A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

Chapter 20 20. Go, St. Francis!

Levi leaned back on the backrest to avoid pressing his ribs, which were still aching.

Traveling with an injury is not an easy task, but luckily Levi had no luggage at this time. He left the small suitcase in the cafe, and the rest of the things were in the space. All that was left on Levi was his ID, a few other belongings, and a set of clothes borrowed from Lao Chen. .

Without the burden on my body, traveling has become much more comfortable.

Levi looked out the window. He was sitting on a train on the United States No. 1 Railway.

The internal combustion engine drove the train across the railroad tracks, through the air of New Orleans, welcoming the golden wind of California, and across the wide plains of the west coast of the United States, with the deep blue ocean appearing in the distance at the end of the field of vision.

Levi bought a first-class ticket, so the air in the carriage was relatively fresh. Levi closed his eyes and squinted for a while. He seemed to be back to the days when he was in the university library. At that time, he was wearing headphones, and there seemed to be a vaguely familiar melody echoing...

At this time, the conductor lady with exquisite makeup came over. Levi opened his eyes and saw her handing him a menu.

"Sir, this is the lunch we provide, please see what you want to eat."

Levi glanced at it and saw a menu with a gilt pattern on the black leather plywood, which offered two menus, AB.

"Hmm...should I fry lamb chops or beef tenderloin..."

Levi hesitated for a moment, then pointed to set B and said: "This."

The conductor lady nodded with a smile, put away the menu and went to ask other passengers, while Levi turned his head to look out the window, tapping his knees and thinking about what happened after St. Francis.

Naturally, you need to find a house and a job first, and then accumulate wealth in this way.

Levi was less interested in improving his rating than making money, and so far he had almost always been forced to kill other wizards. The values ​​​​formed in his previous life are still affecting Levi, making it difficult for him to adapt to the laws of the jungle where wizards kill each other.

He had an immature idea, which was to rely on his knowledge and insights beyond his time to get rich, earn millions of dollars, and then go to Seris.

He had not yet been to Seris, the place that corresponded to his homeland in a world that was not like Earth.

He wanted to look there, he wanted to find something familiar there.

At this time, the dining car came swaying, and the stewardess placed a metal dinner plate on the table in front of Levi.

Now metal tableware is a new trend, which is also the impact of the post-war period.

The factories that produced iron helmets, iron kettles, and iron lunch boxes for soldiers during the war are now reprocessing equipment retired from the battlefield into pots and pans and selling them to returning soldiers.

For example, the dinner plate in front of Levi may have been the helmet of a big man who picks his feet. The fork in his left hand may have been his bayonet. The table knife in his right hand may have been a grenade in his waist that he didn't have time to use.

It can be regarded as a different kind of fish-water relationship between the military and civilians.

Levi's lunch was a steak fried in butter with some boiled peas minced in garlic. The side dish is a baked potato as big as Levi's hand, with crispy salt skin and sprinkled with black pepper salt, butter and cheese inside.

There was also a small piece of tiramisu for dessert at the end of the meal.

The amount was a bit too much. Li Wei adhered to the principle of not wasting, so he only had a few potatoes left.

The flight attendant took away the tray, and Levi waved to her and asked for a cup of unsweetened black tea.

The train was still moving and had now left the wide farmland on the outskirts of the city and entered the woodland wrapped in bright golden larches. The shrubs on the ground gradually became desolate, and an unknown mountain range stretched vaguely in the distance on the left.

Occasionally, a herd of white-tailed deer ran along the railroad, which made Levi think about raising a bolt-action rifle to take aim.

This day is September 1920, 9. At this time, the weather is slightly cool and the autumn wind is blowing.

Levi was thinking about things quietly in his mind, and the familiar melody lingered again.

[All the leaves are brown,]
  [And the sky is grey.]
  [I've been for a walk,]
  [On a winter's day......]
  ……

Two days later.

"Duwu——"

The train blew its whistle, braked and made a screeching sound of steel, then slowly stopped at the platform.

The morning sun shines directly in the most prosperous city of the most prosperous country in the world, and directly on the roof of the novel Harvey chain restaurant next to the station - it is said that the cost of this restaurant alone exceeds that of the presidents of some small countries. Mansion.

As the train door slowly opened, the newsboys who had been waiting in the station for a long time crowded on the platform, selling peanuts, melon seeds, fake cigarettes, mooncakes, newspapers and magazines to the passengers.

Levi put his right hand in his pocket and scratched his hair as he walked down the platform. He was soon stopped by a newsboy in a gray shirt.

"Sir, do you want to buy something?" The newsboy had an open box hanging on his chest, which contained magazines, cigarettes and alcohol.

“There’s the Federal Phoenix News, the Golden Wind News, and the latest issue of Mr. Rabbit!”

Li Wei lowered his head and scanned it, and found that the color of this "Tutu Gongzi" was slightly different from the one Sun Mouse gave him, so he asked:
  "Is your "Tutu Gongzi" a pirated copy?"

The newsboy opened his lips slightly in surprise, and immediately gave a thumbs up:

"You are an expert, sir!"

"It is indeed a pirated copy, so it only costs 5 cents. Believe me, its content is the same as the original, but the material of the paper is a little different. You have to hold it lightly when using it."

"...a good offer, but I'm a gentleman."

Levi grabbed a copy of the Federal Phoenix and the Golden Wind and asked, "How much are these two copies?" "Six cents, sir."

"Hmm..." Li Wei nodded slightly, "Then help me install "Tutu Master", I will pay ten cents."

"..."

"What are you thinking? I just want to get it together!"

The newsboy obediently gave Levi three newspapers, and the latter flipped through them with satisfaction. He planned to read them carefully when he had time, then closed them and tucked them under his arm.

"I just came from a city in the north. What happened here recently?"

The newsboy lowered his head, thought for a moment and said, "Gentlemen have been discussing serial murderers recently."

"Serial murderer?" Levi asked in surprise.

This sounds like something out of Sherlock Holmes.

"Yes, I heard from the gentlemen who came and went that the victims were all dismembered into pieces of flesh, which was very cruel..." The newsboy looked around and then said with a nervous expression.

Like telling some kind of ghost story.

"Tsk, tsk, it's really tragic."

Li Wei clicked his tongue, how could he encounter such a thing when he first came here?
  Isn't this guy a hunting wizard? I don't want to be targeted by him.

"I will make sure to run faster when I meet him. Well, what are his characteristics?" Levi nodded and asked again.

"People who have witnessed it say that he always wears a cape with a peak and a hat, like a medieval man." The newsboy shrugged and answered truthfully, "But no one can see clearly what he looks like."

Levi secretly made a note that he should pay attention to wizards who like cosplay in the future.

He looked at his watch and saw it was almost twelve o'clock. Levi had just come here and had many other things to do.

"What's your name?" Li Weimo asked, rubbing his chin.

"Charlie Hank, sir." the newsboy smiled.

"Have you always been selling here?"

"Well, I will be here every morning and six o'clock in the afternoon... If you can't find me, you can go find the owner of the grocery store next to the station." Charlie guessed what Levi was thinking and said with a smile.

After Levi asked him some more questions, he waved goodbye to him.

I might use him again in the future.

After all, the newsboy is the most informed person in a city.

He held the newspaper under his arm and walked out of the station. As soon as he left the train station, Levi felt the shock of the most prosperous city in the world.

Outside the station is a road large enough for eight Foday cars to go parallel. The road is paved with asphalt and is extremely smooth. The trees on both sides have been replaced by cork oaks with more southern characteristics.

Looking upward, there is a row of low shops. Their exterior walls are all exquisitely carved and made of light brown or off-white materials, which exude a golden luster under the noon sun.

Above this is a towering edifice, shaped like a giant crayon, with hundreds of windows lining its broad walls. If a cheering head poked out of every window, it would form a roaring wall of people.

There are many more huge buildings like this, scattered in the center of the city, like giant objects that have been magnified several times.

Bridgewick is already considered a well-developed city, roughly equivalent to the level of Saint Denis in "Red Dead Redemption".

But in front of St. Francis, it seems like a century behind.

Although Li Wei, a time traveler, had seen more shocking scenes in Shanghai, you know... this was 1920.

It only took nine years for the Qing Dynasty to be destroyed.

This feeling of confusion in time and space made Levi gulp, and for a moment he seemed to have become a countryman.

But at the same time, it also made him feel even more excited.

Levi walked on the street and looked at the people coming and going. Among them were Phoenix, Seris, Toltecs, yellow people, white people, black people...

He disappeared into the crowd and walked into a coffee shop.

He planned to have a cup of coffee first and then flip through the newspaper to see the recruitment and rental advertisements.

PS. This chapter has been modified

　Bridgewick's story finally comes to an end.

　　This plot is equivalent to my testing the waters, and there are indeed many shortcomings.

　　So I’ll leave the details to the summary at the end of the volume…

　　By the way, once again, please collect, read, and comment!
  　　
  　
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