Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 587 Is there another title?

"Under house arrest!?"

This sudden news surprised everyone present. Because she was too surprised, Metien opened her mouth wide and forgot what she was going to say; Alice opened her mouth wide and forgot that the crumbs of cookie were still hanging on the corner of her mouth; Leticia also opened her mouth wide and forgot that she was running away - so she was caught by her grandmother, who grabbed her collar and carried her back to her seat like a cat. In front of her was a large plate of vegetable salad. The vampire girl's face immediately wrinkled into a bitter gourd look.

"This..." Alice hesitated for a long while before asking, "Isn't this a bit too serious? Ah, we all know that there are some minor conflicts between Rorona and her mother, the Queen, but there is no need to make it this far, right?"

"you know?"

A strange look flashed in Galene's eyes: "Did Rorona tell you?"

"Yeah." Since it wasn't something that needed to be concealed, Alice didn't ask for Ringer and Saint Shalia's opinions, and directly betrayed Lorena: "It's probably about the conflict between ideals and family. She wanted us to pretend to be her friends to prove to her mother that she has the ability to live independently. But now it seems that this proof is useless."

The golden-haired maid clicked her tongue.

It has come to the point of house arrest. I believe that this is not something that can be resolved by just one or two human friends testifying on her behalf. If someone intervenes recklessly, Her Majesty the Queen might suspect that these hateful humans have led her daughter astray, and in anger put them under house arrest as well.

I've saved my life, Alice sighed, and took a bite of the cream cake in her hand.

Alice wanted to tell Galena that her personality was not very good, but then she changed her mind and thought that this was the good part of her personality. If it wasn't distorted, she wouldn't like it. So she gave up and speculated in another direction: "So Lorena doesn't like this city?"

But besides this, is there any other reason?

Facing the malicious speculation of the golden-haired maid, Galene shook her head decisively: "Of course not, we have a good relationship with Lorena, and mother loves her the most, and so do I. If it's for Lorena, I'm willing to do anything, except, except letting her leave me..."

"Impossible!" Galene flatly rejected this possibility: "She grew up in this city. No one loves every plant and tree in this city more than she does. Moreover, the residents of this city also deeply respect and love her. Lorena is not the kind of person who is ungrateful. How could she hate her hometown?"

"So that's how it is." After understanding the whole story, Galene sighed softly, "That guy is still so stubborn. He would rather deceive his mother in this way than stay in Nereids, just like he insisted on leaving us six years ago to live in a strange human city."

That's right.

Hearing this, Alice asked curiously, "So why? Is Rorona's relationship with you guys really bad?"

Unconsciously, Galene clenched her fists and her tone became a little low.

The girl had deep feelings for the city of Rotdana, where she had only stayed for six years, not to mention the city of Nereids.

Ugh, what a heavy love.

I have seen the plot of a rebellious child who longs to escape from his cold family and find warmth and comfort in a strange city. But I have forgotten which work I saw it in because there are too many examples to list.

Is it related to Rorona's dream?
"Why don't you explain yourself more clearly?" Alice stuffed a piece of gingerbread into her mouth, and said vaguely, "After all, we are strangers, so we won't guess blindly and just listen to you directly."

"Alas, there is nothing I can do." Galene sighed, "Since you insist, I can only tell you the truth - promise me not to tell anyone about this. I regard you as my friends and also as Lorena's friends. I can't bear to see you being kept in the dark, so I told you the truth. Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Alice nodded perfunctorily and muttered casually, "You just said that." Galene pretended not to hear this, first stood up and walked to the door, poked her head out, and looked around nervously for a while. After confirming that no one was watching, she carefully closed the door, breathed a sigh of relief, and returned to her seat. Thanks to her, the atmosphere, which was not very solemn, became solemn. Everyone realized that a huge secret was about to be revealed in front of them, and they all sat up straight with solemn expressions.

Alice also threw a nut into her mouth with a serious expression and started chewing it.

"The story begins a long, long time ago." Galene spoke in a classic sentence: "It was probably the time when Crystal Snow was just born and the five seas and four oceans cheered for it. Under the guidance of Crystal Snow, our Mirror Elves moved into the deep sea and established a city-state. From then on, we became the oldest sea clan..."

“Stop, stop, stop!” Alice interrupted her, still feeling a lingering fear: “Can you please not start at such an early stage and get straight to the point?”

Although the others did not express their opinions, their eyes undoubtedly expressed the same meaning. After listening to the story told by a certain witch of fear from the beginning of the universe, they developed a psychological trauma about this "story from a long, long time ago", fearing that it would be related to those key figures, such as Saint Tumi.

"Oh, is that so? I thought it would be a good idea to start from here. Actually, the history of the mirror elves and the history of the founding of Nereids City is very long but also very interesting. When I was a kid, my teacher forced me to memorize it. I memorized it for a whole week and cried several times."

Galene was obviously a little regretful, but if you thought it was interesting, why did you cry? You clearly just wanted me to experience the pain I felt at that time, right? Alice complained in her heart.

After much persuasion, we finally got back to the topic.

"Actually, I was just trying to liven up the atmosphere. The differences between Lorena and Mother are complicated to summarize. Where should I start? Let me think..." Galene thought for a while and suddenly looked at Linger: "By the way, did you already know Lorena's true identity when you were still in Lotdana City?"

"That's right." Ling Ge said, "We know she is a mirror elf. She admitted it on her own initiative, but we don't know she is the Second Princess of Nereids, the Princess of the Sea of ​​the Mirror of the Azure Sea."

"Because she hopes that you can treat her as an equal." Galene knew her sister very well, so she explained casually, and then asked: "Then how did Lorena prove her identity to you? In your eyes, she should be a real human, right?"

This is indeed the case. Rolena's disguise was very successful. If she had not revealed her identity, Lingge and others would probably not have suspected that she was an alien when they left Lotdana City. At most, they would have suspected that she was a magician with a strange temperament.

"She showed us her Origin Stone." Lingge replied, "I heard that it is a characteristic of the Mirror Elves, and there is no possibility of disguise. And her Origin Stone... is indeed unique."

It would be too superficial to describe it as an alienated pupil or a flawless blue gem. It should be said that there is an ocean hidden in her right eye. Lingge did not have a deep understanding of the mirror elves, but he believed that not all mirror elves could possess such a unique origin stone.

"Is that so?" Galene's words confirmed Ling's thoughts: "In Nereids City - no, I dare say, in the entire history of the Mirror Elves, no one has ever possessed an Origin Stone as unique as Rorona's. More importantly, Rorona's Origin Stone is not on her forehead, not on her chest, not even in her heart, but in her eyes. Do you know what this means?"

She looked at everyone with her eyes sparkling. Of course, everyone shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know. So Galene smiled with satisfaction and spoke with a proud tone. Although that was not her Origin Stone, as an elder sister, she could naturally be proud of her sister: "According to the ancient deep-sea legend, the first mirror elf, the deep-sea prince Mafina, was born from the eyes of Crystal Snow. He was born without eyes and could not see the world, so Crystal Snow gave him the Origin Stone as his eyes, which also enabled him to gain the ability to resonate with the sea and call on the power of the ocean. That is the prototype of Origin Magic."

"From then on, the deep-sea prince Mafina called himself the Son of God, led the mirror elves into the deep sea, and established a glorious city-state and kingdom. It is said that when he died, his body turned into foam and merged into the ocean, while his eyes were taken back by the crystal snow and disappeared. Therefore, the mirror elves of later generations could no longer emulate the great deeds of the Son of God and turn the origin stone into their own eyes. Even the most talented members of the tribe would only have the origin stone appear on their foreheads when they were born, and could not get closer to their eyes."

"The only exception is Lorena."

"When she was born, the Origin Stone manifested in her right eye, which means that she also inherited the will of Crystal Snow and has the blood of God flowing in her body. Although she only has one eye and cannot compare with the great deep-sea prince Mafina, she is the closest person to God in our Mirror Elves in nearly ten thousand years. Therefore, when she was born, the entire Azure Mirror was shocked. The news even spread to the distant outer sea and was widely circulated among countless sea creatures."

"At that time, Rorona was not yet called the 'Sea Princess', but she already had another title -"

"Half-son of God."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)