Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 383 Is it really such a coincidence?

"Alien bloodline?"

"Yes."

Shesta nodded. "In the land of Metosh, from the vast Taguao wilderness to the Siqilia Peninsula where we are about to go, there were many alien races active. At that time, the flame of civilization had not yet illuminated this place. Darkness and ignorance shaped the primitive state of this land. Therefore, it was the aliens who ruled humans, not humans who drove out the aliens.

"The long-standing legend of the birth of a god tells the story of how these aliens, under the name of 'descendants of god', ruled over humans, established city-states, and even attempted to establish an alien kingdom in the end."

As she spoke, she spread out her five fingers. Complex veins extended from her white and delicate palms, which looked like traces of history. "Among them, the five ancient families you mentioned symbolize the five most powerful races among these aliens: the Neoesu family followed by the True people is a werewolf, so they are called Wolf Fangs; the Elliot people chose to become vassals of the Valenhild family, which is a vampire dependent of the night, also called the blood clan, and thus gained the nickname of Blood Fang; in addition, there is the Lion Fang Divans family followed by the The Persians. They are golden-maned lions and are distant relatives of the silver-maned lions of the northern Rohan grasslands; the Wind Fang Armenis family followed by the Florixas are eagles, a kind of alien with a bird's head and a human body and wings on their backs; the Sen Fang Esther family followed by the Dilmia people are deer-headed spirits. I believe you are more familiar with them, which is Capels."

Listening to this description, Lingge felt very strange. He felt it was absurd, unbelievable, and incredible. Was Motoshu, a powerful country in Central China in history, actually a country established by aliens from the very beginning?

Although, as early as when he explored the Sosen Mountains, he knew that the aliens also had their own civilizations, such as the ancient light elf country of Beman. However, the two cannot be generalized: the power of the ancient country of Beman was limited to the interior of the Sosen Mountains, and it was destroyed silently and no one knew about it; while Metosh had a glorious moment, and at its peak, it even incorporated the entire Land Sea into the territory of the empire, making it an inland sea where domestic merchants and travelers could come and go freely.

Although this glory was very short-lived, if a country had once dominated the world for such a period of time, it would probably not have lived up to the significance of its birth. Isn't the heroic deeds of the Lord-Granted Paladin King still being sung in Lessenwell, which also had a glorious era? Moreover, the current Metoxu is only declining compared to the past, and it cannot be considered very poor. It is still one of the most influential countries in the central region of Sigiriya.

A country like this, which has left many marks in human history, was established by aliens, and humans are merely vassals of it. This undoubtedly caused a great shock to the young people's view of history.

This question suddenly popped up in Ling'er's mind, and then he got the answer himself, which was naturally impossible. This was not an answer obtained through thinking, but through instinct.

"Although there are still the so-called five major families and the descendants of the ancient gods in Metosh today, and every ruler who holds power must follow convention to find the source of his bloodline and claim to be the descendant of someone, the Holy Rabbit or other gods, they are actually just humans who were vassal races in the past, serving as servants, stewards or soldiers in these families. It was not until the loyalists were driven away that they stole their surnames and heritage with the tacit consent of the united religious orders and became the masters of this country."

The young man looked at Shesta, hesitant to speak: "So, Saint Junio ​​suddenly died after unifying the Metosh Empire because..."

"That's right." The proprietress nodded gently, confirming his guess: "After experiencing the waves of the magic war and the great pioneering era, the sovereignty of the continental civilization has begun to shift from aliens to humans. If Metoxu is still in chaos and hostility between different races as in the past, I am afraid that the Taguao wilderness will still be regarded as barbarians and ignored by them; but Saint Junio's ambition to establish an alien country has aroused fear and dread in the human world. They assassinated this monarch when he just achieved unification and his reputation reached its peak, and put the blame on the other four families, which triggered the civil strife in the Metoxu Empire.

Can human beings allow such a country to exist?

"Similar conspiracies have been seen many times since then. Before the Steam Crusade, the Steam Cult led the charge. After the Crusade, the Cult united. But no matter who came up with the conspiracy, the result would always remain the same: betrayal, war, treason and killing. The newly stabilized regime was overturned in an instant and collapsed. The last conspiracy took place in the 16th century. A massacre secretly planned by the Inquisition wiped out more than 70% of the aliens in Metosh, which was known as the Dark Purge. After this incident, the rule of aliens in Metosh came to an end, and the five major families were forced to hide in the dark world and dared not show up.

When the proprietress was recounting this history, she should have had more complex emotions, such as regret for Saint Junio ​​or sadness for being an alien, but on the contrary, her tone was still so gentle and soothing, as if she was narrating a past event that had nothing to do with her.

Perhaps because she was old and had seen so much, these things could no longer cause ripples in her heart.

Ling Ge, on the other hand, had a great realization after listening to it, and murmured, "So that's how it is."

It turns out that the founding legend of Motosh, the frequent turmoil and regime changes, and even the country that has fallen into violence and crime today, are not only cultural, political, and economic factors, but also include a more hidden condition that cannot be taken into consideration by ordinary people. If you don't know this, it will be difficult to make a fair evaluation of its history. In this way, I have made the same mistake as Alice and others, and I am biased. "I see, that's it!"

Someone nearby was shaking his head and muttering, "So, the curse is actually real?"

This person was naturally Alice. She had finally escaped from Saint Shallia's chattering and didn't get to eat any snacks. Instead, she was exhausted. She decided to put aside these unpleasant things and focus on the serious historical discussion at hand - although the questions she raised were neither serious nor formal.

Why do you keep holding on to the curse?
Linger found it difficult to understand her thought process.

The proprietress killed the golden-haired maid's imagination with a gentle smile: "Of course it's fake."

"Eh?" Alice shouted in disappointment, "Why?"

I don't know if you heard it, but she asked "why" instead of "why". Maybe she felt that the boss's wife must give her a reasonable explanation in this matter, otherwise she would never accept it, as if history would change if she didn't accept it.

But the lady boss was considerate, so she still met her unreasonable request and explained with a smile: "Because it is impossible to have such a powerful curse~ Using the concept of a country, which has no material form, as the carrier of the curse, and letting it take effect on the bodies of billions of citizens from the past to the future, I am afraid that even gods cannot do such a power, right?"

If you have such power, why don’t you become a young queen and make a name for yourself, but instead run off to an ordinary secular country to stage a coup?

It's just as short-sighted as Alice who has a magical game console and cartridges but only thinks about playing games all day long!
Eh, it seems to be the same person?

That's fine.

"It's so boring." Alice sighed in disappointment. "It's not interesting at all."

So far, no one has been able to understand what Alice means by "interesting".

"Oh, right," the lady boss suddenly remembered something and said to Lingge, "In the 16th century, in order to implement the dark cleansing plan and completely eliminate the aliens in Motosh, the Inquisition moved its headquarters, the Temple of Judgment, to the area where alien activities were most frequent at the time. Can you guess which area it was, Mr. Lingge?"

She even played a trick of guessing riddles. The young man looked at the intriguing smile on her face and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart: "Could it be -"

He didn't continue talking, perhaps because he instinctively didn't want to think about it, but it didn't matter, the proprietress would help him fill in the blanks later, her eyebrows curved like crescents: "That can't be it - the headquarters of the Holy See of Inquisition, the Sanctuary of Judgment, is currently located on the Siqilia Peninsula in Metosh; and, what's more, it's in the Harbor of Sad Rain~"

Ling Ge: “…”

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)