Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 602 Will You Help Us?

The next morning, Alice set up a so-called "Hongmen Banquet" in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, and sent Metien as an envoy to invite Princess Galene to the banquet. Galene readily agreed and came. As soon as she entered the hotel, she found that the table was full of toast and butter. At the same time, Alice waved her hand, and Leticia and Shemi came around her from the left and right, and closed the door with a clang.

Galene was shocked and shouted, "I'm here to eat, what are you doing!?"

Alice yelled and rushed over... I'm wrong, there is no such part. Anyway, she warmly invited Galene to sit down. The princess thought that since this was the territory of Nereids City, these visitors from the earth would not dare to have any bad intentions towards her, right? So she sat down opposite Alice tremblingly. As soon as she picked up a piece of toast and unscrewed a can of butter, Alice's face darkened and she slammed the table with a "bang" sound: "Galene, you still have the mood to eat here, I tell you, you are in trouble!"

What!? The princess was startled and the toast in her hand fell to the ground unconsciously. Coincidentally, there was a strong wind on the sea at this time. A thunderbolt directly hit the seabed, shaking the whole city of Nereids. Galene bent down to pick up the toast and said to Alice with a smile: "The power of heaven and earth is so awe-inspiring, it's awe-inspiring."

Alice asked her, "As a princess, are you afraid of thunder?"

Jia Le Nie said sternly: "Even the demigods are afraid of the rapid changes of wind and thunder, so why shouldn't I be afraid?"

Alice no longer doubted it.

This is the origin of the famous historical allusion "Discussing Heroes at the Hongmen Banquet".

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Ling Ge: “…”

This self-incriminating action made everyone else at the table laugh secretly, except Olvera, who looked listless and stared at the smoked venison in the bowl gloomily with no appetite at all, because compared to Alice, she was the one who had been tossed around all night - to be more precise, she was the one who was tormented all night.

During the harmonious and friendly breakfast, the door of the hotel was suddenly pushed open, and the uninvited guest walked into the lobby and greeted us in a familiar manner: "Hey, everyone is here, are you having breakfast? Do you mind adding a seat for me?"

Alice's eyes lit up when she saw the people coming, and she winked at Shemi and Leticia. The two people who usually didn't get along well with each other now showed respect to her, silently put down the food, walked around behind Galene, and closed the door with a clang.

With a gloomy face, Ling'er tore the plan submitted by Alice into pieces, and then, ignoring her wailing, threw all the non-recyclable garbage into the trash can, and told Mr. Rabbit next to him to burn and destroy it immediately after dinner, leaving no trace behind to avoid tainting this beautiful world.

"You are jealous of my talent!" Alice said indignantly, "I spent a whole night to come up with such a perfect plan, and you rejected it in just one minute. Don't you think this is too much, Lingge?"

"what?"

She was usually very careful. In order to prevent others from discovering her secret of staying up late, she always waited until they fell asleep before going out. She also bribed the bartender, Shelia, with the secret formula she found in the book to keep the secret for her. But if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. So last night, she was unfortunately caught in the crossfire. Not only was she criticized by Saint Shelia for the whole night, but now she is also used as a negative example to warn some children not to take chances and that staying up late all the time is not good for the body.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Alice was shocked when she heard this: "How did you know?!"

Lingge replied expressionlessly: "That only proves that you only used your brain for one minute this evening."

As for whether these children listened to her or not, that had nothing to do with Avella.

Galene was shocked and shouted, "I'm here to eat, what are you doing!?"

Alice roared and pounced forward... I was wrong, there was no such part. Anyway, the corners of Ling'er's mouth twitched. He always felt that this plot and dialogue were familiar.

"Come, come, make some room for Princess Galene." Alice invited earnestly: "Come, Princess Galene, sit here and try the toast and butter carefully baked by our hotel chef. Don't you like this kind of earthly food the most?" Who said I like it the most?
Galene was a little uneasy at her attentive attitude, but she thought that since this was the territory of Nereids, these visitors from the earth would not dare to have any bad intentions towards her, right? So she sat down across from Alice tremblingly. As soon as she picked up a piece of toast and unscrewed a can of butter, Alice suddenly said, "By the way, we need your help with something. Why don't we talk while we eat?"

"..."

Galene was speechless, and the toast in her hand fell to the ground unknowingly.

Lingge even listened attentively, then breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, there was no thunder.

A few minutes later.

After hearing Alice explain that she and the others needed help, Galene hurriedly swallowed the toast in her mouth, then shook her head repeatedly and said in an unclear tone: "Hu, Hu Keliang! There is no way I can agree to this!"

Please make your words clear first.

Shelia handed her a glass of water, and Galene took it and drank it all. After thanking the bartender, she once again expressed her attitude in a clear and clear voice: "If it is other matters, it is easy to talk about. Even if you want to bully men and women in Nereids City, I can turn a blind eye for the sake of my mother. Of course, I believe that Mr. Linger would never do such a thing. This is just a metaphor. But this is the only thing I can't promise you. I'm sorry."

"Why?" Alice asked depressedly, "Isn't Rorona your sister? How could you reject such a lovely request? Isn't that too cruel?"

"This is not a question of being cruel or not. Your request is unreasonable. It was Mother's order to put Rorona under house arrest. If you want me to help release Rorona, then aren't you asking me to go against Mother?"

"Then you have to choose between your mother and your sister."

Ellie gave a moral dilemma without any psychological burden, after all, she was not the one making the choice.

"How do you want me to choose? I want to ask you, why are you so concerned about Lorena's matter? This has nothing to do with you, right?" Galene rolled her eyes and stared at everyone with suspicion: "Also, how do you know that this is Lorena's request? Have you sneaked into the Night Palace and met with Lorena?"

Ah this!

The flaw is revealed!
Alice's face froze, and then under everyone's contemptuous gaze, she silently shrank behind Lingge and left the problem to him to deal with.

Linger wanted to criticize this kind of giving up when faced with difficulties, but Galene was looking at him with a sharp gaze, obviously waiting for a satisfactory answer. The young man sighed silently in his heart, then opened his mouth and admitted it directly: "Yes."

"We sneaked into the Silent Night Palace last night and met Miss Rolena. The request just now was made by her herself, not by us."

"She hopes you can help her leave the city, and she also said that if it were you, you would definitely help her."

"Because you are her sister."

After the words fell, Galene fell silent.

And there was a long period of silence.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)