333 On Board This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com
"Train? Is that the new vehicle you are talking about?" "That's right, Your Imperial Majesty. It's a type of vehicle that doesn't run on horsepower." "What?" As His Imperial Majesty was in shock, the train was about to go inside through one of the station's openings. The screeches of the brakes echoed throughout the station. The slowing train stably ran on the right train track until it eventually came to a stop precisely at the center of the station before the attendant manually opened the carriage's sliding door from the inside. "What the hell is this massive thing...?" The guildmaster was astonished, but everyone was beholding the marvel and did not say a word..
Inside the four-meter-by-four-meter room, there were comfy couches lined at each side of the room with a table at the center. With a wide window made out of jet glass, we could clearly see the scenery outside without worry. Though we could only see the interior of the station right now. Without the expansion magic, each cabin was constructed four meters long and one meter wide. We only stretched the width so that it would not distort the windows. If the magic carriages did not use jet glasses, the faces of the passengers inside would have been thinly compressed if someone saw them from outside. "Amazing... So this particular type of carriage uses the same technology as the magic carriages?" "Exactly, Your Imperial Majesty. The first-class carriages are largely intended for the convenience and privacy of royal and aristocratic passengers, so we are making sure they will be having a nice trip." "Given how lavishly built this carriage is, the fare must be high as well." Those were the types of carriages we had made so far. But we were planning to add a middle-class carriage for the rich and a freight train for transporting cargo.
"Oh, the whistle has been blown, which means the train is about to set off. So please kindly take your seats and enjoy this journey." As Mother requested, everybody had taken a seat before the train shuddered as it began to move. The other members of the emperor's convoy boarded this train as though they were in other cabins. For the security of the emperor, only selected people were chosen to board with us, so there were not many passengers in here. As for our seating arrangements, the emperor's group sat on the left couch, the Raeven family took the couch attached to the wall of the corridor, and my family settled ourselves adjacent to the emperor's side. We left the couch beside the window empty so that we could clearly see the view outside. A moment later, the accelerating train finally exited the two-hundred-meter-long train station and reached the farmlands. With that, the first trip on the train on the surface had started.