Chapter 162 : Busy Girls
Although through last night's series of events, Lonis and Elucia had become official "partners,"
Lonis quickly discovered... her relationship with Elucia now was exactly the same as before!!!
This scheming girl still kept bullying her. And because she understood her better, the bullying became even worse.
"Oh, Lonis, look at you, completely like a cute little wife. Where's even half of your former heroic spirit?"
"Elucia!"
But even if she wanted to fight Elucia desperately, Lonis couldn't win.
The only resistance she could manage was sulking and refusing to acknowledge this scheming girl.
However...
(Damn it, but if I sulk, won't I seem even more like a cute girl?)
Lonis felt like she was being kneaded to death by Elucia. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if she willingly wanted to be a soft girl, she would still be teased and bullied by her.
"No, I need to find Elucia's weakness and counterattack."
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However, finding Elucia's weakness was easier said than done.
Lonis knew that Elucia cared about her, so if she encountered mortal danger, Elucia would definitely be anxious.
But, but!
She wouldn't die at all!!
So protection and such lost their real meaning... In fact, if something like a bomb explosion happened and someone had to go defuse the fuse, it would definitely be Lonis who went.
For no other reason than because she wouldn't die.
And in other aspects, she couldn't see any weaknesses in Elucia... like stealing the black-haired girl's treasured cookies, or dressing up as a ghost to scare her?
No, it was impossible to succeed just thinking about it.
Moreover...
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"Hehe, because you've been trained by me to blush constantly, so you're planning to counterattack?"
"Eh?"
"Lonis, I really appreciate your rebellious appearance, because the more you resist, the more exciting and fulfilling it is to bully you~"
"Wuu wuu!"
Elucia's ability to read other people's emotions was also very troublesome.
Although Elucia couldn't read other people's thoughts, because they had spent too much time together... so usually, even if Lonis thought of something, Elucia would notice it immediately.
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Just as Lonis was hesitating, there was suddenly a knock on the door.
"Student Elucia, Student Lonis, I'm sorry, I messed things up."
"Eh, Suling, what's wrong?"
"The customers in line got into a fight, what should I do?!!!!"
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Because today was the last day of the Autumn Arts Festival, there were exceptionally many customers coming to queue.
Plus yesterday's good reputation, the queue in front of the Ancient Academy had over a hundred people... They didn't know how many hours they'd have to wait to actually enter and play.
And at this time, something unexpected happened to everyone.
Someone cut in line.
This wasn't ordinary line cutting, but cutting between acquaintances... Originally there was a young couple who had been waiting for 2 hours and were about to enter.
However, just then, some people the couple knew arrived. Seeing the couple was about to get their turn, they wanted to directly line up beside them.
This made the people behind them unhappy, so they started shouting loudly, leaving Zhou Suling completely at a loss.
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"Sigh, this kind of thing would happen after all. Suling, go help me operate the mechanisms. I'll handle things here."
"I'm sorry, Student Elucia, I..."
"It's fine, Suling has already been a great help. With so many people today, it's normal not to be able to manage everything."
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How to describe Elucia's temperament?
As long as she wasn't dealing with Lonis, Elucia was always very mature and rational, always able to grasp the key to matters immediately.
Her steps weren't fast, but they were full of an irresistible power.
"Dear customers, although we're very grateful for your support of the Ancient Academy, because there are many people today, except for elderly people, we cannot provide line-holding services here."
"Eh?!"
The customers who wanted to cut in line seemed to want to say something, but just then, a nearby customer said: "Exactly, exactly! They told you it's not allowed, why do you keep trying to cut in line!!!!"
However, facing this customer, Elucia also shook her head and said: "This customer, what you're doing is also wrong."
"Eh?"
"These customers just don't know the queuing rules. In principle, it can't really be called a mistake, so you shouldn't yell at them either."
"Ah...?"
"Moreover, in Clear Academy, we prohibit loud noise."
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It didn't even take 2 minutes for Elucia to resolve the matter.
Those crimson eyes only slowly swept over everyone, and these customers seemed to be "intimidated," obediently accepting Elucia's commands.
Seeing this scene, Lonis was also somewhat stunned.
She knew that if it were her, she definitely couldn't handle it as cleanly and efficiently as Elucia.
(Speaking of which, Elucia was a princess before, so she's naturally good at commanding others?)
Although hero and princess was originally a very suitable combination.
But the princess of Snow Kingdom was different from ordinary kingdom princesses... Compared to a beloved mascot sheltered in the inner palace, Elucia was more like a young girl leader who had to realize her social value at a young age.
She had to have some aggression, had to be decisive and not let others question her.
(Speaking of which... I still don't understand Elucia very well? Even if not to find weaknesses, shouldn't I know more about Elucia?)
Unlike Elucia who had always been secretly observing her, even when she was a hero, Lonis actually had never met Elucia face to face.
Talking and communication were even more out of the question, so although Lonis shamelessly called the black-haired girl her wife, their relationship actually wasn't intimate to the degree of wife.
(Mm... so my next task should be to shamelessly stay by Elucia's side and understand her more deeply?)
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Just as Lonis was thinking, she heard Senior Yan's voice behind her:
"Student Elucia, are you there?"
"Senior, I'm here."
"There's a small problem with the escape room mechanisms here. I need you to help with repairs."
"I understand, I'll be right there."
Like this, Elucia had just finished work here and immediately went to handle other work without stopping.
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