Over the years of the human world, Maggie had imagined more than once what it would be like to meet her father again.

None of her imaginations were different from what she was looking for.

The black dragon covered in mechanical armor stared at Sir Gorosh standing in front of him, and the magic crystal lamps around the park lit up the entire square, and after the subtle awkwardness of the father and daughter meeting again was resolved by a small accident, Maggie found that her mood was not as tense as she had imagined.

She even laughed again: "I'm going to apply for repairs here tomorrow, father—the pit you're stepping on is a big problem." ”

Sir Golosh spread his hands: "At least it's not all my problem. ”

Maggie was stunned, and after two seconds of stunnedness, she looked at her father in surprise: "Are you kidding?" ”

"I've been learning with Sir Cosimir for a long time......," said Gorosh with a hint of embarrassment, "after you've left...... I don't think when you come home that your father is as rigid as a rock, and you can't even hear jokes......"

The black dragon's long, giant tail suddenly and unconsciously swayed in the clearing, and the cuticle cut a string of bright sparks on the solid ground.

"Looks like you're doing well in the human world," Sir Gorosh coughed lightly, looking up at his daughter, "the Cecil have made you such an amazing suit of armor, more amazing than any king or knight's armor, it must have been no easy task to make. ”

"This is the Wings of Steel, it allows congenitally deformed dragons to fly freely," Maggie shook her neck slightly, her upper body armor plates floating with layers of light, "You're right, it took a lot of manpower and material resources to make it, but it wasn't for me alone - it's just the first set of Wings of Steel." ”

"First set of ......" Sir Gorosh immediately picked up the hidden meaning from Maggie's words, and his eyes widened, "You mean, Cecil designed this armor for all Dragonborns, it's a ...... Mass-produced products? ”

Having just come into contact with Gawain Cecil's investment plans and trade plans, Jazz's thinking immediately turned to the direction of "commodities".

"You can understand it that way," Maggie nodded slightly, "but this is not in the list of regular trade, His Majesty Gawain is aware of some of the constraints of the Holy Dragon Duchy, so this set of armor is currently just a 'gift' for me, and I show it to you in this way in the hope that you can judge whether it can appear in front of the Grand Duke Baloger." If it can, the Steel Wings will start mass production, and if not, then there will always be only this set of Steel Wings in the world. ”

Sir Gorosh listened to his daughter's words with astonishment and thought, and after more than ten seconds of contemplation, he finally broke his silence: "...... Maggie, Cecil has given me too many surprises and shocks, and now this one is the biggest one of them.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to give you an answer right away...... It's amazing, and you know, it's blatantly challenging the traditional order of the Holy Dragon Principality, and if it's really producing, you and I can imagine it - young dragonborns will probably have it at any cost and fly freely among the sacred mountains of the north. It is true that some changes are taking place in the Principality right now, and we are even actively engaging with the human world and trading with the South, but that doesn't mean that we are ready to break all traditions. ”

This answer was not a surprise to Maggie, she just regretted it and sighed in regret: "I knew it would be like this. The Holy Dragon Principality has countless traditions and taboos, but there are always some traditions that will change over the centuries, only the taboo of the sky...... It has never changed. Father, I wonder what is in the sky that we creatures with wings are so resistant to it. ”

“…… When I was younger, I was as curious as you were," Sir Gorosh shook his head after silence, "but His Majesty Baloger and the Dragon's Blood Council will tell you that the highest taboo is the supreme taboo, including asking the reason for the taboo itself is taboo. Maggie, as a courtier of His Majesty Baloger and as your father, I can only tell you that there is only 'tolerance' behind this taboo, and that is that you can fly at least south of the mountains of the Far North. ”

"...... south of the mountains of the Far North?" Maggie noticed this strange limitation and couldn't help but repeat it in a low voice, "Why south of the Far North Mountains?" Is the north side ...... What's the matter? ”

Sir Gorosh sighed and told a secret that only some of the upper dragonborns knew: "That's the direction of Talrond. ”

Maggie was stunned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Sir Gorosh shook his head, "Regardless, I will still tell the Grand Duke of Baloger about the Iron Wings, and for whatever reason, this matter must be known to the Grand Duke of Dragonblood and the Dragon-Blood Council." I would also like to express my gratitude to His Majesty Gawain Cecil for this gift to you, and for taking into account the traditional taboos of the Duchy of the Holy Dragon. Humans have mastered the technology to make these steel wings, but they don't directly use them for profit, but let you ask for my opinion, as two alien races that have never crossed paths, I think this is a considerable degree of respect. ”

Sir Golosh's response stiffened the atmosphere between father and daughter, and the two fell silent and fell into their own thoughts, but soon, Maggie asked another question: "Father, if there is a certain degree of supervision and restraint among the young dragonborns, who only operate in the southern human kingdom and only use the Iron Wings within the prescribed range, do you think the Dragonblood Council and the Grand Guild will allow it?" ”

Sir Gorosh had obviously not thought in this direction before, and his face couldn't help but be a little stunned, and after a brief reaction, he frowned: "You mean to let the young Dragonborn come to Cecil just to experience flying with these mechanical armors?" This ......"

"Strictly speaking, it's an international student, father," Maggie immediately corrected Sir Golosh's statement, "the people-to-people communication channel between Cecil and the Duchy of the Holy Dragon, as well as the official channel for international students, are they about to open?" Then the Dragonborns who came to Cecil naturally broke away from the 'no-fly zone' of the Far North Mountains, and just like me, it was obviously not against the traditional taboo to fly with the Iron Wings - ah, for the two countries it wasn't even a 'trade', Cecil was just producing these devices on his own land, not selling them to the North, and the Dragonborns were just experiencing some 'local projects' on Cecil's land......"

Maggie's quick words made Sir Golosh's eyes widen and widen, and at last he was even a little dumbfounded, until Maggie's words fell, and the sir looked at his daughter with a strange expression: "Maggie, you ...... Where did you learn such a weird ...... Idea? You weren't ...... before."

Maggie opened her mouth: "I ......"

"My child, you have learned so much in the human world, and learned their cunning as well, that you are even a bit like Lady Azalena in this respect," Gorosh said in a somewhat sneering tone, "Your way of thinking is almost like that of a human now!" ”

Not far away, Asarena, who maintained the soundproof barrier, suddenly shouted dissatisfiedly: "Hey! I'm just standing here and listening! ”

Maggie winked at Golosh, "Father, no matter how I think, at least what I'm saying is logical, isn't it?" ”

"I ......" Golosh hesitated for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders helplessly and wryly, "Well, from a certain point of view, it does. I'll think about it and tell the Grand Duke. ”

Then he frowned and said to Maggie, "Son, we haven't seen each other in years, don't you want to talk to me about anything other than these topics?" You...... Don't you really want to go home? ”

Maggie was silent for a few seconds, then lowered her huge head slightly, and uttered something that Sir Gorosh had thought she would never hear: "Father, I acted impulsively. ”

Sir was stunned, and for a whole minute, he stood there quietly like a sculpture, with a look of surprise on his face, until Azarena coughed not far away, and the middle-aged dragonborn woke up like a dream, and subconsciously said, "So, you have to ......"

Maggie shook her head slightly: "Father, I ran away out of impulse, but I stayed in the human world for so many years, but it was not impulsive. Father, I am no longer a child, and I have my own identity and duty here, and I cannot walk away with it, either in the presence of His Majesty Gawain or in the presence of the Archduchess of Victoria. And...... I will also face an awkward situation when I return to the Holy Dragon Principality now, as you should know, after all, I am not a natural Dragon Seal Witch, and I do not have a more special bloodline other than being your daughter.

"The Dragon's Blood Council will definitely hold me accountable for breaking the taboo in the first place."

In the midst of the calm narration, the memories of the past years also passed by Maggie's memories.

Many years ago, when he jumped off the Dragon Leap Cliff, he was too young a child, protected by his family and protected by the mountains, and many of the ideas at that time seem a little ridiculous now—whether it is the yearning for the sky, or the pursuit of so-called "freedom", those simple and strong thoughts that once sounded simple and strong can stir the heart of a young dragonborn, but after many years, they inevitably seem naïve and reckless.

After all these years of ups and downs, she has become more and more aware that the "ambitions" she had when she jumped off the Dragon Leaping Cliff were actually very small in this complex and difficult world, in this unsafe world, there were wars, deaths, the desperate struggle between the dark sects and the gods, and the turbulent waves caused by the changes of the times.

The "Outer World" is not all romance and epic as imagined, but more often than not, it is the hunger and cold of falling at the foot of the northern mountains, the despair and embarrassment of facing the Crystal Cluster Legion, and the helplessness of facing the change of foreign dynasties.

But it is precisely because these storms and storms have faded the impulsiveness and recklessness of their youth that the dragonborn who jumped off the Dragon Leap Cliff back then are now unable to leave this "new home" as rashly as they did when they left home.

"I am now an Air Force Instructor of the Cecil Empire, a senior advisor to several aircraft projects at the Imperial Magic Technique Research Institute, and a deputy to Archconsul Victoria and a royal advisor to His Majesty Gawain, which is equivalent to your position in front of Grand Duke Baloger. I was in a hurry to leave home, but by the time I came to my senses, I had taken root in the human world and I had to stay here—whether out of duty or affection, or for the glory of the Dragonborn. ”

Sir Gorosh was silent for a long time, and finally all the words turned into a wry smile: "I...... Understood, you're right.

"But Maggie, even for these reasons, you can go home and see, just as I have the opportunity to come here and meet you as a courtier.

"The Holy Dragon Principality is establishing normal diplomacy with the Cecil Empire, the gates of the northern mountains are about to be opened, we will exchange ambassadors with the humans, we will open civil passages, and open long-term trade routes, Maggie, as long as these passages are opened, the Principality will no longer be a closed place, and you will no longer be harshly criticized by traditional taboos - even the Dragonblood Council will no longer hold you accountable for the old account of 'fleeing from the Dragon Leaping Cliff', because you are the only dragonborn in an important position in the Cecil Empire, and you are a precious bond."

Maggie looked at her father quietly for a long time before lowering her head slightly: "It's exactly as you said...... Then I'll go back to see you then. ”