21st Century Archmage

I liked night flights. In particular, night flights with Aramis gave me such happy bliss that they gave me the chills.

‘I-Is she nuts?

But this? This wasnt it at all.

At around sundown, I met up with Crisias wyvern in the skies above the harbor. And then, we started flying into the sea without any notice.

‘Its already been 3 hours, just where the hell is she taking me?

The sun had set, and the moon was now shining brightly, indicating that it was early evening. We were flying heedlessly over the blue sea, a swimming pool of stars. A little bit further, and even Bebeto would be too tired to return. If we were to land on the sea and try to catch our breath, the sea monsters and demon beasts would drag us to the depths, forcing us to bid adieu to our lives for the rest of eternity.

‘She cant be planning on flying the entire way there, can she?

The distance from Nermans harbor to the Kesmire Archipelago was as far as the distance to the capital of the Bajran Empire. I began to have all sorts of ominous thoughts. It was just too unfair to all the sweat Id lost to die as a frickin virgin.

‘Huh…? Thats—!

Just then, Chrisia, who had been flying in front of me at an altitude of several hundred meters above the sea, suddenly began to plummet, and in that instant, I saw a certain something.

‘A ship!

A single, large ship with three long sails lowered was coming towards us on the calm waves, lit by the moons glow.

‘Ohhh! That must be one of those legendary wyvern carriers!

It was a large sailboat, the Kallian Continents equivalent of a modern aircraft carrier. It was actually enormous—the wyvern carrier looked bigger than any aircraft carrier Id seen when I went to a Korean naval base to sightsee in middle school. I could clearly see the ships ridiculous size from the magic lamps hung up everywhere.

‘Hooh, so it has that kind of structure.

The ship had a unique structure that set it miles apart from other ships. Three enormous sails dozens of meters long spanned from the middle to the stern, and in the fore was a landing and resting spot for wyverns.

‘Seeing as it can carry twelve wyverns, its a massive wyvern carrier.

A fleet with a wyvern carrier and one without were heaven and earth apart. It was so true that there was a saying on the continent that a fleet unfortunate enough to meet a foe with a wyvern carrier on the seas should just sink to their knees and pray for a quick death. Any boat that took a few Blessed Spears thrown from the sky would surely become Swiss cheese and sink to the depths.

That was the reason why the Kesmire pirates were able to completely dominate the sea. Despite the attempts of every nation on the continent to reclaim their sea routes, they were no match for the naval power of the pirates. Even if wyvern carriers existed on both sides, to people who treated the ocean like their front yard, the fleets of every nation were like fumbling children.

‘They must have dozens of carriers, at the very least.

Chrisias fleet alone had dozens of wyverns, and Id heard from Chrisia that there were a total of 7 such fleets.

‘That must be a signal to land.

While I was thinking, Chrisias wyvern was landing on one side of the carrier. On the opposite side, sailors holding red magic lamps were sending us a signal to land.

“Bebeto, do your best to make a cool landing.”

Guooooooooooooo!

He was landing on a ship for the first time ever, but Bebeto wasnt at all daunted. After letting out an energetic bellow, he slowly flapped his wings and assumed a landing position.

Flap, flap, flap flap flap.

Strong headwinds were created from Bebetos powerful wingbeats as he slowly descended onto the sailing ship. Then, we landed with a small thud that I could feel with my entire body.

‘This is more fun than I thought itd be.

This ship landing method felt very different from landing on the ground. It was pretty thrilling, because if you messed up, you could land right in the sea.

“My my, Bebeto. Your landing was handsome indeed.”

Chrisia approached Bebeto with her airplate helmet off and was generous with her praise. Her blue hair, which reminded me of the sea, fluttered behind her naturally in the ocean wind.

‘Now that were on the sea, its like shes shining.

Chrisia had always possessed a unique, lively beauty no inferior to any woman out there. But her appearance on a ship had that certain special something. It was like how peanut butter and jelly, snowmen and mittens paired well together. Chrisias voice created a harmony with the sloshing waves and tickled my heart. Despite the urgency of the current situation, the foolish playboy in me was still refusing to give it a rest.

Guooo, guooo.

Delighted by the praise, Bebeto raised his horns to the sky and crooned happily. Chrisia stroked his wing. In any case, he was one enviable fellow.

“Salute! Greetings to the Commander.”

“Saluuute!”

A man appeared on the deck and saluted.

“If you hadnt appeared right on time, Captain, we would have become fish food.”

“Nonsense, maam. The Commander knows the sea better than any sailor here, is that not so?”