"Protect Her Majesty!"
The bizarre spiderweb-like cracks in the sky before them grew larger and larger. The Royal Maids on the deck of the Witton Kingdom immediately gathered around, but Miss Violet merely waved her sleeve and dismissed them:
"Do I need your protection?"
She stepped forward, and everyone on the deck moved with her to the bow, taking a closer look at the Spatial Anomaly in the sky. At the same time, the gun barrels of the Witches' Alchemy Warship began turning upward, while the lights of rituals in every color nearly painted the azure sky in a rainbow hue.
After a series of strange, teeth-grating noises, the sky finally shattered open as though something enormous had struck it, leaving behind a pitch-black hole. Then, an injured, glowing silver dragon flew out of that opening while clutching a "small boat."
They were moving incredibly fast, but after bursting out of the hole, they seemed to lose all strength and began to fall. The dragon tried to beat its wings to counter the descent, but it only managed to remain unsteadily aloft for less than five seconds before it and the ship plummeted from the sky toward the sea surface.
"This dragon really is..."
Miss Violet heard her maid whisper softly:
"So beautiful!"
"It truly is beautiful."
The Witch Emperor also praised the dragon, which perfectly suited her tastes. Smiling, she took another step forward. Without needing her to act personally, the maids consciously raised their hands and controlled the falling ship and badly injured silver dragon, making them descend slowly from the sky like feathers. They landed smoothly right in front of the bow of the Witton Kingdom.
"Teacher!"
Once the Radiance Messenger came to a steady stop on the water, the excited Miss Teresa on the deck immediately