Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 346: Will I be weakened after joining the team?

Looking at the innocent smile on the white-haired angel's face, Saint Shallia said seriously: "You can definitely do it."

Yieta's eyes were filled with joy. The shadows that had lingered in the snowy season in the Saizeriya Fields finally dissipated bit by bit, making her eyes as blue and clear as the sky above her head. She was an angel, a messenger who came from heaven to bring happiness. She should have such bright and moving eyes, shining like gems at any time.

"kindness!"

She nodded her head vigorously, her eyebrows curved: "Thank you!"

The corners of Saint Xia Liya's mouth also curled up, as if she was smiling, but when Yieta came to her senses, she found that her expression had not changed at all, and she was still so calm. She couldn't help but suspect that she was hallucinating. At this time, the shepherdess whispered: "Then I will go and tell this news to Ling Ge and Alice."

She stood up from the steps and walked towards the primrose field outside the white windmill. Yieta watched her figure gradually walk away, and the smile on her face slowly disappeared. She sighed softly and murmured in a voice that only she could hear: "Hope, it really is the right choice..."

After all, seven centuries have passed in the outside world, but the girl's heart is still living in the memories of seven centuries ago. She doesn't know if she can really integrate into this strange era. She talked so much with Saint Xia Liya before, not only to explain the reason, but also to comfort and encourage herself.

She didn't lie. She was moved when she saw the familiar scenes on the back of the giant whale flying across the sky, but she was more sad. The ruins of the ancient village, the windmills turning on the ruins, and the desolate fields covered with snow... All the scenes were similar, but there was no similar face. It seemed that everything had not changed after the passage of time, but it had changed completely.

"Time is such a cunning thing."

……

A few minutes later, everyone gathered in front of Yieta's windmill. Alice stood on the highest step of the windmill base with her hands on her hips. Behind her, Yieta was leaning against the door, blinking her eyes, looking confused. Just now, Alice ran over aggressively and asked her "Are you willing to contribute to the team?" and then said some incomprehensible words, such as "I, Alice, will never steal other people's equipment", "I'm just keeping it for you", "I'll give it back to you when you grow up" and so on.

The girl holding the girl's hand, running in the colorful primrose field, the scene is naturally very beautiful, if the girl running in front is not so noisy. St. Xia Liya, who was forcibly dragged to run and staggered a little, looked at those poor primroses being kicked to pieces by her, sighed helplessly, and advised Alice to run slower and not to be too anxious, wondering what big event Alice was going to announce?

"Quiet, quiet, listen to me, I have something to announce!"

When Saint Chariah informed everyone of the good news, Alice, who was sleeping in the flower field and thinking about how to get a horse, suddenly jumped up and was overjoyed: "Are you serious? Is Yieta really willing to go with us?"

Her last words were basically bullshit, and few people took them seriously. Besides, everyone had already known the news she announced from Saint Shallia, so it wasn't a surprise at all. But for Yieta's sake, everyone still clapped their hands to show their warm welcome to their new teammates.

Saint Shalia nodded: "Yes, really."

"Then what are we waiting for!" The golden-haired maid grabbed her hand and rushed towards the windmill: "Come on! Let me announce an important event!"

In fact, no one was making a fuss. Everyone was looking at this girl silently, wondering what she was up to. On the contrary, Alice's loud voice made the spinning windmill above her head seem to stop for a moment. She didn't feel embarrassed and said casually, "The first thing is that Yieta has decided to join our team. We will travel together in the future. Come on, everyone applaud and welcome her. You should take care of your new teammate like I did, and use your warm hearts to influence, tolerate, and love her, okay?"

she said to herself.

The frightened angel didn't even hear clearly what she was saying, and nodded in agreement dazedly, earning an affirmative thumbs-up from Alice and a tired look from Saint Shallia.

It always feels unreliable.

An embarrassed expression appeared on Yieta's face. She shrank her head and a pair of wings behind her waist gently rose up, covering her cheeks, leaving only a pair of big blue eyes exposed, staring at everyone with blinking eyes.

When Aoweila saw this scene, she blurted out: "So cute..."

"I know I'm cute, so you don't need to emphasize it here. It won't have a good impact in front of everyone." Alice waved her hand, accepted the praise in full and criticized it righteously, then ignored Avra's frown and continued, "The second thing is that after Yieta joined us, under my hard persuasion, she was very enthusiastic, extremely willing, and insisted again and again - to contribute this whale, ah, I mean the Zero Arus, to become the new base of our team!" She emphasized Yieta's cooperative attitude, using phrases including "very enthusiastic", "extremely willing" and "again and again insisted" to explain that this was the girl's own wish, and had nothing to do with external pressure, coercion or persuasion!
"So, I declare that from now on, the Great Red Lotus Group will be renamed the Gran Sefa Sky Riders! I, Little Kita Alice, will be the leader. Do you have any opinions?"

She asked everyone hypocritically, saying that she was a leader with a strong democratic spirit and was willing to listen to the opinions of the people.

Xie Mi, who was sitting on the lamb's head, spread his hands and said, "What? Did you call everyone here just for this kind of thing?"

"Hmm?" Alice glared at her fiercely. The goblin immediately ordered the lamb to run behind Saint Shallia, then stuck his head out and made a face: "It's just boring. I stopped playing this kind of game when I was thirty. It's so childish! Also, you said Yieta agreed, why do I feel like you forced me to do it?"

"Nonsense!"

Alice shouted angrily, then winked at the angel lady at the door: "Come on, Yieta, tell them that I definitely didn't force you. This is all your own will, right?"

"Uh, huh? Yeah..." Yieta replied weakly.

All of a sudden, everyone looked at Alice with undisguised contempt, as if they were looking at a despicable villain who was bullying an underage girl.

Alice was so angry that her blood pressure soared: "Didn't we agree on this just now, Yieta? You have to respond to them honestly! Don't make me look guilty!"

You're the one who's in the wrong, right?

Everyone thought of the same thing.

Yieta shrank her neck and said, "Yes, it's like this. Alice did mention this to me just now. I think it's a good thing and it can help everyone, so I agreed..."

Alice nodded in satisfaction. "Did you hear that? I didn't force her to do that. I persuaded her with reason and emotion."

Yieta didn't finish: "But..."

"Hmm?" A dangerous light flashed in the golden-haired maid's eyes.

Yieta's voice weakened a little, but she still insisted on finishing: "However, if I want to maintain the integrity of the whale's structure and keep it flying in the sky, it may consume a lot of my strength. If, if there is any unexpected situation, I will not be able to help you, so-"

So what, she didn't say, but everyone knew it.

Alice thought, this is not right, if I must have this aerial base, the young girl's royal power that just joined the team will be weakened? But then she thought again, it seems to be quite right, after all, in RPG games, isn't it normal for a very powerful NPC character to be weakened immediately after joining the team? It is always necessary to balance the combat power of the protagonist group.

So is it right or wrong?
Alice thought carefully and consulted everyone's opinions, and finally came to a conclusion: it was right after all.

Firstly, Yieta's personality is not suitable for fighting, otherwise she would not have been bullied by the Kreisov royal family and the Heavenly Order and still swallowed her anger. Forcing her to participate in the battle is a bit embarrassing; secondly, her inability to take action does not mean that she will not be useful. The authentic shit game "Sky Orbit: Type-0 Behemoth" produced by Alice Games can turn this giant rock whale into a powerful sky battleship, which is much more useful than Yieta herself - after hearing this, Yieta showed a resentful look and shut herself up on the spot, while the outspoken Alice was verbally criticized by everyone for ten minutes, and finally apologized in tears before being forgiven.

Finally, they really need such an island in the sky as their base.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)