Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 563: Is he a very naive person?

The brightest pearl in the azure sea, Princess Lorena of the sea, is also Galene's proud sister.

Everyone could see that the proud expression on her face was not fake, and they could also hear that her tone was completely sincere, which reminded Metien of her brother Lingge. Although she was not sure whether she had become someone who could make the young man look proud, she still felt the same way and said sincerely, "That's great."

"Of course." Galene thought she was praising her sister and said proudly, "Rorona is the best!"

After hearing this, Metien looked at her thoughtfully and said, "Sister Galene is also very good."

She is a very good sister.

After all, few people can express their feelings for their family so frankly. Isn't Lingge a tsundere? Although being a tsundere is not a bad thing, sometimes I really hope he can be more frank.

Galene scratched her hair in embarrassment. "Haha, actually I'm still far from that. If I were as good as Lorena, I wouldn't always disappoint my mother."

Metien asked curiously, "Is Her Majesty the Queen very strict with you?"

"Super strict." Galene seemed to recall some unbearable memory, and a painful expression appeared on her face. "She made me learn swordsmanship and various martial arts from Lord Katins. I had to get up at five o'clock every day to train for three hours before I could eat breakfast. She also made me learn how to control my bloodline ability from Lord Sandro, but my talent in origin magic is very low. I have only Sequence 8 after practicing so far, which makes her shake her head whenever she sees me. In addition, there are all kinds of messy courses: court etiquette, writing and poetry, handling government affairs, patrol missions of the city defense corps... She even made me learn to dance."

"Wrong." Galene corrected her, "I am just a child adopted by my mother. Lorena is the true descendant of the Nieride royal family. But even she has not received such a strict education! Every day she is either studying her own strange materials and formulas in the room, or running back and forth between the city and the suburbs to help those in need. At that time, I was still training in the training ground, taking classes in the classroom, and helping my mother with chores in the study!"

Hearing her indignant tone, everyone was a little confused for a moment whether she was angry because "Rorona, as a true royal descendant, was not taken seriously in education" or "I worked so hard in class and training, why can Rorona be so relaxed?" It seemed that she was a little bit of both, but it seemed that neither was enough to summarize it. It can only be said that this kind of twisted mood is difficult for ordinary people to understand, except for those who are born twisted like Alice.

Galene stopped talking here and tapped the amber high heels of her sandals, which echoed crisply on the stone floor. "I used to be not used to wearing this kind of shoes and often sprained my ankle. But now I can wear them and dance on the smooth marble floor all night. Don't you think this is scary?"

"Uh." Shemi pointed out a mistake: "Aren't you a descendant of the royal family?"

They were not in a position to talk for a while. At this moment, the Countess, who had been listening silently, suddenly spoke up with a meaningful tone: "Perhaps it is because Her Majesty Emilia has high expectations of you?"

Everyone focused their attention on her smooth white feet. After staring at them for a while, except for Leticia who showed an expression of approval, the other three were a little bit dissatisfied. Medien hesitated and said, "I think that's great. Sister Galene must be very beautiful when dancing, right?"

Galene was stunned for a moment when she heard this, while Metien's eyes lit up: "That's right! This is called, this is called... the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility! Sister Galene, you have the ability, so you must also take on the corresponding responsibilities!"

"That's right. One time I attended a dance party, and my comrades who had been avoiding me in the past all rushed to invite me to dance... Ahem, that's not the problem!" Galene raised her eyebrows and said seriously, "The problem is, don't you think mother is too strict with me? She treated me like a real descendant of the royal family and wanted me to be perfect, but how is that possible!"

"With great power comes great responsibility?" Nevill smiled and said, "That's a good saying. Who told you that, Metien?"

"It's Sister Alice!"

"Oh." The smile disappeared instantly, because she knew that the golden-haired maid would never say such philosophical words. She probably copied some famous quotes from a book and shamelessly used them for herself.

"I don't have the ability to take on this kind of responsibility." Galene muttered softly.

"what?"

Medien didn't hear it clearly, and neither did Leticia and Shemi. The main reason was that Galene spoke too softly, as if she wasn't saying it for others to hear. She was just expressing her true thoughts.

"Huh? No, nothing."

Galene reacted and shook her head quickly. Then, pretending nothing had happened, she stretched out her hand and pointed to a place outside the corridor and said, "Hey, do you see that coral tree? That is the largest and oldest crystal coral in our city of Nereids. The Blue Coral Palace is right below it. I'll take you there!"

"Where where?"

The immature little girls did not realize that this was her clumsy trick to change the subject, so they all followed the direction of her finger and lay on the spacious and bright French windows to look out, looking at a palace not far away surrounded by crystal spires, arches, ice crystal flowers and carved iron fences. In the courtyard of the palace, there was a huge coral tree standing tall. It was ice blue all over, like a craftwork carved from glass. Even the deep wrinkles and ugly tree knots left by the years on the trunk looked so exquisite; the branches blocked out the sun and even covered the entire palace. On the branches that were obviously made of lime but had a glassy color, there were thousands of clusters of epiphytic corals growing vigorously, which looked like thousands of crystal flowers at first glance. The faint blue light reflected by them in the mist of the sea waves was soft and deep, covering the courtyard, sprinkling mottled light spots and debris, floating down so calmly, landing on the gray soil of the courtyard, and soon melted by the cold temperature.

"Wow!" The three little girls exclaimed in unison.

"How is it? Isn't it beautiful?" Galene said with a smile, "I'll take you to see the coral tree up close later. Maybe you can even climb up it. But be careful not to be discovered by the guards around. Of course, even if you are discovered, it shouldn't be a big deal. After all, you are honored guests. Mother won't punish you for such a small matter."

It sounds like this Princess is quite experienced.

Leticia and Shemi looked at each other. Only at this moment did they put aside their past prejudices and reached an amazing tacit understanding. They shouted almost at the same time: "We want to play!"

Metien was surprised by the tacit understanding of his friends, and looked tangled: "Is this not good..."

"It's okay, it's okay, let's go, I'll take you there!" Galene waved her hand nonchalantly, and took the impatient Leticia and Shemi to the huge and beautiful coral tree. Metien, who was worried, could only follow them, and secretly decided in his heart that if his friends did anything that violated their status as guests, he would stop them.

As a result, Nevile fell behind the team, but the countess did not care about such a small matter. She just looked at Galene's back deeply, recalling the whispers that she had just blurted out but instinctively did not want others to hear, as well as Queen Emilia's strict attitude towards her daughter in the study. A playful smile slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth, because it reminded her of the plots she had seen in many human literary works, novels, poems or dramas.

He is a naive person.

She couldn't help but think: Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Nereids doesn't seem to realize that family and politics, kinship and blood, ability and responsibility... are never necessarily connected.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)