Chapter 37 Princess Lonis
The setting sun cast its twilight rays upon the bedroom curtains.
After a full day of training, Lonis finally seemed to possess a semblance of a princess.
Her temperament was calm, balanced, and grand, her demeanor steady and elegant, and the distance of each step she took was just right… Looking at her from afar, one could hardly find any fault with her bearing.
“Hmph, not bad, huh?”
“Master Eluscia, may I rest now?”
Lonis panted heavily. Although she was just in the room, she had walked back and forth over a hundred laps.
Her soles were already sore, not to mention that if her steps were not precise, Eluscia would use a small leather whip to symbolically strike her body.
“Huh? Rest? Lonis, you probably don’t know that the training for demeanor has only just begun, halfway through?”
“Halfway…”
“Yes, while your daily demeanor might barely be passable now, you’ll completely reveal yourself if faced with a crucial and sudden situation.”
“Eh?”
“There’s still so much to do, so you can’t rest right now, okay?”
“Wuwu, Eluscia is a devil, bullying me!!!”
Lonis was so exhausted she felt like crying. Putting aside everything else, she felt she couldn’t even stand steadily. Even when she sat down, her legs trembled uncontrollably.
If she trained for a few more hours, she would probably collapse on the ground and have to crawl forward.
However…
“A devil? Heh heh, thank you for the compliment~~ Lonis… you didn’t think that just because you’ve become an excellent slave maid, I’m not a sadist, did you?”
“Wuwu…”
“In fact, the latter half of the training is very interesting, exactly the type you, a slave maid, would like.”
“Eh…?”
“Don’t resist anymore, because the more you resist, the more excited I’ll get?”
Holding a small toy in her hand, Eluscia quietly walked towards Lonis.
…
“Wow, so amazing…”
“So elegant, is this… Lonis?”
In the dining room, the sisters Mi Xue Zhou and Su Ling Zhou exclaimed in admiration.
Su Ling’s gaze was normal, simply a praise between girls. However, Mi Xue’s gaze was filled with a provocative desire, as if she wanted to take Lonis back to her room for some fun tonight.
…
However, facing everyone’s gaze, Lonis could only say:
“Um… Esteemed guests, may I ask, are you accustomed to the dinner?”
“Eh?”
“As Princess Cécile of the Kingdom Ming, I will do my utmost to provide excellent service for everyone.”
After speaking, Lonis elegantly performed a curtsy… It was precisely this perfect curtsy that stunned Su Ling:
“Wu, wuah? Is this really Lonis… For a moment, I thought it was Princess Cécile.”
“Guest, please don’t joke. I am Princess Cécile. It’s getting late, let’s start dinner quickly.”
“So amazing!”
…
This dining room was not large; it was simply the room Princess Cécile usually used for dining. Therefore, there were no outsiders. Only Lonis, Eluscia, Su Ling Zhou, and Mi Xue Zhou were eating.
But even so…
…
“Wuwu!”
Feeling the sudden strange sensation, Lonis panicked.
Just as she was about to go eat, Eluscia had placed those detestable demeanor correction devices on her arms and thighs. Although only one or two were installed, the sensation wasn’t overwhelming, as she had been teased too many times before.
But, but!
Eluscia’s requirement was to order Lonis to remain outwardly calm.
In other words, she could not show the slightest abnormality.
Even if she was being teased there again, she had to elegantly extend her arm and cut the steak into small pieces.
Even if Eluscia attacked her suddenly, she had to smile and greet her companions.
This was the “elegant training” of a princess; even if Mount Tai collapsed before her, she had to remain impassive and maintain her princess bearing.
…
However…
The continuous attacks made Lonis unable to hold on.
(No, I can’t! This feeling of magic power imbalance is so strange…)
Lonis’s legs were actually pressed tightly together. But her upper body remained perfectly straight, as if nothing were wrong.
And to maintain her princess-like elegance, Lonis couldn’t even reach out to “adjust her clothing” in an ungraceful manner.
She could only elegantly eat with her fork, letting her body be stimulated by the strange devices, letting her magic power continuously gather, and gradually converge towards that critical area.
(Eluscia, I…)
…
However, Eluscia was still considerate. Or rather, she enjoyed observing Lonis’s helpless expression as she teetered on the edge of collapse, only to be stopped just in time.
At the moment Lonis was about to give up, the black-haired girl turned off the remote control and said with a mischievous smile…
“Hmm, not bad? Princess Lonis’s performance this time is satisfactory. You are fully qualified to play Princess Cécile.”
“Thank you for Eluscia’s praise. Without your diligent guidance, my performance would not be… so elegant.”
“Wow, your speech has also become very much like an aristocrat. I didn’t expect Lonis-chan to be so suitable to be a princess.”
“Su Ling’s praise is too kind. I am merely doing what I should do, there is nothing to be admired.”
…
…
Although a princess’s status seemed much nobler than a maid’s, and her language was more elegant,
Hearing it from Lonis, she felt a strange sense of shame… If Lonis could choose, she would still prefer to be a maid again, even if it meant ending this princess disguise.
…
However, such a thing was impossible.
After finishing dinner, Lonis even had to continue playing Princess Cécile and meet General Gu Yanis and Captain Nalonate.
Because Princess Cécile would be holding a court session tomorrow, and before meeting her ministers, she had to gain the recognition and advice of these royal guards.
…
But Lonis never expected…
“Too beautiful, truly too beautiful!”
Facing the gracefully standing Lonis, Gu Yanis murmured in admiration. “Although there are slight differences in appearance, this gentle and inclusive temperament is remarkably similar, almost perfectly imitative.”
“I knew it, letting Lonis play the part would definitely be fine.”
“Sister Gu Yanis… I actually feel that compared to Princess Cécile, this guest Lonis has a gap in her temperament?”
After speaking, Nalonate widened her eyes as if looking at Lonis’s legs.
This glance instinctively made Lonis feel guilty. Sensing Lonis’s timidity, Nalonate became even more certain of her opinion:
“While the gentleness and inclusiveness are sufficient, Princess Cécile is someone who can personally go to the battlefield and slay demons. She remains unfazed even when facing extremely fierce demonic beasts, whereas this esteemed guest clearly hasn’t experienced battle and lacks that heroic aura.”
“Uh?!”
Being rebutted by Nalonate like this, Lonis’s heart became even more uneasy… After all, she wasn’t a legitimate princess and couldn’t possibly have that courage to rule the world.
However…
Just then, Eluscia suddenly walked over and grabbed her wrist.
The black-haired girl’s expression was incredibly serious, like a handsome and dashing female knight. She said to Lonis:
“Princess Lonis, please pull yourself together.”
“Huh? Eluscia…?”
“Princess Lonis, you are the one who once conquered the demon race and annihilated Demon Lord Cru. How can you retreat here? Here, show your heroic aura to the Sword and Shield Guards of the Kingdom Ming!”
…
…
Listening to Eluscia’s words, Lonis was stunned into silence.
Because she had just realized…
Although she wasn’t a princess, she was also a hero, wasn’t she?
Even if she hadn’t killed many demons in reality, in the virtual world, she had fought many battles and overcome countless hardships.
She had even witnessed many large-scale charges.
Therefore… there was nothing to be afraid of.
Lonis straightened her chest, and the heroic spirit displayed in that instant was like that of a true princess knight.
This left both Gu Yanis and Nalonate stunned.
