Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 393 Don’t talk to strangers in the wild?

At the same time, the cloud whale landed in the valley.

The air is fresh after the rain, the valley is full of green, every blade of grass is lush and verdant, and from time to time one or two orioles chirp, echoing crisply in the woods, which sounds particularly pleasant.

The pink-haired girl was carrying a canvas shoulder bag, almost as tall as her, leaning against her calves. She buried her head in the grass and tree roots, looking for something. After a few minutes, she straightened up, holding a bunch of gray-brown mushrooms with light white spots on the surface, and shouted happily: "Found it!"

"What's this?" Xie Mi flew over and poked the soft cap. "It looks a bit like a weeping mushroom. Hey, can you cry?"

She asked seriously, but of course got no response.

"This is not a weeping mushroom." Metien said seriously, "In fact, it is not a mushroom at all, but a grass plant called pseudo-mycetes, which is widely distributed all over the world. It camouflages itself by imitating the appearance of mushrooms to avoid natural enemies. Over a long period of evolution, it has gradually acquired habits similar to mushrooms, such as liking to grow in cool places, having strong reproductive capacity, and tending to suddenly appear in large numbers after rain. It also tastes similar, etc. But it is indeed not a mushroom."

"You're right, but," Shemi rested his chin on his hand, his expression serious, "If a plant has the appearance of a mushroom, the habits of a mushroom, and the taste of a mushroom, then we can indeed say that it is a mushroom. There is no doubt about it, that's the case."

She nodded earnestly, indicating that she also agreed with her point of view. Metien was speechless for a moment, ignored her, put the pseudo-mushroom into his bag and said, "Don't think it's just a roadside weed that can be found everywhere. In fact, it is a kind of herb that has the effects of stopping bleeding, paralysis and appetizing. How about it, isn't it amazing?"

"Uh, what does appetizer mean?"

"This is so suspicious. I'll go back and ask Shelia."

"real."

"You feel cold as soon as you leave the soil. Your roots are so fragile, weak and vulnerable. You need to exercise them well! Go, run around this valley ten times. After you finish running, you will become stronger. Our goal is: to be strong, invincible, and have the strongest teeth!" Shaymi waved his little fists and shouted the incomprehensible slogan he learned from Alice.

"That kind of thing is fine." A lazy voice came from the side: "Compared to this, I am more concerned about when I can go back to sleep. I am so sleepy, ha~"

“Ugh!?”

"..."

"really?"

Little Sun looked at her suspiciously: "Why do I feel like you are just taking revenge on me? Just because I took away your favorite pink bow last time?"

"That's not true." Xie Mi denied it flatly: "It's all your illusion. We are good friends. How could I want to take revenge on you, little sun."

For a magical plant, 23 hours of quality sleep a day is very important, plus a 1-hour nap to make it perfect. However, Little Sun has only slept for 22 hours from last night until now, and she feels like she is almost dying of sleep.

As she said this, she yawned.

"But I think it's better to stay on the island." Little Sun muttered, "It's so cold outside."

“That’s what it means literally.”

Don't get me wrong, it's not Ovira. Her Royal Highness Princess Beman has been locking herself in her room these days, muttering to herself about something and having no time to play with the little girls, so the one who was dragged out by Xie Miqiang to join in the fun was actually Little Sun. She was leaning against a tree holding her flower pot, looking listless.

"Don't say that." Xie Mi flew over, floating in the air, with his hands on his hips, and said confidently: "This is an opportunity I fought hard for you. Other magical plants don't have the ability to leave the island and play outside, you know! So you have to be content, don't always complain about this and that, understand?"

Xie Mi suddenly felt that it was really magical and he might never be able to learn it in his lifetime.

……

The two immature and childish guys were arguing over the definition of friendship and were about to fight, but Medien remained focused on looking for common herbs in the grass and bushes in the valley. She dug them up with the child-sized gardening shovel made especially for her by the proprietress, and then carefully stored them in her bag for a simple drying process when she returned.

This is why they left the island - in order to become a real "Doctors Without Borders", not only to treat humans but also to treat aliens, Metien has been studying hard. She remembers the theoretical knowledge very well, but she is slightly lacking in practice. If she cannot apply the knowledge learned from books to practice, she will never be a qualified doctor, so the boss lady gave her a suggestion, asking her to observe, discover and pick some common herbs in the wild to deepen her understanding of them. Although there is a herb garden cultivated by the boss lady and Mrs. Tree on the island, the herbs that can be selected and cultivated by them are either very rare or simply magical plants, which are not suitable for beginners to practice. So Metien accepted this suggestion after thinking about it, and took her two friends to leave the sky island and come to the nearby valley for extracurricular practical activities.

The valley is very close to Yunjingkong Island. There are no ferocious wild beasts nearby. Besides, with Xie Mi and Xiao Taiyang around, there is no need to worry too much about safety.

As for your question about what the uses of Xie Mi and Little Sun are...how would I know?

Metien didn't know either.

After leaving the island, these two guys have been quarreling next to each other. One of them only asks the mushrooms "Can you talk?", a low IQ question that easily reminds people of Alice. The other one only complains that his leaves are about to be dried up and he wants to go back to bed early. But the problem is that the sunlight in the valley is not harsh at all, and as a sunflower, you don't want to bask in the sun. Isn't that a bit...

What's even more outrageous is that, although the two people's brain circuits are obviously not on the same channel, they often start quarreling while talking. A palm-sized traveling fairy and a sunflower holding a flowerpot are bickering with each other. The scene looks very weird. If seen by outsiders, some folk legends might be spread.

The pink-haired little girl had to stand up and persuade them many times, help them mediate the conflict, and witness both sides signing a non-war treaty that lasted for a few minutes or even seconds, and then the treaty was torn up in an instant the moment she turned her head, and the war was reignited... In short, it was very tiring.

More than an hour passed, and the progress of the practical activity had not advanced at all. Instead, his precious time was wasted, which forced Metien to stop and fall into deep thought: After all, the person who actively planned practical topics for him and recommended that he bring Shaimi and Little Sun with him, did he show a relieved expression at that time?

I originally thought that I had seen it wrong, but I didn't expect that even the gentle and amiable boss lady who I had always trusted would betray me.

As expected, this world is full of despicable adults.

The pink-haired girl sighed sadly.

"Why are you sighing?" someone asked.

"Because I'm so tired."

"Take a rest if you are tired."

"No." Metien shook his head subconsciously: "It has to be done before Lingge comes back."

"why?"

"Because if Ling knew, he would definitely come to help me, but I want to do it by myself."

"Oh, so who is Linger?"

"Hey, don't you know, Lingge is——"

Medien paused for a moment and realized belatedly that something was wrong: the voice that was talking to him seemed to be neither Shemi nor Little Sun, because those two were still arguing behind him, and he could hear their shouting even from here.

So, who is this voice that suddenly appeared?

In her mind, countless horror and weird folk stories about "ghosts in the mountains", "water monsters in the springs", "ghosts in the dense forests" and so on flashed through her mind. Her body suddenly froze in place, not daring to move. She was in a daze for a long time, and after a psychological struggle, she slowly raised her head like a clockwork doll that had been rusted for many years and worn out, and looked in the direction of the sound.

Right in front of her was the ash tree, a tree species unique to the Ōkilia Peninsula. It was tall and straight, lush and green, like a towering pillar.

As her sight moved upward little by little, the little girl's eyes saw the swaying green trees of early spring, a few platinum-colored beams of light, plankton cruising in the transparent ocean, and a large area of ​​mottled green.

Then, he met a pair of crimson eyes.

It is a pair of vertical pupils that are as calm, distant, and somewhat curious as a cat.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)