The steam airship, which was billowing black smoke, with a loud rumbling sound, slid across a black line of dirty exhaust gas in the sky and drove towards the distance.
At first, Angel stood on the deck and the wind was blowing, recalling the past comfortably. But soon after, black smoke with dirty fuel filled the deck, and all the people on the deck returned to the airship in an instant.
After Angel returned to the airship with the flow of people, Prome went back to his lounge, while Angel and David chatted in the hall. There was a ring of transparent glass in the hall, so you could clearly see the outside. At this time, one side of the outside world has been covered by black smoke.
Looking at the billowing black smoke, Angel could still smell the pungent breath faintly, and he also felt that the floor under his feet kept shaking, giving him the illusion that the airship would disintegrate at any time.
Seeing the worry on Angel's face, David smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, this airship has always been like this since it was bought. It emits a lot of pollutants, its maneuverability is weak, and the motive is still shaking, so there will be no problem. ."
"It's much worse than the Wilderness." Angel frowned slightly.
"That's for sure. The Wilderness was ordered from the Sky Machine City within the organization, and this airship was purchased privately. Whether it's price or channel, it's more than a little weaker."
With David's explanation, Angel understood the difference between the Wilderness and this airship.
It turns out that almost all the airships parked at the port of Windmill Town are privately run. The owner of this airship is a third-level wizard apprentice, and the airship is purchased to earn ticket money. Because the speed is not fast, so only take the short route.
After David finished speaking, he pointed out the window: "Look at those people."
Angel looked around and saw several people passing by in the sky in the distance. Some use magic to fly, and some ride directly on vehicles. In the vast ground, people can be seen riding on magic pets.
"Those who can fly can fly by themselves, or those who have a transportation vehicle can go by themselves." David said with emotion: "After a while, I will also go to the resource allocation hall to buy a flying vehicle. It takes less than a day to get from the Savage Cave to Night Demon City, which is much faster than the train."
"Why don't you try to learn flying?" Angel asked.
David shook his head: "There is a lot of knowledge to learn about flying. I want to learn it from scratch. It will take several years. And the price of magic is also expensive. Learn to fly."
"But you can also make your own without buying a flying vehicle." Angel recalled the scene when he first met David: "If you continue to study that spiral vehicle, it will become a flying vehicle. ?"
Speaking of the spiral aircraft, David's face was shy: "It's just a pure mechanical device that can't carry people."
"Slowly study." Angel actually planned to study flying vehicles in his heart, but it was just an idea for the time being. For the specific situation, he had to go back and read the "Basic Collection of Basic Alchemy". He remembered that there were several kinds of flying vehicles in it. , but the scope of application is unclear.
"I also want to study it slowly, but the Frost Moon passage leading to the outskirts of the abyss will be closed in three months. I have to go before it closes, so the flying vehicle is bound to be purchased."
The two chatted for a while, and Angel said to David, "I alchemy last night, and I haven't rested yet. I'll go back to the lounge to sleep for a while, and talk later when I get there."
David nodded: "Okay, if you can fall asleep in this environment, I will also serve you."
Stepping on the shaking floor, Angel walked to the lounge a little dizzy.
After returning to the cabin, Angel sighed slightly, took Toby out of his pocket and put it in his palm.
Toby fluttered his wings and combed the upturned feathers with his beak.
Angel also helped it smooth out some rough feathers, and then asked in a low voice when it murmured comfortably, "Where's your music box?"
Angel remembered clearly that when he went to the attic to find Toby in the morning, he didn't see the music box. In other words, Toby left with the music box.
But when Toby came back from outside at noon, he didn't bring back the music box. Angel felt it was strange at the time, but he kept calm and didn't ask. Until this time, when Angel planned to have a good talk with Toby, The doubt was asked.
Angel suddenly asked, Toby suddenly froze. Then he turned his head and blinked innocently, with an expression that I couldn't understand.
Toby resorted to the ultimate trick of "pretending to be innocent". After all, the species were different, and it didn't want to answer, no matter how much Angel forced it.
In this regard, Angel can only say: "Because I have a goal in my heart, I am desperately moving towards this goal every day, meditation, alchemy, study... My time is almost all occupied by these things, even daily I only rely on dry food to feed my hunger. You will always be by my side, it will indeed be boring. I am very sorry for this, and I am very sorry for the entrustment of Lady Gloria.”
It seems that because of the mention of Gloria, Toby didn't pretend that he didn't understand, but whispered "squeak" with a feeling of nostalgia.
Because Angel learned from "The Infinite Faces of the Desolation Record" that something happened to Greia in the world of Hante, and Angel had been hiding this news from Toby, so he had always held Toby in his heart. Feeling guilty. Just like at noon, Angel found that Toby violated the agreement in the morning, and he was not angry because of this sense of guilt.
"So if I let you go out, I won't stop you from making friends." Angel said this, and paused: "However, what I want to tell you is that even if mortals are bound by moral laws, they are full of bad people and sins. , not to mention the wizarding world without any constraints. Most mortals are for profit, even if they have not done any great evil, but they are not necessarily kind. And they are from their hearts to their mouths. Cunning."
After scolding the same kind, Angel continued to say to Toby: "You have understood the vein of gravity, so I am not worried about your safety, but I am worried that you will be used by others."
Toby lowered his head and remained silent.
Angel felt that his "father education" should play a role, so he gently coaxed: "You don't know much about the complexity of the human world, so when you get home this time, you will take me to meet you. Little friend, how about I help you judge?"
Angel looked kindly waiting for Toby's response.
After a while, Toby raised his head, but his little eyes were still full of innocence: What are you talking about, I don't understand.
Seeing this, Angel wailed and collapsed onto the bed in the lounge in frustration.
"Oh, since you don't listen to my advice, then you can do whatever you want. I gave you the music box, and I will let you handle it entirely. I don't care whether you throw it away, give it away or whatever. People should stay a little more distracted, don't trust others completely, this is your protection."
Hearing Angel's words, Toby waved his wings and said a few words.
"You said, you just lent the music box to someone else?" Angel understood Toby's gesture.
Toby nodded and muttered a few more times.
"When you go back, your little friend will return the music box to you?"
Toby continued to nod.
Angel didn't speak, but he didn't have much confidence in it. Although the music box is not a great thing, it is at least a work of art. Moreover, even Lord Jing Ji, who is standing at the peak of the mortal world, praised it. It can be seen that the music box he made still has a certain circulation value.
In the wizarding world where personal interests are paramount, will something with circulation value be returned to you when someone else gets it
In any case, Angel was not expecting it.
But he didn't point out, but nodded to Toby: "That's good, after all, the music box I made for you also cost me a lot of thought."
Having said that, Angel decided to wait until after the Twilight Well and buy some Echo Flowers. After Toby was educated by the "indifference of reality", he would make a new music box for Toby.
For Angel, Toby is his closest friend. A music box that allows Toby to recognize the reality of the wizarding world is also a good thing.
In any case, Angel will not personally burst the bubble of fairy tales, he hopes that Toby can grow up by himself. It can be considered to live up to Greia's trust.
The heart-to-heart talk with Toby, while somewhat effective, was an overall failure. However, Angel is not worried. Only by experiencing many things himself will he realize the truth that others say it is useless.
Time passed, and after three hours, when the distant sky was full of red, the airship finally arrived at its destination.
Angel rested for a while, so when he got off the airship, he felt more energetic.
The place where the airship landed was in the middle of a slope of about 3o degrees. There is a wide flat ground here, and the airship is parked in the middle of the flat ground.
I didn't feel much on the airship, but when I got off the airship, Angel felt a chill.
Although it is midsummer now, the Pamiji Plateau is low temperature all the year round. It can be seen from the whiteness on the hillside that today is actually a good day, at least there is no snow.
Angel noticed that there were some circular bunker-like buildings on this flat ground, and there were two dark caves near the mountain wall, and a railroad connected the two caves.
David then came over with Prome.
"It only takes half an hour to take the geocentric train from here to Night Demon City. Let's wait for a while. The apprentice of the private airship has contact with the train management station of Night Demon City. We have landed now, presumably the train should be there soon. Inbound."
Not long after Promi's voice fell, a burst of smoke came out of the cave, accompanied by the smoke, the sound of the wheels turning, and the long sound of the train as if boiling water was rushing to cover.