Chapter 185: Ice Fruit
The Arctic Continent is the northernmost continent of the Celestial Sphere, echoing the Arctic Continent located at the southernmost tip of the Celestial Sphere.
What the Far North and the Far South have in common is that both continents are ice and snow worlds--- Just like the extreme south continent, under the shroud of the light source power - the light of spring, the climate of the extreme north continent of the ice and snow world is as comfortable and pleasant as spring. Plants are able to grow, blossom and bear fruit in the snow-covered Far North. The lakes and rivers of the Far North do not freeze, but the water is very cold.
The Far North is the fief of the Uriel tribe of the God Clan. At this moment, King Edward, the king of the Uriel tribe, and Queen Caroline were waiting for the Holy Messenger of Alice on the vast ice square in front of Mulinhan Palace.
Archduke Quirrell and Archduke Litus, traveling directly from Powder Sands to the Far North, had already arrived at Mlinham Palace before Alice.
After all, this place is King Edward's domain, and Archduke Quirrell and Archduke Litus are not proud of their thrones because they are archdukes, but one stands next to King Edward and the other stands next to Queen Caroline.
A silver flying carpet is slowly descending.
Alice on the flying carpet looked at the magnificent Mulinhan Palace in front of her and was amazed.
In Alice's opinion, the architectural style of Mlinham Palace resembles the Gothic architectural style on Earth. There are about a dozen rectangular palaces, forming an imposing palace complex. Each rectangular palace was accompanied by minarets of greater or lesser size, with delicate spires on the buttresses and buttresses, and a bell tower in the shape of a high minaret on the roof at the intersection of the planes. Whether it is a wall or a tower, the higher it goes, the finer it is, and the more colorful the sculptures or wall carvings decorate it.
The palace is made of snow-white white crystal, while the tall and thin windows are colorful colored ice crystals, forming a strong color difference, and each crystal clear spire and spire points straight to the sky, creating a strong visual effect, which is more and more magnificent.
The flying carpet landed steadily on the snow-white and crystalline ice square. At the head of the row were Alice, the Marquis of Mary and the Marquis of Harvey.
Alice stood in the center, and the Marquis of Mary and the Marquis of Harvey stood beside Alice on the left and right.
Alice's gaze first rested on the face of the Grand Duke Litus, but she found that Litus seemed to be absent-minded, and her brown eyes only looked at her perfunctorily.
Thinking of Grand Duke Litus's affectionate gaze at Wen Ying on the platform of Stonehenge on Daphne Island, Alice was annoyed and jealous.
The corners of Alice's mouth lifted, and a smile appeared on her face. Looking at King Edward and Queen Caroline in front of her, Alice bent down slightly and saluted, "Alice has seen King Edward and Queen Caroline. ”
King Edward was dressed in a black robe, with thick dark purple hair, a hard face line, a full forehead, and a pair of dark green eyes shining under thick eyebrows. There was just the right amount of respect on his face, and there was a hint of joy that seemed to flow naturally.
Queen Caroline has a beautiful face, her long lilac hair is tied into a delicate bun, and she looks dignified and elegant with a purple robe. At this moment, her light green eyes were full of smiles, but her gaze did not linger on Alice for too long.
"I was on Earth before, and I went to a country called China, and I learned a word that was most appropriate to describe King Edward and Queen Caroline." Alice said.
"What words, I'd love to hear them." Queen Caroline's tone was modest and gentle.
"The couple is very affectionate." Alice smiled, "This word describes the deep relationship between husband and wife. ”
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After a grand dinner, Alice returned to her bedchamber. Although it was midnight, she was not in a hurry to fall asleep. During the dinner, although I also drank a lot of wine, I didn't get drunk at all. Alice thought to herself: "In the past, on earth, I was drunk with a few glasses of red wine, but now I am a living dead, and I can't get drunk no matter how much I drink, and I can no longer taste wine." ”
"Not only the taste of wine, but also the taste of any taste?" Alice muttered.
"Didn't the Holy Messenger think that the wine at today's dinner didn't taste good enough?" Meiya behind her flattered.
Alice smiled slightly and said, "It tastes good, it's just that I drank a few more glasses, but I can't sleep, you and Thea accompany me around." ”
Beyond the dormitory, there is a small garden.
In the middle of the garden, there were trees that Alice had never seen before.
The trees were about the height of the Protoss alone, with dense branches, but instead of the usual green leaves, they were clumps of snow-white balls that resembled dandelion-like fluffiness, making the whole tree look snow-white and hairy. In the midst of the furry, there are palm-long, milky cone-shaped fruits hanging from each other.
Alice remembered that she had eaten this fruit in the temple, and it seemed to be called Ice Fruit, with a layer of flesh on the outside, like a juicy and sweet cantaloupe, but on the inside it was cold and similar to chocolate ice cream.
Alice didn't like chocolate-flavored ice cream, so she ate one at the time and stopped eating it.
Thea smiled: "This is the Ice Fruit, in the Kingdom of Heaven, the Ice Fruit only grows in the Extreme South Continent and the Extreme North Continent. The ice fruit in the extreme south has a strong aroma and a sweet and slightly sour taste, while the ice fruit in the extreme north has a thin skin and a sweet taste, but it has no aroma. ”
"Bingguo also has a sad legend." Mia interjected.
Alice opened her mouth and gently blew a small ball of fluffy, and the white and thin needle-like "fluff" on the ball did not fly out like a dandelion, but the whole ball shook.
Miya continued, "It is said that in ancient times, a Uriel woman fell in love with a Terran man, and she was willing to be reduced to a slave in order to be with the Terran man. Unexpectedly, the Terran men abandoned the Protoss women just for the sake of glory and wealth. She was sad and committed suicide, because she was reduced to a slave, her crystallized body could not be sent to the spiritual temple of the Holy Land, but could only be buried in the snow-covered land. Later, in the place where her grave is located, this tree grows and bears ice fruit. The words of the Ice Fruit Tree are: "Sweet love brings painful results in the end." ”
"Sweet love, in the end, brings painful results." A wry smile flashed across Alice's face, and she thought of Litus in her heart, thinking of Littles' affectionate gaze at Wen Ying on the Stonehenge platform on Daphne Island, and she said in a low voice, "That's right." ”
"I'm going to the Snow Holy Hall, one of the Seven Holy Churches, tomorrow morning, so the Holy Messenger should rest early." Thea's voice was gentle and submissive.
Just as she was about to step through the door of the dormitory, Alice stopped, looking a little surprised: "Did you two hear someone shouting?" ”
Meiya and Xiya looked at each other, it was past midnight at this moment, and the Mulinhan Palace was silent, and there was no screaming anywhere.
"You really didn't hear that?" Alice looked suspicious. She faintly heard a burst of screams, terrible, like the cries of a person before death. Such a voice made Alice feel creepy.