Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 425: Can friendship be restored?

The pair of vigilant eyes in the mist seemed to have been seen not long ago, and now they were re-enacting the plot, proving that time is nothing but a repetition of what has already happened.

This sudden change caught everyone by surprise.

"Leticia?"

Metien stepped forward and said to her anxiously, "It's me, Metien, your friend. Don't you recognize me?"

The vampire girl flying in the sky looked at the people on the ground with indifference, especially the pink-haired little girl who called herself a friend. However, she could not find any impression of her in her meager memories, so she opened her mouth and replied coldly: "I don't know you, and it's impossible for me to know you."

Because her grandmother told her to stay away from people from the outside world, whether they were humans or aliens.

They were all evil and greedy, only provoking fights and plotting. Leticia always listened to her grandmother, and if her grandmother didn't let her do something, she would never do it, and it was naturally impossible for her to make friends with a group of strangers.

Her expression was very serious, not as if she was joking - if she said this was a joke, it would be too bad. With Leticia's personality, she would not do such a thing.

"It looks like she has lost her memory."

After leaving this reminder, the vampire girl turned around and was about to fly away, but Metien quickly called out to her, "Please, please wait a moment!"

Linger was silent for a moment, and finally stepped aside to let Medien negotiate with Leticia. Since she was able to become good friends with Leticia, whom she had just met, then it should be possible now, right? The young man thought so and chose to believe his sister.

The vampire girl in the sky stared at her silently. Metien's eyes were clear and did not waver at all. After looking for a while, she suddenly turned her head away and said coldly: "I don't need human help, and, as I said, I don't know you."

Leticia stopped and looked back at Metien with a puzzled and vigilant look.

This sentence immediately angered the girl in the sky, causing her to bar her sharp fangs again and growl threateningly. At the same time, a feeling of betrayal burned in her chest: She thought that although these people were strangers, they should be good people, but she didn't expect that they also came for her grandmother. Sure enough, her grandmother was right, there was no good person in the outside world.

The almost identical reminder made Metien dazed for a moment, and he almost thought he had returned to the time when he first met Leticia a few days ago. Perhaps this sensitive and suspicious vampire girl did lose her memory, but her essence had not changed. She still retained her kindness and innocence, and was willing to remind these strangers of unknown origin and consider their safety. In other words, Leticia was still Leticia, her friend.

The two sides stood in silence for several minutes. From their reactions, Leticia confirmed that they had no hostility towards her, so her attitude softened slightly. Even so, she had no intention of approaching them. She just said in a cold tone, "Although I don't know who you are, the swamp is very dangerous now. If you are fine, you should leave as soon as possible."

He grasped something in the dark, and an idea gradually took shape in his mind, but he didn't have time to express it completely.

Metien took a deep breath, looked up at Leticia and said, "We don't mean to hurt you, we just want to help you, Leticia. It would be difficult for you to rescue your grandma from the werewolves of Silver Moon by yourself, right? So, I want to help you because we are friends."

"How could this happen..." Metien murmured, unable to believe that his friend had lost his memory just like that. It all happened too suddenly: sudden death, sudden resurrection, and sudden amnesia. The pink-haired girl had obviously never been mentally prepared for these emergencies, so she was at a loss at the moment, her lips stammered as if she wanted to say something, but she stood there blankly for a while, still unable to utter a word.

Linger summarized the current situation in a concise sentence, and showed a thoughtful expression: Could it be that this is the price of resurrection from the dead? She did get a new life, but her memory became a blank sheet of paper. It sounds really cruel. It is more of a curse than a miracle... But, a curse?

Metien was shocked by her violent reaction, mainly because Leticia's expression was too scary, as if she might attack her at any time. The little girl had never seen her best friend show such an expression. Even Linger felt something was wrong and stepped forward to block his sister, but at this time Metien reached out and pulled his brother's sleeve, then shook his head at him slowly and firmly.

"I, I know where you are going." Metien quietly clenched his fists, feeling his palms wet with sweat, but he still mustered up the courage to continue: "You are going to find your grandma, right?"

In her memory, there have never been any friends.

Being alone is very free, and you don't need to make friends with anyone. No matter what time it is, no matter how lonely it is, no matter how dangerous the world is, as long as you have your grandma, that's enough.

She flapped her bat wings and was about to fly away, but Metien suddenly shouted: "Leticia's Wei is Nevi's Wei!" The figure in the sky froze immediately. She slowly turned her head, little by little, and fixed her solemn eyes on Metien's face, asking word by word: "How do you know grandma's name?"

Nevile, that's her grandmother.

"You told me." Metien replied softly.

Upon hearing this, Leticia frowned deeply and said, "I have never seen you, let alone said this to you."

"You said so." Metien was very sure, without any guilt, because what she said was the truth. Before Leticia flew away, she leaned close to her ear and said this to her. At that time, she was still confused about the meaning of this sentence. After Saint Xia Liya's reminder and Leticia's amnesia, she finally understood its meaning.

Perhaps, the vampire girl already knew that she would die, and that she would lose her memory after death, so she left this sentence to her most trusted friend, asking her to awaken her lost memories.

"..."

Leticia had a complicated expression, and seemed to be struggling internally.

She really didn't know the people in front of her, but what Metien said just now was a secret that only she and her grandmother knew. She had always kept this sentence deep in her heart and never told anyone else. Why did this girl say it out loud and claim that she told her?

Also, there was a familiar smell coming from her...

Could it be that she was really his friend, but he just forgot about it?
"Leticia." Metien spoke again, folding his hands on his chest, with a sincere look in his eyes and a sincere tone: "I know you must be very anxious now and want to find your grandmother, but you can't do it by yourself. I want to help you, we all want to help you, this feeling is absolutely not false. So, can you please believe me?"

Even if it's just temporary belief.

The vampire girl stared at her for a while, then suddenly looked away, slowly sweeping her gaze over the others. They did not show obvious hostility, even the young man who looked the most indifferent nodded slightly at her, showing his kindness. Moreover, like the pink-haired little girl, they all had a familiar smell that made her feel at ease and trustworthy.

She silently folded her bat wings, slowly descended from the sky to the ground, and created circles of splashing water in the cold mud.

"I can trust you." She seemed to emphasize something, and said word by word: "But, only for now, and--"

Moreover, if I discover that you have any evil intentions, I will let you experience the wrath of Bloodfang firsthand.

The second half of the sentence could not be uttered.

Because when Metien heard what she said before, a happy expression appeared on her face. She ran up to the bewildered vampire girl, stretched out her hand, and said with a bright smile: "Hello, my name is Metien!"

Even though she seemed to have forgotten herself, it didn’t matter, because for a little girl, sometimes friendship was just about reintroducing yourself.

Leticia was stunned for a while before she reacted. She silently stretched out her hand, shook hands with her, and said awkwardly, "My name is Leticia..."

"I know!"

Metien's smile grew even brighter. "Leticia Vi Garcia Wallenhild, right?"

"I'll remember this well!"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)