Chapter 34 : Starting Work as a Maid
Although she didn't look down on maids, Lonis knew that cleaning rooms was the most skill-less work.
When she was a hero, she naturally disdained cleaning rooms... but having just arrived in another world, everything had to be started from scratch.
So although very reluctant, Lonis could only obediently follow Elucia's orders and begin cleaning the ship.
This magic airship wasn't large, with only 5 rooms in total from front to back: cockpit-living room-bedroom-toilet-engine room.
The engine room was locked, so Lonis prepared to clean the washroom first.
The washroom was only standard size, containing a sink, a toilet, a storage shelf, and a shower area.
Ordinary washrooms would usually be quite dirty, filled with unpleasant odors. But this washroom seemed like it had never been used, just covered with a layer of dust.
So cleaning it was relatively convenient. Lonis only needed to extend her hands and wipe every inch of space once.
......
However, when looking at her own hands, Lonis felt a strange sense of humiliation... shameful wrists, slender fingers, beautiful from every angle.
Not only that, she was wearing white long gloves on her arms... these gloves were waterproof while maintaining delicate tactile sensation like stockings, causing her fingers to feel a peculiar silky sensation every time they touched the cloth.
The cloth wiped back and forth on the wall, and the fabric rubbed back and forth on her skin, making Lonis feel ticklish.
Wearing high heels with a pair of round breasts protruding from her chest, Lonis definitely couldn't squat down conveniently.
She could only kneel down, making contact with the floor on her knees, wiping the room bit by bit.
The floor was manageable, but when wiping the toilet, Lonis's breasts felt heavy and cumbersome, accidentally touching the toilet or walls, creating strange sensations.
(Why do I, a dignified hero, have to do this kind of thing...)
But despite her flushed cheeks, Lonis still spent over half an hour making the toilet sparkle... after all, she would be using this place in the future too.
Moreover, Lonis knew Elucia's personality.
If there was anything she wasn't satisfied with, that scheming sadistic beautiful girl might make her lick the stains clean with her tongue!
So it was better to be careful, right?
......
After cleaning the toilet, the next task was to clean the bedroom.
According to Elucia, the entire Snow Kingdom had been lost for 100 years. But perhaps due to low temperatures, no sunlight, no microbial decomposition, plus excellent materials and other factors, the furniture in the bedroom only looked like it had been placed for a few years and still appeared quite new.
The huge wardrobe contained no clothes.
Although the wooden bed only had a mattress, it looked very soft and spacious, with no problem rolling around on it.
The floor lamp could still be used, but Lonis couldn't understand the light-emitting structure—it wasn't a simple glass bulb, but looked like a round crystal ball.
There was no TV or game console, and the other floor cabinets were also empty, making them quite convenient to clean.
But while cleaning, Lonis discovered the limitations of her strength... her waist was really too slender.
Although a willow-like waist looked beautiful, it couldn't exert much force and easily became sore... just after cleaning the bedroom, Lonis's forehead was already covered with sweat beads, and she was somewhat tired.
However, at this moment, Lonis realized her very foolish behavior: when cleaning rooms, dust inevitably stuck to the soles of her feet, and to change water and wash the cloth, Lonis had to return to the washroom.
This way, the originally cleaned washroom got dirty again!
The bedroom was the same. Lonis had originally wiped the floor very clean, but if she wanted to clean the living room outside, she had to walk through the bedroom again, dirtying the floor...
"Ah ah, why am I so stupid?"
Only then did Lonis understand: the optimal cleaning plan should have been to first clean the cockpit at the far end, then the living room in the middle, and only then the interior bedroom and washroom.
But at this point, it was a bit late to change... fortunately Elucia wasn't here, or that sadistic beautiful girl would definitely mock her like this:
"Ha ha, I didn't expect you, this masochistic maid, couldn't even complete cleaning work!"
"No... it's not like that!"
"In that case, accept punishment. (Press switch)"
"No! Wuu wuu wuu!"
......
If Elucia returned and saw the room still not cleaned properly, she would definitely bully her.
So...
(I must finish quickly, can't hesitate anymore, clean everything at the fastest speed.)
2 hours later.
(I... I can't do it anymore...)
Carrying the last bucket of dirty water to the bathroom, Lonis collapsed exhausted on the floor.
She couldn't even lift a finger now. Although she had thought it would be easy at first, Lonis never expected that cleaning rooms would be such an exhausting task!
Not only did she have to run back and forth, but when cleaning high places she had to stand on her tiptoes.
Carrying water buckets back and forth, her arms were about to give out.
When cleaning the living room, Lonis accidentally knocked over the water bucket, spilling dirty water everywhere... to clean it up again took considerable effort.
Sweat poured from her forehead and body, making the girl's body wet.
By the last room, Lonis was cleaning purely through willpower... after cleaning the last piece of floor, she collapsed exhausted on the ground, gasping heavily.
And just then...
The ship door was pushed open, and Elucia returned.
"Lonis, where are you... you didn't run off after cleaning, did you?"
"Uh..."
Lonis wanted to respond, but she didn't even have the strength to call out.
"Hmph, it's quite clean though, consider yourself passing... wait, what's going on?!"
Seeing Lonis lying on the ground, Elucia quickly ran over—she immediately bent down and examined Lonis's condition from top to bottom.
"Lonis, why did you collapse? Did someone attack you?"
"I..."
"Tell me quickly, what happened... I know you have no combat ability, so even if you were attacked by something, I won't blame you."
Hearing Elucia ask this, Lonis's face turned red!
How could she be embarrassed to say that she had just collapsed from exhaustion due to cleaning the room?
It was only a 30-plus square meter room. If she was this exhausted from such little work, she would definitely be looked down upon even more by Elucia, and mocked even more.
"Lonis?"
Seeing Lonis hadn't answered for a long time, Elucia frowned.
That originally somewhat worried expression also turned to annoyance, and her deep red eyes revealed a trace of dissatisfaction: "Lonis, I'm asking you a question! Are you trying to be bullied by me again?"
"I... I'm sorry..."
"Hah?"
"No one invaded the ship. I collapsed on the ground because I was too tired."
Closing her eyes, Lonis confessed weakly.