The 31st Piece Turns the Tables

Chapter 408

Castrang was a blood vessel that ran across the vast northern lands in all directions. It was difficult to even imagine the tremendous utility that this northern blood vessel would bring in the future.

But there was light and dark in everything.

“How long is it until we reach the destination?”

“It will pass in two hours. Take over from there.”

Castrang expanded at an alarming rate, riding on friendly public opinion. It is difficult for a business that has just begun to expand to solidify its internal stability.

There was bound to be a flock of wolves digging into that gap.

Swoosh… Swoosh…

Those who tattoo their faces with strange colors.

“Tsk… why do I have to dress up like this? “Why do we have to imitate inferior natives?”

“Close your mouth. “From this moment on, we are radical natives who oppose Castrang’s expansion.”

“Yes… yes… then.”

The man who was complaining chuckled.

“The woman named Sylvia is also a funny woman. “You move without fear, accompanied only by an escort.”

“Thanks to you, won’t we be able to use it for our purposes?”

“Yeah… it’s thanks to you. But there are no other risk factors, right?”

“doesn’t exist. All rooms were checked. “There were a few wanderers mixed in, but it’s nothing to worry about.”

“Kihi… It’s a train robber… I like it.”

* * *

The room where Kang Seol and his party were staying was in full swing around the round table.

“apologize!”

“Apologize again!”

“It’s an apple!”

Tansia was excited every time a card with fruit on it appeared.

A game where you have to shout out the name of the fruit and place your hands on top of the cards when 5 fruits of the same type land on the floor.

Swish-! Swish-!

“It’s an apple!”

Quaaaaang-!

“Ugh!”

Karen’s hand touched the card first, but Tansia’s hand was placed on top of it, causing a great shock.

“I’m sorry… Karen, were you sick?”

“Kahaha… it hurt so bad. “But it’s okay.”

Tansia in Karen’s arms.

As the Twin Knights ascended to the highest level, the trait of sociability became available.

It was a convenient ability to change clothes with a single wave if not in battle.

Since transferees also walk the streets, it doesn’t really matter if they are dressed in armor, but it would have limited their activities.

What a great sense of liberation it is to now have a piece of cloth touching your skin instead of that heavy steel armor.

Of course, since he was wearing his gauntlets, he had the fatal but minor disadvantage of being severely damaged by Tansia’s unintentional attacks.

“grape!”

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaa!

“Kahaha… can someone please take a look? “It looks like a bone has come through the back of my hand.”

“… It’s not that neat.”

“… okay?”

“It turned red.”

Ur laughed as Karuna tried to console him.

“Luckily the card is safe.”

“….”

Karen cried.

Ur advised her.

“I could have reacted earlier. But it didn’t react. Tansia’s reaction, which was a little late, was also taken into consideration. “Because she’s clumsy.”

“As expected, Ur….”

“To begin with, you and I are of a different class.”

Karen watched Ur’s proud expression for a moment and then checked his position. I couldn’t collect any cards.

“But then you can’t win the game, right?”

“…?”

Tansia pointed and laughed.

“Ahahaha! Ur in last place! bottom!”

Karen grinned.

“You know that last place gets hit on the forehead, right?”

“….”

“I need to teach Tansia how to control her strength. Otherwise, Ur’s brain will become as small as a walnut.”

“… do your best. “Let’s go here with all our might.”

Tansia whined.

“There isn’t a single plum. “Where are the plums?”

Knock…

Then someone knocked on the door.

Tansia toddled over and threw a horse beyond the door.

“who is this? who is this?”

Soon, a hesitant voice came from beyond the door.

“Uh… well… there was a kid like this.”

Snowfall stood up.

This voice is the woman from before.

Karen sarcastically said.

“What did you come here to start a fight again? “It’s annoying.”

Kang Seol smiled and opened the door.

Squeak…

Sylvia is visibly embarrassed when Snow Seol appears.

“Uh… that… that…”

– A trash race.

– Terrans are a scam!

– Look. Tanks can’t attack in the air?

“Do you have anything to say?”

“Would you like to talk for a moment up there?”

“… yes?”

A somewhat radical conversation proposal.

Kang Seol chuckled and nodded.

“See you up there.”

“Then I’ll wait upstairs.”

Sylvia sighed in relief and disappeared.

Castrang is a train that combines magic and engineering.

An additional train was placed on top of the cabin to provide a common space.

In this case, the upper floor served as a place for high-ranking people to have tea time and common people to have meals.

“I’ll go up and come back.”

“Can’t I go too?”

The snowfall tangled Tansia’s hair.

“Tansia is here.”

“Ying…”

Karen said as Tansia looked sullen.

“It’s a Tancia apple!”

“apologize! “It’s an apple!”

Tansia huffed and returned to the table.

* * *

Jeok…

Jeok…

As Snowfall headed upstairs, Sylvia had prepared a seat in advance and greeted her.

No, given the luxurious atmosphere, it seemed like it was a space that only they could use.

“I prepared some decent alcohol…”

“It’s okay to drink.”

“Then let’s take the car.”

The two look out the window while the receptionist prepares tea.

Dull…

The scenery outside the window was snowy mountains and Mother Nature. The beauty seemed out of reach, but the only thing that could allow us to enjoy the scenery was snowfall.

Sylvia’s heart was too impatient to accept the scenery.

She deliberately left her escort, Albert, in the guest room to ease the other party’s guard.

Gulp…

There was a heavy silence.

Sylvia recalled several greetings.

Then, the words of her late grandfather came to mind.

– If you are here to apologize, you have to apologize first in order for the story to progress.

I decided to trust my grandfather this time.

“I… did something rude a while ago, right?”

Kang Seol was a little embarrassed by Sylvia’s attitude and asked back.

“Disrespect? Ah…”

“I hope you can forgive me. “I guess I was sensitive because I was in a foreign country.”

Kang Seol nodded because he didn’t have any particular thoughts about the other person.

“Of course.”

Sylvia closes her eyes tightly.

She expressed her gratitude by shouting out her grandfather’s name in her heart.

“My name is Sylvia.”

“It’s snowing.”

“You said the name is… Ah, Jeonja. “What’s going on in the Federation…”

“Well… it’s just a simple trip.”

Information about snowfall was being updated in Sylvia’s mind.

Libra’s guest.

A person who is resistant but also has plenty of time.

In general, life was tiring outside of the eyes of these people.

“Do you know anyone in the Federation?”

“Nothing in particular.”

“Uh… then it’s ointment.”

“That too.”

“ah! Then, if our destinations are similar, I think I can introduce you to the federation…”

Kang Seol said with a grin.

“Thank you for your kind words, but we have a lot of people with us. “You must be tired.”

“No no! My family is quite familiar with the news and culture of the Federation… so just tell me at any time…”

“I will remember it.”

The other person’s reaction was quite natural.

It looks like this isn’t the first time I’ve been treated like this.

First of all, being related to Libra didn’t seem like a bluff.

“Why did you use Castrang?”

“Can’t I use Castrang?”

“That’s not true… there have been some accidents recently.”

“It was an accident….”

“I heard that the natives who extremely hate Castrang, the legacy of your civilization, staged a military demonstration… I don’t know much about it because it’s from the central area.”

“So something like that happened… If you are an indigenous person, are you a minority tribe?”

“Do you know about the Ye Minority Tribe?”

Kang Seol thought of someone for a moment.

‘Jinryeo was a minority tribe.’

I let go of my memory of her peacefully taking a nap in Cannes.

“I know someone from there.”

“Oh… you seem to have a wide range of friends.”

“Do civilized people hate minority tribes?”

“The types of people I can’t communicate with. “You’re so reckless, especially when it comes to Jin…”

Kang Seol and Sylvia talked about various other topics.

What was interesting was that Kangseol’s general knowledge of the North was not much different from Sylvia’s common sense.

The more she realized this, the more Sylvia’s expression gradually relaxed.

Kang Seol’s impression changed from a man without common sense to a man with a story.

In fact, this had the effect of changing Kang Seol’s mood as he experienced the pitch-black labyrinth and the series of events.

“The North has a lot of problems.”

“Yes… From new drugs that we don’t know where they are coming from, to expanded criminal organizations. In addition to the theory of dissolution of the federation, there is also conflict with neighboring countries.”

Sylvia spoke a little closer to him.

“There is also the problem of hygeltongue.”

“Hygeltongue?”

“Didn’t you know? The trolls there are quite famous…”

“Is there a problem?”

“There are a lot of problems. “If I talk about it, it will never end.”

Snowfall’s expression changed slightly.

“Hmm… I guess we’ll have to hear about that next time. “It seems like they’re looking for me down there.”

“Oh, is that so? Then let’s talk about this…”

“Yes, let’s do it next time.” “I enjoyed listening to it.”

“Yes… let’s talk again.”

“I look forward to it. Then…”

Kang Seol leaves.

Sylvia looked at the spot he left for a moment and then returned to her guest room.

Albert asked, looking at her sitting in the chair.

“The story is…”

“Yes, I think it’s resolved well. “I couldn’t even bring up the topic of Libra…”

“That’s… unfortunate.”

“The story ended suddenly… I guess something…”

At that time, Sylvia’s expression changed as she had seen the snowfall before as she confirmed something.

“You know, Albert.”

“… yes.”

“The handle of the teacup is turned the other way. “I told you you didn’t want me to leave you like this, right?”

“It was… it was.”

“… It’s not like I forgot.”

“yes.”

Boom… Boom…

Sylvia’s heart was pounding like never before. The sound was so loud that I was worried that my heart might be coming out of my ears.

The act of turning the handle of a teacup to the left to make it difficult to hold.

This is a signal.

This is a very dangerous situation.

Fortunately, in preparation for this situation, there was a pistol strapped to her thigh hidden under the width of her skirt.

An object specially made in a workshop.

My hand naturally went there.

however.

Clap…

“Don’t move your hands.”

A revolver-shaped gun loaded with gunpowder touched her temple.

My heart went cold.

It was an item that federal arms dealers were eager to sell recently.

“Yeah, that’s nice. I thought it was because they would kill everyone if they screamed. “It just changes the order.”

Sylvia glared at the owner of the pistol with fierce eyes.

“How…”

“As long as you don’t resist, you won’t get hurt most of the time.”

“What… these guys?”

“You wouldn’t know it if you saw it? It’s a crime caused by the natives’ hatred of Castrang. “I do it both to earn money and to have fun.”

lie.

A body odor that is too neat to be considered native. Even the faintly sweet fruity scent.

“Lie…”

“Tsk… why are you like this? “I even confessed.”

Sylvia decided to act boldly.

dump.

I sat down on a chair and took a bite of the fruit in front of me.

“You guys… what are you thinking?”

“I’m thinking about a lot. The future or hatred. “Things like that.”

“… Is it me you’re after?”

“The heir to the Mishen family was of course the goal… We should also warn Castrang users. “This train is now unsafe.”

“Don’t touch the customers like that!”

Pak-!

“Ugh….”

“Don’t touch the lady!”

A man grabbing Sylvia’s hair. Then he brought his index finger to his mouth and made a gesture telling him not to make a sound.

“Don’t order me. We decide what to do with the remaining guys. Well, it’s still useful, so I’ll keep it alive. “I don’t know if it will last until the next station.”

Still, it was a good thing that they meant to keep him alive.

Sylvia’s head spun.

To come up with a way to overcome this situation.

What if Castrang’s security guards step in?

‘Oh my… this is too ambiguous a position to help.’

Right in the middle of the station.

No matter which station you depart from, it is an awkward time to arrive at the train.

And the fact that they came to this cabin without any restraint means that all the security guards stationed on the train were suppressed.

‘Well… they are the ones who boldly do something like this, so security agents will not be the answer.’

This would be a side effect of excessive Castrang line expansion.

‘No, they must have been aiming for it somehow.’

Had to think of another way.

For a moment, the man in the room across from me came to mind. The man who gave me a strange feeling.

‘No way, that guy… with this…’

But right then.

“Musk.”

“why.”

The man holding Albert down spoke to a man named Musk.

“The news from the guys across from us has been cut off.”

“…don’t play around.”

“I think the other guys should go and see for themselves.”

“Hmph, whatever.”

That’s when they tried to snatch the doorknob of the guest room across from me.

Squeak…

The door opened.

In that short period of time, the Castrang invaders each hid somewhere.

It seemed like the only people in the room were Albert and Sylvia.

The person who opened the door and appeared was a white-haired man wearing a mask.

“It’s uproar. “Is there a problem?”

I don’t know when I said I saw him informally, but for now, that man is also in a dangerous situation.

“That…”

That was then.

A shadow fell beyond the window where the man was standing.

As if breaking the window and appearing to grab the man.

Sylvia noticed this and tried to shout.

“Hey! Danger…”

That moment.

Damn it!

Kuung-!

“Ugh…”

The window froze, and those who tried to break it were thrown back by the impact.

Ur grinned.

“I knew it would be like this. “The same thing happened here.”

“die!”

Taaaaang-!

The gun fired The bullet of the man hiding behind the sofa was aimed at Ur.

Damn it…

Of course, the bullet hit the frozen curtain and stopped.

“What!”

Wow!

Ur grabbed the man by the collar.

“Ugh… Ugh… It’s cold…”

Blah blah blah…

The man froze and fell to the floor.

thud!

Clang…

The loaded gun touched Sylvia’s head again. It’s Musk’s gun.

Musk said, gritting his teeth.

“Don’t move. “If you move, this woman…”

“Who is she?”

“… what?”

“Who is she?”

Musk was momentarily taken aback by the other person’s reaction. He calmly pointed the gun at the opponent.

“It must have been a coincidence once, you….”

Whilick!

Faaaaaaaaaaa!

“Kaaaaaaak!”

Something flew out and hit my shoulder.

Because I aimed precisely at the muscle, the gun I was holding fell down.

Tap…

“… card?”

A card with a picture was pinned to his shoulder.

Ur grinned.

“Tancia, that’s the plum you were looking for.”

Thump thump thump…

something came running at incredible speed.

“Jaduuuuu!”

“What what….”

Quaaaaaaaaaaa!

Whioooooooooo…

The man who was hit by Tansia’s fist broke the window and fell outside.

Whioooo…

The wind rushed into the room.

Damn it…

Ur fills the gap with frost.

Sylvia and Albert looked at them with puzzled expressions.

Squeak…

Karen appeared after opening the door on the other side of the guest room.

“I cleaned everything up. It’ll be quiet now. huh?”

Karen asked, looking back and forth between Tancia and the broken window.

“Did Tansia commit it?”

Tansia scratched her head.

“The plum disappeared because of me….”