Chapter Seventy-Nine: On the Road
There is no shortage of cars and horses on the road from the snow castle to the royal town of Marenno, especially when it comes to the back-to-school season at the end of the holidays. In addition to the transport vehicles of the trading caravans, the passenger traffic of the students has a variety of grades, so that people can distinguish the status of the students in the car at a glance, and the various caravans and the power animals pulling the carts are also an interesting scenery on the main road.
The three most prestigious colleges in the Makeno Empire, the Snowcastle Military Academy, and the Jingsen Institute of Industry and Agriculture in the southwest, are located in the territory of the Makeno Empire. For hundreds of years, it has cultivated batches of talents for the Marenor Empire.
And somewhere on the road, a simple-looking caravan, pulled by two domesticated snow wolves taller than a man, squeaked and turned its sturdy axles.
If you look closely at the side of the caravan, you will also find a clear square crack, which is a plug designed to cover the exterior signage of the car.
Under this insert, of course, is the family emblem of the snow castle.
In the caravan, there were four women and one man, together with the wolf-driving coachman, a total of six people.
"Hey, Roland, what do you say I should do...... What a distress!" A girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, sitting next to a teenager of the same age, muttered about her troubles.
"It's a dead noise!Isn't it just that you don't have a single piece of clothing with you!!
Shirley retorted like a cat with its tail stepped on, "That's my best dress! I'm going to wear it at the welcome party! Do you know how important it is!!"
"Wouldn't you like to buy another one!!" Roland roared back at the same volume.
"Not enough money!!" Shirley had a righteous indignant expression: "What do I take to eat when I buy a dress!!What do you use to buy fragrance!, or you will lend me fifty silver?"
"Hehe!" Roland ended the conversation with his sister with two words.
"Well, Shirley, I'm carrying a Simonov tailor's dress, or you'll wear it then?"
Shirley looked at Barot's figure, then looked down at herself, and did not answer, just sighed and fell silent.
"Welcome party?" Ellie swallowed quietly, the word "party" apparently reminded her of the unlimited, uninterrupted delicacies served at aristocratic banquets.
It was a performance by Imperial College to welcome new students, mainly a speech by the leader, a speech by the teacher, a speech by the student representatives, and then a display of some teaching achievements, and finally a performance by some students. Roland explained.
"There's nothing to eat...... Ellie muttered quietly, but no one heard.
"Is Sister Marlena familiar with the process? really don't need me to sign up with you?" Barrot found an opportunity and accosted Marina.
"Oh...... No, you've got something to do over there. Although Marlena didn't have a score in her heart, she still politely rejected Balot's kindness: "I can do it alone." ”
"Well, there are also me and Su Wen!"
"You called me?" The curtain in front was lifted, and Su Wen turned his head to look inside the caravan and asked.
"Look at the road! Look at the road!!"
Seeing that Su Wen, the coachman, actually turned around, several people in the car hurriedly shouted.
Su Wen shrugged helplessly, and had no choice but to turn back.
In fact, as long as Su Wen holds the reins, then even if he doesn't need to control it, the two snow wolves can move along the road on their own, and they don't have to worry about crashing or forking in the car. This kind of function is also one of Su Wen's settings, and he doesn't know where it comes from, probably because of the riding skills of a certain game.
Driving this wolf car was something that Su Wen found interesting, and it was also the first time Su Wen had seen a vehicle other than a carriage.
Compared with ordinary horses, this domesticated snow wolf not only has the endurance of not losing horses, but also has a good explosive ability. Of course, the cost of daily feed is also several times more expensive than the forage of horses.
According to the literal meaning, wolves travel thousands of miles, after all, they eat meat.
There are no robbers and road rage on the official road, and the caravans will also sell some small commodities along the way, plus the small cities and villages along the way, which also makes the journey of Su Wen and his party quite easy.
"Today is the tenth day, so it stands to reason that it should have arrived, right?"
"Well, we'll be there after the sun goes down. Su Wen looked at the map, calculated the distance, and gave the people in the car an accurate time.
"It's really slow, Brother Su Wen is a beginner in driving, right? I remember that we finished the road in eight days during the holidays......"
"You still say!" Balott kicked Roland lightly, and said angrily, "Who slipped into the adventurer's guild halfway to learn more?And who blindly took on a task to hunt monsters and didn't complete it, and finally lost two silvers?" and ......"
"I heard that there is no old lady, what about you!" Roland poked Shirley next to him.
"Get out. Shirley pinched Roland's thighs hard.
Barot sighed, a little head-headed for the two troubled children who were in adolescence.
"That's right, Su Wen. After a while, Ellie leaned in front of the car, lifted the curtain, and asked Su Wen, "Can I not go to school......
"No, you can't. Su Wen didn't even say anything about the reason, motivation and benefits of going to school, so he refused.
In fact, Su Wen had already made it clear to Ellie before leaving, and he had explained it many times on the way, so he ignored Ellie's request at all now.
"Actually, it's not impossible......"
"Really?"
"You can read all the books in the Snow Castle Library. ”
"Wow !!!"
Aggrieved, Ellie pulled the curtain shut and returned to her seat.
"Actually......" Marlena thought for a while, and then comforted: "It's not bad to go to school, Imperial College has an entrance exam for ordinary people, and there are many departments, you can learn anything you want, don't you want to experience campus life again?"
Marlena went to the Maleno Imperial College this time, that is, to go to the comprehensive department, although the name of the comprehensive department is ordinary, but it is a department set up to cultivate excellent "all-rounders", in addition to the high tuition fees, there are also extremely high requirements for the qualifications of the applicants. Students who can enter the comprehensive department are rarely allowed to enter except for the blood of the royal family and high-ranking nobles.
Therefore, the annual enrollment of the comprehensive department is also very small, and last year there were even only five students.
Ellie recalled her life as a schooler, which seemed to be a relatively good memory, but if she wanted to go to school now, she always had an awkward feeling in her heart.
And in this awkwardness, there are some expectations that even she didn't notice.