Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 606 No talent?
"Now is the time for you to fulfill your promise, sister." The girl in the wheelchair blinked, just like she blinked at Galene that night many years ago, and said, "We agreed on this, you don't want to go back on your word, do you?"

“That happened many years ago.”

Galene had a headache: "How come you still remember it?"

"But doesn't my sister still remember it?" Rorona smiled slightly: "This shows that you also value this agreement, doesn't it? After all, it is a promise made to my most lovely sister, and it cannot be broken."

What's this self-promotional statement?

Galene sighed helplessly when she found out that someone had the upper hand over her. "Is it necessary to go to this extent, Lorena? Just to leave the Nereids and pursue your ideals? But I think, with your ability, it doesn't matter where you are, right? The human world is really too dangerous and not suitable for you."

"Sister, you haven't seen me living in the human world, so how do you know it's not suitable for me?" Rorona replied softly, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, her eyes somehow looking a little deep: "Besides, this is no longer just a dream, but a mission that I must complete."

If what those earthly guests said was true and she was indeed the young queen, then this journey would have a deeper meaning. It would no longer be just a conflict of ideas between Lorena and her mother, but might even involve the peril of the entire world and civilization.

“It’s a little funny to say this, but when I was a kid, I was fascinated by stories about brave men and heroes,” Rorona said. “I still remember that feeling. So if there was an opportunity to save the world in front of me, it would be hard to refuse.”

"Why did you suddenly get onto such a strange topic?"

When Queen Aimi heard about this, she announced that she would adopt the girl, raise her as her own daughter, and that girl was Galene.

"How can you say such a thing?" Galene was speechless: "Do you really think that a descendant of the Caesar clan can lead the people of the Baesa clan?"

She almost said, "You are the hope of the entire Nereids," but Rorona didn't care because she had her own thoughts: "Don't we still have you, sister?"

To this day, her surname still contains the clan name "Caesar", which is clearly different from the "Baesa" of Rorona and others. It is also the biggest reason why she often felt lonely and missed her relatives when she first lived in this city. Although this sense of alienation has gradually disappeared with the passage of time, and Caesar and Baesa are not as hostile as before, the gap between clans cannot be completely eliminated. Therefore, it is absolutely shocking to let a mirror elf named Caesar rule the people of Baesa. Galene feels that no one will easily accept it.

This was another key factor besides political factors that she had not mentioned to Ling and others before.

The "Caesar" and "Baesa" she mentioned are clans, not families. The division of families comes from blood, while the division of clans comes from ideas. It is said that "Son of God" Mafina once established a powerful empire in the deep sea, dominated by mirror elves and other deep-sea races as vassals. At that time, the territory of the empire spread across the five seas and four oceans, and its power was not inferior to that of dragons or giants on land. But after Mafina's death, the empire split. One faction tried to rule the country with force and iron fist and establish an absolute dictatorship; the other faction tried to take the path of democracy and republic, believing that only in this way can all sea races be united.

Galene was once a princess, but she was a princess of the neighboring "Ionia Realm". She lived in the "Ancient City" of Aria, which was ruled by the Baesa faction. But the king of Aria was more impulsive than the king of Nereids, so he resisted the invasion of the united cult, and eventually his country was destroyed and his family was ruined. When his fellow tribesmen came to support him, Aria had been destroyed by war, and the royal bloodline was displaced. Only an unconscious girl was found in the ruins of the royal court.

The former was Caesar, and the latter was Baesa. The differences between the two factions intensified and eventually evolved into a huge civil war, which led to the disintegration of the empire and lost its former glory. Later, the clans supporting "Caesar" and the clans supporting "Baesa" were hostile to each other, almost to the point of fighting to the death. It was not until the past hundred years that the situation was slightly eased. Ironically, this change was brought about by the union of the religious orders. In the face of this great enemy, even Caesar and Baesa had to put aside their disputes and jointly resist the invasion of the earthlings.

Galene didn't quite understand what she wanted to say. She just ignored it as a few words of emotion from her sister and continued to persuade her earnestly: "But you still have to think it over, Lorena. Mother, Lord Sandro, and Lord Katins all have high expectations of you. If you leave here, who can be entrusted with the future of Nereids? Who can lead us to gain a foothold in the distant chaotic sea? Although these problems are somewhat realistic, you are the second princess of the royal court after all. I still hope you can seriously consider it."

Since this was an internal matter of the Mirror Elves, Galene did not use this as an excuse to reject the advice of Lingge and others. Only in front of Rorona would she speak her true thoughts.

She hoped that her sister could be more rational and stop thinking about these unrealistic things; as a mirror elf of the Caesar clan, she was satisfied with her current situation and there was no need to change it. In fact, she had already prepared herself to be a loyal minister of the royal court and assist her sister in ruling. In this way, apart from Queen Amyra, she was the one who most wanted Lorena to stay.

Although, Rorona might not think so. "Why not?" The girl in the wheelchair asked back, "Who says that the mirror elves of the Caesar clan can't rule the people of Baesa? The hatred between Caesar and Baesa is no longer due to differences in ideas, but is purely a continuation of history. But sister, you can cut off this continuation in this generation. Just because you have the name of the Caesar clan, will you naturally use cruel and tyrannical means to rule the people after becoming queen?"

"of course not!"

Galene subconsciously shook her head to indicate that this was not the case. Then she realized something was wrong and shook her head even faster: "No, no, no, that's not the question! The question is, you are the most suitable person to inherit the throne! Everyone thinks so..."

"Who said that everyone thinks so?" Rorona interrupted her sister and looked at her strangely: "Why do I feel that everyone actually has higher expectations of you?"

"Ah? How can that be possible?"

"Of course there is. Doesn't mother always ask you to help her with government affairs? Sometimes she even asks other ministers in the royal court to assist you. Isn't this to help you adapt to the work of the monarch in advance?"

"Uh, I thought she was just trying to be lazy?"

"What about Lord Katins' strict teaching of you? Not only in terms of martial arts and military strategy, he also let you join the city defense corps and start from the most basic patrol soldier. In this way, you can understand the people's sentiments and change the impression of you by the soldiers and the people. Now when they mention you, they will say that you are the most special princess in the history of the royal family, completely ignoring your identity as a member of the Caesar clan."

"Well, I thought Lord Katins was just short of manpower, so he called me over to fill the number..."

"And Lord Sandro, doesn't he always give you individual guidance and teaching? This is a treatment that the high priests in the priest group who are about to cross the threshold of demigod cannot enjoy. Do you still dare to say that he doesn't have high expectations for you?"

"Well, but he has been coaching me for so long, and I am still at Sequence 8. Doesn't this prove that I have no talent in this area?"

"Come on, sister, are you going to deceive even your dearest sister?"

"Cheat? What are you lying about? I'm just telling the truth."

Galene scratched her cheek with an innocent expression. Lorena said nothing, but smiled and stretched out her hand, pointing at her forehead. Galene didn't understand what this meant, so she also stretched out her hand and touched her forehead, and she touched a gem that gave off a warm breath.

That was her origin stone.

"Sister, you should know that because of the Son of God, His Majesty Mafina, our Mirror Elves believe that the eyes are the most special part of the body. People whose Origin Stones are born in their eyes will be regarded as the offspring of God and worshiped."

"I know. I also know that in the past ten thousand years, the only person who has this qualification, besides His Majesty Mafina, the Son of God, is you, the Half-Son of God..."

"At the same time, because of this legend, we, the Mirror Elves, also believe that the closer the Origin Stone is to the eyes, the higher the talent of the tribe member." Rolena interrupted her sister and asked word by word: "Now, can you please tell me why a person with an Origin Stone on his forehead always says that his talent is not good, my dear sister?"

"..."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)