Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 559: Is it in the human city?
In order to gain living space for her people, the Queen took great pains and even took great risks to contact the head of the Natural Disaster Detection Bureau, trying to induce and corrupt him. Although she succeeded in the end and summarized it with a light-hearted sentence, it cannot be considered that the process was smooth.

Nevile couldn't help but think of her hometown, the peninsula always covered by cold nights and cold rain, and the Valenhild Castle looming in the rainy nights of the peninsula. In fact, the situations of both sides are somewhat similar. Unfortunately, the Valenhild family is not facing the blind and short-sighted Mr. Greenwood, but the "left arm" and "right arm" that the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition relies on the most. As philosophers of the Witch Society, their will is as firm as a rock. Even if you want to corrupt them, it is impossible.

In comparison, the leaders of the alien families in the Void Root Swamp, whether it is Brefa of the Bloodfang Family, or Jacob of the Lionfang Family; whether it is Lawrence Joe of the Senfang Esther, or Simon of the Armenis Family... they are all extremely weak and can only play despicable roles like Greenwood in this imperfect story.

Thinking of this, Nevill shook her head slightly, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. This time, she didn't mind that the liquid in the cup was not black tea. The unique sour taste of the sap of the Gend tree gradually spread in her mouth, which made her drowsy mind suddenly sober up. She put down the teacup and looked at Queen Amyra: "In this case, the current situation of Nereids City is not to say that it is safe, but at least there is no risk of exposure in the short term. Why is Your Majesty so anxious?"

Upon hearing this, Emilia couldn't help but smile bitterly. "To be honest, Miss Nevill, I originally had the same idea as you. I thought that the successful implementation of this strategy could at least buy half a century of peace for the city of Nereids. During this half century, we could come up with other ways to deal with possible crises. However, it turns out that my idea was too optimistic."

At this point, Her Majesty the Queen of the Nieride Royal Court pursed her lips and said softly, "A few days ago, a steamship belonging to the United Church sailed into the Azure Sea without any news and headed straight for the city of Lotdana. The intelligence reported back by the soldiers we sent over risked their lives to find out the news showed that it was an investigation team composed of the Mindrias royal family, the United Church Headquarters, and the Scourge Mission. The leader of the team was Heng, the adjutant of Saint Eve of the Scourge Mission. It is said that he carried with him a report personally approved by Saint Eve. This trip to Lotdana was to rectify the problems mentioned in the report, and it has been fully approved by the royal family and the church."

Nevill reacted immediately: "Has the cult discovered the problem in Lotdana City?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, that should be the case." Emilia nodded, her tone very heavy: "I originally thought that we could win half a century of peace, but I didn't expect that it would be on the verge of collapse after only ten years."

Nevill was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "Those guys are still so fast."

Their noses are as sensitive as dogs, and they can always smell various traces hidden in the shadows; their hands and feet are as nimble as monkeys, and they will immediately set out to solve the problem after discovering it, without any delay or sluggishness, leaving the enemy time to react; as for those among them who are called saints and philosophers, it makes people wonder whether their bodies and blood are made up of machines and steam, otherwise, how could they be forever tireless, even going against the nature of living beings who love leisure and hate work?

As an alien who had personally experienced the dark purge, the Countess felt that she was qualified to comment on the decisive decision-making and amazing efficiency of the cult alliance. However, Queen Amyra and the mirror elves of Nereids City had been in the deep sea for too long, and had only heard about what happened on land. They had never seen the methods of the cult alliance with their own eyes, so they were naturally lax.

"So," although it was not something she should be concerned about, Nevile couldn't help but ask, "What are you going to do?"

Greenwood is definitely finished. The cult union should choose a more reliable person to manage the natural disaster detection bureau in Lotdana City, and the deployment of natural disaster detection devices will be re-emphasized. With the technological level, human and financial resources of the cult union, it is enough to achieve full coverage of the target sea area in a short period of time and re-occupy the area that was originally abandoned. By then, the city of Nereides will have nowhere to escape and can only be trapped in a huge net, difficult to break free.

"We have actually made a decision on this matter." Queen Aimi took a deep breath and then said seriously, "We have decided to move Nereids City to the open sea, abandon our current territory, and avoid the inevitable hunt and killing by the combined cults. Moreover, this migration operation will be carried out at the fastest speed. All preparations will be completed within a week, and then we will set off immediately. No delay will be allowed."

As soon as the words fell, the three little girls opened their eyes wide at the same time and uttered meaningless exclamations. Even the well-informed Countess Nevelle was a little surprised, but she quickly reacted and exclaimed, "It's a wise choice."

It was impossible to fight against the cult. If they stayed in this sea area with a fluke mentality, they would only die slowly. In this case, the wisest decision was to escape, and they had to escape quickly. They had to escape from this sea area before the cult's giant net closed in. Therefore, the strategy formulated by Aimi was very reasonable. Otherwise, with the swift and resolute style of the cult, it was likely that the initial rectification of the city of Lotdana would be completed within a week or two. By then, it would be too late to prepare for migration. It was said to be simple, but it must be difficult to make a decision, right? Someone had to take responsibility, someone had to propose, and someone had to persuade those who were unwilling to leave... Among these people, Queen Aimi in front of them was definitely the hardest, most worried, and most sad person, because she was the queen, the ruler of Nereids City, and the person who had to stand up and bow her head when everyone was unwilling or unable to bow their heads.

What if Gundalufu could also make such a decision to endure humiliation?
Nevill couldn't help but have such thoughts, but she quickly shook her head to dispel them, because such assumptions were meaningless. The mirror elves in Nereids City still had room to retreat, because the tentacles of the cult union had not yet penetrated into the ocean area. As long as they retreated to the vast open sea, they could still obtain a territory to live in; but where could the aliens in the virtual root swamp escape to? Therefore, even if Gundaruf had the will to endure humiliation, the reality would not allow it.

"In that case, you should be very busy right now." Nevill glanced at the pile of documents on the desk and Galene, who was holding a document in front of the desk and pretending to be serious. There was not a single word written on the document. "Please take some time out of your busy schedule to receive us, the visitors from the earth. If you delay the relocation plan of Nereids City, I'm afraid we should feel guilty about it."

"It doesn't matter. Even if you don't come to visit me, I want to take a rest. Working too hard will only make me collapse faster. And now, in the entire city of Nereids, I am the only one who cannot collapse." Amyra said with a bitter smile on her face: "Besides, as the queen of Nereids, I should devote all my efforts to my subjects; but as a mother, I think I also have the right to worry about my children a little bit, right?"

"Child?" Never's eyes passed over Galene, who was trying to pretend that she didn't exist. "So, the matter you asked us for help with was related to Miss Galene?"

No wonder they said it was an internal affair of the royal family. But it was strange, after all, Galene was just an adopted child, and could not be considered a member of the Nierid royal family.

"No." Emilia shook her head and said, "It's about my other child."

"Another child?"

"That's right." At this point, Emilia's expression became a little awkward: "In fact, besides Galene, I have another daughter. But that child has a rather strange personality. How should I put it? She is... a restless child."

A restless child? Nevile immediately turned around to look at Leticia, but Leticia was just sitting there, with her hands neatly placed on her thighs, blinking innocently. She didn't understand why her grandmother suddenly looked at her like this: I'm obviously a very well-behaved child.

Nevill looked away speechlessly and asked Amyra, "So, what do you mean?"

"So, what I mean is that she is in the city of Lotterdana now."

"..."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)