Chapter 270 : Cute Girls
Accompanied by crisp birdsong, Lonis woke up.
She couldn't remember exactly how long she had slept, but she only remembered seeming to have had an incredibly wonderful dream.
In the dream, she seemed to have done very happy things with Elucia. But trying to recall it now, it was somewhat unclear.
"Ah, right, what should I be doing now... Eh? Wait!"
Patting her chest, Lonis realized she had already broken free from her shackles.
And not only that, she was also lying in the bedroom of the Time Shuttle... Outside the window was bright sunlight, with birds singing freely.
And that silver-haired Princess Elucia was collapsed beside her, sleeping soundly.
The faint morning light illuminated her flawless profile, and the clothing on Sethilu's body was exactly the same as in her dream.
"Wh-what's going on? Could it be that I'm still dreaming... No, no! This shouldn't be a dream anymore, but... could it be that my memories of being captured were the dream?!"
Lonis rubbed her head, feeling somewhat dizzy.
But just then, there was a gentle knock at the door.
"Junior Elucia, are you awake?"
"Eh?"
"It's me, Zhou Mixue, um..."
"Ah, Senior Zhou Mixue, Elucia hasn't woken up yet. If there's something, you can tell me."
Lonis sat up, but perhaps their conversation was a bit loud?
The silver-haired princess beside her also opened her eyes after a slight murmur: "Shut up, so noisy! Who is it, disturbing this princess's morning sleep..."
...
Although it sounded fierce, Elucia's voice was more like acting spoiled than scolding.
"Princess Elucia, you're awake?"
"Hah? Lonis, why are you here? Strange, what... happened to me?"
The just-awakened Elucia's expression changes were simply marvelous!
At first, it was a kind of disdain and arrogance.
Then, it became surprise and bewilderment.
After that, it changed to a kind of sudden realization of disbelief.
Finally, although this princess wanted to control her expression and put on her usual cold appearance, but... all these expressions had fallen into Lonis's sight, so even wanting to continue pretending was impossible.
The only thing she could do was...
"Lonis, kneel down!"
"Eh?"
"Turn your face away, don't look!"
Elucia didn't explain anything that happened yesterday or in the past, as if those scenes really were just an illusory dream.
And Lonis also very "tacitly" didn't dare to ask. Sometimes, being a bit confused was less annoying than being too clever.
Senior Zhou Mixue also seemed like she had done something wrong, quickly coming over and saying: "Ah ah, I've already prepared breakfast, juniors please go eat~~ Oh right, Princess Sethilu sent word earlier, asking if we want to go to the Bright Ember Temple together?"
"Bright Ember Temple..."
"Yes, the war against the demons has come to an end. And Princess Sethilu is also very worried about the situation at the Bright Ember Temple, wanting to go confirm the situation."
"Mm, then let's go tomorrow."
Elucia yawned and walked out of the bedroom.
Logically, this scheming tsundere princess should first wash her black hair and change back to her usual outfit... but Elucia seemed a bit drowsy too, actually coming directly to the dining room still wearing the princess dress.
And the girl's attire naturally made everyone freeze.
"Sethilu... no, Elucia?"
Suling was startled, almost dropping the chopsticks in her hands onto the table.
"I never expected that Elucia would look even more beautiful after putting on princess clothing."
Yicheng smiled slightly, not giving excessive praise.
"So... so pretty..."
Bai Ye seemed shocked speechless, just looking at Elucia with an admiring gaze.
This left the scheming girl somewhat at a loss for how to respond.
After all, although Elucia was quite arrogant, it was only directed at Lonis... Facing seniors and classmates, she had never done those bullying things.
Seeing this, Lonis quickly stepped forward:
"Ah, ah ah! Everyone, this is Elucia's new outfit. Aren't we going to the Bright Ember Temple tomorrow? So we need to prepare in advance~~"
"Oh...?"
"Because Princess Sethilu said that wearing beautiful clothes would better allow us to control the power of the Bright Ember Temple. So Elucia put on these clothes."
The reason Lonis covered for Elucia... wasn't just because she doted on her wife and would protect her no matter what happened.
It was also because she knew that if Elucia was in a bad mood, the unlucky one would always be herself.
"Oh, I see. Then Suling will also prepare a gorgeous outfit this afternoon~~~ Bai Ye, you should prepare one too."
"Eh? Do I need to as well..."
"Mm mm, although Bai Ye's current simple clothes are also very pretty, as a girl, you should have at least one very gorgeous and beautiful outfit in your wardrobe, right? Only then is it complete~~"
...
...
Things seemed to pass just like that.
Except for Senior Zhou Mixue, no one knew what had happened yesterday.
And Lonis? She was also glared at by Elucia.
The girl's annoyed gaze seemed to say: You submissive maid, don't think that flattering your master will improve your treatment in the slightest.
However...
For Lonis, although she was still being glared at by Elucia, she was somewhat enjoying this attention now.
Because Elucia in princess attire was simply too beautiful.
And if what she experienced yesterday wasn't a dream, then it proved that Elucia also had a very gentle side.
Although it would normally never be like that, just knowing that last night's brief happiness wasn't just her own vain fantasy was enough~
(So happy~~)
Time quickly came to the next day.
Everyone came to the royal palace of the Bright Ember Kingdom, preparing to go to the Bright Ember Temple with Princess Sethilu's help.
However, because of Lonis's nonsensical words, all the girls dressed very gorgeously.
Suling wore a cream-colored dress. The patterns on the dress not only looked gorgeous, but also appeared very comfortable due to the coordinated colors.
Bai Ye also changed into the little dress she had just bought yesterday. This was a forest-style design that Suling had carefully selected, with a small deer-shaped hood on the back.
Senior Zhou Mixue also put on a dress with a relatively high exposure level, and even wore rabbit ears on her head... It seemed she wanted to beg for forgiveness from Elucia through this method.
Everyone had arrived, just waiting for Princess Sethilu to appear.
But no one expected...
"S-sorry everyone. There was a little accident just now, so I'm only ready now."
"Eh?"
"Let's go to the royal palace's back garden. Um... Warrior Lonis and Warrior Elucia have already gone there."
Sethilu caught her breath, speaking while panting.