‘Edmund!!!’ Leah yelled.

‘What? We have so much to tell you, duchess…’ Edmund sat down and started to look around.

‘Rita is here with tea for us, Edmund.’ She took a sip of it.

‘Ho, we even have snacks; this slave thing is not that bad after all.' He took a bit out of a cookie and a sip of tea.

Leah and Rita look at one another and sigh while rolling their eyes. This expression made the young man confused, but he continued to have his snack as he noticed that Ariadne was entering the door. The head maid did a light bow, and Leah did as well.

‘So, peasant, what do you have to show me after your afternoon nap?’ Ariadne gave Edmund a serious look.

‘Ah, me and Leah made a lot of progress; yesterday we finished the vehicle and I’m calling it a truck because it's easy to say.’ Edmund got up and came closer to the duchess.

'Yeah, your highness, today we were discussing the new weapons we can make with the magic crystals, but we just have enough for three of those trucks because we need spare batteries.’ Leah quickly got next to Edmund.

‘Humm... can we use those trucks to transport people around the duchy?’ She sat on her chair.

‘Well, yes, that wouldn't be a problem at all. Put some seats in, and I think it would be fine.’ He taps his chin while looking up.

‘The duchess wants to use it as transportation between the villages? It's a good idea.' Leah smiled.

‘Now they are more like towns because of the population increase, but you said that we can only have three right now; why not use this opportunity as a test, one for transport and the other two as supply transport for the army?’ Ariadne smiled at the two.

‘That is fine, but I think we will need the three of them when we go to the dungeon. Anyway, do you want to test it? It will be good to show the city and all, a moral boost, not that is needed or anything.’ The young man shrugged his shoulders.

‘Ok, peasant, let’s ride this new contraption of yours.’ The duchess stood up.

Ariadne walked out of the room, followed by Alya and Edmund, and Leah got to the back of the mansion and went into the forest to get the truck. He had already cut down the trees so that it would be easier to drive the vehicle around to the front of the mansion; nobody saw it until it got out of the forest, which impressed the people that were working outside of the mansion, including the soldiers that were going to train in at that moment.

The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.

It was a monster coming out of the forest because of how huge it was. It had a large front where everyone could see Edmund waving out of it and a large box in its back. As it came closer, everyone stopped what they were doing and came close to the huge metal masterpiece, but what impressed them the most was that it was floating as Edmund stopped it right in front of the mansion and got out of it with Leah.

‘What is this, Edmund? Is even floating? What is it for?’ A soldier asked.

‘We will use this to transport people and supplies; I call it a truck; it can’t fly but if it doesn’t have high obstacles in front of it, it will just cruse through easily.’ He smiled at the soldier.

‘So this monstrosity is the final product that you showed me months ago, hum? Is not elegant, that is for sure.’ Ariadne put her hand on the front of the vehicle.

‘Is functional your highness! On the battlefield, it won't matter if it is ugly, but to be honest, it is not that bad.’ The young man turned to the duchess.

‘Anyway, I would like to test it with people inside that box in the back; this is for supplies but just test it.’ The duchess put her hand on Edmund’s shoulder.

‘Ok, I don’t see why not.’ Edmund smiled at the duchess.

Edmund walked to the back of it and opened the doors, reveling in the empty space with some handles inside. Behind Ariadne were some of the staff that work in the mansion, and the young man looked at them with excitement.

‘You guys are going in there. Hold the handles on the side. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go fast and it will be open all the time.’ Edmund pointed at the people behind Ariadne.

They were taken back by his words. The duchess turned around and made a gesture for them to go inside. As everyone got in, some with more fear than others, one of the maids was paralyzed by how nervous she was while holding one of the handles.

Tree people could fit in the front of the truck, and with the duchess in the middle, Edmund started to drive forward. Ariadne didn’t understand because, to her, she was not moving at all; there was no sound and no bumps; it looked like she was sitting on her chair back in the office, but her eyes were fixed on the circular object that Edmund used to control the vehicle. He too used his feet to press one of the two plates within reach of his feet.

‘I’m not really feeling that we are moving peasant, but my eyes betray what my body feels a little strange.’ The duchess looked around.

The truck was making a turn to go down the hill the mansion was built on and go in the direction of the city. As for the people inside the cargo area of the truck, they didn’t feel much movement, only a change in angle as the truck worked its way down the hill. There was nothing really to be afraid of; they were all amazed by what was going on.

‘This is wonderful; imagine traveling like this; I think I could even sleep while this is moving.’ The maid, who was nervous before, let go of the handle.

‘You are right; it seems like we are not even moving.’ Another maid spoke.

There was a straight path to the city, and viewing this Edmund increased the speed, but again, it felt like nothing was really happening, only that the view was passing much faster than before for the duchess. Inside the cargo, the staff noticed by looking at the open door that their speed had increased.

‘How fast we are now peasants, it doesn’t look fast at all.’ The duchess looked at Edmund, disappointed.

‘We are half of a full-speed horse, your highness.’ Edmund smiled at her.

‘What? It doesn’t feel like it.’ She looked confused.

‘Right? I felt the same, your highness.’ Leah grinned.

As the city entrance was closer, Edmund began to stop, and again, no one inside felt like the vehicle was stopping on its tracks, which made the duchess even more confused. There was no sound, not even the movement the carriage makes when they stop abruptly or begin to slow down.

‘Can you make a more luxurious version of this peasant?’ Ariadne looked at him, hopeful.

‘Yes, but we can’t make it because the mine of magic stones is inside the dungeon.’ He looked at the guards coming closer to the vehicle.

‘We need to make preparations to conquer the dungeon, them. I want one of this, but a more beautiful one, fitting for me.’ The duchess grinned.

‘That is her motivation? Not the demon lord? We are so dead.’ Edmund whispered.

‘You said something peasant?’ She looked at him.

‘Just happy we can enter the dungeon soon; you just need more training.’ He smiled at her.