Chapter 14: He can’t wait
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For a moment, Arlette retained her tight hold on Caius’ body even after the bloodsucking was over. And then she let him go and settled back in her chair with a confident smile. As Caius studied her smile, he noticed something more behind it; Content.
Returning the smile, Caius allowed himself to be waved out of the office and walked through the long corridors of Lochxen until he stepped out of the insanely huge castle-like building. He was a few feet away from the grand and imposing gates of the Academy when he saw them.
He recognized them thanks to his inherited memories. Four men stood at attention with swords strapped to their sides and dressed in military-looking outfits that Caius knew were the more casual guard outfits of his family’s Estate—worn by the more powerful of the bunch.
Not allowed to step into Lochxen grounds without express permission, they all stood beside a Mana-powered carriage, looking relieved that their young lord was late but well and uninjured.
As Caius stepped past the Gates, the four bowed to him and the one who spoke, the leader of the group of four whom he knew to be named Gareth, said while gesturing at the Mana-Powered Carriage.
"Young Lord."
The Carriage didn’t look much like a carriage. It looked like a car. Like a limousine from the ’real’ world, Kevin used to live in.
This world of magic had become so advanced that people no longer required beasts to draw their carriages and so the Mana-powered carriages were invented. Removing the hazard of beast droppings. Also, because the carriages were fueled with Mana, which is used up entirely, there is no harmful byproduct released into the atmosphere.
The designs for the Carriages had been fine-tuned over the centuries since the first invention to the point where there were designs that put even the most high-end car in Kevin’s old world to shame.
They pulled the door open and Caius slid into the luxurious backseat. Gareth and one other guard followed and sat in the seat opposite his own while the other two sat up front so one of them could drive the carriage.