This is a PREQUEL to the books 'Valerian Empire' & 'Heidi and the Lord'. Please read them, before reading this book.
It went without saying that after going back to the mansion both Leonard and Christopher were thoroughly scolded for their ill behavior. The servant who had taken them along with him was reprimanded for not keeping an eye on them. Not only were the boys covered in bruises but also mud, their clothes half torn and hair that looked as if birds had begun living in them.
Leonard's father, Giles sighed tiredly rubbing his forehead while he sat on the armchair of his room.
"You worry too much," his wife who had been brushing her hair spoke looking at him through the mirror, "He is still a boy who is learning new things. Sister Isabelle said there was nothing to worry."