Chapter 191: It’s dangerous to stand still, so please take a seat
*Fuaa~~~n!*
“What was that sound!?”
“Is it an enemy attack!?”
While the king’s group were recovering from being surprised by the horn I activated, I made the train go forward.
““Wah!?””
“It’s dangerous to stand still, so please take a seat. At the very least, please grab hold of those straps.”
“Is this thing really moving!?”
“This huge metal box…?”
The train was steadily gaining speed.
In an almost child-like wonder, the king’s group knelt on the seat and leaned toward the windows to see the scenery that we were quickly passing by.
“Amazing, the capital’s already so far away…”
“A carriage can’t ever hope to match this speed…!”
While extending the railways, I said something to them.
“How about we keep going until we reach the Albert territory’s capital? If we go at full speed, we should be there in about an hour, I think.”
“In an hour!? A journey like that would have normally taken a few days though!?”
This train’s top speed was about 150 kilometers per hour.
We didn’t need to make a stopover anywhere, so we should be able to reach our destination in about an hour, give or take a few.
“The wind feels so nice!”
“We’re travelling so fast, yet there’s barely any shaking…why, I think I can even fall sound asleep.”
The group seemed to be getting accustomed to the train and were beginning to relax little by little.
“But just imagine it: something like this throughout the entire kingdom…the kingdom as we know it will surely change all at once.”
“I agree. After all, it was because of the geographical issues that the kingdom was forced to entrust the governance of each region to the local lords. So, if this can solve or at least lessen the impact of those geographical issues, it would become much simpler to assess the state of each region. The royal family’s power will also be able to reach––”
While the officials were discussing like that among themselves, the Albert territory’s capital came into view.
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“Huh? His Majesty is coming for a visit?”
Hang Albert—Luke’s uncle and the one assigned to be the governor of the original Albert territory—suddenly received such a report from a body double.
“And they’ll be arriving soon, you say? Why am I then only hearing about this now!?”
While expressing his frustrations to his nephew’s double, Hang hurriedly stood up to make preparations for the king’s arrival.