The next morning, Carl and Hope had just gotten up when they heard people talking about a murder outside.

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

In the corridor outside the box, several well-dressed men were chatting while each 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 that a murder happened last night? When?"

Upon hearing this, several adult men patiently repeated what they had just said.

"Last night, after the train arrived in Aundair, I heard that a woman died in the luxury compartment. The suspect is now under the control of the train police. He will be handed over to the local police when we arrive in the capital of Aundair."

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

"I heard that the dead woman was the mistress of a wealthy businessman, and the suspects are the businessman's wife and several other mistresses. Sigh~ the world is going downhill!"

Through the conversation between these people, Carl roughly grasped the ins and outs of the matter. After saying hello to these people, he went back into the box.

"Hmm~, what happened?"

There was a lot of noise outside the box, and Hope was probably disturbed. He was getting up, throwing off the quilt and rubbing his eyes.

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

The city of Vana is one of the trading cities between the Eluden Plain 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.

On the north side it connects to the Vänern River which leads to the North Sea.

Hearing that they were about to reach the terminal, Hope quickly jumped out of bed.

"Should I buy some gifts for your parents?"

This was the first time Hope had visited a friend's house in his life.

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

"Ha! With our relationship, you still want to buy gifts for my parents? Keep it to yourself!"

After comforting Hope, Carl pressed the mechanism at the door of the compartment and called the attendant to take your order.

Soon, a table of sumptuous food was brought over 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 its destination.

…

At noon, the lightning train slowly pulled into the station in Vana.

The station was built only ten years ago, and before that, the city of Vannes had no connection to the Lightning train line.

The remaining passengers on the train walked out of the carriages one after another. Compared with Fairhaven Station, only a few people got off at the terminal.

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

The other person has the same red hair as Carl, which makes it easy to associate the relationship between the two.

"Dad! Mom! I'm here!"

Waving towards the distance, Carl pulled 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 in this life from the bottom of his heart.

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

Hope, who was standing by, wanted to stay out of it, but was hugged by Carl's mother.

A certain warm feeling quietly arose in Hope's heart. Different from the sense of dependence that Carl brought her, this kind of warmth could probably only be felt from an elder who was also a woman.

'Maybe, this is maternal love.'

Thinking this in her heart, Hope also hugged Carl's mother tightly.

After a long time, the touching reunion ended, and Carl was grabbed by his father Ryan and lifted up like a little chicken.

"Where is the mind flayer who kidnapped you? I'm going to find the old man and kill him now!"

"Goodbye, Dad. I will seek revenge on him later. By the way, this is the Hope I mentioned in the letter! A friend who has been through hardships with me! She wants to become a druid, you see..."

With a fly-rubbing gesture, Carl tried to finish Hope's business at the station.

"Why did you come to your father to do something as soon as you got back? This matter is simple. She can already perform druid tricks. I will ask the old man to arrange a master for the child."

"Let's not talk about this for now! I've already prepared the food, let's go home first!"

After saying that, Carl's mother, Elifel, led everyone out of the station.

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

The carriage uses magically bred animals raised by the livestock dragon pattern family.

These magically bred animals look similar to normal animals, but are faster, have greater 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 inside without worrying about hitting your head.

This was specially made for the convenience of Carl's father. After all, not everyone can grow to his size.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of Karl's house.

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

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

After Carl's father Ryan returned to the living room, they washed their hands and started eating lunch.

During the meal, Carl's parents kept asking the two about their escape experience. When they heard that they were almost discovered by the goblin army and the mind flayers in the dungeon, the two adults were so worried that they burst into tears.

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

As he spoke, Carl rolled up his sleeves and showed his biceps to his parents.

"That's enough. What can you do with that? Just keep training when you get back to school. The profession of a warrior is easy to learn but difficult to master. Only by constant practice can you continue to improve!"

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

But his father is a warrior who advanced to level 9 through his own training, so this experience is indeed worth listening to.

"Yes! Yes. By the way, does 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 School of Prophecy to do a divination, and he said that you are still alive, but not in this plane. At that time, something happened in the Black Abyss of Breland, so the school thought that you must have been involved in that incident and fell into the dungeon in the Khyber Realm, so they arranged for you to take a leave of absence."

(End of this chapter)