Bab 98: Ship
Staring at the huge flying ship parked a few kilometers in front of her, a faint smile couldn't help but appear on Beatrice's face, which was hidden by a hood.
Quickly, Beatrice began walking towards the ship, occasionally looking around herself and ensuring nobody was following her.
As Beatrice got closer and closer to the ship, she finally saw something other than the giant ship, a small encampment.
Only a few minutes later, Beatrice arrived at the gates of the small encampment.
Staring at the wooden walls of the encampment, which seemed to be tp completely undefended, Beatrice couldn't help but shake her head.
'As expected of a group of official mages, they really have self-confidence,' thought Beatrice as she walked through the wooden gate.
Other than those owned by major magic schools, there were very few flying ships that traveled over the ocean.
This particular ship was owned by a group of Seven Offical mages, named the 'Rose Guild'.
Relatively regularly, the Rose Guild would make trips over the ocean, occasionally stopping at certain islands or clusters of islands.
As this schedule nearly never changed, this allowed mages to leave the flying ship and go travel where they desired, knowing that the ship would return a few months later on that same route, allowing them to go back to the Magic Continent with relative ease.
Of course, to be able to gain a seat on the flying ship, one had to pay a fee of 399 elemental stones, one which most Mage Apprentices found rather debilitating.
After walking into the relatively small encampment, Beatrice immediately began walking towards it's center, ignoring everything else, including the mage apprentices selling their wares.
In the center of the encampment stood two things, a building as well as a map.
Unlike normal maps though, this one was nowhere near complete, only showing a rather thin line of ocean stretching over from the western enourmous landmass and passing by over five hundred islands, returning to the endless landmass in another location.
Of course, this huge landmass was actually the Magic Continent.
Right now, several hooded figures were staring at the map, examining it, as if they were searching for something
Seeing this, Beatrice quickly approached the map, but unlike those hooded figures, Beatrice immediately knew what she was searching for, causing her to be able to quickly find a medium-sized archipelago placed in the southern portion of the map.
The Malto Archipelago,
Unlike what Beatrice knew when she was back home, the continent she was formerly living on was called the Golwall Island, an Island part of the Malto Archipelago.
The same as the vast majority of other Islands and Archipelago, the Golwall island didn't have many interesting things written about it, being completely Ordinary.
Although the flying ship of the Rose Guild would not pass through Golwall island, a faint smile still appeared on Beatrice's face.
Instead, the ship would land on Magnora Island, another Island part of the Malto Archipelago, which was not far away from the Golwall Island, being the closest island to it out of the whole archipelago.
After verifying one final time that the ship would land on the archipelago, Beatrice backed away from the map and walked into the building.
Unlike what one might expect from a place owned by Official Mages, the inside of the building was quite shabby, visibly having been built to be temporary.
The only notable thing that was present inside of the building was a counter with a receptionist behind it, now staring at Beatrice.
"Distinguished Lady, May I be of service?" asked the receptionist as she watched a hooded female figure approach the counter.
Without saying anything, Beatrice took out a small bag from her robe and handed it to the receptionist, causing the latter to open it and begin counting the elemental stones inside of it.
'High Ranking Mage Apprentice, relatively powerful,' thought Beatrice as she covertly examined the receptionist, feeling a small amount of surprise.
After only a few moments, the receptionist silently sent all of the elemental stones into the counter, causing a small black rock to suddenly appear on it.
"Distinguished guest, this is your entrance ticket, as long as you have it, you may enter and exit the flying ship as you see fit before and during this trip, which will begin in thirteen days," said the receptionist as she pushed the rock toward Beatrice, causing the latter to pick it up and walk out of the building.
Staring at the departing figure, a faint smile appeared on the face of the receptionist, she then turned her attention back to the counter, silently waiting for another mage apprentice to enter the building.
After Beatrice walked out of the building, she rapidly made her way out of the encampment and walked towards its left side, reaching the flying ship which was parked on a piece of flat land nearby.
A moment later, Beatrice stepped onto the steps which lead up to the ship, noticing the very obvious lack of people in the vicinity.
Suddenly, halfway through the flight of stairs, a barrier suddenly appeared in front of Beatrice, blocking her way forward.
Of course, as this barrier appeared, a small compartment suddenly rose from the ground, with a sentence written onto it.
'Insert Ticket'
Seeing this, Beatrice quickly placed the rock she had obtained from the receptionist into the compartment.
After a few moments when nothing happened, the compartment, as well as the barrier which restricted Beatrice from walking into the ship suddenly, disappeared, leaving the black rock floating in mid-air.
Seeing this, Beatrice quickly picked up her ticket and continued walking on the stairs, continuing on her way.
...
Later that day,
Looking at the clock on the wall of the building, a faint smile appeared on the face of the receptionist, as she then walked out from behind the counter, into the main floor of the room.
After making sure that the magical lock of the building had been successfully activated, the receptionist once again walked back behind the counter and into a back room.
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
stone