Chapter 75.2: Spring Day in My Life (4)
“Did you know that not all trains to the Royal Capital go directly to Lindbloom?”
Oleciren spoke to Cain with a look on her face that suggested she had found something to tease him about.
Cain, who had been watching the scenery passing by outside the closed window, looked back at her with a pathetic look.
“Are you trying to make fun of me?”
“No, I just thought you might not know since Ethelred doesn’t even have a train station.”
“You haven’t ridden it much either, even though you’re a princess.”
“That’s… true.”
Oleciren nodded in agreement, scratching her cheek. It was extremely rare for a princess who would never leave Lindbloom to ride a train, especially one that travels long distances.
“The inland port, Mainus.”
Cain spat out, and Oleciren’s eyes widened as if in surprise.
“You knew?”
“It could be dangerous if the train went straight to the capital.”
Originally, Mainus was an ordinary plain area. The only characteristic it had was that it was not far from Lindbloom.
When Airian first laid the railroad tracks, the southern count and the central marquis wanted to focus the railroad tracks on Lindbloom.
However, if there was a rebellion or a foreign invasion, the capital could be put at risk in an instant.
Therefore, all trains departing from all the other noble families except for Ethelred were gathered in the plains of Mainus.
So, to get to the royal capital, you had to first go to Mainus and transfer to another train going to Lindbloom.
Just as waterways gather to form a harbor.
As the flow of trains gathered in Mainus, people settled down one by one, and now it has become quite a large commercial city.
That was why Mainus’s nickname was the inland port.
“Cain.”
Oleciren lowers her voice.
She held a small note between two fingers and raised it.
“A few hours ago, there was a word that Sigma, the knight commander, appeared in Mainus.”
Marquis Ross’s knight order, 〈Ross de Kaerot〉. And Sigma Ross Aegir, suspected of being an elf.
It was probably information sent urgently by the Royal Intelligence Service.
Cain narrowed his eyes.
‘I was wondering why the conductor came in earlier, but was it the intelligence service?’
Oleciren’s VIP carriage couldn’t be easily entered by railway attendants. However, Isoel had gone out for a while and called her in to prepare snacks and the like.
At that time, Cain had seen that Oleciren’s napkin was a little uneven than everyone else’s.
Perhaps that note was in it.
“Alone?”
Cain asked a meaningless question.
“No, they said she came with a number of knights. Of course, they were wearing masks and cloaks.”
“Interesting. They’re planning a northern expedition, but the knight commander is down here.”
Cain stroked his chin.
Was she an elf leading a human knight order, or just a human with a peculiar hair color and aging slowly?
“I’ll know when I see her. Whether she’s a traitor to mankind or not.”
“Are you going to fight?”
Oleciren asked back at the strange feeling in Cain’s words. Cain shook his head.
“Do you think I’m the kind of person who pulls out a sword every chance I get?”
“You’re not?”
“……Well, that’s true.”
Cain turned his head toward the window.
Oleciren knew him too well now.
She didn’t know if it was good or bad, but at least one thing was certain: it didn’t feel bad.
Knock, knock.
Since Oleciren had rented out an entire train car with the authority of the princess, someone’s knock was heard in the distance.
“Who is it?”
Isoel asked naturally, holding her sword in her hand.
Because this time, it was an uninvited guest!
Knock, knock.
But instead of an answer, there was an intermittent knock.
Shhk.
And before the knock ended, not only Cain, but also Vanderbilt held his weapon in his hand. It was clear that they didn’t come with good intentions.
“Who is it?”
Vanderbilt growled in a low voice, gripping his greatsword.
“May I come in?”
And what came back was a clear woman’s voice.
At the unexpected answer, the three looked back at Cain, and Cain got up from his seat.
“No.”
“How heartless. I came to see you because I thought you would want to see me too.”
Shing—
Cain drew Agweska.
And he fixed his gaze across the thin wooden door.
As he deliberately made the sound of drawing his sword loud, the woman on the other side could hear it too.
“I’m much older than you, but you’re being rude by drawing your sword first.”
“Then you’ll be gone faster.”
“I didn’t know the Young Master of Ethelred would be so cold.”
Unlike the content of her words, the pitch of her voice does not change. Cain slowly exhaled and put a slight tension in his body.
“Are you disappointed?”
“A little.”
“Then it can’t be helped.”
Shheeeek—!
Cain thrust Agweska, which he was holding horizontally, toward the wooden door.
Agweska’s blade pierced through the door without a hitch, as if it were penetrating water.
‘She dodged.’
But there was no sensation on his fingertips.
Swoosh—
As he pulled the sword back, a green eye appeared through the hole made by Agweska’s blade.
“I’m surprised. I didn’t know you would stab me with your sword first, even though you don’t know who I am.”
“It’s easier to get rid of them before I know who they are.”
Narrow, curved eyes.
Cain’s answer seemed to please her.
“At this point, I understand why there are rumors that you’re a Sword Master at the age of seventeen. I’m impressed.”
Click—
At that moment, Cain’s ears moved.
There was no sound or smell, but his instincts caught something. Cain raised his head and looked up at the ceiling of the train.
“Did you prepare these things that are moving up there?”
“Amazing. You couldn’t hear a sound because of the forest vision, and the vibrations must have been absorbed by the train.”
At those words, the other three, except for Cain, could immediately tell who the green eyes across the door belonged to.
An elf who has infiltrated human society.
An elder who had abandoned the honor of the elves and desired only the victory of war.
Thump, thump, thump—
Green eyes appear from all the windows of the room. Isoel hurriedly blocked Oleciren’s front, and Vanderbilt stood behind Cain.
Creak—
The door opens.
And what comes in is a slender woman.
Click—
Green hair swaying with every step.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I am Sigma Ross Aegir, the knight commander of 〈Ross de Kaerot〉.”
If up until now it had been a preparation for fighting the marquises, now it would be a full-scale war.
Cain raised the right corner of his mouth.
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