As soon as Yorko stepped out of the study, Nightingale appeared behind him.
"Who are Lady Rother and Miss Kingfisher? What's their famous stunt? "
"Well, this is really a difficult question to answer." Roland walked to the window and pretended to sigh, but in fact, he just wanted to hide his expression from Nightingale. "They're just two women I met by chance. I'm not familiar with them and I don't know their real names. That's how the communication between the nobles is. They always wear a mask of hypocrisy. Most of the time, they just play along and forget each other after they leave. "
"But he said they miss you very much."
"Ahem... Well, they don't miss me, but my Golden Dragon, status, and power. After all, I was a prince at that time. So after I was enfeoffed to Border Town, they lost contact with me. If they really miss me, they wouldn't be so cold to me, right? "
Nightingale could only distinguish the truth of words, but could not directly determine the truth of the matter. Therefore, Roland decided to use the Art of Misdirection to eliminate Nightingale's doubts from the side. Besides, these bullsh * t things had nothing to do with him, so he did not feel any pressure. "As for the famous stunt... it's more complicated. To put it simply, Yorko can use the skills of his hands to please women, just like his title of" Magic Hand ". I didn't know anything about it before, so I was naturally curious. But I don't need it now, do I? "
He turned around and looked at Nightingale, but for some reason, the latter suddenly averted her line of sight, her cheeks blushing slightly. "I guess so."
"Phew, this should be considered a pass." Roland felt a little relieved. Although he could have asked Nightingale to wait outside at the beginning, firstly, it would hurt her trust, and secondly, it was not safe if an accident happened. After all, Sylvie was still checking the whole palace, and the list of gems had not been found yet. It was better to be safe at this time.
...
After dinner, Roland finally met Thunder, the great explorer from the Fjords.
He was wrapped up tightly with a hood and a scarf around his neck. If Nightingale had not gone down to welcome him and Margaery, the guards would not have let him and Margaery go.
After tiptoeing into the study, Thunder took off his coat and scarf and bowed to Roland. "I've long heard of you from Margaret and Princess Tilly. Your Majesty Roland Wimbledon, thank you for taking care of Lightning."
"I also want to thank you for taking care of Tilly." Roland looked him up and down with great interest. "I heard that she received a lot of help from you after she moved to Sleeping Island."
Like Lightning, he had short blond hair, brown skin, and a strong body. His appearance was also quite rough, with dense sideburns and stubble covering half of his cheeks and chin. He spoke full of energy, which showed that he had been drifting on the sea all year round. He was completely different from the light and silent image he had when he first entered the room.
"It's nothing. She helped me a lot on my adventure. Without the witches' help, I'm afraid the limit of the fleet's exploration would be the Shadow Islands." Thunder smiled. "Of course, I can't go to the sea that I've never set foot on before and see the existence of the Sealine with my own eyes."
"The Sealine?" Roland asked curiously. "What's that?"
"A wall made of seawater that allows ships to cross at will." Thunder told Roland in detail what he had seen. "That's why I came to you."
Roland was completely stunned. The seawater ignored gravity and formed a height difference like a ladder? And the ship could sail vertically up and cross it as if it was walking on flat ground? It was incredible! Roland felt as if a huge wave had been set off in his heart. If the other party was not Thunder, the most famous explorer, it would have been hard for him to believe this description.
This meant that the gravity here had been distorted and formed a unique gravitational field — but the principle of the formation of gravity itself was unclear, so Roland could not draw a conclusion for the time being. Thinking of the omnipresent magic power in this world, he could only guess that the cause of the Sealine might be related to magic power.
But he faintly felt that the answer might be far more profound than he had imagined.
At first glance, this world looked very similar to the earth, so he immediately brought the set of theories he had learned here as scientific enlightenment and guidance. This was not surprising. If you opened your eyes and saw people or carbon-based creatures, you could immediately make a rough judgment: the law of matter here was basically the same as the previous universe.
This was not metaphysics. The reason why life could exist could be traced back to the speed and direction of atomic spin, which was so precise that no machine in the world could compare. Any change in a constant would cause life to collapse, so there was the saying, "Life is like a straight flush, once you wash it, everything is gone."
He even speculated that maybe the previous world also had magic power, but it had not been discovered because it lacked a terminal like the witches.
"I heard that you can build a steam-powered ship without sails, faster than any sailboat." After Roland digested the news, Thunder continued, "So I want to ask you to build me such a large ship that can go against the sea breeze and against the current. Money is not a problem. Just name your price. "
After a long time, Roland said, "This kind of thing is indeed not a problem with the Golden Dragon... Rest assured, I will calculate the price according to the cost and invest the best technology to build the ship."
"Your Majesty, no, you don't have to..."
"Listen, it's not just about you. Exploring the unknown of the world is no less significant than changing the fate of mankind," he interrupted. "I will fully support your exploration. My only request is that you remember to tell me immediately if you find anything new."
The follow-up details of the discussion lasted for more than an hour, but it was difficult for Roland to calm down. Probably noticing this, Thunder got up and left after setting a time for the next meeting. The prince had been sitting at the desk, frowning and his emotions fluctuating.
"What's the matter?" Nightingale asked worriedly. "You look a little pale."
"Nothing …" Roland shook his head and let out a long sigh. "I just have a bad feeling."
"What is it?"
"Do you know about the elves?"
"Uh, you mean those small luminous bodies in the epic biographies, the things that fell from the sky to bring nourishment and recovery to all things on earth?"
"No, I'm talking about a kind of creature with pointy ears. Its body shape is similar to that of humans. It's elegant, agile, long-lived, and generally likes to live in the forest."
Nightingale thought for a moment and said, "I've never heard of it."
"I also saw it in a storybook," Roland said slowly. "This fictional species originally had footprints all over the continent, but they were gradually forced into the dense forest by the rise of human beings and were on the verge of extinction. Although they were smart, their numbers were far less than the large number of latecomers. Facing the allied forces of the human race, which was a hundred times larger than them, the elves had no power to fight back. Trapped in the wilderness, they became more and more backward. Even their technology was overtaken by human beings, and they finally became pets... What do you think of? "
Without waiting for Nightingale to answer, he went straight to the point. "We're like elves now."
As a member of the human race, Roland had always neglected this point. Now that he thought of it, he shuddered. Compared to the elves, human beings were indeed a fertile race, but it did not mean that they would always be the most fertile among the intelligent creatures. And now, human beings were the real minority. They were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. They were trapped in a corner of the continent by the demons and knew nothing about the outside world.
This was also the reason why he was determined to fully support Thunder in exploring the new sea. If they could not take a longer view, if they could not actively understand their own situation in the world, they could only be eliminated like the elves.
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