Emily smiled and lifted her glass of juice from the table, "Then, let us look forward to that day together."
"To our future captain!" Aliya also raised her glass with a smile.
"To our kingdom!" Lin Yu'an gently clinked his glass with theirs.
Outside the window, the sunlight after the polar night was becoming increasingly brighter.
And their future, like this awakening land, was full of infinite possibilities and hope.
The bubbles of the champagne were not yet fully dissipated, and the grand blueprint for the future kingdom still remained on the tablet.
But a new, more pressing responsibility had silently descended, crossing hundreds of kilometers of icy wilderness.
The next morning.
As the dawn just broke, Lin Yu'an bid farewell to his still dreaming family.
Emily only vaguely felt him imprint a gentle kiss on her lips, then heard the sound of the front door opening and softly closing downstairs.
