Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 785 Are You Also a Time Traveler?

The leader of the Witch Society, Tentis.

The three light words seemed to carry a huge weight, echoing quietly in the night, making the entire Indorsis Bridge even quieter. The noise of propellers from the sky and the roar of steam engines from the river were gradually drifting away and disappearing at the edge of everyone's hearing. Only the voice of the black-haired girl in front of them was so clear, as if it was not only echoing in their ears, but also in the nightmares that had plagued them for countless days and nights.

However, this was not an illusion, but a fact. When Saint Shallia heard the name, her body trembled slightly. In a place where no one noticed, her pupils shrank slightly, and the fragments of memory that kept flying through her mind reminded her that this was not the first time, but a re-enactment of a meeting many years ago. In the Sosen Mountains nine hundred years ago, the same girl with black hair and black eyes suddenly appeared in front of everyone in the Creation Goddess Church at that time, and also reported her name with the same familiar tone and kind smile——

"Tantis..."

She murmured, her voice so weak that even she could hardly hear it clearly, let alone Lingge and others. However, Tiandis heard it clearly. Perhaps there was a possibility that she had been waiting for Saint Xia Liya to call out her name, but she never waited for it, so she could only regretfully report her name, hoping that she could catch the afterimage of time in the fleeting memory and regain the old dream of the past. Now it seems that she did catch it, but is this a good thing? Looking at her stunned expression, it seems difficult to give a positive answer, right?

A confusing fate.

Miss Tiantis calmly withdrew her gaze and looked at Alice again. She smiled and said, "It's a good name, right? Since you asked me, you should remember it well. We will have many dealings in the future. If you can't call out my name, I will be angry."

"Yes, yes!" Alice nodded, and boasted, "I have a very good memory. I won't forget it!"

Ling Ge felt that the word "dealing" in her words had a deeper meaning, but he could not guess what it was for a moment. After a moment of silence, he asked, "I just heard from Her Majesty the Queen that Miss Tiantis wanted to meet with us. Now that she has met us, do you have any advice for us?"

Tiantis was relieved, then turned back to Her Majesty the Queen and said, "You have made the atmosphere too tense. This is not a suitable atmosphere for chatting. Although I really want to take all the guests back to your Crimea Palace to have a cup of black tea and have a good exchange of feelings, I am afraid that Difanen will not agree. So, Victoria, you should let them relax a little, don't surround them so tightly, so as not to make my guests too nervous. Besides, I also have some more private topics that are not convenient for others to hear, do you understand?"

"Who said there's nothing special about it?" Tiantis teased, "I think your little daughter is quite special. We are all thanks to her tonight. Otherwise, how would we have found the clues to find these guests? Although this has disturbed Heinrich's good things, I think he is so broad-minded that he won't mind."

You will realize your mistake when I activate the cassette.

Her Majesty the Queen: "If you think it is necessary, of course, I also hope it is necessary, but I don't see anything special at the moment."

"Of course." The golden-haired maid forced a smile on her face: "Actually, I'm also good at chatting."

When Her Majesty heard this, she turned around and said with a hint of displeasure: "Didn't I tell you a long time ago not to talk about my little daughter? Since this is official business tonight, let's handle it in a businesslike manner. Also, finish this matter as soon as possible. The closure of the bridge cannot last too long, otherwise, the adults in the Parliament Palace will come to hold me accountable."

The two did not deliberately lower their voices during their conversation, so Lingge and his group could hear it clearly. Alice took two steps back, came to Gloria, and quietly complained to her, while also showing the inquisitive spirit of the street newspapers of Lunweiting: "Your mother left without taking you, is your relationship with her really that bad?"

"I don't deserve your advice, I just want to talk to you and have a chat." Tiandis said: I don't have any special hobbies, I just like to chat with young people, especially outstanding young people like you. Besides, the noise tonight was really loud. Although it was not my intention to send troops, in order to let you stay for a while and have a good exchange of feelings with me, I can only do this. It's a good opportunity for me to apologize to you. Mr. Ling will not refuse this kindness, right?"

After saying that, she picked up the golden cane and slowly got on the carriage. The attendant, Sir Devan, also returned to the driver's seat, gently waved the whip, and drove the carriage slowly back to the back of the bridge, gradually disappearing into the night where the headlights could not reach.

She asked with a smile, but Alice seemed to hear a hint of threat in this sentence. She looked up at the airship above her head and swallowed hard, thinking that if you were not in a good mood, would you just order them to open fire? But she didn't dare to say this. In order to avoid a GAME OVER ending, she decided to bear the humiliation and be a little Gou Jian.

"What to talk about?" Tiandis put a finger on his lips and thought for a while. "We can talk about anything. It depends on our mood. If we are in a good mood, we can talk about anything. If we are not in a bad mood... Of course, I think I am quite sensible and will not ask questions that will embarrass you. Of course, I believe that you guests who have come from afar will not disappoint me, right?"

"What do you want to talk about?" Alice asked bluntly.

So many troops were dispatched, the Night's Watch, the Balance of Order and the Crusaders were mobilized to take joint action, and even the area along the River Tywell was blocked with a field device, just to block them on the Indorsis Bridge and have a chat?
Lingge and his companions looked at each other, a little confused. They felt that the other party was joking, but at the same time they felt that her tone was quite serious. Maybe she really thought so in her heart?

Is this a question that can be asked directly?

"That's good."

The Third Princess smiled without saying anything, stretched out her hand and pressed on the back of her head, and with a little force pushed her back to Saint Shallia's side. This act of disdain was undoubtedly a sign of sadness in Alice's eyes. Alas, political struggles are indeed ruthless, and being born in the royal family is not such a good thing. In the face of interests, even the mother-daughter relationship can be abandoned. It is really touching.

However, the golden-haired maid had a high EQ, so she only thought about these words in her heart and would not really say them out loud, to poke fun at Miss Gloria's sorrow. At most, she would apologize to her afterwards and say in passing: Your mother doesn't want you anymore, but our Gransefa Air Cavalry Regiment does!
She should be very happy, right?

As Her Majesty's carriage retreated, the Night Watch's magic armored vehicles and the Crusader's mechas also began to retreat. The former retreated to the edge of the Indorsis Bridge, and the latter disappeared into the deep outline of the Nemesis Cathedral. At the same time, the airship cruising overhead also slowly rose in altitude under the commander's command, like a whale in the deep sea surfacing, until it jumped into the depths of the clouds and touched the brilliance of the stars and the moon. One by one, the black death birds extinguished the flames of the magic furnaces, retracted their iron wings, and silently dived into the depths of the night, like a flock of crows disappearing in the distant sky. In just a blink of an eye, the originally airtight encirclement had been loosened beyond recognition, and the Indorsis Bridge became extremely empty. Only Tiantis was looking at these guests from afar. But the whales anchored deep in the clouds projected huge white beams of light from their eyes, illuminating the bridge as bright as day. Through the vague and flickering halo, one could vaguely see the end of the bridge, where countless steel behemoths were lying in silence, waiting for the moment to leave their nests again. This proved that they had not actually given up the encirclement, but were only obeying the orders of their leader and making room for a quiet space for friendly exchanges between the two sides.

When Lingge saw this scene, he was shocked and surprised. He was shocked that this girl named Tiantis enjoyed such high dignity in the hearts of the association members. With just one sentence, she could make them give up the encirclement that was formed with great difficulty, and no one, including Her Majesty the Queen, raised any objection. At the same time, he was also surprised at Tiantis's confidence. She gave the enemy a chance when she was sure of victory. Didn't she worry that the relaxation of the encirclement would give Lingge and others a chance to escape?
But it must be said that her confidence was justified. At least when the encirclement was relaxed, Linger did not think of escaping, but became more vigilant. He did not know where the other party's confidence came from, whether it was based on strength or something else, but at least he knew one thing, that is, the flaws left by the enemy might not be flaws, but more likely a trap.

"Now we can have a good chat." Tiantis smiled. "Without guns pointing at us, the atmosphere of the chat will be more friendly. Don't you think so, Mr. Ling?"

"I'm afraid I can't change your mind no matter what I think." Ling Ge had seen through the character of this leader lady, so he said bluntly: "Why don't we just start the next topic: What do you want to talk about?"

"Actually, I'd rather talk about you, but I've just told Miss Alice that I'm most interested in her, so let's start with her." Tiantis' words made everyone's eyes fall on Alice. The golden-haired maid blinked, but she didn't resist this kind of attention. Instead, she enjoyed it because she, a genius player, should be the focus of everyone's attention: "What to talk about? My age? My hobbies? Or my criteria for choosing a partner?"

"These are of course very important." Tiandis said seriously, "But we have just met, it is not convenient for me to ask you too private questions, so let's start with a preliminary acquaintance."

"Gradual progress? I like this approach!" Alice agreed with her immediately and asked excitedly, "For example?"

Seeing her like this, Ling Ge couldn't help but doubt his previous guess: Could it be that she just thought it was fun and had no intention of delaying time at all?
"For example, your origins." A sly smile appeared on Tiantis's face: "The planet called Earth is a good place. I think you can live happily there. Why do you want to leave it and come to this..."

She looked around and saw that the concrete bridge deck was full of potholes and bullet holes. Outside the closed position, the ancient buildings of Lunweiting were crumbling like relics of the old times. She curled her lips and said, "What about a backward and dangerous place?"

After the words fell, there was silence.

This is Alice's biggest secret - well, basically it's not a secret, Alice, the big mouth, has already told everyone about it. All living creatures on the entire Yunjingkong Island, including the little sun in the herb garden, the squirrels in the forest and the fish in the stream, basically know that she is not from this world, but comes from a different world called Earth. The magical power of the game console and cartridges also comes from that world and is magic belonging to that other world.

But she has never told anyone outside Sky Island!

“You, you, you—!” Alice pointed a finger at Tiandis and stammered, “How, how, how did you know that!?”

"Is this surprising?" Tiantis smiled. "Dickens mentioned you in the report he sent back to the headquarters. Miss Alice, you know a lot about other worlds. You know that the code names of the philosophers of the society come from the history of another world. You have never even thought about hiding your own specialness. If so many hints are not enough for us to figure out your origins, then what is the difference between the level of the Witch Society and illegal organizations such as the Seeking Knowledge Society, Silver Moon or the True Spirit Sect?"

"what?"

Alice exclaimed softly, and found that it was true. It was a foregone conclusion that the Witch Society had knowledge of the other world, and because of this, it was not surprising that they paid special attention to me, who also had knowledge of the other world. In comparison, another thing that was more worthy of curiosity was actually——

"How do you know the existence of the Earth?"

Alice looked at Tiantis with a suspicious look. If she knew about the Earth because she was originally a traveler from Earth, then how did Tiantis and the Witch Society know about it? Could it be...

The golden-haired maid was horrified and thought of a terrible possibility: "Could it be that you are also a time traveler!?"

This guess was blurted out without thinking, but Alice thought about it and found it to be reasonable. According to Fei Er, the Witch Society was founded and expanded by this leader. She wove a blueprint for the members of the society and formulated the development route and future plan of the society. Let's see what the society did after its establishment: the celestial calendar was formulated, which is actually the Gregorian calendar of the earth; the Renaissance was actually copying various literary thoughts and advanced concepts in religion and philosophy on earth; the Centennial Revolution and constitutionalism were actually promoting the bourgeois revolution in another world...

The seven female queens on the Chaos side obviously do not have this ability, because they do not have a deep understanding of the world they are protecting, and have even been deceived by Saint Tumi; the other members of the Witch Society do not have this ability either. They are limited by their own knowledge level and vision and cannot formulate a plan that is so ahead of their time; only someone who has enough understanding of the civilization of the other world, knows every correct route, and can avoid every wrong choice in history can continue along this path unswervingly.

Such a person is either a prophet or a seer, or a... time traveler.

I thought it was just fellow villagers meeting each other, and my eyes were filled with tears.

I didn't expect that when fellow villagers met, they would shoot each other in the back!

Despicable, so despicable!
　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)