Alice in the Land of Steam

Will Chapter 257 make people feel at ease?
At night, looking out of the window, you can see a classical Baroque-style building located at the highest point in the city. It is as magnificent as a palace and as majestic as a temple. The street is surrounded by crisscrossing waterways, ditches and fountains. It is illuminated by the light of street lamps, and looks sacred and gorgeous.

That is the "Holy Spring Sanctuary" Tifes Temple, the most famous building in the city besides the "Eternal Summer Palace", the summer residence of the ancient Kreisov royal family. Nimsher has a special geographical location, located at the "junction of three springs". In ancient times, three rivers converged here, eroding and nurturing countless open rivers, underground rivers, tributaries, ancient wells and springs. Therefore, it is regarded as a holy place by the believers of the Holy Spring Monks, who built a church here to worship the spring spirit Tifo. In the ancient Aardes language, Tifes means "the palace where Tifo rests."

However, after the implementation of the "Religious Decree", this famous temple was nationalized and became a museum under the management of the Nimser City Government. When the 11th World Expo was held, it became the exhibition hall of Leisenburg. This small neutral country will display its history and culture to tourists from all over the world in the palace that was originally the resting place of gods.

As for where the original owner went, no one cared about this question at the moment.

I silently gazed at the magnificent and majestic church, and saw pedestrians in the streets and alleys like an endless river, passing through this city also dominated by rivers. A grand metaphor of imagery came to mind, which reminded me of blood vessels and blood. If natural rivers are like blood vessels, supporting the veins of the city, then the rivers of pedestrians are like blood, filling it with a busy and secular atmosphere.

The young man stood in front of the window. His tall and thin back had a bit of the charm of the lonely man in the middle of the night described by Aiken Drube in "Blackest Night". If it were not for the rustling sound of the pen tip scratching across the soft paper behind him, this charm would probably be even deeper, even integrated into his soul and bones.

As for who was writing in the room... Lingge turned around and his eyes fell on the slender figure beside the table. The princess with starry eyes was yawning with one hand covering her mouth, while the other hand was holding a pen, moving freely on the paper, writing beautiful and fluent words.

She looked sleepy and lazy. Besides yawning, her eyes were half-closed, and her sight was not on the paper at all. Her drooping eyelids made people wonder if she would fall asleep at the next moment; but her sitting posture was dignified and straight. Her slender back did not lean against the chair, maintaining a reserved distance. Her writing movements were completely in line with the elegance and composure of the aristocratic clerks of the old generation. The handwriting was so neat that it seemed as if someone had drawn a straight line underneath, without the slightest crookedness, and even the spacing between each word was almost the same; her slightly pale knuckles moved slightly, and the rustling sound made when the pen tip touched the paper was full of harmonious rhythm, as if playing a soothing piece of music, making the boring and tedious copying work become an art.

Only a skilled transcriber with many years of experience can be so free-spirited and transcribe without error even without reading the content; similarly, only a royal noble who has been exposed to various cumbersome etiquettes since childhood and regards them as a habit of life can always maintain such an elegant demeanor, and our princess has both. This is because the court etiquette education she has received over the years has been deeply engraved in her mind, so that no matter what the princess does, she strives for perfection and shows the dignity of the royal family.

Although, the royal family she wanted to highlight no longer existed.

Then there were some problems with the distribution.

"I want to sleep in the same room with Lingge." These were Ovilla's exact words.

Olvera, who accepted Metien's commission to help her copy the potion book, noticed Ling'er's gaze and turned her head like a slow clockwork puppet. Her eyes were dazed but somewhat clear, in a state between confusion and wakefulness: "Ah, Ling...are you going to sleep?"

The two inseparable objects are within reach: a lantern in her left hand and a thick book spread out in her right hand. What the princess copied is the knowledge she gained from this book.

"Oh." The princess muttered vaguely, "You suffered from insomnia last time..."

Lingge ignored her and walked straight to the bed to go to sleep.

"I have no reason to lose sleep."

After all, her appearance in Ling'er's room was the result of a pre-arranged agreement.

There was no intention of letting Olvera leave.

Linger nodded: "Yes."

"I see." She sighed in disappointment, "I thought you couldn't sleep."

Due to his special status and race, when Lingge booked a room at the hotel, he did not include Saint Shalia, Olvera and Shemi. So he booked three rooms, one for himself, and the remaining two for the girls to divide among themselves. Shemi was a fairy so she could be ignored. The remaining room could barely accommodate two people sharing a bed, and there was nothing to be shy about for all girls - as for Lingge being privately complained by the hotel staff for booking a room for the golden-haired maid, it was not a big deal.

Upon hearing this, Alice, who was drinking water, sprayed out the water on the spot, accurately hitting the elf Xie Mi, but the latter did not care, because she was also in a very shocked state. She even wiped the water off her face, pinched her cheeks, and muttered, "It's not a dream."

Metien's eyes moved back and forth between the two parties with a thoughtful look, looking at Ling Ge for a while, and then at Avra. After a while, she actually showed an expression of sudden enlightenment. Although no one knew what she had realized.

The only person who could keep calm was Saint Xia Liya. She didn't even think there was anything wrong with this sentence. Therefore, facing the sudden silence, she blinked and asked in confusion, "What happened?" What happened? This is a very complicated question. Ling Ge also wanted to know, but before that, he had to suppress the jumping golden maid. This guy had recovered from the shock and began to shout in the room. He jumped in front of Aoweila and advised her earnestly to "calm down", "young people should not be too impulsive", "our 6+ game content is very healthy", "children will not be able to stand it"; and then he jumped in front of Ling Ge and accused him of "not being self-disciplined", "actually hooking up with a young girl who is not familiar with the world", "must be greedy for the royal family's wealth", "I am so disappointed in you, knock"... In short, she showed her low IQ in various ways. If she was allowed to continue, I am afraid that tomorrow this hotel will start to circulate a tragic story about a murder caused by love and hate.

After using physical means to calm the guy down, Linger looked at Avella and asked word by word without asking for the reason: "Are you sure you want to do this?"

There was no need to ask for the reason. Olvera couldn't sleep at night because of the curse, but she didn't want to be discovered by her companions and cause them to worry. If she slept in the same room with others, she would be discovered immediately. Only Lingge, who knew about it a long time ago, could keep the secret for her.

As for Ling's question to Olvera, it was not to ask her whether she was ready to be alone in a room with a man of the same age late at night, but to ask her: Are you sure you want to do this? Not having the courage to be honest with the truth, so still choosing to be strong, even at the cost of making such a decision, for you, is facing it a more difficult choice than escaping?
His calm and deep golden eyes, so deep under the light, clearly asked this question. Avra ​​understood what she meant, and she was the only one who could understand it among the people present. She stammered a few times, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it. She lowered her head and whispered, "Yeah."

You still have to be strong.

Ling Ge thought, but it was her own choice, and no one else could interfere. One day she would understand that most people in the world choose to escape because it is easier to escape. However, a choice made easily cannot be easily regretted because it carries many difficult things.

That would require a courage stronger than just facing it or running away.

He buried these thoughts deep in his heart and did not speak them out loud. He said to his other companions: "Then let her sleep in the same room with me."

……

The subsequent persuasion process became even more difficult, mainly because Alice was making a fuss and Shemi was obstructing. As a younger sister, Medin didn't say anything. She just stood there and looked at Olvera carefully, almost looking at her from beginning to end, which made the princess of Beman a little panicked, thinking that she had made excessive demands.

In fact, it is indeed excessive.

Later, after Ringer's explanation (his expressionless face throughout the explanation), the princess finally understood what everyone was worried about, and she repeatedly assured that she did not have any inappropriate thoughts, and then she reluctantly passed the resolution. But this led to another question: Since you said you did not have any inappropriate thoughts, why did you have to sleep in Ringer's room?

"Hmm?" The princess of Bemang tapped her lips and thought for a while, then she dazedly, hesitantly, and stammered out a reason that even she felt was forced: "Because... uh, that is, staying by Ling'er's side makes me feel... very safe?"

The strange thing is that after saying this, everyone said "Oh".

"I wish I had said this earlier." Alice muttered as she left the room: "Let's go, Metien, let's go back and play games!"

"Sister Alice, I don't want to play games. Can I sleep in the same room with Sister Xiao Xia?"

"That's right, Alice will definitely kick off the quilt at night and stay in bed in the morning! Let her sleep alone!"

"Will Metien come to my room? I'd be most welcome."

"Bah!"

……

Anyway, Olvera moved into Ling's room (temporarily).

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)