Distance

Reunion(part2)

Having heard of the Maiden of Ice's, she had never seen her in person. When Linde panted and informed the TMP's team members of the situation, a young girl with ice-blue hair appeared behind her at some point in time, with delicate features, a slender figure, and what was the most important thing that made people unable to take their eyes off of her was her calm yet competent, soft yet resolute demeanor.

For the first time in her mind, a great marvel fell upon Linde, from the crushing of the same gender.

At the same time, Gaius had brought the two suspects to Claire, as if he had known that it should be so.

"Trouble for you again, Captain Claire." Gaius spoke politely, his face no longer sulking.

The word "again" made Linde realize that Gaius, or perhaps Class VII, had dealt with Captain Claire.

Linde unconsciously bowed her head and blushed, ashamed that as an Imperial, she didn't know politics as well as a foreigner in Nord Highlands.

Those two didn't have the unrivaled arrogance of the party, and changed another face of sophistry, "My privileged Captain Claire, don’t you think it is an unjustly accused, ah? it's they who are not used to seeing us as nobles, that’s why they slandered us."

"That's right, look, he scratched my wrist, what a rough guy."

"You guys don't want to backtrack, the old man you bumped into who was in shock is being treated at the hospital, not only him, the doctors and nurses at the time can all testify." Linde couldn't stand to open her mouth to retort any longer and looked up at Claire, who was staring right back at her, then skimmed over Gaius before finally returning her eyes to the two speeding car thieves.

"Fine, then go to the hospital, don't take it out on us if you don't like looking at the nobles." Seeing Claire 's hesitation, the other gangster yelled, "took advantage of the situation".

"Come and judge! the Chancellor's Railway Military Police is targeting the nobles!"

Seeing this, Captain Claire pondered for a moment, "Go, to the hospital."

Linde rides in the Railway Military Police car with a heavy heart, while Gaius is unperturbed and calm. Through the windshield in front of the car, Linde seems to see Captain Claire contacting the latest model of ARCUS, which is only available in the Noble Class and Class VII in Thors, and she has not yet had the chance to get acquainted with it. Although she had never met them before, she was already impressed by the other party's calm and composed aura and unforgettable beauty.

Will I be this good after graduation, or at least, let me be a useful person?

Linde's heart skimmed over a shallow, phased inferiority complex.

"No no no, nothing, I'm fine."

No one had expected that in the hospital, in front of them and the Railway Military Police, the old man would deny what the two bikers had done. In the first moment, Linde's heart was far more aggrieved than angry, and after seeing the old man's face, avoiding her sight, she turned her thoughts and sighed in her heart again, turning from aggrieved to disappointed again. It seems that the two noble speeder thieves will get away with it today, and even worse, maybe she and Gaius will also have to carry out disciplinary action for slandering the nobles.

Unexpectedly, Captain Claire slowly approached and gently sat down on the old man's bedside, asking with concern, "Are you in no serious health condition, old sir?"

"No, no, no no more." The old man still did not look up, his face averted in the opposite direction.

Ensign Claire turned her head again to confirm with the doctor, who awkwardly explained slightly, emphasizing that more rest was still needed. She resumed looking at the old man and introduced herself with a gentle smile, "Hello, I am Captain Claire of the Railroad Military Police. I've been hearing that your son Henry has outstanding abilities, and the Chancellor is interested in having him work for the TMP. You can just let me know as time you available." With that, she took her business card out of her pocket and placed it on the old man's right hand, which was not on an IV.

"Captain Claire, really?" The old man was finally willing to look at her face at this moment, and a hopeful elation appeared on his originally evasive face.

Linde subconsciously went to look at Gaius's reaction, just a few minutes on the way, Claire surprisingly knew about the old man's situation, Gaius immediately returned to his normal self after showing a hint of surprise.

It seemed that Gaius already knew that Captain Claire could handle this, had something similar happened earlier? Linde thought to herself, maybe I'll never know, at least now, the hanging boulder has finally fallen to the ground.

Only to see Claire nod gently, her scarlet-colored pupils filled with an irrefutable affinity, "This is my contact information, if your son is interested, TMP is always welcome to take him on board."

The old man excitedly rubbed his eyes with his right hand, repeatedly confirming the contact information on this business card, "Thank you, Captain Claire."

He then raised his head and looked at Linde and Gaius with guilty eyes, "Earlier, my horse got spooked, thanks to these two Thors students who saved me, the boy went after these two speeding car thieves and let his girlfriend take me to the hospital. Because they weren't wearing the white school uniforms of the nobility, the two young thieves even said something nasty."

"Yes, the old gentleman was right, they called us 'country brutes' and 'lowly commoners' and said they wanted to use me as a plaything." Linde saw that the time was right and immediately seized the opportunity to speak. Even before the words left her mouth, her chest rose and fell, and her right hand was sweaty from clenching her fists as she spoke aloud for the first time in front of so many people.

Gaius walked over to her side and patted her on the shoulder, both comforting and appreciative.

After hearing Linde's accusation, the faces of those in the room showed obvious disgust. Looking at the two car thieves, they lost their initial arrogance and dominance, their legs trembled, and they began to beg for forgiveness, unable to stop apologizing to the three who had just been hurt and insulted. TMP didn't bother any further, and directly took the two into custody.

Walking out of the hospital's front door, August sunlight in Heimdallr warmed up just right, Captain Claire revealed the gentleness of a young girl, her long icy blue hair refracted a touch of warm orange light, she wore a smile on her face, "Worthy of being a Thors student, is it still convenient to make a statement?"

Noticing Claire's eyes falling on her, Linde, the red flush on her face not yet faded, nodded her head gently, seeing that Claire's cool and iconic face, which should have been rejecting detachment, was at the moment wearing a bright smile, she felt that there was no one in the world who could refuse this beautiful invitation.

"Just now, I said that you are Linde from Class IV, right? Oh, it's true that you can be mesmerized by looking at appearances, but you're a very brave girl." There was more than a hint of seriousness in the gentle tone.

Linde's face blushed again, as if she had a fever, being praised by a famous rising star of the world, praised by a woman she envied from the bottom of her heart, it was also the first time that she was said to be "brave", she didn't dare to continue to look at Claire's surging line of sight, she lowered her head and replied in a low voice, "No, it's all because of Gaius-san ......"

"Linde is indeed brave, especially when it counts. "Seeing Gaius quickly interrupting Linde's 'excuses', a more pronounced smile rose on Claire's lips.

After making the statement, they had already missed the last train, originally it wasn't difficult to ask the old man's club to borrow a horse to go back, but unexpectedly Captain Claire specially booked a room at the Royal Hotel for them to rest for a night in order to express her gratitude.

"I'm sorry, with the Arc en Ciel Touring and the Pale Songstress Clotilde in the past two days, there's only one deluxe room left that will be available until noon tomorrow." Lydia at the reception desk looked at the trio with difficulty.

"This ......"

"It's already so late and Captain Claire has arranged for us to eat, we can't continue to trouble her." Meeting Gaius's hesitant eyes, Linde's tone revealed a rare firmness, "Moreover, the students of Class VII didn't have any qualms about this when they went out for their internships, so I trust Gaius-san just as much ......"

As she said her goodbyes, she bowed and curtsied towards Claire and the receptionist, pulling Gaius towards the room.