Chapter 688 — Dragon and Sky
Blade of Dawn · Page 4 of 4
"Try to repair your wings," Rebecca's imagination took flight. "When a person is disabled they can use prosthetics—inconvenient, but they can still stand. Maybe we could build you mechanical wings. They might not work well, but at least they could let you fly on your own—I heard you have to rely on extra airflow or glide from a cliff to take off, right? If we succeed, maybe you could take off from flat ground under your own power!!"
Maggie's eyes went wide, and she stared at Rebecca, somewhat dazed.
What an utterly wild notion, what optimistic imagination—how many years had it been since she herself had dared to dream such a dream?
After several seconds of stunned silence, Rebecca's voice suddenly came from beside her: "Hey, Maggie, why aren't you saying anything? Did my idea scare you?"
"No, I just... well, I am a little startled," Maggie said, somewhat at a loss. She felt that the composed demeanor she had painstakingly maintained for years was being rapidly shattered before this unconventional princess—yet she felt not the slightest regret. "Your idea is very bold, but it won't be easy to achieve. The runes on our bodies are quite different from the runes you humans commonly use—they are the fundamental elements of the dragon tongue..."
"We've already cracked the elven runic language. We don't mind adding dragon tongue runes to the list. Whatever the system, at least mathematics is universal," Rebecca said with considerable confidence. "And from what I know, humanity's earliest magic was created by referencing the patterns on magical beasts in nature. The original 'primordial runes' were the natural patterns on magical creatures. Since our ancestors already succeeded once with magical beasts, why can't we modern people—armed with modern tools—succeed a second time?"
Maggie looked at Rebecca and could not help but smile. "Talk like that, putting dragons and magical beasts on the same footing—if any other dragon heard you, I fear it would come to blows."
"...Whoa!"
"But please rest easy. I know you meant no offense."
"Oh, good," Rebecca said, hastily patting her chest. "Don't hold it against me, all right? Sometimes I talk before I think. My aunt and the Zuyan—they're always on at me, saying that kind of talk will get me beaten one day, but I just can't break the habit..."
Maggie watched Rebecca with the faintest smile—what a darling girl she was. To think she had once taken her for a brainless, ill-mannered brat of the arrogant nobility. How absurd that seemed now.
"So, will you come back to Xuanyao City with me?" Rebecca rattled on. "All my research facilities are there..."
"I must first obtain the mistress's permission," Maggie said, turning it over in her mind. "From what I know, she will be staying in the north for the time being."
"Then I'll go tell her~ Consider it settled, then!"