Carb Sears (R) 474

Chapter 474 – Wreaths.

“What is this thing doing?”

The next day, Usher asked Lydica, looking at the huge iron mass in front of his eyes. In front of him, something indescribable was emitting thick smoke.

“It’s called a locomotive. Can you recognize what it is?”

Lidica giggles as she looks around at it curiously.

“I understand that it’s a ride.”

Seeing people come and go through the open doors there. It was as if several large wagons were put together. It looks like it has several wheels.

“Does this thing move?”

No matter how strong the Hildisbinies were, I never thought they would be able to lead something this big and heavy. It was a size that would not be strange compared to a large building.

“Of course. It moves by burning the coal in front of it.”
“Is that possible?”

Each of the wagons that make up the locomotive seemed much heavier than an ordinary tank.

“You’ll know when you ride it yourself!”

Usher got on it as he pushed her half way. Anyway, since Lidica bought a ticket worth 3 silver coins, I had to get on it.

“Let’s see. Room 302, room 302… Here!”

Soon after entering, the interior of the locomotive was structured with a long corridor and cabins lined up on both sides. When they enter the room with the number written on the ticket, all they see are chairs and a small table on either side.

“Do we live here?”

Hiding under his cloak, Elkanah climbed into her chair and her eyes twinkled at the view of the city out the window.

“Puh, it’s not like that. If you try to do that, you’ll be kicked out right away?”
“Ooh…”

I was relieved to see that she was disappointed with Lidika’s story. She said it was all about simply getting drunk and falling asleep.

Watching her look outside, they sat down in her chair and naturally faced each other.

“Can you please don’t stare at me too much?”

Lydica averted her gaze as if she was ashamed of it.

– Chiiyiik!

Suddenly, Elkanah trembled at the loud sound from the front, lifted his cloak and entered.

“It really moves.”
“Do you think I may have lied?”
“It’s not that Lidika’s horse is unreliable, it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a mount this big.”

It was even more surprising that it moved without a creature pulling something. I had never seen anything like this in the Holy Land.

“This locomotive is said to have been made by alchemists and witches in the past.”
“You mean alchemists and witches?”

Lidica laughed bitterly at the thought that it would be hard to imagine seeing the witches in Paciphenia.

“At least in the past, Pacifenia was the only country good for witches to live in. I only vaguely heard about it when I was young, but…”

She slurred her words and saw Elkanah hiding, clinging to Usher’s side. After all, the reason they got on the locomotive was because of Elkanah.

“What kind of place is the East, so you’re sure there are people who are kind to witches?”

They were in the southern part of Pacifenia, and the reason they got on the locomotive was to go east.

Now, you don’t know when you will be able to meet Lidica’s older sister, who may be a sculpture of a girl. Because Usher couldn’t keep carrying Elkhana forever.

He consulted Ridaka on what to do with Elkanah, and she asked to go to her east side together. If it was there, she would have someone to take care of Elkana.

“At least in the east, the current president has no good feelings.”

Come to think of it, Sulsien spoke. The Führer claims that the reason dragons invaded Pacifenia was because of the witches’ curse.

“There are many people who won’t believe the words of the Führer.”
“…You seem to have learned a lot in a short amount of time.”

Lydica listened to him and looked out her window with her blind eyes. Usher follows her gaze and looks out of the window to see the city passing by as if it is moving slower but surely faster than Hildisbini is leading.

– Dull, rattled.

The scenery of the city, which changes little by little, was quite an interesting spectacle just to look at. Elkanah, who had slipped out of his cloak before he knew it, was also busy looking out the window again.

“Why is that?”
“It’s nothing!”

On the way, feeling glances at her, she turned her head to meet her gaze, but Ridica blushed and looked out the window at her again as if she had never looked at her before.

When Usher looked out the window again, she felt her gaze on her afterward, but she didn’t seem to have anything in particular to look at.

“Isn’t that a bit unfair?”
“Oh!? What, what?”

When he spoke to her without turning her head away, Lydica’s startled look was like that of a fox who had been caught doing something wrong.

“I don’t want to see Lidica, but isn’t Lidika looking at me to her heart’s content?”
“Oh no, that’s it. Something like that.”

Seeing her wriggling her fingers in trouble, Usher became playful and sat down next to her. After all, the seat was wide enough.

“Hey hey?!”
“Wouldn’t that be more fair?”

As he slipped his hand around Lydica’s waist and ran it down, she let out a shrill groan and trembled as if she felt a chill.

“Oooh. Really!”

She glanced at him nervously with a sharp gaze, but the flushed face didn’t look too bad.

The small line that floated at the corner of his mouth proved that. When he saw it and lifted her visor, exposing only her face, Lydica put her arm around his neck and approached him little by little.

-Chichiik!!
“Ah…”

When she heard the sound coming from the front again, her face turned sad, letting her know that it was time to get off here.

“Is this the East?”
“That’s right. It’s also the oldest city in Pacifenia.”

Soon after getting off the station, Dongbu, which we encountered, was also full of the scent of flowers, dyeing the streets as if a festival was being held.

“No matter how big the festival is, I didn’t expect it to be this big.”
“Of course. Anyway, the Hunhwa Festival is a very meaningful day for Paciphenia.”

However, the atmosphere was quite different from the festivals seen in the south. I don’t know if it’s because the buildings, large and small, were built in a complex and disorderly manner, while the buildings looked almost the same because the southern part was not consistent.

I soon found out why.

‘Most of them are old people.’

Wandering the streets were mostly old men wearing suits and stylish hats, and old women wearing neat dresses, if not flashy.

It did not change that numerous flowers were decorated, but the eastern festival was dominated by a calm atmosphere of small chatting or drinking tea rather than being noisy.

“I like the atmosphere here.”
“Okay.”

I could feel the glances glancing at them, but I could understand it because I didn’t see excessive interest or hostility like in the South.

“Hehe, and there are also small attractions here?”
“It’s a famous place. What kind of place is it?”
“Right here!”

Lidica kicked the floor ahead and stopped in an alleyway to look back at him. It took a moment to catch her attention with her bashful smile. There was a melody in my ears.

“This?”

From the high pitch that seems to bounce over the heavy bass, to the chords that mix each sound in their own way between the melodies.

“It’s called the street of music.”

There was a street full of people playing with various instruments and people standing by them watching. The melodies in my ears were created by them.

“It makes a strange sound.”

As if Elkanah also felt curious, they stuck out her head and examined her surroundings as they entered the street together.

“What is that big instrument?”
“It’s a cello. That heavy sound is attractive.”
“I can see that it has been reduced to a small size.”
“Violin and viola. There are many others, but that is representative.”

How long have you been walking there, seeing people playing different instruments and different melodies every time you pass by, asking about the instruments they play?

“Here is?”

Suddenly, I saw a man and a woman holding her hands and matching her steps to the music she heard. The dancers, who suddenly filled the street, exchanged expressions that only they would know, calmly and sometimes violently.

“As you can see, it’s a place to dance. It’s not a place to do this kind of thing, but…”
“Interesting.”

Lydica raised her hand, then she saw Elkhana’s eyes shining under his cloak and she hesitantly lowered her hand. Even when she saw her holding her arm with her other hand as if she was embarrassed, she noticed what that action meant and was about to tell her to come next time.

“If it’s that baby, I can take care of it.”

The voice that intervened belonged to an old man.