Evetrona's old stories

"Thank you."

"It was your father who sent you in just now?"

Eve was stunned, she thought for a moment before saying, "It's an uncle."

"Oh..." Akanlu nodded, "He is really kind to you."

Eve smiled, "Yes."

The train drove from the suburban woodland of Yutong City to the wide plain area. The weather at the end of February has not completely warmed up, but most of the snow on the plain has melted, and some places can even faintly see some greenery.

Seeing her staring out the window dazedly, Akanlu asked her, "First time on a train?"

"Yeah, it's the first time." Eve's mood was a bit complicated, "This is much faster than a carriage."

"Such a huge monster can run so fast. I was very excited when I first sat on it." Akanlu said this, and seemed to be very excited. "I heard that the Xiguang is a special class train. If you buy a full ticket, you need to pay more than a dozen gold coins, and this is just the ticket price. There is an extra charge for the catering service on the train, but we are students of the Knight Academy, so we can't spend much."

The gold coin that Akanlu is talking about is the Livin gold coin, which is the main currency in circulation under the Kleekin gold standard.

"A dozen gold coins!" Eve was surprised, "You can buy a good horse..."

"Right, rich people are not willing to spend so much, right?"

Eve is also a little skeptical, because the rich people in Mengcheng really don't see how extravagant it is, and for the Dakeren family who run the manor, although there are herds of cattle and horses and their lives are rich, it is worth more than ten dollars to buy one. Jin's ticket didn't even bat an eyelid, which was unrealistic.

"By the way, is this your first time traveling far away?" Akanlu asked.

"Ah."

"It's definitely not easy to be so far away from home, especially when you first came to the Knight Academy and you didn't know the place, but it doesn't matter. If you need any help in the future, just come to me." She wrote down a list of addresses on the note that she carried with her, handed them to Eve, and said, "The School of Philosophy and the training center are not far away. They are both in the Dragon Castle, so you're welcome."

"Thank you very much." Eve was a little overwhelmed by her enthusiasm. She carefully folded the paper and put it in her pocket. It was also because of Akanlu's actions that she no longer had any hope of future college life. So anxious, although she may not necessarily go to her, but at least she has a bottom line in her heart.

What she didn't know was that Akanlu actually felt that the girl's appearance was too weak. If she was bullied in the academy, she might be able to help her.

Eve is not very good at responding to other people's kindness, but fortunately, Nanfen put some snacks in the suitcase, just to deal with this situation. Eve also remembered this just now, so she took one of the suitcases from under the bed Pulled it out, took out an iron box from inside, opened the lid and placed it on the table between the two of them.

This is a box of dim sum made by Nanfen herself. She still remembers that it was the afternoon before yesterday, when it was still raining outside. The aroma of milk and wheat was overflowing, and Eve and her cousin ate most of it at that time, while Nanfen smiled and put the cold dim sum into the iron box piece by piece.Thinking of the scene at that time, Eve felt a tinge of warmth in her heart.

The stuffed sweet pastry is very suitable for sharing. Although it is a puff pastry that is easy to fall off, it is so small that even a girl's mouth can take one bite.

Akanlu was not polite either, she tasted one and was full of praise for the taste.

"Wait a minute." Akanlu stood up and walked out of the private room. When she came back, she had a set of tea sets and a samovar in her hand. The samovar is not very common in Kliking, but Luoming in the north is more popular. Trains The samovar on the table is very solid and made of metal. There are two layers inside. The inner layer contains charcoal, while the outer layer is used to hold water for making tea. After the tea is cooked, you can open the small valve below to receive heat tea.

Akanlu chose green tea with dried raspberries.The tea served on the train can only be said to be so-so, but it is already a very special experience to be able to drink hot drinks and eat snacks in the compartment while watching the ever-changing scenery of the mountains and fields outside the window.

The two chatted for almost an afternoon, and the content of the conversation gradually deepened. Eve learned that Akanlu's hometown is in a small village in the north of Xinleige Province. His father was a coal miner, to be precise, a The boiler operator is responsible for ventilating the mine. Eve doesn't know if this job is a good job, but seeing Akanlu's proud expression when talking about her father, she can somewhat understand it.

The mine workers in this world are much better than those in the other world at the same time. Because of the existence of magic, there is no need to use miner's lamps for lighting, and there are fewer tragedies of gas explosions, but there are still safety accidents. Just as the invention of the safety miner's lamp did not prevent explosion accidents - although the safety miner's lamp did not ignite gas, it made the workers at that time bolder and went to places that were not dared to go deep before. When people's nerves are touched, the owners and managers will gradually increase their emphasis on safety.

There are restaurants and entertainment rooms in the train, but since most of the students going to the knight training center are boys, the two girls decided to eat in the compartment. The steward, wearing a black suit and wearing a boat cap, came to explain the dinner menu and recorded the need for drinks before leaving. At about 4 o'clock, the dining car moved along the corridor of the compartment and delivered the meals to the box.Meals on the bus are not free, but because there are discounts for students, the price is not high.

There are more than 40 types of dinner, which are divided into three categories. Each set meal is to choose four kinds from each category, and a total of 12 kinds of food are eaten together. It sounds like a lot, but the amount is not large. The food is Served on a two-by-three square stamped iron dinner plate, two kinds are mixed together, and the forms are relatively simple, such as bacon slices with creamy mashed potatoes, or shortbread with baked apples, plus sauce at most For Eve, spices like dried rosemary and black pepper are only enough to fill her stomach—in fact, she doesn't eat that much in every meal, it's just that the upper limit is relatively high.

At the end of winter and early spring, the sky gets dark quickly, and at night, it is pitch black outside the window, and nothing can be seen. At this time, there are chandeliers hanging on the window, and the night on the train is boring. Akanlu has eaten She went to bed shortly after dinner, and Eve felt that it was still early, so she sat sideways under the oil lamp and read a historical novel called "Shan Lai Yin Fengyun". The temperature in the car was not high, and she leaned against the window Can feel a little cold, but bearable.With a hot water bottle on her lap, Eve read for nearly two hours. Finally, she felt sore eyes and couldn't stand it any longer, so she decided to turn off the lights and go to bed.Although the bed is not as comfortable as at home, the small space and the rhythmic sound of the train can make people fall asleep quickly.

Steam Travel (Part [-])

When Eve woke up, it was just dawn, and Akanlu had come back from the wash, and was sitting on the bed silently reciting a booklet. When she saw Eve woke up, she smiled at her.

"Why did the car stop?" Eve asked in a daze.Because she felt a little cold, her body shrank into a ball under the quilt.

"Here's the station. This is Nuokemin Station. The station is loading goods now. The train will not start until the afternoon. Do you want to go out for a walk?" Akanlu asked her.

"Is it okay?" Eve regained her spirits immediately, she sat up from the bed, and she became much more awake.

"Of course, as long as you come back before the departure, but this is not a big city, it may not be as interesting as you think."

Nuokemin is about 100 kilometers away from Yutong, and it is a small town. As Akanlu said, compared with Bomeng or Yutong, this city is really too deserted, and it is not even as lively as Luozimi Town.

Probably because of the season, there were very few people selling things on the street, so the two went to a breakfast shop near the station to buy some pies and ate them while walking.

"Are there many female students in your knight training center?" Eve asked a question that she had always been curious about.

"Not many, there are only a handful of them." Akanlu replied, "The conditions for recruiting students in the knight training center are very strict, and the admission test standards do not distinguish between men and women."

"According to what you said, your physical fitness is quite strong."

"Of course." Akanlu raised his arm, "Come on, touch it."

Eve hesitated for a while, and finally stretched out her hand under Akanlu's encouraging gaze, and squeezed her arm. Through the knitted coat and cotton lining, Eve felt strong muscles—it can be described as strong.

Eve was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. She asked Akanlu: "Are all your training centers like you?"

"That's not true, it's just a personal preference." Akanlu replied with a smile.

"You are amazing..."

"Haha, you can really talk." Akanlu waved his hand, "Let's not talk about me, you haven't talked about your situation yet. Judging by your clothes and clean appearance, your family must be very good, right?"

"Fortunately."

"I'm actually a little curious. What do you usually do? Study music? Or write poetry? And... I think girls in the School of Philosophy like to read romance novels. Do you also like to read them?"

"I did learn some music, but it's just superficial. I'm not very interested in poetry, nor are romance novels, but I still read books." Eve answered her questions one by one.

"Then..." Akanlu approached mysteriously, her expression felt a little malicious no matter how she looked at it, she asked with a smile, "Are you engaged?"

"Engagement?" Eve glanced at her, and was then amused by her, "Of course not, how did you think of this question?"

"I just think that for an excellent girl like you, there must be many people chasing you?"

"Excellent? Where do you know that? Is it considered excellent to be beautiful?" Eve couldn't help feeling a little hot when she said this, "But because I keep a low profile in our place, no... no one has ever pursued me."

In the middle of her speech, she thought of Fan Bijiu again.

"There will definitely be in the future, especially after going to the Knight Academy."

"Is this a personal experience?" Eve looked at her with interest.

"Well, but there are few who can compare to me."

"Compare?"

"If I really want to choose one to be my husband, then no matter what, I have to choose someone who is better than myself, right?"

"Isn't it okay to be weaker than you?"

"If it's too weak, I'm afraid I won't be able to help hitting him when I'm angry."

"You..." Eve was so shocked that she was speechless.

"You're kidding, do you believe it?" Akanlu patted her on the shoulder and laughed.

As for whether it was a joke or not, I'm afraid only she knows.

At noon, the two ate at a nearby hotel. In addition to thick soup and barbecue stew, Akanlu also ordered a glass of wine, but Eve didn't drink a drop of wine.Since she and Akanlu walked together, she has become pretending instead, maybe she doesn’t even know why she is like this, maybe she just wants to behave normal, if she is too maverick, sometimes it will make others feel in a hurry, just like Akanlu.

After returning to the train compartment, the two took a nap. By one o'clock in the afternoon, the students who took the train together also came back one after another. It was only then that Eve realized that it was very rare for her to get on the bus with two large suitcases of luggage.

Soon, the train started again. Akanlu was sitting at the table and was writing a letter. She said it was written for her family. Send it out in time to report safety to your family.

Eve felt that it made sense, so she tore off a few pages neatly from her notebook, and imitated her way of writing letters. She wrote: "Dearest Nanfen and Maoqi..." But suddenly thought of Maoqi I also wanted to go out, so I added "my cousin" after the name "Maoqi", but after finishing writing, I felt that this was a bit unfair to Nanfen, so I simply took another page and just wrote "Dearest Nanfen: ".

She wanted to write something provocative in the letter, in order to thank her for her concern and care for her in the past few years, or simply call her "mother" in the letter, but what she couldn't say, she still couldn't write in the letter, which made Eve very distressed, and didn't know what to write for a while.

At this time, several pages of letter paper filled with words appeared in front of Eve.

Eve raised her head, looked at Akanlu who was smiling across her face, and asked her with some doubts: "Can I watch?"

Akanlu nodded quickly.

The handwriting written by this "maverick" tall girl is also very characteristic. Her handwriting is extremely large, and the upper and lower sides are placed on the grid of the letter paper. Every letter is written neatly, very It's easy to recognize that she wrote to her parents and two younger brothers. At the beginning, she said that she had arrived in Benlongbao, so that the family should not worry about it. Later, she mentioned the problem of the two younger brothers going to school, and asked the mother to pay attention to the recent physical condition of the father, etc. Some family trivia, and then some things about his studies, and the approximate date of the next vacation, but in addition, Akanlu wrote almost a whole page, saying that he met a man on the road Pretty lady from the capital—that's Eve.

In the letter, Akanlu praised Eve indiscriminately, saying that she is humble and polite, her conversation is full of wisdom, and she has no airs at all, which is completely different from those children who boast that they are rich. She also described in detail the things that Eve invited her to have snacks on the train and to dinner in Naokemin.

Eve couldn't stand it any longer.She looked up, but saw Akanlu smiling.

"Thank you..." Eve said with a blushing face.People may undergo transformation, but the character in their bones is difficult to change.Feelings cannot be quantified, and kindness is difficult to repay. What Eve is worst at is responding to other people's kindness.

"It should be me saying thank you to you." Akanlu said.

Although I have read Akanlu's letter, Eve still doesn't know how to write her own, but it doesn't matter, it's still early, and the letter doesn't have to be written.

The novelty of riding the steam train quickly disappeared. On the third day, Eve walked out of the carriage alone and planned to go to the entertainment room. The entertainment room is next to the dining room. If it is not for meals, the dining room can also be regarded as a part of the entertainment room.

The students are all gathered here to play cards or chess. Eve glanced inside through the window of the carriage, and found that there are all male students inside, and most of them are wearing training school uniforms similar to army uniforms. Although the window is open, you can still see the faint smoke floating in the air-in this era, people have not realized the dangers of smoking, and cigarettes are very popular among students.

Eve didn't intend to go in at first, but when she glanced through the glass, she saw a familiar face.

Originally, she also thought about whether she could meet Lin Xin here, but now, Lin Xin didn't see it, but saw another person - Dicken Dib.

Now, the beard marks on this man's face have been completely shaved, and he is wearing a brown-red frock coat and black lining. He is sitting on a chair at this time, and one half of his foot is wearing a black leather boot. Stepping on the chair, holding a deck of cards in his hand, he played chess with three students in uniform with a serious face.

He was very close to the door, with his face facing this side, so Eve pushed open the door and walked into the entertainment room, passed the people who were chatting in front, walked straight to him, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, I'll go back after I've finished playing this game." Di Geng still had that foolish tone, and he threw two cards when he spoke, but when he looked up, he saw the players looking at him in surprise. Looking at himself, as if he didn't even care about playing cards, Di Geng looked up at the visitor.

"Ouch!" He was so excited that he threw all the cards in his hand, and he stood up from the chair. Seeing his reaction was so huge, Eve took a step back calmly.

"Eve? Why are you also in the car?" Di Geng's originally serious face suddenly burst into a smile. Seeing the dimples on the side of his face, Eve was sure that she did not recognize the wrong person.

"There's a lot of smoke here, let's talk in the corridor." After Eve finished speaking, she walked towards the door, and Di Geng quickly followed her.The originally noisy atmosphere of the entertainment room was also temporarily quiet because of the appearance of the opposite sex. It was not until the two of them went out that there was a loud discussion in the room.

Who was the little girl who came in just now?Who is that man?What is the relationship between the two of them?Around these few questions, people who know a little bit of "inside information" will become the center of the crowd, and they will tell what they know and guess in the eyes of people's expectations.

In the entertainment room, there were more than a dozen students from Mengcheng, and there were indeed insiders among them. At the end of the discussion, the rumors were not too far-fetched. After exchanging information, the insiders came to their own conclusions. Conclusions that are believed to be credible: First of all, this little girl is named Eve Harveyn, and before going to Benlong Castle, she has been living in the manor of the hero of the Republic, Maoqi Dakren, and I heard that she has a lot of background , may have something to do with Lord Harvey, the Allied commander at the time, but it is not very credible (there are two reasons: on the one hand, Harvey has not been heard from for more than 20 years, and contemporary young people don’t know much about him. Little is known about him, and some conspiracy theorists believe that he has long been secretly executed by high-level Allied forces; on the other hand, the surname "Harveyne" is also very common. There are many Harveyns and Harveyns in the country today, and the last name Harveyne doesn't mean anything).The man behind the girl was named Dicken Dib, a native of Yard County, the only son of the local manor owner Belikin, who had studied in the second college of Logos Academy, and his grades were not bad at that time, but Later, he was immediately expelled by the school because he fought with weapons and seriously injured two students.No one knows that Eve and Di Geng know each other, but it's not a big deal. It's not surprising that celebrities in Mengmeng know each other. What people care about is the relationship between them—and this The doubts were quickly cleared away. A young man named Longke Liejin mentioned what he had seen and heard when he was in the Logos Academy in late autumn last year, that is, Eve and Van Bijou were in pairs and had a relationship with the ruling party. During the conversation with the officer, he thought that the girl was more likely to be related to the consul's son, no matter in terms of status or age.In addition, Long Ke was the young man who had been arguing endlessly with Fanbijiu at the symposium.

But no matter what the rumor is, whether it is true or not, it reminds everyone that although this girl named Eve is beautiful and small, she has an unusual background.

On the other side, Eve brought Di Geng to the corridor, she turned her head and asked him impatiently: "Are you going to the knight training center?"

"What do you think? We're on the same train now, and I'll go wherever you go... And I'm more surprised than you, you're going to be a knight again?" Di Geng leaned against the wall of the corridor, and he was a little bit excited when he spoke. He met an acquaintance when he was traveling, and it was Eve, which really made him happy.

"I didn't say that I was going to the training center, I was going to the School of Philosophy."

"Then why are you sitting in this train? I heard from others that this train is full of students from the training center?"

"I was sick the first few days, so I was delayed for a few days." Eve frowned, with a somewhat impatient expression. She really didn't want to explain too much about this matter.

"What disease? Plague?" When Di Geng said this, he pretended to move his body away.

Eve rolled his eyes at him, and said, "I have a cold and a fever, and I've recovered." She didn't realize that her current expression was actually a bit playful.

"I didn't expect that someone with such a good appetite like you would catch a cold." Di Geng shook his head with a smile. He knew very well that the girl not only had a good appetite, but also had outstanding physical fitness. He didn't quite believe Eve's words from the bottom of his heart. People get colds.

"Stop talking about me, let's talk about you—why do you want to go to the Knight Academy? You're almost thirty this year, aren't you?" Eve said with a bit of sarcasm.

"I don't want to either, but it was my father's idea."

"You are already an adult, and you still listen to your father like this?"

"Just say the same thing." Di Geng shrugged, "Don't think he is gentle, that's for outsiders to see, he is actually very authoritarian, if you make him angry, he can jump from the wheelchair to the horse in a rage , and chase you on horseback!" Di Geng scratched his head again after speaking, "It may be a bit exaggerated to say so, but it's not bad."

Eve was amused by his facial expression for a while, and then asked him: "Did you see Lin Xin here? Is he also on this train?"

"Yeah, I met him in the restaurant yesterday afternoon, and then changed places with someone else, and now I'm in the same car as him."

"It looks like you like him a lot."

"I like nature." Di Geng opened his arms, raised his head, and said something inexplicable.

"What do you mean?" Eve blinked and asked.

"The kid is as quiet as a tree."

As soon as the words came out, the two looked at each other and burst out laughing. Although it was not nice to say that about others behind their backs, Eve knew that he had no malicious intentions.

Now that she met two acquaintances, Eve thought that Akanlu could get to know the two of them during dinner. Akanlu is a second-year student, and it seems that she is not weak. Maybe she can take care of these two newcomers. The new students, especially Lin Xin, and when they returned to the carriage and talked about it with Akanlu, the other party also readily agreed. It can be seen that she is very enthusiastic and likes to make friends.

Steam Travel (Part [-])

The restaurant is also a very good social place on the train, because the tables and chairs in the box are difficult to accommodate the third person.

Di Geng and Lin Xin had already occupied seats here, waiting for them to come over.

When the two saw the dinner plate in Eve's hands that was covered with food and could not see the grid at all, they were not surprised at all.

On the contrary, Akanlu who was beside her kept paying attention to Eve, and even forgot to eat.

"You...Can you really eat so much? Or did you bring it for these two people?" she asked.

"Sister, you will understand after getting along with Eve for a long time. She has the body of a sparrow and the appetite of a whale." It was Di Geng who spoke.