Chapter 32 The train is delayed

"Nasos, are you sure you didn't get the time wrong?"

"Probably... probably not..."

Under a night sky completely different from his memory, Ronald looked at his companion with skeptical, puzzled eyes as the latter offered an awkward smile.

In the evening, Nasos had spotted a gap in the forest from the treetops.

After more than half an hour's trek, they had even arrived here before sunset.

The result was correct; a well-structured railway lay on the ground.

Following the path through the woods, they even came upon a temporary camp set up by a railway maintenance crew.

And then...

Then there was no more 'then.'

From the moment the sun dipped behind the hillside until the stars filled the night sky.

At the railway end, they hadn't seen a steam train, let alone a ghostly figure; they only encountered the occasional nocturnal animal passing by.

"Um..."

"I couldn't have remembered it wrong, could I?"