Chapter 2.3- The Seadragon's Roar

The second ship was something that I’d gotten the idea of from my previous life. It was an aircraft carrier— designed for the only kind of aircraft that called this world home— Dragons. That meant it was essentially a massive barge. I’d designed it for igneel, an taking his seemingly endless rapid growth into account, made it suited for something half again his current size so that meant ti could carry a wagon like meleys even if it would be a bit cramped for the red queen herself.

It had a massive deck that was essentially one. Giant mechanized platform. With a set of pulleys and levels, the deck could be opened to reveal an internal hold large enough for Igneel to nap within for a few hours quite comfortably; I’d checked a few times to be sure. Even the darkness within was not much of an issue for the dragon as they were used to sleeping in dark caves. I had no idea how he would react to the rocking of the vessel in the open seas or how he would manage the colder knights when he would be unable o heat up his surroundings with his breath— on account of being a boat made of wood. But both of those were concerns that could be addressed in time— would have tone addressed in time more like.

The potential of being able to ship around our weapons of medium destruction was too massive not to be pursued, If it meant I would have to figure out how to build a boat from steel with present resources, then that would be it.

“For Igneel” I said to Corlys’ look of confusion.

“I call her the Dragon Carrier. She is designed to be crewed by no more than half a dozen people. It would get smoked by most things on the open ocean in a race, but it wouldn’t struggle to keep up at cruising speeds. If it ever came to it, the dragon would never be more than an hour’s flight away from the rest of the crew.

“So this is your insurance. The thing you think would make it impossible for me top refuse you and your sister this trip” He said. I shrugged. He’d already given his permission but if he wanted to play it up for some reason then that was his right.

“Assemble your crew and sail forth in a sennight, my son. Go do me proud” He said, placing a hand on my shoulder even as his voice softened. I nodded, not quite understanding where he was coming from. Leana was the one with a task to carry out. I just had to make sure she was safe while she did it.

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Early on in our journey, I had to make a choice on what to do when we encountered Pirate vessels. We were a modest fleet— if you could call two ships a fleet, that is. And the Velaryon sails we flew were more bait than warning. This world was too large for anyone to care much the danger of posing off House Velaryon by taking two ships. The Leana Velaryon with her unique size and bearing was also a tempting target for many, or at least I had suspected she would be and wasn’t surprised to see black sails gaining on us as we cut a straight path to Bloodstone.