Late at night, starry, white airships fly above the sea of clouds.

Ian stood in the airship's lounge, looking out the window at the bright moon in the night sky, and the girl-like Ymir was lying on a chair, her face pressed against the glass, her eyes shining at the white clouds fluttering below.

It was so close to Parady Island that he could go back by just passing through one more barrier.

He counted the days with his hands folded, in fact, he had not been away from Paradis Island for a long time, only less than two years, not a long time, not a short time, but he did miss the land where he used to run a lot.

What has become of it? It's been almost a year since the partnership between Parady Island and WILLE was established, but has a factory already built to mass-produce cars? How's the road going? How many railways have been built?

Just listening to Hanji's description, he couldn't quite imagine what it would look like, and he really wanted to go back and see it with his own eyes.

But not yet, he still needs to wait a little longer, and needs to rest for a short time to regain his strength.

Although he opened his own door to truth, in exchange, he gave up everything that did not belong to him, and those were the chips he used to open the door of truth.

In other words, he accepted everything about himself and accepted the part that belonged only to him.

If he hadn't deliberately touched the truth, he would just be an ordinary human being.

Only those who frankly admit themselves can grasp the "truth", and it is precisely because the villain in the bottle cannot recognize this that he will get lost on the road of pursuing the "truth" and finally be destroyed.

Unlike him, he knows exactly what he wants.

He didn't need extra strength, and at the same time he knew that he was carrying sins that ordinary people couldn't bear at all.

As he says to the villain in the bottle, he thinks that killing pays for one's life is one of the truths, and this is the truth he admits, so he himself must fulfill it.

If he can't accept himself frankly, then he will never be able to open the door of truth, and he will not be able to freely pass through the barriers of the world and allow Ymir to exist in the world again.

He once dropped a nuclear bomb on the capital of Marais, killing tens of thousands of humans.

To pay the penalty for this sin, he must also give back his life.

So although he holds the truth in his hand, he will also grow old like a normal human being, and one day, his hair will turn pale, his skin will become dry, and then one morning, he will never be able to open his eyes again.

He wasn't dissatisfied with that, as long as he could eat well, fly a kite, bask in the sun, meet his friends, and live his life peacefully as a human being.

Yes, he's content with everything he has now.

After a full meal, a shower, a few nights of rest, and a few days of rest, he will be able to return to Paradis Island full of energy.

Before you go back, it doesn't hurt to enjoy this airship trip a little.

Therefore, as an outsider, he stood here with Ymir and admired the beautiful night view.

It was an air cruise ship, with many guests like them, sitting in the lounge, where a girl in a dress and a young man in a suit sat together, chatting while drinking, and someone playing the piano in the corner.

Ian had already made up the tickets for himself and Ymir, and with a little trick, he had the airship's staff add his and Ymir's names to the guest list.

They came up on the way to the airship, which was a sightseeing airship, and the rooms were very expensive, and there were not many people who could afford to buy them, so some rooms were vacated for him and Ymir to stay in.

In this world, gold is still the equivalent, gold plays a pivotal role in alchemy, Ian carries gold with him, he pays for his services, and for the next three days, he and Ymir will spend the next three days on the airship, waiting for his strength to recover, and then he will return to his homeland.

He looked at the stars for a while, and the feeling of flying in the sky always fascinated him.

If you put on a paraglider and glide all the way down from this height, it will be refreshing.

Unfortunately, he was really tired today, he stretched his waist, and was about to go to his room to rest, when suddenly something burst out of the clouds in his field of vision.

It was a dragonfly-like flying machine, and there were several of them, heading straight for the airship.

Then, Ian hears gunshots, and the airship has a machine gun mounted on it, and shoots at the dragonflies.

It's not good, it seems to be drawn into the strife.

However, such a small flying machine should not have come to crush this airship covered with a metal shell.

Is it scouting? Or an advance soldier? There is a large army in the back?

As someone who fought in the war between Marais and Paradis Island, Ian quickly began to think as he was customary.

The machines flew into his field of vision toward the wings of the airship, and he heard the sound of glass shattering, and in the hallway to his left, someone jumped in through the broken window.

"It's Dora's family!"

"The air pirates are coming!"

Air pirates? Something similar to a pirate, a person robbing in the air?

Speaking of which, the flying devices in this world seem to be extremely developed, and it is the first time Ian has seen a dragonfly-like flying machine, and with his knowledge, he can't quite understand the principle of a dragonfly flying machine.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to fly with the weight of a person by inflating the wings, in contrast, the efficiency of the propeller is much higher, so far, all he has learned is a helicopter propeller-like aircraft, even if it is a small drone, it is almost impossible to see that kind of appearance.

The guests suddenly became very confused, but the air pirates did not shout that I drove this mountain.

They were supposed to be there with a purpose, and Ian saw the intruders head straight to the guest room, going somewhere with a very purposeful purpose.

Immediately after, a gang of men in suits like the underworld ran out of the corridor and fought with the air thieves.

Men in sailor suits ran out to keep order, they were the airship's security personnel, and they all seemed to be reliable men.

"Don't panic, guests! Go this way and evacuate! ”

Ian observed that the number of air pirates was not very large, and that the sailors should be able to solve them smoothly.

There are better and faster workarounds though, so why not use them?

Besides, he was a little sleepy and wanted to get some sleep, and he didn't want anyone to disturb his airship trip.

Although he gave up what did not belong to him, the knowledge he learned by himself, the bits and pieces engraved in his mind will not disappear.

Although the power of giants and dragons no longer existed, he was still able to use alchemy, because it was something he had learned on his own.

In the confusion, he broke into the edge of the hallway.

Ymir followed him every step of the way, and although she seemed to be an ignorant girl, her real age was already more than two thousand years old.

Ian knew that this kind of scene was just a piece of cake for her.

Human strife and strife are things that she has long been accustomed to in her eyes, on the contrary, the literary works in various worlds, those cartoons made for fun, especially the kind of cartoons for young children, are completely unseen for her, and she has always had a great interest in all kinds of cartoon animation.

Because she had almost no childhood, she was like a child in this respect.

Let her see all kinds of interesting things, that is the agreement between Ian and her.

Ian didn't want to make a big fuss, and if he caused too much commotion, he wouldn't want to sleep tonight.

Those air thieves and men in suits don't seem to be good, let's solve it in one go, he who has mastered the "truth", alchemy can be said to have reached the realm of "god".

If he had enough Philosopher's Stone on him to create a small sun, it wouldn't be too difficult.

However, he didn't have that kind of energy source, only his own physical strength and the energy flowing in the air could rely on.

Although the barrier of the world consumes a lot of physical strength, it is still more than enough to deal with these people who use firearms.

He pressed his hand on the metal plate of the airship, the skeleton of this airship was made of metal, the walls, the floor under his feet, the ceiling, there was metal everywhere, and the place where the air pirates and men in suits stepped on, naturally, there was also metal.

Ian uses alchemy very carefully, trying not to be noticed.

In the palm of his hand, which he could not see, there was a faint glimmer of light, and the entire metal skeleton of the airship entered his grasp.

What he did was very simple, the first thing was to incapacitate the air pirate and the man in the suit, and the liquefied metal poured out of the floor, instantly capturing the feet of the two gangs.

"What!"

Someone noticed the anomaly and exclaimed.

However, they soon discovered that all the guns in their hands were dumb.

Although flying machines are well developed, these people still use relatively primitive single-shot pistols, and if the structure of the rifle ignition is slightly changed, their guns will not be able to shoot bullets.

The leader of the air pirates, a loud old woman, shouted, "Retreat! ”

But it was too late, and they were all caught in the foot.

At this time, the sailors, who had settled most of the guests, finally attacked.

"The people inside surrendered immediately! Don't be fearless in your resistance! ”

The sailors uttered a symbolic shout, and they fired a shot at the ground, and with a snap, sparks burst out.

The leader of the air pirates was clever and when he realized that he had lost his ability to resist, he immediately threw his pistol away and raised his hands.

"I surrender!"

"Mom!"

"Stop talking nonsense, you lost your gun if you didn't want to die!"

The old woman shouted at the stubbled men, who seemed to be afraid of the old woman's obscenity, and trembled as he complied.

The sailor didn't expect things to be so easy, and he was stunned for a moment before he cautiously went up and handcuffed the air pirates.

As for the men in suits, the sailors did not let go, and they were all handcuffed one by one.

By the time they were careless, Ian had already restored the airship's skeleton to its original shape, unshackled the shackles, and given the airship a full body check, repairing some rusty and unstable areas to make it stronger.

Ian thought that the matter should be settled at this point, but a girl's exclamation came from one of the rooms.

"Who's coming! Who's going to help! ”

It was the room where the man in the suit was guarding, and someone shouted anxiously.

The sailors rushed in, and Ian's eyes were drawn to the sound, the exclamation not coming from inside the room, but from outside the airship...

Ian looked out the window and saw a girl with braided hair hanging by the window, her skirt swaying in the wind, and two braids being blown around.

She was about to fall, clutching the edge of the window with both hands, and a man in a white suit tried very hard to grab the girl's hand, but the girl moved away from the man as if she was afraid of him.

The girl's hand was empty, and she fell straight down from an unknown number of meters in the air, the only thing that could be found was her voice echoing in her ears.

"Ymir, wait for me here." Ian admonished.

Ymir nodded, found a random place to sit down, shook her legs, and picked up the small cake from the other person's table to eat.

After she recovered, she was able to enjoy eating for the first time in a long time, and in addition to reading cartoons, her other hobby now is eating sweets.

Ian had just figured out the structure of the airship and came to the uninhabited corner on the other side, where the walls were the key joints, so it was all made of metal.

He used alchemy to open a hole, then took a small ball of molten metal, took off his clothes, and jumped out of the hole.

The hole healed as quickly as the surface of the water after he jumped, and the molten metal was wrapped around him, and the clothes he took off turned into silk threads, which solidified into a skeleton, and the silk threads wound around the skeleton, turning into a brand new glider on his back.

The breath of the wind came out in front of you, and below was an endless sea of clouds, and the moon hung in the dark night overhead, like a jade disk.

Although the current physical strength can't do such a thing as shuttling through the world barrier, it is still not a problem to change the direction of the wind slightly.

He spread his "wings" and glided towards where the girl had fallen, like a hunting eagle.

The girl seemed to see him, and she waved her hand indiscriminately.

The unthinkable happened, Ian saw the gem on her chest glow faintly, and her downward movement paused.

It was as if gravity had vanished from her, or she had become a fluttering feather, suspended in the air under the protection of some force.

If you fall to the ground at such a speed, even a baby will be unscathed.

Ian quickly swept over and grabbed the girl's hand, and at this moment, even his body became fluttering, and with a little control of the direction of the wind, he and the girl were blown away like dandelion seeds.

It was because of that gem that Ian understood the moment he saw the gem that it was a very powerful thing, and it had very delicate lines in it, and it was by no means a natural creation.

After Ian picks up the girl, the gem's light suddenly goes out, and they return to their normal weight, which suddenly regains their weight and causes them to plummet.

"Ahh The girl exclaimed.

"Hold on to me." Ian pulled her into his arms and glided her for a short while.

The girl grabbed his hand, and Ian, adjusting to the speed of the wind, slowly rose in the direction of the airship.

The girl suddenly struggled again, and Ian noticed her gaze.

On the airship... There seems to be something that scares her...

So will she run away to the window?

"Don't you want to go back?" Ian asked tentatively.

The girl didn't speak, she looked at Ian with a wary look.

Are they the men in suits?

"Don't worry, I'm not in the same league as those people, I'm here to save you." Ian tried to use words.

He slowed down and flew up in no more urgency.

The girl was silent for a moment and asked, "Really?" ”

"Really." Ian said, "Is it the men in suits?" What did they do to you? ”

"They... They took me from home..."The girl said with a sad expression, "I was fetching water, but they suddenly appeared at my house and arrested me for some reason..."

"Is that so—" Ian looked at the necklace on the girl's chest.

He understood that those air thieves were probably also here for the girl.

At the same time, he thought of some familiar images.

A rock that can levitate people in the air, a helicopter that looks like a dragonfly...

"My name is Ian, can you tell me? What's your name? Ian asked sincerely.

"My name is Sida." The girl said.

"Sida, let's go back to the airship together, don't worry, I will protect you." Ian said.

Hilda hesitated for a moment, but looked into Ian's eyes and finally nodded.

Ian smiled and quickly climbed to the edge of the airship.

He went straight to his guest room, and when his hand pressed on the airship, the window opened automatically, and he carefully carried Hilda inside, then entered the room again, closing the window.

The glider quickly recovered like a bird's folded wings, the metal re-filled the airship's skeleton, and the silk threads were woven into a brown coat that Ian wore on his body.

Hilda was stunned by this scene, and her mouth opened slightly.

"This is a little bit of my personal secret, please don't tell the passengers on the airship about it." Ian cocked up his index finger.

Hilda nodded in shock.

Ian smiled, "I still have a companion in the lounge, I'm going to bring her back, Sida, please stay here, those bad guys think you've fallen, so as long as you don't leave this room, then no one will know that you were brought back by me." ”

When Sida heard this, she immediately covered her mouth, as if she wanted to hide her breathing, and sat down obediently on the edge of the bed.

Ian nodded, gently pushed the door open, and went to the lounge, and sure enough, the air pirate and the man in the suit were controlled.

The captain is apologizing to the guests, stating that a rescue call has been sent, that they will stop at the nearest town, and that the air thieves and unidentified people will be taken to the police station for processing, and the guests will be compensated accordingly.

This is the end of the farce, and Ian takes Ymir back to the house.

Hilda was visibly relieved when she saw Ian.

"Don't worry, those bad guys have been caught." Ian opened a crack in the door and beckoned to Hilda, motioning for her to come and see.

Hilda crept over and looked through the crack in the door, as if because of the men in the suit who were cuffed, she exhaled and patted her chest.

After Ian closes the door, Hilda thanks Ian.

"Thank you for saving me, Mr. Ian."

"So what's next for you? Prepare what to do. ”

"I want to go home."

"But those people already know where your home is, and if you go home, you will definitely be arrested again."

Hilda didn't seem to think about it at all, and after Ian mentioned it, her expression froze and she lowered her head in frustration.

Also, she looks like she's only a teenager and still a child.

Ian asked, "What about your mom and dad?" ”

"I passed away a few years ago due to illness. ”

"Do you live alone?"

"Well, I live in the north of Kendeya, and I don't have any problems living because of the fields and cattle left by my parents."

"Then do you know why they arrested you?"

"I don't know." Sida shook her head and grasped the jewel necklace on her chest.

"Don't you know about that stone? I've heard that the pirates are looting for the Flying Stone, and I think it's probably your gem. ”

"This necklace was left to me by my grandmother." Sida looked at the gem in her palm, "I don't know what a flying stone is. ”

"The Flying Stone is a stone that was once used by the people of the Sky City of Laputa, and it has great power." Ian said, "The one in your hand is the flying stone, didn't the stone glow when you fell just now?" Even without me, you will land safely, because this stone is protecting you. ”

Hilda pursed her lips, remaining silent.

"Sida." Ian crouched down and touched Sida's little head, "Those guys came to you for Laputa's legacy, as long as they don't find Sky City, I'm afraid you won't be able to live a peaceful life." ”

"That's... What should I do?" Hida curled up on the bed and hugged her knees, "I don't know anything about Laputa. ”

"I know, but I understand at a glance, the necklace that your grandmother left you, it is a pretty incredible thing, there are tens of thousands of precisely engraved lines in it, only the royal family of Laputa can use it, and it just lit up when you were in crisis, which is enough to show that you are the royal family of Laputa, your grandmother, your parents should have told you how to use this stone."

"Ian... Sir..."Hida looked up, although she looked depressed and uneasy, but she did not shed tears, "you... Like the bad guys, want to find Laputa? ”

"Yes." Ian told the truth, "I'm interested in Laputa, but I don't want to do anything bad with Laputa, I just think a floating city is great." ”

"Floating City... Great? Hilda wondered.

"That's right, I'd love to see the real Floating City, I love the feeling of flying, I don't want to do anything bad with Laputa, and I won't force you if you don't want to."

"But... This necklace is a relic of my grandmother, something important to me, and I can't give it to you. ”

"But we can go to Laputa together, can't we?"

"This..."

"As I said, I won't force you, if you don't want to, I'll find another way myself, but those who are looking for Laputa, to be honest, I don't have a good way to help you solve their problems."

Ian stroked Hilda's hair and comforted the young girl.

"Tomorrow morning this airship will dock in the nearest town, I can give you a sum of money to help you hide your identity and find a strange place to settle down, you can't go back to your original home, even if you change places to live, you may be found by those people, so I can't guarantee anything for you."

"But Sida, please rest assured, at least when I'm here, I'll keep you safe, you just saw it, I have some little secrets, so even if the bad guys come, they can't do anything to you, just sleep tonight, I'll do my best to send you to a safe place."

Hilda looked into Ian's eyes and nodded silently.

There were two beds in the room, and under Ian's arrangement, Hilda and Ymir slept in one bed, and because they were both girls who had not yet developed, they did not seem cramped in one bed.

Ian was really a little sleepy, he set up a trigger refining array on the door, turned off the lights and lay down on the bed to fall asleep.

When I woke up, the airship was already docked in the middle of town.

After landing, Ian looks for an opportunity and leaves with Ymir and Sida.

The world's flying machines are very developed, because of the flying stones, their technology trees are very crooked, and the roads still use horse-drawn carriages and coal-burning steam trains, but in slightly wealthier places, the kind of flying machines used by air pirates are more common.

For the next few days, Ian kept asking for Hilda's opinion.

He also persuaded Hilda to leave with him, after all, this is still a minor girl, and it is really irresponsible to leave her alone.

If she was willing to leave with her and go to Paradis Island, Ian would be able to find a way to settle her down, but she still had to ask for my opinion, after all, Paradis Island was a completely foreign place to her.

In the past few days, Hilda has been hesitant, no matter what advice Ian makes, she looks hesitant, and from time to time she holds the jewel on her chest.

Finally, on the morning of the fourth day, she found Ian.

"Please take me to Laputa too." Hida said seriously.

"Have you figured it out? Would you like to leave with me? Ian said.

"I haven't thought about it yet, but... I feel like if I get to Laputa, I'll be able to make a choice. Hida said.

"So... Then try to find Laputa. Ian rubbed her hair.

...

At night, Sida was in her hotel room, holding the necklace left by her grandmother.

She looked at the moon outside the window and had a lot of thoughts.

Since the death of her parents, she has lived alone in Kendeya.

It was a secluded place, deep in the mountains, where only the family lived, and she could remember staying with them, who had a few cows, a windmill, and a cultivated field, and had been living on their own.

She actually longed for the outside world, but her grandmother and parents rarely took her out to meet people, and they had a strict family discipline for her, warning her that if she left here, it would lead to terrible disasters.

In the past few days, she has heard Ian tell stories about Laputa.

It is said that in the past, the people of Laputa discovered the Flying Stone and used it to create many castles in the sky.

The Flying Stone is an incredible stone, and there are flying ores in many places, but it is impossible to refine the Flying Stone by ordinary methods, and only the people of Laputa have mastered how to use it.

The people of Lapla used flying stones to create brilliant civilizations in the sky, they made airships, they built floating cities, and later they made weapons.

They had fought a great war, and the war had a tragic result, many of the cities in the sky crashed, the civilization of Laputa was destroyed, and the few who survived rejected the sky and chose to return to the earth.

They decided to keep Laputa's secrets hidden forever and put down roots in the land again.

Ian told Sida that her ancestors were supposed to be a branch of the Laputa royal family, so she passed down the flying stone from generation to generation.

Sida once asked her parents why they couldn't go to the outside world, and what kind of terrible disasters would be caused if they did.

But her parents didn't explain it to her, and they didn't seem to know why, they just obeyed the admonition of their grandmother and grandfather, and then passed it on to Hilda.

She remembered what Ian had said.

"The truth is passed on by word of mouth, and it slowly becomes obscure."

Although she didn't say it with her mouth, she actually wanted to leave with Ian very badly.

She longed for such an incredible world.

At that time, when she was caught by Ian, when she was flying in the sky, she was especially excited.

In the past few days, she has also experienced a life that she has never experienced before.

Ian took her to the clothing store to buy a new dress, took her to see all kinds of houses, toured the ground transportation, and when she asked why this was the case, Ian was always able to explain it to her in a way she could understand.

For example, when she saw the steam train, she wondered how the steam made the car run.

Ian explained to her with a cup and a piece of paper, he put the piece of paper on the surface of the cup, and sucked away a little air inside the cup, and the piece of paper stuck to the surface of the cup and did not fall, Ian said that this is the pressure of the atmosphere, we live in the air, the pressure of the air is very huge, and it can even lift the stone, and the steam engine is to use the principle that water will expand when it becomes steam, to push the wheel to rotate.

She was full of curiosity about this vast world with these new knowledge.

Yes, she wanted to leave with Ian.

But she did not forget her grandmother's words, so she hesitated.

After thinking about it for a long time, she decided to look at it with her own eyes.

If she could see Laputa with her own eyes, maybe she would have made a decision.

When she was young, her grandmother had said a spell to her, and she had long forgotten what she had cried that day, but she remembered her grandmother's gentle words that when she needed help in times of need, she should recite that old secret mantra.

Shida slowly recited the incantation: "Ridi Radobarida Urulf Arianes Baru Nidoli." ”

The meaning of this mantra is, "Awaken the light and help me." ”

As soon as the words fell, the flying stone erupted with a more intense light than the last time.

The bed began to vibrate, and even though she was in the room, the hem of Hilda's skirt swayed as if it were being blown by the wind.

Ian opened his eyes, and he was awakened by the movement.

"Don't be afraid." Ian walked over and grabbed Hilda's hand, holding the Flying Stone with her.

Only the blood of the royal family of Laputa can drive this stone.

Ian helped her control the flying stone, and the swaying beam gradually stabilized, and finally gathered into a beam of light that pointed somewhere, shining towards the distant side.

"At the end of that beam, that's probably where Laputa is." Ian whispered.

...

In the sky, the plane carrying the three people flew into the distance.

Ian sat in the driver's seat, following the guidance of the flying stone.

They had one last refill of fuel in the coastal city, close to Laputa, and Ian had this hunch.

He was the one who held the truth in his hand, and his hunch was accurate, and in a short time they had seen the black storm, and the beams of the flying stones were pointing towards the center of the storm.

"Are you going there?" Sida said worriedly.

"Well, Laputa is in the middle of that storm." Ian said.

"But... No problem? ”

"No problem."

When Ian said this, Hilda couldn't feel the wind, as if something was protecting her.

They just rushed straight into the storm, and Hilda didn't feel the horror of the storm at all, the lightning, the black clouds, and the torrential rain, as if they were in another world.

The plane was rampaging through the thunderclouds, and Hilda grabbed the guardrail on her chest with some timidity, but she was more excited than scared.

After passing through the black clouds, they finally saw the sun.

It was hard to describe Sida's mood at this time, she looked down and saw the magnificent city in the sky.

It was a floating city with trees and grass, most of it was covered in green, and the roots of the plants could be seen spreading on the outside, and a towering tree was rooted in its center, and the canopy resembled a castle.

The plane passed over the city in the sky, and there were no storms and black clouds to be seen, and this was the center of the storm, and the sun was shining in the center, so calm and beautiful.

It turns out that through that terrible storm, you can reach the city in the sky.

Ian controls the plane to land on Laputa, and he stands on the real floating city, where the clear spring flows by the grass, and the ruins of civilization are everywhere, there is no human breath here, only the remnants of buildings, and those sleeping robots.

This place has been abandoned for so long that no one has visited it for hundreds or even millennia.

The years have carved their mark on the city in the sky, and those glorious buildings are now occupied by plants.

But the plants didn't make this place a primeval forest, there were gardening robots who tended the place, and during a visit to Laputa, Ian saw a only animate robot that tended to the secret garden.

There used to be a lot of robots like it, but they all slept for a long time, and Ian saw the sleeping robots, lying among the flowers, moss and flowers growing on their earthy brown shells, like oil paintings.

Ian, the first visitor in many years, was pleasantly surprised and delighted, standing on the edge of the city in the sky, looking out at the green garden, and he sighed.

"It's beautiful..."

Next, he stayed in Laputa for a few more days, and he took Sida to the center of Laputa.

It was not difficult for him to understand the control method of this floating city, he actually quickly understood, Laputa's manufacturing principle is similar to alchemy, its energy, the flying stone, is a strange high-quality energy source, even if no one maintains it, it has supported it to run in the sky for hundreds of years.

According to Ian's estimates, it may be another 300 years before its central system will run out of energy.

"So, Sida, have you decided? How?" Ian asks Sida.

"I wanted to leave with Mr. Ian, but... Before leaving, I want to go home again, I still have something I want to take with me. Hida said.

"Have you ever considered moving?" Ian said, "Move your whole home, that whole building to Laputa?" ”

Hilda was stunned for a moment, and a few days later, she saw a picture that she would never forget for the rest of her life.

The home she had lived in for twelve years, uprooted from the land, her farmland, her cattle, the places full of memories, all floated in the air.

Ian and her, as well as Ymir, who didn't seem to speak, stood on the floating dirt and floated into the sky.

She could hardly believe this scene, she knelt on the ground, cautiously looking towards the edge, the scenery became smaller and smaller in her eyes, and when she came back to her senses, her home had been moved to the city in the sky.

"With these flying stones, I should be able to take Laputa home with me." Ian nodded in satisfaction and took Ymir and Hilda's hands, "Let's go, it's time to go back." ”

...

Paradis Island, this is a day that will eventually be remembered, and many people look up at the sky.

Mikasa stood beside Eren with a baby in her arms, and they were all looking up.

"But he said he was going to come back from the air, let's stop all the planes around here..."Hanji looked up at the blue sky, "It's really mysterious, what the hell is going on..."

"Since it's Ian who said it, there must be something he has in mind." Heatria bit her lower lip, her fingers running around her hair.

It can be seen that she has deliberately dressed up and put on a little light makeup, as if to make herself look less "deliberate", she put on a red shawl.

"It's almost time." Erwin looked at his watch, the hands clicking and turning, about to point to the scale.

Everyone stood up, but Levi was as silent as ever, and many people were here to greet him.

Then, the shadow hangs over everyone.

"Worthy of that guy." The corners of Levi's mouth hooked slightly, "It's really a big scene." ”

Hanji's jaw was about to fall to the ground, "What is this!" What's going on here! Why... Why can that kind of thing fly in the sky? ”

"Hahaha." Mikasa and Eren both laughed.

Heatheria was still looking around, looking for the man.

Finally, she saw the figure that kept waving.

He stood on the edge of the Sky City, constantly waving to the crowd below.

He jumped up from such a height, and with him were two girls, but they did not fall freely, and fell from the sky very slowly as if by magic, and trampled on the ground.

"It's like a dream..."

Oh, yes... It's like a dream...

Heatheria couldn't take it anymore, and she ran out and hugged the man.

She burst into tears, tears dripping down her cheeks.

After a few seconds, the hands slowly hugged her and patted her on the back.

There weren't too many fiery words, just simple conversations.

"I'm back."

"Hmm."

(End of book)