Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 1094: Can we start setting off fireworks?

"They really look like brother and sister."

There were many people who had similar thoughts in their hearts, but only Saint Xia Liya could speak it out. Looking at the two figures, one large and one small, walking towards here, their faces, hair color and eye color were becoming clear in the gradually brighter firelight. The young man's face carved by the shadow had a vague helplessness on his face, while the girl who followed closely beside him tightened her face, pursed her lips, and stared at the front without saying a word. Every time she took a step, the amplitude was not too much or too little, like a precisely controlled doll. Only when the wind blew over and lifted the straw hat on her head, she would reach out and hold down the brim of the hat. From time to time, a look of shame and annoyance flashed in her eyes, as if this restless straw hat was greatly challenging her patience. At this time, it finally had a trace of vitality belonging to a living thing.

Saint Shalia turned her head and sought approval from the others: "Don't you think so?"

Because they had similar thoughts in their hearts, and they wanted to give their eldest sister some face, so everyone nodded in agreement, saying that what you said made sense, and we felt the same way, but I'm afraid there was one person who didn't think so. Although that person had always been Saint Shallia's most staunch supporter and would never disobey any of her ideas or opinions on weekdays, she had a reason not to back down in this matter.

"It doesn't look like that!"

Metien said angrily, "It's just that their age, hair color, eye color, and temperament... are similar. How, how can they be considered brother and sister... No, they can't be considered... right?"

The more she spoke, the lower her voice became, and she gradually lost confidence, because she suddenly realized that for people who don't know much about them, aren't all the things she just mentioned the key factors in forming the first impression? If a young man and a little girl have a moderate age difference, the same hair and eye color, and the same temperament, then everyone will subconsciously regard them as a pair of siblings, what's the problem?

The problem is huge.

Metien touched her eyes and her hair, and alarm bells suddenly rang in her mind. She didn't bother to refute Saint Shalia's statement, and ran to her brother in two or three steps, grabbed the corner of his clothes, and pulled him towards her - of course, it didn't pull him, but it attracted Ling's attention, and he lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong, Metien?"

"No, it's nothing."

The pink-haired girl raised her little face and showed her brother an innocent and bright smile. When she lowered her head again, her eyes were fixed on the silver-haired girl on the other side. Her two cute little eyebrows stood up, and her tone was slightly unhappy. Before, in the control center, she had a small dispute with her brother over whether the goddess had really fallen. Now, she was still wearing her own clothes, walking beside her brother openly, treating her as nothing, so naturally, the new grudge and the old score had to be settled together: "You are Miss Themis in the celestial world, why are you wearing my clothes?"

In the first round, Metien took the initiative and attacked directly at the opponent's vital points!
But unfortunately, her opponent had no intention of confronting her head-on, and chose to avoid it!
Celestial Themis calmly ignored the trap that the pink-haired girl had deliberately buried in her words, raised her head to look at the young man caught in the center of the battlefield, and said in a faint voice: "You said you would explain it to her."

Oh! Wonderful operation, perfectly avoiding the opponent's attack! Now the pressure is on Lingge!

Metien looked at her brother with an aggrieved expression, as if to say, "How can you use my things to please other girls?" Lingge, who originally thought that this matter was no big deal, suddenly had a headache, and suddenly realized that his sister might not be as reasonable as usual. He carefully explained, "Because Alice invited her to the party, but didn't prepare a suitable dress for her. It just so happens that your height and body shape are quite similar, so I took the initiative... Sorry, Metien."

The young man deliberately pushed the first person responsible to Alice. After all, that guy had been blamed for many things, and this one was not a big deal. Secondly, he was not wrong. This matter was originally caused by that guy. He was just helping her to clean up the mess. What crime had he committed? Finally, he apologized sincerely. According to past experience, under normal circumstances, as long as he apologized, Metien would not continue to argue with her brother. After all, she was a naive and considerate girl...

"You can't touch my closet at will!" The pink-haired girl clenched her fist angrily, making people worry whether the fist would fall on them in the next second: "You can clearly give her Xie Mi's clothes to wear!"

That's enough. Shemi is also your friend. She will be sad! And are you sure that Shemi's clothes can be worn by Themis? Or is that your real purpose, Metien? When did you become such a scheming person? It must be Alice's fault! Unforgivable, Alice!
"If you are unhappy about me wearing your clothes, I can return them to you." Celestial Themis said expressionlessly, "Because I don't mind wearing Mr. Ling's clothes."

In the second round, Themis from heaven launched a counterattack and started a provocation!

But this time, Metien learned his lesson. Although he was furious, he still controlled his anger and did not fall into the trap: "That's not necessary. It's just a set of clothes. If you want it so much, I'll give it to you. After all, I have many more sets, hehe!"

She deliberately emphasized the words "I want it so much" and "there are still many" to emphasize what she meant. It was obvious that she had already understood what she meant. Celestial Themis frowned slightly, realizing that this guy was not as easy to deal with as he seemed. Did he naturally learn this weird way of speaking after staying in the human world for a long time? Or did he learn it from Alice?
After two consecutive draws, both sides realized how difficult each other was. They tensed their faces and stared at each other, trying to force the other to surrender without a fight with their sharp eyes and serious expressions. However, neither of them was willing to give in, so the momentum was invisibly tit-for-tat. Lingge, who was caught in the middle, even vaguely heard the sound of lightning hitting the earth and waves hitting the dam, and was shocked. It was clearly just two little girls bickering, not the weird fighting game he played with Alice, so why was there such a shocking momentum? But the young man obviously didn't realize that sometimes, the war between girls was actually more cruel than he imagined...

"To see such a high-level competition today is really worth the price of admission!"

Not far away, Alice was clinging to a tree stump, watching this scene with excitement. There was no doubt that this was what she wanted to see, and it was even more engaging than the thrilling fighting game. Because fighting games are real fights, and although the two little girls in front of her didn't like each other, they obviously wouldn't go to the extent of pulling each other's hair. As we all know, only this kind of fight without a fight can attract the audience's attention and make people care more about the winner!

This guy who likes to watch the fun even started to call on the people around him to place bets: "Don't just stand there, come and guess who will win! Olvera, who do you think will win? Lorena, who do you want to bet on? And you, Yieta, don't be so sad, I'm not asking you to play, tell me, do you support Metien or Themis in the sky!?"

"I, I... Woo!" Miss Angel looked aggrieved, not daring to be angry or speak.

"Then who do you support, Alice?" A sinister voice came from behind.

The genius player shuddered immediately, a chill creeping up her spine, causing her teeth to chatter uncontrollably, and the clacking sound sounded so embarrassing. If possible, she would rather die than face this destined enemy, but the hands were already gently and firmly pressing on her shoulders. In order to prevent it from moving further towards her fragile neck, Alice could only turn her head stiffly, little by little, and happened to meet the calm, gentle, but not smiling lake green eyes.

"me--"

Alice was in the same predicament as Yieta. She stammered for a long time and couldn't even utter a complete sentence. But she suddenly caught a glimpse of Lingge who was caught in the middle of two little girls. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind and she shouted, "Of course I support Lingge!" Hey, you found the only way out of a situation where you were doomed to die? Alice is indeed cunning and treacherous.

Everyone looked at her sideways. Alice obviously thought that her answer was brilliant. She was very proud of herself, but her face was still humble. She gave a flattering smile to the big hand that controlled her destiny.

Saint Xia Liya was helpless against this shameless guy. She let go of his hand and shook her head gently: "You invited this person here, but you didn't take it seriously. You even asked Lingge to lead her and took her to change clothes. Alice, when will you change your carelessness and at least remember the things you should remember?"

"I have a very good memory, but——"

Alice complained for herself: "I thought Themis from the Celestial Realm could find the banquet venue by herself. The Cloud Whale Sky Island is so small, and she can monitor the entire Heavenly Temple. Can't she find where we are? As for the clothes, I think Lingge is a bit redundant. What's wrong with her original clothes? She is a mecha girl! What a unique attribute, unique on the Cloud Whale Sky Island, no, I dare say it is even unique on the entire Mirror Star. Lingge made her change into Metien's clothes, depriving her of this attribute. It can be seen that he doesn't know how to appreciate the good of the mecha girl. Superficial, vulgar, and without aesthetic taste!"

She criticized harshly, but everyone who heard this impassioned speech just rolled their eyes silently in their hearts, and no one took it to heart. After all, anyone can accuse someone of being superficial, vulgar, and without aesthetic taste, but Alice can't. Even if the benches, tables, and chairs for the banquet and the barrel of mead that was being drunk were counted, she was the only one who had no right to say such things.

Saint Xia Liya couldn't help but feel that she was really stupid. She actually wanted to discuss matters of responsibility and aesthetics with Alice. She might as well go to the bartender to ask for a glass of water. Although they both tasted the same, at least the bartender could still beat the genius player in terms of naming taste.

"Think about how to explain it to the heavens first."

She glanced at the blonde maid. "Explain why you invited her to the party and then left her alone."

"I don't think it's difficult." Alice was very confident: "I have a very good relationship with Themis of the Celestial Realm. I am the player and she is the narrator. We are the closest partners. Ai Bo, do you understand? Ai Bo! As long as I sincerely admit my mistakes, she will definitely forgive me!"

This is what is called, those who are favored are fearless.

While the two were talking, Ling had already arrived at the destination with difficulty, surrounded by the two girls, bickering and confronting each other. He put down the wooden box in his arms, then stretched his wrists, which were a little sore from carrying it for a long time, and turned to Alice and said, "I have brought the fireworks you asked for. If you want to set them off, please go far away and be careful not to set fire to Yieta's flower fields."

If Alice hadn't been clamoring to set off fireworks, he wouldn't have bothered to run so far to help Lorena carry a whole box of fireworks from her alchemy workshop. In fact, even if she was clamoring and making a fuss, Ling Ge didn't want to agree and would just let her get it herself. However, this guy actually threatened him that if he didn't go, he would expose the story of how the young man was beaten by the genius player when they played games that night - although it turned out that the young man beat the genius player, the previous defeat would not disappear because of this. Alice was shameless and could ignore the dozen games she lost and only focus on the few games she won to threaten, but Ling Ge couldn't do that.

However, after the young man reluctantly brought a box of fireworks, the talented player had already lost interest in this childish game. Right now, she cared more about another thing, which was to prove to Saint Shallia and everyone else that the bond between her and Themis in the heavens was unbreakable and would never be broken by a small misunderstanding!

So she ignored Lingge's hard work, jumped in front of the silver-haired girl with a smile, raised her hand and said hello: "Good evening, Celestial Themis, oh, I'm so sorry, I actually forgot to look for you. No, it's not that I forgot, it's just that I don't think it's necessary. What kind of relationship do we have? Do we need to care about these courtesies? Don't you think so?"

She reached out to put her hand on the girl's shoulder, pretending that she knew her very well, but the silver-haired girl who was struggling with the pink-haired girl just looked at her calmly and uttered a simple word: "Oh."

Then he turned his head again and continued to have an intense exchange of words and visuals with Metien.

Celestial Themis: "Mr. Linger asked me to change my clothes."

Metien: "Why are you so proud? He didn't change it for you!"

Celestial Themis: "So he changed it for you?"

Metien: "Of course... Oh, no! Don't change the subject!"

Alice: "..."

Although she was not held accountable by Celestial Themis, for some reason, this feeling of being ignored made her feel even worse. Add to that the fact that the genius player had previously boasted about how good his relationship with Celestial Themis was and how deep their bond was… She vaguely heard a burst of snickering coming from behind her.

There was also the characteristic bland voice of a certain young man. The genius player didn't know if it was an illusion, but he vaguely heard a hint of ridicule in it: "It seems that—"

"We can start setting off fireworks to celebrate."

Give me some meow