Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 402: Did they really quarrel?

In fact, Alice's method is very simple. It is to find the vampire named Leticia and let her touch her cassette. If it is successfully activated, it is the Girl's Kingdom. If it fails, it is not. This fully illustrates the truth that practice makes perfect.

Lingge originally did not want to get involved in the conflict between the local aliens and the cult, but before finding the next young queen, they had to stay on the Shiqilia Peninsula. In order to prevent being discovered by the people of the Balance of Order, they could only let Yunjing hide in the valley outside the swamp. If a battle broke out in the Virtual Root Swamp, they would not be able to stay out of it. For this reason, they had to find the vampire and ask her for the specific situation. At least they had to have a basic understanding of it, so as not to step into the muddy water without knowing anything and lose their lives in vain.

Besides, Metien was also worried about the situation of the friend she had just met. Although she was sensible and did not make any request that would embarrass her brother, Lingge knew what she was thinking from her expression and touched her head as a comfort.

After making the decision, Alice was very excited and wanted to show her skills. She probably regarded this as an interesting "side story". Seeing her enthusiasm, Lingge did not pour cold water on her. He just asked: "Alice, have you finished your new game?"

“Huh!?” The golden-haired maid screamed as if a cat had its spine poked. “Why, why are you asking this all of a sudden? Not yet, almost, just a little bit…”

She rubbed her thumb and index finger together, indicating that it was really just a little bit off. But when Ling Ge saw her guilty expression and wavering eyes, he knew that she was just trying to fool him again. The actual situation was probably that she was so busy playing games and sleeping in that she hadn't even thought of a name for the game.

But it doesn’t matter, because this is the answer Lingge wanted.

"If you haven't started yet, I suggest you don't do it yet," he said to Alice.

The golden-haired maid was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "Why?"

In simple terms, if Alice has completed the new game in advance, but when the battle occurs later, the previous cartridge is useless and the new cartridge is ineffective, what should she do? It is better to be flexible and adapt according to the actual situation.

Ling Ge: "...If you are willing to understand it this way, it's not impossible."

Alice then snorted and said no more, but her expression was still a little angry.

"Why is that!" Alice complained loudly, "I didn't become a game designer just to make a shitty game! Do you know how hurtful it is for a talented gamer to find that the game he made himself is a shitty game? I was sad for a long time after I finished Sky Orbit: Behemoth Zero. I even had Yuyu syndrome and only ate fruits for meals. Do you understand that kind of pain?"

The last cartridge, "Sky Track: Type-0 Behemoth", was a game created on the spot to fight against the Earth Mother Spirit God - Titan. Although Alice repeatedly insisted that it was a shit game and never opened it to play again, Ling Ge felt that it had played the desired effect, even far exceeding expectations.

Moreover, this is a different world, not Earth where the gaming industry is well developed. Even if you make a shitty game, no one will scold you for it, right? On the contrary, since these games can play their own role, they should not be called shitty games just because of the simple graphics, rough gameplay, vague plots, etc. This is unreasonable.

Alice suddenly realized something and then wrinkled her nose again: "In short, you want me to go swimming in the shit again?"

"Oh, I get it."

Glancing at Alice and seeing that she still looked confused, Linger sighed and said, "Just like the cassette last time."

But, wasn't the reason you only ate fruits at that time because fruits were the only things you could eat on this island?

She started again, asking people why they never asked "why" but "on what basis", as if she was always the right party. Lingge pretended not to hear and calmly gave her own explanation: "Because we are not sure what kind of situation we will encounter next, we need to retain the ability to adapt to changes."

A similar thought popped up in Ling'er's mind. He opened his mouth to say something, but seeing the indignant expression on Alice's face, he didn't say it in the end. He shook his head gently: "I'm just making a suggestion. It's up to you whether you accept it or not."

Metien looked at her brother on the left and her maid on the right. She felt that she could understand Lingge's statement, but also subtly understand Alice's feelings. She felt that both sides had their reasons, but they were different in some ways. But what was the difference? She couldn't figure it out.

The adult world is so complicated.

She thought silently. …

After dinner, Metien went back to her room to study, and by the way, she did some simple processing on the herbs she collected according to the methods written in the book. For this purpose, the proprietress specially transformed an empty room in the hotel into her laboratory, which was filled with cabinets for storing medicinal materials, neat bookshelves and medicine racks, neat and clean wooden workbenches, heavy and reliable iron cauldrons, and fireproof safety stoves. In addition, there are experimental instruments such as alcohol lamps, test tubes, beakers, and glassware. It looks like a combination of a modern chemical laboratory and a witch's hut in a fantasy novel. Perhaps the witches in the 18th century also kept up with the times and began to use alcohol lamps and beakers to process materials?

In fact, this is still good. After all, the girl’s current level is not enough to handle high-end magic materials such as "Fire Eagle Tail Feathers" or "Dragon Blood". Only then will she know what is delicate and troublesome.

This laboratory once aroused Xie Mi's jealousy, because she also wanted an empty room to store her dolls, accessories and other gadgets, but she quickly gave up the idea at the smiling eyes of the proprietress.

Speaking of Shemi, she is not with Metien now. Lingge decided to look for Leticia in the forest area outside the swamp first, after all, Metien met her nearby. For safety reasons, in addition to Saint Shalia and Alice, he also brought Shemi with him, so that when he met other aliens, she could come forward to communicate. Generally speaking, aliens will not attack travellers without clear hostility.

Metien couldn't go with them, which made her feel depressed. Although sisters Yieta and Olvera didn't go with them either, but stayed on the island, the former was because she couldn't leave the windmill tower, and the latter was busy in the past few days. She didn't even have time to take care of the violet seedlings she planted and had already sprouted. After dinner, she went back to her room and locked the door.

Just go back and study honestly.

The pink-haired little girl sighed silently and was about to leave the lobby on the first floor. Before leaving, she suddenly remembered something, so she went to the kitchen first, found the proprietress who was washing dishes with the rabbit gentlemen, and asked her a question.

"Just now, Ling Ge and Sister Alice were arguing, right?" Metien was a little puzzled: "But why did they quarrel? Besides, I think what they said makes sense. Who is right and who is wrong? Madam, can you tell me if you know anything?"

She looked at the proprietress expectantly, and the latter smiled and stretched out her hand to ruffle her hair: "Just as you thought, what they said makes sense. No one is wrong."

"Eh? But..."

But if no one is wrong, why would they argue?

"Well." Shesta thought about it. Should she tell a child such a complicated truth? Logically, it was unnecessary. However, it was not the right thing for an adult to fool a little girl. So she replied, "It's just that they have different attitudes towards the same thing. When they come back, you can ask them in person. Maybe you will know the answer."

“Will they tell me?”

"of course."

After all, Lingge is not the kind of person who dotes on his sister too much. As for Alice, the way she gets along with Metien is more like friends than adults and children.

The pink-haired girl nodded thoughtfully, then walked away contentedly.

Xiesta watched her jumping out of the kitchen. Somehow, she suddenly felt sad and said to herself, "I wonder when our Xiemi will become so sensible?"

I'm not even as cute as others, alas.

No one paid attention.

The rabbit gentlemen washed the last of the dishes, put them back in the cupboard, and quietly slid out of the kitchen.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)