Chapter 29: Companionship
After resting at the Fiery Abyss Temple for about a day, the two had fully recovered their health and were ready to leave.
However, before leaving, Elus did not take anything with her. She silently made the final adjustments to the Fiery Abyss and collected all the trash brought by the girls.
“Slave Maid, come here.”
“Wuuu…”
Lonis walked over reluctantly. After her injuries healed, this black-haired little loli had been bullying her quite a bit… asking her to massage her shoulders, asking her to grill meat, completely treating her like a servant!
Lonis thought Elus wanted to bully her again, but at this moment, her expression was a little serious.
Elus grabbed Lonis’s wrist with her left hand and swung down a short sword with her right hand, as if to cut off the silver-haired girl’s palm!
“Elus… no, don’t bully me.”
“It’s too late to beg for mercy now.”
Rip, Lonis’s palm was cut open… and crimson blood flowed out gurgling.
Although Lonis felt a slight pleasure at the instant of the first cut, she soon felt pain.
(It hurts so much!)
The silver-haired girl looked at the black-haired little loli with teary eyes. She wanted to cry out in pain, but her inner dignity prevented her from screaming like a little girl.
In the end, it turned into…
“Elus, what do you want to do to me?”
“Alright, now quickly pass this blood to the Fiery Abyss, and then drip it onto the four torches in order.”
“Huh?”
“This is to prevent the power of the Fiery Abyss from being corrupted by filth… After you’re done, I’ll give you a reward.”
“!”
Lonis was stunned and suddenly remembered General Cru and the Trickster Demon behind him.
They were probably the main villains in this world, weren’t they?
They had been coveting the power of the Fiery Abyss, and as the Hero, she should have protected the Fiery Abyss Temple from invasion.
However, even so…
It hurt so much!
Although raising her body’s sensitivity to the maximum had many benefits, the drawbacks were also obvious… Blood trickled down, making Lonis almost faint from the pain.
Not to mention her amazing healing ability; her palm wound healed in less than 3 minutes.
Then, she had to cut it open again…
“Wuuu, Elus, can you just make a small cut on your finger?”
“Haa?”
“Cutting my palm like this really hurts.”
“You, don’t you know your own body’s characteristics? Making a small cut on your finger would heal in a few seconds. To drip enough blood, you’d need to make dozens of cuts.”
“Dozens of times!”
“Lonis, didn’t you say you were a hero in your past life? Seeing you looking so pitiful, it really suits you better to be a soft girl.”
“Who said I was scared? I was faking the pain just now! Watch this, it doesn’t hurt at all.”
Stubborn to the end, that described Lonis’s current situation. To drip blood, she had to cut her palm five times.
The blood that flowed out was not a liter, but it was about eight taels.
And this pain was not just mental; her physical body also reacted… Lonis felt like she was sweating profusely, and her steps had become unsteady.
At the same time, she felt as if she were drunk, her whole body immersed in a special feeling. The surrounding time seemed to become incredibly slow and then incredibly fast.
Only Elus’s words could bring Lonis’s feelings back to normal.
“It’s just drawing blood, and you, a masochist, are already so excited.”
“I-I’m not excited!”
“But you’ve completed it, which is pretty good for a masochistic maid… Come here, I’ll give you your reward.”
“Reward?”
Lonis blinked blankly,
only to see Elus take out a candle from her storage ring!
Could the “reward” Elus mentioned be bullying her?
(No, don’t… I don’t want a reward where I’m treated and bullied like a toy!)
Lonis took a step back in fear, while Elus took a step forward and said with interest, “You masochistic soft maid, don’t you wish I, your master, would drip melted candle wax all over your body, covering you with sticky candle liquid?”
“Wuu… wuuu.”
“But, unfortunately. Today’s reward is not this, but…”
Putting down the candle, Elus took out a silver-white necklace from her palm.
Then she stood on her tiptoes and put it on Lonis’s neck like a collar.
“Eh… what is this?!”
Lonis hadn’t reacted yet, and Elus said lazily with a mocking smile:
“From today onwards, you are this master’s weapon rack. Whatever weapon I tell you to take out, you take it out.”
“Eh…”
It was then that Lonis noticed that at the end of the necklace hung a small red gem—this was a gem bestowed upon her by the Fiery Abyss Temple, which possessed the ability to summon the Crimson Lotus War Hammer.
Could it be…
Elus had taken away the gem earlier just to make a necklace for her?
And the reward she mentioned was precisely to give this to her?
Just as Lonis’s heart was touched, Elus snorted and said:
“What are you still standing there for? Quickly thank your master.”
“Eh?”
“You don’t need to kneel, just do a原地转圈 (a spin in place) for me.”
After preparing everything, Lonis and Elus left the Fiery Abyss Temple together.
After leaving, they first checked the underground prison… General Cru’s figure was no longer in the lava, and the scent of decay that had been lingering in the air had also diminished significantly.
“Burned to ashes?”
“Not necessarily? He might have struggled to climb up, his skin unrecognizable from the burns, searching everywhere for a way to kill us?”
“Eh?”
“While you were asleep, he might have snuck up quietly, extended those dry, lacquer-black hands, and reached for your…”
“Waaah!”
Elus’s description was too vivid, and with her hand “just right” grasping Lonis’s breasts, the silver-haired girl was startled.
“Hmph hmph, as expected, you’re timid~”
“Anyone would be startled if their chest was touched like that.”
Although Lonis felt a bit flustered by Elus’s touch,
she didn’t get angry: because she was worried that Elus had gone through similar experiences… After all, whether she was a princess or later, Elus had always lived alone.
So, when she slept at night, Elus must have felt some unease?
Therefore, if she could accompany Elus by her side… would Elus feel more at ease?
…
(Hoo…)
Lonis took a deep breath and looked at the lava in front of her.
She knew that no matter what happened, at least the time she was bullied and ravaged by Elus would not end anytime soon.
Hero or maid,
Partner or master?
Thus, they embarked on their journey.
