Chapter 698: Isn’t it Castel? I’ve seen him
Beatrice was a little surprised. She looked down at the prosperous city below and found it hard to connect it with the escape that Gaia mentioned.
"I almost witnessed the construction of Blood Harbor with my own eyes. I've been here many times, and every time I see a new Blood Harbor, sometimes I can't even recognize it."
After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at Zoe beside her.
"You can ask Zoe. She followed the entire reconstruction of Blood Harbor from beginning to end. When we arrived here, Blood Harbor was just a ruin. But now, just by looking at it from afar, you can feel its grandeur."
Beatrice hesitated, not knowing what to say.
She was a noble lady who had neither experienced famine nor built a city with her own hands.
She lives in the Rhine, which is known as the City of Miracles. She cannot feel the miracles and she is trapped there.
But today, she felt a miracle. Blood Harbor was obviously just an unknown small town, but after listening to Gaia's words, she could not suppress the throbbing in her heart.
She longed to see the city with her own eyes.
Instead of just watching from afar on the airship, she wanted to set foot there, to stroll through the city, to talk to people, to feed the cats in the alleys, and to chat with the seagulls about life and ideals.
She couldn't think of anything more. She was like a canary in a cage, and the only thing she could imagine was the sky she saw in books.
"Can I come over here and take a look?"
Gaia and Zoe looked at each other and sighed helplessly.
"Well, not right now. You have to go to Castel for treatment."
Beatrice's body was on the verge of collapse. Although there was no spare room in the crew cabin, she had to live in the steam engine.
Although she actually quite likes this steel hut.
"Can Castel heal me?"
"It's hard to say. Castel's treatment level is quite unstable, but..."
Zoe's eyes flashed past Chloe, the two Noras, Gwen, and her more than a hundred patients.
"But you shouldn't die."
Beatrice frowned, feeling that something was a little strange, but couldn't tell what was wrong.
Shouldn’t it be said here that one cannot die? Why is it “cannot die”?
If we take it literally, it means that someone wanted to die but failed. Is there anyone who wants to die?
Not dying should be a good thing, right?
Beatrice is still young and she doesn't want to die.
But I heard that Castel is very close to the Silent Temple, and the Silent Temple is famous for its undead. Perhaps Zoe is referring to this method?
Beatrice was lost in thought for a moment when the city below passed by the porthole. She then realized that she had almost missed it, and hurriedly leaned against the window to look at it from afar reluctantly.
The airship passed Blood Harbor and headed for Castel.
"Don't be disappointed. Castel is also great. Although it may not be as large as Blood Harbor, it is still very beautiful."
Beatrice nodded, but she felt somewhat disapproving in her heart.
As for Castel, it’s not like she hasn’t been there before.
When she first saw Castel, she was actually very disappointed. The desolation of the island left a deep impression on her. Although Count Hughes had built many workshops, they were still far inferior to those on the Rhine.
And today she is going there again.
Zoe said that Castel was no worse than Blood Harbor, but she didn't believe it.
Even if Castel expanded those factories tenfold, they would still not be half as good as Rhine, not to mention the blood port we just saw.
Beatrice thought Zoe was just comforting her, and although she felt very disappointed, she didn't say it out loud.
Perhaps she could be healed in Castel and see Blood Harbor again.
It's a beautiful city.
Beatrice looked at the blue sea below and sighed inwardly. Just as she was about to look away, she suddenly froze.
"Ka-Castel?"
"???" Gaia and Zoe were stunned for a moment before shaking their heads in unison. "Impossible! How can we get there so soon? Castel is still a long way off."
"But, but, an island, how could there be an island down there?!" Beatrice's voice was a little stammering, and her eyes were full of disbelief as she looked down.
"That's a mountain, no, it's an island, an island of steel, a mountain of steel."
Seeing Beatrice talking incoherently, Gaia looked over with some confusion, then showed a look of sudden realization.
"Oh, this, this is the Iron Ark."
Zoe came over upon hearing this, looking as if she was used to it.
"Why is it back? Didn't it go to Gem Bay for renovations? I heard Tata was considering installing a deck on it, and he almost got scolded to death by the ship spirits on it."
"Maybe the renovation is complete? Honestly, I'm not sure. Those design institutes in Gem Bay are a bit too radical."
"really."
Beatrice watched the two of them chattering back and forth, feeling a little confused. "You, what are you talking about? Ship spirit? Isn't this an island, but a ship?"
"Of course it's a ship. If you look closely, you can see traces of a ship. Although it looks a bit strange, it is indeed a ship. And you should have noticed that it is made of steel."
“Steel.”
Beatrice just felt a little dizzy. This thing, as big as an island, was made of steel!
Beatrice always felt that the churches on the Upper Rhine were impressive enough, exquisite and elegant, yet magnificent to the extreme.
But today, she witnessed another kind of shock.
There are no carvings, no shapes, and no elaborate designs.
Some are just huge and boundless in size.
It is no exaggeration to say that this steel ark can add a lid to the Rhine. That means, by melting the molten iron, it can be used to build a steel lid to cover the Rhine.
Or to put it another way, if it were sent to the Upper Rhine, its weight alone would be enough to crush the entire Rhine city.
This highly impactful approach left a deep impression on Beatrice, and she vaguely felt that some of her concepts seemed to have shifted slightly.
Now she only had some vague ideas, which had not yet been summarized into a complete concept. When she fully understood this, she would probably understand this popular concept among Castel:
Bigger is better, more is beautiful.
Beatrice's eyes flashed, and she suddenly looked up into the distance. There was nothing special over there, just ordinary sea water.
Ordinary, dull, without any ripples, this is normal elsewhere, but this is the Storm Ocean.
As we all know, there are no storms near Castres.
Beatrice looked into the distance and suddenly felt more expectant of Castel.
Is Castel no longer just that ordinary deserted island?
(End of this chapter)
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