Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 603 Don’t force me to use my ultimate move?

After a long silence, Galene finally spoke: "Before giving an answer, I need you to answer a question for me first."

"what is the problem?"

In fact, Lingge knew what she was going to ask, but at this time it was better to pretend not to know.

"What did you talk about with Rorona?" Galene frowned slightly, obviously puzzled by the question. "What I'm going to say next may be a little offensive, I hope you don't mind. As far as I know, although the child is kind-hearted, she will never trust others easily, especially some strangers from the earth. So I'm very curious, what did you say to her to make her trust you and even be willing to entrust such an important matter to you?"

As a sister, it is normal to have such doubts. Unfortunately, Lingge cannot tell the whole reason. After all, it is not easy to tell outsiders about the girl's royal power. Moreover, even if he tells, it is not certain whether Galena will believe it. So after thinking about it, Lingge can only give a perfunctory answer: "I'm sorry, due to some special reasons, I can't reveal all the details of this conversation. As for why Rolena trusts strangers like us so much, if she uses her own words, it is probably... intuition."

"intuition?"

This sounded unreliable, but Galene actually showed an expression of "as expected", nodded slightly, and casually explained the unreasonableness of it: "So that's how it is, I understand. Then, I have another question: Why do you want to help Rorona? Logically, this matter has nothing to do with you, right?"

Lingge replied: "Originally it should be irrelevant, but after meeting Miss Rolena, I am sure that she will become an indispensable partner in our journey, and she herself thinks so."

"Journey? Companions? So where do you want to take Lorena?"

"Go to where she should be and help her realize her dream."

"Agreed?" Alice was overjoyed.

After hearing this, Galene was silent for a while, as if she remembered something, and a look of reminiscence appeared in her eyes. Everyone saw this, but did not interrupt her. It was not until a few minutes later that she broke free from her past memories and turned her attention back to the conversation. Facing the pairs of concerned and expectant eyes in front of her, she sighed softly: "I understand, if this is what Rorona wants, then I..."

"Eh!?"

This seems to be different from the expected plot, right?

Not only Alice, but everyone else showed surprised expressions. Galene saw it all and knew exactly what they were thinking, so she shrugged helplessly, "From an emotional point of view, as an elder sister, I should support my sister's dream; but from a rational point of view, my mother and I have the same idea, and it is best for Lorena to stay here. The human world is too complicated and too dangerous, and I don't want her to experience those things. Moreover, she is the heir to the Neiride royal family. In the future, she is destined to lead the people of Nereids to establish a foothold in the outer sea and win a piece of paradise for us to live and work in peace in this chaotic era. As a result, you actually want to kidnap our most important heir in front of me, the eldest princess. Don't you think this is too much?"

"What a dream..."

"I still refuse."

She asked, but Alice didn't take it seriously. She just scratched her cheek and said casually, "You're still here. Logically, shouldn't the eldest princess have a higher succession order than the second princess? Why do you keep saying that Lorena is the most suitable person to inherit the throne? Haven't you ever considered the possibility of your own succession?"

"Oh, I've said it so many times. This is impossible. I am only my mother's adopted daughter. I don't have the blood of the Nieride royal family flowing in my body. I don't have a high reputation among the people like Lorena does. Whether it is my personal will or objective facts, I am not allowed to inherit the throne. Do you understand?"

When Galene said this, she sighed sadly and said, "It is because there are always people who hold this kind of idea that my position is so embarrassing." "Embarrassing...what do you mean?" Alice obviously did not understand what she meant.

"Ah, do I really have to explain it clearly?" Galene shook her head. "Even you guests from the earth think that I, the eldest princess, have the qualifications to inherit the throne. It's no wonder that other ministers in the royal court think so too. Perhaps it's because Lorena has been away from Nereids for too long. Their vision and desire for the second princess to succeed to the throne have weakened a lot, and they have placed too much expectation on me, the eldest princess without royal blood. It's annoying enough for me to deal with them on a daily basis. In this case, if Lorena suddenly disappears and leaves Nereids City, and it is found that I, the eldest princess, am involved in the process, what do you think those people will think?"

Alice looked thoughtful, as if she understood something, but Galene did not give her a chance to think independently and directly explained: "Will they think that I, the eldest princess, am plotting for the throne and therefore deliberately condoned Lorena's escape? Of course, rational people will not believe such nonsense, such as Mother, Lord Katins, and Lord Sandro. With them around, even if someone with ulterior motives wants to stir up trouble, they will not be able to stir up too much trouble. But in that case, my situation will be very embarrassing. On the one hand, I have no royal blood and cannot inherit the throne; on the other hand, Lorena, the only one who can inherit the throne, escaped with my help."

Galene sighed again. She had been sighing often since she started talking about this topic. "To use the words of you earthlings, this is roasting me on the fire. So, I may be able to stand on the side of a sister and turn a blind eye to your and Lorena's secret conspiracy; but I can never stand on the side of the eldest princess and condone the escape of the second princess, the most important person in our royal family. Do you understand?"

After she made her words clear, the hotel lobby fell into a long silence.

In short, when it comes to whether to help Lorena or not, Galene is not facing a simple emotional issue, but a complex political issue. Her position and identity mean that she cannot make a choice recklessly, and must carefully consider the process and consequences.

If she had the blood of the royal family of Nieridd, or if Queen Emilia had other more suitable heirs besides Lorena, perhaps Galene would agree.

After figuring out the whole thing, Alice could only sigh, "Alas, there's nothing we can do."

"Right, right." Galene was delighted: "I knew you would understand me..."

Alice ignored him, and instead raised her chin towards the young man next to her, and said angrily, "Ling Ge, use your ultimate move."

Hey, use the ultimate move?
What's the meaning?"

Galene was stunned for a moment, then saw Lingge silently put his hand into his pocket. When he took it out again, there was an extra bracelet that looked familiar.

A bracelet that looks familiar.

A bracelet that looks familiar.

A familiar bracelet.

Bracelet……

“Huh!?”

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)