Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 601 Is it still a lively night?
The group stayed in Rolena's room for about half an hour, until Metien couldn't help yawning, and Linger said goodbye. Although Saint Shalia was still reluctant to leave, because she hadn't explained all the details, she only talked about how they found the legendary Angel of Wind in the Salia Field where primroses were blooming, which was considered to let Rolena know the origin of Cloud Whale Sky Island.

The shepherdess promised Lorena that she would complete the details next time if she had the chance. The Second Princess agreed with a smile. Then she turned her head to look at Lingge. After thinking for a while, she suddenly took off the bracelet on her wrist and handed it to the young man.

"What is this?" Ling Ge was obviously stunned.

Alice came up and guessed curiously, "A token of love?"

Saint Charlene and Metien seemed to have caught some key words. They raised their heads at the same time and cast their eyes on him. However, Lorena did not deny it. She pretended to be pitiful. Her long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and the light halo of the flowing sea water was smeared on them. She looked at the young man in front of her with deep affection: "Yes, because Mr. Linger has promised to take me away from here, right? To me, you are like Romeo on the stage and Buckrosha in the novel. You are a hero who brings me hope. No matter what, I will definitely wait for you here, wait for you to take me away from here, and we will go to that better and freer new world together..."

Her tone contained three parts of shyness, three parts of tact, three parts of expectation and one part of sadness. At first glance, it sounded like the assessment paper of a fifth-grade primary school student at St. Lowood National School. If this acting skill was performed at the Royal Theatre in the Kingdom of Brittany, she would be more than enough to win a Shakespeare Award, if not the Queen's Award.

The young man didn't buy it. He looked at the drama-crazed Lorena expressionlessly and simply uttered three words: "Tell the truth."

"Ah, I can't hide it from you."

Rorona changed her expression like a magic trick and returned to her previous smiling face. "This is a special alchemical tool called 'Rorona's Prayer'. The different colored crystals on it have different functions. When you see my sister, if you can't convince her, just turn the cherry pink crystal on the bracelet. I will take care of the rest."

In other words, is it a safety measure? What is the use of that cherry pink crystal? Could it be a power of hypnosis, manipulation, or confusion? Of course not. Rorona would never use such a despicable method on her sister, even if she really wanted to leave the city and control her own destiny.

Is this girl imitating the medieval Metsochi thief Leochi by offering free help to residents in the community and on the streets who are in need, while charging a huge price to foreign tourists who are obviously not short of money? This is a good thing, but the problem is that Linger does not think of herself as one of the rich.

Hearing this low-level laughter, he knew that she would definitely use it for something low-level, so Linger tightly grasped the bracelet in his palm and did not give her the opportunity to steal the equipment. At the same time, he instantly understood why Rolena's offer that day could accurately touch his psychological bottom line. She must have used this method to see through his wallet and his balance, right?

Ling immediately sent Metien back to her room to sleep. The vampire girl who claimed she could stay up late was taken away by her grandmother. Alice took the newly activated card back to her room to think about it... But Shelia hadn't slept yet. She was still studying the new water mixing formula in the first-floor hall with a dim light on.

After leaving the room, Lingge followed the method she had said before and directly crushed the silver gem called "Moon Veil". With a crisp click, countless silver mists as bright and hazy as moonlight flowed out from the cracks of the gem, instantly covering the figures of the group of people and obscuring their breath and voices.

Nothing happened after that. Rorona smiled and said goodbye to them. She wished them success in their plan to persuade Galene, and that she would prepare for the escape plan during this time. When she said this, she glanced at the alchemical cauldron in the middle of the room. It was self-evident what the so-called "preparation" meant.

Seeing the young man's face gradually darken, Lorena smiled awkwardly and asked tentatively: "How about I return the money to you?"

Linger took the bracelet silently, staring at the artificial crystals on it in sky blue, cherry pink and crimson. Suddenly, he remembered something: When they were ordering swimsuits from Lorena's workshop, when it came time to negotiate the price, didn't Lorena quietly turn the sky blue crystal on it? Since she said that each crystal has a different function, what is the use of the sky blue crystal?
He asked Rorona about this. Alice and Saint Shallia, who were also in the workshop at the time and didn't know about this, cast interested glances at him. Rorona's smile froze for a moment, and then she looked away awkwardly, whispering, "The function of the sky blue crystal... ahem, it's very simple and elementary, it's just a perspective function."

“Perspective?!” Alice was shocked. She instantly thought of some indescribable game. Her blood immediately started beating. She couldn’t wait: “This is great! This is great! Let me use it, hehehehe!”

If we consider the few coins left in my wallet, it must be the latter, right?

The group left the Palace of Silence through the main gate in a dignified manner, much more relaxed than when they came. So along the way, Alice kept complaining that Leticia was useless, taking so long to sneak in; while Leticia retorted that it was someone's game that was not good enough, and it was completely inferior to Rorona's alchemical props; Saint Shalia persuaded them to get along with each other in a friendly manner and not quarrel. As for Metien? She was yawning on her brother's back... When they returned to the hotel in this noisy state, it was already past three in the morning.

But Lingge was not Alice after all, and he could not do such a shameless thing, so he shook his head and refused. He just felt complicated and didn't know whether he should be happy or sad about being classified as a bourgeois.

When Lingge covered his sister with the quilt, gently closed the door of the room, and walked down the stairs to the first floor, he saw Saint Xi Liya sitting in front of the counter, sipping Master Xi Liya's latest masterpiece [Chains of Pain] - by the way, is her naming format becoming more and more abstract?

The master saw Lingge and invited him to have a drink, but the latter declined. He sat next to Saint Shalia. The hotel lobby seemed particularly quiet late at night. Mr. Rabbit and the potted plants had already fallen asleep. Only the dim light covered a small area in front of the counter, creating a warm atmosphere.

"Don't you want to sleep, Saint Xia Liya?" Ling Ge asked, "Staying up late is not good for your health."

He spoke his caring words naturally, without realizing that they were not the product of thinking, but the result of his subconsciousness. Saint Xia Liya noticed this, and she smiled slightly, "Isn't Ling Ge asleep either?" "I'm not sleepy yet."

"Then so do I."

"..."

"Will Linger worry about tomorrow's events? What should we do if we can't convince Miss Galene?"

"Do you worry?"

"He doesn't seem very worried."

"Then so do I."

Listening to this conversation, Xie Liya behind the counter shuddered, subconsciously took two steps back, and murmured: "There is an atmosphere that cannot be penetrated. What's going on with these two people..."

"Ah!?" A cry of surprise suddenly came from the stairs: "Ling Ge, Saint Xia Liya, are you still awake?"

When they heard this, they looked up and saw Avra ​​standing at the stairs, looking at them in surprise. She was no longer drowsy as she was during the day, and seemed to be more energetic late at night.

Olvera walked down the stairs and came to the counter. After hesitating for a moment, she chose to sit next to Ling Ge instead of Saint Xia Liya. In this way, the two young girls sandwiched the young man in the middle. The bartender, who had just felt that she couldn't get involved in the conversation, breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Is it the same as before, Miss Olvera?"

"Yes." Avella nodded gently: "A cup of [Winter Sunshine], thank you, Miss Shelia."

"You're welcome~"

Then came the sound of a wine jug being shaken.

Ling Ge and Saint Xia Liya looked at Aoweila in surprise. The latter blushed and explained hesitantly, "The 'Winter Sunshine' mixed by Miss Xie Liya is very similar to a drink I drank when I was a child. It makes me miss it very much."

But Saint Xia Liya was not concerned about this. She narrowed her eyes slightly: "Same as always? Do you often stay up late here, Ovella?"

"Um, uh!" Olvera then realized that she had revealed a flaw, and a panic expression suddenly appeared on her face. She looked at Lingge for help. The young man naturally knew what was going on, but after thinking about it, it would be better not to compare herself with her sister Saint Xia Liya, who was experiencing a huge burst of attributes at this time. Didn't you see that the bartender had shrunk to the innermost part of the counter?
He quietly moved a seat to the side.

"Wu, Lingge, you——"

"Ovilla, why are you looking at Lingge? Shouldn't you explain it to me? Staying up late is a bad habit, and it's not something a good child should do. I used to trust you and thought you could control yourself, but how did you become like Alice? I've told her many times that she stays up late playing games, but she never listens to me. Do you want to be like this, Ovilla? Do you want to make me sad too?"

"Ugh, I'm sorry!!!"

The girl's screams echoed throughout the hotel.

It looks like tonight is going to be lively.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)