Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 353: Is this Metien’s brilliant idea?

Sunset.

As the sky darkened, the golden sunset enveloped the world, spreading from the reachable to the distant skyline, as if gradually burning, drawing orange-red cloud lines. The cloud whales that turned into floating islands flapped their wings leisurely, wandering in this gorgeous ocean, as if gradually blending themselves into the twilight. The dusk scene that can be appreciated at the place closest to the sky seems to be very different from that on the ground. Those burning sunsets and gradient colors reflect the beautiful scenery in the eyes of travelers, a unique experience.

Although it was not yet night, a few tiny stars were already dotted in the distant sky, their light was dim, not enough to penetrate the gloomy twilight and give the world a colorful and dazzling shell. And the silver moon that has been shining on the earth since ancient times was naturally still quietly sinking in the deep curtain, like sinking in the gentle embrace of a mother.

After dinner, with the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the forest, everyone's life returned to a peaceful track. Alice wanted to find a suitable place to play games. After searching for a long time, she finally found Ieta's windmill tower room. She harassed this weak angel lady under the name of "let's play games together". She was sure that she would not refuse, and her unscrupulous appearance made people dare not speak out.

Saint Charity was originally taking her lamb for a walk, admiring the peaceful and tranquil evening scenery on the floating island, but Lingge came to find her, and the two exchanged a few words. As they were talking, they went into the woods outside the flower field, acting mysterious and no one knew what shameful things they were doing (Alice's original words).

Olvera found a flat tree stump, placed her lantern on it for lighting, and sat by the tree roots to read. Since Medien no longer needed her to copy new potion books as teaching materials, and Linger had no money to buy her more paper, Princess Berman's book-copying career came to an end. Now she was bored and looked for books everywhere every day.

By the way, the book she is reading now is titled "The Romantic History of the Western Land - The Past and Present Life of Primrose". It sounds like a cheesy third-rate romance novel, but it is actually a very serious popular science book. The author ingeniously tells the stories of several famous couples in the history of the Western Land, and then cuts into the primrose, which is now a "symbol of love and romance". He provides detailed and interesting popular science on this beautiful plant of the Sakura family, and the content is very fascinating.

The reason for reading this book was naturally that Olivia developed a deep interest in the beautiful flower field right in front of her. Girls always have little resistance to such romantic things, but Alice, a freak who is addicted to games, is an exception.

Metien also used the light of the lantern to do her homework while lying on a tree stump. She was self-taught, so these homeworks were not assigned by the teacher, but were learning goals she set for herself. This good sense of self-management once made Alice complain that she had no other hobbies. As a result, the pink-haired girl said, "Learning herbal knowledge is my hobby," which made the golden-haired maid speechless and ashamed.

It would be nice if I could also learn magic, like the Scholar's Path's Favored Magic [Curiosity] or the magic [Quick Thinking] that Ling Ge had already learned. Unfortunately, Sister Xiao Xia said that immature humans taking potions may cause stronger side effects, so Ling Ge did not agree to let her become a magician.

Saint Shalia once said that among the Moryas, wizards who were blessed by their ancestors and awakened would learn all kinds of mysterious knowledge from a young age, including divination with crystal balls, stargazing, alchemy, and magic of deflecting arrows with magnets, etc., which also included all kinds of weird, strange and incredible herbal knowledge. Wizards who could master this knowledge before the age of 20 would be called great wizards. The Moryas regarded great wizards as the successors of the King of Elves, and she felt that Metien might have this qualification.

Since she couldn't think of anything, she simply stopped thinking about it. She said to Princess Beman, who looked confident, "Then I'm going to take a walk. Sister Ovira, do you want to come with me?"

When can I grow up a little?

In fact, it would be better if there were real objects, but there weren't any, and it was impossible for Olvera to draw the diagrams on the potion book when she copied it. Therefore, the pink-haired girl could only imagine their appearance from the words in the book and memorize them by rote. Naturally, her learning efficiency would not be very high.

Of course, the pink-haired girl has not yet realized that she wants to become the king of elves. It is better to say that she has never thought about such a thing. She is still pondering the knowledge points in her notebook under the flickering lights: "Well, the silver dragon grass grown in March needs to be sealed and preserved, otherwise the medicinal properties will begin to emit from the moment it is picked, but the silver dragon grass grown in June must be placed in a well-ventilated environment, because the spiritual part of its internal medicinal properties that determines its medicinal properties has been completely mature. If it continues to be suppressed, it will be completely destroyed; in addition, the silver dragon grass generally does not grow in winter, but there are occasional exceptions. At this time, you need to observe the third leaf from the main branch. If the edge is flat, it proves that it is a normal month. If the edge has irregular serrations, it is grown in winter and must be ground into powder before it can be used as medicine normally; other than that, other than that... uh."

"That's all we need to learn tonight, Sister Olvera. I want to take a rest first."

As Metien thought about it, he suddenly sighed and put down the notebook in his hand.

"Well, it is indeed important to combine work and rest. This is what Lingge said." Ovilla nodded in agreement, not realizing that this sentence was actually said by Alice. At that time, she was using this as an excuse to try to convince Lingge to let her stay up late to play games, but ultimately failed. Somehow the princess put the blame on Lingge, causing Medien to be stunned for a moment, unable to remember when her brother had said this.

Magical plants are so complicated, much more complicated than normal plants. Even the different months they grow have different treatment methods. It’s so hard to remember.

Ovella, who was immersed in the touching and sad love story in the book, heard her sigh, looked up and asked in confusion: "What's wrong, Metien? Aren't you going to continue doing your homework?"

"I won't go. I'm about to finish reading this book. By the way, if you want to go to the forest, remember to tell Lingge and don't let him worry."

Although there are no ferocious beasts in the forest here, the sky is gradually getting dark, and the branches and leaves in the forest are too dense, not much starlight and moonlight can penetrate. With limited visibility, it is very likely to accidentally fall.

"It's okay." Metien said, "I remember Shemi is in the forest. I'll go find her. Nothing will happen!" Fairies are the closest to nature among all alien species, and therefore they are favored by nature. Although Shemi is not very reliable, it is a racial talent after all, so it shouldn't be too bad... I think so.

"That's good." Ovella nodded, then retracted her gaze and continued to immerse herself in the world of books.

Sister Ovella really likes reading.

And it seems that he likes to read any kind of book.

The pink-haired girl sighed in her heart, then turned and walked towards the forest. The dim sun gradually sank below the horizon, and the sunset glow gradually faded after burning out. The forest began to become dark, and the glowing mosses clinging to the rocks and tree trunks and the fluorescent plants in the bushes began to emit a faint starlight, which cast a layer of faint phantom light on the drooping green spring ivy, purple leaf vine, bell flowers and curly ferns.

The fallen leaves on the ground rustled, and the humus below was soft and silted, like a carpet. After walking for a few minutes, Metien found Shemi next to a cluster of blooming silver velvet flowers. At that time, the elf was choosing her next target - this may sound like a serial killer looking for new prey, but in fact, in other words, she was just thinking about which flowers to suck nectar and dew from tomorrow morning.

This is a very important matter for fairies. It is said that the growth condition, color, fragrance and even the number of petals of the flowers will affect the final choice, and the fairy's personal preferences are also a very important determining factor, so they must be carefully selected. The primrose field in front of the windmill tower is colorful and lush, but there are not many flowers that satisfy Shemi, so she came to the forest to choose a suitable object.

After seeing his friend, Xie Mi, who was flying around in the flowers like a butterfly, stopped and greeted him happily: "Hey, Metien! Why are you here? Aren't you doing your homework? Ah! I know, you must have come to play with me, right?"

She looked at the pink-haired girl expectantly, but the latter shook her head regretfully: "I'm not here to play with you, Shaymi."

"Hey, why is this happening..."

"I have something important to discuss with you."

"What, you want to discuss something important with me? No problem! Just leave it to me!"

The dejected little goblin immediately cheered up and patted her non-existent chest to make assurances. She didn't even ask what the matter was.

Fortunately, Metien knew her friend's character very well, so he didn't care about her casual promise. He said in a serious tone, word by word: "Actually, Shemi, what I want to discuss with you is-"

“Yeah yeah!!”

"I have a deep connection with you!"

"oh oh!?"

"With your help, the chances of success will be much greater."

"Okay, okay! So what's going on?"

"How about we invite everyone from the Fairy Sleep Inn to the island?"

“Okay, okay… eh!!?”

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)