Chapter 40 - Onto an Adventure (1/2)

Chapter 40: Onto an Adventure

The clock’s hour-hand pointed at eight. It was still early in the morning, but numerous people already crowded the platform. Sorrent was a rural town, and the train seldom travels; it was always hectic at the time of the train’s departure scheduled only a couple of times a week.

At eight o’clock in the morning, the people wait for the train bound to the capital, Tezeba. However, the train’s route was not directly headed to the capital. Instead, it passes through the southern metropolis of Lunazel and then proceeds to Tezeba in the northwest by Central Edman or Battuanu, the coastal region to the west.

It takes half a day from Sorrent to Lunazel, and at least four days to arrive in Tezeba from Lunazel through Central Edman. Even that could have taken more than six days if he failed to catch the night train, as he had to get off in the middle and stay in an inn.

“It’s taking a long time.”

It was natural that it would take long since Sorrent is located in the southernmost part of Laurent’s east, and Tezeba is leaning towards the northwest. In this case, the teleport scroll branded as one of Laurent’s national treasures was desperately needed.

More than 500 years ago, in the early days when dragons defended Laurent, such powerful magic dominated the private sector. But now it remains a legend. The time when magic rained down and split the land in a snap was now long gone.

Now was an era at the crossroad of magic and science – an era where the omnipotent power gradually disappeared, and human intelligence began to govern. In the present times, magic is no longer evaluated by its mere power. Humans have begun to incorporate magic into their daily lives. And now that the legend has reappeared, Kyle Leonard knows not what changes will be brought into the future.

However, apart from being a subtle prodigy who was vaguely known in the continent, Kyle Leonard took no interest in the world’s play. He was simply a civil servant working for the Laurent imperial family, along with the people of Laurent. It was more important to resolve the current occurrences than those still in the fullness of time.

He took out his usual journal and checked his schedule again, which was perfectly organized by date.

1. The disappearance of the dragon egg

2. Tezeba, the Rendia District Police Department’s embezzlement case.

3. The Slave Mass Murder in the mine of Noviscosha

At the end of the list was a new incident he recently added.

4. Eleonora Asil murder

“….”

A familiar face flashed in the investigator’s eyes – a woman who possesses the witch’s body but is not Eleonora Asil, a woman who will be swept away by the waves of turmoil that the dragon will bring to the future.

Considering that Kyle Leonard has decided to exclude Park Noah from his future investigations, she was now unrelated to him. He had no intention of returning to the far countryside to clean a terribly cluttered two-story house and force a lazy woman her meals.

But if the world really changes, Park Noah will not be able to live satiated and peacefully in the countryside as she has done so far. If it happens, their paths may come across again…

A laugh escaped his lips. “Why are you thinking about this?”

He severed the chain of thoughts and checked the silver watch on his wrist. It was 10 minutes before departure. He fixed his eyes on the train, focusing his mind on the investigation. He lifted the luggage he had put down and moved to the first-class platform.

The crowd gradually decreased as he approached the platform. Suddenly, his pace, which fell neither slowly nor fast, stopped at one point. From a short distance, he saw a familiar vibrant hair.

“…Miss Noah?”

A woman who was sitting cross-legged on a chair that had been roughly carved out of a tree turned her head. Then she smiled. “You’re late, sir.”