A familiar face, and the other person seemed to recognize Oswald as well.

‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦? 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?’

The woman in front of him was the Pyro Sorceress, Alicia Valian, the heroine of the「Final Chapter」,. She was the daughter of the Marquis Valian and possessed an outstanding affinity for the fire element that had been passed down through generations.

He had also played as Alicia many times and had even used her to push aside the protagonist, the Regressor, and take the lead role. That was how outstanding Alicia’s specs were.

“Ahem.”

Alicia coughed and entered, placing her luggage on the bed opposite Oswald.

When he played as Alicia, the starting point was when she received the quest to expel Oswald from the academy. He knew how Alicia was involved with Oswald. That was why Alicia was looking at Oswald. . .

“It’s been a long time, Oswald.”

“. . . . . .”

Since they were not on good terms, Oswald did not respond. He did not plan to return to the academy anyway. If he followed the demon hunter route, he would not have anything to do with the academy.

‘𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘖𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥.’

To be more precise, it would be more accurate to say that he was expelled in place of someone else. In fact, Oswald was one of the main villains within the academy who would hold back the Regressor and was expelled in place of the Third Prince Douglas, the successor to the Imperial Empire.

As the third prince, he approached Oswald, who was usually consumed by inferiority, and became his backer, trying to use him to expel the Regressor from the academy, but Oswald ended up taking the fall instead.

Alicia would later realize that there was someone else behind Oswald. . .but it was already too late.

‘𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. . .𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. . .𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵.’

She had probably gone home for the Marquis Valian’s illness and was now returning to the academy. Since this train also passed through Central Station, it would make sense for her to board this train if she was returning to the academy.

He ignored Alicia and spent some time. Eventually, she must have been tired and ignored the awkward situation and lay down on her own bed.

Soon, evening came and Oswald headed to the dining car for dinner. There was one dining car between second and third class, and one between first and second class.

‘𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. . .𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.’

It was better to go to the cheaper dining car if he wanted to save money anyway.

‘𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯. . .𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯. . .𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵. . .’

Just as Oswald was moving to the dining car!

Kugugung!

There was a vibration and an explosion.

“What the. . .huh?”

At that moment, Oswald remembered something he had forgotten and his face turned incredulous.

“Oh. . .why didn’t I think of that?”

One of the main episodes of Alicia’s character, the ‘Freedom Revolutionaries’ Train Terror’ incident.

While she was on the train returning to the academy, the train was attacked by the Freedom Revolutionaries, and she gained considerable fame by subduing them.

The higher her fame, the more favor she would gain from NPCs she met for the first time, allowing her to obtain more information and receive discounts or bonuses when purchasing items.

He had no choice but to take out his gun case from his magic backpack and take out the Winchester V10 that was stored inside. He then loaded the bullets and moved to return to his original room.

‘𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.’

He did not want to get caught up in something strange and waste his time.

When he returned to his room, Alicia was gone, as expected. The train happened to be going around a curve, and he could see the situation in the front compartment from his room. He could see flames bursting out here and there, which meant that Alicia was fighting hard.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. . .’

Since it cost a lot of money to board the locomotive, not all of the revolutionaries could afford to board first class. That was why the more skilled revolutionaries boarded first class, while the rest of the fighters boarded third class.

Just then! He heard a scream as the door to the next room opened.

“Put your hands up! Put your hands up! Come out, come out!!”

It seemed that they were trying to take hostages.

“Ha. . .”

He had no choice. It might be better to put up a little resistance here than to be captured by them.

Click.

Oswald attached the stock to his shoulder and aimed using the foregrip and forend. The moment the door to the room opened! He pulled the trigger without hesitation at the man who appeared to be a revolutionary.

Bang!

Pew!

The bullet pierced through the man’s forehead. With his basic gun skill at level 1 and his shooting skill at level 10, he demonstrated stable and accurate marksmanship.

He immediately got up and followed the man who had fallen to the ground. With the help of his 20 agility, his dynamic vision and reflexes had increased, allowing him to quickly aim and shoot at the enemy.

Clang. Bang!

Oswald pushed the lever to load and immediately fired, giving the revolutionary holding the hostage a headshot.

As soon as the two men fell, the others heard the commotion and tried to move to this carriage.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Oswald pushed the lever again to load and pulled the trigger, taking down the enemy.