July 1, 9787 of the Radiant Calendar. At the Floating Battleship construction base, Velin leaned over a desk and began designing a ten-thousand-meter-class Floating Battleship.
In just two months, he had finished all several dozen crash-course books his uncle had given him.
Compared with the torment of building a foundation back then, reading these books that only covered the surface could not merely be called easy—it was utterly effortless.
However, during the design stage, he could only copy, copy, and copy. After all, he could not understand many parts, so he could only reproduce the modules depicted in the books exactly.
According to the books, designing a ten-thousand-meter-class Floating Battleship from scratch required one hundred Soul Intent-tier Arcanists working together for three years. Yet with these books, he had taken less than two months.
"I really am a genius!"
After praising himself, Velin instinctively looked around. When he saw no sign of his uncle, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"More than a month, and I've only gotten this far. Construction will officially begin in three days."
With a thought, he put over five hundred sheets of paper into his Space Ring, then stood and flew toward the Main Castle.
As he passed Fountain Square, Velin spotted a familiar figure on the flagpole.
"Why are you up there?"
"Um... well..."
Hailia lowered her head, her face flushed red as she stammered, unable to answer.
"How many times has this happened?"
"Th-the first time." Hailia buried her head even lower and murmured softly.
"She was very strict?"
"No. I... I was too stupid and angered my teacher."
Hearing that, Velin helplessly covered his face.
Kmelia had been hung from the flagpole for being mischievous, and for slacking off, but never for being stupid.
At that moment, he