Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 797: The person floating down from the river?
Although it was late at night, the Evangelical Convent was brightly lit. The burning torches and lanterns illuminated the forest and the road, and also startled the star roses that had fallen asleep. They could not help but raise their heads and see people hurrying in and out under the arches of the cathedral. Everyone looked so busy, and the expressions on their faces were often worried, uneasy and confused. This mood seemed to infect the atmosphere of the entire Evangelical Convent, and the originally quiet and peaceful sanctuary fell into an atmosphere of anxiety.

It is worth mentioning that those hurried figures are not the natives of the Gospel Seminary. They are all dressed in believers' robes. When they pass by the statue of Saint Tumi in front of the main hall, they will subconsciously stop, close their eyes and recite a few words from the scriptures to calm their uneasy emotions. Although the aliens in the Gospel Seminary have retained a certain respect for the saints of mankind under the influence of the founder Pancras, they are not devout believers, and it is even more impossible for them to pin all their hopes on him when they are confused.

Only these aliens who have experienced the Dark Ages and bloody purges know that all gods in this world are unreliable, and the only ones they can rely on are themselves and their companions.

Therefore, the identity of those people is obvious: they are believers in animism.

More precisely, it is the True Spiritualists in St. Annville's Cross Church.

Red monk Mufasa and Saint Livia are going to carry out a secret mission tonight. The former has a premonition that no matter success or failure, St. Anvil Cross Church may find it difficult to continue to gain a foothold in the Seven Stars, so he dismissed the believers in the church in advance. Those who come only to receive communion and relief do not need to worry, because they are also believers of the seven major orthodox churches, and the united church will not embarrass these people; and most of the devout believers other than these have been transferred to the Gospel Academy. One of their common characteristics is that they are devout in faith and never agree with the actions of the united church, but they do not have the strength to protect themselves. Facing the cruel oppression of the enemy, they may only pay with their own blood, so entrusting them to old man Pancras is the most appropriate choice.

Brother Mufasa knew that even though the old man had never supported all of his ideas and decisions and thought they were too radical, he would never leave these believers to die. If conditions allowed, he would even want to save all the believers, but unfortunately that was impossible, not only because of his lack of ability, but also because of a simple truth: it is difficult for things in the world to be perfect.

This was true of his plan, the experiment of conceiving the Son of God, and even more so of the nun who inherited Gabriel's soul.

In order to accommodate these believers, old man Pancras mobilized all the aliens in the Gospel Convent to vacate rooms for them overnight, prepare food and clothes, and even comfort their emotions. He has been busy until now. I am afraid I won't be able to sleep well tonight. Standing on a small hill on Yunjingkong Island, looking at this scene from afar, Metien couldn't help but have such thoughts in her mind, but the little girl knew that this sentence not only included those believers who took temporary refuge and the aliens in the shelter who were responsible for accommodating them, but also included herself.

I don't know how Lingge and the others are doing, I hope everything goes well.

But in this case, even Sister Alice’s weird words became so nostalgic that they were missed so much.

Having lived in the hotel for so long, she had already regarded it as her second home.

However, because she was worried about Lingge and others, the pink-haired girl still couldn't sleep at home, so she ran out to relax, standing on a high place to blow the cool night breeze to cool down the uneasy emotions in her head. If Lingge was here, he would definitely not allow her to do this, because it would easily catch a cold, and Sister Saint Xia Liya would also gently persuade her to go back and rest, and Sister Alice... uh, Sister Alice would invite herself to her room to play games, and then say some weird things like "My room is quite big, you can go to sleep directly when you are tired of playing."

Ugh.

The little girl silently withdrew her gaze. In fact, she should have slept in the room in the bell tower at this time, but she was kind and voluntarily gave her room to those strange True Spirit Sect believers because she thought they needed a stable home more than she did. Moreover, even if she didn't live in the Gospel Convent, she could go back to the Fairy Deep Sleep Hotel. For her, the environment here was actually more comfortable, and even the bed and pillow were softer, which made her feel like she was back in Tianxin Church.

She sighed melancholy like a little adult.

"What's wrong, Metien? Are you still worried?" Shemi came out from a bush, her face covered with berry juice. Unlike her friends, she was carefree and seemed to be having a lot of fun. "Don't worry too much. I'm just going to a party. My elder sister holds parties every day. Didn't I make it through?"

There is still a slight difference between the party of the philosophers of the association and the party of the boss lady.

Metien was weighing his tone, thinking about how to explain this difference to Shemi in simple and easy-to-understand words. At this moment, a cold snort came from the side: "Hmph! You've only been in Lunwitin for a few days and you're already rushing to attend the party. As expected, humans are all arrogant and extravagant scum. That guy named Lingge is no different!" The man and the fairy looked at the voice and saw a photon elf sitting on the branch of a short tree with her arms folded across her chest, criticizing with an indignant look on her face. She seemed to have a lot of opinions about Lingge - although in fact she had opinions about all humans, it was more obvious with Lingge, and no one knew why.

Metien knew what she had been through, and understood her dissatisfaction with humans. He could also tell that although her tone was a bit aggressive, she didn't have any malice in essence. So even though the person being scolded was her brother, she just laughed it off and didn't take it to heart. But the little fairy Xiemi obviously couldn't be so generous, and she immediately scolded back: "It's not extravagance! Lingge and the others are on an important mission, and you don't know anything, so don't talk nonsense. And-"

She didn't realize something was wrong until now, and stared at him suspiciously: "Why are you here?"

"Because there are too many people down there!" Beimin, the youngest of the three photon elves, replied confidently, "They are so noisy, I don't like it. There are fewer people here, so I come here to play! Sister Shesta and Sister Xie Liya have no objection, so do you have any objection?"

I have an opinion!

Xie Mi wanted to say that, but she had already used her elder and second elder sisters' reputations to put pressure on her. She didn't want to be accused of not having good hospitality etiquette by her two elder sisters afterwards, so she could only swallow the words back and said with a frustrated look on her face: "You, you wait, I will also go to Sister Best and Sister Belphie's room to play tomorrow!"

But just go if you want to. I, Beimin, am not a sister complex, so I don’t care.

Photon Elves, total victory!
Beimin raised his head proudly and pointed his chin at Shemi. Shemi was indignant but helpless. He muttered threats such as "Don't let me catch you" that he learned from Alice. He turned around and planned to fly back to the bushes to find some berries to eat. The fruit he had just eaten was sour and sweet, and it was delicious. Let Metien have a taste too...

"BAA Baa baa!!!"

A quick and nervous cry of a sheep disturbed the tranquility on the hill. The unprepared Beimin was frightened and almost fell off the tree branch. But Xie Mi was no longer in the mood to mock her opponent. She looked at the sheep running all the way and crushing countless flowers and plants in surprise, and asked: "Aren't you going to the river to drink water, little sheep? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Could it be that Alice suddenly came back?
"Baa, baa!" The lamb stopped in front of her, shook its head, and bleated again, shaking its head and drawing on the ground with its hooves, as if to convey something. This scene gave people a magical feeling, but Shemy actually understood it, nodding and making a sound of "Oh, so that's how it is".

In fact, she has always been the person who has the best relationship with the lamb on the Cloud Whale Sky Island, except for Saint Shallia. So far, she is the only one who can ride on the lamb's head and do whatever he wants, and no one else has this treatment. Alice once commented that "it may be a mutual sympathy between idiots", and then she was chased by the sheep knight for half of the sky island. Since then, whenever she encounters their combination skills, she retreats and dares not to provoke them.

We have strayed off topic, let’s listen to what the lamb has to say.

Metien asked curiously. Beimin, who had adjusted her sitting position, seemed unconcerned, but was actually eavesdropping. Shemi translated for them, "Oh, the lamb said that when it went to the river to drink water, a person suddenly floated down from upstream. She was injured, and it seemed very serious. So the lamb dragged her to the shore, and then found out--"

Hearing this, Xie Mi slowly opened his eyes wide. Because he was so surprised, he even raised his voice subconsciously: "That person turned out to be Miss Livia!?"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)