Selena only saw people like Alice on social media or TV. She didn't expect that could find someone from that country in the real world. Mystique Island has a small population now, only 35,078 people.
Why? In the past, there were many sailors who sailed the oceans and colonized many places. Mystique Island is far from the mainland and other islands.
One day, a large ship stopped at the island, and people were surprised to see that the island's inhabitants had different eye and hair colors, such as blue-green, pink, white, bright yellow, and so on, and their eye colors were also varied. The sailors thot they were aliens.
People in ancient times believed that if their hair was mixed into drinks or food, it could make them look younger, cure diseases, or protect those who drank or ate it from illness and danger.
The people on the island had beautiful eyes, so many of them were hunted and killed, and their eyes were taken for display, while their hair was used to mix with food or drinks. Even their body organs and bones were completely taken, leaving nothing behind.
Because there were so many massacres, their population decreased drastically. Initially, they were estimated to number around 200,000.
Since the 1910s. People are strictly forbidden from hunting and will be considered murderers, facing either life imprisonment or the death penalty.
They are indeed have a magical power. Their shiny hair can indeed make people look younger and cure diseases.
Some medications contain strands of hair from the people of Mystique Island. That hair is the result of buying the hair of people from the island. Usually, after they cut their hair, it will be collected and sold, and the price is very expensive.
They also have supernatural powers. Selena could see that Alice's hair was shiny because of the powers.