Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 547: Are you paying attention to your image?

After her own sister revealed her dark thoughts, a certain bartender was so angry that she crushed a beloved wine jug, proving that the traveler fairies are not as weak as they appear, and their fighting power is terrifying when they are angry.

Xie Mi, the naughty kid who dared to speak the truth, felt that he had done nothing wrong. Honesty is a virtue. If even honesty is denied, then is there really any truth, goodness and beauty in this cruel world? But Xie Liya, whose mind is gradually twisted, will not listen to such explanations. She almost wants to throw this guy into the herb garden for labor reform, to fertilize and water those magical plants that like to make trouble. She will only allow her to come back when the eldest sister stops holding banquets, Ling Ge stops having facial paralysis, and Alice stops playing games...

Fortunately, the timely visit of the mirror elves prevented this family ethical tragedy from happening.

Shemy, you saved your life.

Shelia gave her sister a warning look, then pretended that nothing had happened and said to the stone guard who came to tip off: "Then ask them to meet at the inn - but only allow their leader to land on the island, and don't let him run around and see anything he shouldn't see."

Well, this sentence sounds like a villain who wants to kill to silence the witnesses, but the "things that shouldn't be seen" that Shelia mentioned are actually just Ieta basking in the sun by the windmill tower house, or her elder sister Shesta who is pruning branches in the garden...that's all.

The silly stone elf guard went back to find the mirror elves who were still waiting for a reply at the edge of the island, and used his hands and feet to convey Shelia's intention to them. As the captain of this patrol team, Galene agreed to this condition after only thinking for a while. Anyway, the other party did not seem to be hostile at the moment. If they were really hostile, they might not be able to escape the hunting range of the demigod. In this case, it would be better to be more generous and appear more friendly.

After ordering the soldiers to wait for orders and not to run without permission, Galene followed the stone guard and boarded the mysterious island, heading for the meeting place agreed by the island owner. To be honest, as a deep-sea race, this was her first time to come into contact with aliens on the ground, so she was alert and curious. After carefully observing the stone guard leading the way for a few minutes and confirming that it had low intelligence... uh, a simple nature, and no actual threat, Galene was relieved, looked away, and boldly explored the situation of the island.

There were traces of man-made buildings, including the road under my feet and the street lights on both sides, but the traces of the buildings were very new, and it looked like they had just been built not long ago; the terrain was very complex, with both undulating mountains and flat fields, and even steep cliffs. It didn't look like a normal island at all, but rather like a piece of land that had been dug out of the land; the vegetation was lush, and most of the plants were unfamiliar. One could tell from their shapes and growth states that they were not species from coastal areas. Could they have flown here from more distant inland areas? There were some colorless prismatic crystals floating in the forest, but there was no sense of magic at all. What was supporting them? The biological population was rich, but basically there were only harmless birds and small animals, no beasts or monsters. As for the aliens, apart from the stone spirit guards who led the way, there was only a group of rotten wood monsters, who seemed to be busy in the depths of the forest. Galene was not familiar with the aliens on the ground, and at most knew their names and appearances, so she didn't know what they were busy with.

She exclaimed in admiration from the bottom of her heart, but the only person who heard this admiration was the silly stone elf guard, so he didn't give any reaction. At most, he just scratched his rock head and attributed this sentence to useless information. There was no need to use the "shared network" of the stone elves to analyze its meaning.

“It’s incredible!”

Although her mood had gradually calmed down, when she passed the primrose field, the "Seven Color Miracle" from the Saizeriya Field still shocked Galene for a moment. When she was performing missions in the deep sea, she had seen magnificent scenes, such as witnessing the eruption of submarine volcanoes up close, feeling the passion of the end of the world when water and fire collided violently, or personally passing through hundreds of millions of migrating jellyfish, and seeing the fluorescence emitted by the jellyfish illuminate the abyss tens of thousands of meters below... But the primrose field in front of her was pure beauty. When the colorful petals fell like raindrops, and the huge white windmill was vaguely seen turning slowly in the depths of the hazy flower rain, Galene, as a deep-sea race, also magically realized the aesthetics of the ground race at this time and gained the same visual experience.

Unfortunately, the owner of the island did not seem to have any intention in this regard. Therefore, apart from the road under her feet, the only other man-made buildings that Galene saw were the white windmill and a half-finished construction site somewhere. The rest of the place still retained its original appearance, which made her feel regretful.

If she could go deeper, she would see the herb garden and flower garden in the forest, where the proprietress Shesta was pruning branches and leaves. A garden full of magical plants with strange personalities would surely surprise Galene. But the stone guard leading the way remembered Shelia's instructions and turned his head from time to time to take a look, not giving Galene a chance to escape his sight. As a guest, the latter was embarrassed to leave the road without permission and run around. What if he angered the demigods on the island? Her Majesty the Queen still hoped to cooperate with them. If the negotiations broke down because of her, she would die.

Galene didn't know that her admiration was filtered out as spam. She was still thinking that this was indeed a magical island. If a city was built on this island, its grandeur and spectacular scale would probably not be inferior to her proud hometown, the "Mirror City" Nereids.

She didn't realize that she had just passed by the owner of the island.

"Is that the Mirror Spirit?"

Inside the windmill tower, Ieta looked out the window at Galene passing by the flower field from afar and blinked: "It looks like she is no different from a human, right?"...

"Not a mermaid!"

Leticia, who was lying on the windowsill, yelled, then pushed the wall with both feet, did a perfect backflip in mid-air, and landed on the seat next to grandma. She raised her head anxiously and complained: "Grandma, I saw the mirror fairy! She's not a mermaid!?"

"Uh."

Nevile was speechless. I don't think I ever said that mirror elves are mermaids? But Leticia was her granddaughter after all, so she patiently explained: "Mermaids are just fairy tales, they don't really exist. If there is any alien in the world that is closest to the image of mermaids, it is sirens, not mirror elves. But sirens are not intelligent races, and they don't have the singing voice of mermaids. They can only make sharp whistles and hunt with large-scale sonic attacks. In other words, they are actually closer to monsters."

"Oh." Leticia nodded dejectedly.

It seems that the fact that mermaids are not real, and even if they are real, they are just monsters, has a great impact on her blank worldview.

Nevile's mouth twitched. She didn't know whether her decision to let Saint Shalia tell her fairy tales was right or wrong. It seemed that this child hated fairy tales, but inexplicably took them seriously. What was the reason for this? Even as a grandmother, Nevile found it difficult to guess.

While the grandfather and grandson were discussing the century-old question of "Do mermaids exist?", Galene, the visiting mirror elf messenger, finally stood at the door of the Fairy Deep Sleep Inn. The stone guard who led her here left without even saying goodbye. After all, in its simple IQ, its mission was just to lead the way. Now that she was here, why should she stay?

Then Galene will have to face the mysterious master alone.

Fortunately, there is an inn for traveler fairies on the island. Even she, as a deep-sea race, has heard of the name of these friendly fairies. Legend has it that traveler fairies will only get close to kind lives, so she doesn't have to worry about her own safety.

Knowing that her words and actions represented the official image of Nereids and the majesty of Her Majesty the Queen, Galene deliberately straightened her manners outside the door. After making sure that there was no impoliteness, she walked forward and gently knocked on the door of the hotel. The wooden sign at the door shook and made a clanging sound.

"Please come in." A serious and steady voice came from inside the door.

Sounds like... Her Majesty the Queen.

Galene couldn't help but have such a thought, and at the same time, she subconsciously pushed open the door of the hotel.

Then, the scene in the hall came into view.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)