Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 593: Is he really attracted by beauty?

"What!?" When Alice heard Lingge say that he was going to look for the imprisoned Rorona, her first reaction was: "Lingge, are you really attracted to her?"

She rushed to the dining table in two or three steps, pressed her hands on the creaking tabletop, leaned forward, and cast a righteous and critical look at the young man sitting opposite her: "I know Lorena is pitiful, but you can't just interfere in other people's family affairs just because the girl is pretty, right? Besides, this is not an ordinary family, it's the royal family! If Her Majesty the Queen finds out that you and her good daughter are having an affair and getting married, then none of us will be able to leave the city of Nereids! So, for the sake of your companions, Lingge, you must control yourself and don't let beauty get to your head!"

She persuaded him earnestly, but Linger just wanted to find a piece of tape to seal her mouth, so that she would know that if a dog can't spit out ivory, at least it shouldn't spit out false teeth. Unfortunately, he couldn't do that, because as Alice's voice echoed in the hall, several complicated eyes fell on the young man at the same time.

"A private meeting?" Olvera, who was staggering upstairs, stopped and turned her head slightly. Her beautiful golden eyes were twinkling with stars and mist, and she said thoughtfully, "So, Lingge, you are Romeo?"

There is no such thing!

"Adultery?" Shelia, who was wiping the wine glasses behind the counter and preparing to mix a cup of her favorite drink as an after-dinner entertainment, gradually slowed down her movements. She didn't know what she remembered, and her tone was inexplicably deep: "Morally, this is extremely inappropriate, but emotionally I will support you, Lingge."

I don't need your support!
"Secretly get married?" The proprietress, Shesta, who was clearing the dishes and wiping the table, threw the dirty rag to a rabbit next to her, then pulled a chair over and sat down, staring at Linger with her sparkling eyes: "The mirror elf princess, bound by family and responsibilities, falls in love with a man from a distant continent, and is determined to put aside the worldly etiquette and prejudices and get together no matter how big the obstacles are...? It sounds like a really romantic story~"

Don’t just fill in the entire plot in your mind!
Lingge was too tired to complain. He felt so tired that he even lost the energy to explain. Alice, the culprit of all this, showed no sign of remorse. Instead, she slammed the poor table and continued to be aggressive: "Don't try to fool me, Lingge! Explain to me clearly, when did you get together with Rorona? What exactly does she like about you? Has she told you about her family situation? Oh, and what are her measurements... Wow!"

The last weird scream was caused by Saint Shallia gently twisting her neck.

"Don't talk nonsense, Alice." A certain shepherdess let go of her hand and ignored the victim who was slowly falling down with his hands on his neck and his eyes open (for sure). She looked around the hall, her eyebrows curved and her smile calm, "There is no special relationship between Lingge and Miss Rolena. There are just other reasons, right?"

Everyone was muttering in their hearts.

……

Lingge nodded stiffly. The other people who were causing the commotion also felt a chill running up their spines. They shivered at the same time, then echoed him one after another, not daring to show the slightest sign of opposition - didn't they see that even the proprietress, who was always calm and composed, looked away guiltily? If you don't give in at this time, are you looking for death?
When did Xiao Xia become so scary?

If Leticia were here, she would definitely tell everyone: I knew about this a long time ago, otherwise why would I go to class obediently?
The person she fears the most right now, besides her grandmother, is Saint Shallia, and now she is just letting everyone understand her feelings.

"Okay, I won't say anything." Alice rubbed her still aching neck and muttered softly, "It's just that someone was caught having an affair and wanted to kill someone to silence them... Uh (she swallowed hard under Saint Shallia's gentle gaze), I mean, let's talk business. Lingge, do you have any idea about Lorena? Why did you go to find her? Lorena is indeed pitiful and her dream is great, but this is not something we should interfere with, right?"

If Lingge is really a compassionate person, then how could Alice, a poor maid like Rorona, be exploited by him and not even get paid? In addition, there is no vacation, no benefits, no year-end bonus... It can be said that there is nothing. Is this my problem? No, it must be Lingge's problem. Alice fell into deep thought.

The young man didn't know that his maid had already started thinking about how to strike for her rights. After all, he couldn't think of any need for a maid who did nothing but eat, drink and have fun all day to defend her rights. So he focused on discussing the business and summarized his reasons in a simple sentence: "I suspect Lorena may be the next young queen." After he finished speaking, the hall was quiet for a moment. The next moment, Alice, who was still imagining that she would get more benefits after the strike and sleep with beautiful girls, suddenly opened her eyes wide and finally came to her senses: "Ah? What did you say?"

She looked at Ling in surprise, and the latter repeated expressionlessly: "I suspect that Lorena may be the next young queen."

"How is this possible... Huh?" Alice wanted to say "How is this possible?", but she hesitated when the words came to her lips, because she found that the facts were exactly the opposite of what she expected. It was not "How is this possible", but "This is very likely".

After all, Lorena seems to satisfy the two most prominent features of the lost girl's kingdom: a mysterious power that does not belong to any magic system and a strange curse that cannot be lifted by any means?

"And compared to those old ladies pretending to be young, Lorena is a real girl." Alice pinched her chin and sighed. Then, the next second, her body was riddled with holes by countless sharp gazes. She had no choice but to escape under the table in shame and join the rabbit gentlemen.

"I'm just suspicious." Lingge ignored the guy's antics and said calmly, "If you want to verify this hypothesis, you must find a way to contact Miss Rorona and let her touch Alice's cassette."

"That's why Lingge said he wanted to meet Miss Rolena." Olvera leaned on the railing of the stairs, tilting her head slightly, with a strand of broken golden bangs hanging down, covering her left eye. "But judging from the current situation, it seems difficult to do so. Lingge, do you have any good ideas?"

Her Majesty the Queen's house arrest of Lorena is definitely not as simple as locking her in a room. The Crystal Guards, who are responsible for the defense of the Ice Water Palace, are the most elite army in the entire city of Nereids. To sneak into Lorena's Night Palace under their noses and have a private meeting with the Second Princess... Oh, I mean a private meeting, is as difficult as comforting Alice who is in a bad mood after being killed by the BOSS and stuck in the game. Generally speaking, it is an impossible task.

But speaking of games...

Everyone seemed to have thought of something and turned their eyes to the dining table - to be precise, to Alice who was still pretending to be dead under the table. At the instruction of its owner, the lamb bleated towards the bottom of the table, indicating that Alice should stop pretending to be dead, and it was her turn to play a role.

Alice came out from under the red tablecloth that hung to the floor. But in order to prevent Saint Shalia from continuing to perform the "gentle way to kill Alice", she only poked out her head. The visual effect was quite horrifying. "Lingge, you're not going to use that game, are you?"

She seemed to want to play a guessing game, but Lingge was too lazy to play this guessing game with her, so he nodded and said, "Well, we can use the Blood Creed cassette to sneak into the Night Palace, meet with Rorona, and verify her identity. If she is not the Young Queen, this matter has nothing to do with us."

"What if she is?" Alice asked curiously.

Lingge was silent for a moment, his eyes were somewhat deep: "Let's talk about it when she is indeed."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)