Mage Veja

Chapter 179 The Ride (Two Chapters In One)

Central Military Academy.

This is a military academy located in the capital of the empire. The full name is the Imperial Central Military Academy. The military academy has three branches: the army, the air force, and the navy. There is also an institution known as the Jialan Continent, and the Imperial Military Research Institute is also located in it.

among them.

The Army Branch has an elite department, a professional command department, a mage combat department, an army aviation department, an army logistics department, an army reconnaissance and intelligence department... There are more than ten disciplines in total, and each discipline provides different types of middle-level officers for the army.

The letter of recommendation given by Foster is an elite subject.

Elite subjects are the subjects with the highest gold content among all subjects, because if you want to enter elite subjects, you must either have a strong force or an extraordinary mind. This "powerful" and "excellent" represent a kind of extreme.

As long as you enter the elite department, even if you apply for a job in the Central Army after graduation, the probability of passing will be as high as 60.00%. As for other group armies, there is almost no precedent for being rejected.

Of course, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, to graduate successfully.

Regardless of whether it is elite subjects or other disciplines, if you fail to pass the graduation examination, you will be delayed for one year to graduate. If you still fail to pass the graduation examination after one year, you will be sent back to the original army, and you will not be able to serve as an officer above the deputy regimental level for life.

According to statistics, the annual graduation rate of the Central Military Academy is 73%.

Vega squatted by the small river in the wilderness, while looking at the brief introduction of the military academy brought out from Kaleni City, while nibbling on the dry rations for the march. Today is the third day he left Kaleni.

Putting down the briefing on the military academy, Veigar picked up the map.

The city he is going to go to next is Balkan City, which is a small city in the north of the empire.

There is no regular army stationed in this city, but there is a law enforcement brigade of about one regiment. The highest administrative body is the Balkan government, and the Balkan Procuratorate and the Balkan Civil Court exercise supervision and prosecution power.

In Vega's plan.

He needs to pass through the small Balkan city, and then go to the heavy city of Rops, which is the closest to the center of the empire, to take a civilian magic airship to the imperial capital. Otherwise, it is almost impossible to go to the imperial capital on two legs.

Satisfied with wine and food, Veigar continued on the road.

With the speed of two legs, he can reach Balkan City in less than three days. It would be faster if he could drive a carriage. Unfortunately, his carriage was "killed" yesterday.

Literally.

While staying in a medium-sized city, the war airship of the Kingdom Army suddenly carried out a magic bombing. The carriage he bought was directly killed in the first round of bombing. He simply stayed closer to the city gate, otherwise he would have collided with the Kingdom's airborne troops. up.

Three days are fleeting.

Vega came to the vicinity of Balkan City. From a distance, this city is worthy of the word "small". The size of the city is estimated to be only one-thirtieth that of Kareni, and the total population it can accommodate should not exceed 30. people.

Come to the city gate.

Veigar found a long queue at the gate of the city, many emaciated and ragged civilians seemed to want to enter the city, but they were turned away by the law enforcement brigade guarding the city, and those who entangled were even violently dealt with.

"Please, please let us in."

"My child is sick and will die if he continues to sleep in the wild."

"The Royal Army destroyed our city, and we have nowhere to go."

"..."

Through fragmentary voices, Veigar probably knew the specific situation. It was probably that the nearby medium-sized city was attacked by the Royal Army, and even massacred and plundered. These refugees had no choice but to escape from the city and wanted to seek refuge in a small city.

As for the small cities, they were not the targets of the Royal Army's attacks for the time being.

"Sorry, you are not civilians in Balkan City, so you cannot enter the city."

The law enforcement team guarding the city checked the documents of the civilians and said: "The city owner has an order. In order to prevent the infiltration of the kingdom's spy organization personnel, the city does not accept civilians other than those with Balkan city residence registration."

"My lord, we are really not spies, my child will die if I don't receive treatment!"

A woman hugged her 3-year-old child, knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, but the law enforcement officers did not respond at all, and even kicked the woman away brutally.

All the civilians were a little angry.

Seeing this, Vega felt pity in his heart. With his ability, he could easily save the lives of the mother and child, but he would never help. Why?
First, he is not a hypocritical partner of justice, and second...

"What are you doing?"

At this time, a girl in Lolita costume, accompanied by a housekeeper, helped up the woman holding the child and glared at the law enforcement officers.A trace of helplessness flashed in Veigar's eyes, and the partner of justice still appeared.

"As law enforcement officers, isn't it your job to protect the interests of civilians?"

The woman asked loudly: "Please give me a reason why they are treated like this and why they are restricted from entering the city."

The law enforcement officers rubbed their foreheads in pain: "Miss Qilis, this is an order from the city lord. If you have mercy, you can recruit her into your caravan. Of course, I won't stop her from entering the city."

"you!"

Qi Lisi blushed, but she couldn't interfere in the politics of Balkan City.

She is just a novice businessman. This time, in order to complete the family business test, she deliberately brought the precious coffee, wine, porcelain, silk... from the imperial capital to a medium-sized city in the north for trade. Can go back the same way.

What should I do?
She looked at the woman, finally gritted her teeth and said, "Grandpa Fogg, let's recruit her into the caravan."

The butler, Falk, was in a dilemma, and he absolutely disagreed with his intentions, but seeing the girl's innocent face, he finally said: "Miss, I see, it happens that the kitchen is understaffed, so let her work in the kitchen first." .”

"Thank you miss, thank you sir."

The woman thanked her repeatedly after hearing the words, and said that she would definitely do a good job.

Qi Lisi smiled and said: "You're welcome, you will be a member of Rodney's caravan from now on. My name is Qi Lisi Rodney, and he is the housekeeper, Fogg Rodney."

"Thank you, Miss Qi Lisi, thank you, Mr. Butler." The woman thanked again.

Qi Lisi nodded with a smile, and then said to the law enforcement team: "So she can enter the city?"

"Of course."

The law enforcement team made a gesture of invitation: "But including your caravan, you can only stay for a maximum of one month, and you must leave Balkan City after one month. Of course, you can also apply to the city management office for an extension."

"Of course I know that."

Qi Lisi snorted, turned her head and was about to order the housekeeper Fokker to lead the caravan into the city, but she saw Vega in the crowd, who looked like a refugee in rags.

This is also impossible.

Not long ago, he experienced the magic bombing of the Kingdom Army, and walked in the wild for several days and nights, so it was only natural that he was covered in mud.But for Veigar himself, this is not a big deal, because he is used to military life.

But the spoiled Qi Lisi didn't think so.

In her opinion, Vega, who was 12 years old, was a child who was homeless because of the war. If she didn't help her at this time, Vega, who couldn't enter the city, would die tragically in the wild.

Such a cruel thing is absolutely not allowed to happen.

At this moment, Qi Lisi thought of a stray dog ​​that died a few years ago.

She walked up to Vega, didn't dislike his muddy body at all, touched Vega's head kindly and said: "Do you want to enter the city too? But you can't get in like this, why don't you go to my sister's house?" Caravan."

"..."

Veigar was speechless, did he really look so pitiful?He actually became the pitiful object of the pity of such a righteous partner. No matter from which angle he looked at it, it was impossible for him to have any common language with such a selfless person.

"Thank you, but I'm going to the imperial capital."

Veigar replied politely that he didn't want to have anything to do with such a person.

"Imperial Capital?"

Qi Lisi smiled and said: "Do you want to go to the imperial capital to find your relatives? But the ticket price of the magic airship is not affordable for ordinary people, and it only takes off once every half a month. Is there any extra tickets for this kind of war?" It’s still two words. But our caravan also happens to be returning to the imperial capital, so you can follow us to the imperial capital by docking at the commercial airship in Rops City.”

After making up a lot of things in her own brain, Qi Lisi felt more and more sympathy for Vega.

In her mind, she even fantasized that Vega missed the civil airship because he couldn't afford the ticket, and finally couldn't see his relatives, and then lived on the streets, living a miserable life of a street child.

He didn't know the fantasy of the other party, but upon hearing this sentence, Vega's eyes still lit up.

Whether it is a war airship or a civilian airship, they are all types of magic airships. This kind of airship needs 1-2 wind magicians to drive it. Therefore, civilian airships usually only have one flight every half a month, and the tickets are relatively expensive. .

Of course, all of this revenue goes to the government.

In addition to these two types of airships, the Empire Super Large Chamber of Commerce also has its own airships.

Super-large chambers of commerce often recruit magicians for their services at several times the price, but the empire stipulates that the chamber of commerce cannot sell tickets for commercial airships privately. This is because the imperial business department is afraid that the chamber of commerce will endanger the civil airship business of the empire.

Therefore, Veigar was also afraid that he would not be able to buy a boat ticket.

After all, it is now a time of war, and some wealthy nobles and businessmen may indeed flee to other regions of the empire.

"Please take care of this journey, I will reward you."

Veigar finally decided to hitch a ride with the Rodney Chamber of Commerce. Although the Central Military Academy did not stipulate a time for reporting, and even took this recommendation letter to report after two years, Veigar wanted to graduate as soon as possible.

"Pfft."

Qi Lisi smiled happily, and once again touched Vega's messy head affectionately: "You really look like a little adult, so you don't need to pay..."

The words are only half spoken.

Qi Lisi suddenly felt that she was obliged to teach Vega that there is no such thing as getting something for nothing in the world, so she immediately changed her words: "Although you don't need your compensation, you must work hard for the Rodney Chamber of Commerce along the way."

"I see, my name is Vega Ka..."

"Vegar Ka?"

Veigar shook his head, and then said again: "My name is Veigar, I don't have a last name."

"What a lovely name, you can just call me Sister Qi Lisi."

Qi Lisi turned her head and stuck out her tongue at the butler Fogg and said, "Grandpa Fogg, I'm sorry, I'm making my own decisions again."

Fogg shook his head and said it was okay, then glanced at the half of the casting medium on Vega's neck and said, "Perhaps this is the most successful business you have done this time, Miss, if the president sees it, he will be very happy." happy."

There was puzzlement in Qi Lisi's eyes.

But Fogg didn't intend to continue talking, but walked towards the caravan in the distance: "Miss, let me sort out the caravan and get them ready to enter the city."

"Vegar, let's advance into the city."

Taking Vega's hand on her own initiative, Qi Lisi led Vega into the city.

But as soon as she took two steps, she was surrounded by refugees.

"Miss, please take me with you, I have plenty of strength."

"Miss, you have already taken in the two of them, so you must not miss me."

"Yes, yes, we all have strength, and we will work hard for you."

"..."

A large group of people surrounded Qi Lisi and Vega not to let them leave, and there were many powerful men among them.

"Hug, sorry."

Qi Lisi held Vega's hand tightly and refused: "I'm sorry, I can't help so many people with my ability, but the two of them are in a special situation, and they may die if they don't get help."

"Miss, are you saying that we are not miserable enough?"

One of the men, about two meters tall, said condescendingly, "Miss, why do you only help them and not us? If we can't enter the city, we are likely to freeze to death outside the city."

"Yes, yes, we might die too."

"..."

"Everyone calm down, I..."

Before Qi Lisi could answer, one after another questioned one after another. The content was nothing more than to make Qi Lisi not favoritism. Since I helped two people, I would take them on the road together. Some of them were relatively strong civilians. It was clearly a threat.

Qi Lisi grabbed Vega's hand more and more forcefully.

It just so happened that the housekeeper Fogg went to a distant place to organize the convoy again, and she couldn't make it for a while. Now she is extremely nervous and scared. She never thought that things would develop like this. She obviously had good intentions. Why are so many people targeting her? ?

blah blah blah-

Tears fell from her delicate cheeks, because Qi Lisi was terrified by the questioning around her.

Seeing this, Veigar sighed.

The so-called human nature is unconventional, unreasonable, and illogical.

In Vega's eyes, the truly kind person is not the kind-hearted girl in front of him, but the law enforcement team member who kept the woman and all the refugees away, and the city lord who announced that the refugees were not allowed to enter the city.

It does seem cruel, leaving a woman and child alive and dead in the wild.

But if you think about it from another angle, if all the refugees are allowed to enter the city, then more refugees will swarm in, and the final result will be to drag down this small city. Whether it is refugees or aborigines, everyone will die together. .

This is why Veigar stood by and watched from the beginning to the end.

But now it seems that he has to make a move. After all, he still has to take a ride with others, and if this situation continues, it cannot be ruled out that Qi Lisi will abandon him due to pressure and fear.

To ask why?
Qi Lisi was holding his hand tightly, but it has begun to loosen. In the final analysis, a little girl of about 17 years old can't stand the criticism.

(End of this chapter)