Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 638 Is it time to leave?

Lingge originally thought that after the swimsuit competition and bonfire party were over, they could set off for the next destination. However, under Alice's repeated insistence, everyone stayed in this sea area for a whole week.

For a week, these guys had been playing all day long. Alice had become fascinated by competitions as a form of entertainment. After the swimsuit competition, they held beach volleyball competitions, swimming competitions, diving competitions, and even sand castle building competitions. There were different competitions every day, and the prizes alone were enough to make people dizzy. At night, they had nothing but eating and drinking, and they spent madly on the various shellfish, fish, and other marine life that thrived here because it was far away from the civilized world, and enjoyed the most pristine seafood feast.

After a week's vacation, the girls' originally smooth and fair skin had gradually turned to a healthy wheat color because of wearing swimsuits and sunbathing every day. The dolphins were no longer visible near the sea. The psychological trauma they had left was probably too deep, and it would be impossible for them to return here within a year or so.

The only thing worth praising is that everyone has a strong spirit of environmental protection, so after the vacation, there was not much marine garbage left behind like in the city of Rotdana. The only traces that proved they had been there were the strange sand sculptures on the beach, from a huge whale to a half-collapsed castle, from a postmodern abstract hotel model to a blurred statue of a brave girl holding a sword... The last one was undoubtedly Alice's work.

Although the creative style is rather strange, the creative ideas are rather trendy, and the quality of the finished products is rather crude, everyone likes their own works very much. Alice even asked the proprietress, Shesta, to use fairy magic to reinforce these sand sculptures to ensure that they would not be damaged even if they encountered waves and storms.

Lingge sometimes wondered, many years later, when the ships of human civilization finally opened up new routes here, and discovered these strange sand sculptures on this island that was thought to be uninhabited, would strange stories like the Yedan Island statues or the Easter relics spread?
However, it all started because a certain golden-haired maid thought it was fun.

Based on this idea, he suddenly felt reluctant to admit that he was a college student majoring in history.

……

Lorena sat in a wheelchair, gazing at the place where the azure sea met the sky. The oncoming sea breeze blew away her crystal blue bangs, revealing a pair of gentle and peaceful eyes. Her small nostrils flared slightly, and she could smell the salty and fishy smell in the sea breeze and the damp smell of mud and sand at high tide. The part of the coral reef buried underwater had long been riddled with holes due to years of seawater erosion. The petite and transparent sapphire fish swam leisurely in those large and small holes. Their bodies, which were almost integrated with the seawater, could not be seen by the naked eye, but they could not escape the girl's perception.

Lingge walked up to her side, his eyes not on the girl, but staring at the calm ocean, and said: "I'm here to remind you that it's time to go back. The vacation is over, and we should set off to our next destination."

Lorena knew that she was the latter type of person, and she also knew that there was no shortage of people like her in this world, such as everyone on Yunjingkong Island.

"Haha, don't say that, Mr. Lingge. I'm still a little scared." Rolena put away her expression and said with a smile, "But what can I do if I'm scared? I have made my own choice, and it is also a choice made with the connivance of my mother, sister, Lord Katins, and everyone in Nereides City. If I hesitate because of fear, I will be sorry for their kindness. Of course, it will also be sorry for your expectations, right?"

She blinked, and Lingge was silent for a moment before saying, "You are much more mature than them."

"Do not."

Suddenly, there were light footsteps behind me.

The "they" here naturally refers to the other young queens. Of course, it cannot be said that they are immature, but when Ling Ge met those girls, they had been out of touch with the normal world for too long, resulting in their concepts and ideas being different from those of ordinary people. In comparison, Rorona was the one who could adapt to normal rules the most.

She had little contact with other people and couldn't tell, but she was sure that Lingge was such a person.

Ling Ge raised his eyebrows slightly: "It seems that you are not afraid at all."

"It's still unclear at the moment, so we'll go in whichever direction the next young girl king is in. But no matter what, we have to leave here and get to the land."

She is a sea princess, a half-child of God, and the mirror spirit closest to God in thousands of years. She is born with a deep resonance with the ocean. Everything in the sea is like blood flowing through the capillaries under the skin, intimate and natural to her. Some people just live in a daze, unable to hear the sound of their blood vessels, while some people know how passionate the ocean is hidden in their bodies.

Perhaps it was because she had lived in a human city for six years, or perhaps it was because she had been frail and sickly since childhood... On this point, bystanders could not jump to conclusions.

Ling Ge observed her expression from the corner of his eyes and suddenly asked, "Are you scared?"

Hearing this, Rolena immediately pretended to be flattered: "Are you concerned about me, Mr. Ling?"

"Land..." Lorena was suddenly moved when she heard these two words. As a mirror elf living in the ocean, the road she had traveled was so far that it was unimaginable for her fellow sea creatures. However, she was just wandering around the land-sea area. Even the six years she lived in Rothdana City were six years of living with the ocean. She never dared to say that she had truly understood the human world and what land looked like. Those memories were only passed down among the ancestors of the mirror elves.

"So, where is the next destination?"

The crescent-shaped beach seemed particularly peaceful without the laughter of the travelers. Even the rustling of the palm and coconut trees sounded like the sound of the tide hitting the rocks on the shore. Therefore, although the footsteps of the man were slight, Lorena could still hear them clearly. The corners of her mouth slowly drew a shallow arc, and she asked without turning back, "Are you here to see the sea too, Mr. Ling?"

"Is this a compliment?"

“You can take that as a yes.”

"Then I will accept it with gratitude~" After saying that, Rorona stretched, then turned the wheelchair around and said slowly: "Well, we have seen all the scenery we wanted to see. The sea is beautiful, isn't it, Mr. Ling? But we can't stay here forever. As you said, it's time to set off."

Lingge did not turn around, but suddenly asked: "Have you ever thought about returning to Lotterdana City?"

Rolena paused for a moment: "Why do you want to go back?"

"Say goodbye to some people." Ling Ge said: "This is not an excessive thing, on the contrary, it is natural."

She had already made a grand, undisguised escape to her hometown to show her determination to her mother and everyone else, which was a different kind of farewell; however, she had not said a word to the human city where she had lived for six years. Was she really cold-blooded enough to forget her life in those six years? Lingge did not think so, because he knew that even the deepest sea water had temperature.

Rolena lowered her head slightly and chuckled, "Forget it."

"why?"

"I left a lot of alchemical tools in that workshop. Just consider those things as my farewell to them. If possible, I don't want to cause them more trouble."

"But I think that even if you leave, they won't take away the things you left in the workshop at will."

"Isn't that better?" Rorona's eyebrows curved, and the shape of the beach was very similar. "I will give those things to them when I go back next time. You will also get a share, Mr. Lingge?"

Lingge ignored the last tease and nodded, "It's really good."

After saying that, he turned around and walked past Rolena's wheelchair: "In that case, we can go now. Don't keep others waiting too long."

"Wait, Mr. Ling." The girl called him.

The young man stopped and asked, "Anything else?"

"I'm a little tired."

"so?"

"So, can you please help me push the wheelchair?"

"..."

"Taking care of girls is a gentleman's virtue, right?"

"..."

“And I’m injured.”

"..."

“I don’t know what disease it will be next time.”

"..."

Linger walked silently behind the girl and helped her push the wheelchair. Rolena smiled happily, with a sly and proud look in her eyes, like a little fox who had succeeded in a prank.

The two of them walked towards Yunjingkong Island, one in front and one behind, leaving two straight tracks and a string of dotted footprints on the beach.

It's time to leave.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)