The meal was thoroughly enjoyable.
Determined to show how sorry he was, Meikadu specifically invited Erika to the finest newly opened restaurant outside Falling Rain Valley. He put on what he considered his most gentlemanly manner and worked hard to create a pleasant atmosphere, using Magic Locomotives as their shared topic of conversation.
Besides, Meikadu was genuinely witty and humorous, so Erika enjoyed herself during the meal, and the two chatted happily.
Once lunch was over, Meikadu cleverly used the excuse that he would need to consult her about Magic Locomotives again in the future to obtain Erika's permission to visit her whenever he wished.
After escorting Erika back to work in Falling Rain Valley, Meikadu watched her graceful figure recede into the distance and could not help smiling smugly.
He had never expected this accident to introduce him to such a rare beauty as Erika. What incredible luck.
But when his thoughts returned to Magic Locomotives, Meikadu immediately put all those distractions out of his mind. He turned and left Falling Rain Valley, boarding a new Medium Mana Bus that had just arrived from Bunta City.
Back when he took a Public Carriage, the journey from Falling Rain Valley to Bunta City had required at least four hours, since the distance was over sixty kilometers.
Now, with the new Medium Mana Buses, the same journey took only a little over two hours. Cutting the travel time almost in half had quickly made them popular with everyone.
At first, the Feilson Carriage Company had only put one Medium Mana Bus on each public transit route for a trial run. Their novelty had initially made many people reluctant to try them.
But after riding one even once, everyone discovered that these passenger Magic Locomotives were vastly superior to horse-drawn carriages in