Chapter 39 : Electric Shock Play in the Storm
Like this, Lonis spent the next three days in study.
Because she studied very seriously, in just a short time, she had almost memorized the types of common magic crystal stones.
And perhaps because she had motivation?
Lonis felt that maid work was also becoming smoother.
After all, servant work wasn't just something women could do—men also had people who specialized in cleaning rooms... As long as she thought of herself as domestic help, it wasn't so shameful.
Although her chest was somewhat in the way, as long as she didn't kneel down or get touched by foreign objects, Lonis could still endure it.
And during these three days, Elucia also seemed very busy and didn't have time and energy to tease and bully her.
Because the magic airship needed to be controlled.
And when not controlling it, this black-haired girl would sit quietly at the desk reading books... Sunlight shone through the window onto Elucia's beautiful hair, and at this moment, this sadistic beautiful girl actually had a trace of literary girl temperament.
Of course, this temperament was only momentary. Once she discovered Lonis seemed a bit idle, she immediately started ordering her around: "Oh? Lonis, you look very free?"
"Ah... no, I was just about to..."
"Come over here and massage my shoulders! You can only stop when I say stop."
"Wuu..."
Lonis discovered that the book Elucia was reading was a professional book related to magical tools. Because the content was really too obscure, she couldn't understand it either.
Generally speaking, it was like someone completely ignorant trying to read advanced mathematics.
So Lonis didn't bring trouble on herself by disturbing Elucia's reading.
......
......
Like this, time came to the third day of departure.
The ship had traveled roughly a thousand miles in the air when an unexpected event occurred.
......
"A storm? How could there be a storm in this region at this season?"
Looking at the end of the horizon, Elucia frowned.
A overwhelming mass of black clouds covered the horizon, thick and rolling as if wanting to devour the entire sky, looking so fierce and terrifying.
"Could it be fallen demons..."
After just a moment's thought, Elucia made a decision: "Lonis, go to the cockpit and grip the steering wheel tightly without letting go."
"Eh?"
"We need to make an emergency landing. We can't continue forward."
......
Although Elucia reacted quickly, the storm came even faster.
At first it was just a light drizzle, but soon it became a torrential downpour.
Successive raindrops struck the airship, making splashing sounds.
Water streams dripping on the glass flowed together, and since the airship had no windshield wipers, the outside scenery suddenly became hazy.
But Lonis still followed Elucia's command and obediently sat in the cockpit, gripping the steering wheel tightly.
(It's fine, just holding the steering wheel, completely fine.)
Lonis could feel that with the baptism of wind and rain, the steering wheel was also swaying left and right with the waves... If she let go, the ship would very likely lose control.
Elucia had run off somewhere unknown. Only Lonis remained alone in the cockpit.
This atmosphere was undoubtedly very lonely. Visibility outside was low, and Lonis couldn't even judge the ship's altitude... She was very worried that in the next second, the entire ship would crash into something and disintegrate.
(Calm down, Lonis, you're a hero. This little thing isn't scary at all.)
At the critical moment, it was still the optimistic spirit from her hero days that helped Lonis stabilize her emotions.
She didn't scream like a little girl, but calmly gripped the steering wheel. Just when Lonis thought everything would develop toward an ideal state...
......
Lonis saw a fierce monster in the storm.
Its head was cube-shaped, with each face like a 5th-order Rubik's cube composed of 25 metal grids.
Its body was composed of 16 tentacles... This monster's appearance was very much like a floating octopus monster from the deep sea, but no octopus monster would float in mid-air in this shape.
......
Instantly, Lonis was scared silly.
And this monster seemed to have discovered delicious food in the ship, extending its tentacles and heavily smashing toward Lonis.
Boom!
The entire ship shook violently. Fortunately, both the hull and glass were hard enough that the silver-haired girl wasn't grabbed by this terrifying monster.
But the ship's tilting was inevitable.
Tremendous rightward force came through the steering wheel, and Lonis could only hold it down desperately to maintain the ship's stability.
......
"Roar!"
The monster seemed to become extremely angry seeing Lonis still resisting.
Several blue lights flashed on the Rubik's cube at its head, and then those tentacles also seemed to be covered by electric light, emitting crackling sounds.
"Oh no?!"
Lonis couldn't escape at all and could only watch helplessly as the monster raised its electrically-wrapped tentacles and swung them heavily toward the ship.
Sizzle!
Accompanied by the sound of electrical discharge, all lighting equipment in the ship instantly went out, and Lonis also felt a bone-chilling current spread throughout her body.
(Wuu wuu!)
Intense pain spread throughout her body, and the girl's muscles began twitching uncontrollably... If it were a normal person, they would probably have been knocked unconscious by this electrical stimulation, right?
But Lonis didn't.
Not only because the little dress and high heels she wore isolated part of the electrical current's effects.
But more because she had endured even more terrible torment than this.
(This kind of pain is far inferior to the Abyssal Tentacles...)
......
Lonis gritted her teeth and tried her utmost to maintain the ship's balance.
But seeing the attack was ineffective, the monster became even more furious... All the Rubik's cubes on its head lit up, and all sixteen tentacles also manifested electric light.
Dazzling light made it impossible for Lonis to open her eyes. The girl knew that next there would definitely be even more terrifying electrical current sweeping the ship body, making her endure torment worse than death.
But... she couldn't give up!
Absolutely couldn't let go of the steering wheel!
Although Lonis had become a girl, her heart still retained that trace of pride as a hero... Being afraid of Elucia was one thing, but facing this mere monster, she absolutely couldn't cower!
"Don't underestimate me, you damn tentacle monster!"
Lonis shouted, her heart already filled with determination to perish together.
......
And just as electrical current was about to sweep the ship body and subject Lonis to electrical torture from all directions.
A girl's sharp rebuke came from behind:
"Who allowed you to bully my slave maid?"
"Eh?"
"My masochistic maid can only be played with by me!"