Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 519 Is She Actually Scary?

The young girl Xiao Xia's teaching results are not ideal.

The passage of time in April was like a seedling that had just poked its head out of the soil and grew vigorously. Soon, in the idle daily life of the people, it came to the middle of the month. The Cloud Whale also left the Ionian Sea and entered the Blue Sky Sea. This sea area got its name because its waters were extremely blue and clear, even reflecting the sky above like a mirror. People often saw huge schools of fish flying through the clouds. The sailing ships and steamships that came and went seemed to reverse time and space, sailing inside and outside the mirror at the same time, so the sailors called it "the route to the mirror world."

Most of the Blue Sky Sea is public waters, and a small part belongs to the territorial waters of the Great Empire of Mindrias. There are many unique port cities distributed along the 6700-kilometer winding coastline. Their architectural style and cultural temperament are very different from the traditional style of the land and sea. They have both the warm style of the sea and the deep temperament from the inland; they have the warm openness like an autonomous city in the archipelago, and inherit the confidence and tolerance strongly demonstrated by the powerful countries in the western land... The famous tourist city "City Surrounded by the Sea" Lotdana is a typical representative of these cities.

If it were a hundred years ago, even the arrogant and conceited people of Great Brittany would have said "I would like to die on the beach of Lotterdanna", which is enough to prove how moving her beautiful and gentle image is. She is the most dazzling gem on the blue sky and sea.

The Cloud Whale was now flying towards the city, about to lead the travelers on its back to appreciate the beautiful scenery and moving atmosphere of the city. However, before that, Saint Xia Liya had to solve a problem that was not too big or too small, which was: how to make Leticia listen to the class obediently?

……

"On board the ship voices and activity began again. The little mermaid saw the Prince and his beautiful bride looking for her. They looked mournfully at the rolling foam, as if they knew that she had leapt into the waves. In her shadow she kissed the bride's forehead and smiled at the Prince. Then she rode up into the sky with the other children of the air on a rosy cloud..."

Saint Charity sat on a tree stump in the flower field and turned to the next page of Andersen's Fairy Tales in her hand. There was only one last paragraph left in the story, but her audience seemed a little overwhelmed.

"The little mermaid is so pitiful." Metien put her hands on her chest, feeling a blockage in her heart and an indescribable discomfort: "She just wanted to love someone, why did she have to go through such a tragic thing?"

You're a little too extreme.

She waved her hand knife continuously, making a whistling sound. Medien and Shemi beside her looked at their friend with horror, and then hurriedly stepped aside, fearing that they would be the first to be operated on by Leticia.

"But it's really boring." Leticia pouted: "I don't want to go to class anymore, Metien, Shemi, let's go play. And you, little sheep, come with me!"

Leticia made a knife gesture and said viciously, "It's all the prince's fault. If I were on the boat, I would have killed him directly! You're a scum who cheated on a girl's feelings!"

She felt relieved when she thought of this, and at the same time a little complacent, thinking that she had not only saved a love that was doomed to fail, but also saved the hair of her eldest and second sisters. If they knew about this, they would thank her very much.

"The little mermaid's sisters are so pitiful." Xie Mi, who was lying on her head, felt sympathetic: "In order to help their sister get rid of the curse, they cut off their beautiful long hair, but in the end their sister could not be saved, and their hair was gone too."

Medien and Shemi said nothing, both showing expectant expressions. But Leticia puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction: "Why is it about love again? Can this man named Andersen only write love stories? He should write more exciting stories, like... stories about killing, killing, killing!"

Saint Shalia: “…”

Metien and Shemi's feelings are quite normal, but what's wrong with your words? Don't you feel other better things from this fairy tale? For example, love, purity, sacrifice, ideals, etc.

As she said this, she couldn't help but think again, if she fell in love with a human, would her elder sister and second sister be willing to exchange their hair for her younger sister's life? They should, right? But first of all, there must be a premise, that is, she fell in love with a human, but how could it be possible? She was not the little mermaid, she just fell in love with the prince the first time she saw him because she had never seen a human. She had seen many humans!

Saint Shallia frowned slightly. Somehow, she saw the figure of a golden-haired maid in Leticia. Although she was not here, there were traces of her everywhere. It was really terrifying.

"No."

Leticia answered decisively, because she didn't listen carefully, so how could she have heard such nonsense?
Upon hearing this, Saint Xia Liya sighed helplessly. She was not in the mood to tell the last paragraph of the story, and turned directly to the next story: "In this case, let me tell you another story of "Cinderella". This is a story about a girl who was bullied by her stepmother and three sisters. With the help of magical midnight magic, she moved the prince with her innocence and kindness, and finally the two of them had a happy ending. I think it should be more suitable for you than the previous story..."

"You are still young." She patiently encouraged me. The first quality a good teacher should have is patience: "Stories that are too violent are not suitable for you. Beautiful fairy tales like these are what you should listen to."

She hugged the lamb that was dozing at Saint Shallia's feet, and dragged it to her side regardless of its frightened struggle, and then persuaded her friends to skip class with her. But Metien and Shemi looked at Saint Shallia, and shook their heads, saying that they would not skip class and would be good students here.

"Snapped."

Saint Xia Liya calmly closed the "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" in her hand, put it aside, then stood up and said to Leleticia, "Since you don't want to listen to fairy tales, wait here for a while. I'll go find Ling Ge."

What did she want to find Lingge for? Of course, she wanted to borrow the book that aroused Leticia's interest. Saint Chariah originally thought that she could teach Leticia well, but it turned out that she overestimated her teaching ability. In this case, she had to follow the advice of the Countess and change her way of thinking.

"Huh? Looking for Ling Ge?" Metien's eyes lit up: "I'll go too, I'll go too. I just have something to tell Ling Ge. It's very important."

In order to show that she did not skip class on purpose, she also emphasized the words "very important". Saint Xia Liya has always been more tolerant of Metien, and immediately nodded and agreed.

Seeing her friend successfully escape from the classroom, Leticia's expression changed slightly, and she decided to follow suit: "Then I'll go too. I, I also have something to do with Lingge!"

Because Metien's business is my business, she thought.

But Saint Xia Liya shook her head and refused: "No, you stay here and read."

She was referring to the book "Andersen's Fairy Tales", but Leticia said confidently: "I can't read!"

After her reincarnation, before she learned to read, Saint Shallia took her to an open-air classroom and taught her fairy tales for half a month. She was almost insane and wanted to escape from here. She could have avoided Saint Shallia, but there was a big man behind the shepherdess whom she could not afford to offend. That person was very mysterious, codenamed "Grandma", and had absolute authority, so Leticia did not dare to disobey her opinion and could only resist secretly.

Saint Chariah picked up a little fairy that was hanging on Metien's head and put it on the stump, saying, "Then let Shemi read it to you."

"Oh, I don't want it~"

"..."

Saint Shalia said nothing, but just looked at Leticia quietly, the girl's face reflected in her bright and clear golden eyes. The latter, for some reason, suddenly felt guilty when being looked at. She shrank her neck, not daring to look at her nominal sister and actual teacher, and muttered, "Okay, okay, I'll stay, alas."

Finally, she sighed helplessly, feeling deeply that life was difficult and she had no control over her own affairs.

So Saint Xia Liya nodded, and as a reward, she left her lamb to accompany her, and then took Metien away. The figures of the two gradually disappeared in the depths of the lush primrose bushes, but Leticia could still vaguely hear their conversation -

"Sister Xiaoxia, the look in your eyes just now is similar to Ling'er's."

"Are they similar?"

"Yes."

……

Only when they could no longer be seen and even their footprints were swallowed up by the lush vegetation in the field did Leticia look away and then exchanged a look with Shemi on the tree stump. After a while, she asked, "What should we do now?"

"What else can I do?" Xie Mi replied depressedly, and at the same time, with some difficulty, she opened the fairy tale book that was taller than two of her: "I will read it, and you listen."

"Can I not listen?"

"No." Xie Mi warned her: "You can't be lazy, Leticia, I tell you, Xiao Xia Ke is very scary, if she finds you, you're doomed!"

Is that gentle, calm, easy-going, kind girl who never seems to get angry, actually so scary in Shemi's mouth?

Leticia recalled how she felt when she was silently stared at by her, as well as the indescribable sense of oppression, and nodded in agreement: "You are right, Shaymi."

It's really scary.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)