For the passengers, the sudden duel had become the perfect topic of conversation to pass the time.
For Li Wei, however, the tedious duel had not been entirely without its rewards.
"Hmm... just as I thought."
Looking at the open suitcase before him, Li Wei chuckled.
By the traditions of dueling, the victor was entitled to everything the loser owned. Naturally, the Train Conductor had personally delivered all of the passenger's possessions to Li Wei's compartment.
As for the body, a priest of the Holy Lord Church would cremate it and send the ashes back to his homeland.
Naturally, Li Wei had also thoroughly searched everything on the corpse.
Pocket watches, wallets, and the like held no interest for Li Wei. He was looking for something else, and... he had actually found it.
"Just as I expected."
What Li Wei held now was a scrapbook, something that had all but disappeared in the modern world but was still common here. As the name suggested, it was a book in which people pasted newspaper clippings to preserve them.
After all, this world had no internet yet, let alone computers to store data. Anyone who wanted to search for and collect information still had to do it by hand.
The contents of this fellow's scrapbook were quite intriguing. It was filled with reports about the Empire, along with news clippings concerning relations between the Empire and Mericia.
Hmm. For a man from Francis, he certainly cared a great deal about the situation between the Empire and Mericia.
If the scrapbook merely proved that the man was suspicious, another item confirmed his identity.
It was a secret letter sent from Francis, written by the foreign minister of the Republic of Francis, concerning military trade between Francis and Mericia. In it, the minister offered