What made you have the illusion that I am the protagonist! ?

Now that you have opened your mouth, you can't just talk without practice, so the three of them went downstairs immediately.

"Are you ready, Toya?" Edward was the first on the field, bumping his fists.

Fuyumi looked at Alphonse who was standing aside, obviously not planning to make a move, "Although I want to say, let the two of you do it together... but I guess you also want to try my skills, so let's start directly. "

Fuyuya didn't plan to use the sword. After all, suddenly calling out Diarmuid's Borrowing Slightly Angry Sword is probably enough to subvert the Elric brothers' worldview, and it would be too cheating to use a treasure to fight.

The so-called know everything, he has never learned karate or taekwondo, but he is not too weak to be vulnerable. After all, his eyesight and skill are still there, and weapons are just extensions of his hands, so he can simply fight the enemy with bare hands.

"Tuoya, watch the fist!"

Edward probably just wanted to test it first, and didn't forge a weapon on the spot, so he yelled to remind him.

"Do you punch with your right hand? The mechanical armor is heavier than the arm, so the punch is indeed more powerful, but... if you can't hit it, it's meaningless." While talking, Fuyomi turned lightly to the left, With one step forward, he got close to the body smoothly, and with a bent elbow, he directly hit Edward's wide-open flank.

Edward, who was hit, was almost stunned, and could only take a few steps back to relieve his strength.

"Ed, your physique is too different from mine, and you are too disadvantaged in empty-handed sparring. You still..."

Before Tomiya finished speaking, he didn't know which nerve touched Edward. He quickly used the ground under his feet to form a long spear and stabbed it, "You say, who is, little dwarf, ah——!! !"

Alphonse watching the battle: No, brother, no one said that...

"Well, it's finally interesting now."

The long spear should be Edward's usual weapon. As Toya said, because Edward is not tall enough (well, he is actually relatively short), the long spear with a larger attack range can make up for this shortcoming very well. In this regard, It was wise for him to choose a weapon like a spear.

However, there is no expert in this field around Edward, and the teachers of the two brothers are not good at this kind of weapon, so he can only work hard by himself. Although the dexterity and adaptability are not bad, it is inevitable that it will be chaotic and have too many redundant movements.

Although Toya himself doesn't know how to use a spear very much, he still has a spear expert by his side.

Have you ever seen a pig running without eating pork?

"The posture is not correct, you should have one hand at the tail end and one hand holding the midsection."

"The shoulders are raised too high, your height is a disadvantage, you should use more moves from the bottom up!"

"Stiff knees, lower plate! Watch your steps!"

"Keep feeling forward, but don't push too hard!"

The next battle, no, it should be said to be guidance, with the technical support of Diarmuiduo, it looks decent.

Edward lived up to the name of a genius, he knew everything, just for a while, the previous redundant movements were corrected a lot.

But after all, he was still a boy who couldn't even be called a teenager. His physical strength was limited, and the spear made of the earth was heavy enough.

"Ed, do you still want to fight?" Toomi knelt down beside him.

In the fight with Edward, except for the first blow, he was almost dodging afterwards, while Edward was attacking again and again, but unfortunately—the so-called one-bomb, then decline, three-time exhaustion, consecutive misses, and finally finally Tired myself out.

Edward shook his head hard. Just now he was holding on with one breath, but now that he relaxed, he almost lost the strength to speak.

After a while, he endured the dull pain in his lungs and tried his best to stick out his tongue and say, "Ming, continue tomorrow!"

Fuyumi smiled and nodded, then turned to Alphonse who had been watching the show for a long time, "It's your turn next, Al."

Looking at Fuyuya who didn't even have a short breath, and looking at his brother lying on the ground panting like a dead dog, Alphonse wisely set up his punching posture, but he didn't take the initiative to attack—"Please, Mr. Toya .”

Fuyuya reminded: "Then I'm going!"

Compared with his elder brother, Alphonse obviously puts more emphasis on defense than attack. The confrontation between Tomiya and Alphonse lasted longer, until the sunset of this day was about to set.

This is not to say that Alphonse is better at fighting than Edward, but that although his armored body cannot eat or sleep, the advantage is that he will not feel tired, and it can be repaired with Edward around. .

And the miserable Douding had to get up and repair his brother's armor again and again.

Seeing that the time was almost up, and after a while of satisfying Toyomi, he dismantled the armor with his bare hands, and Alphonse, whose limbs were literally removed, could only fall to the ground motionless.

"Huh~" Stretched and stretched his muscles and bones, Tomi squeezed his shoulders and said as he walked back, "I'll leave Al to you, Ed, it's almost time for me to prepare dinner .”

Watching Tomiya, who was in Miaoqie's home cooking mode, disappear through the door, Edward and Alphonse looked at each other with doubts in their hearts.

——Are all artificial humans so powerful? (fog)

But he didn't know that the "artificial man" who called himself Toya Ishutani, as soon as he closed the door and left the sight of the two brothers, he couldn't wait to shake his hands and burst into tears: "Diarmuid, it hurts so much..."

Diarmuid: ...

You have been pounding the iron lump with your fist all afternoon, can it not hurt? ?

……

Edward's National Alchemist Examination went well.

With the research funds of the National Alchemist, Edward, who was much more generous, immediately rented a house near the National Library.

The two brothers just stayed in Central City with peace of mind, learning to decipher those alchemy materials that ordinary people are forbidden to read, and by the way, accepting the training of Fuyuya unshakably. If the three of them were not practicing in their own yard, someone would probably call the police here soon. Fuyuya is abusing two children.

"—we're going!"

"Oh, come together~"

This time it was Edward who attacked first. After dodging his thrusts, Tomig blocked Alphonse's fist and pushed his steel arm to block Edward's next shot. At the same time, he raised his foot and made a roundabout kick away.

The effect of the training is obvious. At least Edward has been able to throw away the spear in time and block the kick with the mechanical armor of his right hand. According to Fuyuya, this is the progress achieved in actual combat - take a few more hits , even if the brain has not reacted yet, the body has already made preparations for how to resist.

However, the strength of this blow still made Edward take a step back, and there was a brief gap between the cooperation of the two. Toyomi grabbed Alphonse's arm with his backhand, hung in the air, and kicked out with only a twist of his waist. The second kick directly kicked Edward away, and Douding couldn't even stand still after being hit, and then it was a reserved item to dismantle the armor with his bare hands.

When Edward stood firm, he faced his younger brother who had been dismantled so many times that only his body and helmet remained.

Fuyuya beckoned to him and made a gesture of "come again".

Edward, who was born with evil spirits, folded his hands together, which was the pre-action he was going to practice, and then touched the ground with his palms—after a moment of ground shaking, two big hands made of clay pinched Fuyumi from all around.

"How about this trick?"

"Imagination is good, but it's too slow."

Taking advantage of the closeness of the two big hands, Dongmi grabbed the thumb of one of them, turned over and escaped from the encirclement, and landed on the big dirt hand.

But in the next second, he sensed the danger, and he did a backflip, dodging the spear stabbing behind him.

"Oh I got it……"

Fuyumi, who was in the air, saw that it was the spear that Edward dropped just now, and the person holding the spear was Alphonse. He immediately understood that the big muddy hand just now was just to block his sight. The goal is to "fix" Alphonse, and Alphonse behind him will attack unexpectedly.

"Wait, please don't—"

Alphonse, who probably guessed Toyomi's next move but didn't have time to react, could only watch helplessly as he grabbed the handle of the spear, swung his leg in an almost upside-down position, kicked his "head" out, and then It was the two feet on the chest of the armor that forced him to let go of the spear.

Fuyuya raised his spear and howled happily.

“唔啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊——！！！”

At this moment, he looks full of indomitable momentum, like a sharp spear, cutting through thorns and thorns ahead. If someone who doesn't know the inside story, sees such a Dongya, maybe he will be intimidated by it.

The exhausted Edward's body softened, and he sat down on the floor, "This battle...is it still a failure?"

With this long howl, Toya put away his aura, put away his spear, returned to his usual appearance, and handed it back to Edward, "It's not bad, just keep working hard in the future."

By the way, he likes to use kicking skills recently, definitely not because it hurts to hit the mechanical armor and steel armor with his fists, um, absolutely not.

"Toya, do you really know how to use a long gun? I think you look more presentable than me when you put on a pose."

"I really don't know... well, actually I have learned... the other person's posture, he is an expert, and that's because I'm better than you, it has nothing to do with whether I use a spear or not."

At first, Edward wanted to ask who the "expert" was, but his thoughts were quickly misled. Hey, although it is the truth, you will have no friends if you speak so bluntly (the truth)!

On the other side, because the head and body were not in the same place, Alphonse, who had become unable to judge the position and space, stumbled with his left foot and his right foot, made a loud noise, and smoothly smashed a suit of armor to the ground.

"Hey, Mr. Toya, both hands and feet are fine, but please don't remove my head next time, it's really uncomfortable!"

Since the soul is attached to the armor, he now feels like his head is separated from his body. When his head falls to the ground, he can still see his headless body walking past... Isn't this really a horror movie? ! ?

Fuyuya helped Alphonse retrieve the helmet, put it back in its original position, and comforted him, "Okay, I understand, there will be no next time."

"what?"

"The special training for the two of you is almost done. I plan to leave Central City tomorrow."

Although they are still reluctant to give up, there has been a foreshadowing, and Edward and Alphonse still express their understanding.

During this period of special training, the biggest improvement they have made is the cooperation between the two of them. At least, it is not like they will hinder each other at first. It doesn't work, does it?

"Before I leave, I'll show you something good... this is what I'm best at!" Fuomi smiled slyly, and while speaking, raised her right hand high and pointed like a knife.

Seeing the two brothers paying attention to his lord's right hand with curious expressions, Diarmuid, who was invisible, couldn't help but cover his face. As soon as he saw that expression, he knew that someone was about to be teased.

Edward, who opened his eyes wide and wanted to see Toumiya's movements clearly, waited for more than ten seconds, but Toya showed no sign of moving. On the contrary, his eyes were a little sore, and he couldn't help blinking.

——Ishitani Goga-ryu, the second type·Xunying!

"drink!"

At the moment when he blinked, Toumiya let out a low shout, and Edward quickly opened his eyes, but he could only see a flash in front of him, and nothing seemed to happen except that the young man's raised hand was lowered from the air.

"Hello? What's the matter, huh?"

Speaking of the second half of the sentence, Edward only felt a chill in his lower body, and when he lowered his head, he realized that at some point, his belt had been cut in two... Well, the pants had also fallen to his knees.

Diarmuid couldn't bear to look straight at him anymore. Is it really okay to use the speed sword to do this kind of prank?

………………

…………

……

Cold field.

"Haha, how about it, this trick is what I'm best at... By the way, Ed, are you wearing bean-patterned underwear today?"

——You are best at cutting other people's belts! ?

At this moment, Edward's remaining sanity has been completely burned out, and he just wants to beat up the young man in front of him.

"—To Ya—I.Shu Ta.Ni——!!!"

Seeing Edward, who grabbed his trousers and turned into a rage, chased after Toyomi, Alphonse, who also had his belt cut off and the loincloth fell to the ground, grabbed his crotch.

At least my brother is still wearing underwear, he only has a loincloth!

Don't discriminate against armor!Although theoretically there is no risk of exposure, but this feeling is no different from Guoben!He's still ashamed!

……

After finishing the last day of training, Toiya returned to her room and was about to tidy up when she saw a thick book on the bedside.

"By the way, there is this..."

He simply sat down by the bed, picked up the book and turned to the page he had read before.

Ever since they passed the national alchemist qualification, the Elric brothers borrowed a lot of confidential materials from the National Library to study. People are open, so I also borrowed the book, and read it when I have nothing to do.

What Fuyuya borrowed was the history books of this country. Of course, he was not really interested in the history of the country in another world, but——interested in the secrets of this country.

Armis Doris, a country ruled by a military government for more than 400 years.

If it was said that at first he thought the country's borders were too strange, then Lieutenant Mustang's overreaction convinced Fuyuya that he had found something from the military's internal information.

Moreover, these things are directed at the top of the military, so it is necessary to use such a complicated method to deliver the two letters to the same person——Fuyuya found the second letter given to him by Second Lieutenant Hawkeye from the secret pocket The letter was stuffed into the interlayer of this thick history book cover.

"Did you know, Diarmuid? After reading this book, I am now more convinced that this country definitely has secrets." Shaking the book with "400 Years of Amistoris" printed on the cover Books, Fuyuya said.

The Elric brothers won't break in without reason, so there's no way to see a man in a tight combat uniform appear out of nowhere and turn into a living scene.

"Master Fuyuya, did you find anything?"

"Hey, people in this world don't think it's strange because they're used to it, but I felt something was wrong from the very beginning—there is a military government that can last for more than 400 years, which is very unusual."

Military government, or military dictatorship, as the name suggests, means that the political power of a country is controlled by the military, and the head of state is the supreme commander of the military. It has always been a very unstable political system.

400 years is not too long for a country, but it is definitely not too short.If you look at the history of Toyomi's world, you will find that there are very few regimes in which such a military government has been in power for more than ten years, and it is even more unheard of for 400 years.

In the final analysis, it is because the military is a powerful organization, and those who use power to ascend to high positions, once they are no longer strong, or if someone more powerful appears, it is easy to be pulled down by others following suit.

"In our world, perhaps the military government that lasted the longest was the former samurai regime and the shogunate system, but even so, it experienced many collapses and wars in the middle. The earliest Kamakura shogunate lasted for more than 100 years. Muromachi The Shogunate entered the Warring States Period in the middle and late period, and the most stable Tokugawa Shogunate only lasted more than 200 years."

"These three samurai regimes can last for more than a hundred years because the shoguns are hereditary. Except that the nominal ruler is still the emperor, there is no difference in essence from the king of a country."

"Almost all power changes in the military government were caused by coups. However, Amistoris is different. I read its history books. It is obviously not a hereditary system. Every president came from the military step by step. Yes, but every time the former president happily delegated power, there was never any major turmoil when the power changed."

"There is only one answer that I can think of, and that is - this country still exists, and there are organizations or people higher than the military and the president. Because of their suppression, the change of the president on the surface cannot shake the real Those in power, of course there will be no turmoil.”

Take copper as a guide, you can correct the bandits; take the past as a guide, you can know the ups and downs; take people as a guide, you can know the gains and losses.

This is a sentence that Toya likes very much.

Fuyuya can see these problems, not because he is smarter than others, but because of the history of that world, he can easily detect something wrong.

Similarly, people in this world are unable to perceive these problems because they are used to them. Even Lieutenant Commander Mustang probably just thinks that there is something wrong with some high-level military officials at the moment, and does not think that the country itself is a conspiracy. It's not because he didn't expect it, but—even if he thought of it, he probably wouldn't believe it.

It is probably because of this that the perpetrators did not specifically cover up these anomalies, but there are too few people who can discover the weirdness of this country.

"—Diarmuid, I want to find out the great secret of this country."

When he said those words, Fuyuya's eyes seemed to be shining brightly.

It’s rare for him to have such long speeches, but these words can’t be held anymore, because the excitement and excitement in his heart are about to start a new journey, which makes him want to share these feelings with the closest people now .

Diarmuid just looked at him with a smile, he knew that what Toyomi needed was just someone to confide in.

Toya Ishitani has perfectly inherited the adventurous spirit of his parents. In the final analysis, the exploration and yearning for the unknown, in other words, is out of [curiosity].

The great secret of this country - it is not an exaggeration to say that it has lasted for 400 years, and even the establishment of this country may have existed for this great secret. How could such a secret not arouse his curiosity? Woolen cloth?

"Let's go, Diarmuid, it's almost time, let's finish the second half of this mission."

Fortunately, the house Edward rented was not far from the National Library. After explaining his ambitions, Fuyuya picked up the book with the envelope in accordance with the last request on the note, and soon came to the National Library. The front desk of the library.

"Hi, I'm here to return the books."

Handing the thick book to the busy reception staff, Toyomi glanced at the mountain of books behind the counter.

Part of the technological level of Amistoris is close to the 21st century, but unfortunately, computers and networks are not included.

This means that whether it is borrowing books or returning books, it has to be manually operated, and the workload is undoubtedly huge.

Borrowing books is better, as long as the borrower brings the selected books here directly, they can take them away after registration; returning books is much more troublesome, first the receptionist has to check whether the books are dirty or damaged, and then check the borrowing records , after the record is deleted, the book can finally be returned to the library.

As the signboard of Amistoris, it is also the largest library in the entire country. The National Library covers a large area. It is conceivable that there must be a collection of 2000 million books.It takes half an hour to walk from the front desk of the main building to the last library, let alone put the books back to their original positions.

When there are many people who come to return the books, the books waiting to be returned at the front desk will pile up high hills. If the book returners are asked to queue up one by one to wait for the books in front of them to be returned before leaving, the queue can probably go around the library twice. .

In order to improve efficiency and save the time of staff and book returners, generally you only need to simply complete the first two steps, temporarily put the books on the counter to complete the return, and delete the remaining records and return the books to the library. The books sent to the same area piled up a little more, and they were returned at one time. There were also some books that were more out of the way, and there were not enough books accumulated in one day, so they were returned after the library was closed every day.

Since there are usually several copies of each kind of book in reserve, generally speaking, it is rare that a book cannot be borrowed.

Of course, this is only a general situation, and there are rare special cases, and it is not impossible.

"Hey, this book..." The female receptionist who took the book was startled when she saw the title.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that there seem to be a lot of people borrowing this book recently. A few days ago, there was a customer who wanted to borrow it but couldn't borrow it. Did any teacher I don't know recommend this book recently?"

Fuyuya shook his head indifferently, "I haven't heard of this. Is there a problem with this book?"

"No problem, the book has not exceeded the borrowing period." The receptionist just briefly checked the book and the borrowing record, and then nodded. After all, the books returned by her every day may reach five figures, and it is impossible for each book to be a page. Check out the past pages.

Fuyuya nodded, and simply left the library.

——Less than 2 minutes after Toya left, a gentle soldier in uniform and glasses walked into the National Library.

The blue uniform is always so conspicuous, the receptionist saw him at a glance, and seemed to be familiar with this soldier, and greeted him familiarly.

"Major Hughes, you're here today too."

"Yeah, I'm here to return the book." Marth Hughes smiled kindly, took out the previously borrowed book from the briefcase, and handed it to the receptionist, "This is the book that Gracia borrowed before, It's not convenient for her to return it now, and I don't know if it has exceeded the borrowing period. I'm really sorry for always bothering you."

"You're welcome, this is what we should do. Mrs. Hughes, does it seem like you're about to give birth?"

Major Hughes and his wife are frequent visitors to the National Library, and they come here almost every three to five days, but Mrs. Hughes is pregnant, so she rarely comes.

"The due date is still more than one month away. I hope it will be a beautiful and lovely little princess like Gracia."

As a high-ranking official of the central military, Major Hughes has never been arrogant in his dealings with others. He is very approachable. The receptionist knows him very well. He accepted the books while talking and laughing, and put them on the waiting list without even checking them. In the pile of returned books, I saw the history book returned by the young man before.

"By the way, Major Hughes, you said that you wanted to borrow "400 Years of Amistoris", right?"

"Yes, it seems that this book has been borrowed. I heard that the child needs to be prenatally educated when she is in the womb. I originally wanted to read a little history of our country to her every night."

"...It's like this. In fact, someone came to return the book just now." The receptionist said, took the book out of the pile of books, and handed it to Major Hughes.

"Great!" Major Hughes took the book with a look of joy on his face, but soon, the joy turned into hesitation, "But, is this suitable? You haven't completed the formalities yet, have you?"

The work of deleting the borrowing records must be carried out when the book is returned to the corresponding library. Of course, if you want to go through all the processes before borrowing, you don't know how much time will be consumed.Now even this procedure has not been completed. Strictly speaking, this book is not considered a "returned book", and the name of the later Lieutenant Hughes will not be displayed on the borrowing record, but The young man before was still "on loan".

This seems to be not very good for the young man just now, because the books are recorded in his borrowing records, but there is always nothing more than human feelings outside the legal principles, "Shh... Although this is not in line with the rules, as long as the books can be returned properly in the end No problem, of course I believe you."

"Thank you so much! If it is overdue, I will pay the overdue fee." Major Hughes looked like a silly father who had everything to do, and thanked the receptionist repeatedly. 400 Years of Sri Lanka", left the National Library and went home.

……

Matthew Hughes, 26 years old, graduated from the Armes Torres Non-commissioned Officer Academy, participated in the Ishwar Annihilation War, and is currently serving in the Military Law Conference Hall of the Central Command with the rank of Major.

The so-called military law conference hall, to put it bluntly, is a different world version of the gendarmerie. It is responsible for handling various criminal cases in the military, from maintaining military discipline, ensuring the execution of orders to setting up military courts. It can be called "police in the military". ".

Due to his special position, and the unspoken rule that he is one level higher than the same military rank in the Central Command, it can be said that Lieutenant Commander Mustang's classmate from the Non-commissioned Officer Academy is a little better than the Lieutenant Commander himself. A little bit.

Of course, one is a general guarding the frontier, and the other is a high-ranking official in the central government. As for the reality, it can only be said that each person is good at different things.If Lieutenant Commander Mustang were to go to the Military Judiciary Conference Hall, he probably would not have that much patience to wrangle among the big bosses in the central government, and vice versa. Major Commander Hughes may not be a good shining star of the Eastern Command.

As for the skill of this Major Hughes, it can be seen that he is very popular in a department that should be feared by everyone, such as the Military Law Conference Hall. No one can say a bad word about him.

On this day, he took the "400 Years of Amistoris" that he borrowed from the National Library after get off work, and returned to his study at home. After confirming that there was no surveillance around him, he took out the thin letter from the cover .

When the envelope was removed, there was only a thin page of letter paper inside, and what was written on it were all fragments that didn't make sentences.

Major Hughes used the key to open the drawer of the study desk and took out another letter inside.The hair he had pinched between the drawers before was still there, but it was at a different angle. Major Hughes knew it well, and pretended not to notice, he pinched the hair again.

Due to the special location, the monitoring around Major Hughes is much stricter than that of Lieutenant Mustang, who is far away in the Eastern Command. In order to deliver these two letters—especially the second letter to him, Lieutenant Mustang also took great pains. , set up at least two smoke bombs.

First, I used the military insider to call him, recalled the good past of the Non-commissioned Officer Academy with Major Hughes, and listened to him showing off the child who was about to be born for a long time. At the end of the call, Lieutenant Mustang seemed to mention it casually, and asked him to represent him. Take care of Brother Elric, because the boys are thin-skinned, and he wrote a letter specially for them to have a reason to visit.

Then there was the first letter sent directly to his home by Fuyuya and Alphonse, the contents of which were roughly about the introduction of the Elric brothers. I am afraid that the watchers who have read this letter now have already read the letter. I've read the contents of the letter, but it doesn't matter, this letter was originally intended for the watchers to read.

In the end, the "400 Years of Amistoris" that I got today was handed over to him by what seemed to be an accidental opportunity. Of course, this book suddenly became popular among many people. The history books were also borrowed by some insignificant people arranged by Lieutenant Mustang.

You only need to return the book at the designated time, and Major Hughes borrows the book at the designated time. Even if the receptionist doesn’t offer it today, Major Hughes will signal her to do it—most people are still willing to accept it. Give convenience to senior military officials with good relations.

At this moment, Major Hughes, who usually presented himself as a good old man and a silly father, had a rare serious expression.

He stacked the letter papers of the first letter and the second letter together and held them up. If you look carefully, you will find that in the two letters of Lieutenant Mustang, the first letter is always written very low. The second letter is next to the bottom line of the previous line.

After the two were superimposed, with the light of the light, the handwriting on the latter paper appeared on the previous one, forming a new letter together.

The letter was still written in ciphertext.

He and Lieutenant Commander Mustang have always been good friends who strengthened each other. When they were in the Non-commissioned Officer Academy, the two of them also invented several sets of ciphertexts in private. Only the two of them knew how to decrypt them. At first, it was just for fun, but I didn’t expect to use them here. up.

No matter how wise the person monitoring him is, if he doesn't know the second letter, he will give priority to the first letter.

It's a pity that even though he saw the letter that was exactly the same as the first letter, he couldn't think that the first letter itself had no secrets and had nothing to do with the ciphertext.

Because without this second letter, the first letter is just an ordinary recommendation letter.

However, the time when I actually exchanged the code with Lieutenant Commander Mustang and agreed to get the second letter was completed during the first phone call to reminisce about the past.

After reading the letter, Lieutenant General Hughes burned the second letter from the paper to the envelope without leaving any evidence.

Marth Hughes knew very well what kind of person his friend was, and the Alchemist of Lian Yan had to use such careful means to send the news, how could he not be serious?

There was a knock on the door, followed by his wife's voice: "Honey, come to eat~"

Major Hughes wiped his face, and replied to his usual good husband status: "Here it is~ Wait for me, Gracia, let me tell you, today I was lucky enough to borrow the book I've always wanted to borrow. Go and pay..."

Soon, the home that was about to welcome the third member was filled with warmth again.

……

The next day, Central City Railway Station.

This is the second time Fuyuya has come here, the previous time was when he came to Central City, because they were picked up by Lieutenant Mustang after they came out, and they were picked up before they had a good look at the building.

Declining the see-off of the Elric brothers, after buying the ticket and getting on the train, Toyomi took Diarmuid who finally showed up, and took out the train ticket to check.

"Well, where are we going? The Uswell Mine?"

The reason why I didn’t think of this question until I bought the ticket is that when I bought the ticket, Toya directly said to the conductor: "You can take any train to any place, please give me the ticket for the nearest train!"

As it turned out, the latest departure happened to be a train back east, still destined for the Uswell Mine.

Fortunately, Diarmuid remembered to take a simple national railway map given to passengers for free, and Fuyuya found their destination on the map.

The Central City, where they started, lived up to its name. It was located in the middle of the entire Amistoris, and it was very convenient to go to any place.

And Uswell Mining Town has another name - the town of the extreme east. As the name suggests, it is the last town located on the eastern border of Amistoris, and then it goes out of the border to the ancient country of Keseluxes The remains of this route run through the entire eastern territory.

Although it was a casual ticket, but——"The ruins of the ancient country? It seems interesting."

After closing the map, the train body shook slightly, and then began to move, apparently starting.

Passing through the unique indoor platform of the Central City Railway Station, through the window, Toya watched the city gradually move away.

Of course he knew that the country's deepest secrets must still be in this city, more precisely, in the Central Command or the presidential residence.

Unfortunately, this world not only has cold weapons, but also hot weapons. If the opponent is the military, although Diarmuid is strong, he is not weak, but after all, he has not reached the point where he can physically resist bullets.

As for sweeping across with the Giant Fury Sword—his goal is not to slaughter the army, but to unlock the secrets of this country.

— Now is not the time.

--next time.

——When I come back next time...

--must……!

Silently making up her mind in her heart, Dongmi closed her eyes and meditated, temporarily forgetting the turmoil of this city.