Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 520 Is it a very simple method?
When Saint Shalia brought Metien to find Lingge, the latter was sitting at the bar in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel drinking - uh, drinking water. He was tasting Master Shelia's latest masterpiece, "The Abyss of Lamentation". I don't know if this bartender has been inspired by some unique inspiration recently. The original names were all holy and ethereal, but now they have become dark. Lingge suspects that it may be related to the Shiqilia Peninsula that he left not long ago. The island, with its cold, gloomy and sad temperament like a midnight poet, deeply impressed Shelia and helped her complete a major turning point in her creative path.

Of course, the only thing that changed was the name; the taste remained the same.

The arrival of Saint Shalia and Metien brought two more glasses of [Abyss Lament] to the bar. Although the pink-haired girl thought that the name [Angel's Tears] might be more suitable for it after drinking it, she wisely did not say it out loud, being a good and sensible child. This character of not fighting or quarreling is the important reason why her position in the minds of Shesta and Shelia gradually replaced Shemi. Sometimes Shemi even suspected that Metien was actually the youngest sister of the three sisters in the hotel, and she? She was really just a maid.

Saint Xia Liya also took a sip of Xie Liya's latest masterpiece, and then cast her eyes on Ling Ge. She didn't see the "Church Scripture" she wanted to borrow in the other's hand. This is normal. After all, the young man has never been a devout priest. This position is just a job for him and a legacy of his adoptive father. In this case, the "Church Scripture" is not a support for faith, but just a tool for preaching, and it is a tool of little use. Who would carry such a useless thing with them?
Lingge would only open the "Church Scripture" under specific circumstances. In the past, he would open it during the seven-day ceremony to pray for the believers who came to receive bread and milk. Later, Rochelle summoned the conceived god in the city of Nimsher, and Fei'er revealed the historical truth of the ancient times to everyone not long ago. After these two events, Lingge had read the book alone by the pond where he often stayed. As for whether he was looking for the true meaning of faith and soothing his uneasy soul, or just reading it to kill time, only he knew.

Saint Shallia mentioned the matter of borrowing the "Church Scripture" to Lingge, and the young man was obviously stunned for a moment, because he never expected Saint Shallia to make such a request. But soon, the latter explained the reason, saying that it was for the sake of Leticia's education. She didn't like to listen to fairy tales, and there were no grammar and language books suitable for basic learning for teenagers on the island, so the "Church Scripture" in Lingge's hand was the best choice. After all, many seminaries in the human world also include religious scriptures as compulsory courses. Of course, the more important reason is——

"Leticia still remember the prayer I prayed for her that night?" When Lingge heard the news, he didn't know how to react for a moment. In short, he was speechless for a long time.

The curse of reincarnation would be triggered at the full moon of each month, clearing all memories except grandma from her soul. This was something Leticia had long been accustomed to. But the voice that suddenly popped up in her mind recently made her feel very irritated. She was not used to having someone nagging in her ears all the time, and what he said was inexplicable and she had never heard of it before... Not really, it seemed that someone had said the same thing to her a long time ago, but she had forgotten that person.

The upset vampire girl thought she was sick, so she went to complain to her grandmother. Nevill's surprise at that time might be the same as Lingge's at this moment, but after the surprise, she felt an unexpected joy. Unlike her innocent granddaughter, she did not regard it as a disease, but as a sign that Leticia's curse was gradually recovering: Maybe she could only remember some inexplicable prayers at the moment, but if she repeated them more times, would she one day engrave this memory in her mind and never forget it? Then, could she remember more things in this way?
In order to verify her guess, the Countess needed the "Church Scripture" in Ling's hand. However, her relationship with Ling was not that good after all. She didn't know how casual Ling's attitude towards the "Church Scripture" was. She took it for granted that since Ling was the last priest of the Holy Goddess Church, he should be very pious in his beliefs. Borrowing the book from him rashly might cause displeasure to the young man.

So, when Saint Shalia found him and said that she wanted to become closer to Leticia, the Countess took advantage of the situation and gave her this important task. Given Saint Shalia's relationship with Lingge, it shouldn't be difficult to borrow the Holy Goddess Church's "Canon" from him, right?
It was a coincidence that led to Ling'er's shocked reaction.

"Yes." Saint Xia Liya said softly: "This is what Miss Nevill told me herself, I think it should be correct. However, Leticia only remembers your voice and the prayer you said for her that night, but not you."

At this point, she carefully observed the young man's expression, trying to see if he would show a look of loss, but the young man shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I didn't pray for her just to make her remember me."

No pastor would ever pray for such a reason.

What is the reason for that?

Saint Charity thought about it silently, but did not ask the question, because she knew that even if she asked, Lingge would not answer, but would come up with all kinds of excuses to evade the question. In this case, there was no need for her to embarrass him. It was indeed as Alice said, Lingge was a tsundere.

The young man looked at the shepherdess suspiciously, thinking that she was thinking about something very rude, but the girl looked normal and didn't show any abnormality, so he could only attribute it to his own suspicion and changed the subject: "You want to use the "Church Scripture" to enlighten Leticia, it's not impossible, but are you sure she will listen to your class obediently?"

Does the "Church Scripture" have educational significance? There is no doubt that it does, because in addition to recording the legend of the goddess' creation, there are also many teachings and exhortations left by her, although whether these words came from the goddess' mouth is still debatable (the predecessor of the Holy Goddess Church was the Creation Goddess Church, so the "Church Scripture" is very likely to be inherited from the version of the Creation Goddess Church, and that version of the "Church Scripture" was written by seven saints, who are also seven order maiden kings. In other words, they are actually recording the words of their mothers. From this perspective, the credibility is actually quite high), but without exception, they are all truths that guide people to be positive and love life. In Alice's words, it is chicken soup for the soul.

Lingge had also heard his adoptive father, Mr. Yang Ke, say that whoever could unswervingly practice the teachings in the "Canon" could become a perfect person without any stain in the world. When he repeated this sentence to Alice, the golden-haired maid thought it was an exaggeration unique to religious people, so she took the "Canon" back and read it all night. When she returned it to Lingge the next day, she had to admit sadly: Mr. Yang Ke was right.

Because of the principles recorded in the scriptures: go to bed early and get up early, wash your hands and take a bath frequently, admit your mistakes bravely, treat others with tolerance, take care of flowers, plants and small animals... If someone can do all of these, it is not an exaggeration to call him a perfect person.

However, such truths seemed a bit boring to a little girl of Leticia's age, so it was probably difficult for her to muster the interest to listen.

Saint Shallia thought about this problem and came up with a solution.

"this is very simple."

She blinked her big, clear eyes and said to Lingge in a soft, gentle, and matter-of-fact tone: "Let's just build a school on the island."

Ling Ge: “…”

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)