Magicraft Meister Part 3

Deus ex machina led the group to the upper layers.

Let's see, each layer is about 30 meters deep. < has three layers of docks, making it 100 meters deep.

"I see."

Deus ex machina then leads the guests to the dock for the topmost ship. This is just below the hatch.

In other words, the ship's dock and hangar were almost at the same level as sea level.

This is the Kingfisher.

"Oh!

"It's very nice looking."

"The workmanship is ...... enchanting."

Wattes Shrezza marvels, Elena calmly expresses her opinion, and Ilmina Ratkin, who is certainly a student of Maricka's, speaks up.

The other three also expressed their admiration.

Sitting in front of them is the . It is a small 7-meter-long fast boat.

Normally, it can accommodate five people, but during rescues, it can carry up to 10 people. The maximum speed is 100 km/h."

Makina gives a brief explanation.

Incidentally, since is not used in the Ars world, boats are also expressed in terms of speed per hour.

Jin thought this was appropriate since the distance corresponding to one degree of latitude is different from that of the Earth.

As a side note, one knot on earth is one nautical mile per hour, and one nautical mile corresponds to one minute in latitude.

Since the circumference of Arus, which is smaller than the Earth, is about 7,500 kilometers, one degree is about 20.8 kilometers, and one minute is 34.5 minutes. One degree is about 20.8 kilometers, and one minute is 347 meters.

Jin thought that this was rather close to the distance that sound travels in one second. ...... This is a further digression.

This is a further digression.

It looks like a three-hulled ship, but the center hull is bigger."

Edda Yima, an engineer of <>, muttered.

"It will be less stable than a normal trimaran, but it will be more maneuverable."

Makina explained.

"I see, so that's what it is."

Ilmina Ratkin, also in the engineering department, nodded in agreement.

"Would you like to try it?"

Makina said, "It will be less comfortable, but it can hold up to 10 people," to which everyone except Elena replied, "I want to ride it! >>Everyone except Elena, who replied, "I'd love to ride!

"Okay."

We prepared cushions and blankets and headed for the launch dock.

"Are we going to go out to sea from here?"

It was a rather oddly shaped room, about twice as wide as the but 30 meters long and high to the ceiling.

There was a < fixed to the barge.

"This is a kind of dry dock.

Makina explains in a few words.

Since all of us were involved in this project, she understood immediately.

"I see, so this is where they draw in the seawater.

Wattes Schletzer, who is also the military chief of staff of the <>, spoke up.

"That's right. The ceiling is raised to cope with fluctuations in the height of the water.

While this conversation was going on, everyone had finished boarding the .

This time, the pilot is Squire Rey. Makina and Elena sat in the emergency auxiliary seats.

Since both of them are automata, they do not worry about the comfort of their seats.

"Okay, I'm going to start pouring the water.

At Makina's announcement, the bulkheads of the dock closed.

Then the water begins to pour in.

The lock on the berth is released, and the <> begins to float slowly.

When it floated about 5 meters, it reached the same level as the sea surface outside, so the water injection was stopped.

"Open the outer bulkhead."

Slowly the front bulkhead opened.

Beyond it was a vast expanse of blue ocean.

"Okay, I'm leaving. ...... Ray, please."

Yes, sir. <

Rey slowly launches the ship.

< and gradually accelerates once it is outside.

"The sea is calm today, so it's safe.

He then increased the speed to 50 kilometers per hour.

"Oh, that's fast!"

"This is ...... unbelievable speed."

Tomax Bartmann and Wattes Schletzer, who are not often in the field, shouted in amazement.

"I can get it up a little higher."

Ray said and increased the speed to 80 kilometers per hour. In knots, that would be 43 knots.

We had to stop the maximum speed of 100 km/h because we were over the normal capacity, but the high performance of seemed to have made an impression nonetheless.

The procedure is the reverse of the one used for the first time out.

Following the reverse procedure, <> returned to <>.

"Well, I enjoyed it," he said.

"Well done, sir."

Tomax Bartmann and Wattes Schletzer paid their compliments.

While they were talking, the seawater in the dock was drained and the ship was placed on the barge.

< is secured in place.

"Come on, please get off."

The eight disembarked, including Makina and Rey. At that moment.

"Uh, sir, Makina-sama..."

"Mister..." Ilmina Ratkin spoke up.

"Lady Ilmina, how can I help you?"

"...... I'm asking you very graciously, but ...... would you be willing to take me on that small wind-powered blower-floater?"

"On the Comete?"

< has a capacity for two people. Only the pilot and one other person.

When I mention this to her, Ilmina Latkin says she would be happy to do so.

"I can't go on board with you. ......"

Makina replied, "I don't mind if I don't have to listen to your explanation.

I understand."

If you insist," Makina said, "then I approve of taking Illumina Ratkin on board the .

She also asked if there were any other applicants, and was told that Edda Yima, a technician from the <> party, would like to join the <>.

So, we decided to put Illumina Ratkin on and Edda Yima on <.

"The flight will last about 10 minutes. The course of the flight will be left to the pilot, <>.

After reminding them that they were in the air, the two planes lifted off with the two passengers on board.

The hatch of the hangar was half-open, not fully open.

Through a gap of about 50 meters, the two took off into the blue sky.

The two aircraft flew into the blue sky.

"Wow, it's so different from the other ones.

Illumina Ratkin, under Marikka's tutelage, is intrigued by the , an ultra-compact blimp-shaped wind-powered flotation device.

The , an ultra-compact blimp-shaped wind-powered flotation device (blow floater), intrigues him. He was sharpening all of his senses to watch the movement, feel the output, and sense the slightest movement.

Edda Yima, on the other hand, was purely enjoying the ride, but was also trying to feel the technical capabilities behind the ride.

Like digital and analog, they have different ways of doing things and different sensibilities, but the two engineers may have grasped something from this test ride: .......