Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 531: Are You Being Secretly Surveilled?
In the end, Metien chose neither side.

She first calmly completed today's homework under the eager gaze of Shaymi and Leticia, and then invited the two to go out and play, but not to pick fruits in the forest or to prepare ingredients for dinner in the vegetable garden, but to go to the beach.

The Whale Island was now anchored on the blue sea, so they only needed to walk for a dozen minutes to reach the beach. Except for the lack of sand and common seaside plants, it seemed no different from a real island. So in fact, Metien had long thought in her heart, why did Sister Alice have to go to Lotterdana City for vacation? Wouldn't it be considered a vacation on the Sky Island? But seeing Sister Alice's high spirits, she didn't say this to spoil the fun.

The two friends didn't expect that Metien would not choose any of them, but greedily chose "I want all". They felt a little disappointed at first, but after thinking carefully, they realized that their purpose had been achieved. They came to Metien to invite her to play. What was important was Metien, not where to play. So they happily agreed. The two who had become enemies due to differences in ideas quickly restored their fragile and short-lived friendship, waiting for the next moment of rupture.

Xiemi searched the hotel for some necessary items for playing at the beach, such as a small parasol, a lace straw hat, and sunscreen cream, and then the three little girls set off happily. In order to hide from others and avoid being discovered by their sister (grandmother), Xiemi and Leticia also deliberately chose the most remote corner of the island, which is the southwest corner. There was originally a large open space here, with nothing growing except weeds and some unknown yellow flowers. The forest and cliffs outside blocked the view. It can be said that it is a perfect place to play secretly without telling the parents, so they chose it as their secret base.

The three of them avoided the sight of others and quietly came to their secret base. Although the blue bridge above blocked most of the sunlight, there were still a few rays of light shining diagonally, illuminating the open space brightly. The dust in the sky floated slowly in the light, like a school of fish in the deep sea, sometimes gathering together and sometimes separating.

The sea breeze was blowing gently, bringing coolness and freshness. In the early summer in Lujianhai, the sky was clear and cloudless, and the sun was hanging high out of sight. The sunlight seemed to be born out of thin air, sprinkling all over the endless sea, like gold falling from the sky, making the entire sapphire refracting dazzling and enchanting light. In the eyes of the three little girls, it was simply the most magnificent sight in the world, so they all exclaimed "Wow" at the same time.

Shaymi began to spread the picnic blanket he brought with him on the grass, and took out sandwiches, jam, toast, egg tarts and other staple foods and desserts from the fruit basket, preparing to have a picnic here; while Leticia ran to the beach, stretched out her hand to touch the sea water, feeling the wonderful touch of the flawless blue liquid passing through her fingers.

Wearing a straw hat, Metien stood behind Leticia, quietly admiring the beautiful seascape. From her position, she could see the body of a whale sinking in the seawater at the edge of the island, and the gradually flat terrain extending all the way down, as if it was about to merge with the land on the seabed. The shrubs and ferns that had been brought up to a height of 10,000 meters were now brought back to the blue sea, still flourishing, with the emerald green leaves becoming more tender and juicy in the seawater, and the silk-like roots in the cracks between the soil and rocks swaying with the waves, shining, as if blending with the light on the seabed.

A strange idea suddenly occurred to Metien: plants on land absorb fresh water to grow, but seawater is salty. So, if the cloud whale stays on the blue sea for a long time, will these plants soaked in water die? Or will they adapt to the environment, absorb seawater, and survive with difficulty?

"No." Leticia explained, "I just suddenly remembered this story. Metien, do you think mermaids really exist?"

"If we ask Andersen, will he know? He wrote about it in such detail, so it should be very clear, right?"

The vampire girl stared at the sea for a long time, and suddenly said this. Metien suddenly became alert and looked around: "Are there any mermaids? Where are they?"

This simple, kind and infatuated mermaid in Andersen's Fairy Tales once impressed Metien. A little girl of her age is indeed easily influenced by a sad love story, so she was so excited when she heard Leticia say there was a mermaid in the sea. But she searched for a long time but couldn't find the mermaid. There were only one or two waves in the sea occasionally turning up white foam, perhaps a school of fish passed by below, and she couldn't help feeling disappointed.

"I don't know." Metien shook his head: "Maybe it exists, or maybe... it's just a fairy tale?"

"If I really find the mermaid, I will definitely ask her why she didn't kill the prince." Leticia snorted coldly and made a knife-like gesture: "Anyone who is unfaithful can be killed!"

"Uh."

Before she had time to think deeply, Leticia's voice came to her ears, interrupting her thoughts: "Mermaid."

You're a little too extreme.

"Ha, ha ha." Medien smiled awkwardly, and suddenly understood why Leticia didn't like fairy tales. Because in the heart of this vampire girl, there was no concept of fairy tales at all. She would treat all fictional stories as real things that happened, and would be resentful about it.

Being too serious is not a good character, especially for Leticia. The pink-haired girl sighed silently in her heart.

At this time, Shemy had already prepared the picnic utensils and food, and was waving to them: "Hey! What are you doing? Come over and eat!"

Leticia immediately gave up the topic of mermaids and turned around and said, "I want caramel pudding."

"I can't do it without it."

"Tsk, useless guy."

"What did you say!?"

The two friends started to talk to each other in a friendly manner again, and Metien had to rush over to stop them, but before she turned around, something seemed to flash at the edge of her vision. She subconsciously stopped and looked in that direction, but the sea was calm and nothing happened.

Is it my own illusion?
She thought about it, and hesitated a little, but finally did not delve into it further and turned away.

……

At the same time, on a coral reef in the deep sea, an alien wearing armor was reporting the situation to his superior.

"I was almost discovered just now, but I responded in time and should not have aroused their suspicion."

"She is just a little human girl, not a magician. How can she have such keen perception?"

"This... I don't know, Captain, but maybe she is not an ordinary human, because I observed that there was a traveler fairy and a vampire girl beside her."

"Traveling goblins? Vampires? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? How could these two races be mixed together? Never mind, it's not important. Anyway, I'll stay here and monitor their movements. You go back and report the situation to Her Majesty the Queen immediately. We must not let these guys with unknown origins delay our plans."

"Yes, Captain!"

Then there was the sound of surging waves, and a figure quickly disappeared into the depths of the ocean.

It seems that this vacation trip of Lingge and his group is not destined to be an easy one.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)