Change... and see...
Maggie looked at the "Her Royal Highness" in front of her with a stiff expression. She was used to conventional thinking and couldn't keep up with Rebecca at this moment. After confirming that she heard it correctly, she felt a little annoyed.
Change and show her!
Are you treating yourself as some kind of rare animal or some interesting sight? !
Having some resistance to her dragon form due to her physical deformity, and now hearing Rebecca’s speech that sounded like a brainless request from a noble girl, Maggie felt that all the blood vessels in her body were Her heart skipped a beat, but her rationality allowed her to forcibly restrain the anger in her heart. After all, the girl in front of her was the legal heir to the new empire, and even her own mistress needed to remain polite when facing the princess. , so she suppressed her emotions and asked as calmly as possible: "Why do you want to see my dragon form?"
It's a pity that the thick-lined Rebecca didn't feel Maggie's emotions at all. Changes - if she could feel other people's emotional changes, she wouldn't be beaten every now and then - this girl just continued to smile happily, with a bright face: "I want to fly too!!"
Maggie's subsequent words were all condensed into six points and one question mark: "...?"
Then in the eyes of the black dragon lady, who was even more confused and stunned, Rebecca didn't know A large scroll was suddenly taken out from somewhere, and it suddenly shook in front of Maggie's eyes - it was a hand-drawn mechanical design, with a large number of rune array patterns.
The next second, Rebecca spread the drawing on the ground and explained enthusiastically in front of the confused Maggie: "Look at this, this is not an awl, this is me. The designed aircraft, the lower circle is called an anti-gravity ring, which can provide a lift. It has been completed and is very stable. Next to it is the magic wing... You know that there are magic wings on battleships, right? The aircraft version I designed... Hey, can you see it clearly if you squat down?"
Maggie thought about the etiquette of attendants she had mastered, including what attendants should do when nobles are standing. How to accompany the noble, how should the servant accompany the noble when he is sitting, but what if the noble squats down in the open space in the middle of the courtyard... There seems to be no corresponding rules...
Because no noble in his right mind does not He will squat on the ground in public!
After thinking carefully, Maggie squatted down next to Rebecca - it was Rebecca who spoke first anyway...
"That's right, "Rebecca glanced at Maggie happily, and continued to move her fingers on the strange cone-shaped machine on the drawing, "I refer to the anti-gravity technology of the elves here. Their floating spells are much more efficient than humans. But I still 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.The point is different from the repulsion trick - if you tilt the force field of the anti-gravity ring, it will not get a tilted propulsion force, but will directly lose control. Last time I hit the prototype to the ceiling...
“I also studied how the Elf Tribe’s Temple of Stars flies, but that thing is so complicated. It’s a device called a ‘wave engine’, and each propulsion group is bigger than a house. Big! The key is that there are many structures inside that even the elves can't understand and can't take apart. It's said to be their ancestral technology, and no one can repair it long ago. It can be said that if you take it apart, it will be useless. I originally wanted to let them take it apart. I tried it, but it doesn’t seem to be suitable..."
Maggie suddenly thought: You just asked me to change into another person to see if it is suitable?
Rebecca is still talking about it. As long as it involves the technical field, she seems to have endless words: "...I found a wizard who can fly, but their flying The spell is simply 'feeling' and cannot be transferred to the machine at all. I also designed a 'fireball pulse propulsion' method, but my aunt rejected it, saying that it would easily blow up my own people. There is a demon under my hand. The instructor also came up with a plan to use wind runes to create airflow for propulsion. It barely worked, but the power was pitiful and the test machine was simply crawling... But having said that, I always feel that this airflow propulsion plan is not good enough. It seems to be of little use now, but it may be a good thing in the future. If the power can be solved..."
Maggie listened to the princess going further and further, until she couldn't understand it at all. field, and quickly interrupted from the side: "Your Highness, what you are talking about...does it have anything to do with me?"
"Ah? You..." Rebecca was startled for a moment, and then After reacting, "Ah, yes, it does matter, it does matter! How do you dragons fly?"
"Of course it is with wings..."
"But your wings are both It can't provide enough lift, nor can it provide enough propulsion?" Rebecca looked curious, "Your wings are indeed big, but your body is bigger, and more importantly, I have seen how your dragons do it. The one who was accelerating and braking was a blue dragon. When accelerating, there was clearly a force field emerging from the edge of the wings, and then a magical glow passed by, instantly accelerating to a point where even the eyes could not catch up. In the process, she only Flapping her wings... This cannot be the speed that can be obtained by flapping her wings."
Maggie looked at Rebecca in astonishment. She had almost forgotten the first sentence at this moment. "Change and see." She realized that the reckless princess in front of her had no ill intentions at all, let alone an unreasonable request made by a hot head. She was studying something, something that although she could not understand, it was of great significance. things——and this princess has devoted her whole body to these researches.
"I heard Master Kamel mention that dragons do not entirely rely on flapping their wings to move the air to fly." Rebecca did not pay attention to Maggie's expression change, but continued enthusiastically.He continued, "You are actually paddling the 'magic', creating some kind of force field, and then riding the force field to glide very quickly between the ripples of the magic. Therefore, you can fly very, very high, even flying into the air. Go up to the very thin clouds, which is a height that no human mage or bird can reach...
"I want to refer to the flying method of the dragon family and create a device that can glide in the magic ripples. If If your magic system can be compatible with runic logic... maybe I can fly too! ”
Suddenly, Maggie recalled in her mind a sentence she had read in a book in her hometown: Dragons can soar into the sky on waves of magic, and can even touch the end of the sky and reach the end of the sky. At the top of the atmosphere, they are only one step away from the planet, so they are qualified to be called the masters of the sky - because there is no living being flying higher than them under the sky.
She took a breath and nodded slowly: "You are right. Dragons do not rely on blowing the air to fly. In other words, blowing the air is just an auxiliary way for us to adjust our direction and sense the environment. We The real power of flight is magic..."
As these words fell softly, the black-haired maid slightly raised her left hand, and in the air behind her, a giant black wing appeared. Suddenly, she emerged from the void, swinging slightly in mid-air.
The giant wings were smaller than those after she fully transformed into a dragon, but it still made Rebecca's eyes widen.
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Rebecca saw many magical runes faintly emerging on the edge of the black giant wing. There were also magical lines faintly emerging between the skeleton and veins of the giant wing.
" Transforming into a dragon in the castle courtyard will cause big trouble, but I can project some of my limbs," Maggie said slowly, she felt a little impulsive. After all, this is the courtyard of Silver Castle, although there is no one nearby now. , but there must be many guards and attendants who can see what is happening here, but she is enjoying the feeling now...except for the time she left her hometown, she has not done anything impulsive for too long, "You Watch it if you want, but it may not be complete. ”
Yes, the runes on Maggie’s wings are incomplete.
Rebekah just glanced at it and realized that there was something wrong with the black dragon lady’s wings— —Part of its edges are incomplete, and the main skeleton also shows signs of shrinkage and deformity, as if it suddenly stopped growing halfway through its development, and then was brutally destroyed by some external force. This miserable scene The appearance... No wonder Maggie has a grudge against her dragon form.
And these incomplete wings undoubtedly lead to the incompleteness of the rune array.
Rebecca. Her eyes swept between the runes and magic lines, and finally she slowly retracted: "I saw it..." Maggie waved her hand and retracted some of the projected limbs. , then shook his head: "Sorry, I only haveThese are incomplete things, so if you want to study the flying ability of dragons, it is best to find a real, healthy dragon. I am not a qualified research subject. "
"...My ancestors said, unless necessary, it is best not to do business with dragons. They are stingy and greedy," Rebecca said seriously, "And I think generally The giant dragon shouldn't be willing to accompany me to do research, right? "
"It's so picky and greedy..." Maggie blinked, and suddenly she couldn't help laughing out loud, and she laughed very happily, "Haha, what you said is really good, it is indeed a picky thing. And greedy...and those proud and healthy dragons really shouldn't be willing to accompany you in your research, after all, they are going 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 characteristic is also a common reference property used by the Rune Research Institute to eliminate invalid structures in traditional arrays. I'll go back and ask Jenny to borrow some experts. Maybe we can complete all your missing runes - and those parts that are stacked and twisted due to deformity should also be repaired and restored. Theoretically, as long as we can restore 70% of the runes, we can create the first generation of usable prototypes. Things like machines and equipment have to be used and gradually perfected..."
At this point, Rebecca thought for a moment and suddenly became happy: "And maybe we can make a set of things you can use! "
"Can I use it? Maggie didn't react for a moment, "What?" "
"Try to repair your wings," Rebecca's thoughts began to run wild. "People who are disabled can use prosthetics. Although it is inconvenient, they can still stand up. Maybe we can make them for you. Mechanical wings, although not very useful, can at least allow you to fly on your own - I heard you have to rely on extra airflow or glide from a cliff to take off, right? If we succeed, maybe you can take off under your own power on flat ground! ! ”
Maggie opened her eyes wide and looked at Rebecca in a daze.
This is such a wild idea and optimistic imagination-she herself has had it for many years. Have you never had such a dream?
After being stunned for several seconds, Rebecca's voice suddenly came from the side: "Hey, Maggie, why don't you speak? Are you frightened by my idea? "
"No, I just...well, I was a little scared," Maggie said at a loss. She felt that she had managed to maintain her calm temperament for many years in this special situation. The lone princess was quickly beaten to pieces in front of her, but she did not have the slightest regret, "Your idea is bold, but it is not easy to realize. The runes on our bodies are not the same as the runes commonly used by you humans. They are But the basic elements of dragon language..."
"We have already cracked the elves' rune language, and we don't mind more dragon language runes. No matter what system it is, at least the mathematics is unified," RebbeKa said quite confidently, "And as far as I know, the earliest human magic was created by referring to the patterns on monsters in nature. The original 'ancestral runes' were the natural patterns on monsters. Since our ancestors have already learned about monsters, We succeeded once, why can’t we modern people with modern tools succeed again?”
Maggie looked at Rebecca for a while and couldn’t help but smile: “You almost didn’t succeed?” It's a statement that treats dragons and monsters equally. If other dragons hear it, they will start fighting. "
"...Wow!"
"But don't worry. , I know you didn’t mean it.”
“Oh, that’s okay,” Rebecca quickly patted her chest, “Don’t mind it, I sometimes talk a little bit, aunt and My ancestors have always been saying that I will be beaten sooner or later for talking like this, but I just can’t change it..." Maggie looked at Rebecca with a smile - this is really a lovely girl, she Before, I thought she was a brainless and rude, overbearing aristocratic child. It was incredible.
"Then do you want to come back to Cecil City with me?" Rebecca continued babaously, "My research facilities are all over there..."
"I need to get the mistress's permission first," Maggie thought, "As far as I know, she will stay in the north temporarily."
"Then I'll tell her ~ I'll treat it as if you agree. ”