Chapter 55 Setting out again. (1/2)

A tall youth with dark hair and a soency He was looking at a map on which he scribbled sootten the information that he required to reach his next destination This would be the next place that he would be staying at

“Third time's the char towards the train station He would be traveling even longer than he was before and he would even have to take a boat His destination was the large island in the south of the Caldris Kingdonis Island It had a large volcano right in the middle of it and a couple of smaller ones sprinkled here and there The name of the island wasn’t just for show, there apparently was a dragon living there

It wasn’t roah It was the last boss of the dungeon that resided there This was thewas an S

There were various other seons sprinkled around the entire landeon was placed it was said that the s towards had for

Contrary to popular belief Dragnis Island wasn’t a wasteland It was true that the center part was mostly uninhabitable and overrun by reenery and the climate was quite warm

There were also various safety us towers They were five large ones surrounding the ical barrier that kept the monsters at bay It also protected the rest of the land froes

At least that hat the lady that worked at this world's version of a traveling agency said The people in charge there were probably trying to attract more people It was a land of opportunities for sure but at the sadoe city people that were part of strong factions like the council weren’t safe There was no guarantee that you wouldn’t be stabbed in the back

Here we had a feud between two noble sons The younger one wanted to take over the city'sfacilities before his brother returned If that didn’t work, the deaths of six of the council members would cause this city to turn chaotic He would be blaent but the older brother would also be blamed as he was the true heir

‘I wonder if those three idiots are going to do sis when they are older…’

Roland was also from a noble house One not as established as the Dreux house that had a count as the leader There would be only one heir to the estate Would the other two sons just let the oldest get everything while they went away to be knights for other nobles? Or would the heir bribe them with promises of cushy positions at his estate?

Roland just shrugged, he was glad that he wasn’t involved in those power struggles anymore Even if he told them that he had no interest in the title or land his brothers could still go after hiet into a war of succession, a Baron title wasn’t even worth that much He could probably even earn doht was the lowest noble ranking, they werethat was the baron title that his father had, just a step up

This was the true beginning of the noble ladder A Baron was granted land and subjects to rule but the land they got was es After that came the Viscount title, then the Count followed by the Marquess The higher the title the ranted

The highest title a noble not related to the royal family could possess was the Dukal title nobles with the title of a Duke were the leaders of the aristocratic faction and there weren’t many of them around

There was also the Archduke title but it was reserved for the royal fa were allowed to call therand title like that, it didn’t mean that they were above the Dukes It all depended on how theyilling to give them

The structure of the nobles was very archaic and convoluted There was no trust between houses unless there was so each other was seen as a fun pastime in some of their circles

Roland would rather spend his life as a craftsman than be involved in that masquerade For this, he neededhis life Gaining levels wasn’t enough, gaining stats with no practical combat experiencebasic strength and sta any sparring with other students A person would get stronger and learn techniques but unless they tested it on a resisting opponent they would get nowhere

Roland was now back at a familiar place with a ticket in hand It was time to take the train once more He had done this before so there was a lack of hesitation in his actions He was even slightly tingling with anticipation

‘So long Edelgard, next stop, the town of Albrook’

This was his next destination A rather s naeon entrance had opened up and now people were flocking there

First, a new adventurer’s guild was getting built With the dungeon now appearing there a large revenue streas that could be harvested There were apparently mineral deposits there which Roland as a blacksmith was very much interested in

He wanted to build a neorkshop there, one that he could actually open up and sell things in He wasn’t sure when and hoould do that He would probably require soeon and adventuring He would also need to trust a person he knew nothing about to just stay in his workshop for days and not steal anything

It was finally tinal for the people to get on Roland hesitated slightly but he took the first step forward

The youth had grown quite a bit in these past years and it looked like he wasn’t finished He earing the usual black robe hich he could hide his face

He decided to noear any metal armor over his cloth armor just yet He didn’t think the need for it inside the safety of this train and it was too bulky for the ride He would also stick out like a sore thumb if he went in fully arandine ars He did have some other items to cover souards and his legs were protected by graves that were placed over his leather shoes

He didn’t ht them from one of the shops He did put some runic enchantments on them but he didn’t have time to add any slots for o back to his workshop to enhance his arainst it Those people from the abyssal cult had seen his face and could still be in this city

They were probably enraged that so This was some bad for the assassins He needed to flee as he couldn’t trust the people from Exeor to protect hier treasure and he just dies in the illusion?

He was still probably a low priority target, the person who should really watch his back would be the gnohtlyRoland heard the conductor using his whistle again The large train shook slightly beforeforward He found a seat for himself by theIt was quite crowded today as probably after yesterday’s attack other people had decided to also ditch this city

He wasn’t feeling that nostalgic about it as he spent most of his time hidden away in a workshop The only noticeable people that he nouys he met but he hasn’t seen the was planning on going in the opposite direction to another well-established dungeon city The gno for the capital city that housed his co

Roland had beco over nine years in this world He still couldn’t really see himself as one of the people of these lands He subconsciously evaded hu him down this introverted path of solitude