Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 1065: An unconfident person?

"Metien is... the golden apple?"

Saint Xia Liya blinked her eyes and didn't react for a while. She stared at Ling Ge blankly for a long time before slowly opening her mouth in surprise. As the eldest sister of the Young Girl King, Saint Xia Liya always cared about her image. Ling Ge had only seen similar reactions from Olvera who stayed up too late or Ieta who was confused. But Saint Xia Liya's fault was not really, the young man's words were too bizarre, so that anyone who heard it would not first think about whether it was right or wrong, but first doubt whether they had heard it wrong.

Saint Xia Liya naturally felt the same way. She tactfully expressed a different opinion: "Lingge, is it possible that you... are overthinking? I really don't find any characteristics in Metien that match the identity of the Golden Apple..."

"first,"

Ling Ge suddenly interrupted Saint Xia Liya, and then carefully analyzed his thoughts to her: "The golden apple must have come from among us. This can be confirmed by the fact that Themis in the heaven mentioned the 'visitor's golden apple' when she woke up before. There is no doubt about this. After all, apart from the goddess who has been sleeping for a long time, she is the only one in the world who knows the true identity of the golden apple; secondly, Tiantis once mentioned that the purpose of the goddess throwing the golden apple into the human world is to let it experience all kinds of fate and emotions and grow to a perfect state. Only a living soul can do this, so the possibility that the golden apple is material can be ruled out; finally, among the people who entered the control center, the eight girl kings including Alice can be ignored, so there are not many options left. They also need to meet the biggest feature of the golden apple, that is, they have a close connection with every girl king and are the key to maintaining the power of the king. Then, the three traveler fairy sisters, Miss Nevi and Miss Livia who joined halfway can naturally be ruled out. The only remaining option is——"

"Metien." Saint Xia Liya stared straight at the young man in front of her: "And you, Lingge."

Before Lingge could speak, she raised her own doubts: "In that case, why do you think the golden apple must be Metien, Lingge? If the golden apple is you, then it is possible. Moreover, I think this possibility is greater, because you have indeed helped me find the royal power of every girl who has lost in the world."

In the ancient castle in the Sosen Mountains, save the light elf princess of the ancient Bemang Kingdom; in the storm-blown rift valley, meet the feather elf girl of ancient times; in the depths of the virtual root swamp shrouded in moonlight, witness the miracle of the blood girl's resurrection from the dead; in the abyss of the deep sea where undercurrents surge, help the mirror elf princess escape to her dream; in the solemn and heavy city of ten thousand cities, chase the footsteps of the mysterious detective girl... and, at the very beginning, meet the silver elf girl with long green hair and clear golden eyes in the municipal square of Linweier City, and hear her say in a calm but unquestionable tone: "You smell like apples."

The young people at that time only regarded it as a trick used by Morya fortune tellers to attract customers, but for Saint Shallia, who had been wandering in the world for a long time, no one knew her mood at that time better than her: doubt, fear, uneasiness, and a touch of excitement.

She thought: I finally found it.

"You are the Golden Apple, Lingge." Saint Xia Liya stared into the young man's eyes, and her tone was still so calm and unquestionable after a year: "From the first time I saw you in the municipal square of Linweier City, I was sure of this."

As for the long journey they took later, it only added some extra footnotes to this feeling of belief.

This is truly a heavy trust.

Linger looked away unconsciously. Usually, this was a sign of guilt or panic, but the young man concealed it well and didn't show it on his face. When he spoke again, he still made his tone appear calm. He was not responding to Saint Xia Liya's trust, but just discussing this issue with her: "Maybe, it is true on the surface, but you have overlooked some closer connections."

"A closer connection?" Saint Shallia tilted her head slightly, a little puzzled: "I don't quite understand, Lingge?"

"Think carefully and you will find the clues."

Ling explained: "In the past, who were the people who helped us open up the situation in each of our journeys to find the Girl's Kingdom? The truth seems to float on the surface, but in fact it is often hidden in the details that no one has noticed. In the Sosen Mountains, when we were looking for the dark castle that Sir Roman had seen in his memory, it was Metien who first discovered its traces; in the ruins of the old Avignon Village, when we were looking for clues about angels left in the brass book, it was Metien who first discovered the secret passage leading to the Rhonin Rift; in the Virtual Root Swamp, she contacted Leticia earlier than anyone else and gained her trust, which was not an easy task for the extremely indifferent and suspicious little bat at the time."

"If these are all coincidences, then coincidences that occur too many times will make people suspicious."

Lingge said, his eyes deeper than the dark night. He had noticed these details since a long time ago, because no one in the world cared about his sister, the little girl with pink hair, more than he did. The young man was not unaware of the strange and incredible things she showed on this journey, but he just avoided them deliberately and didn't want to face them.

But there will always be times when one has to face it, such as right now, facing the threat of the Witch Society. If one continues to avoid it, it will not be out of a brother's love for his sister, but will push everyone, including Medien, onto an irreversible path.

"But," Saint Xia Liya was still a little hesitant. She had to admit that the details mentioned by Lingge were indeed what she had overlooked in the past. Even so, it did not prove that his point of view was definitely correct: "This situation did not happen again later, right? When we found Rolena, Gloria, and Xino, they had nothing to do with Metien?"

“Is there really no relationship, or is the relationship confused?”

The young man spoke calmly and unhurriedly, "When we were in Rotdan City, we used the thread of fate and met Lorena only because of Alice's crazy swimsuit plan. If things had gone according to normal, everyone who stayed on Cloud Whale Sky Island would have been invited by the mirror elves to their city of Nereides in the deep sea, so Metien should have known about Lorena earlier than us. Later, I heard from Miss Nevill that Queen Amyra wanted Metien to be her messenger to enter Rotdan City and tell Lorena the news that the mirror elves were about to migrate. Isn't this a kind of evidence?"

"When they were in Lunwitin, Metien had no connection with Gloria, but I think it was because she was accompanied by Sister Livia. As an artificial king, although her true status could not be compared with that of the young girl's king, she might have some similar properties, which confused Metien's perception of her as the golden apple. And I heard Sister Livia mention that the ruins of the sanctuary of the abandoned railway under the Seven Stars Disk were first discovered by Metien. This cannot be said to be a coincidence and is thought-provoking." "As for Xino, this is a special case. I think it should be excluded. After all, everyone was there at the time, so naturally no one knew who was playing a role. If you have to say, maybe Alice could be considered? But even if there was no accident caused by her, I believe that sooner or later we would meet Xino under Metien's guidance - in a more reasonable way, for example, when Metien was collecting herbs in the forest."

Saint Xia Liya thought for a while and had to admit that what Lingge said made sense. At least these plots were very likely to happen based on the scene at that time. As Lingge said, once or twice, it might be considered a coincidence, but when coincidences happen repeatedly, even the most careless people will be suspicious.

but.

"But," the girl pursed her lips, "If Metien is really the golden apple, why did I meet you first, Lingge?"

This was an encounter that made her firmly believe that Lingge was the destined person she was looking for.

Linger said slowly: "This is also my doubt. It is precisely because I was the one who met you at that time, not Metien, that I have never been able to turn this guess into fact. However, what happened today seems to have found a reasonable explanation for it."

He stared into the eyes of the shepherdess and said word by word: "Don't forget, when I met you, who did Metien meet in the courtyard of Tianxin Church? And what was the identity of that person?"

She is a person from another world who descended from the sky.

He is a talented player who treats everything as a game.

At the same time, he was also one of the twin offspring created by the Goddess when she created the old world of Eden.

Fantasy royalty, Alice.

……

If Lingge's meeting with Saint Shallia was a coincidence arranged by fate, then Metien's meeting with Alice had nothing to do with coincidence. Instead, it was a result that was destined from the beginning, because the person who pulled Alice from the alien world Earth to the new world Mirror Star, dropped her into the courtyard of the Tianxin Church, and guided her to exert the power of fantasy kingship as the narrator of the game console throughout her subsequent journey was none other than the administrator of the control center, Celestial Themis.

She is not only a mediator created by the Goddess to coordinate conflicts in royal power, but also the only person who knows the true identity of the golden apple. Combining the two, this approach undoubtedly becomes intriguing.

At least, Lingge couldn't think of any other possibilities.

"I even think that Tiantis might also know the true identity of Metien." Linger raised his head and looked through the gaps between the branches and leaves to see the night sky that was divided into small pieces. In the cobalt blue fragments, there was extreme darkness and silence that could even hear the voice of one's heart. "For Tiantis, there are not many suspects of the Golden Apple. At least, under the premise that Themis in the heavens personally admitted that she was the one who put Alice in the Tianxin Church, Metien and I should be the two most likely choices. In comparison, Metien's possibility is much higher than mine. As early as in the city of Lunweiting, she had already investigated Metien's background. With the intelligence network of the Witch Society, they couldn't find out Metien's identity, which would definitely make her suspicious. In contrast, I don't have any secrets. The Witch Society can even find my biological parents who I have never met. If it were you, which side would you choose to believe, Saint Xia Liya?"

Saint Xia Liya was about to speak but stopped. Ling Ge knew what she was thinking and continued, "Although Tiandi did ask Themis about the whereabouts of the golden apple in the control center, didn't you notice that her attitude was very strange? She didn't seem to care much about the golden apple, but cared more about Themis' attitude. Besides, do you really think Tiandi will pin all her hopes on the golden apple? She is a shrewd, rational, and cold-blooded person who ignores everything. As early as when Themis made excuses many times, she had already expected that it would be impossible for her to get clues about the golden apple. The confrontation and conversation in the control center was more to force Themis to make up her mind than to ask her for clues about the golden apple. She has given an ultimatum that the plan of the Witch Society must be carried out no matter what. So, as the mediator left by the goddess, how should Themis choose? The answer she wants is this, not anything else."

"I don't know what choice Themis will make, but at least my choice is clear. I must fulfill my promise to Mr. Yanke and protect Metien as a brother instead of letting her face the threat of the Witch Society alone."

He retracted his gaze and looked back at the dazed shepherdess. He said word by word, very seriously: "When I walked here, there was no possibility of returning to the past. I knew this in my heart. And you, Saint Xia Liya, do you still want to go back to the past, to the time when the young royal powers lived carefree in the Holy Temple of Heaven and did not have to worry about the emotions and desires of the human world?"

But, is it really possible to go back?
On this bumpy road, if you don't pay attention to the front and always look back and are reluctant to leave, you will never reach the end.

"I--"

Under the young man's gaze, Saint Xia Liya opened her mouth, and her pair of light cherry-colored lips opened and closed a few times. After a while, she said something that made him feel a little puzzled: "I just feel that, Ling Ge, you are always very unconfident."

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