Chapter 455: Dark Demon Returns to the Capital (4k)
Dark did not stop the train to investigate, as it was essentially pointless.
During the time he was in his dream, the magical locomotive had already left the Gray Mist Forest far behind. Returning now would yield no results.
If one truly wanted to investigate, they only needed to recount their encounters after returning home, and naturally someone would find and bring the people involved.
The number of people capable of creating such realistic dreams was limited.
The number of those who could accurately cast spells while passing through the Gray Mist Forest on the magical locomotive was even fewer.
Therefore, there were clues from the very beginning.
Dark was not someone who would swallow his teeth in silence after being bullied.
In fact, his efforts were all for the sake of comfortably relying on his family =.=!
Saying it this way might seem a bit too obvious.
…
A night passed.
Students woke up sore all over from sleeping sitting down, blinded by the glaring sunlight.
There were complaints everywhere in the carriage.
In the compartment where Dark and others were, Dolong, who had been very enthusiastic about spending the night on the magical locomotive yesterday, looked lethargic today.
Apart from Dark, who was used to trains, only Diana remained energetic.
To take care of her unwell classmate, Diana rushed back and forth between the dining room, bringing breakfast to everyone.
However, after breakfast, Rose couldn’t hold it anymore and vomited!
Fortunately, she had prepared a bag beforehand, though it startled everyone else, but it wasn’t anything serious.
After vomiting, she felt somewhat better.
From then until four-thirty in the afternoon, the magical locomotive finally arrived in the City of Knowledge, Synes.
As Catalysta said, Synes was a place renowned for producing sages.
The ancient sage and winter sage that Dark was familiar with were both born in Synes.
Sara Swati, the descendant of the ancient sage, and Vini Scarlet, the daughter of the winter sage, both lived here.
After Catalysta and Dark agreed to contact each other after school started, she summoned the golem and carried her luggage off the train.
“Only us again.”
Dolong rested his chin on his hand, casually saying.
Diana forced Rose to lie down in her seat after Catalysta left, providing her thigh as a pillow.
Rose couldn’t resist Diana and had to comply.
But once she lay down, she felt much better.
That night.
After sneaking into the bathroom, Dark checked the system panel and couldn’t help but smile slightly.
“Arrogance” had improved significantly in the dream from yesterday, enough to extract for these two days.
After finishing the Capital Sin, he quietly returned to the compartment, closed his eyes to rest, and fell asleep.
However, to be safe, he released the small mana spirit.
Thus, someone would occasionally wake up from nightmares that night.
…
On the third day of traveling by magical locomotive.
Seeing that they would arrive at the capital tonight, Dolong gradually regained his vitality.
And as soon as he moved, the compartment filled with cheerful laughter.
By eight o’clock at night, the magical locomotive finally entered the station built outside the capital.
Although it was outside, this station was undoubtedly the largest in the country.
After getting off the train, Dark spent some time moving all the luggage out of the cargo hold, then walked out of the station with the others, accompanied by a grand procession of golems.
Parents who knew their children would come out at this time had gathered early at the exit, filling it to capacity.
Upon closer inspection, many were nobles of the kingdom.
At this moment, regardless of their status, all their attention was on the children coming out of the station.
Nine months apart was torture for parents who cared deeply for their children.
As the children’s army appeared around the corner, the parents waiting there became energized.
Two particularly tall and robust men stood at the forefront, frantically scanning the crowd.
People around them looked at these two men, known for their ironclad bravery on the battlefield, now acting like ordinary fathers, feeling surprised.
But they clearly didn’t care about the looks from others.
Soon, a group of five, led by Dark, walked into view.
A man with lush brown hair and beard, resembling a lion, suddenly lit up, raising his thick arm vigorously and shouting excitedly, “Diana, Dad’s here!”
The other man next to him crossed his arms, smiling as he watched Dolong follow behind.
“Dad!”
Hearing this, Diana instinctively jumped.
But before rushing out, she turned to look at Dark and Rose.
Only after they waved at her did she rush out joyfully, leaping into Viscount Gretebail’s arms when she reached the exit.
Viscount Gretebail quickly bent his arm to let his precious daughter sit on it, his rugged face instantly melting.
Teddy Dolong also immediately saw his father standing beside Viscount Gretebail.
He wanted to rush forward like Diana did, but ultimately paused and deliberately showed his noble demeanor, smiling at his father.
But his quickened steps still revealed his urgency.
Then Piston began looking around, trying to find his parents among the crowd of parents.
As he approached the exit, Piston finally spotted a plump man in the crowd.
He hurriedly turned to wave at Dark and the others, saying, “I found my dad! See you at school!”
After saying that, he squeezed out of the crowd with the golem.
Only Dark and Rose were left.
Dark glanced at the nearby Rose, who forced a smile and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll manage on my own.”
Dark thought for a moment: “Why don’t we go to my place first?”
But Rose shook her head, “No, my aunt will worry.”
Dark didn’t say more, simply having the lion beast retrieve Rose’s suitcase from behind Diana’s bear spirit, then nodded at Viscount Gretebail before walking out with Rose.
What met their eyes was a square dotted with lights.
Outside the square, dozens of carriages were parked on the streets, hidden in the night.
Thinking of sending Rose off in a carriage, Dark began looking around.
But his arm was suddenly grabbed, making him turn around in surprise, only to see Rose looking delighted.
“My aunt came to pick me up!” Without waiting for him to ask, Rose exclaimed excitedly.
Her hands holding Dark’s arm trembled slightly, her excitement causing her nervousness.
Dark followed her gaze and saw a luxurious Victoria-style carriage, and beside it stood a noblewoman with a black umbrella.
The noblewoman had fair skin, slightly upturned eyes, wearing a black veil, concealing her exact appearance.
Beside her was a well-dressed little boy, likely Rose’s cousin.
Dark hadn’t expected Lady Floitte to personally come to pick up Rose, but this was obviously good news.
Seeing the smile on Rose’s face, he said, “Go, I’ll have the lion beast escort you.”
“Okay!” Rose nodded energetically and quickly walked toward the carriage.
The lion beast carried Rose’s suitcase and escorted her.
“Is this your golem?”
Lady Floitte directly ignored Rose and frowned at the lion beast.
Rose hurriedly said, “No, Aunt.”
Lady Floitte’s tone was indifferent, “I knew you couldn’t have made a golem like this. Do you have your report card? Show it to me.”
“Our academy doesn’t issue paper report cards.” Rose seemed at a loss.
Lady Floitte raised an eyebrow and said, “Who’s that wild man over there? Do you know your identity?”
Rose tightened her fingers, raising her voice, “That’s Dark…”
“Dark?” Lady Floitte’s brow furrowed deeper, “Dark Demon? The bad boy from the Duke’s family?”
“Um…” Rose stuttered, “Dark isn’t a bad boy.”
“Forget it,” Lady Floitte waved her hand, “Have the lion put the luggage in the carriage, we should go.”
Rose involuntarily looked at the lion beast, which nodded and placed the suitcase in the carriage.
Then it got off and returned.
The little boy from Lady Floitte’s family kept staring at the lion beast until it left, then turned to Rose, asking, “Sister, do you have a gift for me?”
Rose sighed softly, smiling, “Yes.”
…
Under the starry night, the summer breeze blew through the bangs.
After the lion beast returned, Dark asked, “How was it? Did you notice anything?”
The lion beast thought for a moment, “Not particularly bad.”
“That’s good.” Dark nodded, “Next, we need to think about how to get back ourselves.”
The lion beast curiously asked, “Master, didn’t your family come to pick you up?”
Dark corrected, “I’m thinking about how to bring these suitcases back. After all, a wyvern’s back isn’t wide enough.”
Just as he spoke, a whistling sound came from above.
A wyvern swooped down with a fierce wind, causing multiple exclamations.
Dark slightly raised his head and saw Claire and Alvaraite sitting on the dragon’s back.
Alvaraite Saint Diemon leaped from the dragon’s back, her golden hair fluttering backward, her green eyes sparkling.
Dark helplessly opened his arms, and in the next instant, he was hugged by his mother.
…
“Is this Master’s mother?”
Deoxys, carrying the suitcase, curiously examined Alvaraite, puzzled by the mother’s seemingly confused behavior, why she kept saying “woohoo, my baby.”
“Look, Master is suffocating.” Imp Beast flew next to Eevee and joked, “As Master’s golem, shouldn’t we save him now?”
Eevee unhappily glanced at Imp Beast, though her antennae twitched, she didn’t act rashly.
“Mia!” (Do you think I’m stupid?)
Imp Beast, seeing the attempt to stir things up fail, looked bored.
Meow had already walked up to the wyvern, squatting down and curiously poking its claws.
It always felt that the dragon’s claws must be valuable.
Only the lion beast was still pondering Dark’s question: how they could carry the suitcases back.
…
After a moment, Alvaraite finally vented some of her pent-up emotions, giving her child a sudden peck on the forehead before reluctantly releasing her slender but strong arm.
The relieved Dark took a deep breath and blushed, saying, “Mom, there are many people here.”
“Let’s talk about it at home.” Alvaraite immediately said.
Then her gaze quickly fell on Deoxys and the lion beast, these two golems with “Hero Qualities” had always troubled her.
Suddenly, a pink, adorable creature voluntarily entered her field of vision, its beautiful ribbon gently wrapping around her finger, conveying happiness.
Alvaraite instantly fell in love with this cat-like golem, unable to help saying, “This is Eevee, right?”
“Mia!” Eevee cutely called out.
“Ugh, ugh, and me, I’m Imp Beast!”
Realizing he was lagging behind, Imp Beast flapped his wings and flew over hastily.
Alvaraite’s face showed surprise, “It can speak!”
Imp Beast glanced at his master, seeing no change in his expression, then boldly said, “Not only can I speak, but I am also Master’s warm little blanket, professional delivery person, and super experiment assistant. I’m amazing!”
“Is that so?” Alvaraite looked at Imp Beast in surprise, “So besides being able to turn into a cat, you have so many uses?”
“Mmm!” Imp Beast raised his head proudly.
Behind him, Deoxys rolled his eyes, looking at him as if he were insignificant.
…
Finally, Dark hired a carriage to load all the suitcases inside, then let the self-offered lion beast guard them.
The driver of the carriage initially seemed happy to hear it was a task for the Duke, but when the imposing lion-person quickly got on board, he couldn’t help but shiver and drive the carriage straight to the Duke’s mansion.
Dark then rode the dragon with the remaining golems.
Meow, Deoxys, Eevee, and Imp Beast were all very petite and didn’t take up much space.
Dark was held tightly by Alvaraite between her and Claire, as if afraid he might suddenly disappear.
Claire, sitting on the dragon’s saddle, merely smiled and guided the wyvern to soar into the sky!
The fierce wind, guided by the V-shaped mana shield, slid to the sides, forming a protective wind barrier for the passengers.
The golems clinging to the dragon’s back looked down, their eyes full of curiosity.
Buildings below became tiny, rapidly receding.
For the first time riding a dragon, their hearts were filled with curiosity about their new home.
They wanted to know what the new home looked like, what the past life of their master was like, and much more.
As thoughts swirled, the Duke’s mansion rapidly approached.
