Chapter 145: The airne.


    Your Majesty. The preparations areplete.


    Kim Kiwoo looked up from the paperwork he was doing in his office when he heard the words of his attendant.


    Time flies


    He nced at the watch on his wrist and saw that quite some time had passed.


    He then left the building with his attendants and went outside. As soon as he exited the entrance, a dazzling carriage greeted him.


    The pce was so vast that most of the transportation had to be done by carriage. Of course, his destination this time was not inside the pce.


    I want to ride a car soon.


    He felt a desire to ride a car when he saw the carriage.


    Kim Kiwoo was expecting that it wouldnt take long for the research on internalbustion engine cars to bepleted, as it was in full swing.


    In fact, he had already made a car that could be driven.


    And he wanted to actually ride it.


    But he had to give up his intention because of the strong opposition that followed.


    It was too dangerous to ride an unverified internalbustion engine car, they said.


    To be honest, carriages and cars are equally dangerous.


    He thought this to himself, but he understood the feelings of his subordinates and epted their opinion. The ridefort was still better in carriages.


    Did you wait long?


    No, Your Majesty. I just arrived here.


    The third prince, the Yellow me, lied tantly. He didnt report it, but he must have been waiting for a long time.


    But Kim Kiwoo didnt bother to point it out and moved on.


    Well, lets get on board.


    Yes, Father.


    After the two father and son and the attendants got on the carriage, they departed immediately.


    And Kim Kiwoo started a conversation with his son.


    You must have worked hard to prepare for the event. You should rest well after this is over.


    Haha. Hard work? I feel embarrassed to hear that in front of you, Father, who is doing the national affairs.


    Kid.


    Kim Kiwoo smiled as he looked at the Yellow me, who scratched his head awkwardly. He was the one who had the most clumsy appearance among his siblings.


    But he was surprisingly good at his work. He heard that he prepared this event very meticulously.


    He was so picky that many officials were tongue-tied.


    Im really looking forward to seeing what the Imperial University looks like.


    Im sure you will be satisfied, Father. Everyone worked really hard for this day.


    The destination of the group was none other than the Imperial University.


    But it was not the Imperial University located in the Great Beginning.


    As the capital moved to the north, so did the Imperial University.


    There was a lot of talk about this process as well.


    From opinions that questioned how they could move such a historic Imperial University, to arguments that the Imperial University was a symbol and center of the Wakan Tanka Empire and should be located in the capital.


    In the end, they decided to move it to the new capital.


    Many officials thought that thetter argument was much more reasonable.


    Just like the pce, there was a limit to expanding the Imperial Universitys site in the Great Beginning.


    So the newly built Imperial University also received a huge site from the beginning, just like the pce.


    And before they knew it, tomorrow was the day when the Imperial University opened.


    Were here.


    Kim Kiwoo muttered as he looked out of the window.


    As he said, the Imperial University was sorge that it took a while to get inside and reach their first destination.


    Wow


    Kim Kiwoo eximed as he saw the exhibition hall in front of him.


    The Imperial University Exhibition Hall, which was built for the event that wouldst for a month from tomorrow, was a building that showcased the advanced aspects of the empire.


    Thats why it looked so splendid.


    Father. This is the person in charge of designing and constructing this building.


    It is an honor to meet you, Your Majesty. I am called Green Wing.


    Haha. Nice to meet you.


    He continued.


    As per your will, we used ss extensively.


    I can see that. It must have been difficult to build it.


    Kim Kiwoo had learned about history in his past life and remembered vividly about the first Worlds Fair held in 1851.


    The building that was covered with ss enough to be called Crystal Pce.


    Thanks to the steady development of ss industry, at this time in the empire, they were able to produce clean ss inrge quantities.


    Thats why Kim Kiwoo wanted to implement some aspects of Crystal Pce in the Imperial University.


    Of course, its much smaller in scale.


    Crystal Pce was recorded to be asrge as 18 ser fields. The Imperial University Exhibition Hall in front of him was not at that level at all.


    But its beauty wasparable.


    This was also true for the interior.


    The warm sunlight shining through the ss windows was really cool.


    It was bound to be andmark of the Imperial University.


    He could easily imagine the surprised faces of the imperial citizens and foreign guests who would visit here tomorrow.


    I will guide you, Your Majesty.


    Alright. Im counting on you.


    The group followed Green Wing and checked each section of the exhibition hall.


    Theres a lot of academic content.


    There were many advanced inventions on disy, as befitting the purpose of the exhibition, but since it was an exhibition inside the Imperial University, there was a lot of content about basic science.


    Among them, there was a section that caught Kim Kiwoos attention, and it was the section that exined electromaism.


    Its about time to pay attention to electricity.


    There was a tendency to develop intensively using the knowledge of the future, so the development of science was quite different from the original history.


    For example, while internalbustion engines had already been invented, electromaism was still in the middle of development.


    However, the principles of electromaic induction had been discovered, and electromaism was slowly bing a mainstream science.


    Kim Kiwoo visited various ces in the Imperial University, especially the exhibition hall, and checked them for thest time.


    He nodded his head.


    This should be enough. Then lets start the event for a month from tomorrow.


    We will do our best, Your Majesty!


    And for a month from the next day, a huge crowd flocked to the Imperial University.


    The imperial citizens wanted to see the newly built university, and their footsteps never stopped.


    Especially, people of various races who came from overseas were speechless after experiencing the university event, especially the exhibition hall.


    ***


    Humans have longed for the sky since ancient times.


    And this tendency was stronger in the Wakan Tanka Empire.


    The reason could be found in the introduction of Kim Kiwoos myth.


    -The great emperor, who is a living spirit, descended from the sky with giant wings.


    In fact, it was not wings but a parachute. But at that time, there was no way for the Cree natives, who had far-sighted eyes, to know this.


    To them, the parachute looked like giant wings.


    Thats why they immediately bowed to Kim Kiwoo.


    After the empire was established, many books and ys about Kim Kiwoo invariably described in detail the scene of himing down from the sky.


    As the situation was like this, the imperial citizens naturally dreamed of flying in the sky like Kim Kiwoo.


    So many attempts were made for a long time.


    In this process, things like gliders and hot air balloons appeared.


    Wow! Flying in the sky for real!


    Hey, how high are we going?


    When they first came up with the concept of a hot air balloon and seeded in experimenting with it, there was a reason why it was noisy for a while.


    The hot air balloon was the greatest achievement of flight so far.


    But as time passed, it was natural that bigger achievements woulde out.


    And the huge invention that wiped out all previous achievements was interestingly started by a single novel.


    ***


    At this time, the novel industry was very bloated.


    As time went by, the illiteracy rate in the southern regions of the maind continued to decline, and especially the mainders had been living with newspapers and novels since ancient times.


    Thanks to this, if one work hit a jackpot, the author literally sat on a money cushion.


    It happened quite often.


    Neol Do-ro was one of them.


    He ranked seventh in thest survey by The Sun newspaper: Who is the best novelist in the empire?


    What should I write this time? Hmm


    He pondered over and over again while preparing for his next work. And he chose a future novel.


    As imperial science rapidly developed, future novels that predicted the social situation of the future were quite popr.


    But to write a future novel, a lot of study and research, as well as imagination were needed. As a result, it took much longer than usual to write.


    Oh! The new work of this author came out? I havent seen him for a while.


    Oh my, yes~ Its very popr because its a new novel written by Neol Do-ro. The reviews are good too. You wont regret buying it.


    Really? Then give me one.


    Perhaps because of Neol Do-ros reputation, his new work sold like hot cakes at bookstores across the country as soon as it was published.


    And many readers read his novel down.


    Airne? Haha. It would be great if there was something like this.


    And in his novel, there was a huge airne with an internalbustion engine.


    The novels airne made of solid steel carried hundreds of people and went to the other side of the earth in just one day.


    Most readers thought it was mostly nonsense, but engineers who read it thought differently.


    An airne with an internalbustion engine This seems possible.


    The general atmosphere of schrs at that time was very positive. They had repeated development after development so rapidly that they had confidence that they could achieve anything.


    In imperial academia, challengers seeded and engineers who read Neol Do-ros work got inspiration from powered flight in his novel.


    As a result, research on powered flight began simultaneously at various universities and research institutes.<ul><li><ul><li></li></ul></li></ul>


    Airne?


    I knew it. You dont know this news because youre stuck in this backwater doing research all day long.


    Fine then. Finish your story.


    ck Shadow listened carefully to his friends words who visited him after a long time. The story was about airne developmentpetition that started from Neol Do-ros novel.


    After exining everything, he said to ck Shadow.


    Theres no one who knows gliders better than you. So why are you doing this here?


    Hmm So what do you want me to do?


    Do you know Engineer Karl from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial University?


    I know him well.


    Engineer Karl is also joining the airne development this time, but hecks information on gliders. So can you join this research?


    Join? Me?


    Yes. Think about it. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you. You cant live in poverty here forever, can you? And if you seed, you can do more research that you want.


    ck Shadow was speechless at his friends sweet offer.


    Powered flight


    Flying in the sky had been his dream since he was young.


    Thats why he naturally studied gliders.


    He was very unfamiliar with powered flight.


    He wondered if he could do it.


    But his friend was right. His family was wealthy and kept paying for his research, but he couldnt always rely on his parents.


    After that, ck Shadow pondered for a whole day.


    And he decided.


    Lets do it.


    No one had felt the limit of gliders more than ck Shadow.


    Even if it wasnt for this and that reason, he wanted to ovee this limit with his own hands.


    So ck Shadow prepared to go to the capital.