The First Magic World War

Chapter 360: 342, a famously unparalleled Queen Bee!

Sophia Garanord stood on the harbor, silently gazing into the distance.

In Sophia’s palm was a golden ring, which she had sent to 699 South Sevantes Riverside Street, as agreed, but it was quickly returned without a word.

Sophia Garanord believed that her request to “borrow a ship” had failed, yet she didn’t resent Charles; instead, she felt profound gratitude. Clearly, Charles must have made a great effort to ask for such a favor, but it was natural for others not to lend something as precious as a warship. After all, she was headed to the battlefield, not to take the ship out for leisure; the chances of it getting damaged were quite high.

Today, she was here to take command of another warship.

How could Count Garanord let his daughter be at a disadvantage on the battlefield? Thus, he funded a ship for her to captain and even assigned a group of family personnel for her to command.

Armand, the Garanod’s Home butler, stood beside Sophia. This middle-aged gentleman dressed modestly, his dignified face bore no adornments, and he wore a smile.

The Garanord Family wielded substantial influence in the army, but not in the navy. Count Garanord didn’t actually want his daughter to join the navy, but since Sophia was determined to sail the seas, the Old Earl couldn’t help but give in and could not let his daughter start off as a lowly service soldier, so he made all necessary preparations.

On the horizon, a small black dot suddenly appeared. Sophia was slightly excited, believing it to be her new ship, but the old butler, Armand, turned pale and exclaimed, “Miss, we must leave quickly—that’s not the Earl’s ship.”

Sophia Garanord did not insist. She trusted the old butler deeply, and together with some people, they were about to leave the harbor when a figure rose into the air and sounded a voice that could overwhelm the waves, “I am an Inglimar Royal Navy officer, ordered to deliver a ship to Miss Sophia Garanord.”

Armand, half believing and half doubting, floated into midair and flew towards the ship.

Half an hour later, an Ancient Magic Warship, which looked indeed extraordinary, approached the harbor.

Armand’s face was filled with disbelief. Once he disembarked from the warship, he said, “Miss! Who has such clout to lend you the Queen Bee? That is a Legendary Warship!”

What is a Legendary Warship?

It is one of the twelve warships across the Seven Seas.

The Fars Empire currently only has one, which is His Majesty Julius Axler’s vessel—the Fontainebleau!

Even with the Garanord’s power, there was no way to get a Legendary Warship for his daughter!

Well, the Earl’s influence was all in the army, and he couldn’t even mobilize a standard Magical Alchemy Warship, even as the Minister of War.

The Fars Navy had its own hierarchy!

Sophia Garanord was so shocked that she turned rigid. She knew that Charles had borrowed a ship, and from his expression at the time, this ship was crucial, but Miss Garanod didn’t think much of it. After all, it was just a ship!

Even when the golden ring was returned, she thought that the “borrowing of the ship had failed” and didn’t take it to heart, after all, it was just a ship!

But what Sophia Garanord didn’t expect at all was that it was truly “just a ship”!

A Queen Bee with a reputation so great it couldn’t be overstated!

She couldn’t believe it, but there it was, an Ancient Magic Warship, quietly moored in place; she had no choice but to believe even if she didn’t want to.

“How influential is Mister Mecklen to be able to borrow such an Ancient Magic Warship? And not just any Ancient Magic Warship, but a Legendary Warship at that!”

“He did it all for me…”

Tears streamed down Miss Sophia Garanord’s face. Abruptly, she turned and looked toward Strasbourg, feeling an urge to settle the score with Anne and win back the love of her life.

The moment she saw the Queen Bee, she knew she “had won” this war.

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Hmm, this truly is a beautiful misunderstanding.

The old butler Armand was still prattling on, “The ship is also equipped with a full crew of sailors, and they are all the most seasoned ones. The men that the earl assigned to the lady, although undeniably loyal, are not very well-versed in navigation. I was originally worried, but now there’s no need for concern.”

“Some of them, I suspect, must be retired from the Inglimar Royal Navy, and another batch…”

“Miss, aren’t you listening?”

How could Sophia Garanord care to listen to the old butler’s droning on?

She took several deep breaths of the sea breeze, salty to the taste, before saying, “Let’s board the ship!”

As they approached the Queen Bee, the golden ring in Sophia Garanord’s hand began to emit a whistling noise, as if the entire Queen Bee was welcoming its owner.

Sophia Garanord was greatly surprised; when she tried wearing the golden ring, the entire ship responded with what seemed like joy.

Armand’s face lit up with a look of sudden realization, saying, “I’ve heard that this Queen Bee was once a ship of the pirates from St. Michael Island, not long ago…”@@novelbin@@

“Miss, aren’t you paying attention?”

Sophia Garanord had already proudly stepped aboard, aboard the ship that Charles had lent to her!

When your beloved comes to fetch you, riding on a seven-colored cloud…

Who the hell cares where that seven-colored cloud came from?

The old butler didn’t understand this principle.

Several hours later, Sophia had become familiar with the Queen Bee, after all, there were people on the ship to instruct her on how to operate it, how to activate the magic array, and how to sail.

Another ship was now making its way through the waves on the ocean’s surface, marked with the Garanord Family emblem, a newly built warship. Although not a Magical Alchemy Warship, it was still considered one of the top ones among regular warships. The sailors on board were also recruited by the Old Earl at a high price, for his daughter, he truly spared no effort.

Armand could not but again come to report to Sophia Garanord, asking, “The ship sent by the Old Earl has arrived, would you like to take receipt of it?”

As Sophia Garanord caressed the Captain’s Cabin of the Queen Bee, she said indifferently, “Let it serve as a supply ship.”

“We set off now, as the daughter of the Garlanod’s Home it’s time for me to serve the Empire.”

Once both warships were fully supplied, they left the port and ventured deep into the sea.

When both ships were surrounded by the vast ocean, suddenly the Queen Bee lit up with a hazy glow, once, twice, three times… ten times!

A full ten times the glow shone!

No one knew what had happened, not even Armand, of the Sacred Order, had sensed it, but in that moment, it seemed as if everyone felt that there was something quite different about the Queen Bee.

In Strasbourg, far away, Charles suddenly felt as though he had incurred a great debt, yet when he carefully checked his finances, there was no debt at all, not even the mortgage for his house on Elysian Pastoral Street No. 58 was outstanding.

Where on earth did this feeling of suddenly owing a lot of money come from?

Charles was completely baffled.

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