Chapter 30 Like a Shadow

With that, he turned the communicator on to bring up an interface and crossed that to the big brother of the Pedro family, and the three of them once again put their heads together to choose. Edward tried to get his head together this time as well, and when he got a good look at the wide array of accessories on the interface he realized that there was another difference between the ones here and the ones in Pedro's house. Most of what was here was the remains of dragon bones, ribs, shells, and the like, almost devoid of equipment. It didn't take Elina long to pick out a dragon bone and rib cage, which was a skeleton of Skolman metal and a more appropriate size. She said to Edward, 'This is the one, Skolman metal is moderate in strength but has the advantage of being very malleable, better suited for a small ship like ours." The starport boy looked like he wasn't surprised by her choice and said, 'Do you need it machined over here?" 'Sure, give us a berth and ten skilled laborers plus a full set of working equipment." Pedro said. 'Good, that'll be twenty-seven thousand dollars." The starport boy said, holding out his hand to reveal his communicator about to collect the money. Edward saw this and was busy reaching out his hand to go up and pay, only to be stopped by the older brother of Pedro's family and said, 'I'll do it, you don't want to leave any records in this place." Edward would understand and said, 'Oh, then I'll transfer it directly to you afterward." After paying the money, the starport boy greeted the people to unload the equipment on the carrier shuttle and transported it to the berth to put it away, and at this time, several people also boarded the starport. Looking at the busy workers on the berth, Edward actually had a feeling of being a world away, a feeling that reminded him of the scene during the repair of the Luchelle at that time. After half a day of busy work, the keel had been laid, Elina looked at the one hundred and sixty meter long keel and said to Edward, 'This little guy must be great, Edward let's call him Silver Dragon." 'Silver Dragon? What does that mean?" Edward asked not understanding the meaning of the name. Elina stared at the silver dragon bones that had been laid out and said, 'It's a silver dragon, dragons are said to be a creature of old that could fly and often hid in the clouds." 'You guys go back, you can rest assured with me here, you can come back in a week." The older brother of the Pedro family said. Elina pulled up the drawings for another bout of instructions and half an hour later the pair walked out of the starport. Edward looked at Elina who was holding his arm and leaning against his side, the burst of softness coming from his arm made him a little woozy and he asked, 'So, have we not had sex yet." 'You were so drunk yesterday that you couldn't wake up, how can you have sex." Elina replied shyly. Looking at her delicate little face, Edward could no longer control his inner desire, he kissed Elina's forehead and said, 'Why don't we just do it here." Elina desperately tried to hold down her hot body to the point of shivering a little and said, 'Right here? That's a little too wild." Edward pointed to several hotels behind Elina and said, 'Pick one." She felt nowhere to hide, and in shame she covered her face and crouched on the floor. Edward picked her up in a hug, causing Elina, who was in his arms, to let out a soft whimper of fright as he said to Elina in his arms, 'Pick any one then oh." With that said, he carried Elina into the nearest one of the hotels. A week passed quickly, and when the duo came to Starport again Starport's berths were still empty. After asking the starport boy, they realized that the two Pedro brothers had just driven the newly built Silver Dragon space ship out on a test voyage, and the two of them decided to go to the neighboring hotels to kill time because they were bored. As a result, they waited until the late afternoon sun came out, and only then waited for the news of the Pedro brothers' return. The two came to the star port, looked at the gradually into the berth of the silver dragon ship that mottled shell, like a pile of rags put together as a rag doll as ugly. Especially under the reflection of the evening sun, it was as if each of those patches had a different color, and the entire ship had turned into a large flower gourd. 'It's... so ugly!" Elina said. 'It's not very pretty." After all the experiences of the past few mushy days, Edward didn't dare to say it was ugly at this point, nor did he dare to deny Elina's words, so he could only ambiguously agree. 'I don't want it." Elina said with a look of disgust. Edward hurriedly persuaded, 'Don't intervene I say, the time has already been used up, getting another one will be a pain in the ass." The hatch opened and the Pedro brothers scrambled out, falling to their knees and dry heaving. The duo rushed over to inquire about the situation, the older brother of the Pedro family looked up and said, 'Fifteen consecutive folds, broken record, the fold module needs to be replaced, we'll have to find a large carrier ship with a fold module to match the surging energy output." 'A ship of my own design that's absolutely one of a kind!" Elina said excitedly, forgetting all about how she had just disliked the ship. After another three days, the Silver Dragon replaced the folding module and completed other modifications as well. Edward wondered how the Pedro brothers had managed to get this civilian vessel, which was only slightly smaller than a destroyer, to acquire a Federation-legal airship identification port number. Even more unbelievable was the fact that this ship also had two planetary level energy cannons mounted on it, as well as the military's detection system. 'Paint up!" Elina energetically greeted the workers for the last process before completion. Only to see several workers controlling multiple mechanical arms flying up and down, the painting work was completed in no time. The Silver Dragon hovering in the starport reflected the cold light of the Dosas moon with its silver-colored paint, making it look like a newborn moon for a while. The shape was like a drop of dew dropping down the leaves of a tree, the streamlined design was displayed in front of Edward like a work of art, even though he didn't know anything about technology, he was also overwhelmed by the rounded beauty full of technology and couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of the Silver Dragon. In the next moment, that beauty was destroyed. The worker operated the mechanical arm and painted the portmanteau, dss-262m silver dragon, on the hull in black. He felt that the port number was like a crack in a beautiful jade, making this valuable work of art instantly worthless. Elina looked at it but didn't care, the powerful functionality of the Silver Dragon made her long ago not care about its appearance, she nodded her head in satisfaction and said to Edward, 'Let's go, let's go to the Star Supermarket to pick up some supplies and daily necessities." The Star Supermarket was full of goods for travelers on interstellar voyages, all sorts of food supplies, energy supplies, daily necessities, all sorts of accessories, and even small toys and dolls to make your journey less boring. 'Right, Silver Dragon, dss-262m, just load it into the cargo bay and yard it." Elina hugged a cloth sandworm doll and repeated the identification port number to the attendant. Looking at the far away supply convoy, Edward had a fleshache, as the Commander-in-Chief's staff, he was not short of money, he just felt that even in this day and age, interstellar travel did not seem to be a luxury activity that ordinary people could afford. Turning the day around, the two said goodbye to the General and Brenda, and the two Pedro brothers, and arrived on the Silver Dragon. The two changed into lightweight space suits and took a seat on the bridge. That bridge was small and delicate, not as wide as the starship's version, and had fewer maneuverable parts, except for six leather seats plucked from the two Pedro brothers was the operation screen in front of them. This extreme minimalist design was due to the extreme confidence in the ship's ai program, and the ai also proved its reliability during the trial voyage, not only accurately completing continuous leaps, but even mooring and docking, and target screening was also flawless. Edward looked a little overwhelmed by the lack of both joysticks and controls in front of him, and asked, 'Uh, should you pilot it or should I." 'No need to pilot it, it'll go on its own, I've already entered the flight path into it." Elina said and began to call out to the sleeping AI, 'Silver Dragon." 'Voice recognition in progress, authority officer Elina, image recognition in progress, authority officer Edward, welcome aboard, Silver Dragon system 1.3 at your service." A soft male voice came out. Elina said, 'Self-test, prepare to set sail." 'Self-test in progress ...... Energy module self-test, Fold module self-test, Power module self-test, Detection module self-test, Protection module self-test, Weapons module self-test, Storage module self-test, Ecosystem module self-test, Artificial gravity system self-test, Control system self-test, Love system self-test. Self-test complete, the Silver Dragon is in good condition, well supplied, ready to set sail." 'Set sail." With Elina's command, the force field on the berth ejected the Silver Dragon. As Edward watched the view from the wide portholes change from the buildings of the starport to the hazy starlight of the dispersal layer, he couldn't help but marvel at the ship's design, and he didn't even feel a single unwanted vibration during the exit. Pulling out of the gravitational range of Dosas, they began sailing under regular power, and Elina unbuckled her seatbelt and asked, 'Well? Any thoughts?"