Endless Silver Machine

That night, senior Lilith who received the text message and Brad who was brought back by Lolo gathered at the administrator's cabin.

Aika first explained his plan to everyone.

"...To sum up, Lan Ming was brought out of prison and then returned to Shuoyue Academy."

"It's very simple. Do you think it can be so easy to leave the Bisi Empire with the third princess?"

Brad has always had a gloomy look on his face since arriving at the caretaker's cabin.

But according to Luoluo, he didn't seem like this before he got here.

——If Luoluo insists on going with you, I won’t bother to say anything more. If something happens to her, just wait for me.

As soon as Brad entered the door, he dropped harsh words on Aika.

But judging from the result, he agreed to go with Luoluo.

It's just that Aika didn't know what conditions Luoluo negotiated with him before he allowed this stubborn guy to accept it.

Although he didn't ask directly on the surface, Aika was still a little concerned in his heart.

"After we get to the Imperial Capital, there should be people who can help us. We'll consider the specific plans after we get there."

A thorough action plan cannot be formulated in these two days.

Aika still couldn't completely regard Brad as a companion, so the existence of the Holy See was vaguely passed on.

"But the most important thing is, you don't know where the third princess is being held now, right?"

"Isn't the Imperial Capital the most likely place?" Ling still remembered the incident she had heard about when she asked Aika to accompany Luo Luo, who had lost his memory, to the Imperial Capital. "That prison, has this kind of thing happened before?"

"You mean the Theban prison?"

"Yes, there seems to have been a big commotion there."

"The news is indeed talking about a prison robbery, so the security at the prison must be stricter now..."

Prison robbery is simple to say, but it is not easy to implement.

The only thing that could allow Aika to maintain her negligible self-confidence was the magic costume, and she had managed to break out of the many crises she had encountered in the past through recklessness.

But now the enemy has become a country, and the opponent may be just an ordinary imperial soldier, or it may be an imperial knight who can compete with the mentors.

"If you meet a knight, it will be very troublesome... There should be knights guarding the prison."

Ling directly faced the Imperial Knight in the August Arena. In that battle, the opponent did not even use magic equipment and was able to suppress her in terms of strength.

Recalling the "shadow" at that time, Ling rarely said anything that showed weakness.

"I don't think the third princess is in August." Brad put forward a different view. "Generally speaking, places where important people are imprisoned are not placed in the center of the empire."

"Why? Wouldn't it be easier to monitor it in the imperial capital?"

"That's why people who want to rob the prison rush directly to the imperial capital. Those big shots don't like to be harassed every day in their territory."

Brad glanced at Aika with ulterior motives, intending to indicate that he was one of those people who went directly to the imperial capital.

"If we're not in the Imperial Capital, there's nothing we can do. We have to go to the Imperial Capital first."

No matter what the purpose of the Holy See was, Aika still chose to believe Liuyin and made an agreement with her.

If the Holy See can provide a way to break the status quo, it will become an extremely solid backing.

The discussion seems to be back to square one now.

"Um, can I interject a word?"

"Senior Lilith, do you have any ideas?"

After Lolo spoke, Brad could only temporarily stop the endless argument with Aika.

Until just now, Senior Sister Lilith had only listened carefully to everyone's discussion and had not expressed her own thoughts.

Her family asked her to stay at Frost Moon Academy to seek asylum, and her family was not threatened by the incident. It can be said that the environment was ideal.

Aika asked Senior Lilith to come here too. Because she took the initiative to contact everyone, Aika would not exclude her from the discussion.

"If I return home now, I should be able to find out the current location of the third princess."

"Going home means...Senior Lilith, are you ready to participate in their plan?"

Brad, who is also a noble, understood the seriousness from Senior Sister Lilith's words.

"Your Excellency Lilith, although your family is not a surnamed family, it still plays an important role in the empire. Any actions you take will directly affect the family."

"I am already doing this kind of thing against the family's resolution."

Senior Sister Lilith smiled.

Brad didn't know the inside story of Senior Lilith's family, so he couldn't understand what she said.

The only people who can understand this sentence are the four people who formed an indissoluble bond with Senior Lilith last year.

"If I were to return home and re-enter politics, my family would be happy to accept this outcome."

"But, isn't this what Senior Lilith wants to do?" Ling doesn't want others to change their lives for her own sake. "If you do this, will you really not regret it in the future?"

Aika also wanted to say something, but when she thought of her farewell to Senior Lilith last night, it became difficult to say anything.

Rejecting Senior Lilith’s determination here seems to be rejecting her once again.

But Senior Lilith didn't force her smile. She also made the decision after thinking carefully for a day.

"If this is the only time, I can overcome it if I work hard."

"Senior Lilith, thank you. But please don't force yourself. At most, you only need to find Lan Ming's location. We will solve the other troubles."

On behalf of the three members of the family, Aika expressed sincere gratitude to Senior Lilith and accepted her help.

In the following time, Brad began to arrange a stowaway plan for Aika and the others tomorrow. This was the purpose of his coming here tonight.

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The "Roxi" family's aviation guided ship landed at Shimotsuki Academy's dedicated airport, and the entire preparation process took nearly an hour.

The aviation magic ship needs to be carefully repaired after each long-distance voyage. Shimozuki Academy can provide services for a fee based on the agreement.

The maintenance work is carried out jointly by the accompanying technicians and the technicians from the academy maintenance class, and the positions of both parties are equal.

After putting on the blue uniforms of the maintenance team, they all blended into the team of the maintenance team perfectly.

There are also trainees from the equipment department and logistics department in the maintenance class, so they are not unusual in the eyes of the Imperial people because they are too young.

"Hey, some students over there, go clean the tail turbine and adjust it where necessary!"

"I understand, Master Frenshi."

Aika responded loudly to the unfamiliar instructor in the roaring warehouse, and then led the girls to the location of the turbine that was already known in advance.

At last night's discussion meeting, Brad had already told them all the positions everyone needed to know on the Aviation Magic Ship.

"Are those students reliable? Trainees can't handle things like aviation guided ships."

"You can always do things like cleaning the turbine, right? Don't stand here and disturb my work. Are all you pampered magic technicians doing nothing?"

Instructor Florence responded with the same aggressive tone to the arrogant young technician from the empire.

"Huh, they can only do such inconspicuous things."

The young technicians who were scolded muttered to themselves and returned to work. They probably would no longer pay attention to those students.

Instructor Frances had a personal relationship with Brad, and Brad asked him to direct today's preparation work.

They couldn't make any adjustments to Aika that wasn't part of their specialty, so Brad suggested they do some odd jobs to disguise themselves as trainee technicians.

In order to prevent his own people from interfering with Aika's actions, Brad will also supervise the work of his subordinates in the warehouse.

Based on the information provided by Brad last night, Aika found the turbine located deep in the channel.

Unless you use a platform controlled by a robotic arm to get here, there is no way to reach the depths.

"The passage door Brad mentioned is here, right?"

"Do you want to go in from here..."

Looking at the huge turbine lit only by lights, Wei Xi was a little intimidated.

Brad said that it is only when there is remediation that all the floodgates open at the same time.

There is also a gate inside the turbine that can be connected to the ship to serve as a passage during assembly and disassembly.

"You guys go up first, and I'll move the robotic arm back."

If the robotic arm platform is left in an uninhabited depth, it will inevitably arouse unnecessary suspicion.

Ling stepped on the metal iron plate first, followed by Luoluo, and finally Ling caught Wei Xi who closed her eyes and mustered up the courage to jump over.

Finally, Aika operated the platform control panel, and the robotic arm began to slowly retract, and Aika jumped over before the distance gradually widened.

When it landed, it made a loud noise in the open deep ditch, but it was immediately overshadowed by other mechanical noises.

Walking sideways through the layers of steel fan blades, they arrived at the deep gate.

It is indeed as Brad said that it can be opened freely from the inside and outside.

Behind the gate were horizontal and straight upward tube passages, and they climbed the upward stairs as Brad requested.

The work clothes of the maintenance class are slightly baggy pants, so there is no need to worry about climbing such stairs.

"Is the fifth gate that Brad mentioned the fifth gate from the top?"

"If there's no special mark on the door, that's probably it."

Aika, who was at the end, answered her question in a low voice.

In fact, inside the aviation magic ship, the mechanical noise outside has been completely blocked, and they can clearly hear each other's voices.

Initially, Aika was supposed to take the lead in climbing the stairs, but because he was worried that Luoluo and Wei Xi would fall behind, he walked last.

"Speed ​​up, it's honestly difficult to climb this kind of stairs."

After climbing up for a while, Ling saw the first gate on the platform next to the stairs.

With the help of the lights on both sides of the passage, she didn't see any obvious markings on the gate.

"It looks like it should be the fifth gate from the top. It shouldn't take long to get there."

"Actually... you shouldn't have to worry about us..."

Wei Xi knew the intention of Aika and Ling's arrangement, which made her a little embarrassed about receiving special attention.

Luo Luo knew that the two of them would definitely be overprotective, and all she could do was accept it gratefully.

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