The most famous mansion on First Avenue, the Duke's Palace of Isère has an apron commensurate with its size. In the past, when the Duke's Palace was at its busiest, dozens of airships or airhorses took off and landed here every day, but now, due to the retirement of the head of the family and the departure of the princesses, the apron of the Duke's Palace is in a state of crowding most of the time.

But today seems to be a little special, on the side of the long empty runway, there is a silver glittering transport boat.

The boat is no more than ten meters long from end to end, which is about the size of an airrider, but it belongs to the category of a light airship and therefore does not have the wings of an airrider. The exterior of the boat is imposing in silver paint, and a coat of arms the size of a shield hangs from its side. The coat of arms depicts an island city floating in the sky and three feathers above it. This coat of arms is called the "Isle of Wings" and is the exclusive coat of arms of the royal family of La Velis, which means that this transport boat is the royal boat of the royal family.

Speaking of who the owner of this royal boat is, just by seeing the glittering silver appearance of the dinghy, I am afraid that the image of a handsome and drunken noble son will appear in the minds of those who do not know, right? However, it is a pity that the owner of this dinghy is not a person who has anything to do with "noble temperament" at all.

A purple head that had been turned into a mess of bird's nests because he was too lazy to tidy up, a noble royal robe studded with gold and silver threads had been dyed with juice and ink and turned into strange colors, and a face that could barely be called handsome always showed a look of yawning as if he had not gotten sleep—against such a background, even the noblest bloodline was destined to be ignored. If you want to find more appropriate adjectives to describe it, "lazy" and "sloppy" are probably the best candidates.

"Ahh......h

"It hurts, it's just a joke, and I really knocked it down with a hoe...... Ah, the teacher seems to be really angry, and he originally wanted to take refuge here, but it seems that there is no hope for the time being......"

Xiude looked up at the gloomy sky, and felt as if his mood was getting more and more haggard. "Next, go back to the palace...... No, forget it, even the last resting place has been found out by Elsa's girl, there is no place in the palace that can comfort my soul, and this time I sneaked out, and I will have to listen to her for a long time when I go back...... I just want a simple life of eating, sleeping, sleeping, and eating, is it really an extravagant request that is difficult to fulfill?"

Xiude grumbled for a while, then raised his hands sharply and shouted at the sky. "Heavens, please give me a piece of quiet land that no one disturbs!"

The voice full of resentment echoed over the empty tarmac for a long time, Xiude closed his eyes and listened to his echo with satisfaction, but after a few seconds, his expression suddenly panicked.

Bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky, smashed into his face, and within seconds formed a waterfall-like torrential rain. Xiude didn't even have time to change his posture of raising his hands to the sky, and he was drenched - although such a rainstorm is not a rare thing in summer, because the timing is so coincidental and so ferocious, it is easy to have the illusion that this rainstorm is a punishment from heaven to someone.

In the torrential rain, Xiude, who had been punished by heaven, scurried around like a headless fly. He held the book above his head to keep out the rain, but in the face of such a heavy rainstorm, he behaved as ridiculously as using a glass of water to extinguish the whole fire. Within a few minutes, all the books on Xiude's head were gone. As the rain became heavier and heavier, the rumbling thunder and bright lightning set the dark clouds in the sky extremely terrifying, and just as Xiude looked around for some shelter from the rain, a thunderbolt struck a tree not far to his left, accompanied by a loud explosion, and the tree with the thickness of the bowl was split in half on the spot.

“...... Isn't that much?

Xiude cried and mourned, and no longer dared to pick and choose, shaking his legs and running desperately towards the nearest hangar.

As if he was running slowly, two thunderbolts hit his left and right in succession, and Xiude was so frightened that he almost crashed into the hangar. With a muffled "bump", Xiude slammed open the door of the hangar, but his foot tripped over the slide, so the whole person fell to the ground in a ridiculous posture, and at the same time left the thunder and rainstorm behind.

"Whew...... Call...... Whew......"

Xiude lay on the ground in shock, gasping for breath. All the frightens he had suffered since he was a child were not as great as this one.

"To ...... What the hell is going on......"

Xiude wiped the cold sweat from his forehead while looking back at the skystorm pouring behind him. Although this idle king had never believed in the existence of the gods, he couldn't help but feel creepy when he recalled the scene a few minutes ago.

The rain outside continued to fall, and the sky with thunder and lightning showed no signs of clearing, but the hangar was blocking his head, and Xiude didn't have to be afraid anymore, so he slowly calmed down, and then began to look at where he was hiding from the rain.

“...... Huh?"

The so-called don't know if you don't see it, and when you look at it, you are startled, Xiude glanced around, and then realized that he seemed to have broken into a very unbelievable place.

The first thing I saw was an empty rider parked in the middle of the hangar.

Xiude was facing the air-riding machine, and from the front, the air-riding machine was two or three meters high, which was definitely a heavy machine, but the outer skin of the air-riding was completely peeled off, revealing the skeleton under the skin and the mechanical parts in the skeleton. The skeleton of the empty rider is made up of polished beast bones, and the various mechanisms of different colors are like the internal organs of living beings, and at a glance, it seems that a giant beast with only bones and internal organs left stands abruptly in the dark space, and the indescribable sense of mystery makes Xiude shudder.

(What's going on today??...... Xiude tried to compose himself, and then looked at the empty rider in front of him. It wasn't just the skin that had been stripped of him, many of the parts, including the wings and engine, had been removed one by one and stacked on both sides of the hangar with the skin.

(cooler, armor plate, shaft returner, air flowstone...... Xiude looked at the parts on either side of the hangar, and noticed that they were not haphazardly stacked, but arranged separately according to certain conditions. To put it simply, most of the parts stacked on the left are damaged and can no longer be used at a glance, while the parts stacked on the right are relatively intact and each one has been carefully cleaned.

Xiude's gaze fell on the pile of many more parts on the left, and he couldn't help but feel a faint tremor - there were so many damaged parts, it was hard to imagine what a tragic tear this aerial horse had experienced before, and to be able to come back from such a dangerous battlefield, in terms of people, I am afraid that it could be regarded as a first-class warrior who had been trained in a hundred battles. Looking at the empty rider in front of him, Xiude felt a sense of respect in his heart, and he subconsciously approached the empty rider, but was startled by the sudden sound inside.

"Hey, over there. With this voice, an oil-stained hand reached out from the skeleton of the empty knight. "Hand me the number seven wrench. ”

"Huh?" Xiude didn't react for a while, and looked blankly at the hand that was giving orders for granted.

"Seven wrench, seven wrench, didn't you hear?" the hand beckoned again, and in an impatient tone. "Also, bring the lights. ”

"Good...... Good. Xiude responded helplessly. As the new king of the kingdom of La Velis, although he is often said to lack the consciousness of the king of a country, he is met for the first time...... No, the person who didn't even meet him shouted as a subordinate, it was still an unprecedented experience for him, Xiude couldn't help but feel extremely fresh, and decided to cooperate with the other party to continue the play.

"Seven wrenches, and lights...... Ah, found it. Xiude found the other party's pointed out from the toolbox on the ground, and then ran over, handed the wrench to the hand, and asked earnestly. "Excuse me, is there anything else you need?"

"Help me hold the light. The other party was not polite at all. "Come over a little and shine a light on the screws inside. ”

"Oh. Xiude nodded, then climbed onto the skeleton of the empty rider and honestly acted as a temporary light source.

He wanted to see the person's appearance clearly by the light of the searchlight, but because the other party was just buried in the bolts, he only saw the other party's black back. Xiude couldn't help but feel disappointed, but his curiosity was even heavier. In addition to Nuoyin, who is a hundred xiangchang, there should be no other pilots in the Duke of Iserare's palace, and the empty horse in front of him is not like Noyin's "green leaf", Xiude was full of curiosity about the identity of the mysterious man in front of him, so he accosted him.

"Well, is this your empty ride?"

"Well, sort of. The other replied.

"That, it looks like it's badly damaged...... Could it be that there was a great war?" Xiude asked cautiously.

"Well, that's what happened when I came back from the Sky Realm. The other party seemed to say casually, but Xiude was taken aback.

"Heavenly ...... Sky Realm?" Xiude couldn't help but call out.

The Sky Realm is a lair of monsters, a magic kiln that no one can approach, and I have almost never heard of anyone who has gone there and come back alive. So far, there are only four pilots who have actually been to the Sky Realm and come back alive, and all of them have become legendary-level figures. Although Xiude had never seen the appearance of the other three, but the person in front of him looked young, could he already be such a powerful person? With such doubts, Xiude looked at the other party's back again, and asked cautiously.

"Excuse me, have you really been to the Sky Realm?"

"What?" The other party turned back impatiently, and what appeared in front of Xiude's eyes was a strange face that he had never seen. The man wiped a handful of oil from his face and replied.

"You're mistaken, it's not me who has been to the Sky Realm, it's Noyin. ”

“...... Nuo Yin?" Xiude's gaze moved to the skeleton under his feet, and he said in amazement: "In other words, this aerial ride is a wolf flame?"

"You know Wolf Flame?" the other man asked rhetorically, looking rather surprised.

“...... Of course I do. Disappointment, Xiude replied with some annoyance.

"Wolf Flame is Noin's landline, and I've driven it before. But then again, who are you? And what's the matter with you saying that Wolf Flame is yours?"

"My name is Kirin, and I know Uncle Robette and Noin. Noin gave me the Wolf Flame, and now I'm going to fix it. Kirin explained simply.

"Send ...... Wolf Flame for you?" Xiu Dekou glared at the Qilin dumbfounded.

"That's right, but it's not easy to fix it......" Kirin put down the wrench and stood up from the cabin, stretching out greatly under Xiude's gaze.

"Well, the damage is quite severe...... Rather, can it really be repaired? "Xiude had seen the appearance of the wolf flame when it fell, and in your polite words, the wolf flame at that time was almost a pile of scrap metal. It shouldn't be of any special significance for Nuo Yin to give this almost scrapped empty horse to the Qilin, right?Xiude explained to himself and calmed down.

"By the way, you are an acquaintance of the Grand Duke of Isère?" Xiude asked Qilin cautiously. Even as a disciple and monarch, he didn't dare to call the name of the Fuguo Duke so casually, seeing that the relationship between the other party and the Iseire family was not simple. Xiude subconsciously touched the swollen bag on his head and decided to treat it carefully.

"Sort of. Qilin asked Xiude rhetorically. "But who are you? not from the Duke's Court, are you?"

"Ah, my name is Xiude, which is considered ...... I was supposed to come to see my teacher, but when I was wandering around, I encountered a torrential rain, and then I ran in to hide from the rain. Xiude replied. He didn't deliberately conceal his identity as a monarch, but felt that since Qilin didn't even care about the auxiliary prince, it made no difference whether his identity as a king was displayed or not.

"Cultivating virtue......" A gaze that seemed to be full of interest came from those black pupils, and when he was looked at by that gaze, the hair on Xiude's body stood up.

(This...... This feeling...... A cold sweat broke out behind Xiude's back. (It's like being stared at by a wild beast...... ）

There was no hostility in the eyes of the Qilin, and Xiude's cringe was not so much oppressed by the Qilin as it was an instinctive reaction - as if all living beings were instinctively afraid of the upper predators in the food chain. Xiude felt as if he was standing in front of a majestic beast whose name he couldn't name, and he was just being watched by the dark beast's eyes, as if he was about to be swallowed in one bite. That kind of creepy chill made Xiude break out in a cold sweat all over his body.

However, this feeling was only for a few seconds, and when the black youth wiped the oil from his face and showed a clean smile, the instinctive fear was replaced by hearty kindness.

Xiude, you are not a man who has never seen bloody rain, why are you scared like this?) Xiude shook his head and calmed down, and when he looked at Qilin again, he no longer felt the terrifying coercion just now. (just now...... Is it a delusion?Or is it because of the nervousness that I encountered too many evil things today?) Xiude explained the previous feeling as an illusion of nervousness, but he felt that it was difficult to let go, he looked at the Qilin, but saw the Qilin with a puzzled expression.

Kirin turned his gaze out the window and questioned Xiude's words. "Isn't it sunny outside?"

"Huh?" Xiude's gaze shifted.

Through the window of the hangar, you can see the refreshing sunlight shining from the clear sky, illuminating the grass outside, where is the shadow of the previous rainstorm?

"For ...... Why ......" Xiude was speechless on the spot, he lowered his head and sneezed his wet clothes.

"It seems that it has really rained, you are quite upside down......" Qilin noticed that Xiude's clothes were soaked, and pointed to a corner of the hangar with a smile. "There are a few sets of overalls over there, if it's not dirty, just find it yourself and change it in, I'm going to continue repairing the wolf flame." ”

"Oh, thanks. After thanking the Qilin, Xiude walked over there and picked out a work uniform to change into. Coarse cloth overalls are of course dirty and torn compared to the royal robes made of luxurious fabrics, but because someone's concept of clothes is originally stuck at the level of "what you have to wear", they focus more on cursing the inexplicable rainstorm.

(Damn, it seems that I have had bad luck lately, so it's better not to run around...... But then again, the rain was so wicked that it almost felt like it was going to drive me here...... ）

Thinking like this, Xiude couldn't help but set his eyes on Qilin's body. At this time, the Qilin had resumed the work of dismantling the wolf flame, and seemed to notice his gaze, turning his head to confirm with him.

"It's called Xiude, you said you drove the wolf flame in the past?"

"It's been opened, what?"

"Then you should know the structure of the wolf flame, tell me about it!" Qilin asked with a somewhat excited expression, and casually pointed to the corner of the hangar. "Although I asked my uncle for those books, most of them are about ordinary organisms, and I can't find a special structure like wolf flame, so if you know, tell me!"

"Those books ......" Xiude's gaze moved along Qilin's fingers, and then took a cool breath on the spot. I saw a staggering amount of documents piled up next to a table near the window, which were as tall as a man from bottom to top, and half of them collapsed on the table. Xiude walked over and flipped through the pages, from the operation principle of the floating mechanism to the maintenance technology of the air ride, it was all about the technical literature of the air ride, and there were scribbled notes on each book.

"You...... Have you read it all?" Xiude looked back at Qilin in disbelief. Even if you are a high-level technician who prepares for air riding, there is no more than a book to read.

"Well, it took me a week, and I read it all, but I didn't have much rest......" Qilin walked over with a yawn, took the book from Xiude's hand, and flipped through it in annoyance. "Anyway, I've written down the parts I'll need to repair the empty bike, and the rest is just a matter of swallowing dates. Although Uncle and Charlotte also taught me a lot of things, there are still many things that I can't understand......"

“...... Shall I ask a question first?" Xiude pointed to the skeleton of the wolf flame. "You dismantled the wolf flame like this yourself?"

"Is there something wrong?" Qilin asked with some uneasiness, but Xiude suddenly fell silent.

（...... What the hell, can I just rely on these books to dismantle an airplane like this?So what are the three years I spent in the Royal Academy?) Xiude's heart suddenly welled up with inexplicable sadness.

The Royal Academy is the highest institution of learning in the kingdom of La Vellis, and it is also a research institute for aerial technology. Flying technology is inherited from the celestial beings of the Tower of Babel, and air riding is the most cutting-edge product of flying technology. With the current level of civilization in the earthly realm, it is impossible to fully understand the sky civilization, and even the flight technology that has been repeatedly simplified is beyond the reach of ordinary people. As for the research and manufacturing of air rides, it is a field that only the most top-notch talents can access.

Qilin just relied on the things on the data to disassemble the wolf flame to its current appearance, and it was like shaving their ears to those so-called "top-notch talents" in detail. Xiude, who was one of them in the past, couldn't help but look at Qilin with eyes that wanted to cry without tears.

"Basis...... Basically, there are no major problems. Xiude replied reluctantly, but couldn't help but cast a difficult look at Wolf Flame. "You're going to fix it, though?"

"Of course, that's why Noin gave me the wolf flame, and I'm going to get it flying again. ”

"Let the wolf flame fly again......" Xiude sighed. There was no hesitation in Qilin's voice, as if he had not thought about the possibility of failure at all.

Looking at such a unicorn, and then looking at this empty horse that had been test-driven in the past, Xiude's heart suddenly swelled with an extremely strong impulse.

"Okay! I'll help you!" Driven by this impulse, Xiude rolled up his sleeves on the spot and announced in a beaming voice:

"I, Xiude von Lavelis, am willing to stick a knife in the two wedges of Noyin!"

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