PS: 4800-character chapter! The Celestial Emperor wishes everyone a happy Spring Festival!
The bright light radiating from Veronica's beautiful almond eyes almost engulfed Laine. She kept twisting her body, her face gradually flushed red, trembling with excitement: "Oh! My goodness! Wow ~ I mean... Laine, you... that..."
"Calm down, Veronica," Laine said with a bitter smile. "I regret talking about it here with you."
"Is it the Light Magic Riding? Is it really the Light Magic Riding? Oh my, I've wanted to ride that since I was three!" Veronica was so excited that she didn't know what to say. She rarely lost her composure, the Jialan Witch kept pounding her thighs with her small fists: "Oh my, oh my!"
The Light Magic Riding is an extremely powerful war machine, crafted through secret techniques by the Bright Academy of the Imperial Royal Wizard Academy over many years. It consists of a warhorse, the carriage body, and magic equipment on top of the carriage. The carriage and warhorse are easily accessible, but the most important part is the magical equipment on top of the carriage.
The magical equipment on the Light Magic Riding possesses three functions that casters dream of.
First, stable overload, where the magical equipment on the Light Magic Riding is linked through several mysterious optical devices. These optical devices can crazily overload the caster's magic until it unleashes several times or even dozens of times the original spell's power! For instance, a Soul Fire spell overloaded can directly shoot out soul rays that instantly vaporize any soul!
Second, fixed casting, the Light Magic Riding is a war chariot bound with a powerful magic array, allowing it to instantly release any magic spell other than the Great Curse Technique. It can store up to three spells!
Third, assists in perceiving and storing the Magic Wind, which is a literal function.
The Empire's control over the Light Magic Riding is extremely strict, with only Speaker Margarita in the Jialan Council possessing one Light Magic Riding! It's a terrifying war machine money can't buy.
Could she really qualify to be the second witch in the council to own such a war machine?!
"Dear, quickly tell me, how did you manage to get a Light Magic Riding? The Empire actually agreed to sell it to you?" Veronica kept asking, her face filled with pride and disbelief: "How is that possible?"
Rick raced swiftly, the streets on both sides slipping away, and soon, Veronica's Dawn Wizard Tower, emitting bright white light, was within sight.
"How is it not possible? I heard your Jialan Council's Speaker Margarita also has a Light Magic Riding, which is a centuries-old antique." Laine dismounted and carried Veronica's graceful figure off the horse, babbling incessantly.
"That's the token of love given to Speaker Margarita by His Majesty Ludwig!" Veronica was amused by Laine. She stood with her hands on her hips, forcefully facing Laine, her almond eyes filled with his image. The Jialan Witch's questions came one after another: "Only the Imperial Royal Wizard Academy can build such terrifying war machines with the help of the Brunswick Arsenal. All wizards wish to own a Light Magic Riding, but the Empire only ever gives it as the highest reward to wizards... Even Teresa's mother, Elder Aurora, failed to obtain one! Hey, my dear, if you really can get me a Light Magic Riding, then I will overshadow that little princess from now on!"
"Aurora? I remember she has quite a network over there in the Empire." Laine murmured.
"Indeed, Elder Aurora is well-connected in the Empire. She sought help from many Imperial nobles and wizards, but all ended in refusal. The only exception was a Baron responsible for overseeing one of the parts of the Light Magic Riding, who was said to have intentions toward Aurora, agreed to help. The day after the Baron agreed, he and his family were secretly executed by the Empire. Since then, Aurora dared not mention the Light Magic Riding anymore, nor dared to go to the Southern Empire." Veronica giggled: "Otherwise, why do you think the little princess stayed with you for so long without Aurora visiting?"
"I think this is Brittania," Laine and Veronica walked together toward the Wizard Tower.
"Brittania? More or less, in this country, it's your Lady and the Lake God Witch residing in your castle who speak." Veronica wrapped her arm around Laine's: "It essentially does not welcome external casters."
"Good day, mentor." "Good morning, Member of Parliament." "Good morning, Member of Parliament!"
At the entrance of the Wizard Tower, Veronica's former apprentice Catherine waited at the door with two little witch apprentices. They were uniformly dressed in crimson robes. Catherine was already over twenty, increasingly graceful. Seeing the mentor and Count appearing together, the official witch quickly whispered: "Hello, Count."
"Good morning, Catherine." Laine instinctively wanted to pat Catherine's head but quickly realized the girl before him was not the Little Maid Amelia, so he awkwardly smiled and withdrew his hand: "Catherine, it's been a while."
"Catherine, what's the matter? Why are you here waiting for me?" Veronica noticed something different.
"Mentor, this is a letter from the council, Speaker Margarita's Ring Seal." Catherine produced a letter, which Veronica snatched and hesitated before opening a glance inside, without immediately revealing its contents.
