Chapter 67

Chapter 67

Clang.

At that moment, with a loud noise, bright light poured through the small gap that had opened.

I shut my eyes reflexively at the sudden brightness.

"Phew, that must have been rough! I came as fast as I could, and it still took quite a while. Still, reaching Berdo in five hours by freight train is incredibly fast, I'll have you know!"

At the engineer's cheerful, easygoing voice, I slowly opened my eyes.

"..."

I was still sitting in Aidan's arms,

"..."

and Aidan was still holding me.

"..."

The engineer looked back and forth between the two of us, then quietly closed the door again.

"Wait, hold on!"

"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

In my panic, I shot to my feet, and my head collided with Aidan's chin with a dull thud.

"!"

Pain hit me a moment later.

Because of that, the engineer's misunderstanding was…