The annoying face with a little mustache didn't appear at the iron bars, but Winters heard other sounds: the familiar shouting of his classmates and the same banging on the carriage.
The Venetians in the other carriages heard Andre's shouts and responded in the same way.
Even though they could not see each other, the warrant officers confirmed in this way that there were four carriages, and all twenty-seven warrant officers who had returned to Guidao City from Vineta for the conferring ceremony were there—including Bard, the United Provincial.
But beyond that, the warrant officers received no response.
The sun outside the iron window set once, then rose again, and only Winters continued to hit the carriage with his spoon.
Just as Winters, who was beginning to dehydrate, was about to give up, footsteps sounded outside the carriage.
