Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 418 Doesn’t Metien need eternal life?

Metien found Leticia at the edge of the island. She was squatting on the shore, staring at the murky and silent water and the dense woody roots under the water. The pink-haired girl ran over with Xie Mi on her head, reminding her new friend: "Leticia! I'm here to play with you!"

Leticia turned around, and her eyes lit up when she saw Metien, but soon dimmed again. She shook her head and whispered, "Sorry, Metien, I'm not in the mood to play with you now."

The relative she cherished most fell into the hands of the enemy she hated most, and his life or death was uncertain. The girl was powerless to do anything and could only wait silently. This made her feel extremely tormented and anxious.

"It's okay. Actually, I don't really want to play."

Metien squatted down beside Leticia and looked at the water with her. The roots of the mangroves growing in disorder under the water intertwined shadows like the claws of wild animals, twisting and turning in the faint starlight and fluorescence. The fog covering the swamp seemed to have dissipated slightly, but the silver moon was still not visible in the night sky.

The little girl said, "Let's chat."

"Yeah." Leticia managed to cheer herself up and agreed, "What do you want to talk about?"

"How about just talking about Ringo?"

Leticia didn't say anything, but a look of disgust appeared on her face. Of course, Metien knew why, and quickly spoke well for his brother: "Don't listen to Sister Alice's nonsense, she loves to talk nonsense. In fact, Lingge is a good person. Even if you are not the young queen, he will help you find your grandmother."

"Ah, this... eh?"

"Eh?"

"Eh, really?"

"This, uh, hehehe."

At the end of her speech, her tone became less confident, and she even glanced to the side furtively, fearing that the two men would suddenly appear, take her back to the hotel, and severely reprimand her.

Xie Mi was sitting on top of her head, watching this scene, and suddenly felt a little jealous. He snorted lightly, meaning that you two should not ignore me, there is a third person here!
Bah, what third party! I was clearly here first!
Metien hurried to coax her, and assured her that Shemi was also her best friend. Although the little fairy didn't know why she could have so many best friends at the same time, she turned her anger into joy and cast a provocative look at Leticia. The vampire girl tilted her head in confusion, and one or two silver hairs fell from the outer edge of her crimson hood.

A look of reminiscence appeared in her eyes, and she did not continue to speak, but Metien seemed to understand and nodded in agreement: "It's the same as Ling'er. Ling'er was also very good to me."

"What's wrong with her?" Leticia asked puzzledly.

Metien blinked and said, "But you didn't drive me away when you first met me."

"My grandmother told me that people outside are all untrustworthy," Leticia murmured. "They only know how to stir up fights and plot. Every day they either follow their own desires or blindly obey their own power. They live like wild animals. We must stay away from them, drive them away, and be on guard against them at all times to avoid being hurt by their claws and fangs."

"Leticia," Metien suddenly said, "Can you tell me about your grandmother? What kind of person is she?"

However, it was difficult to hear any description of the witch from Leticia. After thinking for a while, she replied with this sentence: "My grandma is very good to me."

When everyone entered the cabin, only Lingge was outside looking for clues. It was so dark around, and the wolf hair was so inconspicuous. If he didn't look very carefully, he would never find it, right? Similarly, if Lingge was not a good person, there was no need for him to do this for someone he just met, right?

The three of them laughed and joked for a while before gradually quieting down. A shrill cry of a night owl was heard from outside the island, accompanied by the sound of falcons flying over the water and fish splashing in the waves. Hunting never stopped in this dark night. Normally, some nocturnal creatures would come out to move around, but at this moment, they were nowhere to be seen.

It feels good to be trusted by others. The pink-haired girl couldn't think of a suitable word to describe her current mood. After hesitating for a long time, she gave Leticia a happy silly smile.

Xie Mi quickly said, "My eldest sister and second sister are also very... nice to me?"

Moreover, she could swear to God that her brother would never like girls with loli body shapes as sister Alice said - what does loli mean?
Leticia was silent for a moment, then suddenly whispered, "I know."

She was very interested in the legend of the Moon Witch that had been circulating for a long time in the Shikilia Peninsula.

Therefore, the vigilance, alertness, and anxiety that I just displayed were all out of habit.

"I know Linger is a good man."

"Because you are different, Metien." Leticia looked into her eyes and said seriously, "Although I don't know why, I always feel that you are different from others, so you will never hurt me."

Metien acted cute and tried to get away with it. He had to save some face for his friend.

"Let's not talk about this for now." She began to change the subject: "Let's talk about something else, such as, uh, for example, Leticia, what is your royal power?"

"Royalty?" "Yes, don't the young royals all have amazing abilities? Sister Saint Charia's [Destiny Beacon], Sister Olvera's [Library of Truth], and Sister Ieta's [Great Wind] are all very powerful. Leticia, you are also a young royal, what are your abilities?"

Metien, including Shemi above her, looked at Leticia with anticipation, wanting to know what incredible abilities their little friend possessed.

In fact, the answer is already obvious.

Leticia hesitated for a moment, but ultimately could not resist the clear, bright gazes of the two men, so she lowered her voice so that her words would only be heard by the three of them: "Eternal life."

"Ah?" Metien didn't react for a moment.

"I can give others eternal life, without aging or dying." Leticia said lightly, as if this ability was actually insignificant and not a big deal: "I only know that I can do this, but I never thought about why I can do this. Later, this ability was known to other people, and they all called me... the Fang of Eternal Life."

Therefore, the treasure "Tooth of Eternal Life" that had triggered the war between the Valenhild family and the Neoersu family and was personally recorded into the confidential files by the Grand Inquisitor of the Balance of Order was actually the taciturn, suspicious and sensitive vampire girl in front of them.

After understanding this, Metien opened his mouth wide: "Great, great!"

Being able to grant people eternal life at will is indeed as powerful as the royal power of Saint Shallia and her sisters.

"Not amazing at all." Leticia muttered, "It would be better if I didn't have this ability."

"what?"

Metien didn't hear what she said clearly.

"nothing."

Leticia shook her head and asked again: "Metien, do you want eternal life?"

"what?"

"If you want, I can give it to you." Leticia's expression was serious, not like she was joking: "Human life is very fragile, it will be gone in a flash if you don't pay attention. I don't want to lose you, Metien."

"this--"

The topic suddenly became serious. Metien was stunned for a long time before he slowly shook his head and said hesitantly, "I, I don't need it, right?"

"Why?" Leticia was puzzled: "Don't you want eternal life?"

Obviously, so many people in the outside world are pursuing eternal life.

"Because immortality is still too far away for me." Metien said with a smile: "Although our human life is very fragile and cannot be compared with aliens, I am still young! I am only sixteen years old. It is too early to think about immortality now. You don't have to worry about losing me so soon. Let me calculate. I still have at least ten, twenty, thirty years... No, maybe a hundred years to live?"

Xie Mi complained: "At 100 years old, you'll be an old woman."

"I'm not an old woman!" Metien reached out to grab her: "You are the old woman! You are two hundred years old!"

"Wow, the traveler fairy is only 200 years old when he reaches adulthood, but I am a beautiful girl full of youth!"

"How many times have I told you not to learn this kind of useless stuff from Sister Alice all day long?"

"Hey?"

……

The sound of their joking and playing echoed around the island. Leticia stared at them in a daze. After a while, she lowered her head and said in a voice that only she could hear: "But, when I said I don't want to lose you, that's not what I meant..."

Where no one could see, a trace of loneliness and deep-hidden fear flashed in her eyes.

It's like being afraid of something happening, and it's bound to happen.

Behind the wooden house, in a corner that the three girls didn't notice, an elegant figure was watching the scene quietly.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)