Rogge proposed to a member of the airship that he wanted to ride a dragon, but the crew member sternly refused on the grounds of disrupting the normal progress of the airship. Rogge had no choice but to ask Filia to take action.
Filia spoke to the same crew member: "Hello, may I ask..."
The young boatman saw the person clearly and stood up straight with a snap. His body tensed slightly and he stuttered: "Dear Miss Fefilia, it is my honor to serve you."
Filia smiled slightly and said: "Don't be nervous, I just want to ride a dragon. I have never ridden a dragon before. I have never ridden one before. Can you call back a dragon knight and let me ride a dragon for a while?"
"According to the rules, I can't."
Filia's disappointment was written on her face and she whispered: "Oh, that's okay."
The young boatman wanted to slap himself when he saw it, and immediately threw the rules behind him: "But I can do it for you!"
Filia turned from gloomy to sunny, and said with a smile: "Really? Thank you so much!"
The young boatman's face turned red, and he stood at attention and said, "It's my honor to serve you!"
The crew came to the front of the airship and yanked the rope three times to recall a dragon-taming knight.
Seeing that the "beauty trap" was successful, Filia looked at Ophina who was hiding in the corner and winked at her.
Ophina blew a kiss in return, and then said to Rogge in disgust: "Brother, look at you, you can't even borrow a dragon rider, it's really useless! Sister Filia is better."
Rogge was ashamed. He was not a beautiful girl, and he did not have the noble status of Filia. He only had a mouth, and of course he could not speak to the serious young sailor.
After thinking about it, Rogge accompanied Filia and Ofina to the bow side of the boat. Below was the dragon that had flown back and was moving forward at the same speed as the airship.
The dragon-taming knight was already waiting on the deck of the airship. When he saw Filia, he bowed respectfully and said, "Miss Filia, the dragon-taming knight is ready for you and is ready to ride at any time."
Filia replied: "Thank you, thank you for your hard work. How many people can it ride at most?"
The dragon-taming knight looked at Ophina and Rogge behind Filia and said, "You three are light in weight, so there is no problem in riding them at the same time."
"Okay, then please tell us how to control the dragon training."
The dragon-taming knight introduced the basic control methods to the three people, and then said: "The dragon-taming guards of the airship are all chosen to be docile. When I came up, I ordered it to obey the orders of the person riding it, Feili. Miss Ya can ride with peace of mind.”
"Then what are you waiting for? Brother, hug me down quickly." Ofina said impatiently. There is still some distance between dragon training and the airship. Ofina, who is not a warrior, cannot jump off by herself.
Philiya jumped down first and landed firmly on the dragon's back. Then Rogge picked up Ofina like a princess, jumped down, and then placed Ofina between him and Filia.
"Sit tight and hold on, let's go!" Filia shook the reins, flapped the dragon's wings a few times and flew forward.
"Wow~~Oh~~~~" Ophina was extremely happy. She opened her hands to feel the cold wind blowing against her face. She carefully looked at the vast empire territory and the ant-like people below. She felt extremely comfortable.
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Five days later, the royal airship flew to Ipuni Port on time. All 1,000 candidates from all over the country to enter the Secret Garden of Spiritual Beasts arrived within one day. This shows the empire's arrangements for the trip to the Holy Kingdom of Summoning Spirits. Very thorough.
Of these 1,000 candidates, 400 were students from major colleges, including 100 from Holker College and 130 from Charles College in Odens, the imperial capital. The remaining places were allocated by other colleges.
In addition to students, the remaining 600 people who entered the secret garden were noble children and military elites.
The empire allows nobles to pay a huge sum of 5,000 gold coins to purchase a quota, provided that the person who goes there must be the noble himself or his direct descendant. Emperor Charles's move was firstly to win over the nobles and give them face, and secondly, the huge amount of money to purchase quotas could fill the national treasury and reduce the financial pressure on the empire under continuous wars.
A total of 120 nobles purchased quotas to go to the Secret Garden of Spiritual Beasts this time, and the quota paid was 600,000 gold coins, a huge amount of money. It can be said that this trip to the Soul-Calling Holy Kingdom was entirely paid for by these 120 nobles, and the empire still had a lot of money left to pay bounties to the frontline soldiers.
The Imperial Military received 480 quotas, and all of them were young elites with the greatest potential in each unit. Basically, they had been on the battlefield and experienced the baptism of war, and were strong.
If you can get a spiritual beast to become a spiritual summoner during this trip, not only will your strength increase, but your status in the army will also undergo earth-shaking changes, and even your unit will gain glory. This group of young people are also full of energy and ready to give it a try for themselves and the army.
Four warships are ready to go at Ipuni Port to serve as transport ships for transporting personnel, and three smart small warships are used for escort and reconnaissance.
The crew was assembled and everyone got on the boat. The conditions on the battleship are no better than those on a royal airship. There is no dormitory for each person, no room for banquets, and no training room. Fortunately, the journey is not far, and you can reach the Holy City of Summoning Spirits in 7 days.
The fleet needs to sail on the Azure Sea to go to the Holy City of Soul Calling, which is the territory of Azure Sea Kingdom. The Nalan Empire and the Weihai Kingdom also said hello, and the Weihai Kingdom sent a team of elite patrol warriors to accompany them, serving as both guards and surveillance.
In the past few days, Rogge and others were either practicing meditation on the deck while blowing the sea breeze, or resting in the temporarily converted dormitory inside the ship.
The conditions on the battleships are actually quite poor. This is because all the seas are the territories of the four sea nations. No matter how much the empire develops new warships, they are still no match for the sea nations who call the sea their home. In addition, the war with the orcs emptied the treasury, and the empire simply gave up on developing warships, resulting in the warships currently in existence being relatively backward.
There are dozens of people per room in the temporarily renovated dormitory. You are not allowed to change your clothes while sleeping, and you have to listen to the snoring of others. This makes the girls on Rogge's team who are used to living in luxurious villas very uncomfortable.
Ofina tiptoed out of bed and curled her lips. The snoring in the room had woken her up more than once, and the loudest one was Lunt. She couldn't sleep in the house, so she simply went to the deck to make do.
Rogge didn't sleep deeply either. He felt Ophina wake up and leave the dormitory, so he followed her to the deck.
"Nana, can't you sleep?" Rogge came to Ofina and sat on the deck with her, leaning against the edge of the ship and looking up at the sky.
Ofina leaned her head on Rogge's shoulder and said, "Yes, brother, how can people snore so loudly, especially that big stupid bear? I want to complain to Linlin!"
The sea breeze was very cold, so Roger took out a blanket and covered Ofina: "You don't need to complain, Madeleine should have heard it. When I came out, I saw her covering her ears."
Ofina wrapped the blanket tightly and adjusted her posture to make herself more comfortable: "Ah? Isn't that big stupid bear out of business?"
Rogge took out a piece of snack from the space ring and handed it to Ofina: "It's not that big of a deal, after all, it's just a snore. I think Madeleine is also interested in Lunt, otherwise she would have ignored him long ago."
Ofina happily took the snack and took a big bite: "Yes, if Big Stupid Bear had a brother as smart as you, Linlin would have been chased by him long ago."
Rogge was afraid that Ofina would choke, so he took out another bottle of drink and handed it to her: "Lunt is not too stupid, but he can't speak, and he can't understand Madeleine's thoughts."
Ofina happily took the drink and took a sip: "Yes, I read in the book that he is called a 'straight man'."
Roger asked curiously: "What book?"
"Here, this is it." Ofina took out a book from her space bracelet and gave it to Rogge.
Rogge took the book and saw the words "Thirty-six Strategies for Love" written on the cover of the book through the moonlight. He couldn't help but said, "Nana, what do you think of this kind of book?"
Ophina ate all the snacks, then opened her hands to Rogge and said, "What's wrong? Isn't it okay? This is a serious book I borrowed from the library, and it's on the bookshelf at Ji Ce's place. .”
Rogge was speechless and put another piece of snack into Ophina's hand. That's okay, Thirty-Six Strategies for Love can be considered a strategy.
Ophina said with satisfaction: "I'll lend it to you. Take a good look and try to capture Sister Filia as soon as possible."
Rogge silently put "Thirty-Six Strategies of Love" into the space ring.
Ofina snorted coldly and pinched Rogge lightly, but seeing that he had served him snacks and drinks so attentively, she didn't say anything.
The brother and sister looked at the stars in the distant sky and were speechless for a moment. After all, the physique of a magician is not as good as that of a warrior. Ofina couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep peacefully in Rogge's arms.
The sound of light footsteps came, and Rogge looked up. It turned out to be Filia. It seemed that even the eldest lady of the Yanyang family, who was used to living in the open air, couldn't stand the snoring in the group dormitory.
Filia sat next to Rogge and stood shoulder to shoulder with him, holding a glass of water in her hand. After a while, she handed the water glass to Rogge.
The water was hot, and it was heated by Filia using basic fire magic. Rogge mouthed "Thank you" to Filia, and Filia smiled at him in response.
With his sister in his arms and the goddess by his side, Rogge's newly surging sleepiness also subsided.
Rogge was not sleepy, but Filia was sleepy. She didn't get a good night's sleep for several days. The sea breeze blew on her face and everything was quiet. Filia relaxed, tilted her head and fell asleep leaning on Rogge's other shoulder.
Rogge resisted the urge to have a nosebleed, gently and slowly took out another blanket, and wrapped Filia in it.
In the early morning, when the sky was still bright, Rogge woke up, gently shook his slightly groggy head, opened his eyes, and saw Ofina's cute little mouth slightly pouted and puffy pink cheeks. .
Ofina stared at Rogge without saying a word. Rogge held one in his left hand and the other in his right hand, not daring to move. Philiya hadn't woken up yet, and his hand was held by his sleeping hand.
Ofina's small hands came to Rogge's waist, slowly picked up a piece of meat, and then twisted it left and right.
Rogge was breathing rapidly and tried not to make a sound, but his body couldn't help but tremble.
Filia was woken up by the trembling. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and suddenly felt a "pig's trotter" on her waist. Filia lifted the blanket and looked at her waist, checked again, and then looked at Rogge.
Rogge had to speak: "Filia, if I said that my hands had their own thoughts while I was asleep, would you believe it?"
Filia stared at Rogge's eyes for a few seconds and believed it, but she still stretched out her hand and pinched Rogge's other side of the waist and twisted it, but her strength was much less than that of Ofina.
