This ancient yet young country had survived a disaster that was like being reborn from the ashes. Although the road ahead was still shrouded in a layer of haze, a ray of sunlight had already pierced through the layers of clouds and landed on this land that was glowing with vitality.
In the city of Cecil, the atmosphere before the celebration was getting more and more intense. Colorful flags had already been hung on a few main streets, and the city workers were hanging red and green ribbons on the street lamps and buildings facing the streets. Children were waving the ribbons that they had picked up from the side of the road, laughing all the way through the wide concrete streets. There were also citizens in brand-new clothes talking about the latest news on the streets. Some were smiling, some were serious.
Paperboys with bags on their backs ran through the streets, loudly hawking the latest issue of Cecil Weekly or other newspapers. The newspapers that exuded the fragrance of ink poked their heads out of their bags, and the large headlines were exceptionally eye-catching.
Ansu Royalty Peace Ends, Saint Sunil Temporary Government Office Announces to the Entire Territory: The Great Cecil Empire is About to be Established.
Magic Technology Research Institute, third floor of the main building. Bell looked at the paperboys running through the streets, retracted his gaze, smiled, and shook his head. "These children selling newspapers are going to be happy these days. Big news is coming one after another."
A tall, slightly balding man shrugged. "There are also taverns and chess rooms that are going to be happy. Countless' newspaper clerks' and 'radio administrative officers' are discussing the future there every day. I can no longer find a place to quietly spend my time after work."
"It's already a problem for you to go to taverns and chess rooms to find peace." Cohen glanced at this colleague. "I suggest you try the new 'café' on Golden Yarn Street. It's opened by a northerner. The environment is not bad, and the drinks are also very … novel."
The two researchers chatted, but their conversation was quickly interrupted. The door of the laboratory was suddenly pushed open, and a lively voice came from the door. "Yo! Good morning, everyone! Are we ready for today's test? "
Rebecca, with her hair in braids, greeted them as she walked into the laboratory. Her braids swayed behind her head as she walked, and she was surrounded by a joyful atmosphere. In fact, she had been this joyful for a long time recently.
Those who were familiar with her knew the reason for her jubilation: her ancestor was personally leading the expedition, her aunt was in charge of the government office, and both elders were swamped with work. The Marquess (and still the Marquess) was in charge of all matters of the magical technology department. Moreover, due to the wartime policy of double priority for research and military, the magical technology department's recent funding approvals were very adequate. For Rebecca, who often had astounding ideas, such a life was practically a dream.
She had been out of control for almost two months, and it seemed that she would continue to be out of control for a while.
Grand Consul Heti might have a headache when she saw Rebecca in this state, but the people working in the research department were very happy to see their minister (director) in this state. This was because Rebecca, when out of control, always had a sharp mind. Recently, the progress of several research projects had been quite good. Of course, this was due to the joint efforts of the researchers, but Rebecca's leadership was also indispensable.
"Miss Rebecca." Cohen bowed with a smile on his face. "Everything is ready. We can start at any time."
"Not bad, not bad." Rebecca maintained her joyful smile as she went straight to the large platform in the center of the laboratory. A large variety of magical devices were placed around the platform, and on the platform was a metal ring-shaped device about two meters in diameter and a palm in width, with a large number of runes and crystals inlaid on the surface.
The team members gathered around and went to their work stations. The tall, slightly balding man adjusted the energy supply of the experimental platform as he asked casually, "Miss Rebecca, you saw today's newspaper … Ah, you must have heard the news before the newspaper, right?"
As soon as he said this, the magicians around him stopped what they were doing and looked very interested. They leaned in slightly and pricked up their ears. However, Rebecca, who was the center of attention, was stunned. "Ah? I didn't see it … Mr. Marlin, what news? "
Cohen had an 'I knew it' look on his face. He held his forehead a little helplessly and reminded her. "It's about the Cecil Empire … You should know that the Ansu monarchy has ended."
"… Oh!" Rebecca suddenly reacted after two seconds. She clapped her hands and said, "Yes! I heard Aunt Heti mention it at dinner last night … She said something else … But at that time, my head was full of formulas and I didn't remember it … "
"You …" The slightly balding magician, Marlin, opened his mouth but suddenly found that he did not know what to say. This was supposed to be a good 'topic between work', but the unexpected reaction of the person involved made the topic awkward. He had to beat around the bush and remind her. "Maybe we will have to call you Your Highness soon …"
Rebecca thought for a while and thought for another two seconds.
"Ah, that seems to be the case …" She finally came to her senses and recalled that Aunt Heidi had told her a lot of topics about learning etiquette again, learning grammar again, history again and so on. Gradually, her expression became more and more interesting.
"No … No one said that princesses have to learn etiquette again, right?" Rebecca's eyes widened like a frightened rabbit. She nervously said to Marlin, "You're the nephew of Viscount Leslie, you know that, right?"
"This … I don't know even if you ask me …" Marlin did not know whether to laugh or cry. Was he really the only person in this laboratory other than Rebecca? He was the only one with a noble bloodline other than Cecil, but this was only because he had an uncle who was a viscount. How could he answer the question of Rebecca, who was about to become a 'princess'? However, on second thought, considering the rumors about this successor of Cecil, and considering that she was almost a laughing stock in the noble circle of the southern border, it was not incomprehensible for her to ask him a question. "There's probably no need to learn it again … After all, the noble system has been completely reformed. The various systems of the 'Empire' must be new too. The old noble etiquette is probably not that important anymore."
Rebecca immediately let out a sigh of relief. "That's good …"
Marlin thought for a moment and added, "But the old ones don't need to be learned again, and the new ones must be learned now …"
Rebecca was speechless.
To be honest, at this moment, she was almost scared out of her wits. It was the high cost of the many sophisticated equipment in the laboratory and the memory of her aunt's hammer that calmed her down.
"Let's … not talk about this anymore …" The future princess of the Empire abruptly cut off the topic, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand. "Let's … let's start the experiment."
Seeing her reaction, the magicians tactfully stopped the topic and began to skillfully prepare for the next experiment.
Although with the gradual application of immersion cabin technology, more and more immersion cabin equipment was put into use, and more and more elite researchers could enter the virtual space of the 'Origin Laboratory' to conduct experiments, the virtual laboratory had the limit of simulation after all. The tests in the real world were still necessary in the middle and late stages of many experimental projects, especially when it came to the less' physical 'projects such as complex rune laws and black box spell reassembly, such practical tests were very important.
According to experience, such projects in the Origin Laboratory had the biggest 'deviation from reality'.
Under the skillful cooperation and operation of the project team members, the surface of the platform in the center of the laboratory gradually shimmered with runes. All kinds of detection, control, and recording devices around the platform were ready, and the ring-shaped metal device on the platform trembled slightly as it was filled with magic power and emitted a very faint and pleasant sound.
"Okay, the prototype anti-gravity ring, the total number of tests is 627, and the twelfth test in reality." Rebecca stood by the experimental platform. When everything began, her expression had become serious, and she gave instructions in a steady voice. "Maintain the magic field and check the ring."
"The anti-gravity ring has begun to operate, the current load is normal, and the rune interference is within the safe range." Cohen quickly checked the monitoring device in front of him. The monitoring device was a thin crystal plate set up next to the platform, and the plate was enchanted with the spell effect of Distortion Detection and Mana Retroaction. It could observe the distribution of magic on the experimental platform and show the signs of magic going out of control in time. "It has begun to lift … It's very stable."
Rebecca stared at the experimental platform and said, "Slowly release the restraining lock."
An operator immediately responded, "Yes, release the restraining lock."
There was a slight click under the experimental platform, and then several locking devices that were firmly fixed to the metal ring were released little by little. The metal ring with complex runes began to rise gradually, and several strong steel cables were still fixed under the metal ring to ensure the safety of the whole process.
The anti-gravity ring rose to a position about half a meter above the platform and stabilized there.
However, no one in the laboratory relaxed, and their expressions became more serious and nervous.
"The levitation spell is in effect, and the anti-gravity field has stabilized." Cohen continued to report the situation. "The rune interference is within the safe range."
"Test the load."
Several steel cables were gradually tightened, and the anti-gravity ring above the platform moved up and down a little, but soon it stabilized again.
"The load is increased to 220 kilograms, and it's still stable."
"Maintain the load first," Rebecca said as she checked the status of the various devices. "Next … let's try to make it move. Marlin, move horizontally, and be careful. "
Marlin? Leslie nodded and took a small breath. Then he began to carefully control part of the rune structure engraved on the anti-gravity ring through the non-contact magic field. He tried to change the direction of the anti-gravity field and reset the load of the ring to achieve a horizontal movement.
The anti-gravity ring made a slight buzzing sound, and the runes on the surface rippled like flowing water. Then it trembled slightly and began to move to the side.
Rebecca opened her eyes wide and almost held her breath as she watched all this.
The next second, the surface of the ring suddenly flashed, and the entire metal structure made an ear-piercing sound as it trembled violently. Then it suddenly rose —
"Pa, pa —"
With a series of explosions, the hooks connecting the steel cables to the ring broke, and the anti-gravity ring flew to the ceiling with a strong flash. With a "peng" sound, it solidly hit the ceiling.
Rebecca reacted the moment the ring went out of control. She slapped the emergency stop button beside the experiment table and cut off the magic field supply to the ring. However, everything happened too quickly, and the ring had already hit the ceiling. Even if the energy supply was cut off and the runes on the ring's surface dimmed, it did not fall down.
It had already been embedded.
Dust fell from the laboratory, and the group of magicians dodged the debris falling from the sky. When the dust finally settled, the group of dusty people returned to the experiment table and looked up at the anti-gravity ring inlaid on the ceiling in a daze.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
After a while, Cohen Bell belled. "At least … we now know that the limit of this thing's lift is very high after it's overloaded, although it can only be maintained for a moment …"
"Maybe we should change to stronger hooks and steel cables …" Marlin added.
"A flying device that can only go up and down is not useful at all …" An assistant researcher muttered softly, but because the laboratory was very quiet to begin with, everyone heard her muttering.
"Maybe we should try my original plan." Rebecca thought for a moment, pinched her chin and said, "Shooting a big fireball behind while flying, although it's a little slow and consumes a lot of energy …"
Cohen immediately broke out in cold sweat and tried to dissuade her. "Your plan is more dangerous than losing control of the anti-gravity ring, and I'm afraid Madam Heti will not agree to it …"
"Auntie is not in the technical department … Okay." Rebecca hung her head halfway and sighed. "Let's clean up here and sort out the information. We will study what went wrong. Also, let's go back and see if there are any safer alternatives. "
After that, she looked up and glanced at the metal ring inlaid on the ceiling.
"Cohen, you find a way to … pull it off. Also, who wants to go upstairs with me? Let's go and tell Master Kamel that there was no explosion this time … No one? Okay, I'll go by myself … "
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