Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 13 Can’t find his weakness?

Two people were plotting in the room.

One of them was worried and sighing, having to bear responsibilities that he shouldn't have at such a young age. His frown was full of anxiety, which made people feel that life was difficult and unsustainable. The other person... uh, was admiring his new clothes, or old clothes, in the mirror.

Alice lifted the hem of her skirt with both hands and turned around gracefully, the black ribbon fluttering between her white sleeves, highlighting her slender waist. Then she stood still, bent her knees slightly, tilted her head at a 45-degree angle, put on a standard fake smile, and performed an awkward courtesy to herself in the mirror.

"it is good!"

She untied the hem of her skirt and pumped her fist vigorously, showing her excitement, as if she had just caught up with a summer sale when she wanted to buy a game: "I'm already a qualified maid!"

Metien, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, was too lazy to complain about her. She just made a few perfunctory remarks, but this did not spoil Alice's good mood. She even wanted to find a new use for this maid outfit: "I think I should buy two pistols - preferably revolvers, and tie them to my thighs. Then, when the enemy attacks, I will lift up my skirt, pull out the pistols, and bang bang!"

She fired two shots at the imaginary enemy in the mirror, imitating the western movies she had watched. Then she raised her finger to her mouth and blew gently, as if blowing away the gun smoke from the muzzle. She said to the enemy lying in a pool of blood in a "cold" tone: "Sorry, there is a sale at the supermarket today, so I don't have time to play with you."

“That’s so cool!” She was so excited that her bunny ears bounced like an overdeveloped schoolchild. “I think I should be the star of the next Red Dead Redemption! A maid-gunslinger roaming the English countryside, huhu!”

That's right, after she changed into a maid outfit, she still wore the unknown device called "earphones" on her head. The silver-white rabbit ears replaced the original maid headband, swinging back and forth as the girl's head shook, showing off her power. In addition, she still had two belts hanging diagonally around her waist, hanging her beloved game console and cassette storage box respectively. When she walked, the metal buttons on the belts collided with each other, making a jingling sound. If you didn't know, you would think she had two bells hanging.

After all, the Church Union has nothing to do with her, but Lingge is really her employer.

Lingge has a bad temper and probably won't change his mind easily, so we can only start with the union of religious groups and the "Religious Decree".

Those strange decorations were also present: the sword-shaped pendant around her neck, the fire-patterned ring on her right index finger, the silver bracelet used to tie her ponytail... She was basically just putting the maid outfit on over her original clothes. With this look, not to mention being a qualified maid, even the Moryas would be impressed and flee in embarrassment.

That's Alice!

The little girl felt that she was especially like the criminals in Newgate Prison awaiting execution. Tomorrow's seventh-day ceremony would be the death penalty deadline, and the sentence would be pronounced by the most ruthless Chief Justice, Ringer.

"You will never achieve anything if you are so timid!" Alice was very disappointed with her: "If you want to save Tianxin Church, you can either rebel against the church alliance or against Lingge. You choose one way. Anyway, I choose the first one."

"It doesn't matter what happens, Sister Alice." Metien said with a sad face, "Don't forget why I asked you to come here. We must think of a solution, otherwise Tianxin Church will really be closed."

"Uh." Seeing Metien's nervous and expectant eyes, Alice's mouth twitched, and she felt bitter but couldn't say anything. What could she do? The little girl thought she was the revelation of the goddess, but she didn't even know who the goddess was, what deeds she had done, or what teachings she had taught!

"How about," she asked tentatively, "consider my previous suggestion, gather 300,000 rebels, storm the headquarters of the united cult, and seize his bird position as a saint? If that doesn't work, I can learn to call like a fox. Are the seven great gods born noble?"

"Okay, okay, I get it. Don't say anything more, Sister Alice." Metien hastily stopped her from continuing her remarks. She was really afraid that the door of the room would be kicked open by the tribune of the parish committee in the next second, and both of them would be arrested and thrown into prison.

But she was neither convinced nor reconciled, so she wanted to escape from prison...ah, she wanted to vindicate herself, to prove that she was not wrong at all, and that Tianxin Church should not have been closed!
If you don’t believe it, the goddess’ revelation is the proof!

Metien thought for a moment, and suddenly whispered, "Actually, there is a third way."

"Oh?" Alice tilted her ears - including the bunny ears on her head: "Tell me more."

"That means it will become a wandering church." "Wandering church?" Alice's first reaction was that Metien was going to install twelve thousand steam engines on Tianxin Church, and then push it away from Linville City to start a long drifting journey... ahem, it seemed a little unrealistic.

"Yes." Metien nodded slightly. "Those churches that lost their place to stay and were forced to embark on the road of exile with statues of gods pulled by horses, carried in carts, or even carried on their shoulders are called wandering churches. This saying has a long history, and it is said that it can be traced back to several thousand years before Christ, but I am not sure how it came about. The first batch of 18 churches mentioned in the "Religious Decree" did not choose to surrender, so they became wandering churches. Until now, they are still avoiding the arrest of the united religious orders and various countries, while continuing their missionary work."

"That sounds like a lot of hard work," Alice commented. "But it's too hard. I can't stand it. Besides, even if it becomes a wandering church, won't Tianxin Church still have to close? The situation is no different from before."

"That's right."

Hearing this, Metien sighed softly. The young girl's heart was filled with melancholy, just like this sad city.

Alice felt a little ashamed. As a good comrade on the same front, she should play her role at this time. She quickly started to think hard. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind and she offered a suggestion: "I think the key is to start with Ling Ge. After all, he is the pastor of Tianxin Church and has the qualifications to negotiate with the church on an equal footing. But persuasion alone is not enough, so we'd better take tough measures!"

"Tough measures?" Metien hesitated. This was a direction she had never considered before. However, Alice, who was on the road to crime, took advantage of the situation and continued to instigate: "That's right, we should take... threats? Yes, that's right! We should take threats. Do you know what Ling'er's weakness is? Afraid of the dark? Afraid of green peppers? Afraid of mice? We can use his weaknesses to threaten him and force him to change his mind!"

Isn't this something only children would do?

The pink-haired little girl was stunned, and Alice looked at her strangely: "You are a child anyway."

Her suggestions are not just random nonsense, they are all based on facts and considerations!
"I'm sixteen, not a child."

"He's two years younger than me, so what else could he be but a child?"

"This……"

For the safety of the church, Metien had to accept the fact that he was still a child, and began to think about Ling'er's weaknesses as a bargaining chip - well, it seems a bit like a bad boy to say this. The first time I was a bad boy, I always felt a little excited.

The brother who had been excellent since childhood, had high hopes placed by his father, and always stood out among his peers; the brother who was very gentle to her, taught her to read, and accompanied her as she grew up; the brother who used to like to laugh, and his laugh was warm and kind; the brother who completely lost his smile after his father's death and seemed to have never been happy since then... What weaknesses did he have?

This was the first time that Metien had thought about such a question, so it took her quite a while, until Alice became impatient. She looked up blankly and murmured, "No..."

"What?" Alice, whose mind had long since wandered off to some unknown planet, naturally didn't hear her words clearly: "You said nothing?"

"No weaknesses." Metien repeated word for word: "Linger is a man without weaknesses."

There was no such thing in the past, there is no such thing now, and certainly there will be no such thing in the future.

Ever since Metien had the concept of "brother", she has always believed that her brother is a very powerful man.

A strong person has no weaknesses.

　Forgot to say, give some meow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)