the Thief of Forbidden Manuscripts

part 16

Before he gets the idea to wander between the train compartments and watch the passengers, he stands up, opens the door to his room and is about to leave when he notices that the guard in charge of the compartment has stood up from his place and went towards him saying "For your safety sir, I advise you to stay inside your room" ...
"I wanted to go to the toilet," Sami replies. The guard again, "There is one already in your room, this is the first class compartment, sir." The boy tries to look surprised, "Really? I didn't realise it was there... Thank you"
The boy enters and closes the door behind him, saying that this guard is going to cause me real trouble, having him outside... Ahh... "The magic cloak"

What are you thinking about, Sami?

Nothing, Dad, but I'm very bored and very curious to see the other passengers.
This is dangerous, I don't recommend going out that door, we don't need to get to know the passengers - witches, outcasts, possessed people and living corpses.
I said I only wanted to see the other passengers, I didn't say I wanted to familiarise myself with them.
But even seeing them is still dangerous. We don't even know who they are or what their intentions are.
How do you want me to stay in this room all night? Wait for me here and I'll come back later, and don't worry about me, I'm completely hidden from them with my magic cloak, and if anything happens, I'll jump straight to my room.
Don't try it or think about it again, you haven't been trained in moving jumps... It's very dangerous and you may find yourself inside one of the rooms if you're lucky, otherwise you may fall out of the train and be killed or your body will merge with the train and your end will be horrible.

But I've memorised the room in my head.

Sami... In moving jumps you have to synchronise your jump with the speed and direction of the train, any miscalculation will kill you, you have to anticipate very accurately where the train will be at the next moment, taking into account the speed and direction.
Well, I'm not going to jump into this train and I'm going to use the magic wand in case there's a confrontation.
The boy puts on his hood and disappears out of sight and starts walking around. He approaches the guard, who is sitting in a chair reading a newspaper and immediately senses something strange.
He stands up and tries to focus his gaze as if he's sure someone is there, but Sami is frozen in place... The well-focused guard puts the newspaper on the chair and advances directly towards the boy, who starts to back away cautiously, then he has a brilliant idea... "Who are you? Show yourself, intruder?"
That's what he said, slowly advancing as he grabbed the doorknob of one of the doors: " Sami grabs the door handle of one of the rooms and opens it, then takes two steps back as the guard smiles and goes straight into the room, and the boy takes the opportunity to cross quickly and lightly.
The woman inside stands up and looks at the guard in surprise, "Don't you know anything about the concept of privacy, you obnoxious guard? I want to file a complaint."
The guard scans the room with his eyes, looks at the woman's three children and then calmly says: "I would prefer that you adhere to the safety measures and stay inside your room, Madam, sneaking around doesn't help anyone, it only causes trouble."
None of my children have snuck out.
Listen to me carefully, lady, don't be fooled by my guard uniform, because underneath it is a level ten wizard... I am in the process of serving my mandatory service years, otherwise I would be sitting in your place, so please speak to me as a magician and not as a guard.
I am determined to file a complaint.
So that's your plan for infiltration, none of you will leave this room then, no breach will occur on my watch, and as for the complaint, you can file it at the end of the trip and I will personally look after it.
The guard comes out and closes the door behind him, leaving the lady in a state of great distress, then closes the door from the outside with the key and returns to his place.

By this time, the boy has managed to cross safely into the fourth compartment, which is a service compartment for those who want to have a drink or a snack, and has a lot of tables and chairs.
He approaches one of the empty tables and sits on a chair placed in front of it and focuses his gaze on the opposite table where a magician dressed entirely in black sits, next to him is a large cup with a drink in it, and on his table there is a black cat that follows Sami with its gaze as if it sees him clearly, at first the boy did not care about it and remained focused on the face of the old magician, ...
An old man wearing a magician's uniform, his eyes are sunken and he seems to be blind, then suddenly he hears a voice inside his head, someone speaking to him through his thoughts, "Who are you, kid? Why are you looking at me like that?"
What? Who are you and how did you get inside my head?
There is only you and me in this compartment, boy, I'm the one sitting on your left.
But you seem to be blind, sir, how could you see me when I'm completely hidden by my cloak of invisibility?
I can see through the cat.