Gawain took two seconds to react before finally breaking into an uncontrollable smile of joy.
Amber had been chattering excitedly a moment ago, but when she saw Gawain's expression, she froze and fell silent.
She rarely saw Gawain show his emotions so openly, and rarely saw him smile so happily.
He had not even smiled like this at his coronation.
Was an "aircraft" really that important?
"Let's go take a look," Gawain said, grabbing Amber and striding toward the door. "It's at the eastern outskirts test site, right?"
"Oh, right... Hey, let go of me. I can walk by myself. Don't drag me... don't carry me... Don't tuck me under your arm again! I can—"
At the suburban test site, the "Dragon Rider," having successfully completed its first flight test, had long since landed steadily in the open field. A large group of Technical Personnel swarmed around the flying machine, inspecting every component over and over. As the project's chief person in charge, Rebecca had personally joined in. Tool in hand, she circled the Machinery Cabin, her face streaked with grease and her clothes covered in grime, yet her smile was brighter than anyone else's at the scene—she was delighted like a child.
Maggie stood quietly nearby, watching the bustling, jubilant scene before her. Her line of sight kept falling on Rebecca from time to time—over the years, Maggie had seen all sorts of human nobles, but a "princess" like Rebecca was truly one of a kind.
"Perfect, perfect! Not a single problem! No cracks, no parts falling off, no overheating—none of the problems we had before showed up..." A Magic Industrial Technician jumped down from the Dragon Wings servo's connecting shaft, his face brimming with excitement. "The new structure worked!"
"Now that's more like it!" Rebecca crawled out