"Wow..."

Looking at the scenery outside, Louise widened her eyes in surprise. In her whole life, she had never seen such a sight. Below was the boundless sea of clouds, above was the azure sky, and the golden light from the rising sun in the distance looked like a fairyland.

"The clouds, so this is what it’s like above the clouds!"

"How is it? Isn’t it beautiful?"

"Mm-hmm, so beautiful, even Griffins can’t fly this high!"

Hearing Red Ponytail’s inquiry, Louise nodded vigorously, while Red Ponytail chuckled. Joking aside, the VF-19 aircraft was specifically enhanced for operations within the atmosphere, and ten thousand meters altitude is a breeze for it. Ordinary creatures that ascend to this height either suffocate or freeze, even dragons in this world probably can’t fly this high.

After all, it is a low-magic world.

"SABER, what would be up there if we go further?"

"Hmm... Take a guess?"

"Could it be that our world is also a big round ball? I heard the great Founder protected our world..."

"Haha... Guess again..."

Upon Louise’s question, Red Ponytail couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Honestly, in another world, she would have nodded. But not here, because Red Ponytail had already seen the true appearance of this world from Iona’s satellite scan and cloud map.

In fact, it really was like what Emilia and Parker said, just a big plate!

It should be said that this third coordinate point looks like a spherical bubble surrounded by Chaos, and below the bubble is what Lina Inverse once mentioned, the Sea of Chaos. Then five long pillars extend out from the Sea of Chaos, supporting five super-large plates, which are the five continents of this coordinate point.

Lina Inverse and Emilia’s continent is on the central plate, while the world Louise is in is on the plate to the right.

My goodness, the previous two coordinate points, whether it was Katori’s world or the world of EVA, at least adhered to physical common sense, but this bizarre place doesn’t follow any logic, it’s just making things up as it goes...

Of course, if Fang Zheng guessed correctly, those so-called "pillars" don’t really have a supporting function because space doesn’t have gravity. Instead, the pillars serve to separate and push these continents away from the Sea of Chaos, as falling into the Sea of Chaos would undoubtedly be catastrophic.

Currently, Iona and the others are hovering above, conducting data analysis on the Sea of Chaos and the five continents. Fang Zheng didn’t let them get too close to the Sea of Chaos, as it’s rumored that the Golden Nightmare King resides there, and disturbing her could cause big trouble.

Louise just asked casually, didn’t get an answer and didn’t delve too deeply, instead continuing to excitedly look outside, at the clouds and the land beneath the cloud layers, exclaiming occasionally.

"I know that place!"

"Ah, it’s Glent, didn’t expect we’d get here so quickly, even riding a horse would take at least a day!"

The human longing for flight is inherent, and Louise is no exception, but people in this world can’t fly. In Lina Inverse’s world, every high-level Mage can fly, Lina Inverse can fly, that Joker can fly, and in that world, whether a Mage can fly represents their rank. If you see a flying Mage, you’d better surrender immediately.

Because those who fly are formidable.

But in this world, people can’t fly no matter how hard they try, and can only tame creatures like Griffins and Sub-dragons to fly, usually at heights of a few hundred meters.

Flying directly to altitudes above ten thousand meters is unprecedented.

"Alright, next is Albion."

However, Red Ponytail’s words still startled Louise.

"Already here?"

"What did you expect?"

"This..."

Faced with Red Ponytail’s retort, Louise didn’t know what to say. Indeed, based on the scene she saw just now, this strange big bird was really fast, but it was so high that Louise didn’t even have a sense of the speed. She was just watching the ground below slowly moving, completely unaware that in the blink of an eye, hundreds or thousands of miles had passed.

"Is that it..."

At this moment, Red Ponytail also opened the screen and brought up the reconnaissance image ahead, showing Albion as a floating island in the sky — which is quite normal, as fantasy worlds often have illogical phenomena.

Katori’s world is like this, isn’t it?

But the current issue isn’t the floating island, rather it’s the situation on the island: dozens of flying warships are bombarding the Royal Palace. So far, there hasn’t been any sign of breaking through the defenses.

But considering the situation, it’s just a matter of time.

"What should we do, SABER?"

Seeing this, Louise also became nervous. She was aware of the situation in Albion, and from the looks of it, the Noble Allied Forces had already surrounded the Royal Palace. How long the battle could last depended entirely on how long the Royal Family could hold out. In this situation, how were they going to contact Prince of Wales?

However, Red Ponytail offered a rather straightforward solution.

"Just charge in directly."

Saying this, Red Ponytail pulled the control lever, causing the fighter jet to suddenly make a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree flip in the air, then swiftly dive down towards the Royal Palace surrounded by the fleet.

Quickly, the fleet surrounding the palace, and the palace guards surrounded by the fleet, all noticed this strange object descending from the sky.

What is that?

Raising the monocular telescope in his hand, the fleet commander frowned. He had never seen anything like it before. Apart from warships, only Flying Dragons could fly in the sky, but this thing didn’t look like a Flying Dragon, nor did it have anyone aboard, and its wings were odd, not flapping at all.

So how on earth is it flying?

This question spun in the commander’s mind for just a moment before he dismissed it; such questions were for Alchemists to consider. His duty was simply to fulfill his role as a soldier.

"Issue a warning shot, demand identification from the other party, and prepare to launch an attack, to stop..."

However, the commander’s order wasn’t even finished before a flash occurred in front of his eyes, and the next moment, that bizarre red creature flew right over their heads.

Such speed?!

Seeing this, the commander was more than shocked, but he had no time to react before a violent gust of wind belatedly swept in, blowing the men on the deck into disarray.

"That creature is coming!"

This time, gazing at the fighter jet approaching King’s City, the soldiers on the city wall shouted loudly as well. They raised their weapons in despair, but by this time, the jet had already flown over the wall and into King’s City. Seeing this, many soldiers even despaired, believing it must be some new weapon of the Noble Army, and now they had broken through the last line of defense!

"It’s coming!!"

Faced with the incoming jet, others also shouted and scattered, yet unexpectedly, just as the strange object was about to hit the palace, it suddenly changed shape, transforming into a huge, magitech puppet-like giant. Then, a fierce jet of air blasted from the feet of this monster, instantly halting atop the grand square before the palace.

Then, the hatch opened, and Red Ponytail emerged, bringing out the terrified Louise.

"You almost scared me to death, SABER!"

Louise had an expression of having narrowly escaped death, for when Red Ponytail piloted the jet headlong, she thought this odd thing had gone out of control, almost scaring her to death!

"We were in a hurry, weren’t we?"

Red Ponytail shrugged, then looked around. Seeing the two girls coming down, the others cautiously approached.

"We are emissaries from Tolisstin, here to see Prince of Wales. Is he home?"

"You’re not from the Noble Faction?"

Upon hearing Red Ponytail’s inquiry, an elderly noble stepped forward and asked, to which Louise quickly replied.

"We are emissaries from Tolisstin, with very important matters to discuss with Prince of Wales." Saying this, Louise raised the red gem ring on her right hand.

"This is the token!"

"That indeed is the Ring of Water."

Just then, a blond youth stepped forth. His appearance stirred the crowd, but he merely waved, then approached Louise.

"The ring on your hand is Henrietta’s Ring of Water, right."

"Yes."

"Then watch closely."

Saying this, the youth extended his hand, took off his own ring, and held it close to Louise’s. Soon, the two gems began to resonate, flashing with a rainbow-like brilliance.

"This is the Ring of Wind passed down by the Albion Royal Family; water and wind create a rainbow, which is the bridge of communication for the Royal Family."

"Please forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

After confirming the identity, Louise hurriedly knelt to salute, and Red Ponytail nodded to him as well.

"Alright, it’s not appropriate to talk here..."

At this point, the Prince of Wales took an interested glance at the large robot behind the Red Ponytail, then turned around,

"Come with me, let’s talk inside."

Upon hearing this, Louise quickly got up and followed, Red Ponytail took a few steps, then remembered something, ran over to the fighter jet, and gave it a kick. The leg compartment opened, and a shivering, confused guy rolled out.

"Tut tut tut, mages are different from ordinary people."

Seeing the half-dead Waludo, Red Ponytail shrugged and hummed a little tune as she walked away.

As for Waludo’s fate, what did it have to do with her?

She had warned him before anyway.

After this, the Prince of Wales received Louise, Red Ponytail, and a still-shivering Waludo in his room who had finally recovered somewhat.

"So... Henrietta is getting married..."

After reading the letter, the Prince of Wales sighed deeply. Then he walked to the side of the desk, opened a drawer, took out a box, used a key to open it, and then took out another letter. He looked at that letter with deep affection, opened it, read it slowly again, then put it back into the envelope, and handed it to Louise.

"This is the letter the princess once sent to me, indeed, it’s returned to you now."

"Thank you very much."

Louise respectfully lowered her head, accepting the letter.

"I never expected to hear news of Henrietta before our defeat, but it’s something, right?"

"Your Highness..."

Listening to the Prince of Wales’s soliloquy, Louise couldn’t help asking.

"You just mentioned a glorious defeat. Is there really no chance of victory?"

"Hehe."

The Prince of Wales smiled slightly.

"With fifty thousand enemy soldiers against our three hundred, the outcome is already destined. All we can do is let those guys see how bravely we die."

"Your sacrifice as well?"

"Yes."

".......Your Highness."

Hearing this, Louise seemed to have made up her mind.

"Please forgive my rudeness, I want to ask about this letter... the letter you just handed to me... is it a love letter?"

"It is a love letter."

Perhaps due to his imminent death, the Prince of Wales did not hesitate.

"It’s exactly as you imagined. In fact, in this letter, Henrietta even swears in the name of the Founder to love me forever... You know, swearing by the Founder’s name to love is something only done at marriage. If this letter is exposed, she will commit the crime of bigamy... You should be well aware of the consequences."

Oh ho, this is interesting.

Upon hearing this, Red Ponytail was somewhat surprised. She originally suspected it was just an ordinary love letter or, at most, secretly revealing an affair, but she didn’t expect the love letter to double as a marriage certificate?

So, if Henrietta marries that emperor, it would be a second marriage?

Wow, if the King found out, he’d be furious.

No wonder the green tea princess looks like she lost her mother.

"In any case, Her Royal Highness is in love with His Highness, the Crown Prince, isn’t she?"

"That was in the past."

"Your Highness!"

Upon hearing this, Louise couldn’t help but get agitated.

"Your Highness, please escape, escape to Tolisstin! Please return to Tolisstin with us! We have SABER’s mount, and you’ve seen it, it’s fast and can definitely take you to safety!!"

"That won’t do."

However, facing Louise’s request, the Prince of Wales shook his head with a smile, but Louise clearly wasn’t going to give up so easily.

"Your Highness, this isn’t my request, it’s Her Royal Highness’s request. Didn’t she write it in the letter? I believe Her Royal Highness would never stand by and do nothing while watching someone she loves die!"

At this, the Prince of Wales shook his head.

"Actually, she didn’t write it."

"Your Highness!!"

"I say, Louise, that’s enough."

At this point, Red Ponytail finally couldn’t take it and interrupted Louise.

"Do you have a grudge against the princess or the Crown Prince?"

"What are you talking about, SABER? I’m trying to save the Crown Prince’s life!"

"Okay, but did you consider the consequences?"

"Consequences...?"

"Exactly, as the Crown Prince of Albion, if he flees to Tolisstin, wouldn’t it just give those nobles an excuse to attack Tolisstin? Do you think Princess Henrietta is marrying that emperor for no reason? It’s to form an alliance and prevent an attack from the Albion Noble Army. You’re delivering the excuse right to their doorstep."

"This......."

"Also, even taking a step back, suppose the Crown Prince did come to Tolisstin, he’d definitely have to hide his identity and not reveal who he truly is. Even if all that succeeds, what about the future?"

"The future?"

"Exactly. Aren’t they two in love? But the Crown Prince is officially dead. Henrietta can’t marry a dead person, so she will eventually marry someone else. What, you want the Crown Prince to watch his lover be with another man, or let Henrietta be in another man’s arms while her lover watches? Or do you have some other interest in mind?"

"There’s no way I would have such malicious interests!"

"Exactly."

Red Ponytail spread her hands wide.

"Besides, the Crown Prince has already made his decision, so let’s respect that."

"............"

This time, the speechless Louise lowered her head silently, while the Prince of Wales showed a gentle smile.

"Indeed, as this lady said, this is my decision, and Henrietta is also of the royal clan. She wouldn’t put personal feelings above the affairs of the state. You are a righteous person, Miss Valyriel, but... a righteous person cannot be an ambassador."

Ultimately, a dejected Louise and Red Ponytail took their leave of the room. Red Ponytail had in mind that it was wrapping up time to go home for dinner, but the Prince of Wales instead invited them to stay for the ruler’s last dinner banquet. Considering the phrase that a dying person’s words are kind, Red Ponytail did not refuse.

However, Waludo did not leave with them.

"Do you have any other business, Viscount?"

"Yes, there is a matter I wish to entrust to Your Highness."

As he spoke, Waludo lowered his head.

"In fact, I intend to propose to Louise tonight... I hope Your Highness can be our matchmaker and host our wedding."

"Oh?"

At this, the Prince of Wales was slightly taken aback, then quickly agreed.

"No problem, it’s a romantic development indeed, and blessing couples is also the duty of royalty. Before the demise, to have such an opportunity is delightful. Then, tomorrow before the final battle, I will hold a wedding for you two."

"I am extremely grateful."