Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 160



train (1)

“Whoa….”

Dawn with a pure white moon rising.

It’s cold weather where the breath flowing from your mouth sweeps your cheeks coldly.

Even though winter is almost over the Balkan dawns are still chilly.

As he walked down the deserted street carrying a bag and closing his coat collar Lennok’s mood naturally changed strangely.

“Giggle….”

“Pooh what are you doing you bastard?”

Of course there are still gangsters everywhere walking around the city without sleeping.

It’s full of people smoking cigarettes in a quiet place glaring at Lennok and walking out when they think they’ve got a reasonable estimate.

After hitting the bolt a few times to silence him he walked away.

In general there are three ways to get out of a large city.

From ships using ports cars using lanes heading out of the city and even sky routes using airships.

However there is one more transportation method that most citizens living in the Balkans are unaware of and that the city government implicitly turns a blind eye to.

It is a train track that uses old railroad tracks.

If you think about it it’s not that surprising. In the past when Lennok followed Aris to the conference there was a precedent of using a similar train to go out of the Balkans.

However it was convenient to think that the means were not formalized and were used implicitly for the convenience of others.

It’s still the same now.

Officially Balkan and the Philenom Autonomous Territory signed a ceasefire agreement but since Cheon Gyeon’s death the relationship has been so rough that it is not surprising if war breaks out at any time.

It is difficult to use transportation that has official entry and exit records.

Outskirts of the city. As I walked along the path Jenny taught me the faint signs of popularity disappeared and my breathing became lighter.

Only the smell of cold concrete pierced my nose.

As I walked to the edge of the outskirts I saw a hunched-backed man standing with his back to the moonlight.

“You’re here. “I was waiting.”

He led Lennok over the barbed wire with a dark laugh.

It was a rough road as if it had been hollowed out but Lennok did not complain.

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This is a transportation service prepared by Jenny herself. There was no doubt.

The man ahead of me said while rubbing his skinny hands.

“I can’t tell you how touching it is that the young lady contacted me directly. “I’m glad I was able to help after all this time… I’m even more moved because it was something I had to do to make a living.”

“thank you.”

“What? “Please don’t say things like that.”

The man who waved his hand hissed.

“It won’t take long to get to the Dominion… It’s a very old item but it’s not slow at all. “It won’t last more than a day.”

“Are you sure it’s safe?”

“On the road connecting the Balkans and the Dominion there are always scouts preparing for wartime situations. But at this time when it comes once a month… it will actually become a reliable fence.”

You tell the story at length about how you were fed money.

However the fact that the train only moves once a month bothered me.

Has Jenny been able to schedule everything so far taking into account the time when the train heading to the Dominion is moving?

The timing was too perfect to be a coincidence.

Lennok turned his head as he thought so.

“If we leave now we will arrive before the sun sets.”

“We chose a time when customs would turn a blind eye so we ended up having no choice but to operate at this early in the morning.”

The night wind is cold. Even though the body temperature was maintained using thermal insulation magic it was clearly felt on the skin.

After chatting with the man and walking a bit through the dry grass-covered wilderness I saw a railroad station in the distance.

“This way.”

As the man said that he headed not to the railway station but to a small guard post located next to it.

A shabby guard post with swaying yellow lights.

It’s an incredibly shabby facility for protecting the Balkan countryside but it’s not surprising considering that this railway station is officially completely closed.

The other person is a city government official known for being corrupt. It also belongs to the outskirts.

A middle-aged man who was staring at a newspaper with his feet propped up on the old desk at the guard post glared at the two people.

“You brought another guest. “At least one report is made sincerely.”

The man muttering while chewing the tobacco in his mouth shows no motivation whatsoever.

No the fact that he can maintain such a careless attitude at a time like this doesn’t mean he has an extremely courageous heart.

While Lennok was thinking about this and that the man took something out of his pocket and handed it to the official.

There was no need to think about what it was that I took it for granted and packed it into my arms.

Unless he accepts these kickbacks there is no reason for him to turn a blind eye to the customers who come and go in the middle of the night.

Leaving behind the government official waving his hand the two walked back to the railway station.

“What number of guests am I?”

“Let’s see…not so much today. “There are about ten people.”

As I stepped onto the moss-covered railway station the sight of the train came into view.

A rusty five-chamber train that couldn’t be compared to the one I rode with Aris was standing on the old railroad tracks.

As we boarded the trembling train along the railroad tracks that seemed to be sucked into the darkness of dawn the man looked at Lennok and bowed his head.

“Have a nice trip.”

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“……..”

As I stepped onto the train leaving the closing doors behind I immediately felt all eyes on me.

The faces of the guests sitting first were also diverse.

A cyborg whose entire body has been modified to the extent that it is difficult to tell whether he is a boy robot or a human being wearing a top hat and looking like he has been picking up rags…

Lennok didn’t care found an empty seat and sat down.

Since his face and magical power pattern have been transformed for a while there is no need to worry about his identity as Ban being discovered.

As we did not know what would happen it was necessary to thoroughly hide the fact that we had headed to the Philenom Autonomous Territory of the Lennodo Peninsula.

Now is it not a dual identity but a triple identity?

It wasn’t a big deal anyway but I couldn’t help but laugh at my own situation.

As soon as I sat down in the back seat of the dusty train I opened the window wide.

I took out a cigarette from my pocket lit it put it in my mouth and waited. Soon the train started shaking and moving.

The train began to move into the darkness along the rusted tracks.

In the hazy moonlight shining through the window I could vaguely see the empty plateau.

The air inside the train was extremely cold and quiet.

Those who left the megacity and headed to the Dominion at this time would not have ordinary circumstances.

If you think about it that way this empty atmosphere makes some sense.

As Lennok crossed his arms and looked out thinking this someone suddenly sat down next to him.

“It’s nice to see a fellow wizard here.”

A woman who hides her presence by wearing a mask that hides her face.

However the voice heard behind the mask made me guess that he was around the same age as Lennok.

Her unusual magical power and relaxed tone are proof that she is a high-level wizard herself.

As I inadvertently looked around the woman raised her finger as if she had been waiting.

“You don’t have to worry about your words getting out. “Because I’ve already spread a magic field around.”

When Lennok did not answer the woman continued.

“It’s comforting to know that I’m not the only one heading to the Dominion at a time like this.”

Rather than approaching him knowing who he was it seemed like he felt a sense of kinship with the fact that he had met the same wizard in a place like this.

Lennok narrowed his eyes and answered blowing smoke away.

“…Do you have anything to say?”

“……”

Instead of answering the woman glanced around and reached for the bag she had brought with her.

Then she suddenly lifted the bag upside down and dumped it on the table between her and Lennok.

In an instant the entire contents spilled out onto the table.

“……?”

Lennok opened his mouth blankly at the sudden eccentricity but soon realized something much more important than that and let out a hollow laugh.

The dozen items she poured out of her bag were all artifacts containing magical power.

She said revealing all the items in her hand to Lennok.

“I heard that you need something in return to do a favor.”

“however?”

“Choose the one you want. “I’d like to talk about it later.”

“……..”

Lennok looked up at the woman with an absurd expression.

However she seemed to have perceived the intention in Lennok’s gaze differently and calmly held out her hand and said

“The introduction is late. “My name is Cassia.”

It is absurd to cover one’s face and reveal only one’s name. The name and identity are all fake made up to cover up this moment.

Although the magic pattern could not be completely erased it seems to be blurred so it is clear that he has the artifact or equivalent skill necessary to hide his identity.

However despite this he could not block Lennok’s magic sensitivity.

The magical energy that had been secretly flowing so that even the wizard in front of him could not notice was suddenly thrust into the inside of his arms and the curtain was opened.

Lennok’s senses penetrated the security that must have been thoroughly prepared and he instantly saw through her essence.

She may have thought that she was completely hiding her identity at this very moment but Lennok had already fully confirmed her magical power pattern.

Lennok searched through his memory for the magical power pattern he had obtained and narrowed his eyes when he found someone else’s pattern that matched.

‘This… is a magic power I’ve seen before. From what I remember it’s probably…’

You can tell because once you see a magic pattern you never forget it.

A brief conversation I had with Aris while heading to the demonstration site to demonstrate battlefield control techniques during the conference.

A middle-aged woman who talked about talent and wondered why Aris was working with Lennok.

The magic pattern of the young female mage who was assisting the mage named Bayla Research Institute was clear.

The moment the time and place were connected to her magical power related memories came to mind.

Research Director Byla was in poor health due to a disconnection of her body’s magical power and that was why Lennok gave her advice on her condition.

It was difficult to remember the specific details because it happened so quickly but I was able to roughly retrieve the key information.

If this woman who was assisting Vaila was boarding a train heading to the Dominion at a time like this there would not be much difference in her status.

She stared at Lennok’s face and shrugged when he didn’t say anything.

“If you don’t want to answer let me handle my business first. “If that’s the case it won’t matter.”

“…Is that so?”

Despite her cautious approach she is a woman with a very bold attitude.

Lennok chuckled at the thought that there was no reason not to listen to what he said including the sudden disclosure of the reward.

But what came out after a moment of silence was something completely different from what I expected.

“The chances of this train reaching the Dominion smoothly are very low. “I would like to ask for your cooperation to solve this problem.”

“……..”

Offer the compensation first and then state the business. Sometimes it can be a pretty effective negotiation method but at least it wasn’t a method suited to the current situation.

Considering that he was not skilled in this type of negotiation it seemed clear that he had no experience working in the shadows.

I may have prepared various things for what I was going to say now but it was only natural that it looked somewhat awkward in Lennok’s eyes.

But ultimately what she said was not something that could be overlooked from the beginning.

Lennok was absentmindedly smoking a cigarette then sighed and asked.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Are you saying this train will suddenly explode?”

“That’s accurate. “If you leave it alone something similar might happen.”

Cassia answered looking up at him with transparent eyes beyond the mask.

“As of 2 a.m. today all drones and reconnaissance forces circulating in the outskirts of the Balkans have been subject to emergency inspection. If the eyes on the plateau connecting the Balkan and Philenom Dominions are turned off there is a greater chance that wanted outlaws will run free. Trains that use unofficial routes are bound to be targeted.”

“……..”

“This was done by the Toyna Research Institute under the pretext of replacing the scout corps’ equipment with a new model so I happened to obtain the information. “It probably wasn’t easy to find out.”

Toina and Baila Laboratories. Lennok had heard both names.

One of the major research institutes providing technical support to Labatenon University. It may not be a coincidence that I have seen both Vaila and Toina’s names while helping Aris with her work.

Was this an intentional act committed by Toina who was in a rivalry with her to realize and hinder her movements?

Cassia’s attitude was a little poor at hiding it but no one other than Lennok would have been able to point out the causal relationship.

“And if there is a target moving defenselessly at that moment surely…”

There was no need to hear any more than that.

“Why are you bringing that story up to someone who is seeing me for the first time?”

“It’s simple.”

Cassia laughed.

“You are definitely one of the most skilled wizards I have ever seen.”