Endless Silver Machine

Airships and magic ships are now the main means of transportation for long distances. In terms of working principles, the two are very similar, but their appearance, size and purpose are completely different.

As a civilian means of transportation, airships are only equipped with some instruments necessary for aviation and a large enough passenger compartment. An airship can carry up to two hundred passengers and has a cargo compartment at the rear.

Most of the magic ships are of military type, and the ships are generally equipped with mechanical and magic ship-based guns, which can deploy protective force fields throughout the ship. Although the hull is about twice as large as a civilian airship, the standard carrying capacity is only double digits at most. The reactor, which is the power source of the magic ship, is located in the middle of the ship and occupies one-third of the entire ship. The stored magic particles collide at high speed to generate nearly unlimited energy to maintain all functions of the magic ship. It is a "heart device" that must be protected at all levels.

An airship can reach a maximum height of about three thousand meters above the ground, but the ultimate height of a magic ship is much higher than this value, so the air in the airship cockpit does not need to be pressurized like a magic ship. But for safety reasons, all airships are still equipped with pressurization devices to prevent extraordinary situations from happening.

Aika was very interested in the magic ship that she had never seen with her own eyes. Even so, because he and Wei Xi left for the Tebiri Kingdom one step ahead of time, they lost the opportunity to board the Frost Moon Academy magic ship. But Aika didn't feel sorry for this.

The passenger cabin of the airship is divided into three sections. Wei Xi's ticket was bought with Aika's help, so the two people's seat numbers are connected together and they are located in the back cabin. Wei Xi's seat was originally close to the aisle, but Aika exchanged her ticket with her and let her sit where she could see out the window.

"how do you feel?"

Aika looked at the girl next to her, who was excitedly lying in front of the glass window looking at the gradually smaller houses and forests. If Wei Xi had a big fluffy tail like Qiu Ke, it would be wagging non-stop now.

"so beautiful……"

As the height rises, thick white clouds have obscured the ground. The clear red sky is dotted with starlight that is difficult to see from the ground this season, and the horizon is divided into wonderful scenes of different light and darkness.

It won't be long before darkness falls completely.

"Want to drink?"

Aika bought a bottle of drinking water from the flight attendant pushing the trolley, and waved the bottle in front of Wei Xi's eyes.

"Well, I'm a little thirsty..."

She reached between the partitions of the seats and groped around. There were disposable paper cups placed beside the partitions of each seat that could be used freely. Aika gave Wei Xi half a cup and placed it on the horizontally opened table.

"Thanks……"

Wei Xi held the small paper cup in her hands and took a sip.

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Ling and Luoluo don't live together now.

Because of the warm invitation of their parents, Luoluo and Ling stayed in Aibi and Xixi's homes respectively.

They planned to stay in the Imperial Capital for a week and then return to Shimozuki Academy. Although Aika and Wei Xi are far away in a foreign country, it is still their home.

Ling wiped her hair and walked into the guest room of Xixi's house. The TV mounted on the wall was playing the evening news.

"It's finally going to snow..."

Ling sat on the edge of the bed, listening to the news analyzing the weather in the Bisi Empire in the next few days.

"They seem to be leaving tonight..."

She said to herself.

There was no sign of snow falling outside the window.

"Sister, are you asleep?"

I hope they can arrive safely... After Ling told herself in her heart, she stood up and opened the door to Xixi who was waiting outside the room.

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"Dear passengers, this flight is expected to pass through a snowy area in half an hour. The aircraft will experience slight turbulence. Please fasten your seat belts."

This already recorded broadcast was played from the airship's loudspeaker. Because it was flying above the clouds and the wind and snow area was very small, the airship for this flight still took off according to the scheduled plan.

"Wei Xi, have you fastened your seat belt?"

"It should be fine..."

Aika checked the interface of the two people's seat belts and confirmed that the connection was normal.

"Well, that's it." He leaned on the back of the seat, "Would you like to take a nap first? You may not feel the bumps after you fall asleep."

The two of them had just been chatting about irrelevant gossip to pass the time. It was now Wei Xi's normal rest time at home, and her eyes were already looking tired.

"It doesn't matter to me...When brother Aika wants to sleep, I will sleep with him..."

"Ling will be angry if you don't sleep well. I promised them that I will never hide anything during this trip. You know that, right?"

Aika pretended to be serious and moved out of the "Ling" mountain. As long as it's Ling's words, Wei Xi will obey them obediently. Although taking advantage of this made Aika feel guilty, for the sake of Wei Xi's growing body, this pain was not worth mentioning.

"I see……"

Wei Xi lowered her eyes in disappointment.

Aika reached out and lowered the light-blocking curtains on the window, and then after communicating with the passenger behind Wei Xi, she lowered the back of her seat slightly.

"That's enough." He checked Wei Xi's seat belt again, "Don't worry, I will sleep right after we pass the snowy area."

"Well...brother Aika, good night..."

"Good night and sweet dreams."

"Thanks……"

The central heating was on in the airship, and Aika covered Wei Xi's body with the thin blanket that she brought with her on the airship.

Within a few minutes, he heard Wei Xi breathing softly.

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After the airship entered the snowy area, the turbulence of the fuselage was not as severe as expected. Wei Xi, who had already passed through a light sleep state, would not wake up due to this level of vibration. Aika pulled the blanket up on her body, then leaned back on the chair to rest.

What forced him to open his recently closed eyes was not the shaking of the fuselage, but the vibration of the PDA.

Just a few months ago, the law allowing the use of PDAs and other communication tools on airships passed final review. Originally, this type of machine could easily cause interference to the airship's navigation system and other equipment. If the use of PDAs was prohibited, it would cause various inconveniences. Therefore, after introducing magic technology into purely mechanical civilian airships and conducting detailed tests for a long time, this restriction was lifted.

It was Ling who sent the text message.

"I'm not looking for you. Is Wei Xi asleep?"

Aika chuckled. The words were originally meant to scare Wei Xi, but unexpectedly they actually came true. Leave this message for her to read tomorrow morning, and the effect may be doubled. Aika typed her reply while thinking about something that would make even Wei Xi angry.

——I put her to bed at ten o'clock, and now we are on the airship.

——Is it snowing there? The news says it will snow in the Imperial Capital tonight.

——On the clouds, you can’t see the snow scene. But now it is indeed flying in the snowy area.

——Do you have any special feeling?

——A little wobbly, but okay.

--knew.

This time Ling only replied with three words. Xixi should be by her side now, so she won't continue to disturb them. Aika put the PDA away.

After a few minutes, he opened his eyes again.

——Have you covered Wei Xi with a blanket? Don't let her catch a cold, you won't take care of her at all if she does.

Please pay some attention to me...

——Don’t worry, I did as you asked.

--Um.

After a few seconds, she added another one.

--be safe.

There is still something cute about this guy.

The bumpy feeling of the airship was more obvious than before.

"Woo..."

"Wei Xi, are you awake?"

Wei Xi rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up from the supine chair.

"Are you still in the snowy area now..."

"Probably yes. The bulletin board in the waiting hall says that it will take about ninety minutes to pass through the wind and snow area, so it will take another hour to stabilize."

"Um……"

"Can't sleep?"

"My head is very clear..."

"This kind of situation happens often..."

After a short rest, you lose your tiredness and start staying up late, but you will pay a painful price the next day.

"Sorry, I have to leave for a while..." Wei Xi unbuckled her seat belt, "I'll be back soon..."

Aika knew what this meant. After all, Ling had made her remember with her body that there were some things that she couldn't ask out loud.

"be careful."

"Um……"

Wei Xi nodded, and then walked along the aisle toward the cabin.

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The toilet is located between the two passenger compartments. There were no other passengers using it now, so Wei Xi quickly solved the physical problem.

After washing her hands with warm water at the sink outside the bathroom, she put her hands into the hot air hand dryer. She couldn't do anything else at this time, so she slightly poked her head out and looked inside through the glass on the isolation door of the middle cabin.

But nothing new was discovered.

"Go back quickly..."

Thinking of the agreement with Aika, Wei Xi quickly pulled her hand out of the warm wind. Before leaving, she looked in the mirror in front of the washbasin and combed her hair that had been messed up just now with her hands.

Another passenger also came to the compartment, and the bathroom was only equipped with one for each compartment. In order not to cause trouble to the other party, she hurried past him with her head lowered and prepared to return to the back cabin.

As she passed by, a hard object was suddenly pressed against her waist, and Wei Xi's consciousness was interrupted.

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