Alice & Alicia: Religious Twin Daughter

Discussion on the Journey

Alice and her entourage left the next day. Now they are passing through a vast meadow. The long Kaskas Mountains are the backdrop. Beautiful white clouds decorate the blue horizon. The birds are patiently looking for food.

"Do you know what the mountains are for?" Florence plucks the origin of the topic. His voice shook the silence that burst out from the city gates. The girls also looked. They showed expressions asking back.

"Don't know what's up with those mountains?" Mainne who represented them asked that matter verbally.

"Hm, do you know plate tectonics?" Florence raised her index finger. He invites the intellectual girls to think and look for answers. Her face was brightly decorated with a beautiful smile.

"Part of the lithosphere" Rosemary replied.

"True, it is more precisely the part of the lithosphere that is always moving so that it affects the shape of the earth" explained Florence. Mainne still looks confused. He was not ashamed to ask, "What is the lytosphere?"

"The lithosphere is the rock that makes up the Earth's crust," Florence sought to find the most easily understood explanation, "The simple, it's the top part of the earth. Including the land we plowed. It's also part of the lithosphere."

"What does this have to do with the mountains?" Aristia asked, returning the conversation to the original topic.

"As I have already explained, the tectonic plates are always in motion" Florence continued. He then again invited the intellectual girls to think, "Can you imagine what it would be like if the land that we were treading was always moving?"

"Earthquake" answered Aria softly but still everyone could hear in the carriage.

"We cannot live" Rosemary answered first.

"There will be no area to occupy" Aristia expressed as if she was just realizing something big.

"We can't build a house" Mainne gave a similar conclusion to Aristia.

"That's right. That's why the existence of the mountain is very important," Florence began to re-explain the meaning, "The mountains are pegs that resist the movement of the mountain. The higher it grows, the deeper it nails the earth."

"Great, those mountains are heroes" Aristia followed Mainne back glancing out the window. The Kaskas Mountains still decorate there. "Is there anything greater than a mountain?"

"Iron," Aria who gave the answer. His words were very short, but still attracted Aristia's attention, "Then what's greater than iron."

"Fire" answered Aria again. He did not need to explain at length because Aristia and Mainne who were most curious could think of his own logic.

"Iron melted by fire, fire extinguished by water, water blown by the wind," Akilla continued Aria's reply more clearly, "While they are all still not comparable to humans of charity. His right hand gives, while his left hand knows nothing."

"What does that mean?" Aristia did not understand.

"Whatever the creatures are great in their hierarchy, those who are sincerely better at God's side" Alice answered this time, "Especially the ones that hide until the people around them don't know."

"What is religious philosophy?" Rosemary understood Alice's intentions.

"Maybe? Can it be called that?" Alice answered in a questioning tone. It seems he is still not convinced by the term religious philosophy, but it sounds cool.

"I have a story related to alms," Anna who had been watching quietly began to join the discussion, "Do you want to listen to it?"

"Sure!" aristia said in spirit.

"This is the story of the time of the apostles" Anna opened her story, "About a very rich man after he had been poor."

Anna paused for a moment. He looked at the intellectual girls who were listening carefully. They were very calm listening.

"But the man instead said that all the property he had was the result of the knowledge he had. Perhaps he did not know that before God had destroyed those who were richer and stronger than him."

"At one time, he went to his people with great splendor to the extent that those who wanted the world became envious of him. They want to be like the very rich. They think he's a lucky guy."

"Different from people who have knowledge. They realize that the good that is with God is better and eternal."

"Then the rich man buried his house in the earth. No one can help him. The treasure is useless. The guard troops are helpless. Then what good is he hoarding treasures that do not mean at all."

"That's how it ends. The miserly person ended up in misfortune," Anna clapped both her hands once as she ended the story. The story is quite short, but full of meaning. The atmosphere became silent for a moment after Anna finished telling the story.

"Do we feel safe while God in the sky can make us swallow the earth like a miser?" Alice muttered softly. Only Aria could hear it. The silver-haired girl stroked Alice's shoulders and said, "Calm down, it's shown to those who disbelieve."

"Hm," Alice nodded briefly. He also looked out the window. Kaskas is still faithful to be an eye entertainer.

The girls started to tell stories again. They obviously enjoyed it. Alice was happy to hear it.

...***...

Royal Capital el Vierum, Mansion of the Witch Tower

"Lottie, I'm home" exclaimed Nana who immediately hugged Charlotte as she was greeted in front of the mansion. Charlotte was a little surprised, but she smiled in the arms of her foster brother.

"How are you, Brother?" ask Charlotte for a little chat. Nana took off her embrace and showed a bright face. Leonius, the knight captain who had all this time led the extermination of magical creatures shook his head in disbelief.

"Isn't she a mean woman?" whispered a knight to a friend beside him. His friend agreed. "I can't believe he can show such a pretty face when he smiles."

It was fortunate that the conversation was not heard until Nana's ears. Charlotte immediately invites the talented magical girl to enter, while the knights continue on their way to Ruby Palace to report.

"Thank God the demon of destruction did not come" said a knight with a sigh of relief.

"Well, this is better. Finally we part with him," the other replied.

Leonius, who heard the grunts of his soldiers, could only be silent. What do you want to say? It was indeed the fault of Nana who was too cruel and bloodthirsty during the extermination.

Inside the Mansion of the Witch Tower, Charlotte and Nana were chatting with each other. It seems like they haven't met for a month. Sometimes Charlotte teases Nana, suspecting her closeness to the knight captain.

"Woman magician and knight captain," Charlotte said happily, "It would be a fun romance story."

Unlike what Charlotte expected, Nana chuckled. He spoke of Leonius being too stiff and cold. His attitude was very troublesome for Nana.

"Where might I be interested in him?" Nana showed an expression that seemed to say that it was impossible. He asked Charlotte. A question that made the platinum blonde girl speechless a thousand languages.

"How is your relationship with Crown Prince el Vierum?"