Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 518: Doesn’t that look too smart?

Attend class?

Saint Charity never expected that Nevill would make such a strange request. To be honest, this kind of thing should be asked to Lingge. After all, before embarking on the journey, he was a history teacher in a national school.

Without letting her wonder for too long, Nevill quickly gave an explanation: "In our Valenhild family, there has always been such an ancestral motto - in fact, it is what I said - blood gives us strength, and knowledge gives us self. Only by controlling ourselves can we control strength. Therefore, Leticia must also learn knowledge. The knowledge learned from books rather than from a dangerous wandering life will tell her how to control her own strength. She should not be driven by inflated ambitions like Gundaruf, nor should she be blindly succumbing to the shackles of desire like those aliens who are tempted by the power of immortality. She must be more rational, more reasonable, and more understanding of the meaning of strength to her own existence."

She paused and continued, "Although this kind of profound understanding or experience is not something a child of her age should consider, there is no other way. She is a little more special than other children, so naturally she has to be more mature. Otherwise, reality will only be more cruel to her."

Other children of the same age do not have the power to grant others immortality, nor do they live in a dark, cruel, and cannibalistic environment. They are ordinary dust in the world, but sometimes being ordinary is precious, so they can enjoy their youth and play with their friends without worrying about so many complicated things, but Leticia can't.

After understanding this, Saint Shallia could understand Nevi's thoughts.

but--

The shepherdess couldn't help but think that Leticia would eventually forget what she had learned because of reincarnation, so what was the point of teaching her? Then she realized that this question seemed to be exactly the same as the question Nevelle had asked her before, so Nevelle's answer would probably be the same as hers: even if it was a temporary self, at least it was real, and Leticia just needed such reality.

So she didn't ask the question out loud, and the question naturally turned into another one: "Did you often teach Leticia before?"

She was about to say goodbye and go find Leticia to experience the feeling of teaching her sister, when Nevill suddenly remembered something and added, "By the way, if Leticia really doesn't want to listen to your fairy tales, you can go find Lingge."

Saint Shalia's mind naturally recalled the back of Leticia who had left in a hurry. She originally thought that she was not used to being with strangers, but now it seemed that she was tired of these boring fairy tales. Perhaps the plots in fairy tales were too beautiful, and for this beauty they lacked a lot of reality and logic, which made her, a sensitive and suspicious girl by nature, feel very strange, so she instinctively resisted accepting it.

Saint Xia Liya thought silently, but did not reject Nevile's suggestion. Instead, she silently hugged the fairy tale book in her arms, holding it tightly.

How could a girl living in a fake world accept a fairy tale that was even more fake than her own?
That being the case.

It turned out to be the case.

Looking for Lingge?
Saint Xia Liya was stunned for a moment. She knew that Ling Ge was indeed a teacher before, but would the teaching skills used to teach human children also be applicable to a sensitive and suspicious little vampire girl? Moreover, if she asked Ling Ge for help, wouldn't it just prove that she was actually incapable of being a good sister and couldn't even make her sister listen to the class obediently?

"Yes." Nevile nodded slightly and said, "I will teach her some simple grammar and writing knowledge, as well as the historical and philosophical stories in the textbooks. She has always been a smart child and learns quickly, but her only shortcoming is that she doesn't have much patience... and all this knowledge will be completely forgotten by her after reincarnation. But it doesn't matter, I will teach her again by then, so that she can understand what the power she possesses means, and how she should use this power."

She was a little embarrassed and worried: "Will Leticia be willing to listen to my class?"

The Countess also happened to mention those books at this time: "Originally, I had prepared enough teaching books for Leticia that were suitable for her age. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to take them away. Now I guess they were all burned to ashes in the fire. So I borrowed this fairy tale book from Miss Shesta as a replacement."

She pointed at the Andersen's Fairy Tales in Saint Xia Liya's hand and smiled. "It just so happens that Leticia hasn't heard many fairy tales. As a girl, this is not acceptable. I want to make up for this shortcoming for her. Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to be interested in this kind of story that coaxes children to sleep. It has a hypnotic effect, but she didn't listen to the story at all. If you hadn't come just now, she might have fallen asleep now."

"You can try it first." Nevile said with a smile: "Maybe she doesn't want to listen to my fairy tales because I don't tell them vividly and interestingly enough. If someone else - for example, you tell them, she will be happy."

Therefore, when Ovira was in the cabin where Neverle lived in seclusion, she saw several books on language and grammar education scattered on the table. At that time, she was very confused as to why Neverle, as an immortal vampire, wanted to read such books. But in fact, she didn't want to read them, but prepared them for Leticia.

She was not the kind of person who liked fairy tales - this was the conclusion that Saint Xia Liya could draw, and she firmly believed that even if she asked the same question to Lingge, Alice, or even Metien, or everyone on the island, she would get the same answer.

I think the possibility is a bit low, almost as low as Alice completing Dark Castle: Dawn Waltz without taking any damage and having one life.

Nevill seemed to have guessed what Saint Shalia was thinking, and smiled slightly: "It's not what you think. I just suggest that you go to Lingge to ask for a book of the Holy Goddess Church, and use it to teach Leticia. In this way, maybe she will be willing to listen to the class."

Teach Leticia with scriptures?

Saint Xia Liya was even more puzzled: "Why?" Nevi'er took a sip of black tea and said leisurely: "Because one night half a month ago, a pastor who was obviously kind-hearted but refused to admit it, held the hand of a dying girl and prayed devoutly for her who was about to ascend to the lightless sea, asking for the goddess' forgiveness and blessing. From that day on, Leticia often complained to me that she always felt that there was always a cold voice saying some messed up words in her ear, and the content was the words of the pastor's prayer for her that night. She suspected that she was sick, and I think that the kind of disease should be treated with the kind of medicine, so that her illness can get better faster. Besides, as the offspring of the goddess of creation, it's not wrong for Leticia to know more about the goddess' deeds, right?"

Rather, it is her responsibility to fulfill.

After saying that, the Countess winked at Saint Shallia. She was clearly an elder, but at this moment, she had a playful look of a young girl. Saint Shallia was silent for a moment, and then replied very seriously: "I understand. Thank you for your advice, Miss Nevi."

Perhaps it was because her attitude was too serious that it made people feel that she was easy to tease, or perhaps it was because the playful behavior just now reminded the countess of her mentality when she was young... In short, the latter suddenly wanted to play a little joke on this meticulous girl, so she smiled and said: "There is one thing I have to remind you, Miss Saint Xia Liya."

The shepherdess tilted her head in a silly way: "Anything else?"

"Of course, and it's a very important thing. Since you want to become close to Leticia, you should start with the simplest part, such as addressing her. So think about it, what is the relationship between Leticia and I?"

"You're her grandmother."

"And what is the relationship between Leticia and you?"

"It's sisters."

"So what should you call me?"

"..."

Saint Shalia was stunned.

She seemed to be in a state of deep, tangled and confused thinking. She forgot the existence of the outside world for a moment and sat in her seat in a daze, not knowing what to do. To be honest, Nevile might be the first person to see her like this. In the past, the shepherdess always appeared in front of everyone with a gentle, calm and tolerant image, and never lost her composure. But she did this difficult thing with just a little joke.

The Countess really appreciated Saint Shallia's stunned expression. It could be seen that she was struggling fiercely in her heart, wondering whether she should change her name as Nevile said. This was unreasonable from a common sense point of view, but it seemed to be fine from a logical point of view... She was a little confused. Nevile knew that the joke had come to this point. When she was about to laugh to show that she was just joking, she suddenly saw Saint Shallia slowly open her lips as if she had made a difficult decision, and judging from her mouth shape, it seemed that she was about to shout out a taboo name.

"..." The Countess' pupils suddenly contracted: "Wait!?"

"Well?"

"I, I was just joking, Miss Saint Charia."

"Eh? But——"

"No buts, it's just a joke!"

The Countess blocked Saint Shallia's next doubts with a decisive word, then quickly picked up the teacup and took a sip, using the warm black tea to calm her pounding heart. She hadn't experienced such exciting emotions for many years.

Phew, that’s really dangerous.

I almost blasphemed the great goddess of creation, and I almost became the queen of all the girls, including the chief judge... Never mind, that's not important. What's important is

Why does Leticia's eldest sister look like she's not very smart?

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)