Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 946: Won’t this end well?
After arriving at a deserted place, Gloria stopped, gently raised her arm, and sent the snow-white gray-feathered falcon into the sky: "Okay, go and play by yourself."

Xiaobai took advantage of the movement of her raising her head to flap its wings and fly up, but because it was too fat, it flapped its wings several times in the air before it could fly up. Then it circled around Gloria's head for a few times before reluctantly flying away, leaving only a few slowly falling feathers in the blue sky.

Watching the pet's back gradually go away until it becomes a tiny black dot in her eyes, Miss Pirate seemed a little speechless: "Who told you to feed it so fat? Now it has a hard time even flying. Is it going to crawl directly on the ground in the future?"

"No." A familiar voice came from my mind, with a somewhat optimistic and casual tone: "Little Bai is so cute when he is fat. Besides, Xiaobai is a bird. There is no bird that can't fly, just like there is no drowned fish in the sea."

"..."

"What's wrong, Bai Ye?"

"No problem, whatever you want. I won't be the one forcing it to lose weight anyway."

Bai Ye sighed helplessly, then brought the topic back to business: "Enough of the small talk, you've already heard the conversation between me and that guy, remember my tone, demeanor, and movements, and follow that path in your performance. Don't bring your innate stupidity into the role. I won't blame you for completely imitating my words and actions, but at least you have to grasp that feeling, understand?"

"Yes, I understand it completely!" If she had a body, Gloria would have nodded, looking confident: "In simple terms, if you don't agree with me, you can just take out your dagger and challenge me to a duel, right? It doesn't seem that difficult."

Bai Ye heard this and the corner of his mouth twitched: "That's totally wrong... What on earth did you remember?"

"Eh? The 'that guy' you're talking about isn't Alice?"

"…It's Linger."

"So you call Lingge 'that guy'? Is that a nickname? I thought you liked him."

angry!
If he might have been really stupid just now, now he is undoubtedly pretending to be stupid.

So it wasn't just Lingge who was bothered by this curse, Bai Ye was also. Just by randomly changing her identity to a great pirate, the little fool Gloria dared to make fun of her openly. Is there anything more intolerable in the world than this? Even if Alice really became her first mate, it wouldn't be worse than this... Well, forget it, let's not talk about this matter separately.

Bai Ye was not angry. On the contrary, she was very rational. She was so rational that she forced a cold smile on her face. “Sorry, I didn’t hear clearly what you said just now. Can you say it again, little stupid egg, Luo Liya?”

Although she called out Gloria's name word by word at the end, Bai Ye believed that she was not angry and she was still so rational.

Gloria didn't think so. She felt a murderous aura and shuddered immediately. She laughed dryly and said, "Ha, ha, I was just kidding, Bai Ye! Don't take it so seriously. A good man on the sea should be open-minded and as tolerant as the sea."

Of course I know you're kidding me? If not, do you think I'd be so serious?

Bai Ye snorted coldly, but Gloria at least admitted her mistake, so she put away her anger and didn't intend to continue to argue with her.

Then Gloria suddenly said, "But I think your attitude towards Lingge is a little special..."

It's endless, right?
Bai Ye was about to get angry again, and Gloria quickly explained: "I'm not talking about emotions, but I mean, you never seem to want to hide your thoughts in front of him, but it's not the case with other people."

This statement made Bai Ye stunned for a moment. After coming to her senses, she slowly pursed her lips, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes. She spoke in a low voice: "Don't underestimate that guy, Gloria, he is very dangerous and cunning."

Dangerous? Cunning?
Gloria was a little confused, suspecting that the person she was talking about was not the same Linge she knew: "Are you... serious, Bai Ye? But why can't I see where Mr. Linge is cunning or dangerous?"

"Oh, you are always so naive." Bai Ye sneered: "His danger lies in his overly sharp intuition, which can easily see through the secrets concealed by others. The danger lies in that he clearly sees through everything, but never thinks of making it clear; or he only makes a part of it clear and deliberately ignores the key part. He always observes silently, but what is he observing? He always predicts everyone's thoughts and actions in advance, but where does he have the confidence to make such predictions? He always pretends to be indifferent, but is there really nothing in the world that he cares about? Of course, this is impossible, little fool Gloria, even as slow as you are, you should understand one thing, that is, the better a person is at disguising himself, the more dangerous he is."

It can be seen that Bai Ye has a big prejudice against Lingge, and his rare long speech was actually just to say bad things about him.

Since she met Bai Ye, this was the first time Gloria saw her being so prejudiced against someone, and what surprised her was that those prejudices did not contain any malice, but seemed like pure complaints between friends. Just like this time, no matter how much she criticized Lingge, the next time something happened, or if Gloria changed her identity again, she would still be the first to find Lingge, put on a disdainful attitude, say some cold and sarcastic words, but completely give the power of judgment and handling to the young man.

This kind of personality, how should I put it, is quite strange, making Gloria feel like she is facing another Lingge.

In Alice's words, it's... tsundere?
Yes, tsundere! Both of them are tsundere, but Lingge is more calm and Gloria is more indifferent. As for being tsundere... maybe they are willing to open their hearts to you and tell you some of their true feelings, which is considered tsundere. As for other more outrageous things, it is better not to think too much.

But Gloria didn't dare to say these words out loud, lest she annoy Bai Ye. She laughed dryly and deliberately changed the subject: "So, it seems that Ling Ge did see through your acting just now, but he remained silent and didn't expose it, isn't that a good thing? I don't think he is cunning and dangerous, and I don't see why he is worthy of vigilance."

"You...oh!"

Bai Ye choked and couldn't speak, he just sighed: "Do you think he only saw through this matter? The real secret that he saw through a long time ago is the secret between the two of us!"

"Secrets?" Gloria asked doubtfully, "Besides the royal power and the curse, do we have any other secrets?"

"of course--"

Bai Ye's voice stopped abruptly, because she suddenly realized that although it was a secret between the two of them, she was the only one who really knew it. Gloria, this little fool, had exhausted all her intelligence just to cope with the change of identity and play different roles, so she had never realized the absolute problem between the two of them.

Ling Ge was aware of it, but Bai Ye wished he wouldn't be so sensitive. A secret known by two people, and there was a third person - but who was the third person?

Was it Bai Ye who had known the secret for a long time but for some reasons never revealed any information to Gloria? Or was it Ling Ge who saw through the secret but did not think it was something he could intervene in, so he wisely chose to remain silent? Or was it Gloria who knew nothing but was the person most involved in the secret and was actually the most qualified to know the secret?
Fate did not make a choice among these three people, but personal will had already made the choice.

The gray-haired girl lowered her head, her expression appearing somewhat gloomy under the shadow of her black wide-brimmed hat.

"Bai Ye?" Gloria asked curiously after not hearing her speak for a long time: "Why don't you speak? Tell me quickly, what is the secret between us? Are you hiding something from me?"

Since she could remember, Bai Ye's inner personality was born. The two lived together day and night for a long time in the human world. Occasionally, there were quarrels, but they would automatically disappear without anyone having to apologize. Sometimes they would encounter danger, but they would get through it safely with their tacit cooperation. In Gloria's mind, they should be one and the same, and no one could leave each other, so she really didn't know what Bai Ye could hide from her. Even if he could hide it for a while, based on their experience of switching personalities, it would soon be exposed, right?
But in fact, Bai Ye hid many things from her.

Not to mention anything else, the fact that she can enter the dreams of other girls and help Wang Quan recover her memories of her past lives is a secret that Gloria doesn't know. It is also the reward that Bai Ye gave when Yunjingkong Island was willing to accept the lonely girl and become her only shelter after wandering in the world for many years.

She seemed cold and treated this as a deal, but in fact it was not the case at all, because if it was really a deal, she would never hide it from Gloria, and there was no need to hide it.

That's why it's a secret.

There are some other examples besides these, which Bai Ye doesn't want to list. The only thing she is sure of about these secrets is that Gloria doesn't know them; the only thing she is not sure of is whether Lingge knows them all.

These two people are completely opposite. Lingge is too sharp, while the little fool Gloria thinks she is too smart. In a sense, she is even easier to deceive than Yieta. It is really easy to hide something from her.

So at this moment, Bai Ye still had a blank expression on his face: "No secrets."

"Eh? You just said you had one, it must be some big secret, right?"

"No means no, I was just teasing you."

"You're just trying to fool me again!" Gloria was very dissatisfied: "I'm a big pirate now. If you dare to lie to me, I'll hang you on the mast!"

You? Big pirate? That makes me want to laugh.

Bai Ye sneered disdainfully: "This method of suicide is quite creative. From now on, I will call you Smart Gloria."

Gloria then realized that, uh, Bai Ye and she were using the same body. If he hung her on the mast, wouldn't it be the same as hanging herself on the mast? In that case, she would definitely be famous all over the world as the first pirate to hang herself.

She couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Was she really a little fool but a smart one? No, that's not right. Besides Bai Ye, she had other ways!

"I'll go find Ling Ge!" She made the decision and said proudly, "Didn't you just say that he has already discovered the secret between us? Then I'll ask him directly. This way you won't be able to stop me!"

"..."

Bai Ye was not only speechless, but also felt a little sympathetic: Was his usual verbal violence against Gloria too much? It seemed that he had really suppressed her into a little fool.

If you ask me, although I may be impatient, I will still answer you well.

But if you ask Lingge, there won't be any room for even a perfunctory answer.

On the Cloud Whale Sky Island, there are many people who have returned empty-handed due to Lingge's straightforward speaking style, including but not limited to Olvera, Ieta, Leticia, the Countess... Even Saint Xia Liya has been defeated. Where does Gloria get the confidence to think that she can make him surrender?

However, Bai Ye didn't want to say anything, so he just encouraged her casually: "Then try your best, I hope you can succeed."

It doesn't matter if she fails. Letting this little fool Gloria suffer a setback will help her recognize her own abilities. Don't be like a certain golden-haired maid who has no ability but still wants to steal a high position. People like her will not have a good ending.

Gloria was very happy to receive her encouragement. She immediately switched her personality and turned back the same way. However, she was a step too late. Ringer was no longer in the Fairy Inn. Only Alice was lying by the bar, shamelessly fawning on a bartender, asking her to take care of her after she became the first mate of the pirate group. In return, she could invite Shelia to play the new game created by a gold medal game producer and which would be launched soon. It was a 3B-level game that was higher than 2A games and would definitely change the gaming circle of the Mirror Star World.

Unfortunately, the bartender had lofty ambitions and had no intention of such entertainment, so she politely rejected her. Alice refused to give up and was about to continue pestering her, but at her command, all the rabbit gentlemen in the hotel came out in full force and kicked her out of the hall.

You are such a jerk! When I, the Dragon King Alice, return, I will definitely demote you to a maid, order you around day and night, and work 996 hours a week without a break!

Alice, who was kicked out of the hotel, screamed, but unfortunately no one was willing to pay attention to her. It sounded more like the barking of a defeated dog.

Gloria, who was standing outside the door and witnessed the whole show, ignored Alice's enthusiastic invitation and left silently.

Sure enough, Bai Ye was right.

People like Alice will not have a good ending.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)