The girl who was listening to the conversation between the two was thinking differently.

The technological level of this world is clearly greater than that of the Western Middle Ages in real history. Come to think of it, for the sake of convenience when writing the original work, it is inevitable to introduce some objects that have only appeared in modern times in the plot. Now it seems that it was this casual act that saved her quality of life after the crossing: she didn't want to grope in the stinking aqua toilet at night when the lights were dark.

In both of the cities she had seen, the level of urban infrastructure was enough for her, a contemporary, to make ends meet. The French border city has wide roads, horse-drawn carts come and go, and people can be seen collecting public garbage cans on street corners.

Not to mention the Black Floating City of Palamedes. This is some kind of fantasy city similar to "Third New X Kyo". Last night, when the girl saw the glow of magic street lamps on half of the streets of the Floating City from the Mage Tower, her mind was in a state of flux.

In addition to people's livelihood facilities, the girl believes that high-end technology can better reflect the development level of a world. It's a pity that the girl doesn't know anything about the high-end knowledge of both worlds. However, judging from the daily work methods of Goth and Xiaowei, perhaps the strict management of modern laboratories does not exist in this world.

So where have they really got? 17th century? The First Industrial Revolution? Or is it more ......

The girl didn't know that in fact, she overestimated the level of development of the world.

The people's livelihood facilities in the French State are the most advanced in the cloud continent. Goth's spell lab is also among the best in this world. When ordinary mages came to this room, they were already overwhelmed by the variety of precious materials and equipment.

While many mages were still using cauldrons and clay pots, Goth and Viy—a family of mages like the Douglas family, to be exact—were able to use special magical centrifugal devices and even "high-temperature reactors" to process the casting materials. Those "ordinary" mages have to fight for their heads in order to be a squire here......

……

The spell preparation of the two mages was soon over. With the superior conditions, Xiaowei's work is also going very smoothly. She had a lot fewer spells to prepare than Goth, and she wasn't as strict as Goth's, so she ended earlier than Goth.

Goth and Xiaowei began to chat with each other again. To the girl's surprise, the two gradually stopped talking: Xiaowei couldn't help but emphasize the dignity and "style" of the mage, while Goth was full of sarcasm attitude towards all high-ranking mages.

"In the end, the results of Master Elrios' research are nothing more than a transformation of your own voice, so that you can speak dragon language better, or a heavy rain in a long-dry land, and finally accept the worship of the peasants, and you even have to tinker with horses and mules," Xiao Wei said angrily, "You have no great knowledge, but you have forgotten what is more important for a mage to be a mage." You no longer seek extraordinary wisdom and a personality that is beyond the earth......"

"There is nothing more important than this world," said Gort, nonchalantly, "and it is better to be a researcher of reason above all else than to pursue some ethereal 'transcendent wisdom.'" By the way, we are not tinkering with horses and mules, but breeding varieties where excrement naturally decomposes odorlessly. Do you like stinking streets? ”

And the opinion of the girl......

From the perspective of an earthling, she is still inclined to goth. "The artificial rain of the Master, you are worthy of trust" - this ability to call the wind and rain alone is enough for the senior masters to establish a stable regime. Think about it, using weather-controlling spells, the Mage Lords can make their territory weather and harvest poor. Over time, the peasants also relied more on the mages. Stable agricultural output, in turn, will boost population growth.

Speaking of which, how many people does this floating city have? How did they solve their water supply and food problems? The girl wanted to ask, but the thought that Goth had replied to her was probably a cold word "confidential" made the girl swallow back the question that came to her lips.

……

After a while, the argument between Goth and Xiaowei was finally over.

"Neither of us seems to be able to convince each other," Goth snorted, "and forget it." ”

"There's no point in arguing," Vigil said dissatisfied, "wasting our time." ”

"Speaking ......"

A mysterious smile suddenly appeared on Goth's face.

"Your wounds have healed," he said, "and you should go out for a walk." I have a suggestion. ”

"What?"

"There's a show in the city's theater tonight," said Goth, blinkingly, "and they've reserved a place for me in the box." Unfortunately, I had important work to do. If you don't mind...... This position is yours. ”

"Hmm......" Xiaowei looked very interested.

[Replace me.] The girl in Xiaowei's inner world is interrupted.

[Okay......]

"There is a big loophole in your words," the girl grinned, and directly crossed Erlang's legs in the chair, "As a dignified 'apostle', your position in this city is extremely noble. Theater? Obligate? No kidding, let whoever you want, and choose whichever seat you want. Even if you directly ask them to suspend the performance, they will have to listen obediently. ”

"Substitution?" Goth was stunned for a second by the change in girlishness, "Well—it's you, Victoria. You don't talk as easily as Xiaowei. ”

[Huh? Xiao Wei, who had just quarreled with Goth, felt confused, [What does he mean? 】

[Probably you're particularly easy to deceive.] 】

[Really ......]

[Well, he didn't mean to. The girl was comforted, but she secretly praised what Goth said.

"Although the survival of this black floating city is not yet known to the public, the leaders of the major forces on the continent have learned of our existence. There are some countries that have unleashed goodwill ...... on us"

The girl listened boredly to his formulaic political speeches, waiting for him to get to the point.

"Among the nations willing to restore contact with our Black Floating City is the Grexia Empire. If one of the three poles of the continent is willing to admit us, it will ...... us in the Black Floating City," Goethe continued, as he spoke.

"The Empire may just covet your magical powers." But the girl did not intend to accompany him on.

"Uh...... Well," Goth blinked, "you're right. But the Floating City does need to repair its relationship with the Empire. And you, Victoria, do you too. You're a Mystic Warrior, and I'd love you to join us, but you'll probably enjoy spending more time with other Imperial Mystic Warriors. At the very least, you should try to build a good relationship with them. ”

"So what?" The girl glanced at him, "What does this have to do with tonight's opera?" ”

"A secret imperial mission is visiting the city. Some of the members will be watching a performance at the city's theater tonight. They invited me and the other 'apostles', but they didn't know if we would show up, they just reserved a place for me in the box. You can use this box with them. ”

"I think it's very rude for you, as an 'apostle,' not to show up and have an unrelated person present on your behalf." The girl said softly.

"I can't be there in person, and I don't want to!" "But I can't leave the box empty too much." We need some decent and noble people to fill the theater, and in this war-torn city, to be honest, even the theater is back in place for the first time in years, let alone a good enough audience to enjoy the show. ”

The girl nodded slightly. Goth's words do have some truth. But for some reason, I always felt that something was wrong.

The girl was still hesitating, but Xiao Wei in her inner world said eagerly, "I really want to see the performance of the Black Floating City." 】

[Okay, okay,] The girl responded helplessly, [I'm really convinced of you.] Actually, she also wanted to see what the performance of the world, the Black Floating City, was like, but she always felt that Got had something to do.

"I'll go." The girl said.

Goeth smiled brightly.

"Great." He said.

He took out a parchment note from his pocket: "Hand this note to the doorman when the time comes." Someone will lead you to your seat. Remember, the show starts at half past seven, so you'd better not be late. ”