Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 968: Let’s eat first?

Now that the idea has been figured out, the next thing is easy.

"There is no problem with the calculation process." Linger put down his pen, looked at the densely packed formula on the draft paper, and said, "Substituting the data we calculated into Saint Tomi's formula, both the relationship and the logical order are perfectly self-consistent. The only problem is that the answer may lead to two different conclusions depending on the deviation of a certain key data. I guess this may be related to the other two moons that have disappeared. The ascending season led by the blue moon and the descending season led by the red moon correspond to the summer triangle and winter triangle mentioned in Morya astrology. Some special astronomical phenomena occurring in these two seasons may be the answer we are looking for."

The legend only mentioned that Saint Tomi found the way to the Heavenly Temple after 33 months of stargazing on the top of Mount Osor, but did not mention in which season he succeeded. The time deviation would affect the accuracy of the calculation results. Moreover, other factors must be taken into account, such as the content and change process of the magic concentration in the current environment, the impact of certain stars involved in the calculation process on their rotation or revolution after losing two moons, and the most critical point: the specific data of the Red Moon Drakesir and the Blue Moon Utura.

Fortunately, there are solutions.

"In order to eliminate magic pollution, Lorena once systematically studied the nature of magic tides and the changes in magic concentration in the Mirror Star World. You can ask her for data on this." The young man thought and said, "As for the specific data of the Red Moon and the Blue Moon, since the Mirror Elves' calendar is based on the changes in the moon phases and tidal surges in ancient times, their astrologers should still have this information. You can ask Lorena about the characteristics, and then ask Ovira to search in the [Library of Truth]. It won't be difficult to find it. As for the changes in the operation of those important stars after the loss of the moon..."

"Leave it to me." Saint Shalia took over calmly, "The Morya people's astrology has been passed down for a long time. Even on the road of wandering, the wizards have never given up exploring the mysteries of the stars, so they have fully recorded the changes in celestial phenomena from ancient times to the present. I have inherited the wisdom of the old wizard, and that knowledge should contain what we need."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Saint Shalia."

Linger nodded to her and handed the task to her. Both of them looked calm as if the incident had never happened, but the young man was because he really didn't take it to heart, and Saint Xia Liya was because... it was useless to take it to heart, so she could only try to persuade herself to be open-minded. At most, she could ask Alice to tutor her another day, or assign two more homework to the students.

Xino looked at Lingge on the left and Saint Xia Liya on the right, and inexplicably had an absurd feeling, as if he was a participant. After all, he had just spoken for the shepherdess, but he also seemed to be a third party, staying out of the whole process and unwilling to be a part of this story.

so awkward.

It's all Alice's fault. If she hadn't been so talkative, I wouldn't be here, facing such an embarrassing situation.

Shino sighed in his heart, then he pulled himself together and tried to lighten the mood with his usual relaxed tone: "So it seems that I am the most relaxed person. Then I will verify these formulas and data again, and copy Saint Tomi's manuscript. Didn't Chief Wilhelm say that the items should be returned to their original owners at dusk?"

"Yeah." Ling Ge also nodded to her: "Thank you for your hard work, Xinuo."

Shino, who is meticulous and patient by nature, and also a top student in the Department of Mathematics at Sumya University, is just right for this kind of job.

After assigning their respective tasks, Linger looked outside. The sunshine in late winter and early spring was particularly bright, shining unhindered on the 7,000-meter-high Osor Mountain, making the snow on the top of the mountain somewhat transparent, as if it could reflect the cleanest and clearest blue sky above. Unconsciously, time had passed to noon, and the person responsible for delivering food had not arrived yet. Linger wondered whether he should take this opportunity to go back to Yunjingkong Island to discuss business with Rolena and Olvera...

But this thought was soon broken by two noisy voices, and along with it, the quiet time belonging to the Osor Snow Peak was also broken.

“I got here first!”

"Nonsense, it's obviously me! If you don't believe me, look at those footprints. How come you are missing?"

"Because I flew, idiot!"

"You cheated by flying yourself, and you have the nerve to tell others about it? You are the idiot!"

"Waaaaa, you, a violent girl from the snowy mountains and a hillbilly, actually dared to accuse me of cheating!?"

"I've said it, why shouldn't I be afraid? You little white-haired bat, a big fool who plays tricks, you really haven't learned any of Miss Nevile's self-restraint at all!"

"I'll fight you!"

"Wow, let's fight!"

The noise coming from outside quickly turned from quarreling to fighting. Ling Ge and the two girls looked at each other and guessed who the visitor was. The timing was a bit too coincidental. The young man opened his mouth slowly and was about to say something when a snowball suddenly flew in from outside the door and hit his face accurately. The popping sound was particularly loud in the house.

"..." Lingge stretched out his hand expressionlessly and wiped the snow off his face. From his appearance, it was hard to tell whether he was angry or not. But as a former pastor, he should be very broad-minded. After all, he could even tolerate Alice.

Xinuo held back his laughter and said comfortingly: "Don't take it to heart, Lingge, children are like this, very energetic."

It reminded her of a certain lively social group in the small town of Regrum, with children as the backbone. They always seemed to hang out in groups in the town, showing off their might, and occasionally playing war games. They quarreled fiercely over who would play the role of the Saint, who would play the role of the White Knight, and who would play the role of the enemy. Once, they even came to blows, causing the first internal conflict in the history of the Saint Guard.

Well, just like the two little girls having a snowball fight outside.

Compared to Xino who was still in the mood to joke, Saint Xia Liya seemed a little worried. She glanced at Ling Ge and said, "It's good to be energetic, but it's not good to always quarrel and fight. Ling Ge, go and persuade them and calm them down."

Ling Ge: “…”

Of course he had to persuade them, but why did he do it? Songtaya particularly liked the gentle and beautiful elder sister Xino, and Leticia was particularly in awe of Saint Shallia as a teacher, perhaps second only to her grandmother. Any one of them could have resolved this farce, but at this time they all stood by and watched, pushing the responsibility onto Lingge.

In fact, the young man was not willing to get involved in this matter, because... even if he tried to persuade them, it would be useless. The two kids outside would most likely not listen to him. Especially Leticia, who had always regarded him as a thorn in her side. She slandered him every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, alienated him on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and did not forget to tell tales in Metien's ear even though she did not go to class on Sunday. Her professionalism was awe-inspiring. And strangely, this phenomenon became more and more serious as her curse gradually eased.

Normally, Lingge helped her relieve the curse, and he was the first person to remain in her memory besides her grandmother. Even if she didn't like him, she wouldn't hate him too much, right? But Leticia just had this kind of personality, which made the young man unpredictable.

But now that things have come to this, does he still have room to refuse?

With a sigh in his heart, the young man walked out of the stone house with helplessness. Another snowball came towards him. Fortunately, this time the young man was alert enough and stretched out his hand to block it in time, so he was not hit in the face for the second time.

Looking at the grayish-white snow on his palm, Ling'er's eye twitched and he thought, you guys couldn't have done it on purpose, otherwise, how could you have hit it so accurately twice?

He looked up at the battlefield where the two were laughing and groaning, and the battle was more intense than he had imagined: Songtaya hid behind a big cedar tree, constantly grabbing snow from the ground, rolling it into snowballs, and throwing them at Leticia. Her technique was skillful and her arm strength was so amazing that the previous snowball was still flying when the next one came one after another. The dense snowballs were like a rain of arrows, covering the sky; but Leticia was not to be trifled with. She spread her bat wings and flew in the air, dodging left and right with her agile body, moving up and down, as if she was playing the barrage game that Alice mentioned. She dodged every snowball perfectly, and even had the strength to catch the snowballs flying past her and threw them at Songtaya on the ground. Although they were all dodged, the branches and leaves that hit the tree made them tremble and shook off a lot of snow, which showed that her strength was not small.

One of them was on the ground, the other in the sky; one took advantage of the terrain, the other relied on agility, and they fought evenly. Moreover, I don't know if I should say that they had a tacit understanding. Although it was just a temporary conflict and there were no such things as rules, both sides did not use means beyond the limit. For example, Songtaya did not use the bow and arrow behind her back and the dagger at her waist, and the little bat did not use her blood magic. It seemed that she wanted to use legitimate means to convince her opponent.

Because of this, the situation looks lively and intense, but in fact it is just a fight between children.

Perhaps, the big cedar tree that has been badly damaged would not think so.

"..." Ling Ge watched silently for a while. The two people who were fighting fiercely still didn't notice his arrival. The young man had to cough softly as a reminder: "Ahem."

The sound reached the ears of the two people very clearly. The barrage of bullets on the battlefield seemed to stop for a moment, and then Songtaya and Leticia turned their heads at the same time, their eyes fixed on the young man.

Although he didn't hold out any hope, Ling Ge tried to persuade them: "What are you doing? This is not the place for a snowball fight..."

"Mr. Ling, wait a moment!" She was interrupted before she could finish her words. Songtaya picked up a snowball from the ground, weighed it in her hand, and said confidently: "Wait until I defeat this cheating white-haired bat, then we can have dinner!"

"Oh! You are just a boaster!" Leticia sneered at her confidence. "I really hope you can still say this with a smile later. Lingge, go away and watch me teach this country bumpkin who doesn't know what politeness is. To celebrate my victory, I will be merciful and give you my portion of the vegetable soup made by the boss lady today!"

Then, the two of them withdrew their gazes at the same time and began to interact enthusiastically again. For a moment, the strange cries of "Ola Ola Ola Ola" and "Ah da Ah da Ah da Ah da" echoed on the top of Osor Mountain. It was obvious without thinking that they were definitely influenced by Alice again.

But, what about dinner? Vegetable soup?

Ling'er's gaze moved downwards and naturally landed on the center of the battlefield. Amidst the snow, two familiar-looking bamboo baskets were lying quietly on the snow. When the wind blew through the plaid tablecloth covering them, a rich fragrance could be faintly smelled.

The young man's mouth twitched: So, this is how you deliver meals?
……

"You met each other on the way to deliver food, and you started arguing over whose dish was more delicious, so you decided to have a competition to decide who would win by climbing to the top of the mountain first. But you both reached the top of the mountain at the same time, but you still couldn't accept it, so you started fighting..."

"We didn't arrive at the same time!" X2
The two interrupted Saint Shalia's review at the same time. Songtaya pointed at Leticia and said indignantly: "It was obviously me who reached the top of the mountain first. Look, my footprints are still there! But this guy cheated after losing. How shameless!"

"Nonsense!" Leticia crossed her arms and said with disdain, "I've told you so many times, I flew up here, so of course I didn't leave any footprints. Moreover, my shadow was already there before you reached the top of the mountain, proving that I was faster!"

"It's just a shadow, not you. What kind of evidence is that?"

"Then can your footprints be considered evidence? Maybe they were left there last night?"

"We, the Xiatoto mountain people, would never do such a dishonest thing!"

"Do you think that as a member of the Valenhild clan, I will cheat?"

"Humph!"

"Humph!"

The two of them turned their heads away from each other, not looking at each other, and sat back to back, which was quite funny. Saint Xia Liya didn't know whether to say that they had a good relationship or a bad relationship.
Alice once said, "No fighting, no acquaintance." I guess this is what she meant.

"No way!" X2
The two shouted in unison.

"Eh?" Saint Shallia widened her eyes slightly: Did I just say what was in my heart?
She subconsciously looked at her companions. Xino scratched her cheek with her fingers, laughed dryly twice, and did not answer. Lingge was silent for a while, then reached out to take the bamboo basket brought by the two little girls: "It's come to this——"

"Let's eat first."

Give me some meow