become a... see...
Maggie looked at the "Her Royal Highness" in front of her with a stiff expression. She was used to the conventional way of thinking and couldn't keep up with Rebecca's rhythm at this moment. She didn't feel a little annoyed until she confirmed that she heard correctly. Come.
Show her a change!
Is this treating oneself as some kind of rare animal, as some interesting landscape? !
She herself had a certain resistance to her dragon form because of her physical deformity, and now she heard Rebecca's speech, which sounded like a no-brained request from a noble child. Let her forcefully restrain the anger in her heart. After all, the girl in front of her is the legal heir of the new empire, and even her mistress needs to be polite when facing this princess, so she suppresses her emotions, Trying to reply in a calm tone: "Why do you want to see my dragon form?"
It's a pity that Rebecca, who has thick lines, didn't feel Maggie's emotional changes at all. If she could feel other people's emotional changes, she wouldn't be beaten every now and then because of the head iron. The girl just continued to smile happily, with a bright face: "I want to fly too!!"
Maggie's follow-up words were all condensed into six points and a question mark: "...?"
Then, under the more confused and stunned eyes of the black dragon lady, Rebecca suddenly took out a large scroll from nowhere, and shook it in front of Maggie's eyes. It was a hand-painted mechanical design. The map also has a large number of rune array patterns.
In the next second, Rebecca spread the blueprints on the ground and explained enthusiastically in front of Maggie who looked confused: "Look at this, this is not an awl, this is the aircraft I designed, the following The ring is called the anti-gravity ring, which can provide a lift. It has been fixed and is very stable. Next to it is the magic wing... You know the magic wing? It is also on the battleship. This is the aircraft version I designed... Hey you Squat down? Can you see clearly while standing?"
Maggie thought about the attendant etiquette she had mastered, including how to accompany the nobleman when he was standing, and how to accompany the nobleman when he was sitting, but what if the nobleman squatted down in the open space in the middle of the courtyard... It seems that there is no corresponding rule...
Because nobles with normal brains would not squat on the ground in public!
After thinking about it carefully, Maggie squatted down next to Rebecca anyway, it was Rebecca who spoke first...
"That's right," Rebecca glanced at Maggie happily, and continued to move her fingers on the peculiar conical machine on the blueprint, "I refer to the anti-gravity technology of elves here, their levitation spell The efficiency is much higher than that of humans, but I haven't figured out how to make this thing move freely. The anti-gravity ring can only provide lift, or strictly speaking, it can only provide reverse gravity. This is the same as the repulsion trick It's different. If you tilt the force field of the anti-gravity ring, it won't get a tilted propulsion, but will go out of control. I hit the prototype on the ceiling last time...
"I also studied how the Elven Temple of Stars flies, but that thing is really too complicated. It is a device called a 'wave engine'. Each propulsion group is bigger than a house! The key is that there are There are many structures that even the elves can’t understand, and they can’t be disassembled. It is said that they are their ancestors’ technology. Very suitable...”
Maggie thought suddenly: You asked me to change it just now, is it suitable
Rebecca was still babbling, as long as it involved the technical field, she seemed to have endless words: "...I found mages who can fly, but their flying spells are simply 'feeling', It can't be transformed into the machine at all. I also designed a method of "fireball pulse propulsion", but my aunt rejected it, saying that it is easy to blow up my own people. A magician under my hand thought of using wind The rune-based airflow propulsion scheme is barely effective, but the strength is pitifully small, and the test machine is literally crawling... But having said that, I always feel that although this airflow propulsion scheme does not seem to be very useful now, it will be useful in the future. Maybe it will be a good thing, if the power can be solved... "
Maggie heard that Her Royal Highness was going further and further away, and she had already reached a field that she couldn't understand at all, so she hurriedly interrupted: "Your Highness, what you said... has anything to do with me?"
"Ah? You..." Rebecca was stunned for a moment before realizing, "Ah yes, it does matter, it does matter! How do your dragons fly?"
"With wings, of course..."
"But your wings can neither provide enough lift nor enough propulsion, right?" Rebecca looked curious, "Your wings are indeed big, but your body is bigger, and more importantly, I I have seen how your dragon race accelerates and brakes. It was a blue dragon. When accelerating, a force field appeared on the edge of the wings, and then a magical glow passed, and it accelerated to the point where the eyes could not catch up. She only flapped her wings once in the process ... that's not going to be the kind of speed you can get with a flap of your wings."
Maggie looked at Rebecca in astonishment, she had almost forgotten the initial sentence "Take a look", she realized that the reckless princess in front of her didn't have any malice at all, let alone a hothead The unreasonable request she made was to study something, something of extraordinary significance even though she could not understand it. Her Royal Highness has already devoted all her heart and soul to these researches.
"I heard from Master Kamel that the dragons don't fly by flapping their wings and moving the air." Rebecca didn't care about the change in Maggie's expression, but continued enthusiastically, "Actually, are you flying?" Swiping the 'magic power' is to create some kind of force field, and then ride the force field to slide between the ripples of magic power at a very high speed, so you can fly very, very high, even fly to the clouds where the air is very thin, and that It is a height that no human mage or bird can reach...
"I want to refer to the flying method of the dragon clan and create a device that can glide in the magic ripples. If your magic system can also be compatible with rune logic... Maybe I can fly too!"
Suddenly, Maggie recalled a sentence she once read in a book in her hometown: Dragons can soar through the sky on waves of magic power, and even reach the end of the sky and reach the top of the atmosphere, where they are far away from each other. They are only one step away from this planet, so they are qualified to be called the masters of the sky, because there is no creature flying higher than them in this sky.
She took a breath and nodded slowly: "You are right, dragons do not fly by pumping the air, or in other words, pumping the air is just an auxiliary way for us to adjust the direction and perceive the environment, our real flying power , is magic power..."
As these words fell softly, the black-haired maid raised her left hand slightly, and in the air behind her, a giant black wing suddenly emerged from the void, swinging slightly in mid-air.
The huge wings were smaller than her fully dragonized wings, but it still made Rebecca's eyes widen.
Rebecca saw many magic runes faintly emerging on the edge of the giant black wing, and lines of magic power also faintly emerged between the skeleton and veins of the giant wing.
"Becoming a dragon in the castle courtyard would make a big mess, but I can project parts of myself," Maggie said slowly. She felt a little impulsive. After all, this is the courtyard of Silver Castle, although there are no Who, but there must be many guards and attendants who can see what happened here, but she is enjoying the feeling now... Except for the time when she left her hometown, she hasn't done impulsive things for too long, " Watch it all you want, but it may not be complete."
Yes, the runes on Maggie's wings are not complete.
Rebecca just glanced at it, and realized that there was something wrong with Miss Black Dragon's wings. Part of the edge was incomplete, and the main skeleton also showed signs of shrinkage and deformity, as if it had stopped suddenly when it was halfway developed. Growing up, and then being roughly destroyed by some external force, such a miserable appearance... No wonder Maggie has a grudge against her dragon form.
And the incomplete wings undoubtedly caused the incomplete rune array.
Rebecca's eyes swept between the runes and magic lines, and finally she slowly retracted: "I saw..."
Maggie waved her hand, took back some of the projected limbs, and then shook her head: "Sorry, I only have these incomplete things, so if you want to study the flying ability of the dragon, you'd better find a real one , healthy dragon, I am not a qualified research subject."
"... the ancestors said that unless it is necessary, it is best not to do business with giant dragons. They are picky and greedy," Rebecca said seriously, "and I think ordinary dragons should not be willing to accompany me. Do your research?"
"Picking and greedy..." Maggie blinked, and suddenly couldn't help laughing out loud, "Haha, that's really good of you, it's really picky and greedy... And those proud healthy dragons I really shouldn't be happy to accompany you to do research, after all, they are to be studied... "
"I think these rune samples of yours are enough," Rebecca continued, "Any rune array that can operate has certain self-explanatory and self-supplementary characteristics. This feature is also used by the Rune Academy. To rule out the common reference nature of invalid structures in traditional magic circles. I will go back to Jenny to borrow a few experts, maybe we can complete all the runes you are missing, and those parts that are stacked and distorted due to deformities should be able to Repaired and restored. Theoretically, as long as 70% of the runes can be restored, we can create the first generation of usable prototypes. Things like machinery and equipment need to be gradually improved... "
Speaking of this, Rebecca thought for a while, and suddenly became happy: "And maybe we can make a set of things that you can use!"
"Can I use it?" Maggie didn't realize it for a moment, "What?"
"Try to fix your wings," Rebecca thought wildly, "People who are disabled can use artificial limbs, although it is inconvenient, but they can also stand up, maybe we can build you mechanical wings, although it is not easy to use , but at least you can fly by yourself. I heard that you have to rely on extra airflow or glide from the cliff to take off, right? If we succeed, maybe you can take off on your own on flat ground!!"
Maggie opened her eyes wide and looked at Rebecca in a daze.
What kind of wild thoughts and optimistic imaginations is this? How many years has it been since she herself had such a dream
After being dazed for a few seconds, Rebecca's voice suddenly came from the side: "Hey, Maggie, why are you silent? Are you scared by my thought?"
"No, I'm just... well, I was a little scared," Maggie said a little helplessly, she felt that the calm temperament she had managed to maintain for many years was quickly shattered in front of this maverick princess , but she didn't have the slightest regret, "Your idea is very bold, but it is not easy to realize it. The runes on our bodies are not the same as the runes commonly used by you humans. They are the basic elements of the dragon language..."
"We have already cracked the rune language of the elves, and we don't mind having more dragon language runes. No matter what the system is, at least the mathematics is unified," Rebecca said confidently, "and as far as I know, The earliest magic of human beings was created by referring to the patterns on monsters in nature. The original "ancestor runes" were the natural patterns on monsters. Since our ancestors have already succeeded on monsters, we modern people who have modern tools Why can't it be done again?"
Maggie looked at Rebecca for a while, and couldn't help showing a smile: "Your remarks almost treat dragons and monsters as the same. If other dragons hear it, I'm afraid they will fight."
"… Wow!"
"But don't worry, I know you didn't mean to."
"Oh, that's okay," Rebecca patted her chest quickly, "Don't mind me, sometimes I speak a little too smartly, and my aunt and ancestors usually keep saying that I will be beaten sooner or later when I speak like this, but Can't change..."
Maggie looked at Rebecca with a hint of a smile. She was such a lovely girl. It was incredible that she thought she was a brainless and rude child of an overbearing nobleman.
"Then, do you want to come back to Cecil City with me?" Rebecca continued blabberingly, "My research facilities are all over there..."
"I need to get permission from the hostess first," Maggie thought, "as far as I know, she will stay in the north for the time being."
"Then I'll tell her~ I'll take it as if you agreed!"