Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 414: Can’t find her grandma?

"Looking for your grandma?"

Please note that Alice did not curse, but simply asked: "Who is your grandmother? Where is she? Why are you looking for her?"

A series of questions were thrown at Leticia. The petite vampire girl wrinkled her nose. Although she acted a little indifferent, she still answered them one by one: "Grandma is grandma. She lives in the swamp, but the swamp is very dangerous now, so I want to find her and go with her."

It turned out to be the case.

After everyone understood, they stopped questioning, and Metien even looked at his brother with questioning eyes. Linger sighed helplessly in his heart, and then asked Leticia: "Where does your grandmother live?"

"Near here." Leticia looked up and saw a few sparse stars through the mist that filled the swamp and the silhouettes of branches that were like claw marks in the mist. She compared the starlight and thought for a while in her mind, then pointed to a direction deep in the mangrove forest, where a long-legged stork was fishing. When it noticed her movements, it immediately flew away, leaving white feathers all over the sky: "There, the thirteenth place."

"is it far?"

Leticia thought seriously for a while, then shook her head: "Not far."

Lingge did not ask her what the "thirteenth place" meant, but said: "Then we will go with you, and leave the swamp after we find your grandma."

"That's right!" Xie Mi, who was sitting on top of her head, echoed her voice more like a flatterer than a traveling goblin.

Perhaps it was the gentle temperament of a sister that played a role. The vampire girl did not yell at her, but she did not let down her guard so easily. She continued to stare at everyone indifferently. At the same time, she took a half step back calmly, as if she was ready to flap her bat wings and leave at any time.

This was originally well-intentioned, but a look of vigilance immediately emerged on Leticia's face. She opened her mouth towards the young man, revealing her sharp fangs: "Are you looking for my grandma?"

"Pfft!" Olvera couldn't help laughing.

Leticia didn't seem to believe Ling's words. She still stared at him with a vigilant and nervous look, and occasionally a demonstrative growl or two rolled out of her throat. The intention of warning was very obvious.

Metien had to step forward and mediate the conflict between his friends and newcomers: "Don't be so scared, we are really here to help you! We are not bad people!"

Saint Shalia took a step forward and said earnestly, "We just want to help you, Leticia."

"Wait, Leticia!"

"OK then."

"We are not the ones looking for it." Ling Ge pretended not to see the fangs in her mouth and corrected her mistake without changing his expression: "It is you who want to look for it, we are just accompanying you. If you don't want to, forget it."

Alice acted righteous, but Leticia didn't appreciate it at all. She also yelled at her, and her reaction was even more intense than when she faced Lingge. This made the genius player's expression stiffen and look a little embarrassed. Lingge glanced at her and said without any intention of mocking her: "It seems that you are not much better."

"It's no use." Alice shrugged. "This guy is too stubborn. He won't listen to anything you say. I think it's better -"

Listening to her threatening growl in her childish voice, Ling Ge couldn't help but have a headache, and he began to wonder whether this guy was a vampire or a werewolf. Alice gloated beside him: "I told you to be mean to others, now you are hated by the little loli, right? Don't be afraid, Leticia, I'm here, he won't dare to bully you!"

Leticia slowly put away her fangs and bat wings, straightened up, and nodded to Metien: "I believe in Metien."

Alice: "..."

This difference in treatment is too obvious!? ...

Although Alice felt that someone was being hypocritical and she had evidence, she was under pressure and could not make it public. She could only keep it in her heart and wait for an opportunity to take revenge in the future.

After that, Leticia led them to find her grandmother. On the way, Linger asked her about the situation in the Virtual Root Swamp. It was basically the same as what the group of rotten wood monsters said. Since Gundaruf issued a call, most of the aliens went to the Forloze Castle to respond to the alliance. A few aliens who did not want to step into the muddy water fled the swamp like the rotten wood monsters, causing the swamp that should have been full of vitality to become a dead area with only fog and flying insects.

Lingge also asked her about the Fang of Eternal Life and the Undead Witch, but Leticia was not very cooperative on these two issues. No matter what she asked, she would only answer with four cold words: "I don't know."

Alice asked excitedly, "Are you the legendary immortal witch?" But Leticia just glanced at her and replied coldly, "No." Then she silently distanced herself from her, leaving the genius player confused, not understanding how he had offended her again.

Of course, she was the only one who didn't understand. This neurotic girl was unexpectedly sensitive at times, and crazy slow at other times. It all depended on whether she was willing to think. Obviously, the genius player was unwilling to think, so she naturally couldn't see that Leticia was deliberately avoiding talking about the "Eternal Fang" and the "Undead Witch".

After walking for about ten minutes, they came to a dense mangrove forest. The terrain here was higher, forming a dry slope. The mangroves grew around the edge of the slope. Looking up, the branches were lush and leaves, and looking down, the roots were dense. The thick trunks, aerial roots protruding from the water, and the roots hanging from the branches together formed an intricate maze. Leticia led them to twist and turn in the woods, and it took a long time before they finally stepped onto the slope. The solid ground under their feet brought a rare sense of security in the swamp.

On the not-so-open island, there grew some shrubs and curly ferns, as well as a simple wooden house with green vines climbing on the walls. That must be where Leticia's grandmother lived.

The vampire girl was obviously a little anxious when she saw the wooden house, because the group did not deliberately conceal their movements when they landed on the island. If there were people living in the wooden house, they should have come out to check the situation. Sure enough, when she pushed open the door of the wooden house, she saw that the furnishings inside were intact: old beds and chairs, a warming fireplace, an old table with a few books, a dagger, a vase, and a well-maintained ceramic tea set, which was the most valuable furniture in the house... But the person who should have been sitting there and making tea elegantly and smiled at her when he saw her come in was gone.

"Leticia," Metien squeezed over and asked carefully, "Does your grandma live here?"

The vampire girl nodded with a heavy heart, then shook her head: "She lives in many places in the swamp. Sometimes she lives here, sometimes in the house on the cliff, and sometimes in the castle... But she doesn't like castles, and she only goes there once or twice a year."

Metien's eyes lit up: "Then we can go to other places to look for your grandma, maybe she is there?"

"I've looked for them all."

"Eh?"

"I have looked for other places to live, but I can't find them." Leticia whispered, "This is the thirteenth place I have been looking for."

No wonder.

Everyone immediately understood the meaning of her previous answer.

Now even Metien didn't know what to say. Words of comfort were hard to utter, and words of encouragement were choked in her throat. She looked at Shemi blankly, and the little elf spread his hands to her, indicating that he was powerless.

After all, she is a traveling fairy, not Little Red Riding Hood in the fairy tale, and she is not good at helping people find their grandmother.

At this time, Lingge, who had walked around the island instead of going into the house, came back and said to Leticia, "I think I know where your grandma is."

Leticia suddenly raised her head and stared at Linger. She was short and her back was only about as high as Linger's chest, but she looked like she was standing on the same level as him, staring at him. Her blood-red pupils flashed with stubbornness and obstinacy. The young man was not frightened by her coercive gaze, but said in a serious tone: "But before that, I need you to answer a question for me first - this is very important. If you still deliberately conceal it, I think there will be no basis for mutual trust between us."

Hearing this, the petite vampire girl pursed her lips, and nodded silently after a while. So Linger asked her: "Then please tell me, is your grandmother the legendary immortal witch?"

　I wasn't going to update today, but it's Children's Day so I'll update it. Give me some meow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)