Ding Dong ~ Hello passengers. The 2385 train from Guihuacheng to Greentown has begun to check in, please bring your luggage and belongings to the first ticket gate to check in and enter the station, please go to the special ticket gate to check in and enter the station. ”

Charles, who was sitting in the waiting room reading a book, put the book back in his backpack, picked it up and walked to the ticket gate.

"Smack!"

A passenger passing by Charles broke the handle of the box, and the whole box fell to the ground, and the colorful clothes fell out of the box.

A dark red lace-trimmed "mountain bag" landed right on Charles's feet, embarrassing its owner, a reckless "mountain elf".

Charles turned his head to see the reckless elf lady wearing a beige dress with a shape-shaped upper body, long emerald green hair draped over one shoulder, and a light green wide-brimmed sunhat on her head.

Her lovely face was as red as a ripe apple, and she panicked away from Charles' gaze as he looked at her.

Charles pretended that nothing had happened, and secretly used the mage's hand to quickly stuff the clothes on the ground back into the suitcase of the "mountain elf", and then immediately left.

The episode in the waiting room lasted only five seconds, and the passengers around him just glanced at it and didn't pay attention to it.

Charles checked his ticket and went to the platform, where the new train, which had just been put into use this year, was slowly moving into the station.

The Dixing Dragons who used to pull the car retired at the same time on the first day of the new year, and instead of the head of the car that Charles had in mind, it was a diesel locomotive that made him stunned for a long time when he saw it for the first time.

The structure of this locomotive is similar to the front of the steam locomotive in Charles's hometown, except that it is not the steam in the steam engine that pushes the piston rod, but the magical elements that burst out in the cylinder.

The locomotive of this world directly skipped the steam engine and entered the era of the internal combustion engine.

The carriages of the train have also been improved, as the single carriage has become longer and more carriages can be pulled by a single locomotive due to the powerful locomotive.

In addition to the chassis and skeleton of this carriage, which are made of steel, the inner and outer walls of the carriage are made of synthetic wood planks.

A few years ago, an elf bought from a down-and-out anthropologist a process for making casein glue from soybean meal, which is now used on a large scale to make composite panels.

Charles bought a soft sleeper ticket with four seats in one compartment.

It's just that no passenger has entered the compartment when it was about to start, and only when the bell rings a minute before the start of the car does a passenger with a suitcase walk in.

"Huh?!"

In the same compartment as Charles, it happened to be the "mountain elf" who accidentally dropped his suitcase when he was about to check the ticket just now.

She seemed to be easily shy, and when she saw Charles in the cubicle, her face immediately turned red again.

"You...... Hello......" she greeted Charles cautiously, "just ...... Thank you just now. ”

Charles just smiled, and before he could reply, a loudspeaker rang out from the loudspeaker at the station: "Charles on train 2385, Charles on train 2385......"

"Grod is waiting for you at the exit, Grod is waiting for you at the exit......"

"She said that if you don't pass, you will bear the consequences, and she said that if you don't pass, you will bear the consequences!"

Charles's face darkened after hearing this, he hurriedly grabbed his backpack and put the storage ring in it, then opened the window in the compartment, and jumped from the window of the train that had just started to the platform.

The "mountain elf" standing at the door of the cubicle watched through the window as Charles ran towards the exit, looking confused, just as she had watched Charles get on his motorcycle and leave at the door of another train station three years ago.

Charles rushed out of the station at a sprint speed and saw a long-haired lady waiting for him.

This royal sister is not an elf, but the machine spirit who cleaned up Rog in the "Battle of the Full Moon" three years ago.

Charles gasped exaggeratedly and said, "Sister Grod, why are you here all of a sudden?!"

I can't help but call it the eldest sister, because Grod belongs to the ancestral artifact of the Demon King Nicholas II in terms of organizational relationships.

More than 300 years ago, Philip and Catherine caused irreparable damage to the artifacts "Heart of the Wind" and "Water World", so Philip assembled and repaired the two broken artifacts into a complete artifact.

Philip did not name the artifact's body, and Catherine only gave the artifact a name, "Grod".

Since then, Grod has ended up with Artoria, working in the Rurik Kingdom for three hundred years, and now Grod's official identity is the senior advisor to the Ministry of Water Resources of the Rurik Kingdom.

It's just that she likes to wander around, so much so that Charles hasn't seen her so many times in Abyss City.

Artoria was even more reluctant to mention her, as Grod was involved in the design of the "Pendragon Canal".

Grod enthusiastically took Charles's hand and walked out, while saying, "Hurry up and treat me to something delicious, otherwise...... Humph......"

Charles had no choice but to follow Grod to the expensive restaurants near the station that dominated the out-of-town.

Grod picked arguably the most expensive restaurant, and then ordered four dishes and one soup in order, starting with the most expensive according to the menu.

"Dear guest, please allow me to introduce you to the signature ...... of our restaurant"

Although the owner of the restaurant is ruthless in stealing customers, his service attitude and almost full-level bragging skills can make customers willingly stick their necks over and let him slaughter.

Charles angrily took out his soldier ID card and held it in front of the boss, interrupting the boss's plan to blow the "turnip meeting" into a "gathering of heroes".

The boss confessed, and he asked the waiter behind him to finish the dishes and quit the box.

Then came Grod's showtime, and she swept all the food on the table in three or two clicks, and Charles didn't have a chance to speak.

After waiting for a while, Grod finished eating, and Charles handed her a glass of juice and asked, "You don't seem to have eaten for a long time?"

Grod took the juice and sighed, saying, "I've been in the desert for more than half a year, and I'm looking for water every day. Not to mention having a full meal, drinking water is not enough. ”

Charles raised his eyebrows and asked, "How's the project going?"

Grod drank the juice in one gulp, then shook his head, "Don't ask, it's more difficult than expected." ”

Charles asked again, "Why are you here today?"

"Hmph!" said Grod, glaring at Charles, "you've done something new by exploiting our sisters." ”

Grod took out a long rod-shaped object wrapped in linen from a small pocket and threw it to Charles across the table.

Charles took the mysterious object and unpacked it.

There, Grod triumphantly said, "This is the sixteenth birthday present from the sisters." ”

Charles carefully looked at the black chicken leg cane in his hand, and didn't know what to say for a while.

The magic wand is two meters long, made of black metal, with no patterns on its body, and a bird that looks like a chicken from a distance and a fat eagle up close.

"Thank you, thank them for me. Charles said.

Grod then tossed a manual to Charles and said, "You can just give everyone a raise." ”

Charles, who had carefully read the manual, nodded silently.

The surface of the black chicken leg staff looks like there are no patterns, but there are a lot of magic arrays inside, and these magic arrays are carefully built by the machine spirit girls.

And the wand is extremely sturdy, so it's no problem to use it in close combat.

What's more, the latest version of the miniature "Ru Electromagnetic Cannon" is always on the wand, and as long as the hollow in the center of the wand is filled with a projectile, you can use this trick to kill the enemy.