Chapter 16 : Sensory Deprivation
Lonis was so desperate she was about to cry...
If it were just being whipped, it wouldn't be so painful. What pained Lonis was that she would actually develop a desire for whipping.
Didn't this mean she could never escape the fate of being a masochist?
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However, seeing Lonis's expression, Elucia lowered her voice and said:
"Are you sick in the head?"
"Huh?"
"Don't 'huh' so loudly. This is a feather whip, it doesn't hurt people."
"Feather whip?"
"Oh, I understand. So that expression was disappointment~~ Because I didn't use a real whip to hit you, you're unsatisfied, right?"
"N-not unsatisfied."
"I said, don't be so loud."
Elucia frowned and pressed Lonis's forehead with her index finger: "That village chief just now was a bit strange. He seemed... not to want us to fix the magic furnace."
"Huh..."
"I'm very sensitive to ordinary people's emotions. I can sense their joys and sorrows to a certain extent."
"You can even do such things..."
"Of course. So I'm going to use this whip sound to create the illusion that we're playing around having fun. Actually, we're going to hide later and see what's really going on."
"!"
"You masochist, just cry out in pain pitifully. You know how to wail, right? Mm... just open your mouth wide."
"Ah... no, it hurts so much, ah..."
Although Lonis was trying hard to "wail," because her voice was really too cute, the silver-haired girl was too embarrassed to cry out loudly, so it sounded somewhat like she was reading lines.
This made Elucia frown and say angrily: "You useless thing... Don't you know how to wail? Wail! Or do you want me to take out a real whip before you'll behave?"
"N-no! Lady Elucia, I was wrong, ah... ahhh!"
Because of fear, Lonis's voice involuntarily revealed pain... This finally satisfied Elucia, who nodded:
"Mm, that's not bad. Next you say, don't hit me anymore, I can't move at all... Show outsiders a state of complete exhaustion."
"D-don't hit me anymore... ugh ugh ugh... Master, I know I was wrong."
"Not bad, you perverted masochist maid, just accept this master's punishment, haha!"
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So the room was filled with the girl's panicked cries for help and the whip's smack smack sounds—if unknowing people saw this, it would definitely look like a queen punishing her little maid.
Although Lonis knew this was for disguise, saying shameful words gave her the illusion that she had been successfully trained... as if she really had become a masochist, longing for Elucia's whipping.
For example...
"Ugh ugh, ugh ugh... Master, I know I was wrong, I'll never dare again, please, don't... ugh ugh ugh..."
"Hmph, if you know you were wrong, you should beg for my whipping."
"Huh?"
"Otherwise, you're just trying to escape pain! You unqualified maid, I must continue whipping!"
"N-no... sorry! Sorry... ahhh!"
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However, Elucia knew her limits, with every bit of force perfectly measured.
And after hitting Lonis for nearly an hour, she suddenly stopped swinging the whip:
"Mm, alright, that's about enough."
"D-don't we need to keep acting?"
"That old village chief was eavesdropping in the next room the whole time. He only left 5 minutes ago... Lonis, stay close to me, we need to see where he goes."
"Huh, d-do I have to go too?"
"What else? You're so stupid, what if you get captured by someone else if I leave you in the room?"
Elucia put her hands on her hips and said very confidently.
The sky had become completely dark.
But goose feather-like snowflakes were still floating in the sky, falling piece by piece to the ground.
Perhaps the Protection Warm Jade's effect also had limits?
Walking outside, Lonis felt a bit cold and shivering. Especially after walking outside for a while, her hair and body were covered with a layer of white snow, making her feel even colder.
But Elucia seemed perfectly fine, just holding Lonis's wrist—for convenience, Elucia hadn't put a collar on Lonis for this operation, which made her feel less ashamed.
"Mas... Master, this is..."
"Shh... I saw the village chief go toward that hall. Later we'll climb onto the roof to see what he wants to do."
"The roof?! Can we get up there when it's so high?"
"We just need rope. I'll go up first, and when you come up, remember not to make any noise."
"Ugh..."
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Elucia was like a stealthy assassin. With black hair, black dress, and black stockings, as long as she covered her face, her body seemed to blend with the night, making her very hard to spot.
And Lonis was the complete opposite. Her skin was snow-white and her hair was silver, so she could disguise herself as a snowball by rolling in the snow.
Just like that, the two completely different girls cooperated with each other to climb onto the roof, and using the cover of night, they could see clearly what was happening inside the house.
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"Damn it, why would there be adventurers at this time?"
The white-haired, white-bearded village chief looked hurried as he came directly under the magic furnace... His originally kind expression disappeared, and now he looked like a villain with fierce eyes:
"Will they stumble upon Master Kuru's ongoing plan? If the master blames me, I'll be finished."
After thinking, the murderous look in the village chief's eyes intensified. He clenched his fists, with veins bulging on the surface of his skin: "No, I must drive them away from here! Right, I'll destroy the magic furnace."
"As long as I completely destroy the magic furnace and say these adventurers tampered with it, the villagers will swarm and attack them... Then, these adventurers will either flee in panic or helplessly attack the villagers, and either way, I'll have an opportunity."
The village chief grinned wickedly and pulled out a dagger from his cotton jacket.
And at this moment...
"Lonis, I'm going in."
"Huh?"
"I don't have spare parts anymore. I must stop him!"
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The magic furnace was the heating core for the entire village. If it were damaged, all the villagers would freeze... Understanding this, Elucia pierced through the wooden house's roof and attacked the village chief who was preparing to destroy the magic furnace from above.
But the village chief was also very fast, reacting almost instantly.
The village chief's body performed a side flip that was completely impossible for someone his age, directly dodging Elucia's downward slash.
But Elucia's next strike was still swift. Lonis couldn't even see how the black-haired little loli drew her sword—the pitch-black blade swiftly rose up, severing the village chief's right arm.
Bright red blood sprayed out, staining the entire floor with blood.
(Even in loli form, Elucia is still this amazing?)
Watching the fierce battle below, Lonis was stunned.
But the village chief didn't give up resisting... The pain of his severed arm that should have made him collapse in agony seemed like nothing to the village chief. He swung his uninjured left arm and counterattacked Elucia.
"Hmph, because it's not your own body, you don't cherish it at all?"
"Die!"
The village chief gathered all his strength in his left arm, trying to cut Elucia in half at the waist.
However, at this moment...
"Black Seal, Sensory Deprivation."
Incomparable black light condensed in Elucia's palm.