Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 842: Were you tricked by the cat?

"It didn't run away when it saw us coming. Did it want to get close to us?" Olvera's eyes sparkled. As an emotional girl, she had no resistance to such cute things. She stretched out her hand tentatively, muttering like coaxing a child: "Be good, let me touch it, just for a while..."

"Gah!"

The cat in boots seemed to be startled by her action, and let out a demonstrative roar from its throat. At the same time, it took two steps back, almost hiding half of its body behind the tree trunk, and looked at the strange humans in front of it vigilantly.

"Huh?" Olvera's smile froze on her face, and her outstretched hand stopped awkwardly in mid-air. It was not right to continue stretching it out, nor was it right to retract it.

"I'm being disliked." Someone nearby said gloatingly, "Cats are very difficult to tame, and this is only the first time you've met it. To be honest, it's already very considerate of you by not scratching you, so don't be too sad, Olvera."

"Ugh!" Princess Beman puffed up her cheeks angrily. She had never found Alice's voice so annoying.

Leticia, who was just squatting and watching because she had no interest in cats, thought for a moment and suddenly spoke, deliberately muttering in a volume that everyone could hear: "You speak as if Alice can tame it."

The reason why the little bat stood up and spoke was not to vent her anger for Olvera. She was reincarnated again in early July. Even if she had any friendship with Olvera before, she needed to start over again. However, the fact that she was unhappy with Alice did not change at all. Therefore, the little bat was happy to do anything that could disgust the golden-haired maid.

But Olvera didn't need to know this inside story. She just needed to know that Leticia and she were on the same side!

When Avella saw this scene, her eyes widened in disbelief, and she even stammered: "How, how is this possible!?"

There was actually a day when an animal approached Alice! ?

Everyone was a little scared, even Alice herself was startled, then she was overjoyed and laughed wildly: "Hahaha, I told you, how could anyone not want to get close to a beautiful girl like me? Those guys on Yunjingkong Island are simply blind and can't see the beauty of my soul!"

Not only Leticia and Olvera, but everyone else also showed doubts. Alice became even more angry when she saw this, and without saying a word, she stretched out her evil claws to the little cat hiding behind the tree: "If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you!"

But this is only true inside the Sky Island. Once you are outside the Sky Island, who will know who you, Alice?
Knowing that Alice was not popular with the animals, Leticia and Olvera tried to bully her from this angle, trying to make her feel inferior and lose. However, the genius player was not so thin-skinned. Facing the ridicule and doubts of the two, he snorted unceremoniously: "Who said I can't do it? Maybe it will be closer to me?"

Seeing Alice reaching out her hand to touch it, the cat hiding behind the tree did not continue to hide. Instead, it took the initiative to move forward, moving towards Alice step by step, as if wanting to get close to her.

Alice was the only exception. No one knew why, but the animals refused to get close to her, even the rabbits in the Fairy Sleep Inn. It might be because the golden maid always exuded a neurotic aura, or because these animals were very simple. The simpler the creatures, the more sensitive they were to this girl's nature, and they would stay away from her and never have anything to do with her.

It can only be said that the reason why this guy's reputation among the small animals in Sky Island has not fallen into negative numbers is entirely because she has close contacts with Medien on a daily basis. Medien's reputation among the small animals is not to say that it is at its peak, but at least it is well-received. Thanks to her, he has barely managed to get the status of an ally and follower, and continues to act tyrannically.

In addition, Alice usually has some bad habits, such as walking restlessly and liking to kick stones, occasionally kicking passing squirrels and deer; using food to seduce Mr. Rabbit in the hotel to play with her, and finally only tearing off a small piece for them and eating the rest herself; and having nothing to do, running to the river to soak her feet, polluting the living environment of small fish and shrimps... and so on.

Princess Bemang perked up and looked up at the golden-haired maid provocatively: "That's right, what about Alice herself? I remember that Alice is the person least liked by the small animals on Yunjingkong Island, right?"

But the development of the matter was beyond Olvera's expectations - or rather, beyond everyone's expectations.

Are you dreaming?

"Eh? Don't!"

Olvera exclaimed, instinctively wanting to stop her. She wasn't worried that Alice would feel embarrassed after failing, because this guy had no shame at all. She was worried that Alice's attitude was too rude and would scare the cat away, and then she wouldn't be able to get close to it.

Alice, you deserve to die for scaring away such a cute cat!

The common small animals on Yunjing Sky Island are mainly harmless species such as squirrels, rabbits, elks and birds. They have settled here since the Sky Island was still land. They can be said to be the natives of this land. When getting along with the latecomers such as Lingge, they were frightened at first, but gradually got used to each other's existence over time. Some brave animals will even take the initiative to approach them. Therefore, when Lingge reads by the pond, squirrels will play around him and beg for food. In order to relieve fatigue after work, Rolena often brings a bag of feed to the clearing in the forest to feed the birds. These are all examples of their harmonious coexistence with the creatures on the Sky Island, not to mention Saint Xia Liya and Gloria who have their own pets.

Don't you feel like vomiting when you say this?
Lingge complained in his heart, but Alice didn't care what he thought. She believed that other people's slander against her was just out of jealousy. How could someone like me who was pure, kind, cheerful, optimistic, helpful and friendly to small animals be hated by them? Look at this cute little cat in front of me. It has a pair of eyes that can discover beauty. It can see through how pure and flawless my heart is at a glance. Unlike some people, who look like harmless princesses on the surface, but are actually bad boys who like to stay up late, isn't it normal for such people not to be loved by cats?
"Hey, come on, little cutie..." Alice, like a weird uncle who kidnapped a child, showed the cat that was approaching her an indecent or, to be more precise, disgusting smile, which made everyone unable to bear to look directly at it: "Let's get closer~"

"Ah!" A voice suddenly broke the harmonious atmosphere. It was Xie Mi, who had been thinking hard from the beginning until now, who suddenly made a sound of sudden enlightenment. He clenched his right hand into a fist and hammered the palm of his left hand hard: "I remember! It is a spirit called Blue Boots. My eldest sister said that this spirit seems to like to play pranks. It often uses its cute appearance to lower people's vigilance against it, and then teases the other party when they are off guard. So everyone must stay away from it and don't be deceived by its cute appearance... Hey, Alice, what are you doing?"

"Gaoh!" Just as Xie Mi finished his words, before everyone including Alice could react, a cunning look flashed in the amber vertical pupils of the blue boots. It suddenly accelerated, rushed to Alice's side at an astonishing speed, and then swung its sharp claws at her.

Cha——!
A cold light flashed in the air, and the sound of wind being torn apart was sharp and piercing, followed by another clang, and the cassette box that Alice had been hanging on her belt all the time fell to the ground and was snatched away by Blue Boots who had planned it in advance. Then it leaped through the gap between the crowd and quickly jumped onto the branch of another tree. It turned around and looked down at the crowd from above, waving the cassette box in its hand to show off, while making a "ga-ga-ga" sound, and its originally cute face was full of mockery and ridicule, and it actually became hateful.

"Ah." Ovella opened her mouth wide: "This..."

So he was getting close to Alice on purpose just to tease her?

I knew it, how could Alice be liked by small animals?

Although it was very impolite, this was indeed Olvera's first reaction. Then she remembered that she should not mock but should care about Alice. She raised her head and cast a worried look at the golden-haired maid, but the latter just stood there blankly without any reaction.

Could it be that the blow was too great and it broke?
Blue Boots' mocking laughter was still echoing in the forest. Not only Alice, but everyone else felt that it was a bit too much. They were thinking about what to say to comfort her when the golden-haired maid suddenly turned her head and glared at Blue Boots who was standing on the branch mocking her. She gnashed her teeth like an angry hedgehog. Olvera believed that if she could breathe fire, she would definitely spit out a flame as soon as she opened her mouth: "You bastard!!!"

"How dare you play with the feelings of a pure girl!" She roared like a prehistoric dragon: "I will kill you!"

Would a pure girl say something like "I'm going to kill you"?
The same idea popped up in everyone's mind, but it must be said that the anger of the pure girl was still very useful. Alice's roar in rage even briefly overwhelmed Blue Boots' mocking cry, which frightened it a little when it was caught off guard. Its foot slipped on the branch and it fell straight down from the tree. The cassette box was also broken open, and the cassettes inside were scattered all over the floor.

“Hahaha!” Alice burst into laughter upon seeing this: “This is called retribution!”

"GAOH GAOH!!!" Blue Boots, who had fallen in the bushes, got up in a panic, spat out the dirt and fallen leaves in his mouth, and glared at Alice.

"What, do you want to fight?" Alice would not tolerate such a guy. Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you are cute? I am much cuter than you. I have never teased others like this. What gives you the right to do that? So she rolled up her sleeves and confronted it, looking like she was going to fight if she didn't agree with it: "I see you have no idea how powerful I am. I will pull your boots off and slap you in the face!"

“Gahhhh!!!”

This was Blue Boots' angry cry.

"Who is afraid of whom!!!"

This was Alice's even more angry cry.

The scene of the man and the cat staring at each other was really funny, so much so that the people who were angry with Alice at first didn't know whether they should continue to be angry or stand up to persuade them to stop fighting.

Ling'er's idea was simpler. They had more important things to do and didn't have time to argue with a blue boot. He wanted to remind Alice to take the cassette back. But before he could say anything, Leticia, who had been squatting on the tree root watching the fun, suddenly raised her head, staring straight at the other side of the forest, and lowered her voice to remind everyone, "Someone is coming!"

Except for Alice who was still confronting Blue Boots, everyone else turned around and cast their gazes in the direction she was looking at. In Gloria's arms, the gray-feathered falcon Xiaobai, whose injuries had not been healed for a long time, made an uneasy cry, but Her Highness the Third Princess hugged it and gently stroked its feathers, quickly calming it down.

Someone's footsteps were heard in the forest. At first they were very faint, but gradually became clearer as they got closer. The footsteps came from the direction of the stone road. The footsteps were neither fast nor slow, but very steady. The intervals between the footsteps were almost the same, with an error of perhaps no more than half a second. Just by listening to the footsteps, one could tell that the owner was a very self-disciplined and calm person.

In this deep forest, the person who suddenly appeared, could it be the builder of the stone road? Ling Ge thought, and then he noticed that Saint Xia Liya's body seemed to tremble slightly, and then the girl pursed her lips gently, and a look of confusion and bewilderment flashed in her eyes as she looked in that direction. The young man was thinking, and an idea quickly popped up in his mind, but before this idea became clearer, the footsteps had already approached the area where everyone was, and then the owner of the footsteps reached out and pushed aside the branches and bushes that blocked the view, and appeared in their sight.

"It looks like you are in trouble?" The other party stopped and stood at a distance that was neither too far nor too close, not too far away from me. He asked politely, "Are you a lost traveler, or have you encountered some ferocious beast? This forest is indeed not very safe. There are often signs of bears and wolves. If necessary, I can take you away from here and go to the town at the foot of the mountain."

The woods were silent for a moment. At some point, even Alice and the blue boots stopped swearing at each other.

Seeing that no one answered, she blinked again: "Why, did I say something weird and offend you?"

That's right, her.

The stranger who suddenly appeared in front of everyone was a young girl.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)