Alice in the Land of Steam

Is it a new beginning after Chapter 832?
"What kind of person is Miss Yieta?"

Walking on the path in the primrose field, Gloria asked curiously. She didn't notice that there was a small purple petal stuck to her hair, decorating her gray hair like a hairpin. On Yunjingkong Island, no matter what season it is, the primroses from the Saizeriya field will bloom brilliantly. The colorful petals are blown to the sky by the wind, just like a misty drizzle. The rich and warm breath makes people feel particularly comfortable.

Gloria had already met most people on the Cloud Whale Sky Island, except for Miss Angel. In fact, the two had met once in a duel, but due to the situation, they did not communicate much, so she still did not know what kind of person the white-haired winged girl was. Considering that they were all young queens, they would definitely have to communicate more in the future, so she thought it would be better to be mentally prepared first.

However, Lingge did not give a detailed answer to this question. He just glanced at Gloria and said calmly, "It shouldn't be difficult for you to get along with someone like that."

Is it not difficult to get along with people? But who is the standard for this not being difficult to get along with?

Gloria thought that the person she got along best with on the Cloud Whale Island was probably Alice. The others were still in the acquaintance stage. But that was because the genius player was too outgoing. If she were used as a standard, then there would probably be no one in the world who was difficult to get along with, right?
"Can you be more specific, Mr. Ling?" Gloria asked humbly.

Lingge thought for a while, then picked out a few things related to Yieta and told her, including the experience of Miss Angel wandering alone and traveling with whales, as well as the story of how she helped the people of the land of Dolucien to get rid of the cold and barrenness and was later hailed as the "Messenger of Heaven". Although there were some unpleasant things in the middle, such as the traitor David and his ambitious descendants, Miss Angel finally walked out of the shadow of sadness and misfortune, and used her own power to save those she loved and those who loved her a thousand years later, drawing a perfect end to this legend of wind that spanned a long time.

Henceforth, there came into being the Yunjingkong Island, and her renewed little wishes for the past and the future.

"An angel who brings happiness to everyone..." Gloria couldn't help but show a longing expression on her face when she heard this: "What a wonderful wish, just like what is described in fairy tales."

"Things to fool children." Bai Ye in his mind sneered and said, "And you."

……

Gloria ignored her and turned to look at the young man next to her, staring at him with bright eyes. "Of course, I also like what Mr. Ling said. It feels full of romanticism. 'If you can't fly, just make the ground under your feet fly.' How could you come up with such a statement at that time?"

Ieta was sitting at the table, her back straight, her hands folded on the table, her expression as serious as a fifth-grade student in class at St. Lowood National School. In front of her, on a silver dinner plate with delicate carvings and even lace patterns, was the remaining half of a piece of Saria Chestnut that she had just eaten. On the left was a silver knife and fork neatly placed, and on the right was a handkerchief embroidered with a primrose pattern. She picked up the knife and fork stiffly and methodically, cut off a small piece of Saria Chestnut with the dinner knife, put it into her mouth with the fork, chewed it carefully for a few seconds before swallowing it, then picked up the handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her mouth. Then she raised her head and showed a very forced smile to the two people outside the door: "What you just saw was an illusion. In fact, this is how I usually eat. Yes, it's real..."

Bai Ye sneered when he heard this: "Men like this are best at pretending. I bet his next sentence will be "I forgot."

The young man did not answer, but silently closed the door and stood there waiting for three seconds. After the noise in the room gradually died down, he pushed the door open again.

A young girl was sitting on the edge of the bed with her legs crossed and her head on her knees. She was holding a kind of food that was similar to bread but flatter in her hands and nibbling on it in small bites. Although the amount she ate each time was not large, the frequency was very fast. Her head followed the movement bit by bit, giving people the feeling of a squirrel gnawing on a pine cone, with some food residues at the corners of her mouth.

He suddenly paused here. This meaningful pause gave Yieta a lot of room for imagination. Somehow, when Sister Xiaoxia's smiling face appeared in her mind, Yieta couldn't help shuddering and nodded repeatedly, saying, "I, I know. I will never do this again, and I won't let Alice come to my place to play games!"

She froze.

In any case, at least Ling's description has helped her to outline a general image in her mind, so Gloria began to look forward to meeting Miss Yieta, the country girl who was once troubled by loneliness and wandering, but gradually became enthusiastic and cheerful in interpersonal communication, the angel who was willing to stand up for the misfortune of others even when she encountered misfortune herself. It must be a happy thing to be able to become friends with such a gentle, kind and simple-minded girl, right?
With such a feeling, she followed Lingge to the door of the windmill tower room, and watched him gently push open the old wooden door, which made a creaking sound. She opened her eyes wide with curiosity, and looked for the figure of the white-haired angel through the gradually widening gap in the door.

“Woooooo!!!”

Ling Ge said expressionlessly: "I forgot."

After a long time, a mournful cry erupted in the room.

"Don't believe that guy's lies." Ling Ge shook his head helplessly: "She is just too lazy to get out of bed. Think carefully before doing such things next time, if it is not me who comes today, but Saint Xia Liya."

Then, she saw—

Gloria: “…”

"Actually, this is all Alice's fault." Yieta sat on the edge of the bed, lowered her head, not daring to look Lingge in the eye, and explained in a low voice: "Last time she came to my place to play games, I treated her to food, and she ate like this. I asked her to get off so as not to dirty the bed, but she said it tasted better this way, so I wanted to try it to see if it was true..."

Lingge and Gloria were still standing outside the door, staring at her quietly. The silence in the atmosphere was eerie and unbearable.

Alice is fully responsible for teaching the child bad habits.

Yieta heard the sound of the door opening and subconsciously raised her head. She saw Ling Ge standing at the door, looking at her eating expressionlessly. She was also stunned and stammered, "Lin, Ling Ge!? You, you, you, why are you here!?"

She didn't know why, but she always felt like she was caught in the middle, so it wasn't unreasonable for her to think that these two people were very similar.

She said the last sentence in a very firm tone, but Ling Ge felt that there was little hope. If you compare Alice's personality with Yieta's, you will know that it is impossible for Miss Angel to reject the unreasonable request of the genius player. However, if the boss lady Xiesta is present, it is hard to say who will win.

It seems that I have to remind the landlady to pay more attention to Alice's movements in the future. Once she is found to have any intention of going to the windmill tower room, she should rush to support her immediately and save Yieta from the danger in time.

But these are all off-topic, at least they have nothing to do with today's topic, so Lingge just thought about it and put the idea behind him. He slightly turned his body, allowing a gray-haired girl who had completely changed her image of angels to appear in Yieta's eyes: "Let me introduce you, this is Miss Gloria who just joined yesterday, the King of the Heart. You should have met her in the duel, but she said she wanted to get to know you better, so I brought her here." "Ah!"

Yieta opened her eyes wide and looked at the girl in front of her, with a look of admiration: "Are you Miss Gloria? I heard Sister Xiaoxia and Alice mention you. You seem to be a very good detective!"

For a simple-minded Miss Angel, being a detective is probably indeed a great profession.

Gloria was also a little embarrassed by her gaze: "Well, actually I'm not a detective anymore..."

"Eh?"

Ieta didn't know what abilities and curses Gloria's Psychic Kingship had, so she blinked her eyes and looked confused. It was only after Linger explained it briefly that she finally understood. However, the girl's attitude towards Gloria did not change at all, and she was still so enthusiastic: "So that's how it is, isn't that even more powerful? In addition to being a detective, you may be able to become a teacher, police officer, lawyer, or the keeper of the windmill tower in the future."

The first ones are fine, but what the hell is the last one?

Gloria couldn't follow her train of thought, but Miss Iyetta's expression was so serious that she could only understand that in Saria Wilderness, being the keeper of the windmill tower was indeed a very noble profession, comparable to professions like teachers and police officers.

"In short, in short," she finally got the chance to speak, "Nice to meet you, Miss Yieta. Let's get along well in the future."

She held out her hand, and Yieta also held out her hand, shook it vigorously, and a big smile broke out on her face: "Yeah!"

After a brief meeting with new friends, Linger mentioned the next trip to Yieta. Then, under the control of the angel, the Cloud Whale Sky Island slowly turned around and set off again towards the White City Republic. The huge and heavy rock fins swept through the white sea of ​​clouds, and rolled up one after another visible air currents under the azure sky. These air currents whistled under the wings and tail fins of the whale, blowing across the vast sea of ​​clouds. Milky white cloud waves rushed to the edge of the sky one after another, each layer was hundreds of meters high, like the tide of the sea, about to submerge everything, and the scene was spectacular.

"By the way," Yieta suddenly turned around and said, "Have you ever seen the sea in the sky, Gloria?"

The gray-haired girl was stunned for a moment: "Hey, what is that?"

"Let me take you to see it!"

Ieta grabbed her hand and led her upstairs. The silver chain on her ankle rubbed against the stone floor, making a rustling sound. She said happily and boastfully, "I took Lorena to see it before. She thought it was beautiful and said it was the most beautiful sea she had ever seen. I think you will like it too!"

"This one……"

Gloria was pulled away by her before she could react. She wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. She wanted to break free but was afraid of hurting Yieta. She could only turn back and look at Lingge for help, but the young man seemed not to see her and turned around to take the snacks on the table.

She was pulled to the top floor of the windmill tower by Yieta, and then the angel girl pointed to the whale's head, or to a place farther away, and said in a raised tone: "Look, Gloria!"

What to look at?
Gloria subconsciously raised her head and looked in the direction of her finger, and then she was stunned.

The huge windmill blades were turning one by one in front of my eyes, each blade was as long as a giant's arm. Through the gaps between the rotating white blades, a sea of ​​clouds stretching tens of thousands of miles was spread out under the whale's body like an ancient scroll. The rolling clouds extended endlessly forward to the farthest horizon, blending with the glass-like sky blue, appearing so beautiful and spectacular. Birds were flying in the clouds, flying in groups across the sea of ​​clouds, striving to fly towards the farther sky. Their tiny figures seemed so agile, easily reminiscent of petrels fighting the wind and waves in a storm.

The sight continued to move upwards, and huge and heavy shadows were flickering in the depths of the clouds, sometimes spreading their wings, sometimes raising their heads, and making long and desolate calls like the call of a horn. Those were the magic beasts that belonged to the sky. They were born to be the overlords of this height. Each of them was as big as a mountain. Some of the magic beasts named natural disasters were not inferior to the Yunjing Sky Island under their feet. However, once they fell into this vast ocean, they immediately turned into weak fish, floating and living in the deep sea, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes far, sometimes near. Whether it was their size, habits, or the hot breath exhaled from their mouths and noses, they were all embraced by this ocean and became part of it.

Above this endless vast sea of ​​white clouds, Yunjingkong Island is like a sailboat, sailing straight through the sea, separating the waves on both sides, and leaving a blue track on the road behind it. That is the track of the sky, or perhaps the color of the mirror, reflecting the mountains and rivers that rise and fall on the ground, as miniature and exquisite as a sand table.

"How is it?" Yieta's voice came from the side. Because of the wind blowing in the face, it seemed a little distorted, like countless pieces of debris scattered in the wind: "Isn't it beautiful?"

"Yeah." Gloria nodded subconsciously and murmured, "Indeed...very beautiful and spectacular."

But in addition to the beauty and magnificence, there was another more complex emotion in her heart, but she couldn't describe it accurately, like melancholy, like confusion, and a little bit like some kind of small expectation? But in any case, it was when she saw this strange and magnificent sea of ​​clouds and realized that she was standing at a height she had never dared to imagine before that she suddenly realized: It turned out that she really embarked on a journey.

She had changed her identity many times, experienced many futures, and had many memories... but those were all false, illusory dreams. From the beginning to the end, she had always stayed in the majestic but tiny city of Lunweiting and had never left. Until today, she finally ushered in a new beginning.

New, to Gloria, is best.

It will definitely get better in the future, right?
She thought about it silently, and at the same time asked the other self in her heart, but Bai Ye was just silent and did not answer. So Gloria could only think that she thought so too, but just didn't want to say it out loud.

Let’s work hard together, Bai Ye.

The gray-haired girl raised her head, looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, opened her mouth slightly, and said silently: And everyone.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)