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    At some point, a man saw a huge black shadow cast in the sky of the royal capital, and when he looked up, he saw something so large floating in the sky that it had the power to fill up part of the sky.

    “Wow!! What is that!?

    What does it look like?”

    “Is it a monster? What on earth is that… !!”

    Something huge, like a balloon, with an oval-shaped shape.

    And at the bottom, there was something hanging like a pocket that was incomparably small in size.

    “I’ve seen something like that… ?”

    “No? Is that possible?”

    For a moment, all the people of Groden watched with anxious eyes and murmured.

    Something like a rope seemed to fall out of the lower pocket, and was dangling as it touched the ground.

    “Rope… ? It looks like it’s made of iron?”

    “Is that possible? Is it that long?”

    And at the sight of the entire lower part, which was attached like a pouch along the thick steel wire, falling, people were screaming and running away from the spot.

    “Wow!! Falling!!”

    “It’s dangerous!!”

    However, it came down at a high speed and started to slow down halfway, but by the time it reached the ground, it had slowed down very much and landed stably on the ground.

    As I got closer, I saw a steel structure that looked like a large container with multiple windows slowly opening, revealing people inside.

    The residents who were running away in shock turned around and looked surprised when they saw the people getting out of it.

    “Those people… … ”

    “Warmhausen’s doubles?

    It’s so special that I remember it!!”

    A suit that is neat and neat and somehow gives a sense of unity.

    And next to them, beings that take the form of monsters and animals appear, and although they are made of inorganic matter, they move as if they have life.

    And among them, a man came forward, bowed his head, and gave a proper greeting.

    “Meet His Majesty the King of Groden!!

    We are the envoys dispatched from Warmhausen… !!”

    However, contrary to his excited shouting, when he raised his head and saw that only the residents of the royal capital were looking at them, the man immediately turned to the side and looked at the people who had come with him.

    “What is it? Isn’t it here?”

    “It may have been shaken by the wind.

    I guess the drop area is wrong.”

    “Ugh… Post it again.

    Our goal is the palace garden.”

    As people returned to the container as if nothing had happened, and as they watched the container close and go up again along the steel wire toward the balloon in the sky, the residents, who had no idea what had passed by, were left dumbfounded.

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    Although there was some trouble, it was not only the royal palace that was turned upside down by the news of the arrival of Warmhausen’s envoys.

    The very center of the royal capital of the Kingdom of Groden.

    Everyone waiting for their visit at the Groden Palace seemed calm on the outside, but behind the scenes, everyone was engaged in a hectic battle.

    “That… Take that away.

    The decorations are burdensome.”

    “Yes, sir.”

    The waiting nobles and various state officials were whispering something to their subordinates who were coming behind them and sending them out.

    “Your Excellency, preparations are complete.

    The tribute to His Majesty the King is… ”

    “It is ready, so leave it alone.

    Instead, please check the Madojin for convenience facilities once again.

    The time to welcome the state guest is just around the corner.

    We need to make sure it works well so we can serve guests.”

    “Yes, I will check again.”

    Of course, it was not possible to invite all the nobles ruling the cities outside Groden, so only the nobles from nearby cities gathered in the royal capital after receiving the king’s order.

    If you think about it that way, there was another reason why there were a lot more nobles gathered than expected.

    In a way, it was natural that there were many nobles who, whether they liked it or not, rushed to expand their network by socializing with Warmhausen’s delegation.

    “I meet Your Majesty, the King of Groden!!”

    “You worked hard to come this long way.”

    Charlotte, who was watching the audience with the king and the head of the delegation from the side, also belonged to such a case.

    The eldest daughter of the Polignac family who runs the St. Plancina Academy, a treasure trove of talent and the pride of Groden.

    And as the current head of the family, she was qualified to stand near the king as the president of the academy.

    Her expression was a little stiff due to tension, and she seemed to be smiling awkwardly.

    The head of the engineering department from Warmhausen, who had participated as a member of her group but had no choice but to leave during the audience, was gesturing towards her to smile brighter.

    There was no way that would have caught her eye as she was already very nervous about meeting people from Warmhausen.

    “You act like that when you’re nervous.”

    “Giggle!! Considering his age, that would be correct.

    It’s said that a young young lady meets big guys.”

    The elderly head of the Engineering Department and the old head of the Department of Magic who was standing next to him burst into laughter and whispered to each other, while the audience welcoming the messengers seemed to be slowly coming to an end.

    As the audience announced the end and moved to the next location, the head of the Department of Magic turned around and looked up at the airship-like vehicle that the envoys from Warmhausen were riding.

    Looking at the amazing feat of a civilization that has reduced the movement that would normally have taken annually to just over a month, and even allows humans to fly in the sky without the power of magic.

    The head of the Department of Magic was looking up at the airship with the eyes of a scholar.

    “Anyway… I think that’s Warmhausen’s technology… ”

    “You will be even more surprised if you go there in person.

    The development of Warmhausen’s technological capabilities is endless.”

    “That sounds fun. After I retire, I should try traveling around the world.”

    “You probably have a lot of work to do before then.”

    After they turned around like that.

    Warmhausen’s envoys went through a formal formal audience.

    After receiving permission to enter and investigate the dungeon, they began to disperse one by one to do business according to their respective fields.

    Their purpose was not simply to investigate the dungeon.

    They also often needed friendship with the nobles of Groden for the sake of the national interest, and when they later returned, they conducted investigations into the people’s lives in order to collect various research materials to report to the Warmhausen Council what the envoys had seen in person. There were many cases.

    And one of them, the actual survey of the Academy, was started with the chairman of the board, Charlotte, at the center.

    “We regret the passing of His Excellency the Marquis.

    He was a great scholar who actively accepted and studied Warmhausen’s culture in Groden, the kingdom of magic.”

    “Thank you for your consideration.

    If you heard it in person, you would definitely be happy.”

    “We have recently been discussing providing the latest educational curriculum for our Mechanical Engineering Academy, right?

    I am also willing to provide this part of the content immediately as long as the story ends quickly.”

    “I hope that happens?

    So, shall we get to the point, including that?”

    The stories that followed were short and clear.

    I plan to visit the St. Plancina Academy.

    There, of course, was the Faculty of Engineering, which provided research materials and curriculum for the Mechanical Engineering Academy, the first academy in Warmhausen.

    Likewise, it included visits to Groden’s Department of Magic and Swordsmanship for mutual cultural exchange, and to the Department of Medicine, which is affiliated with Chao Xing’s Shangri-La Medical Academy.

    The three kingdoms of Groden, Warmhausen, and Chaoxing each had an exchange agreement on academic knowledge, so they did not spare each other restrictions or support, at least when it came to academics.

    Therefore, the St. Plancina Academy in Groden, the midpoint, serves as the central point of the joint academic zone, and talented individuals who want to delve deeper into specialized knowledge are sent to study at academies in each country.

    In other words, in fact, just by looking around the academy, you could naturally have some cultural exchange with Chao Xing.

    “Saint Plancina Academy sincerely welcomes guests.

    Then, first, I will give you the schedule.”

    “Oh, I’m sorry for being rude, but there’s something I want to check first.”

    Charlotte was greeting the guests like that, but for some reason, the members of the Reaper Corps looked somewhat impatient, like a dog with a bad poop.

    Charlotte, who was looking at this, was hiding her embarrassment and smiling for entertainment.

    “If there is something the guests want, the schedule can be adjusted to any extent… ”

    “It’s not that big of a deal, Chairman.

    Carla von Sterben.

    I want to meet that girl first.”

    “Yes… ?”

    “I would like to take you as a special enrollee to the Mechanical Engineering Academy.

    If all goes well, he will return with us when this investigation is concluded, so we are doing this to give him time.

    First of all, we have already discussed this with the student’s parents, and this is the opinion of our researchers as well.

    I would like to first make it clear that it is not my intention to disrespect the Academy of St. Plancyna.

    I want that child to receive intensive education in his home country.”

    The Warmhausen Council, comprised of numerous researchers.

    If it is the researchers’ opinion, it is clearly the will of the Congress.

    Charlotte, who had begun to shake her head after hearing that Carla was receiving so much attention, heard a story that was even greater than she expected, nodded and summoned the vehicle she had prepared.

    “Ah. that… Of course, you have to talk about it in person.

    Then, I will guide you to the academy.”

    St. Plancina Academy also benefited greatly from Carla’s provision of technology licenses, and greatly contributed to the operation of the academy itself.

    In a sense, it is a half-engineered technology that also belongs to the fusion magic class.

    However, the special type of alchemy and smelting technology that uses metals with low melting points that exist as liquids at room or low temperatures was clearly an innovation in itself in today’s era.

    Even if she returned to her home country, the provision of licenses would not stop, but it was true that treatment of Carla would inevitably become more cautious.

    In a special case, in recognition of her contribution, was she allowed to have a private workshop within the academy?

    It was an unusual task that even her outstanding brother, who was called a nobleman of the smelting department, could not accomplish.

    There was a clear wall between excellence and innovation.

    However, when they said they would take such an outstanding student, Charlotte, as the president of St. Plancina Academy, could not help but feel regret.

    ‘Just in case… It would be better if you said you don’t want to go.

    But that’s probably not possible… … ‘

    The academy is a place of learning.

    In particular, the St. Plancina Academy was a place of harmony where various fields could come together and develop new ideas.

    If you have many students like Carla, it is natural that the students studying together in the academy will also be stimulated and improve their abilities.

    In terms of Charlotte’s personal wishes, she hoped that Carla would stay with St. Plancina Academy until graduation.

    However, as a noble, would there be any reason to miss the opportunity to return to one’s home country, to be treated this way, and to receive honor and attention?

    Moreover, if you can do whatever experiments and research you want, there will be no reason for you as a researcher to miss that opportunity.

    Therefore, even though the possibility was low, there was nothing she could do other than assert the student’s will as a last resort.

    ‘I should tell them to prepare the procedures in advance…

    If it comes to this, it’s probably inevitable.’

    Charlotte was smiling brightly while riding in the carriage, but the corners of her mouth were slowly drooping down.

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