Chapter 7 Secret Room Punishment
Just as Lonis was at her wit’s end, Elus’s voice suddenly came from the speaker.
“Heh heh, it seems like you little idiot is in some trouble?”
“Wuu…”
“Can’t reach it? Just call out ‘Master Elus, please help me, who is weak and a dumbass’, and you’ll unlock paid hints.”
“D-damn it.”
Although she knew Elus was teasing her again, Lonis wasn’t going to resist this time.
After all…
Just saying this, it wasn’t a very embarrassing thing to say, was it?
What’s more, Elus was going to bully her anyway, even if she didn’t go along with her now, she didn’t know how she would ravage her later.
So…
“Master Elus, please help me, who is weak and a dumbass.”
“Eee… I didn’t expect my white-stockinged maid to be so well-behaved today.”
“Mm…”
“Hmph, then I’ll reluctantly tell you. There’s a retractable stool at the bottom of the sofa, you can take it out by pressing the mechanism.”
“!”
…
…
Following Elus’s instructions, Lonis finally got the books from the high place.
With this, as long as she arranges them according to the page numbers of the bookmarks, she can get the corresponding password.
(Hehe, I really am a genius.)
Sitting at the table, the silver-haired girl happily fiddled with the password box.
“837263985, it should be like this.”
After confirming it was correct, Lonis pressed the unlock button… but, the silver-haired girl never expected this.
The password box didn’t open, but the little items on her body opened instead!!!!
Buzz buzz buzz~
As if declaring herself a doll, these little things made strange noises. Although it was only Level 1 for now, under the surprise attack, Lonis’s face turned red.
“Elus, what is going on!!!!”
“Oh, it seems my dumb little maid didn’t solve the mechanism?”
“Eee?!”
“In secret room puzzles, if you don’t solve the mechanism, there’s a punishment, you know? But I see you’re so pitiful, so I didn’t activate the punishment in the room, but started the little toys instead.”
“!”
“Heh heh, solve the puzzle quickly, if you can’t solve the library puzzle, these little toys won’t stop, okay? I’m really curious how long you can last at Level 1.”
“Wuwuwu!!!!”
…
This immediately gave Lonis a sense of urgency.
Although Level 1 wasn’t impossible to defend against, Lonis didn’t want her body to be played with all the time, so she could only endure the soft, electric shock-like sensation and start solving the puzzle again.
“Damn it, wuu… where did I go wrong, but the page numbers are all correct…”
“Let me search again… wuu, the little toys are too much, I can’t even walk.”
“Wait, there’s one on the back of the password box… it seems there’s a…”
…
Lonis saw it, there was an upside-down symbol on the back of the password box.
This might mean that the password wasn’t simply arranged in order, but in reverse order—after all, some ancient books were written from right to left.
So, Lonis rearranged the password and pressed the switch.
But at the same time…
“Ugh ah ah!!!”
She wasn’t even steady and fell onto the chair.
The little items attacking her seemed to have become more intense… Strange sounds echoed in the study, causing beads of sweat to involuntarily flow from the girl’s body.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you, you dumb maid, every time you enter the wrong answer, the level of punishment will increase by one.”
“What?!”
“And it’s the same as before, it won’t stop until you solve the puzzle… Although I know you, this masochist, might deliberately let your whole body fall to Level 5 in order to be bullied, believe me, you won’t be able to walk tomorrow like that.”
“Elusssssss!!!!!”
If Lonis was just a little nervous and confused before, at this moment, she was about to cry.
If it hadn’t started yet, Lonis could have turned the study upside down and calmly judged where she had made a mistake.
But at this moment,
It was difficult for her to even stand up and walk.
Her attention was entirely focused on her own body, and the silver-haired girl had to do her best to defend herself so that her magic wouldn’t go out of control.
If her magic collapsed, she would have no strength at all.
She didn’t know how long she would lie on the ground, or how long she would be bullied by Elus.
But…
“How exactly do I solve the puzzle, where did I go wrong!!!”
Lonis panted heavily, the more anxious she became, the less she could think of the answer, and the less she could think of the answer, the more anxious she became.
The little items on her body continued to torment her, causing her magic to gradually gather, heading towards the boiling point.
However, at this moment,
Elus’s voice rang out again: “Little white-stockinged maid, the method for unlocking paid hints before is still valid.”
“Eee?”
“After all, I’m not a devil, I’ll always give you a little hope~”
“!”
There was no way, even though Lonis trembled with shame and could barely speak.
But she still said forcefully:
“Ah… Elus… Wu, wuu! Master, please help… Ah… Please help the weak… Ya!!! Please, please help me who is weak!!!!”
As soon as Lonis finished speaking, she collapsed onto the chair, as if something had gone wrong.
And Elus’s voice came from the side:
“Mm, although it’s broken, you’ve passed, right? Your entered password is not wrong, but don’t forget, the password box also needs energy.”
“En-energy?”
“Just like a battery, how else can it be opened.”
“!”
Hearing Elus say this, Lonis realized her carelessness.
She had indeed found a magic gemstone in a corner when she was searching the study… but at that time, her attention was entirely on the books, so she didn’t think much of it.
And now, even if she brought it over to replace it, Lonis could hardly stand up.
(No, Lonis, you are the hero, you absolutely cannot… admit defeat, right?)
…
Although her magic had been slightly chaotic once, Lonis still shakily lifted herself and walked towards the cabinet.
Her little feet wrapped in white stockings left wet footprints on the floor (she had been drenched in the pool earlier), and her originally fair face had turned crimson. (From the heat.)
A continuous heat spread throughout her body, but Lonis still grasped the magic gemstone.
The girl opened the battery compartment and inserted it into the password box.
One by one, she re-entered the corrected password.
Finally, after pressing the confirmation button, the password box popped open, and the little items stopped.
At the same time, Lonis collapsed onto the table, exhausted.
