Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 585: Isn’t it the wrong time to come?

After returning to Whale Island and successfully meeting up with her companions, Alice kept clamoring to go on vacation to the beach and bring back a swimsuit. Although the alien appearance and deep sea style of the "Mirror City" Nereids are also very good, in the eyes of the golden-haired maid, it is still not as good as the swimsuit she has been looking forward to for a long time.

Unfortunately, her request could not be met for the time being. First, wearing a swimsuit under the sea was somewhat problematic. Second, the mirror elves were planning to move the city and leave their homeland. Although they were under pressure from the combined cult, they were certainly unwilling and angry. At this sensitive time, the swimsuit holiday held by the people on the ground on the Cloud Whale Sky Island was somewhat like "a party on the grave" (Alice's original words). It would be better to restrain themselves and not cause a diplomatic incident.

As for when they can "openly party", of course, it is when the mirror elves move the city to the open sea and bid farewell to this sea area. Before that, it is best for these visitors from the earth not to leave Nereids to prevent the host from misunderstanding. Fortunately, the mirror elves are friendly and do not restrict the freedom of this group of people too much. They even reimburse all their expenses in the city. When Alice heard the news, she was overjoyed and took a group of friends to the street to experience the pleasure of being paid for by the rich.

Given this guy's extravagant and impulsive nature, Lingge could only pray silently that the price level in Nereides City would not be too high. Otherwise, after Her Majesty the Queen finishes the city relocation plan, she would probably be shocked to find that her treasury is empty.

Queen Aimi and her ministers set a one-week deadline for the migration plan, but in fact it was counted from the day Lingge and his team entered the city of Lotdana. After Lingge and his team returned to Nereides City, another day passed. Now it is the fourth day, and in three days, the migration will officially begin. This mirror elf city-state named after the ancient sea hero, which has ruled the Azure Mirror for hundreds of years, will leave its hometown and go to the distant and unknown sea to find another way out.

Perhaps they will unite with other Mirror Elf city-states to gain a foothold in the complex and chaotic sea; perhaps they will continue to pursue a neutral attitude to protect themselves, staying outside the dirty vortex and watching carefully... The future is unknown, and that is why we need to be cautious.

But that was something that Queen Aimi and her subjects should worry about, and had nothing to do with a group of outsiders. Linger just felt it was a little strange. Although it was the preliminary preparation for the migration, he did not find that Nereids City had recently deployed a large number of personnel and materials. Only rumors were spreading among the people. Behind these rumors, there was clearly the power of the royal court, the purpose was to make ordinary people gradually adapt to and accept this fact, make full psychological preparations, and not be panicked when the migration officially began.

But is this all the so-called preliminary preparations? What about transportation, storage, dispatch, survey, alert, route planning, danger removal, supply arrangement...? How could the preliminary preparations for a large-scale migration plan involving hundreds of thousands of residents in the entire city be so quiet as it is now? If you set out on the road hastily without any preparation, only one in ten people who can finally reach the destination will be lucky. Ling Ge has not seen Queen Aimi with his own eyes, but from Metien's description, she doesn't seem like the kind of person who disregards the lives of her subjects.

In addition to this matter, there is another thing that Lingge is very concerned about. That is, one day has passed since he returned to the city of Nereids, but there has been no news from Lorena. Even after she entered the Ice Water Palace, Lingge has not seen her again. This not only makes him confused, but also disappoints Medien and others who want to see this sea princess in person.

"En!"

Metien nodded repeatedly, his cheeks puffed up by the bread, like a squirrel, and his tone was unclear: "I, I will ask, but she didn't come to see us today..."

Queen Aimi gave her eldest daughter an order to receive guests, so for the first three days, Galene came to play with the guests on the ground every day... ahem, to play with them, either shopping, eating, drinking and having fun, or climbing the big coral tree in the Blue Coral Palace, and then being caught by the guards. In short, they got along very well, but she didn't show up today. Could something really have happened? Ling Ge felt vaguely uneasy in his heart, and at the same time subconsciously reached out his hand to pick up the crumbs from the corner of his sister's mouth, frowning slightly: "Slow down, Metien, drink some soup first."

Sure enough, taking in that golden-haired maid was the most wrong decision he had ever made in his life. It was fine if she didn't do her job properly, but she even led Metien astray. The pink-haired little girl didn't know why she learned this bad habit so quickly. Could it be that the ancient philosopher Galileo's words really apply: it is always easier to go down than to go up?
If Metien becomes the next Alice, I'm afraid Mr. Yang Ke will not forgive himself even if he is resurrected?

Metien nodded repeatedly, took the vegetable soup handed to him by the proprietress, and gulped it down.

Ling Ge raised his eyebrows and wanted to ask her who taught her to eat like that, but then he thought that there was no need to ask this question after all, because the answer was already obvious.

The young man was lamenting that his sister had gone astray. Meanwhile, a certain silver-eyed countess was worrying about how to educate her child to be an elegant and noble model vampire instead of a picky eater. "Leticia, stop right there! Eat up the garlic, carrots, onions, green peppers, shredded potatoes, and cabbage on this plate first, or you are not allowed to go out and play!"

"En!"

"If I remember correctly," Linger said to Metien during lunch, "the Miss Galene you mentioned before, is she Rorona's sister? Maybe we can get some information about Rorona from her."

What kind of biological weapon is this? Everyone who heard this shuddered, and Leticia screamed in horror: "I don't want it! I don't want to eat garlic, carrots, onions, green peppers, shredded potatoes, or cabbage!"

"So, you don't listen to grandma!?"

"Grandma, that's scary, but vegetables are scarier!" "It doesn't matter, vegetables aren't scary at all... Wait, who did you say was scary?!"

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa!"

One old and one young, uh, two vampires, one big and one small, chased each other around the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, making the Mr. Rabbits hide in their holes, trembling with fear; the magic plants shrank in their pots, not daring to make a sound.

"It's so lively." Olvera scooped a spoonful of pea paste, put the silver spoon in her mouth, and murmured indistinctly: "It's much more lively since Lingge came back... so noisy."

“Busy is a good thing.”

Saint Xia Liya smiled and put half a tomato on her sister's plate. She asked with a smile: "Olvera, you are not as picky as Alice and Leticia and don't eat vegetables, right?"

"Woo!" Facing her sister's gentle smile, Ovella trembled all over, then nodded aggrievedly.

"That's good." Saint Xia Liya showed a relieved expression: "By the way, I don't know if Yieta likes to eat vegetables. Let's bring her some vegetable salad later and chat with her."

"Yes."

"Also, how's your novel going, Ovilla? I heard from Metien that you've been shopping in the city these days. Have you found any inspiration?"

"Uh, this." Princess Beimang's eyes wandered, and after a moment of trance, she replied with a guilty conscience: "Of course, there is, it's just a little bit short, I'll finish it soon!"

"Then remember to show it to me after you finish writing." Saint Xia Liya took a sip of vegetable soup and said slowly: "Although I am not as good as Lingge and can help you point out the mistakes in the article, I still want to see your work."

I am particularly curious about what kind of image I, as the older sister, have in your works.

"Woo!" Olvera let out a mournful cry and lowered her head weakly.

What's with this feeling of a teacher checking homework?

……

An ordinary lunch time was in progress, when suddenly, the door of the hotel was pushed open. The white wind chimes hanging on the door beam swayed, making a crisp tinkling sound, which attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone looked over and saw a familiar figure.

"Sorry, I'm late." The haggard-looking Galene stood by the door, looking at the happy family scene in the hall (wrong), and the corners of her mouth twitched: "And it seems that I came at the wrong time?"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)