[The day has come to finally launch the first man-made object into space.. in this world.

On this day, according to the Ruthena calendar, the year of 3615, the 5th day of the month of Fire..] Yuria

The Ruthena calendar seperates a year into 4 months, according to the 4 seasons. Each month has around 90 days, and the total amount of days in a year seems to be the same with Earth. The Ruthena Calendar system is widely used in this world. The total amount of years recorded is how long the calendar system has been used...

[The first man made object to be launch into space, this signifies a great step for human civilization, and an opportunity for mankind to advance their civilization, and to expand our horizon, the first step for a better future, and the first step to Science Victory!

I proudly present you the first satellite “YuNor 1”!] Yuria

Clap* Clap*.. only Naoko claps after Yuria’s speech, although she has no idea what is happening..

Yesterday, she heard that Raynor came from the place where the heroes originated from. That explains why he is so talented and very knowledgeable in the arts of magic tools invention. She also found out that Raynor is over 60 years old. Yuria decided to let Naoko know more about their personal information, since they will be traveling together.

A person will slow down their aging process when they train their abilities to a certain degree, so people who look younger than their actual age is not surprising. But there are difficulties to actually train until that stage, so normally, people that managed to slow down their aging process has reached their late forties, and their appearance will not grow younger. People like Yuria and Raynor who managed to slow down their aging process at the age of early twenties is considered rare case, and can be classified as rare talent.

Naoko is currently the youngest among them, excluding Airi. Even if she has twice the amount of her current lifetime, she is still far younger than any of them, although their outwards appearance look the same age as her. She felt a little inferior in the group whenever she thinks about it. But after socializing with both of them for a while, one is naive and innocent, the other one is ignorant and oblivious towards society. She felt that she has a need to properly guide them, although they are her senior.

The most problematic one in her case is Raynor. He just completed in creating an Automata. An Automata is an upgraded version of a golem, that is similar to a human in many ways. A good Automata can only be build by Legendary Inventors. One must posses extraordinary skills and knowledge to be a Legendary Inventor, and rarely 2 of them exist at the same time. It is also recorded in history, at some point, that there are no Legendary Inventor existed in a few centuries.

Anyone can create a golem, if they have the knowledge, but even a regular Automata is so rare and valuable that many had their eyes on them, and will try anything to get their hands on one. According the records, Airi, that’s what the Automata that Raynor made called herself, might be considered among the good ones, that are currently existing.

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That puts them in a very dangerous situation. If anyone realizes that Airi is actually an Automata, they will have to deal will many troublesome situation. Naoko just join their party, and there are already many troublesome situations popping up. Naoko question herself why did she wanted to join their party in the first place. There are many other proper and promising adventurer party out there, who are looking for new members, why did she choose these two unreliable senior.

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[Do you really need to give a speech for this? It’s just launching a satellite into space.. plus, you even named it..] Raynor

It seems Yuria is excited from the satellite launching event, that she asked Raynor to record this moment, and store the data into the satellite, and also a Royal Magic Recorder from Erina to archive it into the Kingdom’s history.

[But, what a weird looking Rocket..] Yuria

The rocket that is in front of her compare to what she saw, while on Earth are two different things. There are no launch towers or any similar stuff. It was just a 10 meters tall cone shape shiny metal object, with what seems to be rocket thrusters at the bottom. The design is so simple that one can mistake it as a huge metallic geometry sculpture in an art exhibition.

[Alright, Airi, prepare to launch!] Raynor

[Launching in 10 sec, please step behind the red line for safety purposes.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.] Airi

What Yuria expect from a large burst of flame and smoke everywhere and deafening sound from large amount of fuel ignition didn’t happen...

The whirring sound of engine starting up as the rocket begin to leave the ground. Blue gases shot out from the rocket thrusters like it was a dragon’s breath, and it sends shockwave throughout the ground like a small earthquake is happening. Nothing was burned, and it was close to zero smoke emission, the gases released from the thrusters quickly blends with the surrounding air, and leaves no traces in a second. Yuria stares at the rocket with amazement. The rocket slowly rises above the ground like a hot air balloon, as the blueish brightness from the thruster became brighter, the speed it rises become faster.

When it rises up to almost 1000M high, suddenly a bright flash of blue light, and a sound similar to a thunder strike can be heard, and it shoots upwards at a speed many times the speed of sound, and can no longer be seen. Yuria and Naoko stare dumbfounded at the sky. A large object that in the sky suddenly disappear in the blink of an eye.

[Hey, where did it go?] Naoko

[Somewhere beyond the skies.] Yuria

[Huh? What’s there?] Naoko

[It is the void between the celestial bodies, where vast amount of knowledge waiting to be discovered, to ensure the continuation of a civilization.] Raynor

[Eh..?] Naoko

[It is a place that is not habitable for biological creature, but it is the birthplace of every star and planets that creates life.] Airi

[I don’t get it..] Naoko

[It is a place filled with hopes and dreams and many adventures and dangers, with new places to explore, and new friends waiting for us.] Yuria

[I’m even more confuse now..] Naoko

[Well, just think of it like I send a bird hovering above us.] Yuria

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(I hope that the vast amount of resources spend on it can provide useful information about this planet to continue on with my research, and the location of earth from here.. ) Raynor