Inside one of the stone houses, Fleetwood Yak and a few other sheep villagers were preparing some tea, rice and some piping hot soup for today's lunch.

'Are you done with that china kettle, guys?'

'We're almost done in making some tea for lunchtime, Mr. Fleetwood. Just a few more minutes and it's now ready.'

With a smile, Fleetwood prepared the chinaware and other utensils. As he and his assistants helped each other, Khampa and Bodi arrived by the doorway.

'Hey there, Fleetwood. Cooking something?'

The elder yak chuckled.

'I'm been cooking something that you and your son loved.'

He then turned to face him. Khampa rubbed his paws a bit.

'Fleetwood, there's somebody that I wanted you to meet. They were already here in the village.'

'I see. Who were they?'

Khampa steps aside and he introduced both Acher and Renar whom were standing outside.

'Meet Acher and Renar. Both of them were human foreign pilots flying to Lhasa and Beijing for an important quest but they ended up landing here instead.'

Fleetwood chuckled.

'Well. Nice to meet you all! My name is Fleetwood Yak and welcome to Snow Mountain.'

Both Acher and Renar bowed their heads deeply.

'It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Fleetwood.'

The elder yak smiled a bit.

'Please come in, everyone. Lunch is about to be served shortly.'

Khampa, Bodi and the two Splenish pilots entered inside the spacious house while the china kettle of piping hot tea and some wicker steam baskets of dumplings were being placed on the table by the other villagers helping Fleetwood Yak. As the entourage sat down, Fleetwood looked at them as he lowered down a steam basket.

'What brings you both here in our mountain village?'

'Oh. We're flying for Lhasa and Beijing to deliver some historical artifacts that our Emperor requested to us. Unfortunately, our plane suffered an engine failure so we decided to stay here for the time being.'

'Ah. I see.'

Bodi scratched the side of his face.

'There were going to be more visitors to this village later, Mr. Fleet. They said that they were going to arrive here soon so that they could repair the engine of their so-called Taube or something.'

Renar nodded.

'I don't know about that, Bodi. I'm not sure when will the Emperor and his son would arrive to help us, though.'

Khampa places his paws on the wooden surface of the table.

'Maybe you should wait for them here a bit longer.'

'I guess so.'

Fleetwood then hands Khampa and Bodi the china kettle and a few tea cups. A few other sheep gave Acher and Renar tea cups as well. As the mastiffs poured some tea on their cups, they passed it to the two Splenish guests. When both of them poured some and took a few sips, the taste makes them smile and refreshed.

'Delicious!'

'Yeah. It tasted like the same tea that we loved back at Splena!'

'It's green tea, guys.'

'I know, right?'

Bodi chuckled.

'You looked so hyped up with just a few sips of tea, dude.'

'Oh. I forgot to tell you something, Bodi.'

'What is it?'

'I'm an avid tea drinker.'

Khampa finishes off his tea cup before he questioned Renar.

'You are?'

'Yes, Mr. Khampa. We Splenish love tea very much like what the Chinese would normally do from the past.'

The elder mastiff smirked slightly.

'What would we say more? We always drink tea in here and there.'

'That's great!'

Acher tapped his shoulder.

'Whoa there, brother. Calm your senses! I noticed that your Qi is ramping up much.'

Renar chuckled with a tone of embarrassment on his voice.

'M-My bad.'

Fleetwood laughed as he sat down and prepared his own tea drink. Bodi took a steamed dumpling from the wicker basket and Khampa took one as well.

'I have a question with you, Acher.'

'Sure. Go ahead, Khampa.'

'Why would your Emperor ordered you and your brother to deliver the artifacts to Lhasa and Beijing?'

'The reason why is because he was planning to ramp up Chinese culture a bit. He was a strong supporter of Asian culture and he first started on supporting it so that he could gain more spheres of influence with other interna...'

Before he could finish, Renar nudged him by the shoulder. He then whispered to him.

'Acher, don't spill the beans too much. That's an act of breaking the Splenish COC.'

'But I'm just telling to Khampa of why we're doing the task ordered by the Emperor.'

'Just make it low, man. You almost make their opinions go sou...'

Khampa cleared his throat. Both Acher and Renar silenced themselves.

'Is something wrong?'

'Err...N-No. Not at all, Mr. Khampa. Anyway, the reason why were on route to Lhasa and Beijing is because the Emperor wanted to sent the relics to its respective places. In the Potala Palace and the Forbidden City, I mean.'

'I see.'

Bodi enjoyed on devouring the dumpling that he was holding.