Chapter 71 : All-Night Study
The moment Lonis was fitted with the metal helmet, light replaced darkness.
The silver-haired girl looked up to find herself in a vast, boundless space.
Whether sky or ground, everything was a vast expanse. Looking in all directions, she couldn't discover any valuable information.
And just then... Elucia's voice appeared in heaven and earth:
"Hey hey hey, stupid maid, can you hear me?"
"I... I can hear you!"
Elucia's voice put Lonis at ease, but more importantly, she knew this black-haired girl wasn't punishing her... Though her body felt the shame of being restrained, no agonizing electric current came.
"Mm, this is a virtual world. As for what a virtual world is, I don't need to explain that, right?"
"Uu... I know what it is, but why did you bring me to this kind of place?"
"You idiot, don't you want to enroll! There are only 5 days left until the seasonal exam. You don't think you can finish reviewing, do you?"
"Eh?!"
"Even if you're a human from the previous era, getting into Clear Academy isn't that easy! Here, your subjective time will slow down 3-5 times, memory will increase 2-fold, so it's equivalent to 10 times the usual study efficiency."
"Th-that exaggerated?"
Lonis was startled, but after understanding that Elucia was considering her, her cheeks flushed: "Then, why come to this kind of place? And... and tie me up..."
"Hmph, that's naturally because pleasure devices are nominally illegal behavior."
"Eh?"
"To be precise, it's a gray industry. Using this kind of device might bring enormous burden to the user's body and spirit. But you're an exception, so use it freely."
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Even without Elucia's explanation, Lonis knew why she could use it freely... Because she was the hero of "Land of Ends," entering a virtual world was merely as comfortable as coming home.
"Then, Elucia... what should I do now?"
"I'll copy books into the world for you in a bit. Just read them directly. Hmph, renting this place isn't cheap. If I see you slacking off, don't blame me for actually turning this chair into an electric chair!"
"Uu uu..."
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Being urged by Elucia like this, Lonis didn't dare slack off at all.
So she quickly opened the books and hastily reviewed the history of her past world... from the Stone Age to the feudal era, from the Industrial Revolution to the Information Age.
The information was truly numerous as cow hairs, and some information seemed similar yet different from Lonis's memories.
For instance, who was the most learned president of the Mili Country?
The answer was Plant.
These detailed things made Lonis feel very overwhelmed, but being trapped in the virtual world with nothing else to do, studying became extraordinarily absorbing.
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Looking at the silver-haired girl bound to the metal chair, Elucia thoughtfully rubbed her forehead.
Actually, though pleasure devices could be used for study, nowadays people basically only used this device for one thing... lewd entertainment!
More precisely, mental **.
Because it was a virtual world, any kind of appearance could be simulated. Just by purchasing corresponding chips, one could receive godlike treatment.
This feeling was very addictive and obsessive, but pleasure devices weren't cheap: they required enormous power supply. Even the general-purpose model Elucia was currently renting cost dozens of silver coins per hour.
This made this tool like an addictive drug, very easy to fall deeply into without being able to extricate oneself.
So pleasure devices belonged to the gray industry. Even on the academy island, school rules strictly forbade students from privately using pleasure devices.
However,
Lonis and Elucia weren't students to begin with.
Having not yet enrolled, they naturally didn't need to follow school rules... And in fact, pleasure devices were like a double-edged sword—neither right nor wrong in themselves. Many magicians or professors would activate similar devices when going into seclusion for cultivation.
And the reason Elucia fed Lonis the capsule was to ensure her magic power was abundant, enabling foolproof use of the pleasure device.
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That's how things were.
After using the pleasure device, Lonis became very tired. She couldn't care about anything else and could only lie in bed to rest.
At this time, Elucia would also rest together with her, sleeping from 6 AM until 2-3 PM.
Then washing up, eating, from 5-9 PM, Lonis still had to work at the café... Elucia would occasionally come to the shop and use various means to bully this silver-haired girl a bit~
This made Lonis both embarrassed and annoyed. Even though Elucia wouldn't use excessive means to tease her in the café, that nervous feeling of fearing discovery made Lonis extremely tense each time.
And after getting off work at 10 PM, Elucia would take Lonis to the underground commercial street to study... The pleasure device's efficiency was really high. Lonis felt that studying one night could memorize dozens of pages of knowledge into her mind.
Though somewhat day-night reversed, because she was always in the process of "working" and "studying," Lonis also felt extraordinarily fulfilled. Every day upon waking felt much better than that displaced feeling of "insufficient sleep from gaming last night."
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And on Lonis's sixth day of work...
"Lonis, congratulations, your work visa came through."
"Eh?"
"This means you can stay on the academy island for at least 1 year. Besides our café, you can also freely choose other types of work."
Receiving the work visa from the manager, Lonis felt it was heavy and especially substantial.
Because this not only meant that even if Lonis didn't pass the entrance exam, she could still stay on the academy island.
It also meant that since her "resurrection," she had obtained a corresponding "social identity" for the first time... Though this identity was still that of a maid, it also represented that all her labor had been recognized by this society.
(Recognized...)
Lonis felt an inexplicable emotion, and just then, Zhou Suling also happily came to congratulate.
"Little Lo, wonderful! Congratulations."
"Ah, thank you Suling!"
Looking at her nearby colleague, Lonis knew that without Zhou Suling's help, she definitely couldn't have worked so smoothly and gotten the visa so quickly.
"Hehe, you're welcome. This is all because Little Lo is naturally suited to be a maid."
"Eh...?"
Though Zhou Suling's words were meant as praise, they hit exactly at Lonis's "weak spot."
"Lonis, don't you like this job?"
"N-no, that's not it. It's just... I'm still not quite used to it."
"Hehe, then to celebrate Lonis getting the visa, how about we have a little gathering after work?"
"Gathering?"
"Colleagues and customers will come too. Everyone is very interested in Lonis and wants to deepen their understanding~"
The pink-haired maid tilted her head and very naturally invited Lonis.