The King

"Since real flight isn't allowed inside the capital… this is the fastest means to the castle" the lady said with a weird expression on her face.

From her expression, Garth could gather that she didn't understand the point of such rule but he himself could understand it. From the people he had seen here, many of them seemed capable of flight, from the Oni who are able to naturally generate Dark Wings to the winged people who Garth was assuming was capable of flight.

Garth didn't know much about this place but he could guess that the no-flight rules were made so that the skies wouldn't be congested and also for security reasons. It seemed that at least somethings in this new territory made sense. Following the woman's lead, they all boarded the machine and began walking until they got to a section with some doors and separated them into group that could fit in the small rooms