Chapter 2232 - 77: The Honored Guest (2)

Isn't this basically a free giveaway?

This discovery greatly surprised Fang Hong. You should know, when he had the Artisan Association copy those books above the intermediate level, it often cost him tens of thousands of Lycels—even under the condition that the Istania local Artisan Association gave them a special price at the Grand Princess's suggestion.

Knowledge is priceless; this is a common understanding among Alchemists.

This price almost immediately tempted him, so he simply put down what he was doing and transcribed a few more books—in fact, he spent tens of thousands of Lycels to copy the entire set of treatises from the Lingen School, which is high-level knowledge that money couldn't buy elsewhere.

Of course, saying transcription doesn't mean copying word by word; it requires using the Information Crystal to input text and image information, which is slightly slower than scanning, but not by much.

Unfortunately, the Istania Royal Library didn't have much related to Alchemy, otherwise when Aleph made the library freely accessible to him, he would have struck it rich. But even so, he still stayed there and copied a lot of miscellaneous knowledge and several Magic Books.

He gave those Magic Books to Luo Yu, Gita, and Xiangzi. When he copied those books, he almost triggered the runes on them and turned himself into a piece of char. So, even copying books in Eteliria is a risky task.

While transcribing, Fang Hong vaguely thought of a possibility. Even though Su Changfeng didn't mention it, this might also be an attitude from the military. In theory, they couldn't access such internal archives, but the Seven Seas Travel Group is currently in quite a predicament, and the military probably wants to show that they don't consider them outsiders.

Unfortunately, this suspicion seems to be just a thought for now.

Thus, he spent nearly two days in the library, almost completely forgetting about the transformation plan for the 'Spear Cavalry—Silver Bee.' On the third day at noon, Tianlan sent him a message via the Communication Crystal, telling him the ship had docked.

Fang Hong was momentarily confused when he saw the message: what ship had docked?

The other side seemed a bit exasperated: "The guest, the guest's ship has arrived."

"Oh!" Fang Hong finally realized.

He slapped his forehead, thinking he really got muddled from transcribing so many books.

However, Fang Hong didn't expect that when he returned the borrowed books and hurriedly went to the port with Miss Tata, the so-called 'distinguished guest' turned out to be a familiar face.

"Long time no see, Ade, and the little girl from the Albert Family," Princess Briana stood on the dock, the winds from the Overseas stirred the clouds and wafted her beautiful golden hair, passing through her long hair to her pointed ears, adorned with hollow elf silver ornaments, the longbow on her back, and a light silver cloak covering her shoulders. She smiled slightly at them: "Since you all headed south, I've often heard about you."

She looked at Fang Hong with her beautiful eyes, as if trying to see through why this human boy was so prone to causing trouble. She had told him to protect the young lady of the Albert Family, but not in this way.

"Berio!"

Tianlan looked at the giant ship docked in the distance and couldn't help but scream out in excitement.

They had some connection with this cargo ship that sails between the Cloud Sea areas. The last time they traveled onboard this ship from Dolifen, arrived at Fenris, and finally reached Golande.

She remembered the old captain of the ship, a very friendly person who shared many stories about pirates with them. Now, a year later, although she hadn't seen the sailors yet, Tianlan already felt as if she was meeting an old friend.

However, over the past year, the Seven Seas Travel Group also welcomed many new members, such as Tang Xin, Ai Xiaoxiao, and Luo Hao, who were all meeting the Princess for the first time. Tang Xin had heard about the hero Princess of the Battle of Bain, but Ai Xiaoxiao was extremely curious, constantly blinking, unable to take her eyes off the Spirit Princess.

"Parker, you've put on weight again." Briana also glanced at the others and jokingly called out the Papalarian.

"Impossible!" Parker showed a horrified expression, looking around, "It's just that my clothes are thicker in winter, you know, Papalarians are afraid of the cold."

"But the lady beside you isn't like that."

Briana looked at the Miss Knight beside him and squinted her eyes.

Mei was also a bit curious, looking at her.

"Have I seen you before, cute little girl?" Briana asked.

Mei nodded: "Last time, with my teacher, Your Highness."

"Oh," Briana realized, "so it's you guys; please send my greetings to your Captain."

The Miss Knight quietly nodded.

Then the Spirit Princess looked at the last person, extending her hand: "You are Luo Hao?"

"Your Highness, you know me?" The chubby guy was somewhat flattered, being one of the heroes from the Battle of Bain was one of his idols. He shook hands with the Princess, feeling a bit surreal, almost deciding not to wash his hands for a whole year.

"I've heard your Captain mention you."

"Oh," Luo Hao realized, instantly conjuring up a stern face in his mind. However, the fact that the seemingly indifferent Captain knew the Princess was beyond his expectations.