Chapter 23: Incredible
Seren's gaze was one of the rows of fresh seafood shops on the shore, and Rick couldn't see where the calendar was. He looked hard to see that there was a sign on the counter table, maybe it was a flop calendar.
Seren yelled, "Today is the 14th of September, and I will be detained for a day!" He saw the landmark lighthouse located downstream: "This is the ...... near the royal capital" Serian said the name of the port.
As soon as the port attendant got on the boat, Serian grabbed him by the collar and asked, "What time is it?"
"It's just past seven o'clock!" The port attendants were startled at the sight of Seren's knightly uniform and knightly insignia.
The captain went to the main deck to speak to the port staff.
Serian paced to the side of the unmanned ship, and read the method of accomplishing the task at a very fast speed: "It will take two hours to take a carriage from here, and it will be delivered before eight o'clock, otherwise it will be too late to review, do you have to contact the judge to stay first......" Although he did not stare at anyone, his eyes were so blazing that they seemed to be able to breathe fire. There was no longer the slightest hint of frivolity in his expression, his body was tense but not impetuous, like a bowstring tightened by an arrow, ready to seize the opportunity to shoot through the enemy. This is Seren's face as a knight, as a fighter against evil.
"I summoned flying beasts out much faster than a carriage. Although you can't fly very far, it's always okay to call a few more times. Rick walked after Seren, and as he spoke, he began to dig out the casting materials. As a former fugitive, he does know how to move efficiently. On the way from here to the royal capital, because of the intensive and repeated development, the road is crooked and there is a possibility of traffic jams, and the flight in a straight line must be faster.
"If you want to fly, let me help. Ampaett's voice came from behind Rick.
Cheek turned his head, but it wasn't the human Ampaert.
The beautiful creatures standing there seemed to glow all over their bodies under the light from the port. His neck was three meters high, seven meters long from chest to tail tip, his olive-shaped eyes glowing purple, and his head resembled a greyhound, with a long, slender snout, but a wider nasal cavity. The neck is long and soft, and the posture is like that of a goose. It has a pair of long-haired ears hanging down on either side of its head, a silky-white hairy hair that hangs down almost to the ground, its body is like that of a leopard, but its four paws are like that of a wolf, and its short-haired paws are very proportionate, its pectoral muscles are well developed like that of a bird, its long tail is fluffy like that of a large anteater, and its shape is a little flatter, like a large fan, and from its back a little behind its forelimbs there is a pair of large, strong silver-white wings.
"Esper?" asked Silke. He had been suspicious for a long time.
"Exactly. I'm a transformer. This beautiful Ethero primordial dragon is Impett. He didn't use his mind to communicate, and he pronounced the sound of the Ethero Standard Language. Obviously, the vocal structure is different, but the pronunciation is very standard. He craned his neck and said, "Come up and let the dragon help you." 」
Rick obediently climbed on the dragon's back and sat in front of him and hugged Ampett's neck.
"Please. Serene sat behind Rick and grabbed Antpatte's back hair, his foot stuck in front of the base of his wing.
Ampaert's fur is very gentle to the touch, and her body temperature is a bit higher than that of humans. Rick buried his face in the hair on the back of his neck and smelled the sweet aroma of fruit. When it took off, it was expected to be very bumpy, because it was not easy for large birds to take off, but it didn't. The larger Anpait, combined with the spell of wind making, did not run, and the wings were lifted vertically into the air with a shock. Nick didn't feel the upward pressure either, and Ampaert must have used some other spell to make Tick move almost the same as crouching on the ground.
The Merger suddenly became very small, the size of a ship in the chart room. The town was thrown to the ground by them, and they ran to the moon on the wings of the dragon.
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Ampaert spreads her wings and glides over the clouds with the current. Rick couldn't help but shout. Not because of fear, but because of emotion.
The clouds roll beneath your feet, like waves but never the same. He had never seen anything like it. At such a high point above the ground, there is also a sea of different shijie.
Ampaert flew to Yunkai, lowered his altitude and skimmed over the dense buildings. The lights of every house are paved with a carpet of light, and the Milky Way on the ground created by human beings.
From another angle, Xike came to Shijie, which he had never been to.
"It's beautiful. Rick exclaimed.
"Do you like it?" asked Ampaert.
"I like it, I like it. Rick was so happy that he began to retract.
"Do you want to sit often?" asked Ampaert.
"Is that okay?"
"Yes. Do you want to be my apprentice?"
"Me?" Rick was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a moment.
"I told you about it. I went to sea because my apprentices were gone. You don't seem to know what you're going to do after this run, so I think maybe you'll be willing to be my apprentice, maybe you'll be willing to make my nest your home. 」
"But. Nick didn't say any more. He remembered the conversation at that time. Ampait's apprentice left him to study necromancy, and Syk is a born necromancer!
"I know you're a necromancer, but I also know you won't abuse your powers. I think you're cute. You are able to discover your blind spots and have the ability to perceive where others are different from you. The way you learn things is solid, you are really learning, not just your academic qualifications. You also have an instinct to take care of others. Not being easy to find is the benefit of this. No one noticed that I was in someone else's "bedroom." Ampaert quoted the analogy Captain Narringer had used in King Moronise's reflection room, implying that he was there at the time. He let out a smug grunt, and then changed to a mournful tone and said, "Or are you unwilling to recognize Long as a master?"
"Oh my God, I'm so happy. Rick opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak for a while. Zuihou was Seren who said to him, "Come on. 」
That's when he spoke. As he heard his own voice, he felt his eyes heat up. He quickly blinked so that tears would not come out: "Master!"
Master Ampaert let out a series of grunts of satisfaction.
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It took only twenty minutes for Master Ampaert to fly from the port to the royal capital, and another seven minutes to find the location of the royal court. When he landed lightly on the floor tiles in front of the royal court, it was seven forty sharp.
Serian thanked him as he jumped off the dragon's back, and rushed straight into the courthouse with the evidence package in his hands. Rick and Master Ampaert, who had taken on human form, followed.
They walked through the door and found Seren, halfway down the hallway, pinned down by a group of knights.
Six men in knight's uniforms shouted and pounced on Seren, crushing him to the bottom. Two other people did not take part in the suppression of Seren.
One of the knights with short orange hair held up the evidence package in his hand, said, "I'll take it to the judge now!" and rushed into the depths of the courthouse with the other.
When he took a closer look, he saw that the people who had suppressed Seren were all wounded. Some had bandages on their hands, some had plasters on their feet, and some had new red flesh on their exposed arms and faces.
The people who suppressed Seren's mouths forced him to confess. Serene managed to push them out of the way and sit up on the red carpet. He rubbed his reddened nose and said, "Y-all alive!"
One of the knights, with a ponytail tied with glass beads on the rope and a little change in expression, pinched Seren's nose and said, "The bad guys haven't died yet, how can the good guys die first." 」
"It hurts—"
Syk decided not to disturb Seren and his partner for a reunion. He turned and walked towards the door, and Master Ampaert leaned over and put his arm around his shoulder.
At first, he wasn't used to the intimacy, but he looked at it, and after confirming in his mind that it was Master Ampaert, he relaxed and smiled. Instead, he leaned over to Master Ampaert. Not long ago, he buried his face behind the dragon's neck.
Master Ampaert treated Rick as if he were just a ten-year-old boy. Because dragons live much longer than humans, the relationship between Rick and him is indeed like that of an adult and a ten-year-old boy.
Ten years old.
At the age of ten, he had just entered the Dark Academy, and he had never had the opportunity to be a real ten-year-old boy.
The master and apprentice walked out of the courthouse side by side, returning to the center of the vestibule and stopped. Nick rested his head on Master Ampait's shoulder. Master Ampaert's long hair on both sides of his head scratched Rick's face, and he still had the sweet smell of fruit in his human form.
They took a few more steps, discussing where to go back to the ship to see what was going to happen, and then where to buy Rick's bedding before Master Ampaert drove him back.
At this time, a staff member ran out panting with a magic cage, and when he saw Xi Ke, his eyes swept over, obviously comparing Xi Ke with the physical description he received. He laughed and said, "Is it Mr. Rick? 」
Xi Ke nodded, and took the magic cage with both hands suspiciously: "Hey?"
The voice of the head of the Mage Practice Administration came from the magic bell, and it sounded like he was constantly taking time to suck the pudding with a straw while he was talking: "You have finally returned to Etero, where have you disappeared in the past few months, and I can't find you even if I want to give you a job?"
In addition, there was also a quiet cry from the magic bell, which was relatively low because of the distance, and the familiar switchboard lady: "What else do you want me to do with this switchboard? You can contact him yourself! I am an ornament and a vase, I don't want sympathy!"
"Hey, hey, tell me where and what the hell have you been doing? The director said.
Nick glanced at Master Ampaert, who tilted his head back at Tick. He went to the Lost Sea, a place that could not be further from Shijie, but which did not end in the path of Xike.
Rick tilted his head as well, like a dog. He said, "You won't believe it. I found the Paladin in the gasoline canister and the Master at the end of Shijie. 」