Let's see …
Maggie's expression was a little stiff as she looked at the 'princess' in front of her. She, who was used to the conventional way of thinking, could not follow Rebecca's rhythm at all. After confirming that she did not hear wrong, she felt a little annoyed.
Let's see!
Is she treating me like some kind of rare animal, an interesting landscape?!
Maggie had a certain resistance to her dragon form because of her physical deformity. At this moment, when she heard Rebecca's words, which sounded like a brainless request of a noble child, Maggie felt her blood vessels throbbing all over her body. However, her rationality forced her to suppress the anger in her heart. After all, the girl in front of her was the legal heir of the new empire. Even her mistress had to be polite when facing the princess. So, she suppressed her emotions and tried to use a calm tone to ask, "Why do you want to see my dragon form?"
Unfortunately, the careless Rebecca did not feel the change in Maggie's emotions at all. If she could feel the emotional changes of others, she would not have been beaten up so often. The maiden just continued to smile happily and brightly. "I want to fly too!"
Maggie's following words were condensed into six dots and a question mark. "…?"
Then, as the black dragon lady was even more confused and stunned, Rebecca suddenly took out a large scroll out of nowhere and shook it in front of Maggie. It was a hand-drawn mechanical design with a lot of runic array patterns.
In the next second, Rebecca directly spread the design on the ground and excitedly explained in front of Maggie, who was dumbfounded. "Look at this. Oh, this is not an awl. This is the aircraft I designed. The ring below is called the anti-gravity ring. It can provide a lift. It's already done. It's very stable. Next is the magic wing board … You know the magic wing board, right? It's also on the warship. This is the aircraft version I designed … Hey, can you squat down? Can you see it clearly if you stand up? "
Maggie thought about the etiquette of attendants that she had mastered, including how the attendants should accompany the nobles when they were standing and how the attendants should accompany the nobles when they were sitting. However, what if the nobles squatted down in the middle of the courtyard... there seemed to be no corresponding rules...
Because nobles in their right mind would not squat on the ground in public!
After thinking carefully, Maggie squatted down beside Rebecca. After all, it was Rebecca who spoke first …
"That's right." Rebecca looked at Maggie happily, her fingers moving on the strange conical machine on the drawing. "I've referred to the anti-gravity technology of the elves. Their levitating spell is 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, only reverse gravity. This is different from the repulsion trick. If the force field of the anti-gravity ring tilted, it will not get a tilted propulsion, but directly out of control............
"I've also studied how the Starry Temple of the elves flies, but it's too complicated. It's a device called 'wave engine'. Each propulsion unit is bigger than a house! The key is that there are many structures that even the elves don't understand and can't dismantle. It's said that it's their ancestor's technology. No one knows how to fix it. You can say that it's useless if you dismantle it. I wanted to let them try dismantling it, but it doesn't seem right … "
Maggie suddenly said in her heart: You just asked me to try it out, and you think it's right?
Rebecca was still nagging. As long as it was in the field of technology, she seemed to have endless words. "… I've found a mage who knows how to fly, but their flying spells are simply 'feeling'. It can't be transferred to the machine at all. I also designed a 'fireball pulse propulsion' method, but it was rejected by Auntie. She said that it's easy to blow up her own people. A magician under me also came up with a plan to use wind runes to create a flow of air to propel it. It barely works, but the power is pitiful. The prototype is just crawling … But then again, I always feel that although this flow of air propulsion method is not very useful now, it may be a good thing in the future. If we can solve the problem of power …"
Maggie heard that the princess was getting further and further away from the topic. She had reached a point where she could not understand at all. She quickly interrupted, "Your Highness, what you said … Does it have anything to do with me?"
"Ah? You … "Rebecca was stunned for a moment before she reacted." Ah, yes, it has something to do with me! How do you dragons fly? "
"Of course, with wings …"
"But your wings can neither provide enough lift nor enough propulsion, right?" Rebecca was full of curiosity. "Your wings are indeed big, but your body is even bigger. And more importantly, I've seen how you Dragons accelerate and stop. It was a blue dragon. When she accelerated, there was an obvious force field on the edge of her wings. Then, with a flash of magic light, she accelerated to the point where the eyes could not catch up with her. During the process, she only flapped her wings once … This is not a speed that can be achieved by flapping her wings."
Maggie looked at Rebecca in astonishment. She had almost forgotten her initial words of "let's see how you do it." She realized that the reckless princess in front of her did not have any malice at all, nor was she making an unreasonable request on a whim. She was studying something, something that she could not understand but had extraordinary significance. And the princess had devoted herself to this research.
"I heard from Master Kamal that dragons don't just rely on flapping their wings to fly." Rebecca did not notice the change in Maggie's expression. She continued excitedly, "You are actually using your 'magic power' to create some kind of force field, and then glide through the ripples of the magic power. So you can fly very, very high, even to the clouds where the air is very thin, and that is a height that no human mage or bird can reach …" Rebecca did not notice the change in Maggie's expression but continued excitedly, "You are actually using your 'magic power' to create some kind of force field, and then using the force field to glide rapidly between the ripples of magic power. So you can fly very, very high, even to the clouds where the air is very thin.
"I want to refer to the way Dragons fly and create a device that can glide in the ripples of magic power. If your magic system can also be compatible with runic logic … maybe I can also fly!"
Suddenly, Maggie recalled a sentence she had read in a book in her hometown: Dragons can soar in the sky with the waves of magic power, and even reach the end of the sky and the top of the atmosphere. There, they are only one step away from leaving the planet. Therefore, they are qualified to be called the masters of the sky, because under the sky, no creature can fly higher than them.
She took a deep breath and nodded slowly. "You're right. Dragons don't fly by stirring up the air. In other words, stirring up the air is just a supplementary method for us to adjust our direction and sense the environment. Our true driving force for flight is magic …"
As her voice trailed off, the black-haired maid slightly raised her left hand. In the air behind her, a giant black wing suddenly emerged from the void and flapped slightly in the air.
The giant wing was smaller than her fully dragonized wing, but it still made Rebecca's eyes widen.
Rebecca saw many faint magic runes on the edge of the giant black wing, and lines of magic power faintly appeared between the skeleton and the veins of the giant wing.
"Turning into a dragon in the castle courtyard will cause a lot of trouble, but I can project part of my body," Maggie said slowly. She felt a little impulsive. After all, this was the courtyard of the Silver Castle. Although there was no one around, there must be many guards and attendants who could see what was happening here. But she was a little bit enjoying the feeling now … Except for the time when she left her hometown, she had not done anything impulsive for too long. "You can see it if you want, but it may not be complete."
Yes, the runes on Maggie's wing were not complete.
Rebecca just glanced at it and realized that there was something wrong with the black dragon's wing — part of its edge was incomplete, and the main skeleton also showed signs of atrophy and deformity, as if it suddenly stopped growing halfway, and then was violently destroyed by an external force. Such a miserable appearance … No wonder Maggie had a grudge against her dragon form.
And this incomplete wing undoubtedly caused the runic array to be incomplete.
Rebecca's eyes swept between the runes and the magic lines, and finally slowly retracted. "I see it …"
Maggie waved her hand and retracted part of the projected limb, then shook her head. "Sorry, I only have these incomplete parts, so if you want to study the flying ability of a Giant Dragon, it's best to find a real, healthy Giant Dragon. I'm not a qualified research subject."
"… The ancestors said that unless it's necessary, it's best not to do business with Giant Dragons. They are stingy and greedy," Rebecca said with a serious face. "And I don't think the average Giant Dragon would be willing to do research with me, right?"
"Stingy and greedy …" Maggie blinked. Suddenly, she could not help but laugh out loud. She laughed very happily. "Haha, you're right. They are indeed stingy and greedy … And those proud and healthy dragons are indeed not willing to accompany you in your research. After all, they are going to be studied …"
"I think your rune samples are enough," Rebecca continued. "Any runic array that can operate has a certain self-explaining and self-supplementing property. This property is also a common reference property used by the Rune Research Institute to exclude invalid structures in traditional magic arrays. I'll go back and borrow a few experts from Jenny. Maybe we can complete your missing runes and restore those parts that are stacked and distorted due to deformity. In theory, as long as we can restore 70% of the runes, we can make the first generation of usable prototypes. Things like machines and equipment need to be perfected slowly … "
Speaking of this, Rebecca thought for a moment and suddenly became happy. "And maybe we can make a set of things that you can use!"
"Things that I can use?" Maggie did not understand for a moment. "What things?"
"Try to repair your wings." Rebecca's thoughts were wild. "People with disabilities can use prosthetics. Although it's inconvenient, you can still stand up. Maybe we can make a mechanical wing for you. Although it's not easy to use, at least it can let you fly. I heard that you have to rely on extra air flow or glide from a cliff to take off, right? If we succeed, maybe you can fly on flat ground with your own strength! "
Maggie opened her eyes wide and looked at Rebecca in a daze.
What a wild idea and optimistic imagination. How many years had it been since she had such a dream?
After a few seconds of being stunned, Rebecca's voice suddenly came from the side. "Hey, Maggie, why are you not talking? Are you scared by my idea? "
"No, I'm just … Well, I'm a little scared," Maggie said helplessly. She felt that the calm temperament she had tried so hard to maintain for so many years was quickly shattered in front of the maverick princess, but she did not have the slightest regret. "Your idea is very bold, but it is not easy to realize. The runes on our bodies are not the same as the runes commonly used by humans. They are the basic elements of the dragon language …" Maggie said, feeling a little helpless.
"We have already deciphered the runic language of the elves, and we don't mind adding the Draconic Runes. No matter what system it is, at least the mathematics is unified," Rebecca said confidently. "And as far as I know, the earliest magic of humans was created by referring to the patterns on the demonic beasts in nature. The earliest 'Ancestral Runes' were the natural patterns on the demonic beasts. Since our ancestors had succeeded once on the demonic beasts, why can't we, the modern people with modern tools, succeed again?"
Maggie looked at Rebecca for a while and could not help but smile. "You're almost treating the Dragons and the monsters as the same. If other Dragons hear this, I'm afraid they'll fight."
"… Wow!"
"But please don't worry, I know you didn't mean it."
"Oh, that's good." Rebecca quickly patted her chest. "Don't mind me. Sometimes I don't think before I speak. Aunt and the ancestors always say that I'll be beaten sooner or later, but I just can't change it …"
Maggie looked at Rebecca with a smile. What a lovely girl. She had thought that Rebecca was a brainless and rude aristocrat, which was incredible.
"Would you like to go back to Cecil City with me?" Rebecca continued to blabber. "My research facilities are there …"
"I need to get the permission of the mistress first," Maggie thought. "As far as I know, she will stay in the north for the time being."
"Then I'll go and talk to her. I'll take it that you agree!"
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