Artificer Adventure Guide

"Have you heard? There was a murder last night!"

Early the next morning, as soon as Carl and Hope got up, they heard someone talking about the murder outside.

After tucking Hope in, Karl put on his clothes and walked out of the private room.

In the corridor outside the box, several well-dressed men were talking with each other holding a pipe.

Seeing Karl, they subconsciously stopped talking.

But Karl came out just for this matter, so he took the initiative to ask:

"I heard there was a murder last night? When?"

Upon hearing this, several adult men took the trouble to say what they had just said again.

"Last night after the train traveled to Andale, I heard that a woman died in the luxury box. The suspect is now under the control of the police and will be handed over to the local police when he arrives in the capital of Andale."

"I'm telling you, I've known for a long time that the luxury box is not stable. The people there, tsk tsk... are having a great time!"

"I heard someone said that the one who died was the mistress of a wealthy businessman, and the suspects are the wealthy businessman's wife and several other mistresses. Alas, the world is declining!"

Through the conversations between these people, Karl roughly grasped the ins and outs of the matter. After saying hello to these people, he got into the box again.

"Hmm~, what happened?"

There was a lot of commotion outside the box, and Hope was probably disturbed. At this time, he lifted the quilt and got up, rubbing his eyes.

"There was a murder in the luxury box. It has nothing to do with us. The train will arrive at Fairhaven, the capital of Aundair, and then the next stop will be my hometown, Vana City in Eluden."

Vana City is one of the trading cities between the Eluden Wilderness and the outside world. Most of Eluden's output is sold to the entire continent through here.

Its southern side is adjacent to Lake Galifar, the largest inland lake in Khorvaire.

The north side is connected to the Vänern River leading to the North Sea.

Hearing that he was about to arrive at the terminal, Hope jumped out of bed.

"Do I, do I need to buy your parents some gifts or something?"

In all his life, this is the first time that Hope has visited a friend's house.

Hope was a little nervous because she was afraid that Carl's parents would not like her.

"Ha! With our relationship, you still want to buy gifts for my parents? Keep your heart in your belly!"

After comforting Hope, Karl pressed the button at the door of the box and called the flight attendant to order food.

Soon, a table of sumptuous food was delivered by the flight attendant on a dining cart.

After eating and drinking, the two simply packed their luggage and waited for the train to arrive at the terminal.

…

At noon, the lightning train slowly drove into the station in Varna City.

The station was built just ten years ago, and before that, Vannes had no connection to the Blitz train line.

The remaining passengers on the train got out of the carriage one after another. Compared with Fairhaven Station, there were only a few people getting off the terminal.

As soon as they stepped out of the car, Karl and Hope noticed the tall red-haired man in the distance who was nearly two meters tall.

The red hair of the other party and Karl are of the same origin, making it easy to think of the relationship between the two.

"Dad! Mom! I'm here!"

Waving his hand in the distance, Karl dragged Hope and ran towards his parents.

Carl has no psychological burden when getting along with his parents in this life. Although he does miss his parents in his previous life sometimes, he also loves his parents from the bottom of his heart.

"Bang!"

Reuniting after a long absence is always exciting. While running in both directions, Carl bumped into his parents and hugged them tightly.

Hope on the side wanted to stay out of the incident, but was hugged by Carl's mother.

A certain warm feeling was quietly born in Hope's heart. Different from the sense of dependence that Karl brought her, this kind of warmth can probably only be felt from elders who are also women.

‘Probably, this is maternal love. ’

With this thought in mind, Hope also hugged Karl's mother tightly.

After a long time, the touching reunion ended. Carl was caught in the hands of his father Ryan and lifted up like a little chicken.

"Where is the Mind Flayer who kidnapped you? I will go find the old man and kill him now!"

"Farewell, Dad, I will go find him to avenge myself later. By the way, this is the Hope I mentioned in the letter! The friend who has gone through life and death with me! She wants to become a Druid, you see …”

Making a show of rubbing his hands like a fly, Carl tried to finish Hope's affairs at the station.

"Why did your kid come to your father to do something as soon as he came back! It's a simple matter. She can already perform Druid tricks. Just wait until I find the old man to arrange a master for the child."

"Don't talk about this yet! I have prepared the dishes, let's go home first!"

After saying that, Karl’s mother, Ellie Phil, led everyone out of the station.

On the street, a large private carriage was already waiting on the side of the road.

The carriage uses magic-bred animals raised by the animal husbandry dragon mark family.

These magically bred animals look similar to ordinary animals, but are faster, have higher endurance, and are easier to tame.

The spacious interior of the carriage is enough to accommodate more than ten people, and you can even jump up inside without worrying about hitting your head.

This was specially customized for the convenience of Carl's father. After all, not everyone can grow as big as him.

Soon, the carriage stopped at Carl's door.

Carl's father dragged the horse to the stable, while Carl's mother greeted Hope into the house.

On the dining table in the living room, more than a dozen "hard dishes" filled the table.

When Carl's father Ryan returned to the living room, the few people washed their hands and started to eat lunch.

Carl's parents took advantage of the meal to constantly ask about the two people's experience of escaping. When they heard that they were almost discovered by the goblin army and the mind flayer in the dungeon, the two adults were so worried that they cried.

"Hey, haven't we returned safely? Your son is now a level 3 artificer and a level 3 warrior. Don't worry, your son now has the power to protect himself!"

Speaking, Carl rolled up his sleeves and showed his biceps to his parents.

"Okay, okay, what's the point of your skills? Just keep training when you get back to school. The warrior profession is easy to learn but difficult to master. Only by persistent training can you continue to improve!"

If someone else said this, Carl might not believe it.

But his father was a warrior who advanced to level 9 by training himself, so he really needs to listen to this experience.

"Yes! Yes, by the way, did my school consider me missing or dead?"

Speaking of this, Ryan and Elifel showed embarrassed looks on their faces.

"Neither! The academy asked an old wizard from the prophecy school to do divination, saying that you are still alive in the world, but not in this plane. At that time, something happened in the Black Abyss of Breland, so the school thought that you should have been involved in that storm and fell into the dungeon in the Khyber domain, so they arranged for you to take a leave of absence."