Uriel opened the door of the lounge and the shadow rushed into the room. He subconsciously looked at the light bulb above his head, feeling that the light seemed to dim a lot. He pulled the light up.

Outside the door was a blue-purple night with stars faintly. Candles were lit outside the shop opposite, but they could only barely see the four-leaf clover sign on the plaque. The long street without pedestrians was covered in the first snow of the frost moon. Uriel felt the cold latch and was shocked.

The pointer of the bell tower was blocked by the gloomy snow fog, but he knew it was getting late. Uriel had to arrive at the station as soon as possible. Ms. Emma of the laundry always asked her apprentices to work overtime in different ways, and then drove them out of the lounge to save electricity.

Uriel worked as an apprentice in Sombigler for three years and had never seen any overtime apprentice who could spend the night in the lounge. Unless it was Ms. Emma's daughter's lover, maybe they would quietly slap in the lounge while no one was in the lounge. Unfortunately, Ms. Emma's daughter is indeed biological, and it is probably difficult for her to find a boyfriend.

There was no strong wind in Songbigrad in the evening. He could see the snowflakes falling straight down the ground through the lights. But even now it was not time for the snow to melt, Uriel still felt the chill.

The apprentice clasped the collar and walked on the silent street, with some messy thoughts still turning in his mind. He held the railing and went down the stone steps. At the end of the street, there was a light box next to the station sign. Cracked oak bulletin boards hung between the two, and pasted today's Eastman Kingdom Daily with pungent plant glue. If you want to avoid spending money, you can only come to the billboard to browse the news in the late night. This was originally for passengers who got up early to catch the bus the next day.

The newspaper title is "Frost Moon Arrives Early".

Uriel knew how to read. He had attended classes in the charity school in the monastery for several days, which made him stand out when applying for the job and became an apprentice in Ms. Emma's shop. What do you know about the apprentice in the laundry store to read? It's enough that he knows how to use an iron.

The station sign was covered with shiny frost, but it could be barely recognized. There were seven stops from the depression of the South City to the central area of ​​Songbigler. Uriel looked at his white fingertips when washing the fabric, but still did not make up his mind to clean up the frost traces on it.

He waited in the dusty stand booth for a long time, but the bus did not arrive. Uriel did not wear a watch, and I wonder if he had missed the last bus.

The snow curtains outside became increasingly dense. Just as Uriel raised his head after realizing it, he wanted to see the carving points of the bell tower in the distance, it was so blurred that it made people unable to see any scenery.

His heart became uneasy.

If he couldn't catch the bus, he had to go back to the lounge, and the next day he would be deducted by the angry Ms. Emma... Wait, he seemed to have no key to the lounge at all, and he couldn't go anywhere except the hotel.

But his anxiety was useless, and the transportation company would never add a late-night bus to relieve his anxiety. While waiting uneasy, Urial was walking on the platform to keep warm, his eyes glancing around.

The light of the light box illuminated the notice board, and his eyes remained on the newspaper, and he began to read the article below the title.

"Due to the landslide of the Morris tunnel, this year's harvest month ended... There was a large-scale snowfall in the southern region. Experts with astrological meteorological towers said this was not the advance of the frost moon, but the seasonal characteristics of the harvest month have changed. This year's frost moon will still end in a long 150 days."

The Frost Moon has a total of 130 days, which is the coldest month in the Kingdom. In the past, the harvest month would last for 70 days, but this year due to the large-scale collapse of the Morris Mountains, the cold current poured into the Eastman Kingdom through a gap, resulting in the harvest month being reduced by half.

Uriel was interested. He wanted to know if the Eastman Kingdom had issued any leave announcements for the long Frost Moon.

"At the end of this month, the Kingdom Geological Surveying and Mapping Bureau will soon offer condolences to the families of the victims of the accident on the collapse of the Angma tunnel..."

"Queen Flavia passed the "Bill of the Sea" submitted by Parliament, and the development of the Knights Bay is about to begin."

『The 61st Education Policy Reform for Young Children…」

"Border cities suffer from snow disasters... The dark night is coming."

Snow disaster?

It’s still the middle of the month of harvest!

Fortunately, this is Siye City, and he couldn't help but be glad that he could see the sun during the day. If it were Veneuverds, it would probably be late winter now. I heard that there is even a night of twenty days every year.

That is the legendary dark night.

The apprentices in the laundry store could hardly imagine that there would be such a cold place in the world that even the sun was unwilling to appear there.

The Eastman Kingdom has a typical cold climate, which means the day is short and the night is long and the winter is long and the summer is short. In the memory of the apprentice, the sunshine of the flame moon is as precious as the tweed coat in the shop cabinet.

Uriel has longed for a thick coat for a long time, but he can't afford even the cheapest cotton coat in the store. The apprentice's salary can only fill his stomach, and he often faces the robbery of Ms. Emma. The clothes he was given to him by Sister Mary of the Monastery, which was three years ago.

The snow gradually stopped, but Ulier would rather it be the next moment. The wind became violent, and melting water droplets flowed on the light box. He felt his soul frozen after only ten minutes.

Beep--!

Just when he was about to lose hope, the whistle finally sounded at the end of the street—

Or something else.

Uriel raised his head in surprise, and a long and melodious sound echoed on the streets. He thought he had hallucinations.

Gaia is on, where does the train whistle come from Songbigler?

Without leaving time for the apprentice to think, the silver-gray locomotive rushed into the road from one end of the long street, and the momentum made it impossible to tell whether it slowed down. The sounding whistle surrounded from left to right, and the snow raised splashed out from the wheels like fireworks.

The poor apprentice opened his mouth wide and stood there. The violent airflow teared his coat, and the buttons on his collar suddenly broke off.

In the strong wind, Uriel opened his eyes with difficulty and watched the train plunge into the statue fountain around the corner. The water flow that solidified due to the sudden cooling was smashed into powder with a rustle, but the stone angel statue below was not damaged at all. He could see the street view opposite through the body of the phantom train, but the window glass was blurred.

The train passing by at high speed was like a mirage, but it really had an impact on reality. The apprentice looked around nervously, wondering if he had imagined a certain urban legend he had read into reality because of being too tired.

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Then there is the bell of the tower.

The voice declared that midnight was coming.

At the same time, the train stopped slowly. The apprentice watched the body of the car that was passing by quickly in an elegant and grand manner, and the shadows on the glass were blurred and clear.

With a bang, the light box went out. But the light was still there, making the station hazy.

When he saw the train, Uriel wanted to retreat, but the fear turned into shock made him breathless and his mind was in chaos. He tried to move his footsteps, but the chill spread from his heels to his spine. Finally, the abnormal noise at the station allowed him to get rid of the stiffness caused by silence. He blurted out with a scream, and the apprentice turned around and ran away.

Steel slides on the tracks as if an iron was passing through the silk. Where exactly did the sound come from? Uriel had no way to tell. His common sense guided the judgment, and the apprentice realized that someone was asking behind him:

"Where are you going?"
Chapter completed!