Above the sea of clouds is the endless blue sky.
The sky here is clean and clear, and it always lights up very early. The strong winds fill the sails of the ship, as if a pair of invisible hands are pushing the magic airship forward.
The butler led Suldak into a separate dining room.
The view of this restaurant is very broad, and you can see the sea of clouds outside the glass window.
Count Alexi It was sitting at the dining table, surrounded by four waiters from the restaurant. There was a plate inlaid with gold in front of him. He smiled at Surdak and nodded, motioning for Surdak to sit down.
On the chair to his left.
The waiter quickly wrapped the napkin around Suldak's chest and poured him a glass of aperitif.
The butler whispered a few words next to Count It, and Count It's gray eyebrows jumped slightly, with a curious expression on his face, and he asked Surdak:
"I heard from David that you just went out for morning exercise?"
The old count did not say those words of thanks when he opened his mouth, but instead took Suldak to talk about daily topics.
Suldak relaxed his slightly nervous mood and replied: "Yes, as long as conditions permit, daily morning exercise is essential, so as to maintain the best physical condition."
Every armored knight needs to maintain good physical condition at all times, because he may be called to a certain battlefield at any time.
"It is not easy for young people to be so self-disciplined. When I was young, I was also a construct knight, but at that time I always felt that being in the army was too hard. I often had to fight enemies who were much stronger than me on the battlefield, so military service
I insisted on retiring as soon as the term was over. If I could have persisted a little longer, maybe we wouldn't be in this situation now..." Earl Itte's eyes showed nostalgia.
Suldak rubbed his nose and said, "I'm not always like this. Sometimes I lie in bed and don't want to get up."
The waiter in the restaurant brought a plate of meatloaf covered with thick sauce and asked Suldak if he wanted some.
Suldak nodded, indicating that it was okay.
Earl Itte sat on the chair and said: "Young people like you probably don't know how enviable it is to be able to sleep more. As people get older, their sleep will become worse and worse.
, for example, I drink a glass of golden cider before going to bed every day. Even so, I can only sleep for a while. I will wake up when there is the slightest movement, and then I lie quietly in bed waiting for the dawn to come, and then what flashes through my mind.
These are all past events that we cannot look back on.”
He looked out the window, as if he could see the past events in his memory through the glass window.
Not long after, he woke up from his memories, picked up the spoon and said to Suldak: "My appetite is not very good. I can only drink a little oat milk in the morning, but a young man like you should eat more.
Replenish your physical strength."
Surdak happened to put a piece of meat pie into his mouth and was speechless at all. He could only nodded rudely.
Count Itt didn't care at all, but asked Surdak curiously: "You are a noble of Helensa, but I seem to have never seen you."
Only then did Suldak swallow the beef patties that were a little chewy in his mouth, and explained to Earl It:
"Uh... I am not a hereditary noble. I am a third-class baronet who was recently conferred by His Majesty Charles."
Count Iter thought seriously for a moment, and the butler next to him whispered a few words into Count Iter's ear again. Only then did Count Iter's eyes light up, and he looked at Suldak seriously again, and said to him with a faint smile:
"Oh, I remembered. You are the pride of our Halanza. The plane war in the Maca plane has given us the momentum of the Bena people."
The old count waved his hand passionately and made a chopping motion.
"Hey, young man...well done." Count It said appreciatively.
The two chatted happily until the end of breakfast.
Several young aristocratic ladies were sitting in the corner of the restaurant, and several young aristocrats in formal attire were sitting across the dining table. A group of people were chatting animatedly, and they let out elegant chuckles from time to time, causing the waiters in the restaurant to turn their heads.
This group of young nobles.
Suldak and the old count walked to the door of the restaurant and happened to meet the group of knights. They seemed to have just finished their morning exercises and had taken a shower. They walked into the restaurant fresh and saw Suldak.
When he came, the leading construct knight nodded politely to him, but the eyes of the construct knights behind him looked very unfriendly and full of disdain.
Surdak stood in the corridor and said goodbye to Earl It.
The old count stood at the door of the restaurant, leaning on a cane, and asked: "Baron Suldak, do you want to play cards together later?"
"Playing cards...?" Surdak had never even seen what playing cards looked like, but he wanted to experience the so-called chess and card socializing among nobles. After thinking about it for a while, he readily accepted Count It's invitation and said: "
……OK!"
"See you later!" The old count pointed to the butler beside him, indicating that the butler would go to the room to invite him later.
Surdak saluted, turned and returned to his room.
At this moment, the deck was crowded with civilians who came out to relax. They crowded on the edge of the ship's side and looked at the sea of clouds and the rising sun, exclaiming in wonder from time to time.
…
There is also an entertainment room on the magic airship. This entertainment room is only open to nobles. It is said that the captain occasionally comes here to play. In addition to the two card tables, there are two billiard tables in the entertainment room, and two more against the wall.
There is a dart board, the walls of the room are covered with gorgeous wallpaper, the floor is covered with soft carpets, and some fruit plates and tea are placed on the square table next to the wall.
Surdak and Earl It were sitting at the card table chatting.
Only then did Earl It know that Surdak had never played cards before, so he told him the rules of playing cards in detail. He couldn't explain clearly on his own, so he asked the butler to cooperate. The two explained how to play cards.
Surdak listened carefully for a while and realized that although the rules of playing cards were something he had never been exposed to before, they were not difficult to understand.
He then asked Count Itter for a few more words.
The two didn't wait too long. Two ladies came to the entertainment room with their maids. When they saw two people sitting at the card table, their eyes lit up. The lady with a pointed chin pulled her companion and held a folding fan in her hand.
She took the initiative to come to the card table. Her eyebrows were slender and her pointed chin was raised high. She looked extremely proud.
She looked deeply at Earl It and asked: "Can I sit here?"
"I wish you all!" Earl It said with a smile. He and Suldak were sitting here, just waiting for the nobles who were willing to play cards to come over and join in the game.
The lady sat reservedly on the chair, and the other lady didn't say anything and sat down directly opposite her best friend.
Before everyone could start, the group of Construct Knights also walked into the entertainment room. A group of Construct Knights occupied a pool table, but one of the Construct Knights looked at the card table here.
His eyes first fell on the faces of the two ladies, and then he saw Surdak on the card table. He walked to the card table and stared at Surdak. The meaning of his eyes was very clear, and he clearly wanted to let him win.
Surdak gave up his position.
Surdak sat on the chair without moving, looking at the construct knight in front of him doubtfully.
The housekeeper wanted to step forward to solve the problem, but Earl Itte reached out to stop him.
Seeing that the conflict between the two parties was about to break out, one of the ladies with a round face stood up immediately and said: "It happens that I don't really want to play cards. If you want to play, I can give up my seat to you."
After she finished speaking to the construct knight, she gave up her seat.
The maid behind her moved a chair and placed it behind the lady with a pointed chin. She sat down behind her best friend and gently brushed her shiny black hair, ignoring the looks from around her.
The construct knight is also a nobleman. He wears an exquisite leather armor with magic patterns. He sits on the chair without saying a word. His tall and tall figure looks outstanding sitting on the chair. His golden hair is combed by him.
Meticulously, he nodded politely to the lady opposite and glared at Suldak.
Earl Itte raised his head and glanced at the Construct Knight and the noble lady opposite, and asked politely: "Can we start?"
Both the construct knight and the pointed-chinned lady said they could deal the cards at any time...
At the card table, the card skills of Earl It and the noble knight were obviously better, but Suldak didn't lose many chips, because it was a pastime in itself, there was no greed, and every hand seemed
He was very cautious, throwing chips on the table one by one, and occasionally made small gains.
The noble lady was the most immersed in the game, but her poker skills were average and she didn't have much luck. The pile of chips in the tray quickly bottomed out.
Although the noble knight won some chips, he was a little absent-minded and always stared at the noble lady who was watching the battle with his burning eyes.
The noble lady's expression was dull, as if she could not see the fiery gaze of the construct knight.
The lady with a pointed chin tentatively asked the Construct Knight a few questions, and then she found out that he was a Construct Knight who completed the mission in Helensa City and returned to Bena City. However, the Construct Knight did not know which department he belonged to.
explain.
The lady with a pointed chin occasionally chatted with Count Itter.
Surdak was a little confused. Aren't everyone nobles from Halanza City?
Why are they so strange to each other? Obviously the old earl is not familiar with them. It seems that he has no contact with them. It is normal that they are not familiar with the noble knights, but do they not know each other?
?
At this time, I heard Earl It said: "The climate here is still too cold. When winter comes, the joints all over my body hurt terribly. I can't help it. It's a problem I got when I was young, so I want to move to the south.
A place with a warm and dry climate is best.”
"Do you want to go to Muglad?" The noble lady sitting on the sidelines watching the battle raised her head and asked Count Itter curiously.
"Maybe, this is a stop on my journey, but I can only make a decision after actual inspection." Earl It said casually.
"What about you? Baron Surdak, what are you going to do in Bena City?" the lady with a pointed chin asked Surdak,
Surdak touched his nose and said with a shy smile: "I came to Bena City to visit some friends..."
After the card game was over, the two noble ladies left the entertainment room first. The construct knight followed the two noble ladies first and shouted: "Mrs. Dorothy, Annabelle, do you want..."
He chased him out of the door, and the sound disappeared at the door.
On the contrary, the construct knights were enjoying themselves around the billiard table, and they were all concentrating on the billiards on the table.
…
The group of young and enthusiastic aristocratic ladies and the young aristocrats quickly got together on the magic airship. They could only play together, but further contact was restricted by the rules of the aristocratic family. The marriage of each aristocratic lady after adulthood
, it is all arranged by the family, or it is a political intermarriage, or in order to recruit talents for the family, the man needs to be recognized by the family, and only by reaching a marriage contract can there be further contact.
On the contrary, ladies no longer have such worries. Ladies with relatively strong family backgrounds can even have lovers in addition to their husbands.
Because of this, Annabelle and Lady Dorothy are the targets of these noble knights. They are not willing to contact those noble ladies at all. Only the young nobles who are about to travel far will spend the whole day with them.
Being entangled together, although you can't eat, it can relieve the boredom on the journey.
Although the construct knights were a bit dissatisfied with Surdak, until the last day, there was no conflict between the two sides on the magic airship.
Surdak didn't gain much in the past few days on the magic airship. Apart from learning to play cards, he didn't seem to have gained anything else.
After a week's voyage, the majestic Bena City finally appeared in Suldak's sight. The nobles stood on the observation deck on the top of the ship building, and the civilians stood on the deck. Everyone saw Bena City through the gaps in the sea of clouds.
, and let out a cheer.
…
Count Itt walked off the magic airship on crutches and stood under the airport tower outside Bena City and waved to Surdak who was riding a horse.
The housekeeper stood quietly behind him with his suitcase, watching Suldak ride on horseback along the avenue outside the city wall toward Bena City.
The group of young nobles and a group of noble ladies stood at the gate of the airport terminal, showing a reluctant expression. These young nobles will stay at the airport terminal, waiting for the magic airship to fly to Haiyinsi.
And these noble ladies returned to the Bena Swordsman Academy to continue their studies.
The magician in magic robe walked behind Count It and asked Count It: "Teacher, is this journey going well?"
If Surdak was still on the airport dock at this moment, he would definitely recognize him as the Daler magician from the White Elephant Trading Company. The Daler magician was dressed as if he was about to travel far away, standing in front of Earl It.
"It's okay! Dalle, have you bought the ticket to Bosaso City?" Count Itte looked at Dalle kindly and asked casually.
Magician Dale quickly replied: "There is no magic airship directly to Bosasuo City in Bena. If you don't want to transfer in the imperial capital, you have to go to Haiyinsi!"
"Then let's go to Haiyinsi..." the old count decided, and then smiled at Dalle and said, "By the way, I met a very interesting young man on the airship this time..."