Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 578 Are you starting to doubt her?

The seawater surged with the sound of even breathing, reflecting the sapphire-like light. The lonely algae drifted silently in the darkness that could not be seen by the naked eye, and gradually floated to the surface of the sea. The body of the eight-tentacle Bewu snail beast, which looked like an ancient giant shark, slowly sank. The slightly cold seawater gently caressed its shiny black scales, and small whirlpools rolled up around it, and finally landed on the square outside the Ice Water Palace. From this direction, you can see the tall and gorgeous coral tree in the Blue Coral Palace from afar, as if it grew on the body of a giant, supporting the scale of the entire city.

Because of Lorena's inconvenience, the mirror elf soldiers who were ordered to wait first returned to the city to mobilize a Bewu Snail Beast as the Second Princess's vehicle, and also passed the news to Her Majesty the Queen. Therefore, at the edge of the square, the figure of "Wolf Rider" Catins leading the palace guards to greet them could be vaguely seen. A few days ago, he was also here to welcome the distinguished guests from the earth, and at the same time brought back the First Princess who was supposed to be on patrol outside the sea.

Lingge didn't know this. He was still wondering what he had just seen: when they saw Rorona sitting in a wheelchair, the mirror elf soldiers didn't show any surprise, and didn't even ask a question. They didn't seem to care about it at all, and even seemed a little indifferent, but Lingge knew that was not the case, because he could hear the respect in their voices when they knelt down to salute Rorona.

In this case, this abnormal attitude is very intriguing. It should be said that they don't care, but have long been... accustomed to it?

Without giving him much time to think, Rolena pushed the wheelchair down a bone staircase extending from the back of the Beowulf Snail to the ground, and turned back to say to him, "I saw Lord Katins. It seems that he has been waiting for me here for a long time. No one except my mother can command this proud Wolf Rider, so I should go see my mother first and say something I must say to her. As for you, can you wander around the Ice Water Palace at will, or do you need me to send someone to take you to meet your companions?"

“No need.” Ling Ge came back to his senses and shook his head: “I just saw our whale in the sky. It stopped under the coral tree.”

"That's the Blue Coral Palace." Rorona blinked her eyes. "The Ice Water Palace is a crown of the city of Nereids, and the Blue Coral Palace is the most dazzling pearl on the crown. I think it must have been arranged by my sister. She has always liked that palace and often went there to play when she was a child. But after moving out of the Ice Water Palace, she rarely went there."

She casually talked about interesting things in her childhood, which made Alice and Saint Xia Liya curious about the "sister" she mentioned. Especially Saint Xia Liya, she probably wanted to exchange her experience of being a sister with her. However, now is not the right time, so she can only think about it later.

Ling Ge remembered something and asked, "Do you really not need our help with the matter you mentioned before?"

Lingge stood beside the huge body of the Bewu snail beast, quietly watching the girl's back gradually go away. The palace guards who came to greet her knelt on one knee and greeted her in unison, then waved their hands for them to stand up. There was an elegance and nobility in her every move, completely different from the sickly girl who stood on the breakwater and sighed at the polluted ocean.

"kindness."

She waved her hand as a farewell, and then pushed her wheelchair towards the crowd waiting at the edge of the square. A soldier nearby hurried forward and wanted to help her push the wheelchair, but was rejected by the Second Princess with a smile.

Rorona smiled faintly and replied, "After all, my mother has already met your companions and knows your origins. If I tell her that you are friends I met in the human world, it will not only fail to reassure her, but will make her even angrier, right? So I don't need your help for the time being. Of course, the rewards I promised you before are still valid. I will give them to you when I come back."

Greeted by two rows of neatly-dressed palace guards in silver-white armor, and escorted personally by the "Wolf Rider" Katins, the noble girl walked farther and farther away until she was out of sight. Only then did Linger look away. For some reason, the image that emerged in his mind was still of her sitting in a wheelchair, making funny gestures with Alice.

A mirror elf soldier came forward and asked if he needed a guide. Ling Ge shook his head and declined. Then he led Alice and Saint Xia Liya to the direction of the Blue Coral Palace. The Cloud Whale Sky Island was moored under the tall and gorgeous coral tree. Although strictly speaking, less than three days had passed, the experience of these three days gave him a very long feeling.

On the way back, Alice was holding a box of swimsuits and laughing foolishly. She kept imagining how the beautiful girls would look in swimsuits. Saint Shallia quietly moved closer to the young man. When she was only a palm away from him and their shoulders could bump into each other at any time, she whispered, "Lingge."

Linger kept walking forward without looking around, for he was afraid that if he turned his head, he would bump into the warm breath coming out of the girl's lips and nostrils, which was as sweet as the primrose in spring. He even seemed to have smelled the fragrance of that flower, but in the next moment he forced himself to suppress this feeling and replied calmly: "What's wrong?" "Did you agree to help Miss Lorena just because she promised a good reward?" Saint Xia Liya's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and under the flow of the sea water, the ends seemed to shine with the brilliance of crystal. She whispered: "Are you already doubting her?"

This sentence was a bit confusing. If it was said by the (pseudo) literary girl Alice, she would definitely not understand it, but Ling Ge knew exactly what she meant, so he nodded slightly: "Yeah."

"Since when?"

"When we met for the second time," Lingge replied, "her illness had healed. Or rather, she never looked sick. But her leg was injured. The injury was very strange. I suspected that it was—"

"Curse?" The young man paused here, and Saint Shallia said the word for him.

"Yes." Ling Ge said, "But we can't tell what kind of curse it is yet. We have to ask her herself. In addition, her magical alchemy is also worth paying attention to. If nothing goes wrong, it should be her royal power. Of course, all of this must be verified first."

As for how to verify, they have actually mastered the most convenient method, but...

Looking at Alice walking briskly ahead, humming a song as she walked, with the words "I am very happy" written all over her face, for some reason, they both sighed at the same time. Because they were so in sync, their sighs overlapped, causing Alice, who shouldn't have heard it, to hear it, so she turned around and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you sighing?"

"nothing."

The two of them shook their heads at the same time, their expressions and movements were surprisingly consistent.

"Really?" Alice said suspiciously, "I suspect you are lying to me, but - I am in a good mood today, so I won't bother with you."

After saying that, he withdrew his gaze and continued to hum a song as he walked. The tone he hummed was a tone he didn't know where he learned from, and it was out of tune, which sounded very bad.

can only say.

Don't reveal your thoughts to this guy for now, I always feel like she will mess things up.

The two of them thought at the same time.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)