Chapter 33 A Giant Ferris Wheel?
Waving goodbye to the fawning nobles of the trade union, Verafia walked alongside the young man Ig, approaching the park through the VIP entrance.
Elegant carved stone slabs were paved on the soft soil, and strange devices that converged with alchemical magic rumbled and operated. However, the park’s atmosphere was more like a garden, with lush green grass and various beautiful flowers blooming, clearly arranged by the trade union.
Holding the soft little hand in his, Ig turned his face and looked at the girl’s lightly lifted, youthful lips, and couldn’t help but smile. He said, “Veer, are you still thinking about Master ‘Aotian Lin’? Are you interested in him?”
“Tsk, Aotian Lin… Don’t you think this strange name is very interesting, Ig?”
Verafia covered her delicate mouth and snickered. Her big eyes curved into beautiful crescent moons. She turned her small face again, her long eyelashes flicking up, and a playful color flowed in her gem-like, magnificent pupils. “As for Ig’s interest… Hmph, isn’t that natural? In this young lady’s opinion, this strange and crazy guy might be a guest from another world.”
“Perhaps he also obtained memories from another world,” Ig added.
“What’s the difference?”
Verafia’s big eyes widened, and she pouted. She shook her head with some regret, “However, if it were truly knowledge from another world, it’s a pity it was burned to death so easily. Otherwise, this young lady would have been interested in meeting him.”
“Perhaps he was criticizing their deity in front of fanatics? In front of you, he probably wouldn’t have been very likable either.”
Ig shook his head. Seeing the girl’s sparkling eyes, he felt an inexplicable discomfort in his heart. “Moreover, many people have tried this person’s knowledge, but none have succeeded. Perhaps it doesn’t fit our continent at all.”
“Tsk. Ig, are you jealous?” Verafia’s delicate eyebrows curved, her eyelashes blinked, and she smiled like a silver bell.
“No, Veer, it’s not. I mean…”
Ig was momentarily flustered. Just as he was about to explain, he saw the girl’s slyness overflowing in her golden eyes, and he immediately became helpless. It wasn’t until the girl, as beautiful and gentle as gems and the morning sun, and like thousands of fragrant flowers and grasses, put her small hand, soft as clouds, into his that he was startled awake.
Verafia tilted her delicate body slightly, leaning into his arms. Her slightly raised delicate face reappeared from between her soft, flowing hair. With a slight flick of her slender fingers, she moved a few strands of golden hair. The girl blinked her big eyes playfully and said:
“This young lady is not interested in that person. It’s just his knowledge. As Ig said, the knowledge in that master’s head might not be suitable for our world, perhaps due to differences in matter and laws… But knowledge is ultimately interconnected. By colliding with each other, we can also learn, understand their ideas, and perhaps find a better path.”
Verafia opened her long eyelashes and her big eyes rolled. “For example, the ‘steam engine’ that the noble mentioned. This young lady has learned a little about it through the World Tree. It’s indeed a very interesting idea.”
“In that case, what the young lady said is correct.” Ig thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with the girl’s words.
“But it’s a shame that the guy who possessed knowledge from another world was burned to death long ago. This young lady couldn’t save him either,” Verafia shook her head with some regret.
“That noble said he left behind quite a few crazy scrolls and records. Although some were destroyed, a considerable part still survived. Such peculiar knowledge, even if only for collection, would surely interest many people.”
Ig continued along with the girl’s words, “By the way, can we ask Duke Toro Rob to help us collect…”
Before he could finish speaking, he felt his small hand being gently pulled.
“Tsk. Idiot Ig, it’s not too late to talk about such things tomorrow. Today, you brought this young lady out to play.”
As she said this, Verafia’s big eyes narrowed playfully, and her lips curved into a soft smile. She slightly opened her slender fingers and intertwined them with the young man holding her.
The soft touch and the sweet, delicate voice touched the strings of his heart, and Ig’s heartbeat quickened. As he raised his head, the girl’s golden hair was rendered in the bright golden sunlight. Her exquisite small face, complemented by the soft light, became even more beautiful and radiant.
Ig tightened her small hand and a smile appeared on his face. “Yes. Today belongs only to Veer and me.”
He led the girl, looking up at the huge Ferris wheel decorated with flowers and grass, with small houses hanging on the rotating magic metal, adorned with soft golden light. “This thing, it seems to be called a Ferris wheel? Is the young lady interested?”
“Ferris wheel? Bah, isn’t it just about sending people into the sky through gears turning… How boring. I’m not interested.”
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Time ticked by. Ig watched the girl sitting on the stone chair, her pretty face flushed, her big eyes unable to hide her excitement, and he couldn’t help but show a gentle smile.
“She was so proud just now, but in the end, she experienced everything.”
He then remembered the girl’s beautiful and sacred face when she spoke of knowledge from another world during their conversation, and how as a goddess, she cared about the future of the whole world.
But at this moment, Verafia seemed to have cast such matters aside, unaffected in the slightest, looking like a lively and pretty little girl who had received her beloved toy.
He then remembered the girl’s words.
In this little girl’s heart, weren’t the fleeting beautiful sights and happy times just for them?
Thinking of this, his smile grew more pronounced, and looking at the girl’s beautiful face, he couldn’t help but yearn for not just moments of leisure, but for their own time.
Sitting among the blooming stone benches, Verafia finished the dessert she bought in the garden. She excitedly raised her big eyes, her small boots tapping on the ground with a crisp sound. Her voice, like a silver bell, was clear and pleasant:
“Ig, this young lady is done eating. We should get going.”
Ig smiled, and led by the girl, they walked out of the familiar scenery. He looked up and found that they had returned to the giant Ferris wheel called “Ferris Wheel” that they had seen when they first approached the park.
For the professionals of Agrand, coming into contact with the sky was not difficult. Platinum-rank magic was enough to support a warrior’s actions in the sky for a short period, let alone various pegasi, spirit beasts, or magic airships. At worst, a flying magic scroll could also fulfill the dream of flying into the sky.
The giant Ferris wheel called “Ferris Wheel” had no thrilling rotations or interesting spins. As Verafia said, it simply sent people slowly into the sky, which was not a novel thing. Therefore, there were not many people at the ticket booth.
Ig suddenly understood the girl’s intention and turned his face, “Veer, you want to…?”
“Ig, accompany this young lady to take a look,” she said, gently biting her delicate lips, her voice soft and pleasant.
