Alice in the Land of Steam

Does Chapter 231 need three keywords?
"Girl's Kingdom?" Olvera tilted her head slightly and blinked: "What is that?"

Saint Shallia explained softly, "The girls who govern the world's laws and maintain the order of the world on behalf of the goddess are called royal powers. Each royal power symbolizes a law of the universe. For example, the [Destiny Beacon] I possess is the embodiment of the Destiny Royal Power; and the [Library of Truth] you possess, if I remember correctly, should be the embodiment of the Mystery Royal Power."

"Mystery...Royalty?"

Olvera stared at the heavy book in her hand in a daze. She didn't expect it to have such a history. At the same time, more doubts emerged in her heart: "But why did I become the master of the kingship? Which god do you mean by the goddess you mentioned? The one we, the people of Beman, believe in should only be the glorious god born from the original light..."

"It has nothing to do with the beliefs of the light elves." Saint Shallia's voice came gently into his ears: "It is a very ancient legend that dates back to the creation of the universe and the birth of the world. If you are willing to listen, I can tell you its content. And I think it is very necessary for you to listen to it. Perhaps it can change some of your ideas."

As the young queen created by the goddess herself and the close offspring who inherited her soul power, how could she not know her own origins and the deeds of the goddess?

"Well."

Olvera seemed a little hesitant, not because she didn't want to listen, but mainly because someone was waiting for her answer... The princess of Beman secretly glanced at Lingge.

The young man was silent for a while, then he lowered his head and rustled the branches in the fire to make the fire burn a little more vigorously. The dry branches and leaves burned, making crackling sounds, and golden red sparks splashed and flashed across his calm eyes.

Is this considered... a default?

Not only did Ovella not laugh, but even Saint Xia Liya looked at Alice quietly. Alice immediately wilted and shrank her head back in hesitation: "Then you guys chat first, I'll think of a funnier joke."

However, since you agreed, why didn't you just nod and agree directly, but instead answered in such a cryptic way?
"What a weird guy." Alice muttered softly, and soon her mouth was covered by Metien and Shemi. She struggled and stammered, but could not make a sound.

She was looking for many people in the world, many people who had been close to her but had finally separated from her, and she was one of them. Such a relationship was not connected by blood, but was presented in a memory that transcended mortal thinking and traced back to the origin of the universe. However, she seemed to have forgotten them all, forgetting them before forgetting the memories of her parents, teachers and Beman.

"So, I am also one of the descendants of the goddess who created the world. That's why I hold the power of the mysterious kingship, and... I am a sister of Saint Shallia?" She looked at the shepherdess with waterfall-like black hair and golden eyes with complicated eyes, and finally understood why she was so good to her.

After listening to it, Olvera felt magical, incredible and unbelievable.

Then Saint Xia Liya retracted her gaze and said to Avra, "I know it's hard for you to accept it for a while, and I can understand your feelings. In fact, I am the same as you in this regard. When I first woke up, I also forgot a lot about my mother, and I haven't remembered it until now. So, you don't need to feel guilty about these things or blame yourself, Avra. I just want you to know what I know based on a kind of responsibility as a sister, and I don't want to force you to do anything. Before you can accept your new identity, just live your life the same way as before. I also prefer to see Avra ​​like that."

"To put it more accurately," Alice finally broke free from the combined skills of Metien and Shemi, and jumped out to show her presence at the right time: "According to this legend, we are all descendants of the goddess, but some are just closer. So, if you don't mind, you can also call me sister, Ovira... uh, isn't it funny?"

After eliminating the troublemakers, Saint Xia Liya began to tell Olvera the legend of the goddess. The leaves above were crackling due to the chaotic raindrops, and her voice floated through the rustling rain and echoed in everyone's ears, like a harmonious and beautiful interlude mixed in the rapid drumbeats. The unhurried tone had a magical power that made people immerse themselves in it and listen attentively to her story, starting from the time when the universe was opened up and the goddess created all life, until the young man took a train to Rostin City in search of a way to peel the golden apple. It was a fantastic story.

Maybe it was because the fire was too bright, but Princess Bemang's cheeks flushed with shyness. She lowered her head in a panic, hummed, and asked again: "Then, do I need to call the goddess... mother, like you do?"

The last address sounded a little awkward when it was spoken.

Saint Xia Liya shook her head: "Do it when you can accept it. I believe that mother will understand you."

Olvera breathed a sigh of relief. Although her mother had passed away before she was imprisoned in the castle, the princess was not ready to call another person her mother—not to mention that it was not a human, but the great god who created the world in the legend. After she relaxed, she felt that it was a coincidence: Saint Xia Liya, who was pursuing other young girls' royal rights, met Lingge who accidentally ate the golden apple left by the goddess, and came to another distant city under the guidance of the [Destiny Beacon], and rescued another young girl's royal right who had been imprisoned in the castle for hundreds of years, in order to seek an answer from her... It was just like a fairy tale, wonderful and mysterious.

Unfortunately, as the key figure in all the events, Mr. Linger was looking for the answer to the method of peeling off the golden apple. Didn't he want to continue this journey? According to Saint Xia Liya, in addition to her and herself, there are at least twelve girl kings left in the world.

If I gather them all together... No, no, this is Ling'er's business, I have no right to persuade him to change his mind!

After getting rid of all these presumptuous thoughts, Ovella turned her gaze back to the young man who was still staring at the flames and said, "I already understand the situation, Mr. Ling. I will try my best to help you find the answer. However, before using the [Library of Truth], I have two points to explain to you. These are the limitations of the library, and even I cannot violate them."

Lingge didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly to show that he was listening.

Olvera continued, "The first point is: the knowledge you want to search for through the [Library of Truth] must have been recorded in writing, even if it's just two or three scattered words. However, if there is no written record, you can't find it."

In other words, only knowledge that has been recorded in history is recognized by the Library of Truth. Knowledge that has only been passed down orally, or through hearsay, or through images or paintings is not included.

"Secondly, the scope of the Library of Truth includes humans and aliens, the past and the present, cultures and languages... There are so many types that if you don't have a clear goal, you may not be able to find what you want even if you search for a thousand years. Therefore, you need to use 'keywords' to narrow the scope. The more keywords and the more accurate they are, the smaller the scope will be, and the easier it will be to filter. But sometimes it is easy to miss something, which is unpredictable. However, due to the restrictions of the curse, I can only use three keywords at most for searching, and the results may not be satisfactory."

Hearing this, Alice couldn't help but complain: "A library that contains countless truths and a search mechanism with three keywords, isn't this too obviously plagiarized?"

"Ah?" Ovella tilted her head, not understanding what she was talking about.

"But hasn't the curse been eliminated?" Metien asked puzzledly: "If that's the case, we should be able to use more keywords to search and further narrow the scope, right?"

Others thought so too, but Olvera shook her head. "I also thought the curse had been lifted at first, but later I realized that was not the case. Because now, when I see darkness and shadows, I still feel scared and terrified instinctively, and I don't even dare to approach them. So I realized that what you destroyed were probably the shadow beasts that were born from my shadow when I was sixteen years old. As for the real curse, it is still hidden deep in my soul and is far from being so easy to eliminate."

She held her chest, no smile on her face, but she didn't look very sad either.

"So that's it!" Alice suddenly recalled that when they were traveling before, Ovilla's behavior was very strange. She always deliberately avoided many dark places. At that time, she thought it was a habit she had developed over the years due to the curse. Now she realized that it was because the curse was still taking effect.

"Why is this happening..." Metien was disappointed and sad. She originally thought that the curse should have been completely eliminated, but she didn't expect it to be so stubborn.

"It doesn't matter." Olvera comforted everyone: "As long as I can be freed from that cage, it will be the best news for me; as for the other parts of the curse, I no longer find them scary."

Then she looked at Ling Ge again and said apologetically: "It's just that it may affect the search range of the [Library of Truth], so..."

Ling interrupted her calmly: "Just search like this."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)