Act 247. The day of departure
The Queen's Salute, a limited express train from Toorondo, the capital of the province of Amone, to Camilo, the capital of the kingdom of Aster, departs from Toorondo in the south of the kingdom, does not stop along the way, and goes straight to Camilo, and then continues north to the central city of Suwitt in the north of the kingdom, and then travels back.
The train traveled from south to north through the kingdom, but it took no more than a day and night, starting from Torodo in the morning and reaching the royal capital of Camillo in the evening, and after a night's drive, the rising sun of Suvit could be seen the next morning.
It's not just the effect of not stopping along the way, its speed is largely powered by the power of magic. Lidsmo has designed a circle that counteracts most of the air resistance during travel, and the rails are specially designed to minimize drag, so that the top speed of the train can reach 150 kilometers per hour, which is already a high speed like the wind.
However, sitting in such a high-speed train, Reiner did not feel the slightest jolt to match such speed, and with a glass of water on the table, you could see that although the scenery outside the window was speeding backwards, the water in the cup only rippled slightly, not even compared to the tremor caused by hitting the table hard.
"Praise the magic."
The merchant in the seat next to Reiner couldn't help but say that it seemed to be his first time on this train, and he was curiously surveying everything inside.
"Headmaster."
The woman sitting across from Reiner put her hand on the table and tapped it gently, causing a ripple in the glass to calm down.
"I'm still not sure, why did you choose me?"
The woman wore a modified gown with a skirt at the hem of a new-school design, her long crimson hair tied back in a low ponytail, and her emerald eyes stared at Reiner with a hint of skepticism.
This is exactly the student that Elimia, Reiner brought to the half-plane Erasmus after careful consideration.
She had been summoned to Reiner's office two days earlier to inform her of this, and in the meantime, Reiner had already booked a ticket to the rendezvous point, the royal capital of Camilo, which Elimia could not refuse.
The reason why he chose Elimia was that Reiner had his own considerations.
First of all, unlike Fina, who was already a course teacher, Arymia had not yet started to take charge of the teaching side, and even if she was on a business trip, she didn't need anyone else to fill her job, in short, her current job was just to serve Reiner.
Secondly, except for the other people of Elemia, either they are unreliable like Claire and take her purely on a tour, or they are mage apprentices like Dana and Charlotte who still need a period of study to be able to take charge on their own, although in fact, there is no difference between a first-ring mage and a mage apprentice in Reiner's opinion, but this still needs to be considered.
Finally, after the Scarlet Wedding, Arimia developed a keen interest in the study of bloodline genetics and species traits in the Necromantic Department due to her family situation, as is evident from the books she borrowed from the school library.
In that case, Reiner naturally didn't mind taking Elimia to Erasmus.
It's just that it seems that this student is a little concerned.
"You're interested in necromantic research, aren't you?"
Reiner replied somewhat nonchalantly, with a small and light book in his hand of an excerpt from Erasmus's expeditions, which he had only seen cursorely, and which he had only copied later, to pass the time on the train.
"Where are the magical creatures? "Inheritance and Evolution", "Half-Plane Biological Investigation", "The Mystery of the Human Body", "Where Do We Come From?" 》...... These are the books you borrowed from the library, and I don't think a mage with any interest in necromancy should need to read them, right? ”
Hearing Reiner's list of books, Elimia was stunned, then clenched her fists slightly.
"You're secretly investigating me?"
Although a series of previous events have changed Arymia's opinion of Reiner, it has only changed from the impression of "a gentleman who is good for nothing but handsome" to "a guy who has a little idea but still makes people feel troublesome".
Now, Reiner's bibliography made Arymia instinctively embarrassed, feeling that her secret had been discovered, but also a little puzzled.
Why does Reiner know this?
Elimia's interest in the study of necromantic magic did begin with the paper on blood inheritance at the Scarlet Wedding, she felt that there must be many people in this world who were similar to her, persecuted because of ignorance and ignorance, and she wanted to help these people more or less, so she became curious about necromantic magic, and after a little contact, she found that the magic faction she had always thought of dealing with the dead in the past had actually saved countless lives.
This further motivated her to learn more about the necromancy.
She never told anyone else about these things, because Arimia felt that only when she had made some progress in this area could she puff up her chest and say that she had studied necromantic magic, and that attitude of talking but taking little action was not Arymia's style of acting.
"The borrowing records in the library are not confidential, and as the headmaster, of course, I can find the records of every student and every book from the alchemy creatures."
Reiner spread his hand and shrugged.
"Of course, I didn't actually check it out on purpose, but I just happened to find out when I was looking for a book that you had borrowed "Half-Plane Biological Expedition", and then I saw your borrowing record along the way."
There was nothing to refute his arguments, and with patience, Arimia could retort on what Reiner or others had borrowed from the school library.
"This magic expedition will go to Erasmus, this half-plane is one of the earliest discovered half-planes, and the mages have studied it quite thoroughly, but as a quasi-mage, you shouldn't have traveled to the half-plane, so it's good to see more of this world."
Reiner said, completely unaware of the fact that he hadn't been to any other half-plane himself.
"This half-dimensional ecology has a special composition, and if you are interested in necromantic magic, and have an understanding of the process of species evolution and bloodline inheritance, you should benefit a lot."
"It sounds good, but I always feel like there's something ...... in it"
Hearing Reiner's impeccable explanation, Arimia withdrew her hand on the table, and muttered to herself suspiciously.
"Listen more, watch more, remember more, and enjoy this expedition."
Reiner added, shaking his head helplessly.
How could he, such an upright gentleman, do anything to endanger his students?
For this magical expedition, he chose Elimia after careful consideration, and for this reason, Claire was still a little emotional, thinking about the special food of the Erasmus plane.
Reiner's actions are entirely for his students, but he has no selfish motives.
Well, definitely not!