It was unexpectedly cold today, and there was a fine amount of snow falling from the sky in the evening.

Anthony left in a hurry and forgot to calculate the difference in weather between the north and the south.

It is still a slightly cold autumn in the small southern city of Frença, but it has already started to snow here in Valinor.

She curled up into a small ball on the train seat, breathed into her hands, and rubbed her hands gently, but the effect was completely minimal.

"Is it cold?"

At this moment, Alina, who was sleeping soundly in the seat next to her, woke up. He looked at the girl wearing only a thin white dress, smiled softly, and then stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms: "Actually, I'm pretty cool too."

If it’s cold, it would be better if we hug each other to keep warm.”

Anthony did not resist "his" embrace, after all, what Alina said was indeed right.

She cast her gaze out of the train window and could see a spire not far away at a glance. It was a huge tower that reached the sky and was called the "ladder to heaven" by the Plantagenet people. It had already stood there when the Plantagenet Empire was established.

, now it has become a forbidden area for the royal family.

Everyone knows that this gray spire soars into the sky, but few know how high it really is.

Anthony didn't know either, but she knew she was almost home when she saw the tower.

"Hey, why is this thing called a train so uncomfortable to sit on? Even if it's leaking, there's not even a single other passenger besides us?"

Alina's words interrupted Anthony's thinking. She retracted her gaze from a distance, and then stretched out a finger to point to the connection of the carriages not far away: "The name of this train is 'Svadilfari'

, is the prototype of all trains on the mainland today, or in other words, the first train on the mainland. I originally thought it had been retired long ago, but I didn’t expect it to be used for transportation on such remote routes."

Having said this, Anthony looked at the man on the side and smiled: "Its main job now should be to transport goods rather than carrying passengers. In other words, we can probably only be regarded as the goods it picks up.

If you were a train manager, would you consider the feelings of the cargo?"

"What a terrible metaphor."

Alina shrugged helplessly: "So how long will it take for us to get to the station? We have been sitting here for three full days, and the only food we can eat here every day is black bread and cold water!"

Anthony squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, and then gave a firm conclusion: "About ten minutes. I remember that when the railway station in Valinor was being built, in order to prevent the lives of the nobles from being affected by the noise, it was set up at

Very south location.”

"But I'm not a woman who is so squeamish about commenting on food. Is your reaction a bit too strong?"

After Anthony said these words, Alina opened her eyes wide and looked up and down at the beautiful girl sitting next to her for a long time, then nodded slowly: "Indeed, what you said makes some sense, but before that

You need to clarify a premise - I am also a woman, and I became what I am now only because of your needs."

"Yes, you are a woman too."

The black-haired girl nodded her head calmly: "But you are an old woman who is hundreds of years old. If it weren't for the ability of the 'Faceless Man', you might have gray hair and wrinkles on your face by now."

"It's better for the elderly to be more tolerant, otherwise no one will want them even if they want to have a twilight romance."

Alina didn't know where Anthony had suddenly gone wrong, but she still retorted quite simply: "Yes, of course someone wants you when you are so young and beautiful."

Anthony couldn't help but fell silent, a burst of not very good memories appeared in his mind.

...

Valinor Railway Station.

The whistle sounded from far away to near, and the train coming all the way from Frenza was carrying thick white steam. After passing through the mountains, it slowed down and entered the station, stopping slowly on the platform.

The young man in black walked out of the steam and stood on the empty platform, like a stray black goat.

The young man looked around and saw only yellowish fog everywhere, with extremely poor visibility. The gas lamps hanging on the platform were lit one by one, dispersing the gloom and darkness.

The young man raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is the environment of the train station in the imperial capital so bad?"

"Of course not."

A bright laughter came from behind the young man, and then a hand wearing a white glove reached out from the steam and placed it on the young man's arm: "It is winter now, the off-season for taking trains. Only young people

Some nobles will take trains to small towns in the south for vacation at this time, so there will be no one taking care of the train station."

The girl in a white skirt jumped out of the car and naturally cuddled up to the boy.

"That's really bad."

The young man made a simple comment, then led the black-haired girl and walked straight across the platform towards the waiting carriage not far away.

"Yes, this is the worst place in the whole continent." The black-haired girl exhaled a white breath in the cold wind. The next moment, snowflakes fell on her long eyelashes: "Everything is here.

What else can a place with a good price tag say besides being bad? There has been a problem here for a long time, a big problem.”

The young man laughed softly, pushed aside the carriage driver on the side, and opened the door of the carriage for the girl with his own hands: "Then where are we going next? Dear Your Highness Anne?"

The carriage driver was obviously startled when he heard the title "Your Highness". The next moment, he looked at the two young people with a little more respect in his eyes - the title "Your Highness", even in the golden bird of Nuo University.

Only a few people can use the Flower Empire!

"Then let's go to Hopeless, Sir Anthony." The girl boarded the carriage and uttered a place name.

"Okay, let's go to Hopeless." A gold coin popped out from the fingertips of the young man named Anthony, and it accurately fell into the hand of the carriage driver, and then he bent down and got on the carriage.

The carriage immediately set off, heading in the direction of Hopeless.

The girl in the car remained silent, just looking down at the unknown river flowing quietly outside the car window.

The river passes through the city, and the scenery on the river is beautiful. The clear water is mixed with the perfume and rouge of noble girls. When night falls, the punters pass by on the river, leaving behind the barge songs like the cold chants of lonely men.

For them, this was a silent return, with no one coming to greet them.

"Your Highness Anne, I'm sorry to disturb your interest in enjoying the scenery, but what I need to make sure is, who are we going to see next?" The young man's voice interrupted the girl's thinking.

"A friend of mine whose political beliefs are strikingly similar to mine."

The girl simply said this, and then looked out the window again.

But at this moment, her eyes no longer stayed on the river under the window, but covered Valinor in the entire car window.

Under the falling snowflakes, Valinor spread out in front of her like a glorious chessboard, as if it reached the end of the world. Those pawns placed on the chessboard by the magnificent church, no one in the world could play such a grand chessboard.
Chapter completed!