Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 798 Have you made a decision?

Going east from Lorena's alchemy workshop to the forest, it would take only a few minutes to reach the river that the lamb mentioned. The moonlight in the sky was exceptionally bright, shining through the gaps between the branches and leaves onto the slow-flowing water, covering the surface of the river with a layer of cold frost. At first glance, it looked like a silver ribbon winding through the woods, dotted with a few golden fireflies or a few fallen leaves. The scene was quiet and peaceful.

However, the tranquility of the night was disturbed by an uninvited guest. When Medien and others arrived at the river, they saw Sister Livia, who was soaking wet, leaning against the trunk of a white sycamore tree. Unlike her enthusiasm and cheerfulness when they first met, she now looked extremely embarrassed, with pale and bloodless cheeks, and her golden bangs wet by the river stuck to her forehead. The nun's uniform, which was torn in many places, was no longer the original pure black, but a dark red mixed with blood and water, exuding a palpitating gloomy atmosphere.

What was even more shocking was that there was a hideous wound on her abdomen that almost tore her entire lower abdomen apart. The blood that gushed out coagulated near the wound, almost forming enchanting blood amber. After being washed by the river water, it looked even purer and more transparent, so that one could clearly see every blue and red blood vessel under the amber, which were extending with difficulty at this moment, trying to transport blood to various parts of the body, but the flow was so slow that it was almost stagnant.

"ah!?"

Metien cried out when she saw this. She ran to the nun in two or three steps, half squatted down, and stretched out her hand to touch her wound, but she stopped suddenly halfway, with a hesitant and confused look on her face. Although the pink-haired girl has been committed to the path of a pharmacist and wants to become a doctor who can heal the wounded, she can only treat some simple colds so far. Sister Livia's injuries were too serious, and she was a little overwhelmed for a while.

According to the book, the bleeding should be stopped first, right? But the bleeding has already stopped. If I touch the wound casually, will it cause it to open again and make the injury worse? But the wound has not been sutured, so I can't just leave it like this...

Her thoughts were in a mess. At this time, Shemi also rode on the lamb's head and hurried over, followed by Beimin who said nothing but looked like "I just came to see what's going on." Shemi was also shocked when he saw Sister Livia's injuries. Although the lamb said that the injuries were serious, he didn't think it would be this serious!

"Miss Lililivia!" She was even more panicked than Metien, and even stuttered: "How could you be so seriously injured? And you appeared on the Cloud Whale Sky Island, what happened?"

Sister Livia slowly raised her head and looked at the strange combination of a little girl, a lamb and two goblins in front of her. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, shaking off a few drops of cold water. Then the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, outlining a weak but reassuring smile: "...Sir Gern, you really sent me to the right shore... That's great..."

"what!?"

It's such a natural thing. When your companions are in danger, you naturally have to rescue them.

"...I don't know the specific situation." Sister Livia shook her head. Because of her injury, her movements were slow and her voice was weak, like a faint candle in the wind that could be swallowed by the darkness at any time. "This is the news that Lord Gern told me. Perhaps he sent me here to remind you of this. Fate has arranged everything, and it's up to someone to change it. Although I can't do anything about it, if it's you, maybe you can do something..."

Xie Mi also reacted and nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, my sister's fairy magic is very powerful, she will definitely be able to cure you!"

"Miss Livia!" Metien was so anxious that sweat began to break out on his forehead. "You, you are seriously injured now, please don't speak. I, I will go back to the hotel and call someone to ask the landlady to save you!"

This news was even more surprising than the sudden appearance of the seriously injured Sister Livia on the sky island. Metien felt her heart suddenly stop for a moment, and she almost couldn't feel her heartbeat and breathing. After she came to her senses, she completely forgot that she had just asked Sister Livia not to speak, and asked anxiously: "Lingge, what happened to Lingge? And Sister Xiaoxia and Sister Alice, how are they now!?"

She looked at Metien with expectant eyes, choosing to believe in this destined guidance, which made the pink-haired girl confused for a moment, not knowing what to do. Next to her, the lamb heard that its master was in danger and turned around anxiously, bleating non-stop, making Shemy dizzy, and said incoherently: "What to do? Since Lingge and the others are in danger, let's go save them..."

"... Thank you very much, but before that," Sister Livia paused, frowning slightly, as if her wounds had been injured when she spoke, causing the long-lost pain to surge back into her mind. However, she soon relaxed her frown and said softly to Metien, "I have to tell you some bad news first: Mr. Ling and his men seem to have encountered a powerful enemy in the city, and are now in trouble."

The lamb stopped walking all of a sudden. Metien's expression changed from confusion to determination because of this sentence. She clenched her fists and said word by word: "Shemi is right. We can't just worry here. We have to go and rescue Lingge and the others."

As for how to save them... the pink-haired little girl gritted her teeth and said, "I can let Sister Yieta control the Cloud Whale Sky Island and directly break into the city of Lunweiting to save them!"

Although there are great risks in doing so, which is equivalent to directly attacking the air defense system of the capital city of Lunweiting, it is likely to face countless airships and wing-suit mobile forces, but under the control of Sister Yieta, Yunjing Sky Island can completely ignore the enemy's attack, rush in to rescue people and then escape. However, Metien did not consider one problem.

"Do you mean to let this big whale fly out of the Gospel Convent and directly provoke the human army of Lunweiting?" Beimin, who was just here to watch the fun, frowned and said coldly, "Have you ever thought that if we make such a big noise, the Gospel Convent will definitely be exposed to the enemy's sight. By then, you outsiders will just run away. What should we do?"

"This..." Metien was stunned. She had never thought about this question and was really stumped by it. The Evangelical Convent had kindly taken in these outsiders, but could she sell out all the aliens here and put them in danger just to save Lingge and the others? The kind-hearted pink-haired little girl could not make such a cruel decision.

But if I don’t save Ling Ge and Sister Xiao Xia…

Metien became anxious again, not knowing what to do.

"Humph!" Beimin snorted again after seeing this scene, then ignored Xiemi's glare, turned around and said, "So you haven't even considered this kind of thing. It seems you're not as smart as your sister said. But it doesn't matter. You wait first. I'll go find my eldest and second sisters. As long as we expand the range of the photon curtain, the sound of the cloud whale flying out from here won't be so loud, and those idiots in the cult won't notice it either."

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Medien's answer, she flew out of the forest on her own, apparently on her way to find her elder sister Best and second sister Belphie. If the three photon elves work together, they can use their innate magic to expand the range of the photon curtain and help these outsiders control the cloud whale to save their relatives and companions.

Metien looked at her receding figure, her eyes gradually widened. She opened her mouth and was about to say something, but a voice floated over from a distance, blocking her words: "I'm not helping you, I'm just afraid that you will cause trouble to the Gospel Convent and make my sister and Lord Pancras sad."

As the words fell, the back of the little fairy disappeared at the end of the green branches and leaves. Metien was stunned and heard Xie Mi muttering beside him: "It's exactly the same as Alice said, a typical tsundere."

Metien smiled knowingly, but she remembered that her brother and friends were facing difficulties, so she subconsciously tightened her face and said to Shemi, "In this case, Shemi, go and inform Sister Yieta and ask her to prepare for takeoff. I--"

She paused, looked at the pale nun leaning against the tree trunk, and said hesitantly: "I will take Miss Livia to heal her wounds and rest first. However, Miss Livia, do you want to go to the Gospel Convent? Lord Pancras is also here..."

"I'll stay here." She was interrupted before she could finish her words. Although her voice was weak, her tone was serious: "Please let me stay here. As for Lord Pancras, if possible... please don't tell him about me. However, it's not that I don't trust Lord Pancras, I just, just..."

I'm just still a little scared.

A look of loss appeared in her clear eyes, and she didn't know how to express this feeling correctly. Seeing this, Metien was afraid that her low mood would worsen her wound, so she quickly interrupted her thoughts: "This, this is also good, I will take you to the Fairy Sleep Inn, Miss Livia, the proprietress is very nice, she will definitely not mind!"

The nun nodded silently.

Soon, Metien and Shemi the lamb split up. She helped the nun back to the hotel to recuperate and rest, and brought the news to the landlady and Celia. Shemi rode the lamb ahead to find Ieta in the windmill tower room.

Lingge, Sister Xiaoxia, Sister Alice, Sister Olvera, Sister Rorona, Miss Gloria, Miss Nevile, and... Leticia, you must hold on!

Before helping the nun out of the forest, the pink-haired girl looked back in the direction of the city of Lunwitin. The night was so dark and the sky was blurry. She prayed silently in her heart, hoping that the goddess would bless the believers and daughters in Her kingdom on earth.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)