Chapter 77: Launching Ceremony (part two)
When I noticed, I was a dragon.
……Or at least that was what I couldn’t help thinking from the view that was spreading before me.
Under the expanse of the sky which continued until the edge of horizon, ‘I’ turned swiftly while receiving the wind on ‘my’ wings.
It wasn’t only my sense of vision, but I could also feel the wind pressure struck my skin and wings, and hear the sound of the whirlwind.
Furthermore, I was still holding hands with Auguste on the deck of the aircraft carrier.
Surely, Auguste used the unusual power of Theurge, but—
What should I do, somehow the information flowing into my brain was too much for me to handle.
“Oops, sorry. I unintentionally transfer the entire thing.
I will reduce it a bit over to my direction.”
Along with Auguste’s words, the burden suddenly became lighter.
At the same time, the tactile and auditory senses of the dragon disappeared and only kept the visual information.
It felt like I was looking over the sky from a camera attached to a dragon.
In the meantime, the position of the camera gradually lowered backwards and became a viewpoint straddling the back of the dragon’s neck.
“How about now?”
“Waa……Auguste-sama!?”
In a position that embraced me from behind, Auguste was also sitting there.
It was like a two-seater ride on a horse.
I rode on top of the dragon unknowingly, but it didn’t feel like it, my hair and dress didn’t flutter at all.
Perhaps this ‘me’ and ‘Auguste’ were only images that were not substantive to make it easier for the senses to be muted.
“An ancient dragon in the sky above this city lent me his eyes.
It seems that he was the Throne of the King of the olden days, in other words my ancestor, and he missed that time terribly.
I cannot take you to ride on top of a dragon with the real body, but there is a method like this.”
“I think that this is very wonderful.”
“Let’s try to lower the altitude. Knot Reed seen from the sky is also beautiful.”
In the span of a few seconds, the dragon with our images on top rotated his body and moved in an inverted flight.
The dragon started a steep descent with a movement like diving into the sea of clouds through the back.
Piercing through a layer of thick clouds, the visibility became clear at once.
A beautiful jade-colored canal rings spread below us, forming a geometrical figure.
The irregularly arranged orange roofs, when viewed from above Knot Reed, seemed like crystals.
The way the large and small boats traveling through the canals and bays made me feel like I was currently looking into an elaborate machine.
The light of the lighthouse could be seen through the mist that was hanging over the sea in intervals.
Lots of wagons and people were crowding in the Town of All Kinds of Goods, and it seemed that it was also prospering today.
“Since this is a rare moment, take a look at whatever you like. I will focus it for you.”
“Yes.”
Prompted by Auguste, I concentrated on the visual information.
First of all, this.
Find a ship that stood out among the many ships floating in the bay.
The new aircraft carrier we were riding.
As if nestling close to the new aircraft carrier, another slightly smaller aircraft was beside it.
Compared to the old model, the new type seemed to be two or three times larger.
I could see myself and Auguste on the other side.
It was a strange feeling to see my own figure from the sky with my own eyes.
There were also the figures of Tirnanog and Palug at our feet.
I waved my hand reflexively, but when I thought about it carefully, the other side should only be able to see the dragon.
“Do you understand the trick?”
“Yes. Somehow.”
“That’s nice, so let’s try it quickly.”
I took a closer look at the city of Knot Reed as I was told.
After a few seconds of staring, the vision zoomed in to the distance at once as if I were right above the crowd of people.
Even if the time lag due to Auguste’s response was subtracted, the eyes of a dragon were frighteningly high-function.
I looked at Water Palace which was easy to find at the moment.
It was a beautiful building even from the sky.
Perhaps Harold’s father, Earl Nibelheim, was running around somewhere inside, but as expected I couldn’t see through the building.
In the square in front of the palace, the monks who seemed to live in the nearby church were playing with the neighborhood’s children.
I moved to the guild hall which was the next conspicuous building.
Bernhard, the notary public, was in the square in front of the guild hall and was stopping a horse-drawn carriage.
It seemed that the man who was steering the horse carriage was the elderly coachman who was said to be favored by Turm family.
When Bernhard got into the carriage, he removed his pince-nez and polished it with a cloth.
I couldn’t read the documents on his lap, but were they related to Earl Nibelheim as well?
As I kept following the canal, I arrived at Barker Street.
I saw a woman with red braid pursuing a barrel that seemed to have been thrown off balance.
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