After half an hour of journey, I arrived at the station.
The Empire had five portals handled by Dukes that could only be used under the permission of nobles of the region. There was a ti when everyone could use them at the expense of a price, but many criminals and others with ill intentions used them for their own benefit.
Also, the Chaos Realm has started to affect the portals and many tis, due to spatial turbulence, Chaos-born interfered with the portals, causing the person to descend into the Chaos Realm.
So, they were closed, and with no portal leading to the Academy, I had to take on an arduous journey by train.
I had to take a train to reach East Land Station, which was 100 Km from our region of Kennes.
"My Lord... I am feeling a bit nervous.."
I looked at Jules’s expression.
"Woww! You are feeling nervous."
"What a day!" I chuckled.
"So what are you nervous about? Worried about ?"
"Nah.." Jules shrugged his shoulders. "I am worried about the guys who will provoke you."
"Don’t worry. I am not that petty!" I waved my hand.
Giving a gentle bow to the servants, I entered the train and stepped into my coach, leaving my people with dazed expressions.
As soon as I leaned back on my seat, I sighed deeply.
My tense nerves cald down. I loosened my tie and unbuttoned my neck button.
"Haa! I am truly unfit to be a noble."
Soon, a loud whistle blew, beginning the journey.
Seeing the coach almost empty, I took out a cigar from my dinsional storage ring, and with a flick, lit it up.
PUFF... PUFF.
Taking a few puffs and brewing smoke into various shapes, I took out my diary.
As an otaku who had read all kinds of heavenly poison, I knew one thing.
There is bound to be a protagonist.
A few beautiful heroines.
OP or trash side characters.
And all evil, powerful villains.
There might be reincarnators too.
In the first few years, I dedicated my ti to finding a novel correlating to this world in my mory or so ga.
Either there was none, or I didn’t read it.
So, I started gathering information on all kinds of people, from which I marked down a few who might have the chance to fit the description of the main characters.
As for the villain, I locked onto all villainous societies. And Demons weren’t the ones who bore the role of endga villains.
Rather, they were enigmatic human allies this ti.
Their place had been taken by nefarious creatures called chaos born.
So who are they?
To describe that, the beings called as Chaos born were normal entities of this world who were tainted by Chaos.
It doesn’t matter if you are human or any other species.
Without a proper way to deflect Chaos energy you are gone.
"Even if I searched so much, I am yet to find a befitting clue. Who knows if they will appear in the Academy?"
"Am I going to be alone in this room? It’d be nice since it’s comfortable."
While I was imrsed in such foolish thoughts, the door of the room opened with a rattle as if it had been waiting for that mont.
It wasn’t the clerk. A well-dressed young girl, or you could say a woman with a good body, ca inside.
She was gorgeous and tall and wore a brown frock coat with a design similar—
Speak of the devil...
I didn’t know there was another passenger.
And oddly enough, I knew her. After all, she was a noble, and her house was in this region.
Eleanor Sunfire.
’I was wrong in thinking that I could have a comfortable trip without feeling so sort of constraint.’
As I sat in the room, enjoying the quiet and the haze of cigar smoke, a gentle rattle interrupted my solitude.
Eleanor’s entrance forced to toss the cigar out of the air and extinguish it with a huff.
"Hello," she greeted.
When I was sighing inwardly like that, she looked at and greeted with a warm smile.
As they say, never hit a smiling face.
"Hmmm!"
"Hello!" I greeted back.
As Eleanor settled into the seat across from , I couldn’t help but notice the air of calm confidence about her.
Contrary to my expectations of seeing her getting bewildered, she looked quite calm, even though she was watching a young boy of her age smoking like a spoiled brat, especially knowing who I was.
Did she not know , or am I too unworthy for her to rember?
Such pessimistic thoughts still pinch my heart even when I try not to.
I watched as she adjusted her coat, the fabric whispering against the worn leather of the seat. The dim light filtering through the window caught the subtle glint in her eyes, hinting at a depth of experience and wisdom beyond her years.
There was sothing strange about her.
I tried to mask my appearance, but her next words struck my soul.
"Are you a noble by chance, and will you also be entering the Academy?" Eleanor asked with a subtle smile.
"...."
It seems it’s the latter of the guesses.
I am too unworthy to be rembered by this lovely maiden.
"No!" I lied with a straight face.
I don’t know if she was playing with .
In the anti, I checked her level. She seed to be at the threshold of Steel.
Quite talented indeed, unlike .
"Ohh! I don’t know why, but I feel as if I have seen you sowhere. Or by chance, are you perhaps..."
"No, I am not." I refuted. "From your tone, I infer that you are going to the Academy. You might be talented enough to get admitted to Nexus."
Eleanor’s lips quivered into a wry smile.
"Nothing too exciting. I’m afraid that I will be overshadowed by other geniuses," she replied, her tone tinged with a hint of irony.
Whom are you kidding?
I snorted inwardly, controlling my frowning face.
I nodded, understanding the weight of responsibility that often accompanies such journeys. "Well, I wish you luck with your endeavors," I said, offering a small gesture of solidarity.
Eleanor’s smile softened, and for a mont, the tension that had lingered in the air seed to dissipate. "Thank you," she said, her voice quiet but sincere.
As we settled into a comfortable silence, I found myself studying Eleanor more closely.
"And what about you, Mr.? Where are you headed?" Eleanor asked, breaking the silence.
I hesitated for a mont, unsure of how much to reveal. But there was an honesty in Eleanor’s gaze that made want to open up to her, to share the weight of my burdens.
"I’m going...." Before I could finish my speech—
The compartnt door opened, and a neatly dressed boy with black hair and crimson eyes stepped in.
The mont I saw him, I couldn’t help but curse aloud.
Black hair and red eyes are always paired with the scream of the protagonist.
And this guy was quite famous despite not being the protagonist.
Elderic Storm, who had already fought and killed a black Chaos-born Daemon at the age of 16.
Yeah, two years ago...
But he has been accepted by Radiant Realm Woman Silvia at a young age and honed to perfection.
A heaven-born genius.
However, despite all this, regretfully I can only give him the position of second male lead because I need to reserve the role for soone special.
’Sorry.’
I apologized.
However, leaving that aside.
A berth filled with a god level beauty and a commoner..It never ends well.
While I completed my inner monologue, Elderic gasped heavily, looking at us.
"What the hell?"
"Eleanor of Sunfire and you... The Garbage of De Nova."
Eleanor’s eyes widened in surprise, and for a mont, she seed taken aback by his revelation.
The silence was broken by Eleanor’s scream while Elderic, noticing what he did, bowed his head.
"Sorry, I apologize... I didn’t an that. It is because everyone seems to be calling you that, so I misspoke."
"Well, isn’t that sothing great," I smirked and was about to scoff when—
A powerful jolt, along with a huge explosion, shook the train violently.
The train’s cabin shook, and the train that was running on the railroad swayed to the side.
I, who quickly held the seat with one hand and grabbed the railing of the window with the other, couldn’t help but scream in excitent.
"Damnnnn!"
’I knew sothing was gonna happen when I saw these bastards.’
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