Chapter 23: The Master and the Little Maid’s Little Game~
“Hmph, we’re departing the day after tomorrow. Take this money and buy whatever you want,” Elus said.
“Eh?”
“However, even if I say it’s whatever you want, if I find out you’re wasting money, you’ll be in for it~”
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Clutching the small money pouch in her palm, Lonis still felt a bit uneasy.
Was it because their relationship had grown closer?
This was the first time Elus had asked her to buy things herself. Lonis felt a little “overwhelmed by favor” and didn’t know what to buy.
The money in her hand totaled 5 gold coins, which translated to about 500 silver coins. This was already a fortune. If she were to buy daily necessities alone, it could probably last for several years.
“Should I buy some shower gel first? But there’s already quite a bit on the ship…”
In fact, Elus had already completed all the supply purchases a few days ago, so Lonis’s shopping spree had no hard target.
(How strange, why did Elus suddenly ask me to buy things?)
(Oh, I get it! Elus is really tsundere, right? She must want to reward me in this way!)
Because she was too embarrassed to buy me a gift directly, Elus gave me a lot of money.
“Hehe~”
Lonis blinked her eyes. Actually, this feeling of being pampered was really nice~
It felt like she had found a rich sugar mama!
“If that’s the case, to be safe, I’ll buy a medical kit first? I have a feeling I might encounter danger, so buying more medicine is never wrong.”
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Although medical kits existed in this world, they were vastly different from what Lonis remembered.
Priced at 90 silver coins, it didn’t contain various surgical instruments, but a reagent called a “blood bottle.”
Although she had seen similar things in games, Lonis never knew how they were produced.
After talking to the shopkeeper girl, Lonis learned that there was an animal called a “medical beast” in this world.
They were like cattle and sheep, with special factories for breeding and raising them. The blood of these animals was the main ingredient for blood bottles—it was rich in various nutrients, not only repairing damaged body organs but also acting on the nervous system to relieve pain.
Besides that, there were also bandages smeared with strange essence and a strange blue capsule.
Lonis couldn’t afford these items at all… For example, a bandage cost 10 gold coins, and a blue capsule cost 50 gold coins.
The shopkeeper said the former was a bandage infused with Yixiu essence, capable of repairing all muscle external injuries and burns. The latter used nanobots and could save even a person whose heart had stopped beating.
(Could it be that my body also contains a bunch of these things?)
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Thinking about it, Lonis suddenly felt that she might be exceptionally valuable…
Perhaps one of her arms was worth tens of gold coins. If she was really short of money, she could still survive by “selling her body.”
(Sigh… No wonder Elus strictly prohibits me from wandering around? If some pervert took a liking to me, the outcome wouldn’t be as simple as being violated.)
Realizing this, Lonis felt an indescribable sense of shame.
In fact, when she was a boy, she was not afraid of walking on the road at night or exploring.
But now, she could only stay in safe places. If she encountered a bad person even slightly, she might end up like Tang Sanzang in Journey to the West, being subjected to excessive acts.
(But if that’s the case, she should just tell me properly instead of imprisoning me.)
(Sigh, my wife is a tsundere, it’s really troublesome.)
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After buying some packaged food and sleeping bags, Elus’s 500 silver coins were almost spent.
Although Lonis knew Elus gave her this money for her to enjoy… ever since she became a girl, Lonis didn’t know how to enjoy herself.
Her appetite wasn’t big, and she got full after eating a little snack.
There were no games to play in this world either. People’s entertainment mainly consisted of ordinary board games, which didn’t require spending 648.
Not to mention skirts and women’s shoes!
Lonis still had some pride as a boy and would never proactively buy such things.
“Hmm… I have 120 silver coins left, what should I buy?”
As Lonis walked, she suddenly saw a toy store… It sold not only board games but also some old game cartridges.
“Right, I’ll buy some small toys and games for Elus. That way, when this sadist girl gets bored, she won’t want to bully me and can play with toys instead~”
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“Haa, finally some personal time?”
Although bullying the idiot maid was also interesting, it was indeed more freeing to be alone.
The black-haired little loli lay on the sofa, lazily playing a game console—it wasn’t that playing games was anything special, but Elus would get uncontrollably engrossed when playing.
“Damn hero, why are you even dumber than Lonis! I told you to crit, but you missed, missed your sister! It’s over, I have to start again!!!!”
Because she was so absorbed in the game, Elus knew her image wasn’t exactly “black-hearted,” so she sent Lonis away.
(Besides, it’s also interesting to see what this idiot maid buys? It’s like the sense of accomplishment from playing a game and sending a maid on an expedition~)
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At this moment, Elus’s energy was fully focused on the game. Her pair of crimson eyes were filled with a sense of “unsatisfied desire.”
“Damn it, I lost again!!!! If I lose again, I’ll rename you ‘Big Idiot’ and have you reclass as a maid, forever a soft girl.”
As if hearing Elus’s threat,
the protagonist in the game’s performance stabilized considerably afterward… There were no more strange misses, and they fought their way to the boss.
“Hmph, don’t choke at the crucial moment, okay? After all, that idiot didn’t choke at the end, did she?”
As she said this, Elus couldn’t help but think back to what happened in the Land of Eternity.
Although it was a resting place for the deceased, it was no exaggeration to call it a realistic game… At that time, even she didn’t think that idiot hero could succeed.
But he did succeed.
Was it because he was a fool with good luck, or was this guy bold and careful, having already predicted this?
During the final decisive battle, this guy actually got lost in the Demon King’s castle! He didn’t find the Demon King’s Hall but ended up in the castle’s most hidden armory.
Then, due to a mistake, this idiot accidentally detonated all the ammunition in the armory… Thus, the entire castle and the Demon King were blown to the sky!
In the end, the Demon King was very angry. In his rage, he lost his mind, and this idiot discovered his weakness through maneuvering and annihilated him directly.
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“Hmph, but this guy ended up becoming a weak, submissive maid?”
So, thinking of Lonis’s pitiful, submissive appearance, Elus became somewhat annoyed… The impulse to bully her, to make her kneel pitifully, became even more pronounced.
