tibet and China for a very long time now.'

'I understand.'

Renar tapped Acher's shoulder.

'Hey, Acher. Not only we should focus on our mission to deliver the flags to Lhasa and Peking but we could also explore around this village.'

'You think so, Renar?'

'Yeah! I mean look at this place, brother. It's so calm and spacious. Surely, the Emperor and the Crown Prince would love to visit this place.'

'I-I guess.'

Acher then looked at Khampa.

'Well, Sir Khampa. Can we ask your permission to allo...'

'Sure thing.'

'Huh?'

'I would like to introduce to you and your partner more about this very village and its residents if that is what you wanted to ask.'

'Oh. Y-Yes, Sir! Thanks, by the way. We're glad t-to!'

Khampa nodded and he stood up.

'Come on, Bodi. Care to help me in sharing something for these two men? I know that you ventured these streets for quite a long time ago.'

'Sure thing, Dad.'

Bodi stood up and followed close to his father.

'Alright, guys. Please follow us. We'll tell you both more about this place as we venture deep here and there.'

'Thanks, Rockstar Bodi.'

The young and skilled mastiff guitarist was a bit surprised to hear that from Renar but he smiled back nonetheless.