Chapter 32: The Factory’s Placement Play
After reading these lines, Lonis wanted to find a coffin and crawl inside.
But escaping was impossible.
On top of that, she still had to use this cute girl’s body, with her bouncing boobs and wearing such a pretty skirt, following Elus like a maid.
If she was even a little slow…
“Let me see, what kind of method should I use for training next time… Sitting posture training? Maid etiquette?”
“N-no…”
“Heheh, Lonis~ If you don’t serve me comfortably, you’ll be the one who suffers, you know?”
“!”
Being bullied by Elus like this, Lonis regretted it immensely. If she had known, she wouldn’t have saved this black-haired masochistic beautiful girl in the first place!
The journey ahead was long, and who knew what strange methods this person would come up with to punish her?
“Alright, weapon rack, quickly summon the Crimson Lotus Hammer for me.”
“Wuwu…”
When had Lonis, a former hero, ever been treated like this?
But she could only be summoned at a whim and summoned the Crimson Lotus Hammer.
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However, Lonis didn’t expect…
The frozen gate was smashed open by the Crimson Lotus Hammer, revealing an exceptionally magnificent factory.
This place looked like it had processed some behemoth: steel bars several meters thick spanned overhead, and thick metal pipes and huge metal hooks were visible everywhere.
Several giant gears, 5-6 meters in diameter, stood to the side. Even though they looked like they hadn’t been used for a long time, their smooth surfaces showed no signs of aging.
Just as Lonis was marveling, Elus tugged at the collar tied around her neck.
“Heheh, you masochistic maid, you must want to know what this place is for, right?”
“Eh…”
“As long as you’re willing to let me train you one more time, I’ll tell you the answer~”
The black-haired girl smiled contemptuously, as if she was certain that Lonis, the masochist, would agree.
But for Lonis, Elus’s smile ignited her competitive spirit as a boy – she couldn’t be forced, but at least now, she could show some dignity?
Thus, the silver-haired maid widened her eyes and said:
“Hmph, if you don’t tell me, you don’t tell me. I won’t die if I don’t know.”
“Okay, then now, enter that cage.”
“The cage…?”
“Don’t make me say it a second time.”
“!”
Lonis was startled. Elus was referring to a pitch-black cage – the cage was about one square meter in area and 2 meters high, just enough for a person to stand in.
Under normal circumstances, Lonis would have wanted to understand what she was supposed to do before entering, but at this moment, she was in too deep and had to walk in with bated breath.
“I-I’m going in, and then what?”
“Then… stay inside!”
Elus walked over and locked the iron cage with a click.
Now, Lonis was like a caged pet, unable to escape no matter what.
“Elus, w-what are you going to do?!”
“Oh? Who was it just now who said, ‘If you don’t tell me, you don’t tell me’?”
“Wuwu…”
“It’s still not too late to beg for mercy now.”
“I won’t beg, I absolutely won’t beg!”
Lonis’s pretty face blushed. She knew that Elus was just teasing her.
Although this black-haired beautiful girl was a sadist, she wouldn’t do anything truly excessive… Just like in the Fiery Abyss Temple, even piercing her palm was for purifying defilement.
So as long as she gathered her courage, there was nothing to be afraid of~
…
“Okay, okay, as you wish~”
“Eh?”
But Lonis didn’t expect that after hearing her decision, Elus would leave immediately!
Without saying a word, she just walked away silently.
This time, Lonis was stunned…
Although the factory looked magnificent, it was eerily quiet, with not a soul in sight.
Only dim sunlight streamed in through the ruined ceiling.
The visibility in the factory was not very high, and some shadowy areas were completely obscured. A faint chill spread through Lonis’s body, making her instinctively hug herself.
(Did I… make Elus angry? After all, I’m a maid now, and I should serve her…)
(But even so, she shouldn’t have locked me in a cage like this?!)
(Hmph, who… who’s scared! Just you wait.)
…
A quarter of an hour passed, and there was still no one around.
…
Half an hour passed, and it was quiet, save for the lonely sound of the wind.
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An hour passed, and the surrounding environment remained as cold as ever.
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Loneliness, desolation, deathly silence.
Only the cold wind howled outside, singing the eternal melody of the snow-capped mountains.
As the sun set, the visibility around them continued to lower, and Lonis felt an inexplicable sense of despair.
It was as if the world had been abandoned by light.
(Wait, abandoned?)
Lonis blinked, and then she realized a possibility:
Did… did Elus abandon me?
That person found me troublesome, so she threw me here and left by herself?
…
Although rationally she knew this was unlikely, Lonis couldn’t help but entertain this thought.
After all, a girl’s body was inherently frail, and even the slightest sound could trigger instinctive fear.
…
…
And finally…
Lonis couldn’t hold back any longer.
“Elus, what exactly do you want? Come out quickly!”
Lonis pounded on the iron cage forcefully, but in the empty factory, only her cries echoed in solitude.
“Damn it, how could you treat me like this! You black-hearted, sadistic, perverted beautiful girl! I am a hero, I am the hero who helped this country, I shouldn’t be treated like this!!!”
Lonis didn’t dare to stop shouting, because as soon as she stopped, a strange fear would arise in her heart.
So Lonis kept shouting, begging for Elus to respond, even a curse would be fine.
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…
And just as Lonis desperately wanted to escape the cage,
A loud sound came from the depths of the factory.
“Rumble!”
It sounded like something crashing.
“Clang, clang…”
It sounded like the rotation of a conveyor belt.
“Gurgle, gurgle…”
It sounded like lava spreading.
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Following that, Lonis was horrified to discover that the giant gear not far away began to turn.
A massive metal ball was moving unsteadily on the metal beam ceiling, and soon it arrived above her head.
“W-what’s going on?”
Lonis’s eyes widened in shock. This metal ball hanging above her head was about one meter in diameter, and conservatively estimated to weigh nearly a ton…
If it fell directly, she would definitely be turned into mincemeat.
At that time, even with her recovery abilities, the damage of her brain matter splattering and bones shattering might not be able to recover immediately.
“Elus, help! This machine, this machine, it’s moving!!”
In this critical moment, Lonis completely disregarded her dignity. She forcefully pounded on the metal cage, wanting to run out: “Elus, you’re the one who locked me in the cage. If I die, I won’t forgive you even as a ghost!”
Lonis didn’t even realize that her voice had a hint of crying.
And at this moment,
Elus’s voice also came from afar…
“You idiot, this is a Magic Magnet, it won’t smash you to death!”
