Next mission… Wonderland… because they think that Zantanel is heading toward Wonderland… The members of Lilly Moon who were sent are Fiona, Sophie, and Lina. Marcus the spy was also sent, along with Ms. Sonda, the officer for negotiations.
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "What a small room."
Marcus: "I'll sleep there on the sofa… don't worry… I don't like bothering girls."
Sophie: "Oh… you're just shy…"
Lina: "Huh?"
Ms. Sonda: "I don't mind…"
They looked around. A wild storm raged outside.
Sophie: "Hmmm…"
If one enters Wonderland, they land on a place called the Water Clouds… they are clouds that move exactly like water… and even have tsunamis… it's a mixture of water and clouds… you could say they are clouds that are liquid… There are three kinds of clouds in Grimmhoth… the purple clouds… the normal clouds… the dark clouds for storms or rain… and then the water clouds… or rather liquid clouds… a mix of water and clouds… They move like the sea, but they are clouds… yet liquid like water… you can even drink them… many say they taste like fresh water… they are even used in some kingdoms to make sweets… Like cotton candy… they take the clouds… dry them, and then poof… cotton candy is made… But… if you think these places are safe… then you are wrong.
(Splash!)
Sophie: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Huh!"
A huge splash in the water, and then they saw it…
Ms. Sonda: "A cloud worm…"
A cloud worm… worms that live inside the clouds… mostly in the wet clouds… They are very aggressive… and gigantic… they can even grow up to thirteen meters long… and they are also extremely disgusting… in terms of taste… people who hunted them said they taste like salty socks.
Ms. Sonda: "We have to be careful… hey… captain… don't drive too close to it."
Captain: "Understood."
Ms. Sonda: "I'm going to sleep now… what about you all?"
Sophie: "Same… we didn't sleep yesterday because of the meeting and preparations and then we had to travel here too."
Fiona: "Yeah… I'm going to sleep too."
Marcus: "Mmm."
Ms. Sonda: "Hahh… Marcus… you can't sleep on the sofa… it's too close to the big window, that's dangerous… come with me… there's space in the bed next to me… don't be embarrassed… we're relatives after all."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sophie: "Really?"
Ms. Sonda: "Yeah… we adopted him after his family died… so we grew up together… though I'm a little older than him…Sophie you Don't know that because you were with my aunts Carol and sherry
Marcus: "Hahh… I'm not a child anymore…"
Ms. Sonda: "Come on… don't hurt your sister's feelings… hehehe."
Marcus: "Hahh… fine."
He went with her…
Sophie: "Wooow…"
Fiona: "More and more surprises from her…"
Sophie: "Hmm…"
(A few hours later)
Sophie: "(Snore)…"
Fiona: "(Zzzz)…"
Ms. Sonda: "Haaahhhhhh… hhhhh… hhh…"
Marcus: "(ZZZZ)…"
Lina: "Hahhhh…"
Captain: "…Ughh... What is that…"
A giant tower…
(Tuuut!!!)
Sophie: "Huh?.."
Fiona: "Mmm?"
Ms. Sonda: "What is it?"
Marcus: "Hmm?"
Lina: "Ughh… what kind of tower is that?"
They got out…
Sophie: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Got you."
Sophie: "Thanks."
Fiona: "You're welcome… hmm."
They looked down.
Ms. Sonda: "What a strange tower… why does it go downward?"
Fiona: "Hmmm… is that… the gate to Wonderland?"
Ms. Sonda: "I don't know… the gates always change… sometimes they are a normal door… sometimes a tornado… sometimes even a ship… no idea."
Fiona: "We'll find out once we go through."
Sophie: "Are you sure?... I mean… what if it's something else?"
Marcus: "Well… either way… we have to go in… This tower is small on top… but it leads downward… the question is… why is there a tower in the middle of nowhere…"
They opened the door…
Ms. Sonda: "Mmm…"
(Bzzzzzz)…
Sophie: "Hmmm…"
Fiona: "Creepy…"
Ms. Sonda: "Indeed… huh?... hey look… what kind of button is that?"
Fiona: "You mean the one with the owl? No idea."
Sophie: "There's another one here…"
Marcus: "Here too…"
Sophie: "Mine has a cat."
Marcus: "Mine looks more like a unicorn."
Sophie: "Hmmm…"
Ms. Sonda: "…Hmm."
She pressed it.
(Beep)…
Something lit up.
Ms. Sonda: "Huh?…"
Fiona: "Hmmm."
Ms. Sonda: "Should we press them at the same time… what do you think?"
Fiona: "Okay."
They pressed them together…
Ms. Sonda: "Hmmm..."
(Beep… Beep… Beep)
Sophie: "Huh… Hey…"
The room started filling with water…
Sophie: "Ughh…"
Fiona: "Anyone here who can't swim?"
Lina: "Uhh… I…"
Ms. Sonda: "Mmm."
Fiona: "Hmm."
Sophie: "…it's getting fuller…"
Ms. Sonda: "Someone stay with Lina… okay."
Sophie: "Okay."
(Splop!)
Ms. Sonda: "Mmm…"
She tasted the water.
Fiona: "Are you insane?"
Ms. Sonda: "Mmm… salty water?... I've never heard of that."
Fiona: "Huh?"
She tasted it too.
Fiona: "This isn't salty… it's bitter."
Sophie: "Mine was sweet…"
Marcus: "Mine had no taste."
Lina: "Umm… mine tasted refreshing…"
The room kept filling up…
Sophie: "Umm… guys."
(Splash!)
The floor beneath them opened and swallowed them.
(Schlup)
(Splash!)
Sophie: "Mmmm… mmm… mm!?"
A path beneath the water… because it was once again water clouds… it was pink…
Sophie: "Mmm… (Where are the others!)… (Oh no where's Lina!)…"
She looked around… Lina was holding her hand.
Sophie: "(There she is… Oh… thank goodness)… mm!"
Suddenly, several shadows appeared…
Sophie: "Mmm… (What… is happening)… mmm!"
She looked around… The hallway was made of glass… beyond the glass stood several horrifying sea monsters… giant squids… sharks over ten meters long… and even a giant whale called the Whale of Hunger… famous for eating every kind of living being, even humans… It was enormous… around eighty meters long… It had sharp teeth… It stared at Sophie… like prey it was waiting for.
Sophie: "(Luckily they can't get in)… mmm… (I can't breathe)… mmmm… (Baarghhhh).."
She lost consciousness…
(A few hours later)
Ms. Sonda: "Urk… (Coughs) (Coughs)… ahhhh… hahhhh… where… am I… ugh… (cough)… where are the others…"
She slowly stood up, but fell again.
Ms. Sonda: "Hahhh… hahhh… hahhh… Huh?!"
A white-and-black road.
Ms. Sonda: "Ughh… I know this… This is the road of Wonderland… We're in Wonderland… well… at least I am… I hope the others are okay… (Cough)… (Cough)… (Cough)… Hahhh…"
(Splash) (Splash)
The sea moved calmly… neither rough nor gentle.
(Splash)
(Birds chirping)
Ms. Sonda: "(Sigh)… I guess I'll have to search for the others."
She stood up.
Ms. Sonda: "Hahh…"
(Meanwhile)
Fiona: "Mmm…"
Herold: "Hey… Fiona… Fiona… wake up."
Fiona: "Ughuh!"
She stood up.
Fiona: "(Cough…) (Cough)… hahhh… Herold!"
Herold: "Are you okay?"
Fiona: "Yeah… ugh… black-and-white road… are we in Wonderland?"
Herold: "Yeah… sorry… every year the gate is different."
Crane: "Indeed."
Fiona: "Ugh… Crane, you're here too."
She stood up.
Fiona: "Where are the others?"
Herold: "Oh… you solved the riddle wrong… that's why you got separated… You should have pressed the cat first, then the owl, then the unicorn… You all pressed them together… that's also a solution… but it causes separation unless you hold hands."
Fiona: "Oh… I hope Sophie held Lina's hand… she can't swim."
Crane: "Hmm… don't worry, we'll probably find them in the first city."
Fiona: "City?... There are cities in Wonderland?"
Crane: "Of course… There are five cities in Wonderland… the elf city Elfia… the fairy city Fey… the human city Licia… the city of fun, Parkfuny… and of course… the city where Alice lives… Wunderheim."
Herold: "Mhm."
Fiona: "Okay."
She stood up.
Herold: "We'll help you."
Fiona: "Thanks… I hope the others are alright."
Crane: "We'll probably find them in Elfia…"
(Meanwhile)
Alice: "Hmm… looks like there are visitors…"
Cinderella: "Huh…"
She looked at the magical sphere.
Cinderella: "Huh?... You've got to be kidding me."
Alice: "Hmm?... What's wrong?"
Cinderella: "Nothing… (What are those three doing here… Sophie, Fiona, and Lina… why?... Damn… I hope they won't get in my way concerning Rapunzel… I need to leave this place)…"
Alice: "Hmm… at least they seem okay…"
Cinderella: "Why do you even open the gate every year anyway?"
Alice: "To give people a chance to enter Wonderland… so they can escape Neverland."
Neverland… that's what Alice calls the other kingdoms… She has no interest in them… so she calls them Neverland.
Alice: "Hmmm… Hmm… There are… other visitors…"
Cinderella: "Huh?"
Alice: "Hmmm… they don't seem particularly friendly either."
Alice looked around.
Cinderella: "(Who are these people… They belong neither to Dark Umbrella nor the House of the Cursed Children)…."
She looked around.
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "Hahh… Lina… Lina… are you okay?"
Lina: "(Cough…) (Cough)… yes… I'm okay, and you?"
Sophie: "I'm okay too."
Lina: "Mmm… look… are we in Wonderland?"
Sophie: "I don't know… oh…"
A black-and-white road.
Sophie: "Oh… okay… looks like we are in Wonderland… let's follow this road… maybe we'll find our friends."
Lina: "Okay."
They started walking…
(Meanwhile)
(Dong)
Marcus: "Ow… what the… why did an apple fall on my head… I'm not Isaac Newton."
He stood up.
Marcus: "Hey… Jocelyn."
Jocelyn: "Yeah?"
Marcus: "Is this Wonderland?"
Jocelyn: "Yes… indeed… look, there's even the black-and-white road."
Marcus: "Oh… I see…"
They started walking.
(Meanwhile)
Fiona: "Hahhh… this… is weird…"
She stepped onto the road. Suddenly the flowers opened their eyes.
Flower: "Hahahaha… a visitor… a visitor… welcome… welcome… to Wonderland!"
Fiona: "Ughh…"
Tree: "Welcome… welcome… to… Wonderland!"
Fiona: "Huhh…"
She kept walking…
Flower: "Straight ahead… straight ahead… straight ahead… dear visitor…"
She looked around.
Herold: "Looks like they like you… your water was bitter… the taste you feel from the water reflects who you are emotionally… bitter means someone who often blames themselves or suffers."
Fiona: "Hahaha… funny."
Herold: "Not joking."
Fiona: "…hmm. Salty?"
Herold: "Salty stands for loyalty… even if it risks one's life. That was Ms. Sonda."
Fiona: "Sweet?"
Herold: "Means caring."
Fiona: "That was Sophie."
Herold: "Marcus had no taste, meaning neutral."
Fiona: "And Lina?"
Herold: "Refreshing means innocence."
Fiona: "I see…"
Herold: "There is one taste you should be glad you didn't get."
Fiona: "Which one?"
Herold: "Rottenness… if the water tasted rotten… it would mean you are a rather horrifying person… dangerous… or completely broken… or cruel… though it doesn't always mean evil… Bitter, as I said, means you suffer a lot… and it also means you have probably killed at least one person… more than ten perhaps… Marcus's neutrality likely means more than that… but because you don't kill innocents, it wasn't rotten."
Fiona: "Hmm."
Herold: "It could also mean you regret killing, even if the person was a villain."
Fiona: "Herold… shut up already… you're annoying."
Herold: "Hahhh… why do you never want people to notice you're actually nice?"
Fiona: "Hmph… I'm not nice. I'm not a hero… I'm a detective. That's all. I do my job. That's it."
Herold: "Hahh…"
(A few hours later)
Herold: "Ugh… looks like we're here."
Fiona: "Ughhh…"
Elves… they were elves… Some had purple skin, others white skin… some even brown skin… They were unbelievably beautiful…
Fiona: "Wow… they really are as beautiful as people say…"
Herold: "Well… most humans killed elves because they saw them as ugly."
Fiona: "Hmph… Humans dislike things that aren't human… that's just how it is… even among humans themselves…"
Herold: "Hmm."
The elves looked at her.
Elf: "Another human?"
Fiona: "Another?"
Elf woman: "Huh… how did your water taste? Tell us!"
Fiona: "Ugh… what?... Umm… bitter."
Elf: "Bitter…"
Elf woman: "Poor thing… you must have suffered a lot."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Elf: "Mhm."
Suddenly she grabbed Fiona's hand.
Fiona: "Ugh, what…"
Elf woman: "You poor thing… you must have gone through so much… Bitter often means pain… Have you ever killed a human?"
Fiona: "Ugh… yes… I'm a detective for Dark Umbrella."
Elf: "Hmm?... Ohh… I see, like the guy earlier."
Fiona: "Guy?... you mean Marcus."
Elf woman: "Yes… his water was neutral… that means he suffered a lot too… you poor children…"
She held Fiona's hand tighter and rubbed it against her cheek.
Elf woman: "Hmm."
Fiona: "Ugh… umm."
Herold: "Believe it or not… elves are unbelievably kind…"
Fiona: "Ughh… mm."
The elf held Fiona's cheek.
Fiona: "What…"
Elf woman: "(Sniffs)… You've killed humans… but not innocents, otherwise your scent would be impure… or at least neutral… which means even among villains, you don't have that many deaths on your conscience… unlike him…"
She licked Fiona's cheek.
Fiona: "(Sweat)… (Why don't you just sit on my lap while you're at it?)"
Elf woman: "You taste balanced… hehehe… sorry… I just wanted to understand your emotions better… you are lonely… sad… sometimes kind, sometimes mean… and you want to understand others… but you can't because of your trauma… I could tell from your eyes."
She touched Fiona's cheek.
Fiona: "(Wow… she's warm… almost like a fairy… a fairy hugging a crying child)…."
Fairies are often seen as kind spirits of nature… they protect children… Of course elves are as warm as fairies because elves are also a type of fairy.
Elf woman: "My name is Neze… I am two hundred years old."
Fiona: "Two hundred!"
Herold: "Elves can live up to a million years… they are half nature spirit, half living being… what did you expect?"
Neze: "Sorry, you probably want to see your friend… please come with us…"
She guided them into a room.
Marcus: "Hmm… Oh, Fiona."
Fiona: "Marcus… good… are you okay?"
Marcus: "Yeah, and you?"
Fiona: "Yeah."
Marcus: "The elves here are really nice… they even gave me food."
Fiona: "Yeah… I noticed how nice they are…"
Neze: "Marcus and Fiona, right?"
Marcus: "Yes."
Fiona: "Yeah."
Neze: "Alright… I'll make you something to eat…"
(Ding)
Elf: "Two more have arrived… a redhead and a blonde."
Marcus: "Ugh… Sophie and Lina."
Fiona: "Oh… good news."
Elf: "Stay here please… we'll bring them to you once we've checked them."
Sophie and Lina looked around.
Neze: "Ohh… hello… hmm… how did your water taste, dear?"
Sophie: "Ugh… you mean the taste?... Umm… sweet."
Neze: "Ohhh… I see… so you are a very kind person, but broken too… ohh that breaks my heart… and you, dear?"
Lina: "Ugh… refreshing."
Neze: "Ohh… innocent… too innocent… hehe… cute… come… Fiona and Marcus, right? Those are your friends? You work for Dark Umbrella too?"
Sophie: "Oh… friends… yes."
She held Sophie's and Lina's cheeks.
Neze: "Hmmm… so pitiful… so sad."
Sophie: "(Her hands are so warm…)"
Lina: "(Like the hands of a fairy)…"
Neze: "Hmm."
(Slurp… Slurp)
Lina: "Huh?!"
Sophie: "Umm… (Isn't this harassment or is this just how they greet people here?)"
Neze: "Come inside, your friends are waiting."
Neze: "Marcus and Fiona are here too… come… come."
They entered.
Sophie: "Fiona!"
Fiona: "Sophie… are you alright?"
Sophie: "Yeah."
Fiona: "And you, Lina?"
Lina: "Yes… Miss Sophie helped me."
Elf: "Hmm… one more person."
It was Ms. Sonda.
Ms. Sonda: "Hahhh… hahhh… huh?"
Elf: "Hmm."
Neze: "Hello… dear… how did your water taste?"
Ms. Sonda: "Excuse me?... Huh?... Umm… ugh… Marcus, Sophie, Fiona, and Lina, you're all okay."
Marcus: "Just answer her, Sonda."
Ms. Sonda: "Ugh."
Neze: "How did your water taste?"
Ms. Sonda: "Umm… salty."
Neze: "Ohh…"
Elf: "Hmmm."
Neze: "I see… loyal… hehehe… cute… so you're also with Dark Umbrella like your friends here?... come in, dear… hmm…"
She touched Ms. Sonda's cheek.
Ms. Sonda: "Hey, what's that for…"
Neze: "Oh, sorry…"
She pulled her hand back slightly.
Neze: "Sorry… did I scare you…"
Then she did it again.
Neze: "Ohh… okay… you… don't go inside yet."
Ms. Sonda: "Huh?"
Neze: "You're not mean… but… you're in a really bad mood… hold still."
She licked her cheek.
Ms. Sonda: "Huh?!"
Fiona: "Did they do that to you too?"
Marcus: "…yeah… except she accidentally touched my lips."
Sophie: "Ohh… so you got kissed by an elf now."
Marcus: "Yeah."
Fiona: "And how was it?"
Marcus: "Honestly… I wouldn't say no if she wanted to do it again… she's hot."
Sophie: "Even Marcus got horny… but holy crap she's beautiful…"
Neze: "Taste strange."
Ms. Sonda: "Hmm?"
Neze: "…Prepare yourself."
Ms. Sonda: "For what exactly…"
She stuck her fingers into her mouth.
Ms. Sonda: "Mm!"
Fiona: "(Sweat)… I want to go home… what is happening now."
Sophie: "…this is even worse than the dream where Meliodas got me pregnant."
Fiona: "Can you stop reminding me of that?"
Marcus: "(Sweat)… you… dreamed what?"
Lina: "Oh… dear…"
Ms. Sonda: "Hey… what is this supposed to be…"
Neze: "Hehe, sorry… you're just a little… mean… but still nice, just in a bad mood. Go inside."
She walked in confused and frightened.
Ms. Sonda: "…"
Sophie: "Umm…"
Ms. Sonda: "Please stay quiet…"
She looked at the clock.
Ms. Sonda: "For two minutes… don't talk to me."
Sophie: "Okay."
Fiona: "Oh dear."
Sophie: "Oh…"
Marcus: "Understandable… I'd be angry too if someone shoved their fingers into my mouth."
Lina: "Mmhm."