Now that it is the beginning of winter, the cold wind is howling, and a puff of choking smoke and dust is blowing in the face.

The sun was high in the sky, and although it was sunny at the moment, the light was extremely gloomy, making people feel unrefreshed.

Ellie and Loras walked side by side on the Avenue des Champs, west of the imperial capital, where there were very few pedestrians, and most of the shops on both sides of the street were hung with signs for rest.

Due to the girl's weak body, she still can't adapt to the changing climate of Grande. At the moment, he was shivering in the cold wind, and he kept breathing hot air into his palms.

"You should have listened to me if you had known this, and it was much more comfortable to come in a carriage to take the archer test than to walk. Loras gave Ellie a distressed look, and took off her coat to put it on the girl.

Ellie hurriedly stretched out her hand to interrupt the other party's movements, and said softly: "No need brother, it's just that I'm really not used to sitting in a small carriage......

"It's going to snow soon, so in a few days we'll go to the business area to buy some winter clothes. Loras suggested.

Ellie's pale face flushed as she lowered her head as if she was thinking about something.

After a few seconds, the girl slowly raised her head, and her light blue pupils were a little gloomy: "Let's go together when Filin comes back, Rodrith follows Miss Rosie to learn magic every day, I'm afraid I don't have time to go out." ”

Loras was slightly stunned when she heard this, but sighed helplessly and said no more.

So the two continued to walk in the direction of the military aircraft department, each thinking about their own thoughts.

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As the highest-level power group, according to the laws of the Titan Empire, all major war decisions or troop transfers must be approved by the Military Aircraft Department.

Although the Military Aircraft Department oversaw the military power of the Empire, it was not an institution directly under the jurisdiction of the Emperor as in the original world of Filin, but a special institution independent of the ruler, and all decisions were made only for the benefit of the Empire.

In contrast to other institutions in the court, nobles were never accepted here.

Therefore, except for a very small number of scholars in charge of foreign affairs, the vast majority of the officials serving in the Military Aircraft Department are high-ranking and powerful people selected from various provinces.

The nobles also showed great dissatisfaction with this, and strongly protested to the then prime minister, Rui Xiu. How can the military power of the empire be in the hands of a group of short-learned puppeteers!

However, such an unreasonable system has been in place since the beginning of the Titan Empire, and it has been followed to this day.

At that time, in order to prevent the power of the nobles from being too inflated, Caesar came up with such a way to deal with it - let the powerful warriors be in charge of the military power, these people did not have the so-called noble blood, and naturally there was no anti-war psychology that the nobles generally had.

Such a coercive decision can not only contain the high-ranking aristocratic forces, but also imperceptibly make the overall discipline of the army more strict.

Most of the powerful people on the mainland have little interest in worldly money power. Achieving success on the battlefield and making a name for themselves – obviously more attractive to them.

With the full support of Julius Caesar, several powerful people of the Sacred Realm of the Empire at that time made an oath in the main hall, forming the prototype of today's Military Aircraft Department.

Many high-level powerhouses with ambitions have no way out, so they can only wander around unknown mercenary groups all day long, living a lewd business of burning, killing and looting.

And the unprecedented decision of the Titan Empire undoubtedly gave them a glimmer of hope, and they came to Grande to join this emerging institution.

The strong men held the same belief, from the imperial capital to the local branches, and took over all the military affairs of the empire.

After Julius Caesar's untimely death due to illness, the seemingly stable regime was in fact vulnerable, and the whole country was plunged into chaos and civil war, and the newly established unified regime collapsed.

Caesar fought for the fruits of his life, because of the greed and betrayal of the nobles was burned, and the Starfall Continent once again formed a situation where the three empires were divided against each other.

However, because of such a system, the Titan Empire was able to stabilize the situation in time in several subsequent era changes, and there was no huge turmoil like other countries.

Although the relationship between the successive chancellors of the exchequer and the military was somewhat strained, they were well aware of the importance of Caesar's decision-making, and they also maintained a tacit understanding with each other that the well water would not interfere with the river water.

Keeping the arrogant aristocracy out of war would do no harm to the development of the empire.

The Military Aircraft Department was not shunned by ordinary people because it was an official organization. On the contrary, this particular institution also has a great influence among the people.

Since the northern part of the Titan Empire is known for its adventures, rare beasts are often spotted.

The lairs of high-level beasts are usually buried with valuable magic gems, and what is even more exciting is that there is a very small chance of finding a high-quality weapon or magic scroll.

Therefore, the Adventure Ground is an area that any cultivator who wants to improve his strength will inevitably set foot in.

However, it is not as good as imagined, and the greater the stake, the greater the danger.

Young adventurers often lack actual combat experience, and once they encounter high-level magical beasts, the huge difference in strength is neither powerless nor able to escape.

Especially when encountering a fierce beast with magical properties, if there are no adventurers in the team who know magic, they can only be slaughtered.

In order to prevent this from happening, the Military Aircraft Department has stationed a small number of troops in various strongholds in the adventure area, led by a high-ranking powerhouse, responsible for patrolling the fixed area.

This makes the adventure much safer than ever, and adventurers passing by can find a place to stay in times of hunger and cold.

Although the Titan Empire has quite a few officially recognized excellent mercenary groups, the fees are not so humane.

As a result, many civilian caravans prefer to spend less gold and hire unknown mercenary groups to escort the caravan to its destination.

It's just that this kind of mercenary group is not under the jurisdiction of the mercenary union, and often commits shameless acts of seizing caravan goods. Most of the civilian merchants swallowed their anger, and a few unlucky people who showed dissatisfaction were ransacked by these robber mercenaries.

When this situation was reported to the Grande, the Military Aircraft Service immediately issued a new policy - regularly providing free escort services for civilians to caravans.

The mercenary union also reduced the amount of commission under the order of the military aircraft department, and recorded the mercenary groups that have not yet registered, if they do not join the mercenary union within a month, they will be added to the blacklist, and once discovered, they will be forcibly disbanded.

All the affairs of the Military Aircraft Department are not allowed to be participated in by the nobles, and because of this, ordinary people, who are accustomed to seeing the faces of the nobles all day long, have a natural affinity for such an institution.