The Pilot's Love Song

The Flying Island Isla sets out on a journey to find The End of the Sky. Kal-el, a young pilot trainee, is there at the launch ceremony.

Kal-el falls in love with Claire, a girl he meets at the lake. He has joined the Centezual class at flying school and asks to be her flying partner.

Kal-el invites Claire to the dorms. Ariel welcomes her with delicious curry and Claire opens up to the other classmates.

Fausto's plan causes Claire and Kal-el to be stranded. Their plane lands on the water and they wait to be rescued, but the rain falls and it starts to thunder.

It has been four months since Isla left and they are nearing the Holy Spring. The trainees endure harsh infantry training under the hot sun and decide to spend the night camping.

Isla reaches the Holy Spring, said to be the center of the world, and the students are awed at the sight. The town celebrates.

The knights quickly find the Sky Clan fleet, which will attack anyone who enters the Holy Spring. Leopold sends his whole force to attack their antiquated wooden fleet.

The Sky Clan's trick succeeds: Isla is deprived of its defenses and subjected to bombing. Kal-el and the other students who are left behind decide to take off in their planes and fight.

Two days after the Sky Clan bombing, a funeral is held. Chiharu grieves Mitsuo. Kal-el and Claire meet at the grave that night and Claire says something unexpected.

Ariel decides to quit being a pilot because of her wounds. Kal-el awakens when Ignatio tells him that Claire is quitting because of him.

Noriaki and Benjamin decide to take over for the downed observation plane. Kal-el and Ignatio draw away the enemy fighters to protect them.

The Sky Clan agrees to a peace treaty with Isla, but they want Nina Viento, the wind girl. Ignatio gives Kal-el a chance to meet her and he confesses.

Isla returns from the End of the Sky, and Kal-el tells the assembled crowds at the welcome ceremony that he is Karl la Hire, the son of the emperor. He asks for their help in his plan.