Chapter 33 : Magic Airship
"You fool, this is a magic magnet, it won't crush you to death."
Elucia's voice was very muffled, seemingly amplified through some inferior loudspeaker.
"Eh?"
"Hmph, I thought since you called yourself a hero, you'd have more courage. I didn't expect you to cry and wail like a little girl."
"Uh!"
Hearing this, Lonis's pretty face turned red.
She also knew her emotions had gotten somewhat out of control just now, but there was nothing she could do about it.
With such a heavy iron ball hanging above your head, and you can't even escape, anyone would be nervous and lose emotional control...
"Next, the iron ball will attract the iron cage upward. Stand steady and don't cry and wail."
"I wasn't crying and wailing."
Lonis quickly stabilized her emotions, and just as Lonis said, under the iron ball's attraction, the entire iron cage was lifted up.
This was very much like the cranes Lonis had seen in the past. Under Elucia's control, the iron cage with Lonis in it was suspended in mid-air... the swaying feeling was very much like riding a cable car.
"Next, press the red 7, green 3, yellow 4 switches, and according to my requirements, press the safety valve at 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 15 minutes respectively."
"What... what is a safety valve?"
"You'll know when the time comes!"
Lonis didn't dare ask more questions, just continuously performing various operations according to Elucia's instructions.
It turned out this iron cage was an operation room, designed to allow humans who couldn't fly to work in such a massive factory.
After working busily for about 3 hours, Lonis had no idea what she was actually doing, but finally, all the work seemed to be completed.
The metal gears slowly turned, and the iron cage with Lonis in it was placed on a high platform.
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"Hah... Most of the machinery has been damaged, but fortunately... the main functions are still working."
Before long, Elucia's figure appeared in Lonis's field of vision.
Jet-black long hair, slender figure—no matter when, this black-haired girl always looked so graceful and beautiful.
"Elucia!"
Seeing Elucia's figure, Lonis felt genuinely relieved.
But immediately after, an embarrassing sense of shame spread throughout her body... making the silver-haired girl somewhat embarrassed to meet Elucia's eyes.
"Hmph, you masochistic maid seemed to cry quite impressively just now? If someone who didn't know heard it, they'd think I was whipping you or something."
"I... I..."
"And you said 'if you don't tell me, you don't tell me.' When you said those words, Lonis was so confident~~"
"I didn't know things would turn out like this, and... Master Elucia, what... what exactly are we doing?"
"Repairing a magic airship. Or did you think we were going to walk out of here?"
"Eh..."
"The Flame Abyss Temple is indeed in the Snow Kingdom, but the Clear Temple isn't in this kind of place... It's on a sky island known as Clear Academy. With just your legs, you'd never reach there in a lifetime."
"Clear Academy, sky island?"
Hearing Elucia say this, Lonis was startled: "Are there really sky islands in this world?"
"Hmph, of course there are. It seems you don't know anything at all."
"Wuu..."
"What are you standing there for? Come with me quickly... Or do you still want me to keep you locked in that cage?"
"I'm... I'm coming right now."
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Following behind Elucia, Lonis walked into an attached workshop.
Compared to the hall from before, this place wasn't as spacious, but there was a streamlined vehicle standing in it.
Its color was dark gray, with several windows on both left and right sides. From its size, it looked very much like the large RVs Lonis was familiar with from her previous life, but the entire vehicle had no wheels.
"This is..."
"A magic airship, but the horizon engine is broken, so it can only move using air bags."
"Eh?"
"Hah... I forgot you're an idiot. Even if I explained, you wouldn't understand anyway."
"I'm not an idiot, I just haven't seen this kind of thing before."
Lonis clenched her fists and firmly retorted... but the silver-haired girl didn't notice that her tone of rebuttal already sounded very much like a wronged little girl.
"Still being stubborn... Lonis, your current knowledge level is inferior to even elementary school children. They all know the classification and uses of various magic crystals, the difference between magic and magic engineering, but you? You know nothing at all."
"Wuu?!"
"The current situation is that even if I had you work like a low-level laborer, having you add fuel to a Magic Furnace, you'd probably blow up the Magic Furnace for me... Besides warming beds and acting cute, what else can you do?"
Elucia's words were like a sharp sword, directly piercing Lonis's chest.
When she was a hero, she had had many combat experiences... but as the saying goes, "one force conquers ten skills." No matter how decisive and brave Lonis was, with her current girl's body, she couldn't possibly defeat monsters.
Moreover, this current world, although having countless connections to Lonis's experiences, seemed to have many unfamiliar areas of knowledge—not just technology combined with magic, but even all sorts of creatures and monsters.
And she had never encountered these things before, needing to learn from scratch.
It seemed like besides acting cute and warming beds... she really had no other use?
(No, I won't accept this!)
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Lonis wanted to prove her worth, but Elucia looked at her and just sighed:
"You big-breasted, brainless slave maid, I advise you to behave yourself! As long as you obediently and cleverly act as a maid according to my requirements every day, then considering you're my slave maid, I'll guarantee your safety."
"Uh..."
"Hmph, that's all I have to say for now. Come in with me and learn about your upcoming duties."
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Elucia pushed open the ship's door, and what came into Lonis's view was a small living room.
It looked about ten square meters, somewhat like a train's dining area, with foldable seats and tables—perhaps because it hadn't been used for a long time, it was covered with a layer of dust.
"The water supply has been fully replenished. The rags and bucket are in the washroom at the end. Your next task is to clean this living room."
"Eh?"
"I don't need to teach you how to clean, do I? Remember, your job is only to clean the room. Don't do anything extra. Also, no slacking off. If I find out you're being lazy or disobedient, you know what kind of punishment you'll face."
Elucia smiled and raised the remote control in her hand.
And that feeling of being tormented—Lonis had only experienced it once but absolutely never wanted to experience it a second time...
The silver-haired girl could only nod obediently and say:
"I... I understand..."
"I'm going out for a while. During this time, you're not allowed to run around, understand?"
"Mm..."