Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 496 Is it the full moon again?

The person who suddenly knocked on Ling's door was Leticia. Strangely, she seemed to come alone, without Nevill or Metien, which made Ling a little confused. He never felt that he had any reason to be alone with this vampire girl, and he could feel that she always had a kind of rejection and vigilance towards him, just like a stray cat would be wary of humans who suddenly approached.

Since she had a similar attitude towards everyone except Nevill and Metien, Lingge did not think it was an offense to him and ignored it. In this case, she suddenly knocked on his door at this time, and her intention was worth pondering.

Lingge was not the type to beat around the bush, so he asked directly, without even considering asking Leticia to sit in the room first, perhaps because he thought she would refuse: "What do you want to talk to me about, Miss Leticia?"

The vampire girl did not answer, but raised her head, narrowed her sensitive and suspicious ruby ​​pupils, and stared at Lingge without saying a word. She happened to be standing at the edge of the firelight cast by the wall lamp in the corridor, half of her body buried in the dim shadow. Lingge felt like he was walking through a dark and narrow alley in the dead of night, and suddenly saw a silver-haired cat crouching on the wall at the corner, staring at him quietly, with a look that seemed to be examining and observing, as if he wanted to see something from him.

The moonlight only shines on her body, and every hair sways in the wind like bright spring water. The sound is like countless leaves falling in the forest, or like the silent tides at the seaside, distant and peaceful.

It’s really strange, why do I feel this way?
Linger shook his head slightly, discarding this ridiculous idea. He was about to repeat his previous question when Leticia spoke. Her clear, bell-like voice echoed in the empty corridor: "Put out your hand."

The young man frowned at the impolite tone and asked, "Why?"

"Because I want to suck your blood." Leticia said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Linger almost thought he had misheard, but seeing that Leticia looked serious and didn't seem to be joking, he replied, "If you're hungry, you can go find Miss Shesta. She probably won't provide you with blood, but she can still feed you. If you want to joke, go find Metien or Shemi. They are the right playmates for your age."

Ling Ge understood her intention. The young man thought silently for a while, and then spoke again after a long while. His first sentence was: "This is not how you use the word 'iron face and impartiality'."

"That's right, you helped me rescue my grandma. In that case, I will give you the rewards you deserve, because I'm not the kind of vampire you humans often say is ungrateful, cold-blooded, and impartial!" When she said this, she proudly puffed up her non-existent breasts, with a sense of arrogance: "Anyway, what most of you want is immortality, and as long as I suck a mouthful of your blood, I can gain the power of immortality. This level of reward should be enough, right? Don't be greedy, human?"

"remuneration?"

"Eh!?"

"I'm not kidding!"

It turned out to be the case.

Leticia seemed to be angered by his words. She opened her mouth and revealed two sharp fangs: "This is the reward!"

Ling Ge ignored her somewhat panicked expression and asked, "You said 'you' just now.' Do you mean that besides me, you also provided this reward to other people?"

“Yes, that’s right.” Leticia seemed to recall something, her face changed several times, and even her tone became low: “Metien, Alice, Shemi, Saint Xia Liya, and Olvera, they all helped me, so I asked them if they wanted the power of immortality. Although they all refused me and said they didn’t need it, but——”

She suddenly raised her head, and stared at Ling Ge with her scarlet vertical pupils: "You are different from them, you will definitely accept it, right? Because I can see that you are that kind of person!"

She was right. Lingge was indeed that kind of person, an extremely rational and realistic person. He would inherit an ideal that did not belong to him for the sake of his adoptive father's last wish, and would choose to embark on a fantasy journey for the sake of a peaceful life. Naturally, he would also accept Leticia's reward for eternal life, after all, this was what he deserved. Moreover, if the next journey was to be an enemy of the Witch Society, it would be destined to be more difficult. If he could have the power to resurrect from the dead, perhaps he would have more confidence, at least he would not lack the courage to put life and death aside.

The price of doing so is that Leticia's curse will become more severe, causing her to suffer more frequent pain and amnesia... Compared to the necessity and urgency of fighting against the Witch Society, it seems negligible.

Then, Lingge's answer is naturally -

"I reject."

He calmly withdrew his gaze and did not look at Leticia's reaction. The latter was stunned at first, but after she realized what was happening, she became a little furious and no longer had the initial calmness and vigilance: "Why!?"

Lingge replied casually: "It's unhygienic."

Well, it turns out that this is the reason. Indeed, according to modern medical protection concepts, teeth contacting wounds are likely to cause bacterial infection... Do you think I will believe this reason! ?
Leticia became even angrier, her cheeks gradually turning red from shame and anger, spreading to her neck and ears. "What do you mean? Do you dislike me for being dirty? I, I tell you, I brush my teeth carefully every day! Although, although it's not the kind of toothpaste you humans use, the mountain spring water and the juice squeezed from the roots of water hyacinth in our Shiqilia Peninsula are also very clean! Grandma also said that they have the effect of preventing tooth decay! Hey, you, you must not disbelieve me! Anyway, stretch out your hand and let me take a bite!"

"No." She was still greeted with Lingge's flat rejection.

Never expecting that her good intentions would be treated so contemptuously, Leticia was so angry that she wanted to use the most severe means and bite this guy on the neck. But when she looked up and met the calm gaze of the young man, she didn't know why she felt a heavy sense of oppression, as if she was facing an angry grandmother - but the grandmother was not very angry, and the guy in front of her always looked like you can believe it or not, which really made her angry.

"Don't forget it!"

She snorted coldly, convinced herself that "you will be the one who suffers in the end anyway", and turned away, not wanting to see Ling'er's face again. At the same time, she kept complaining in her heart that humans are such a race, stingy, greedy, mean, cold, rude, and rude... In short, they can be described with all kinds of negative words.

She left angrily, deliberately making her footsteps very loud, and the wooden floor creaked and groaned, as if she was venting her dissatisfaction. At this time, the fog in the night sky dissipated, and the moonlight flowed like water. I don't know when it passed through the window frames and curtains, along the grain of the wooden floor in Ling'er's room, and gradually spread to the corridor, which was originally only illuminated by the wall lamp and seemed dim. A layer of bright silver light was applied to the corridor. But Leticia's petite figure was shrouded in this silent moonlight, but suddenly froze for a moment, and then ran away, stumbling, and wrapped her clothes tightly while running, as if she was bathing in the bright moonlight, but felt very cold.

Such a reaction... Lingge frowned slightly, and then suddenly remembered something.

If he remembered correctly, today was March 3, the Lunar New Year of the Kingdom of Great Britta. In the binary calendar of the ancient Wollmuth Dynasty, it was the day when the "Apocalypse Star" Comen and the "Sacred Green Star" Esold met, that is, the "Dual Star Return Day". The astronomer Ethan who formulated this ancient calendar once said: On the day when the binary stars meet, the moonlight is at its brightest, and the moon will not set in one night.

According to the ancient times, the so-called round moon is actually -

Lingge turned around and looked through the open window. He saw the endless wandering night sky, the raging sea of ​​clouds, the moonlight spreading across thousands of miles, and the silver moon that seemed impossible to set in such a short time. It was brighter than ordinary nights and even a little dazzling.

Sure enough, he thought, there was a full moon tonight.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)