Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 63 Is Lingge the most suitable person?

The "Scriptures" of the Holy Goddess Church mentions the legend that the goddess created the world in seven days, but there is no specific and detailed description. When Lingge was young, he asked his father why he did so. At that time, Mr. Yang Ke, who had not yet left the world, told him: "Because those things we forget must be what the goddess wants us to forget."

Unexpectedly, I heard the whole legend from a shepherdess.

"When the world was born, everything was shrouded in the fog of ignorance. Our mother woke up in the center of the sea. She was the first consciousness in the universe. Because she began to observe the world, she brought about the passage of time and the distinction between space, and the laws took on a preliminary shape."

"Mother spent three thousand years extending her consciousness to every corner of the universe. Then, at a certain moment, she suddenly wanted to know what kind of miracles were being created in this foggy sea of ​​ignorance."

"At the moment when the thought was born, light appeared."

"Where there is light, there is darkness; where there is contrast, there is balance; when the laws begin to balance, the primitive world is born and new creatures begin to appear. However, at first they were too fragile to adapt to the harsh environment of the beginning, so the goddess filled this world with her magic power and helped them gain the power to survive in the world."

"From the magic power came fairies, dragons, and the spirits of the sky, earth, and sea."

Saint Shallia's voice was gentle and soothing, like the sound of flowing water, playing a beautiful and sacred melody: "The so-called elves are the essence of nature and the spirit of life. They can generally refer to all life forms that are born with the ability to use magic. For example, fairies can be called elves, dragons are dragon elves, blood races are blood elves, nightmares are night elves, feather elves of the sky, dust elves of the earth, mirror elves of the ocean... and my race, the silver elves."

She gently lifted the black hair on the side of her forehead, revealing a small, pointed ear. If you look closely, you can find that the outside of the cochlea is covered with fine silver hairs. From a distance, it looks like a beautiful silver thread. This is probably the origin of the name "Silver Elf"?

"Girl's Royal Power!" Alice beside her answered before she finished, "And you are the Royal Power that symbolizes destiny?"

Saint Shallia also said: "We don't quite understand why Mother excluded humans from the list of elves. Perhaps she knew that even if humans are born unable to use magic, they can rely on their own wisdom to gain a dominant position among all races, just like the current situation."

"Oh this!" Alice blurted out: "Why, is the goddess partial? Hey, Metien, why did you hit me?"

The pink-haired little girl said angrily: "Even if you are Sister Alice, you can't slander the kind goddess like this! I believe that the goddess must have her reasons for doing this!"

"Do not."

Fanatics are scary.

Under Metien's regretful gaze, Saint Shalia let go of her hand and let her smooth and neat green hair cover her pointed ears again. Then she said to the three people, "Elves refer to all life forms that are born with the ability to use magic, but humans are not included because humans are the only intelligent race that is born unable to use magic."

Her voice was ancient and profound, as if it came from a time and space long ago and far away, and was filled with mysterious emotions unknown to humans.

The three of them nodded and agreed with this statement. After all, the human population base is already very large, and their footprints are all over the Mirror Star World. If they are born with the ability to use magic... will the elves be able to survive?

"Yes."

Saint Shallia gently raised her hands. The golden threads were looming in her palms, interweaving with each other, outlining a complex trajectory, setting off her calm face, appearing noble, sacred, and distant: "I am the shepherd of the apple orchard, and I am also the one who observes the fate of the world on behalf of the goddess. All the myriad things in the world are connected by a thread; only when the order is disordered, I will use my hands to reverse it, so that the fate of the world will be orderly; the trajectory of all things will always be constant."

Metien and Alice were amazed. The latter was a good student who was good at drawing inferences from one instance, and immediately extended this term to humans: "So, humans can also be called human elves? Hmm, that doesn't sound good at all."

Alice quietly moved her chair back.

Saint Shallia continued, "After the laws were established and life was born, it was time for civilization to get back on track. However, in order to create the world and life, our mother consumed too much power, so she decided to fall asleep. Before falling asleep, she separated part of her soul and merged it with the laws, creating seven girls who symbolized order and seven girls who symbolized chaos. She gave them her power and asked them to protect the world on her behalf, that is—"

Metien opened his mouth wide: "Great, great!"

No wonder she calls the goddess mother.

Although we are all creatures created by the goddess, the relationship between the young girl Wang Quan, who was born from the soul of God, and the goddess must be closer than other creatures, right? Alice showed a confused expression: "But, if you are really the Wang Quan chosen by the goddess to enforce the laws of the world, why didn't you kill Fialli when you saw her this morning? This should be easy for you, right?"

Saint Shalia answered her, “Because of the curse.”

"curse?"

"Yes." When the curse was mentioned, the girl's eyes revealed a rare look of loss: "An evil curse, from an unknown source, tightly wrapped around my soul, causing me to lose most of the powers given by my mother. At the same time, it also caused me to fall into a long sleep. When I woke up, the world had completely changed, the memories of the past seemed incomplete and blurred, and the other royal powers had also disappeared."

"I don't want to disappoint my mother's expectations of me, and I also want to find out who caused me to lose my power and fall into a deep sleep, so that I missed the pace of the world and the times. So I embarked on a journey of searching, looking for sisters who also represent the power of the law like me. Perhaps they know the answer."

"However, after more than ten years of searching, I still have no clues. It seems that there is a force interfering with me, making me go back and forth in a circle, repeating the same path as before. If I can't break this cycle, I may never get the answer."

"That's when I met you, Mr. Linger."

Her eyes were fixed on Ling'er's face: "You are the one I am sure can help me. You are the only hope I have seen in many years."

Linger frowned: "Just because I ate the golden apple?"

"Yes."

Saint Shallia said, "The golden apple is a sacred object that my mother loves. I vaguely remember that she once told me that the golden apple, which symbolizes destiny, will become the key to the royal power of the fourteen girls if it falls into the hands of the right person. I originally wanted to observe whether you are qualified to become the master of the golden apple, but the facts before me now force me to believe that you are the right person."

Because so many incredible things have happened around him, and he himself is even a believer of the goddess, such a coincidence can only be called fate.

"I'd like to ask for your help, Mr. Linger."

Saint Shallia said word by word with a serious expression: "Accept the fate brought by the golden apple, embark on a journey with me, seek the kingship of the world, and awaken them again. I think this is also my mother's expectation."

"..."

Lingge could only remain silent.

However, Metien and Alice beside him were also staring at him intently. Three words were written in their bright eyes: Promise her!
If you don't agree to her, you will regret it!
The goddess who created the world, the sleeping royal girl, the golden apple of destiny, the elves who master magic, the journey of pursuing a mission... It's like the protagonist in a fairy tale walked out of the storybook, stood alive in front of you, personally extended an invitation to you, and wanted to take you into that dreamy, magnificent, mysterious and miraculous world that is beyond ordinary people's imagination. Is there anyone who can really resist this temptation?
Lingge used his actions to tell these two innocent girls: Yes.

"Forgive me for refusing."

He replied calmly: "I am afraid I do not have the ability to undertake such a difficult mission. Please find someone more suitable than me."

Ugh!
The pink-haired little girl and the golden-haired maid sighed in disappointment at the same time.

This time it was Saint Xia Liya's turn to be silent. After a while, she spoke, without disappointment in her tone: "If this is your choice, then I should respect your wishes, Mr. Ling."

He accepted the fact very calmly without even asking for a second time.

Lingge nodded, and the two reached a consensus.

Alice was very anxious and wanted to become a vanguard: Why don’t you even take the main quest? Do you know how to play? If you can’t, let me take over!

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)