Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 850 Did I understand it wrong?
After walking around the forest, everyone returned to the Emerald Lake. Time had passed and it was noon, the clearest and driest time of the day. The sky was so blue that it seemed transparent, reflecting a white cloud slowly floating by under the water, which looked like a leisurely and slow-moving whale in the water.

Xinuo raised her hands to block her eyes. Her five slender and powerful fingers blocked her vision, preventing the strong light at noon from falling directly on her face. Then she exclaimed: "Is this the Yunjingkong Island you mentioned? It is really spectacular."

The Emerald Lake is not small in size. Although it looks like an inconspicuous gem inlaid in the vast forest when viewed from the sky, a lake that can be seen from an altitude of 10,000 meters cannot be compared with the blurry miniature scenes on the sand table. According to Xino, there are at least two large-scale alien settlements living in this lake alone, in addition to other small settlements, and the rivers that originate from it are like blood vessels that connect the entire Loser Forest, which shows that its water source is developed and the water volume is abundant.

But the size of Yunjingkong Island is also huge, so once it fell into the lake, it occupied at least a quarter of the lake surface. At first glance, it looked like an island suddenly rose from the lake. The island was lush and prosperous with vegetation. Among the branches and leaves of ginkgo, metasequoia and sycamore, one could even see the shadows of buildings, floating vaguely with the changes in the midday light.

On the island near the lakeshore, the stone guards built a simple floating bridge with wooden planks, ropes and nails. Alice couldn't wait to step on the floating bridge and stepped onto the ground of the island in two or three steps. Then she raised her hand to wipe away the non-existent sweat on her forehead and let out a long sigh: "Oh, I'm finally back. I'm so tired!"

Hearing this, Xinuo, who was walking behind her, smiled and said, "It's really hard for you all to accompany me to clean the road today. If you don't mind, I'll bring you a few cups of hot tea later as a thank you gift. Although Sumiya's jasmine tea is not as good as Baishanbao's black tea, it is also very famous, especially when paired with Northenvig's Crown Peak honey, it has a unique flavor. I think you will like it."

As if she had figured out the golden-haired maid's temperament, she added this sentence on purpose.

Alice was really delighted: "Oh, how can I do this? I'll leave it to you!"

Other people's refusal and acceptance were at least divided into two paragraphs, but the golden-haired maid condensed it into one paragraph, which shows that she had no intention of refusing at all, and was just looking for an excuse to accept.

Besides, this guy didn't do anything, so why was he tired? He said he was helping Shino clean the road, but whether it was cleaning up fallen leaves and bird droppings, checking for damage and looseness of stone slabs, or checking for signs of wild animals on the roadside... these were all done by Shino herself, and she was already familiar with them. Others wanted to help but were afraid of being held back, so they could only follow behind her to pick up branches and pull vines. Especially Alice, she was the most relaxed person in the whole scene. She only focused on picking berries on the roadside, and occasionally her attention was attracted by a few unfamiliar birds. It was better to say that she was here for a picnic than to help. How dare she complain of being tired?

Everyone looked at her with contempt, but as a companion, it was not easy for them to stand up and expose this guy's ugly face. What was even more regrettable was that Blue Boots Blazer seemed to have no interest in visiting a stranger's house. After making sure that Shino would not be in danger, he ran away. If he was here, he would definitely bravely confront the golden-haired maid, right?
I miss cats.

After arriving on the island, the group headed along the road through the forest towards the Fairy Inn. Along the way, they passed by Rorona's alchemy workshop, Ieta's windmill tower and primrose field, and Metien's Tianxin Church (? ) and other attractions. Shino took in all the scenery on the island with an expression of great interest. Although there was no wind blowing, the ponytail on the back of her head swayed gently with her steps, and she seemed to be in a good mood, which made Lingge take a few more glances.

Perhaps noticing the young man's gaze, the girl withdrew her gaze from the group of wood monsters passing through the forest and said to him with a smile, "I didn't expect there are still wood monsters living on Sky Island. I heard that this kind of alien was very friendly to humans in the past, but now they are a little wary. Ordinary people are often afraid of their appearance and dare not approach them."

Therefore, it is rare to see rotten wood monsters in the wild. Either they avoid humans, or humans avoid them. This is not necessarily a bad thing. All the aliens still living in the wilderness do not want humans to come to them one day - because that is unlikely to be a friendly signal, but more likely to be the magic guns and cannons of the Balance of Order.

Linger nodded slightly. "We met this group of rotten wood goblins in the Virtual Root Swamp of the Shikilia Peninsula. Under the persuasion of Miss Shesta, they decided to stay on the island and are now responsible for taking care of the herb garden and the plants in the garden. Miss Shesta is the proprietress of the Fairy Deep Sleep Inn and also Shemi's sister."

Above Metien's head, the little elf puffed out her chest with a proud expression on her face. Shino looked at her with a kind gaze, as if treating a small animal, and then said, "Shikilia Peninsula? I remember it was in Metosh. The book said it was a cold and romantic country, but unfortunately I have never seen it. You must have been to many places on such a sky island that can travel in the sky, right?"

It seems that she still doesn't know about the tragedy that happened on the Shikilia Peninsula. The Union of Churches did a very good job of covering up this matter. Not to mention ordinary people, even Shino, the heir of the Gustaf family who had such a friendly relationship with the aliens, was kept in the dark.

Linger didn't intend to reveal too much to her before revealing his identity, so he simply replied: "Rostin City, Nimsher City, Avion City, Shiqilia Peninsula and Sad Rain Port, Lotdana City, and Lunweiting City... I have been to these places."

"The Prosperous City and the City of Ten Thousand Cities of the Kingdom of Great Brittany, the City of Springs and the City of Winds of Leisenburg, the City of Cold Nights of Metosh, and the City of the Sea of ​​Mindreas." Xino could accurately name each city, and then raised his slender eyebrows slightly: "Including the Grindelwald Plains of our White City Republic, your travels are really extensive, almost covering half of the Western Continent. Speaking of which, I haven't asked you about your purpose of coming. You have traveled to so many places, every famous city, is it just out of interest, to travel around?"

"Of course not!" Alice said bluntly, and Lingge and others didn't have time to stop her: "We are looking for someone!"

"What kind of person are you looking for?" Xino asked seemingly casually, but her question had already revealed a lot, because she seemed to know that Lingge and the others were not looking for a specific person, but a certain type of person.

Is this a guess, or is it?
"Of course I'm looking for a girl, uh-huh!"

Before Alice could finish her words, Saint Shalia covered her mouth.

"Looking for a girl?"

Xinuo blinked, looking confused. Then she looked at Lingge, then at the others. If Alice hadn't said it, she wouldn't have noticed that Lingge seemed to be the only male among the people present.

The others are all beautiful girls with different attributes: a gentle and amiable shepherd, a black-haired girl with a literary temperament, an alchemist who always smiles but somehow gives people a dangerous feeling, a little vampire girl who seems to be in her rebellious period, and a gray-haired girl holding a gray-feathered falcon, who exudes a noble aura in every move...

She nodded thoughtfully: "I see."

What have you understood?!
Wait, you understand so much...it seems like there's nothing wrong with it?

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)