Chapter 92: The Whereabouts of the Gnome Clan
In autumn, the weather will naturally gradually become cooler for the rest of the Sainz continent, but for the Duchy of Stantin, it is no different from summer, and it is still hot and humid.
Before, whether on earth or in the Lampari Kingdom, Xu Yi did not have much opportunity and time to swim in the water, but after coming to the Duchy of Stantin, because of the weather and living by the sea, Xu Yi gradually developed the habit of swimming in the sea often.
He even dedicated a section of the beach and invested some of the money to develop it into a beach-like facility.
In their spare time, the workers of the factories affiliated with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce often bring their families to the beach to relax.
The climate in the Duchy of Stantin has always been hot and humid, so this beach is very popular and can be very lively almost at any time.
Of course, Xu Yi naturally would not crowd the beach with a large group of people.
Not far below the cliffs of his estate, another beach was opened, which was his private beach.
In addition to occasionally going to the beach to entertain with the masses, Xu also swims here most of the time to relax.
Today was a sunny day, and Hui also took a break from the work at hand and came to this private beach again.
It just so happened that Steele was also free today, so she, along with Liz and Linda, took Freya to the beach to play.
Freya is only a year and a half old now, so she can't go to the sea, but she is very interested in the soft sand on the beach, whether it's a foot deep or a corner shallow. Walking crookedly, still grabbing sand and piling it up randomly. They all seemed extremely happy.
Look at the bright smile on Freya's face. Xu Yi suddenly sighed lightly: "It's still easy for children to be happy." ”
Steele glanced at him, "What? I remembered Her Royal Highness again? I went to ask her just now." She still didn't want to come. ”
Xu Yi shook his head: "I really don't know what happened to her, why did she become so depressed all of a sudden? It's been more than two months since she was here, but she still hides in the house all day long." If this continues, I'm afraid she'll be suffocated. ”
Steele frowned slightly: "I've talked to her a few times, but she never wants to say it." It seems that what she encountered must be very strict, and it is very inconvenient to sue outsiders. If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid it has something to do with the royal family. ”
"The royal family?" Xu Yi frowned. "There are not many people in the royal family of the Lampari Kingdom, and she has no intention of fighting for the throne. Naturally, Eric won't trouble her, so what's her bothering about?"
"Then I don't know. However, the royal family is the darkest place among all nobles, and it is very rare that Her Royal Highness grew up in the royal family since she was a child, and she can still develop such a sunny, gentle, and upright character as she is now. ”
"It should be that Lampari XIII has protected her well. Xu Yi sighed. "It's a pity that even she has become like this now, and I'm really curious about what happened. ”
"This is a secret that belongs to the royal family, Her Royal Highness will definitely not tell others casually, don't think about it. Steele shook his head. "If you want to help her, give her enough time to adjust herself. Her Royal Highness has a strong personality. I'm sure she'll come out of the shadows. ”
"Hmm...... I had no choice but to wait patiently. Xu Yi took a deep breath. He shook his head vigorously, putting aside the worry about Sevigny in his head for the time being, and then his eyes fell on Steele, revealing a ** smile. "Hey, Steele, this swimsuit is awesome to wear on you. ”
When Steele accompanied Xu Yi to swim at the beach before, he wore traditional cloth swimsuits, which was extremely inconvenient after entering the water, and Steele had never been very interested in swimming.
And now she is wearing a swimsuit made of a new waterproof fabric jointly developed by the Nightsong Tribe and the Amrley Chamber of Commerce, and the style is also one-piece tight, which is not only convenient to enter the water, but also shows off her figure.
Although she has given birth to a child, Steele's figure is still almost perfect, and after wearing this close-fitting swimsuit, it looks even more convex and concave, coupled with her bright long blond hair and beautiful face full of sunshine, even if Xu Yi and she are already old husbands and wives, they are still firmly attracted by her.
Hearing Xu Yi's praise, Steele didn't show any shyness, but straightened his chest and showed his beautiful figure to Xu Yi more vividly.
"This swimsuit is really comfortable to wear. I have to say that the elves do master a lot of strange things, and if you hadn't insisted on cooperating with them in the first place, I'm afraid you wouldn't have obtained so many valuable things from them. ”
Xu Yi smiled proudly: "Of course." Any race has its own value. What's more, the elves have ruled this continent for 10,000 years before, and of course there will be some special knowledge that we humans have not mastered. In fact, I am even more sorry for the dwarf tribe that has disappeared. Judging from various documents, the dwarfs actually had a fairly high theoretical and practical foundation in terms of machinery at the beginning, and if the dwarfs were still on this continent, I would definitely try to cooperate with them. I believe it will be of great help to the development of magic machinery. ”
Steele turned his head to look at the ocean and raised his finger to the depths of the ocean.
"Legend has it that the gnomes did not disappear completely, but left the continent in their own mechanical ships and headed for the depths of the Endless Sea. And the legend says that there is also a continent on the other side of the Endless Sea, and the gnomes may have reached another continent, and now they have taken root in that continent. ”
"The depths of the Endless Sea?" Xu Yi looked at the sea level in the distance and smiled slightly: "When our Chamber of Commerce really develops a magic ship that can be used for deep-sea ocean navigation, I must organize a fleet to explore the depths of the Endless Sea." Steele, do you believe it? If the fleet starts from here and goes all the way west, then eventually they will return from behind us, on the east coast of the Sainz continent. ”
"How is that possible?" Steele's eyes widened in surprise. "How can you go all the way to the west and come back from the east?"
"Remember what I said to you before? Actually, we live on a huge ball, so if we keep going west, we will eventually circle around the surface of this ball and come back from the other side. ”
"That's just your guess, right?" said Steele with a frown. "Although you said that the ship is far away, we will see that the ship seems to sink and disappear slowly, and it is the mast that disappears in the end, which makes sense, but you say that we live on the same ball...... It's also incredible. Why don't we fall?"
Xu Yi laughed, thinking that this should be a problem that every protagonist who has crossed into a world with a backward level of technology should encounter, but this problem is really too troublesome to explain.
And if such a set of theories is rashly thrown out when there is no example to prove it, some people will believe it.
"When I actually organize this ocean-going exploration fleet, I'll prove it to you. Xu Yi glanced at the sea level in the distance again, and then raised his head to look at the sky.
In fact, compared to the magic ship, the more convenient and fast way to travel around the world is to take a magic airship.
Because the magic airship does not sail on the sea, it will not be affected by the changing waves, and it will be relatively safer and more stable.
But if you fly at high altitude, the climate impact is also very high, and it is very dangerous in case of a storm at sea or something.
It's still a long way from flying around the world as lightly as you do on Earth.
The research and development progress of the magic airship project, which Evita is mainly responsible for, is a little slower than that of the magic steamer, and so far, it has only built a medium-sized magic airship capable of carrying no more than five tons, and because it has not been able to complete the actual flight of 1,000 kilometers approved by Xu Yi, it is still in the actual stage, and it has still not been able to really carry out manned or cargo voyages.
This is because the magic airship is flying high in the air after all, and the magic ship can continue to float on the sea if it fails, and once the magic airship fails, the people on it will only have a dead end.
Therefore, Evita was cautious in the process of developing magic flights, requiring perfection in every detail, and requiring hundreds of repeated trials before allowing the pass, which naturally slowed down the development progress of the magic airship a lot.
Xu is also extremely supportive of her attitude.
The various magic machines currently developed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have not had any serious quality accidents, but it does not mean that they will not be produced in the future.
In any case, there is nothing wrong with being strict, let alone on such an important and crucial magic airship.
As soon as he thought of the question on the magic airship, Xu Yi suddenly heard a buzzing sound in the air behind him.
When I turned my head, I saw a shadow floating out from the cliff behind me, just stopping above Xu Yi and Steele's heads, and the shadow just shrouded Xu Yi and Steele.
"Why are they here?" said Steele, looking up in surprise at the magic airship parked overhead.
"Maybe I happened to see it when I was doing it. Xu Yi replied, and then saw a figure suddenly jump down from the magic airship.
Xu Yi and Steele were startled at the same time.
Jumping from such a high place, even if there is soft sand below, it can only be smashed into a meatloaf.
But the two of them immediately reacted again.
The magic airship is still in the experimental stage, so Xu Yi once had strict requirements for Evita, and those who can board the magic airship must be magicians who have mastered the magic of flight.
But even with this in mind, the two of them mobilized their magic at the same time and got ready.
Once they find out that the shape is not good, they will naturally come to the rescue of this person. (To be continued......)