The size of this island in the middle of the lake is not small, and it can even be compared to some islands in the sea.

Although the largest lake in Suomir is indisputably the Heinzswerm meteorite lake, the second and third names have been debated.

In the absence of accurate and reliable measurements to produce convincing figures, people in almost all parts of Suomir have a set of statements that the locals believe in.

And this lake, which is not worth mentioning except for the fall of the Protector Dragon, according to the nearby villagers, is also ranked as the third largest lake in the country in their minds.

Whether the information is reliable or not is impossible to know, but the fact that Suomir, who has a reputation as a country of a thousand lakes and a thousand islands, can be considered qualified to compete for the top three is also a testament to its enormity.

The island where Lu Miqi sleeps is so big that you can only clearly perceive it when you walk in.

As a genuine dragon of the genosauridae, which is positioned as extremely rare in the academic world, she was still alive with a wingspan of 98 meters. Although it is common knowledge that a flying creature has a much larger wingspan than a body length, and such a wingspan is not the largest among recorded dragons in humans, when Lu Miqi is at the extreme distance in front of you.

You still can't help but hold your breath.

I was thrilled by the magnificence of that figure.

And such a huge white dragon, looking down at the entrance where the three of them were treading on, was also reduced to the size of a medium-sized dog due to the distance.

Although it was still huge compared to the birds flying next to it and the herd of deer running by, it was also small in front of the vast field. And that's just the southern tip of the island.

"Let's go. Henry retracted Krammer into the saddle and rolled over on his horse. The girl of Luoan followed in a hurry, and Galeva was stunned and looked out what he wanted to write in the notebook, but in the end he hesitated for a long time and did not write anything, and he was still in a daze at the moment when he was urged forward by the little unicorn.

"Wow, it's a bit steep here, you're going to fall. The panicked young man grabbed the little unicorn, and the latter snorted in displeasure and knocked him to the ground.

"Grumpy little thing. Gloomy Galeva picked up her notebook and got up.

The warmer weather, as if by some magic, caused him to roll up the sleeves of his robe and take off his woollen hat, and the knee-deep grass shook in the breeze like waves.

The grass tips caressed them as the three of them walked by, not the usual sting, but like the beat of a mother coaxing a sleeping toddler, gentle and pleasant.

The faint fragrance of flowers fills the air, and the sea of colorful flowers also shakes with the wind.

They walked slowly forward, and the two men except Henry, as well as the little unicorn, couldn't stop looking back and forth at the land.

"It's like in someone's dream. As soon as the girl muttered this, the Galleva behind her picked up her pen and wanted to write it down, and it was at this moment that the butterflies that had been alarmed by their movements fluttered from the flowers beside them.

The wings of a butterfly the size of an adult man's palm are blue and translucent, while the edges are black. They danced and flew in front of the group beautifully, reflecting the flower-filled fields and the bright sunshine.

Mira looked at them in amazement, not only because of their beauty, but also because she knew the butterflies.

"Heavenly butterflies. She pronounced their names in the Roan language.

This is not knowledge from the days of her encounter with the sage, but from the story that her mother had told her about the homeland of the Roan people when she was still a child.

Even though it was the first time she had met.

But the vague image that had been depicted countless times in the dream in the imagination of the year instantly became clear and overlapped when I saw this group of butterflies up close.

If there were such butterflies, they would be like this, Mira thought.

"Huh? And Henry, who was in front of him, turned his head: "Oh, it has something to do with the legend of the Luoan people." ”

"Before you went to the territory of the Ottolo Empire, where you used to be, if you thought so—" The sage said, touching his chin, but he didn't give out what he was thinking. And the white-haired girl stared at the butterfly in the distance, frowning.

"But isn't this supposed to be living in a hot area?" she began, and although it was much warmer than the outside, it still didn't change the fact that it was in Suomir.

"It's a subspecies, and it's been blessed by Lu Miqi so that it can survive here. ”

"Take a closer look at the creatures around you. Henry reminded without looking back, while the two behind him looked left and right, and this time it was Galeva who asked: "Some animals, glowing?"

"Is it a Warcraft?" said Mira with a higher level of knowledge than him, and said directly.

"Hmm. The sage nodded, and the group continued on, and he continued, "Have you heard of Whalefall? ”

He asked, and both of them shook their heads in silence. Henry didn't look back, but he also knew that their answer was no: "This kind of knowledge is still unpopular in human society at present, because it is related to the ecology of the deep sea." ”

"The part I read came from a book called 'Tranquility in the Depths' by Theodora Lementilaso, a scholar of the Padrosi Empire. The sage shrugged at the mention of the name, and both the Roan Maiden and Kaleva were keenly aware of the reason.

"Liar?" said Mira, who means the last part of the scholar's name, Mentilasso means liar in Lamani, and "Le" is an article like "that, this" for a definite meaning.

To this day, many of the Lamanites still do not have such a thing as a surname, except for the nobility. Some people's surnames and first names are similar to those of others—much like on the West Coast, where the most common surname among the common people of Avenella is "Smith", which means "craftsman" in Avenella.

In the same way, if a Raman blacksmith's name is Mario, then his full name is probably Mario Lemariscalco, which translates to Mario the Blacksmith, as someone else called him for the sake of his livelihood. Over time, the title may have become the surname of Mario's descendants, even if they no longer practice the profession.

Lermenlatiso's insulting words obviously couldn't have been surnames, so it could only have been the meaning of "Theodora the Liar" - both the young lady and the young porter thought so, and the sage nodded in affirmation of the conjecture: "Well, almost all the scholars of the empire take him as a joke. Worldwide, his work is also the unpopular of the unpopular – as he claims. ”

He paused, then looked back at the two of them and said word by word: "All the knowledge recorded in the book comes from the mermaid princess he met and fell in love with when he was a young man. ”

“.......”

“......”

Mira and Kaleva were stunned, and it took them a while to come back to their senses and tremble with laughter.

"Well, if you look at yourselves, you can imagine the expressions on the faces of most Imperial scholars when they hear about this. Henry looked ahead again, and the group moved closer, and the two of them were stunned for a moment when they heard his words, and Mira blinked her bright eyes and spoke, "....... Wait, you're saying it's all true?"

"Eight or nine are not far from ten, because whale falls are a phenomenon that can only be observed in the deep sea. Humans haven't been able to reach that depth yet, so he said he heard about it from merfolk mouths, and that should be true. I don't know if the princess was in a relationship, because those guys were actually unexpectedly talkative—far away. ”

"Anyway. Henry began to get to the point, and the two of them listened attentively.

"When a giant whale dies, it sinks and returns to the bottom of the sea. ”

"In shallow waters, sharks and other aquatic meats eat a significant portion of the meat and other molluscs, while smaller creatures take a share as they continue to fall. ”

"This process can last up to two years. ”

"When it finally returns to the bottom of the sea, there will be smaller creatures to break down the remnants. ”

"The loss of a huge life feeds the prosperity of countless small lives. And this process can last for up to a whole century, and this kind of thing is called whale fall by mermaids. ”

"Is the natural cycle of the sea. The girl looked thoughtful, and the Kaleva next to her kept writing and stopping.

"I see, then the white dragon is ......," she nodded, and the dumbfounded head was as slow as ever, and it was only then that Mira understood the reason for Henry's suggestion, and he showed a look of sudden realization, and continued to write.

"Well, the anomalous ecology of this land, and the creatures around it that are basically magical. It is the gift of the dragon after death. He spoke, his tone still normal, but it made Mira feel a sense of nostalgia.

"Magic returns to the earth in the form of pure life force, nourishing all things. Because it has taken root and sprouted to form a natural ecosystem, even after 200 years, it has actually only continued to exist in a different form. ”

"With the fall of a giant dragon, an entire area from flowers and plants to birds and animals prospered, forming a paradise on earth. The horse's hooves stopped, and they were in front of the remains of Rumiqi, and the birds and deer and rabbits in the vicinity were looking at them curiously, and the sage had the mark of a druid on him so that they were not afraid—and he continued:

"This sea of flowers, all this beauty we see. ”

"Everything is. ”

"Lu Miqi's legacy. ”

"......." Mira looked up, and Galeva stopped her pen. They looked up, and the dragon skeleton lying on the ground was wrapped in countless vines. Two hundred years of wind and sun would have been dry and brittle if it were any other creature, but Lu Miqi's dead body still glistened in the sun, as if it had a metallic texture.

"Whew-" "rustle-" sounded, and the sage dismounted and stepped on the weeds, looking up.

Mira did the same, walking forward with Kaleva—they still couldn't help but hold their breath.

She lay there silently, motionless.

Although only a skeleton remains, and even though two centuries have passed, there is still a feeling that it is about to come back to life at any moment, spread its wings and take to the skies.

The white feathers that are still covered are huge and beautiful. It was only when she got so close that the girl noticed that the ones used by the Dragonwing Knights looked good at first glance, but now they were just some old feathers that had naturally faded.

Because these are still attached to the skeleton, especially the beautiful feathers on the edges, they are 20 times their size, and they are shiny and gorgeous, and obviously contain far more magical power than those used by the Dragonwing Knight.

If you look at it this way, it can be regarded as a side confirmation of the fact that Henry said that "no one has ever successfully entered".

"Came in a bit of a hurry and didn't bring you a gift. ”

"But then again, there are probably no gifts in this world that you can look up to. Heng spoke in the old language, and the two of them just stood there silently behind him, who couldn't understand what he was saying.

"I'm going to borrow something from you. ”

He said this, and walked into the area surrounded by dragon wings.

Mira and Caleva did not move, and after a while Henry came out with a beautifully made and full package.

The two of them didn't ask him what he had taken, because judging from what had happened so far, they were afraid that if he answered them, it would be the same as if they had never heard of it.

"How do you get back?" Mira was concerned about the other aspect, although the bridge outside would collapse according to what he said, the Dragonwing Knights must have heard the movement and rushed to leave. If you go back the way you came, even if you can build the bridge again, I'm afraid that there will be a lot of things that need to be explained.

And whether they listen or not is another matter.

It is a matter of the whole thing that the Dragonwing Knight and the Great Swordsman do not see each other correctly, and even if Her Majesty takes that step with the help of Henry, it will still take a long time for the Dragonwing Knight to change as a whole.

And it will not be peaceful.

"There is another way, come with me. The sage did not explain what he had taken, but put it in his saddle bag and turned to the other side. The creatures around them watched curiously until the group's backs disappeared into the forest to the east.

"Huh—" The path in the woods kept going, and the Lady of Roan and Caleva were amazed at the size of the island, and they walked on for nearly an hour, when the young porter, whose calves were numb, could not help asking, "How much longer—" and "Here we are—" Henry answered at once.

"Ahh

"It's a one-way passage, after all, if you use temporary magic to make a lot of movement back and forth, you will be found out by someone who cares and tries to sneak in. ”

"But this—" Caleva pointed to the seemingly unobstructed forest road behind her.

"You can't go back, you throw a stone and try it—" Henry began, and the young man subconsciously did so.

Instead of landing on the visible ground, the stone went straight through the dirt, followed by a "——!thud" sound of falling into the water a few seconds later.

"Wow—magic—" Mileva's stupidity of surprise made Mira sigh, after all, she had grown a lot more seniority with the sage, and now she was not surprised.

"It's time to go, maybe they'll patrol the neighborhood. The sage said, and both of them nodded and followed him.

After walking a distance and the influence of the magic had disappeared, the girl looked back and saw that the island had changed back to a distance of a few hundred meters from the shore. Recalling the way she had just walked over, she couldn't help but ooze some cold sweat because of fear.

Shaking their heads to shake off the shiver, the three of them continued to walk, and in a short time they were back on the ordinary country road.

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The sound of metal grinding was not noisy next to it.

The pen surrounded by magic was parked next to it, and a smile hung on her lips as she looked at the glittering light on the crystal stone.

"What are you giggling at? Oh - that's it. An old voice rang out, and an elf with a tattoo on his face, white hair, and a long beard came over with a cane.

"When the alarm went off, I was worried that the human magician had finally cracked it, but I didn't expect it. She shook her head with a smile.

"What do you think about the incident when you met him before?" said the old elf.

"What do you think......" she touched her chin.

"Aurora's nightmare, after meeting her. The blurry image on the crystal showed a white-haired girl shivering and shaking her head as she looked at the island—and she looked at it all and continued.

"It's not a dream, though. ”

"But in the end. ”

"It's a lot softer. Erica turned her head and tilted her head, her silver hair swaying slightly.