Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 607: Did you finally agree?

"I didn't expect you to find out this." Galene clasped her hands together, holding up her nose, with a serious expression: "My disguise should not have any flaws..."

"Uh." Lorena showed an embarrassed expression: "Sister, do you really think you are a good pretender? In fact, everyone has noticed this a long time ago. Otherwise, with Lord Sandro's character, if you really have no talent and cannot be cultivated, he would have let you fend for yourself a long time ago. How could he treat you differently?"

"There's no need to say it so harshly."

Galene glanced at her with dissatisfaction: "At least my colleagues in the City Defense Corps think that I am only at this level. For this reason, they often challenge me to a duel, hoping to regain their confidence from me."

“I don’t think it’s anything to brag about.”

"And every time I would pretend that I had exhausted all my strength to barely defeat them, so that they would retain some confidence and continue to challenge me next time. What do you think, Rorona? Isn't your sister very considerate?"

"I think this is playing with other people's feelings, which is a very bad thing to do, sister."

"why is it like this……"

Galene looked greatly shocked. She simply lay down on the table with her face pressed against the cold surface, too embarrassed to face her sister.

"kindness."

Lorena nodded naturally without any hesitation. "I am different from you, sister. You may think that there is nothing wrong with living in this city, and being with your family, friends and the most lovely people. The ordinary daily life is the most precious treasure in the world. I can understand all this. But for me, the things I want to pursue are always on the sea of ​​tomorrow and in the unknown distance. My innate talent and the disease that has plagued me since childhood have destined this girl to not stay where she is and wait obediently. She will have her own destiny."

"My mother said that I was a very obedient child since I was young. I would obey whatever she asked me to do. I could even drink such bitter medicine without changing my expression, which made me lovable. But only I knew that this well-behaved appearance was just endurance, accumulation, and waiting for a certain moment to turn into the greatest rebellion and the greatest willfulness and explode. That was the moment that determined my fate."

Galene was silent for a while, then suddenly snorted and said, "You've said so much, but you haven't mentioned the key issue yet."

"After I leave, this city will still be ruled by my mother, protected by Sandro and many loyal subjects, loved by the people, and have you as its outstanding heir. Perhaps as a descendant of Caesar, after you become the king of the Nereids, you can completely eliminate the conflict between the two clans. It's just that it's missing a very ordinary girl. For example, in the past six years, without me in this city, will everyone's life become completely different? I don't think so."

Galene didn't look up. A muffled voice came from under her long, crystal blue hair: "Do you really have to do this, Lorena?"

She was just avoiding the problem though.

"Escape won't solve any problems, sister." Rorona urged with a smile: "Get up and give me an answer."

Rorona spoke for a long time, and Galene was lying on the table, listening quietly without interrupting. At the end, the girl in the wheelchair looked up at the other girl sitting opposite her, her eyes bright and clear: "So, the best and dearest sister in the world, are you willing to indulge your sister's willfulness this time and help her make the most important choice in her life journey?"

Rorona blinked. "What's the problem?"

"What if my mother scolds me and punishes me after I help you escape?"

"Well, then I can help you make some potions to treat your injuries?" "You are so heartless!"

Galene looked up, cursed with a smile, and then her expression turned serious, the kind of seriousness that would make people doubt that the girl in front of them was not Galene at all, as if she had changed into a different person: "All kidding aside, this question is indeed crucial: Are you sure those people on the ground can be trusted, Lorena? If you colluded with them to instigate me just to escape, then no matter if you blame me or blame me later, I will not help you. Galene, even if I have to send my sister away with tears and help her leave here to pursue her dreams, I can never hand her over to a group of strangers casually, do you understand, Lorena?"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

Rolena nodded and said softly, "Sister has also come into contact with them in the past few days. Although their personalities are a little strange, they are all good people."

"Good people are not necessarily reliable." Galene muttered, and then she saw Lorena looking at her quietly. Facing those clear eyes that seemed to convey emotions without saying anything, she only held on for half a second before giving in: "Okay, okay, since you are willing to believe them, then of course I believe them too. I will discuss with them later how to help you escape. Are you satisfied now?"

"Yeah!" Hearing this, Rorona's eyebrows curved and her eyes narrowed like two crescent moons. "I knew that my sister would agree, because my sister is the best to me!"

"You've brought up an agreement we made several years ago. What else can I do?" Galene waved her hand impatiently. "Okay, go back now. Stay in your room quietly for the next few days. Don't let your mother find out. If you're discovered before you run away, I won't be able to help you even if I want to. Understand?"

"I understand!" The girl in the wheelchair nodded repeatedly: "Then I'll go, sister?"

"Hurry up and go."

Galene acted as if she was annoyed by her and kept asking her to leave, but Lorena didn't care and obediently cut off the connection with the crystal bracelet. As the mist that made up the illusion gradually dissipated, her body also blurred little by little until it completely disappeared from Galene's eyes.

But she didn't know if it was an illusion, but before the illusion of her sister disappeared, Galene seemed to hear a very soft voice coming from the water, like whispering to herself, or talking to someone:
"I'm sorry, sister..."

Galene was stunned at first. When the inaudible sound gradually merged into the slightly cool sea water and was carried farther away by the current, she finally reacted and fell into a long silence.

The sudden silence of the inn made people feel uncomfortable. In the memory of the aborigines, even in the era when the night watchmen were the most rampant, it was always shrouded in a cheerful and lively atmosphere, and it had never been so peaceful and quiet. Driven by this strong contrast, two or three furry little heads popped out of the rabbit hole, and the vines of the potted plants in the corner quietly climbed up the windowsill. At the same time, there was a faint clanging sound outside the window, followed by a low cry of pain, as if someone accidentally hit his head when standing up, and was now holding the wound and grimacing.

"Ugh!"

Galene suddenly sighed deeply, and the rabbit's head shrank back into the hole, the vines of the potted plants froze in place, and the person who was screaming in pain under the window sill also held his breath, not daring to make the slightest sound. In the quiet lobby on the first floor of the hotel, only the voice of the princess could be heard mumbling to herself: "That idiot, why did you apologize?"

"Does she think it's despicable that she took advantage of that agreement?"

"But she is not one of those mysterious fortune tellers or wizards. How can she predict what will happen in a few years?"

"Oh, what a hopeless fool."

After that, Galene turned around and looked at the tightly closed door of the hotel. She said unhappily, "Okay, you have heard everything. You can come in now, right? Let's discuss how to save my thoughtful, fragile and sensitive stupid sister."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)