Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 926 The best man in the world?
Now that he had thought of a solution, Lingge didn't plan to stay any longer and immediately set off to find Olvera. At this point in time, Princess Beman should still be slacking off in her room, claiming to be accumulating inspiration, but in fact she was just sitting at her desk scratching her head and thinking hard for half an hour before she could churn out a few hundred words, which was more torturous than Alice doing her elementary school homework.

I've told her before that she shouldn't play games with Alice all the time, just let her play by herself. But Princess Bemang never changed her ways, and now not only is her thinking gradually getting closer to Alice, but her cultural level is almost the same. Is this a good thing?

Electronic games are harmful to people. Sooner or later, Alice will be brought to Tianxin Church to let her experience the loving education of Saint Shallia. I believe that in the face of the iron fist of fate, even the unruly genius gamer will bow his head.

"Linger."

Metien suddenly called out to his brother, and when he turned around, he smiled sweetly: "Keep working hard, I believe you will succeed!"

The young man was silent for a moment, didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, then turned and left Tianxin Church. When he passed by Leticia and Shemi's seats, they were concentrating on their writing, sweating profusely, and didn't notice his appearance and departure at all. Linger glanced at them and found that one of them wrote "Why are the Moryas so nosy" and the other wrote "The Great Witch Messanis is very likely a pure traveler fairy lurking among the Moryas". He suddenly didn't know what expression he should face.

I hope Saint Charity can keep a good attitude when correcting their homework.

The two people on the podium watched his back disappear behind the church door. Even the sound of his footsteps gradually disappeared. Saint Shallia then retracted her gaze and said to the pink-haired girl, "Metien, you should go back to study. Although you have finished the homework I assigned to you, don't forget that you still have the pharmacy course."

The proprietress Shesta had high hopes for her. Not only did she prepare a special pharmacy laboratory for her on the second floor of the hotel, she also gave the pink-haired girl the responsibility of taking care of the herb garden, which was one of her daily tasks. In the words of the proprietress, when Metien could recognize all the magical plants in the herb garden, she would be considered a skilled pharmacist, and it would not be impossible for her to be comparable to the great witches among the Moryas.

Just like the Tree Lady once was.

"Yeah, I know!" Metien nodded repeatedly, and quickly glanced at the podium: "But I promised Shemi and Leticia that we would leave get out of class together, so I have to wait until they finish their homework before leaving!"

You'll have to wait then, Saint Xia Liya thought helplessly. No one knew the level of these two stupid students better than her.

"By the way," Metien changed the subject in a tone she rarely used, "Sister Xiaoxia, don't you think Ling Ge has been a little...strange lately?"

Saint Xia Liya looked at the pink-haired girl with a little surprise: "Why do you think so, Metien?"

"Because he has been absent-minded these past two days." Metien blinked his eyes. For some reason, his tone gave people a hint and inducement: "Last time I accidentally stayed up late and he didn't call me to go to bed right away was an example. This time he ignored Sister Aovila is also an example. If it was Ling Ge under normal circumstances, he would definitely not miss these details, right?"

Yep.

Saint Shaliya couldn't help but nodded, and gradually agreed with Metien's statement.

This was indeed a bit strange. What was even stranger was that she couldn't figure out what had caused Lingge, who was always focused and calm, to become absent-minded. Could it really be because of the girl?
"Why do you think that is, Metien?" Saint Shallia chose to ask the pink-haired girl for her opinion. If anyone on Yunjingkong Island knew Ling'er best, it would undoubtedly be Metien. Saint Shallia sometimes felt that she knew Ling'er very well, but it was not the case in front of Metien. After all, before she met Ling'er, the brother and sister had been dependent on each other for more than ten years.

A subtle cunning look flashed across Metien's eyes, and she whispered, "I think Ling Ge might be scared?"

"Afraid?" Saint Xia Liya was even more surprised. Would someone like Ling Ge also feel afraid? What was he afraid of?
"Yeah." Metien's tone seemed matter-of-fact, as if Saint Shalia's surprise was wrong: "Don't even mention Lingge, I'm a little scared."

"why?"

"Because we will be meeting the goddess soon."

"It's okay, mother is a gentle person, she won't do anything to you." Saint Shallia thought the siblings were afraid of the majesty of the goddess, and quickly spoke to comfort them. As the eldest daughter of the goddess of creation, she was indeed qualified to say such words.

But the pink-haired girl shook her head like a little adult: "No, no, no, Sister Xiaoxia, you think too simply. What we are worried about is not the attitude of the goddess, but what should we do after seeing the goddess?"

"What should I do when I see my mother?"

Saint Xia Liya was speechless for a moment, not quite understanding what Metien meant, but she vaguely realized something. The answer seemed to be within reach, separated by a hazy curtain.

"That's it." Metien stood on tiptoe, trying to raise her head above the podium, and looked at Saint Xia Liya seriously: "Let's make an assumption first, Sister Xia - if after meeting the goddess, "She is really willing to help us solve the problem of the Girl's Kingdom and the Witch Society, what will you do next?"

What’s next?
Saint Shallia said without thinking, "Of course, we will stay in the Holy Temple of Heaven and continue to fulfill our responsibilities..."

The responsibility of being a girl queen.

Her voice stopped abruptly, and she finally understood what Metien meant.

"Then what about Lingge and I?" Meitian looked at her sister Xiaoxia pitifully: "Are you going to abandon Lingge and me?"

"this--"

Saint Xia Liya was so confused by her gaze that she had no time to think. She spoke completely on instinct: "No, I don't mean to abandon you... Let me think, that's right! You can also stay in the Holy Temple of Heaven. It's a good place. Everyone will accompany you, as well as Ling Ge. What do you think?" She thought of a great idea in a hurry and stared at Metien with bright eyes, but the pink-haired girl had a bitter face and slowly shook her head: "No, Sister Xiao Xia, I don't mind, but Ling Ge will definitely not agree."

Saint Xia Liya's heart tightened, and she hurriedly asked: "Why, is he dissatisfied with us?"

"That's not the case, but Sister Xiaoxia, you may not know that Ling Ge is actually a very nostalgic person."

“Nostalgia?”

"Yes, do you know why he has always disagreed with me rebuilding Tianxin Church on Yunjingkong Island?"

Saint Xia Liya had asked Ling Ge this question before, so she felt that she should know the answer: "Because he thinks you are not mature enough and do not understand the true meaning of faith. You are more suitable to be a believer than a priest."

"Wrong, wrong, wrong." Metien shook a finger and said seriously, "Those are just excuses. The real reason is that Lingge feels that only the Tianxin Church in Linweier City is the Tianxin Church left to us by our father, so he is unwilling to accept any reconstruction. He only wants to return to Linweier City and continue to live the peaceful and stable life he had before. I think you are also very clear about this."

It seems to make sense.

Saint Xia Liya pondered, wasn't the purpose of Lingge's original journey to eliminate the influence of the golden apple on himself and avoid being involved in a fate that did not belong to him? The mysterious world that many people longed to enter was just a trouble for young people, which showed that he was indeed a person who was content with comfort and nostalgia.

Seeing that Sister Xiaoxia was gradually persuaded by him, Meitian continued to make persistent efforts and struck while the iron was hot: "Lingge is not only nostalgic about things, but also about people. Although he looks so cold on the surface, he is actually a person who values ​​his family and friends very much. It's just that his concern is usually hidden under a cold expression, so people always feel that he is not enthusiastic enough. Lingge, who values ​​the people around him so much, will naturally feel afraid and sad about the inevitable separation, but he just doesn't want to show it."

As he spoke, Metien sighed pretentiously: "If we meet the goddess in the Holy Temple of Heaven and ask her to solve the problem between the Girl Kingship and the Witch Society and restore peace to the world, everyone on Yunjingkong Island will definitely part ways: Lingge and I will return to Linweier City and find a way to maintain the Tianxin Church left by my father; Shemi and her sister may return to Rostin City, or they may settle somewhere on the journey and continue to run their hotel. After all, this is the nature of travel fairies; as for the others, Sister Xiaoxia, you just said that you will stay in the Holy Temple of Heaven and continue to perform your duties as the Girl Kingship... Although I really hope that everyone can stay together, this is impossible, right? So it makes people feel very sad."

At the end, the pink-haired girl sighed, as if she was regretting something imperfect in the world. "I think Ling Ge has been upset recently because of this incident. If you leave him, he will definitely be lonely. Well, actually I will be lonely too, mainly because I can't see Shaymi and Leticia anymore."

At the end, she added something guiltily, but there was no need to do so, because Saint Xia Liya didn't pay attention to what she said afterwards. Instead, after hearing the first half of her words, her heart trembled suddenly: If I leave Lingge, will he be lonely?
The girl automatically ignored the word "they" because it was not important. A qualified people's teacher should know how to accurately capture the information she needs from long and difficult sentences. Obviously, the well-trained Saint Xia Liya has initially acquired such ability.

All in all, Saint Shallia's face showed the expression that Metien wanted to see: serious, resolute, and with a little awareness.

She has always been dependent on Lingge. Now that the young man needs her, how can she just sit back and do nothing?

"What do you think I should do, Metien?" Saint Shallia asked without shame, "Perhaps I should suggest to my mother that she move the Cathedral of Heaven to the ground, in Linville City?"

Uh, you seem to be taking this a bit too extreme.

Meidian quietly wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and laughed dryly, "That's not necessary, Sister Xiaoxia, I'm just proposing a hypothesis. The real situation is still unclear. Maybe it's not as complicated as I thought. So we don't need to make a big fuss for the time being. You just need to pay more attention to Lingge during this period of time and try not to let him be alone. You know, when a person is alone, he will always think of a lot of messy things, especially Lingge who likes to hide his thoughts and is unwilling to share with us, then we need to take the initiative to care about him, right?"

"what?"

It seems to make sense.

Saint Xia Liya showed a thoughtful expression again: "Maybe, I know what to do, Metien, thank you."

"Hehe, you're welcome. Just work hard, Sister Xiaoxia! I think if there is anyone who can make Ling Ge no longer feel lonely, that person must be you!"

After giving Saint Xia Liya a free word of encouragement, the teacher on the podium fell into a state of smugness for a while, clenching his fists and showing a determined look, and then clasping his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth, muttering to himself. The instigator, Metien, quietly slipped back to his seat and took out a notebook with a heart pattern on the cover from the drawer. He opened it and saw that it was filled with names, the first of which was Saint Xia Liya.

She used a fountain pen to tick Sister Xiao Xia's name, then nodded with satisfaction, looked at the next name, and murmured to herself, "It's Sister Aoweila. She seems to have a high degree of favorability towards Ling Ge, so it looks like things will go smoothly. Well, I think I should use the reason of co-creation to convince her. Isn't it often said that the best way for men and women to enhance their relationship is to work together to accomplish a cause?"

The pink-haired girl was thinking about it, and when she looked up, she happened to meet Sister Livia's eyes. For some reason, the latter had a complicated expression. After pursing her lips, she said with emotion: "You are such a good sister, Metien."

"There's nothing I can do. Ling Ge never cares about this kind of thing. I, his sister, have to worry about it for him." When Metien said this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "By the way, Sister Livia, you——"

The nun straightened her face and made a prayer gesture in front of her chest with a solemn expression: "I have vowed to dedicate the rest of my life to the goddess. There may be no more sorrow or joy in this life."

"Well, well, I hope you won't regret it later." The pink-haired girl sighed, "You missed the best man in the world."

Livia: “…”

Why does it still feel a bit regretful?

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)