[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 218: New Identity (2)

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Noelle was unwilling to admit it at first, but she now realizes that her separation from everyone makes her more free to act.

He does not need to think about risk anymore because all of it will be borne by himself alone, and will never have any effect on the people he tries to protect.

(Now I can conduct more thorough investigations. But, I lost one of the most important clues, and that was Levina. His whereabouts could not be ignored, and he was the crucial point of all the clues present. But .. )

Noelle had finished reading all her books, and she was about to leave the library. To spend the rest of the time, he decided to think of some things.

About all the clues he had, there was no doubt that some of them were very closely related to Levina. However, there were still some other questions that were likely completely unrelated to the figure of the little girl, and that was about Charlotte and Chloe.

Noelle had already discovered the hypothesis of time repetition, and it was all related to Charlotte. However, by the time Noelle showed the black mask, why was Chloe affected as well? This is the most visual question right now.

No doubt, Charlotte was really new to Chloe back in the Suiren tournament. Before that, Noelle was sure there had never been any interaction between Charlotte and Chloe.

But, those are all things that happen in the present time. What if they already knew each other in the previous timeline? If that was true, then Noelle would have to refine a few points from her initial conclusion.

What is Charlotte's purpose in repeating time? Noelle originally thought that it was to make Charlotte in the present time get the skill《Wrath》, and evolve into a fallen angel.

However, after speculation about Chloe being involved, Noelle began to think about it again. He was sure it was not as simple as he had imagined.

"Abyss Clanman .. El-Gustavia Empire .. Archon … "

As soon as Noelle muttered those crucial points, she involuntarily widened her eyes.

Noelle immediately pulled out a notebook and made a basic sketch of the interrelationship of the case.

According to what Olivia said, Archon Nix Regina's reaction to seeing Charlotte suddenly appear could only be called shock, and obvious hysteria. Which means, although not too much, there is a connection between Charlotte and the Archons, especially Nix Regina.

(Wait, have I thought about this before? Wellh, forget.)

Levina is in a state of memory loss, and seeing Charlotte does not evoke any memories of her. So, it's clear that the relationship between Levina and Charlotte in the other timeline isn't that close. This also applies to the relationship between Levina and Archon Nix Regina.

As Nix Regina revealed the identity that Levina had forgotten, Levina looked a little surprised and scared, but that was it, she had no other reaction.

It is not known how many Archons there are, but Noelle will count them to eight now, given that Nix Regina is the eighth Archon.

Noelle illustrated eight different people in her notebook, and she added two more figures on the sidelines. The two figures symbolize Charlotte and Chloe, while the others are the Archons.

Noelle makes a circle around Levina's image, then makes another circle that symbolizes Nix Regina. He repeated the same process with all the pictures there. Then, he connected Nix Regina's circle with a line to Charlotte's circle, and Charlotte's circle to Chloe's.

" ……… "

For an unknown time, Noelle continued to pay attention to the illustrations she made. Then, he realized one problem.

"I lack guidance … "

There is no point in thinking about something for which there is no answer. Noelle thought of that while closing her notebook.

He brought all the piles of books he had borrowed before, and walked towards the reception desk. On it, there were several baskets placed in rows.

Then, he placed all the books in one of the baskets, then walked out without saying anything.

Noelle went out of the library, and for a moment silently looked at the sky.

"Rain … "

It's still raining, but it's not so heavy. However, it seems that the rain will not stop anytime soon with all those black clouds.

Noelle ruffled her hair, then shook her head. He then took out an umbrella from his spatial warehouse, and walked with it.

His boots were made of elastic and waterproof monster leather, so he was not worried about the puddles. In addition, the sole of the shoe is also quite thick, exceeding the height of the existing puddles.

For a moment, Noelle was at a loss as to whether she should actually walk towards Damian's residence, or should use public transportation. However, the problem is, there is absolutely no active public transportation at this time.

"I don't think there's any other choice, huh … "

He decided to walk up to the outside of the park, then look for a place to hide and instantly turn his body into a bat.

He could not turn into a black origin because it was currently raining, and it would melt the construction of his body of smoke and fog.

With a bat, he can fly and it doesn't take long for him to get to Damian's place.

Noelle slipped through the chimney, and immediately arrived at the room she had been in before.

Damian was sitting behind his desk, looking busy taking care of a pile of papers. He looked over for a moment and displayed a cynical smile.

"I thought a bat really slipped through my chimney. I didn't think it was you."

Damian doesn't know that Noelle is a vampire yet, so he doesn't really know about Noelle's ability to change her form. She thought that Noelle was using the same power that Noelle was using to change her appearance.

"It's a characteristic ability. It's not important. Besides, what about my identity documents? "

Damian lifted his cup, and took a sip of its contents. After which, he took out two large envelopes from the drawer, and threw them all at Noelle.

"Everything you need is already there, and I'm making another one for backup. Everything is exactly what you want. Check to make sure there are no mistakes."

Noelle nodded and stuffed the envelope into her spatial warehouse, then opened the other one.

Everything is appropriate. Noah Ashrain, male, 20 years old. There's nothing wrong. Even his date of birth is appropriate.

However, something caught Noelle's attention, and it was the part that mentioned her hometown.

There, it says the city of D'Cani. It was the name of a city that Noelle had never seen or heard of before.

(Yahh, I just need to see it on the map later.)

"Alright, there seems to be no problem with your documents. Then where's your next destination? "

After Damian asked that, Noelle immediately reinserted her documents, and placed them on the guest table, and she herself sat on the sofa with her legs crossed.

Noelle took out a small envelope from her pocket, and threw it at Damian.

The shabby envelope landed right in Damian's hands, and he immediately saw the address of his destination; the City of Fencen.

"Fencen, kah .. That's a good destination, but it's a long way away. It may be reached in one week by steam train … "

"Wait, is there a train here? "

Noelle unconsciously started to get excited. He had never seen any steam trains in all the cities he visited in Nothing. Moreover, he did not expect that the steam engine had already been found here.

Damian nodded briefly. "Only in some cities. It was still an early form, and it took a huge amount of funds to make it. But you're lucky, this town already has access to that train."

"Do you have a map of the route? "

Noelle had decided to try to get on that train. He had originally planned to fly, but considering it was extremely exhausting and consumed a lot of mana, he immediately thought about it again.

Noelle now has no contract partner to make the blood sucking process more effective, which is why she is worried that she will run out of mana in the middle of the road.

If that happened, then he would have to take a longer rest to naturally recover his magic power, and it would be an annoying process.

"The map I gave you also includes the train route."

Noelle widened her eyes for a moment. He hadn't checked the country map yet, so he wasn't sure.

The large map was opened, and Noelle searched for the city she was in right now.

"It is true .. There is a train line that leads directly to the city of Fencen. How much is the ticket? "

"I don't know, you can check it yourself at the station. Do you want to be ushered in? "

Noelle thought about it for a moment, then shook her head. "no need. You seem busy, I don't want to trouble you any further."

In addition, Noelle also did not want to add her debt to Damian.

"alright. I think you better go now. It's almost nightfall, and I doubt the station will remain open to wait for another passenger."

Noelle nodded and stood up. He took back the letter he threw at Damian, and stuffed the envelope into his suitcase.

(I hope there is a first class ticket .. )

The envelope contained his identity documents he kept behind a suit, and the dark brown suitcase bag that looked heavy and hard he carried with one hand.

Noelle walked towards one of the windows, opened it, and stood there as if she was ready to jump out.

"Then I'm gone."

Damian just nodded, not blocking anything Noelle did.

That way, Noelle managed to get out by jumping out of the window.

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"Here … "

After getting off the horse-drawn carriage she rented, Noelle finally got off and reached the station where Damian was talking about.

The station is still open, so Noelle is lucky. The rain had stopped since then, but the sky was still cloudy.

Noelle, with her left hand carrying a suitcase, and her right hand stuffed into a pants pocket walked in. He immediately headed for the reception desk, and noticed the price of each ticket clearly plastered on the board.

(Thank God there's a first-class ticket here.)

Noelle heaved a sigh of relief and took out a few gold coins from her pocket. It seems that the city often accepts people from other countries, so they peg the price with two types of currency.

The first is the native currency of the Republic, and the second is the currency that is widely used throughout the country, namely coins from the Kingdom.

The price for a first class ticket as Noelle had expected, was quite expensive. But just by looking at the description of the facility received, Noelle unhesitatingly spent her money on that ticket.

Each destination had a different price, and for the city of Fencen to which Noelle was going, it cost around 24 gold coins.

Noelle immediately gave the appropriate amount of identity documents and money to the receptionist, then kept quiet and let the receptionist do his job.

"Noah Ashrain, first class, Fencen City destination. Sir, is that right? "

Noelle nodded at the receptionist's question, then accepted the ticket she was given.

Noelle also received back her identity documents, and turned around leaving the receptionist section.

The queue behind him was not long enough, but there were still a few other passengers with the same destination as him. So, Noelle won't be alone on the train.

The train will arrive at about half-time seven in the evening, and will depart again at exactly half-eight. So, while biding her time, Noelle chose to sit at a nearby bar and look for other information.

Noelle sat right on the counter bench, and immediately ordered a drink with a low alcohol content.

Although she was resistant to alcohol, Noelle preferred to refrain from booze.

Noelle put down two silver coins as payment, then began to sip her drink almost silently.

At the same time, he also sharpened his hearing.

"Hey, have you heard the news? The kingdom's defensive line is starting to be broken."

"really? That's very fast! If all goes well, think about how much profit we can get! "

Noelle's hearing was focused on hearing all the conversations of the three men sitting not far from her. They looked rude, but it seemed that they were not so stupid that they could understand political and military matters to some extent.

"Forget about all the benefits. We're not gonna get anything."

"Eh? Wh why? " ask one of the men in surprise.

Another man closed his eyes and nodded, then drank all the remaining beer in his cup.

"From what I've heard, it seems that the Kingdom is deliberately retreating to prepare for winter. As you know, the winter on the border is very harsh, and the territory that the Kingdom has recently defended is an empty territory that is completely useless. Maybe that's why they let the territory fall into our hands."

(Ahh ... Supply and transportation problems, yes .. )

Noelle fully understood the matter. If the Kingdom continued to defend the useless territory in the winter, they would simply waste more manpower on various transportation activities, such as the delivery of food, medicine, and weapons.

Horses would not be able to move amidst the thick snow, so all of those supplies could only be ushered in by relying on manpower alone.

They could not use tamed monsters, as most such transport-type monsters would enter the hibernation phase.

In that case, disposing of one territory was the best option, and they would take it back when the situation started to turn around.

"But, yahh .. We just look forward to the next result. I think it's common knowledge that the Kingdom and the Republic are in a bad situation. It could be a big war if either side wasn't careful."

Although both sides were currently in the cold war phase, and could officially start a war at any time, they were not in a good condition to go to war with each other. The Royal Party had many powerful allies like the Alacrylia Empire and the Quinnella Holy Kingdom, but the Republic had many secrets that had yet to be revealed to the public, so this made all parties wary.

Besides that—

(War will not break out any time soon, as the current King is not interested in starting one.)

—Noelle remembers everything she talked about with the Knight of Round Lucius Roux while she was in Rondo.

The various words Noelle had uttered to make Lucius doubt seemed to be true. The King of Nothingos could start a war at any time, but he chose not to do so for unknown reasons.

From the beginning, this conflict started from a simple problem; in the form of a land grab that turned out to contain a lot of minerals, and was a high-quality emerald mine.

"Hmm, I still don't understand. Why the Kingdom and the Republic must fight, but they have cooperated in many ways. I have a family in the Kingdom, so I'm a little worried about their condition."

"About that, I think you can calm down. Our connection with them may be cut off, but both parties are equally concerned about the situation of the surrounding population. So far, I haven't heard from any of the ordinary people who died."

"My family is also in the Kingdom, and I went here to go into new business. But, I lost all our contacts since the last time I received a letter from my wife. He said he was fine, but then he never returned my letter."

"Well, it's definitely cheating."

One of the men replied so with joking intent, but his interlocutor seemed not in the right mood to respond. He just resignedly lowered his head while occasionally drinking the beer he ordered.

Noelle listened to each of their conversations without leaving a single detail behind. Then, he turned to another group, and began to listen to their conversation.

After nearly half an hour of silence at the bar, Noelle finally decided to leave. There are still ten minutes before the train is scheduled to arrive, but it would be best to be on guard.

Noelle got out of the bar, and went to the waiting room at the station. He ordered dinner from the cafeteria section, and dined in a special room he rented for himself.

When she finished, Noelle came out and waited for her train to arrive. It did not last long as the sound of the steam-powered engine began to echo.

The train came, and Noelle immediately noticed all the details she could see.

He realized that this train was not as impressive as he thought, but still amazing for him when he saw the real development in this ancient world.

Noelle carries her suitcase with one hand, while the other hand she puts in her pocket.

He continued to quietly wait on the platform, until finally most of the previous passengers got off.

After that, Noelle then entered the carriage, handed her ticket to the officer, then walked towards the carriage that the officer had directed.

Passengers with first-class tickets will have a private room with some extra room for servants and such, but from the beginning Noelle came alone, so he easily left the room empty without anyone filling it.

After entering the room reserved for her, Noelle immediately locked the door, placed her suitcase beside the table, and without saying anything immediately threw herself into the bed.

The bed was padded, and his body bounced a few times before finally sinking there.

There was still an hour before the train left, and Noelle decided to rest early because she was already using her brain excessively.

If she could, Noelle wanted to pamper herself and hug Olivia now, but that was impossible.

" … Heh, stop fantasizing, you fool."

A sorrowful smile formed on his face as he rolled over and stared at the unfamiliar ceiling.

Noelle raised her right hand, as if trying to grab something, yet it was unable to reach anything, and lightly fell to the side.

"I must get used to it immediately … "

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(AN: Happy New Year! May things get better this year~)