"Please be sure to call me this. It's really unpleasant to be called 'you' or something like that."
Samuel straightened up and waited for Alice to reply.Alice squinted her eyes, and Samuel's whole body was covered in white, which made her eyes hurt.
"White and red, it looks like a guinea pig."
Untimely, she compared the white mouse with Samuel. The two were indeed very similar in terms of color matching.
"Xiaobai...uh, Mr. Samuel?"
"Can you please tell me where this place is?"
Alice swallowed back the first half of the sentence that she almost blurted out. She saw Samuel's obviously unhappy expression when he heard the word "Xiaobai".
This person is a bit neurotic.
Alice gets to know Samuel better
"As you can see, this is a temple."
Samuel gestured around, with an expression as if you knew what you were asking.
"Of course I know this is a temple! I mean, forget it. Do you know the exit of this temple?"
Alice doesn't really want to get entangled with Samuel anymore, because it's useless. Everything in the illusion is false, and it's useless no matter how good she is with false characters.She chose to ask Samuel directly where the exit of the temple was. As long as she went out, she could return to her original place.
"Zi Re knows, but why should I take you there?"
"Why should I take a stranger out? Maybe you are the incarnation of a monster sealed in this temple and you are trying to escape."
Samuel crossed his arms across his chest. His first impression of Alice was not very good, and he could not blame him for his bad attitude towards Alice.He grew up in this temple, and apart from the villagers who regularly sent tributes, he had never seen any unfamiliar faces.
He sometimes hallucinates and imagines a companion, like Alice suddenly appearing.
Samuel doesn't trust Alice because he thinks it's a hallucination and a nightmare; on the other hand, Alice also thinks Samuel is a hallucination.The two were at a stalemate, staring at each other in silence. In the end, Samuel was the first to look away and took awkward steps.
He had never looked at a woman of a similar age for more than half a minute, and even if he did, there must be a look of disgust in the other woman's eyes.
But it was definitely not the stubbornness and curiosity in Alice's eyes.
"follow me."
Alice almost didn't hear Samuel's voice, and after a few seconds of reaction, she realized that the other party agreed to lead her out of the temple.This is a good thing, although I don't know why this illusion is willing to let its prey go so easily.
But she still followed Samuel, and she didn't feel any malice in the man in front of her.
The two walked side by side on the path, and Alice could only hold close to Samuel's back when passing through some narrow aisles. The whole process was not harmonious, and a mysterious embarrassment filled the air.
Alice didn't tell Samuel her real name, which would be a good start if she wanted to break the ice, but she didn't know how to speak. She was as nervous as a girl before confessing her love, constantly organizing her words.
"He's pretty good-looking..."
Alice was startled by her thoughts. Indeed, Samuel's skin was very white, and his long and curly eyelashes matched his bright eyes. If his hair were longer, he would be a young and beautiful girl. Someone will believe it.
Samuel was very good-looking, Alice had to admit it.
"Could this be part of the illusion? If I fall, will I never be able to get out?"
Using beauty to seduce people is simply cheating!What frightened her even more was that she seemed to have really fallen into this trap.
Is this what the legendary love at first sight looks like?
Alice began to mutter to herself: "This is an illusion, this is an illusion! He is very ugly, he is a fish-man!", as if this would turn the other person into an extremely ugly fish-man in her eyes.
Samuel didn't know what Alice was thinking about writing. He only saw the little girl with a red face and lowered her head, pulling at the hem of her clothes uneasily with her hands.He thought Alice might be a little scared, so he reached out and took her hand.
Then the atmosphere became even more unnatural. Both of them were blushing, but neither of them said a word to the other. The two hearts were beating violently in unison, but their master walked all the way to the exit of the temple in silence.
"Ahem, come on, don't come back again."
Samuel pushed Alice out, and Alice staggered a few times before she could stand upright. She looked angrily at the man who pushed him.
"Hmph, I don't want to see you again!"
"To each other, to each other."
The two parted at the entrance of the temple. Soon, Alice, who disappeared from Samuel's sight, escaped from the hallucination. Her eyes were no longer the dense bushes in front of the temple.
She was still standing in front of the mural. The door made of stone slabs was open behind her, and the setting sun shone in at an angle.
"Is it already afternoon?"
"I stayed in the hallucination for too long."
It was getting late, and Alice's trip to the imperial capital was delayed by another day. She returned to Demias' residence before dark.The elderly village chief had not even seated Alice at the reception desk when he was asked a bunch of questions. Alice's questions were nothing more than about the temple and the "adventures" she had experienced.
"We also felt the trembling of the earth here, but we didn't expect it... I'm really sorry!"
"But Samuel? We, Dai Si'an, don't have this name, but maybe it will be recorded in the genealogy."
Demias apologized for Alice's encounter in the statue room, but said he had no impression of the man named "Samuel".
"You also felt the earthquake here? Oh, it's nothing. Look at me, isn't this good?"
Alice would never let anyone else know the cause of the earthquake, it would be too shameful.But since the earthquake can also be detected in Dai Si'an, it means that the time when she was affected by the illusion was not when she recited the spell.
When will that be?Or maybe she wasn't under any illusion at all.
None of this mattered anymore, Alice escaped perfectly from the temple, and that was the end of this matter.As for who Samuel was, she didn't care much.
"It's impossible to meet again."
It's funny to say that Alice actually has some affection for this man named Samuel. She is not sure whether he only exists as a fantasy.The only thing that can be confirmed now is that this incident will remain in Alice's memory, as a beautiful part, quietly changing her life.
Alice finally let go of the poor village chief. After filling her stomach with delicious food, she returned to the bedroom. She rubbed the soft pillow with contentment and let out a lazy murmur.
Alice felt that her vision was getting blurry. She was really tired this day, and the fatigue urged her to fall asleep. She felt that the stars outside the window were watching her, twinkling for her to have a good night.
"Good night."
Alice couldn't resist the sleepiness and closed her tired eyes.In a blurry dream, she felt her hand being held, and she was moving forward with someone. This feeling was very familiar, but she couldn't remember it...
——TBC——
Explain time:
Samuel is real, and Alice is not under the illusion.Why she met Samuel will not be explained until later.
(The question is, is Samuel the male protagonist?)
Chapter 7: Prison
The next morning, Alice got up and started washing herself.
Her hair was a mess and there were cat paw prints on her face.She overslept, and by the time she felt the stinging pain on her face, it was already too late.
The black cat El retracted his claws and began to bark, with a look like "Don't even think about sleeping while I'm here."
"Yes, yes, I'll get up right now."
Alice said in pain, she bared her teeth at El like a cat, and then quickly jumped up from the bed and ran into the bathroom.
A moment later, she stood in front of the mirror and took care of herself. The curly ends of her hair were smoothed by the comb, and the claw marks on her face disappeared with the help of the recovery magic.
"No matter what, I have to go to the imperial capital today."
Alice vowed to set a goal for herself. Although the task given to her by her mentor had no deadline, the sooner she completed it, the sooner the stone in her heart would fall.
After washing up, Alice walked out of the bathroom. When she walked downstairs, she saw Kefir already waiting there.At Kefir's feet was Alice's suitcase.
This is what she told the other party at dinner last night, and the other party did so.
Alice and Kefir, these two girls unexpectedly became good friends in just two days.
Is it because they haven’t had much activity in the outside world?
They talked until late at night on the first night they met, and their conversation never stopped for even three seconds until they fell asleep clinging to each other.
"I'll send you a letter when I get there."
Thanks to Dai Si'an finally appearing in the public eye, Alice had the opportunity to keep in touch with Kefir through letters elsewhere.
"Well, we agreed! I'll be waiting for your letter!"
Kefir gave Alice a big hug. She was a little reluctant to let go. If possible, she would like to chat with Alice some more.
The two girls parted after breakfast. Alice stood in front of Dai Si'an's main entrance and waved goodbye to Kefir and Demias.
"They're actually pretty easy to get along with, right?"
Alice pinched the black cat El's ear and whispered softly. After a short period of getting along, she discovered that the villagers in Daisi'an were not that bad. They just hadn't reacted to the sudden change in time.
After several hours of trekking, Alice finally arrived at the gate in front of the Imperial Capital at 2 p.m.
It was crowded in front of the gate, with caravans and carriages mixed with pedestrians. "This situation has only happened in the past few days." This was the information Alice overheard from passers-by.
After a long time of waiting, it was finally Alice's turn to go through customs inspection.
The guard in front of the gate counted Alice's belongings and asked, "Have you encountered any robbers around here before you came here?"
Alice looked along the guard's hand. The guard's finger was placed on a certain point on the map.
"Yes, just the day before yesterday. They were attacking a group of caravans at that time."
"Oh?"
After hearing Alice's answer, the guard changed his lazy look and sat upright to look directly at Alice.
"What did you do there?"
"I drove them away and stayed in a nearby village for two nights before coming here today."
Alice answered the guard's questions truthfully, and the guard asked her many questions one after another.Finally, the guard winked at his companion as if he was sure of something.
Alice watched the man leave in a hurry. She didn't know what she said that made the guard do such a thing, but her doubts were soon dispelled.
"My superiors are looking for you. In view of your heroic performance in fighting off the thieves, Lord Albert intends to reward you."
"Please come with us."
The guard left the gate and motioned for Alice to follow him.
Alice was very surprised. Who knew that a little effort two days ago could bring her a gift today?She happily agreed and walked towards the interior of the imperial capital with joy.
"madness."
The guard glanced at Alice, who was in high spirits, and said to himself, there is no reward. It was Lord Albert who ordered them to track down the meddling person.Those robbers were Lord Albert's men, and part of the taxes they received would always go to that man.
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