Chapter 37 Continued

• Princess Etheri rushed to retrieve the tome and presented it to her father, showing him the ceremony she had performed in good faith, despite the many symbols and incantations she had not understood and had simply read aloud. Meanwhile, the king continued his search through time for the imperial palace, finding nothing.
• "In which dimension have we landed? To what place have you dispatched us that I cannot even find the imperial palace? What have you done, Etheri?"
• "I've done nothing wrong, Dad! Look, this was the regression ceremony I conducted. I connected with the emerald dragon at the entrance to its lagoon, and through it with its mother gem, and harnessed all of its power. It must be an error! I haven't done what you claim; my actions were strictly by the instructions here. I haven't moved us from the palace."