Chapter 20: land of hope
"Mystery: Key of the Star(
Woo!
The sound of the whistle echoed in every corner of the platform, and the huge steam locomotive pulled more than 20 carriages and stopped slowly.
Wearing a three-piece formal suit and a half-height silk top hat, Igna carried a suitcase and stepped on the ground of Backlund, the capital of Loen Kingdom.
The city is divided into two parts by the Tussock River that flows to the southeast estuary, and is connected by the Backlund Tower Bridge and the ferry.
Despite two years of war, Backlund quickly regained its original prosperity. Now, it is still the most prosperous city in the North and South Continents with a population of more than five million. (Note 1)
Igna looked around and found that the sky here was a little dark.
The air quality in Backlund is far inferior to that of Aalto in the name of culture and music. But it is much better than Constant City.
It is said that before the Great Smog Incident in Backlund, there was light yellow fog everywhere in Backlund, and now it has improved a lot under the supervision of the “Kingdom Air Pollution Investigation Committee”.
Igna pinched his nose to ease the discomfort he had just experienced.
Then Igna walked along the crowd to the gate that looked like a department store, which was the entrance of the Backlund subway.
Yes, the subway!
It was really amazing, and Igna was taken aback when he heard it.
Backlund’s subway was born 28 years ago. It first connected both sides of the Tusock Bridge, and now it has expanded to the main urban area of Backlund. Of course, there are not many sites.
No matter what era the train station has a transfer station, people come and go.
Igna followed the crowd to the ticket office of the Backlund subway. After queuing for a few minutes at the ticket office, he finally saw the young conductor. It was a brunette-haired man who looked a little listless.
He didn't raise his head, lowered his head while sorting the bills, and asked, "This is your first time in Backlund?"
Igna nodded, didn't wait for a reply to realize that the conductor couldn't see, and added, "Yes."
Then, Igna saw the conductor pointing to the wooden sign hanging on the side of the window:
"Peak period (7am to 9am, 6pm to 8pm) is generally 10 minutes and the rest is 15 minutes. First class seat 6p, second class 4p, third class 3p, round trip is 9, 6 respectively , 5p, 8 pounds for first-class seats, 5 pounds 10 soles for second-class seats, and no annual tickets for third-class seats.”
Pretty cheap... Ignat was a little surprised.
Then, he smiled at the conductor, handed out 4 copper pennies, and said, "Second-class seat."
The conductor glanced at Igna, ripped off a ticket, stamped it, and handed it to Igna. Then he continued to list the bills listlessly, and said in a long voice, "Next."
Ignatius picked up the suitcase, walked down the stairs to the underground, found the route to the Chorwood area, and took the subway step by step.
Backlund's subway is similar to a slow train running in the city's tunnels. There is a lot of traffic, but the ride is very smooth and the experience is good.
After arriving at one of the three subway stations in the Chorwood district, Ignatius took a taxi for a while before finally arriving at 221b Bakersdie Street and entering the shop downstairs.
"Jingle Bell--"
After opening the door of the grocery store, the doorbell hung on the door rang.
"Hello, is there anyone?" Ignat glanced at the counter, didn't seem to see anyone, and asked.
"Wait." A lady's voice came faintly. Her voice sounded a little erratic, as if she was in the back kitchen or something.
It seemed that the shop was understaffed, and Igna waited patiently.
During this period, he took a look at the small shop.
This should be a shop that provides simple light meals, coffee, and a grocery store.
The inside of the shop is clean and everything is well organized. A short-haired blue cat lying on the table is basking in the sun, but its size is so swollen that it makes people doubt its health.
Unlike the last time he went to Constantine, this time Ignat came to Backlund, and his identity and residence were linked by Jules Tien as the Lilance family. Without the aid of Abraham's system.
In addition, Igna also used astrology to verify the landlord and contacts this time in various ways before traveling, and determined that the same situation as Conston would not happen this time.
"Hello? Is there anything I can do to help you?" A woman who appeared to be about 50 years old came out of the room, dressed very tastefully and very fashionably.
Although there are traces of time on her face, it does not appear vicissitudes.
"Hello, Mrs. Hudson. I'm Sheryn Hill. I'm from Midsea County. I've contacted you before to rent your room." Ignatius handed over his new identification documents .
Sherin Hill is Ignatius' new identity this time.
An adventure novelist from Midsea County came to Backlund in search of new writing materials.
This is inspired by Fors Wall.
Igna never forgot that the main purpose of his visit to Backlund this time was to find Wen Xiuli. Moreover, judging from the information given by Arrodes, Wen Xiuli should have entered the upper class of Backlund.
If he wants to find an opportunity to contact Vensuri, his work must meet two conditions.
A decent job with access to high society. But work can not restrain him, there must be enough freedom.
In addition, he also needs to find a profitable job. If possible, he hopes to complete the task of earning 10,000 pounds assigned by Senior Xiao Zhou during this time like this Taken together, Igna has few choices.
Among them, Igna chose the most certain and flexible one to become a writer!
Mrs. Hudson was stunned when she looked at the identification document Ignatius handed over. She took out the glasses from the box behind the counter, put them on, picked up Igna's papers and studied them carefully for a while.
"Oh, I remembered. The tenant who made an appointment for 221b." After watching for a while, Mrs. Hudson said "oh" twice and raised her eyes to look at Igna.
"Do you need an appointment for a moving carriage?" she asked, taking off her glasses.
"No, I don't need to." Igna said, "I came by train. I plan to buy it after I come to Backlund."
"Oh, that's fine. I'll show you your room," said Mrs. Hudson, putting on her glasses again.
Slowly and meticulously, she took out a bunch of keys and searched inside for a while, and found a bronze-colored key.
Then, she gently took off the key and handed it to Igna.
"Keep your keys, I don't have any spares here." Mrs. Hudson laughed, her eyes were slightly wrinkled, but they felt very warm.
"Welcome to Backlund."
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Note 1: The description of Backlund’s style at the beginning is mainly from the second volume of the Faceless Man, Chapter 1, The Land of Hope
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In addition, the stalks are so dense that everyone must see what kind of plot is going to be written next
It is rare to be able to write a world with a steampunk background, how can you do it without writing a detective!
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