Chapter 248 : Meeting
When she woke up, it was already the next day.
The Time Shuttle had returned to the royal capital Insolania, and Elucia was no longer in the bedroom.
It seemed this black-haired girl had already gone out to handle some matters, but she hadn't told Lonis after waking up.
She hadn't even left a note... Since she had no idea what Elucia was doing, Lonis suddenly had the illusion that she had been abandoned.
Yesterday, she had worked so hard to make Elucia happy, but in the end, she only got this result.
Everything she did was within Elucia's expectations. She hadn't given her a surprise, but instead seemed to have been calculated and teased by the girl again.
(Am I perhaps too incompetent?)
Thinking so dejectedly, Lonis walked out of the bedroom.
There was no one in the living room. Compared to during the journey, the ship's interior had become much quieter. Just as Lonis was about to take out some milk to fill her stomach...
A voice suddenly came from behind her.
"Mm, Junior Lonis, good morning~~"
"Wuu... Is that Senior Zhou Mixue?"
The senior hadn't appeared for several days, and Lonis didn't know what she'd been doing recently.
But judging from her radiant expression, she must have been doing very well these past few days.
"Senior, recently..."
"Mm, I've actually been flirting with several noble young ladies from the Bright Ember Kingdom lately. It's really a very~~~~ interesting thing~~"
"Wuu?"
"I discovered that many noble young ladies from the Bright Ember Kingdom may look serious on the surface, but in private, they're very wild! Even I have trouble keeping up~~~~"
Although it seemed like she was doing something scandalous, since both parties were girls, Lonis didn't feel disgusted—instead, she felt somewhat envious.
"Senior Zhou Mixue is amazing..."
"Huh?"
"You really understand girls' hearts, unlike me, who always..."
At this point, Lonis felt somewhat wronged in her heart.
She had already stopped being a harem king, but Elucia still bullied her so excessively, only treating her as a toy.
Saying she could make her wife happy—wasn't that all just her own wishful thinking?
...
However, seeing her dejected state, Senior Zhou Mixue suddenly shook her head and said firmly: "Junior Lonis, what are you talking about?"
"Huh?"
"You're amazing! Being able to handle such a difficult girl like Elucia—your absolute power is definitely much stronger than mine."
"Ah, ah? Senior Zhou Mixue, aren't you mistaken? How could I possibly handle..."
Lonis's pretty face reddened. She was just being unilaterally played with by Elucia—saying she had "handled" her was too flattering.
But...
"No no! Don't underestimate yourself. If the difficulty of conquering an ordinary girl is 10, then conquering Elucia is 9999999... Mm, at least I have no way to make a move, because it's too difficult."
"Is that so? But..."
"Moreover, you've already made major breakthroughs recently, haven't you? You can already make Elucia show her true self to you without any reservations, can't you?"
"Ah?"
"When Elucia came out yesterday, I could see this junior was very happy. That was a kind of complete release, and also proof of baring her true self. Usually, although Elucia always teases you, she still holds back."
"!!!!"
Zhou Mixue's words awakened Lonis like enlightenment.
That's right.
Although Elucia had tormented her very harshly yesterday, what if this was originally one of Elucia's "instincts"?
Because she had demon bloodline, because she had awakened demon power, because too much hostility had accumulated in her body, she always needed to vent it, right?
And wasn't she the perfect outlet?
If even she couldn't support Elucia, then who could support Elucia?
...
...
"It seems you understand now."
Zhou Mixue smiled slightly, then patted Lonis's little head.
"Mm, thank you Senior Zhou Mixue! Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome. Elucia went to the palace meeting room. In the second wardrobe, there's a Sword and Shield Guard uniform and hood."
"Huh?"
"It was left in the room from the last role-playing session. I'll lend it to Lonis to wear now."
"Thank you so much!!!!!!"
Lonis bowed to thank the senior, then rushed out at full speed.
With this outfit, she could see Elucia directly without alerting anyone.
...
Meanwhile, in the Bright Ember Kingdom's meeting room.
Elucia sat in the head seat, seriously narrating:
"Mm, that's how things are. Princess Sethilu, please forgive me for using such tactics and damaging your reputation."
Around the meeting table sat not only General Guyanis and Nalonaté, Yicheng and Dean Cuibia, but even Princess Sethilu had come.
However, this silver-haired girl was still very weak and could only sit in a wheelchair, barely participating in the meeting:
"No, Representative Elucia, what you've done has helped us greatly. After all, we never expected to actually capture Candel alive."
...
General Guyanis also said very seriously to Elucia:
"Lord Elucia, the military is also very grateful that you could rescue those captured Sword and Shield Guards. Without you, we don't know what kind of torture they would have suffered."
If letting Elucia take charge before was just a choice forced by circumstances, now this purple-haired female general had completely submitted to Elucia.
...
Hearing everyone say this, Elucia also adopted the attitude of a leader, continuing to guide the meeting forward:
"Then, since everyone has no objections, the demons should retreat next. What we need to think about is how to maximize our benefits under the current situation."
"Should we launch a general offensive against the demons while we have the chance?"
"A certain degree of intimidation is necessary. I believe Candel is the key to breaking the current situation. While the demons are retreating now, we can..."
...
...
Elucia was methodically explaining. In these few days of planning, she had already conceived a very complete plan for the Bright Ember Kingdom.
As long as they followed what she said, some of this country's problems could be significantly improved, and the demons would also be cautious and not dare to invade again.
However...
Just then, very urgent footsteps came from outside the tightly closed wooden door.