Chapter 34: Starting Work as a Maid
Although it wasn’t exactly looked down upon, Lonis knew that cleaning rooms was the most unskilled job.
As a Hero, she naturally disdained cleaning rooms… but having just arrived in another world, everything had to start from scratch.
So, despite her reluctance, Lonis could only obediently follow Eluscia’s orders and begin cleaning the ship.
This magic-powered boat wasn’t large, with only 5 rooms in total. From front to back, they were the cockpit, the living room, the bedroom, the bathroom, and the engine room.
The engine room was locked, so Lonis decided to clean the bathroom first.
The bathroom was of standard size, containing a sink, a toilet, a storage shelf, and a shower area.
Most bathrooms were usually dirty and filled with an unpleasant odor. However, this bathroom seemed as if it had never been used, only covered in a layer of dust.
Therefore, cleaning it was quite convenient. Lonis just needed to extend her hands and wipe every inch of the space.
…
However, upon seeing her own hands, Lonis felt a strange sense of shame… Her wrists were shy, her fingers slender, and no matter from what angle you looked, they were incredibly beautiful.
Not only that, but her arms were also wearing long white gloves… These gloves were waterproof, yet they retained the delicate touch of silk stockings, causing a peculiar silky feeling to transmit to her hands every time her fingers touched the rag.
As the rag wiped back and forth on the walls, the fabric rubbed against her skin, making Lonis feel ticklish.
And wearing high heels, with a pair of round, perky boobs on her chest, Lonis certainly couldn’t squat down conveniently.
She could only kneel down, with her knees touching the ground, and clean the room inch by inch.
The floor was manageable, but when cleaning the toilet, Lonis’s boobs felt heavy and cumbersome, often accidentally brushing against the toilet or the walls, sending strange sensations.
(Why am I, the mighty Hero, doing such a thing…)
Despite her blushing cheeks, Lonis spent half an hour making the toilet sparkle like new… After all, she would be using the bathroom herself in the future.
What’s more, Lonis knew Eluscia’s personality well.
If there was anything she wasn’t satisfied with, then this black-hearted, sadist beautiful girl might just make her lick the dirt clean with her tongue!
So, it was better to be thorough, right?
…
After cleaning the toilet, the next task was to clean the bedroom.
According to Eluscia, the entire Snow Kingdom had been lost for 100 years. But perhaps due to the low temperature, lack of sunlight, absence of microbial decomposition, and excellent materials, the furniture in the bedroom looked as if it had only been placed there for a few years, still appearing quite new.
The huge wardrobe was empty of any clothes.
Although the wooden bed only had a mattress, it looked incredibly soft and spacious, perfect for rolling around on without any issues.
The floor lamp was still functional, but Lonis couldn’t understand its lighting mechanism—it wasn’t a simple glass light bulb, but rather like a spherical crystal ball.
There were no televisions or game consoles. The other floor cabinets were also empty, making them easier to clean.
However, as she was cleaning, Lonis realized the limitation of her strength… Her waist was simply too slender.
Although a willow-slender waist looked beautiful, it couldn’t exert much force and was prone to aching… After just cleaning the bedroom, beads of sweat had formed on Lonis’s forehead, and she was already feeling tired.
Yet, at this moment, Lonis realized her own foolish mistake: when cleaning the room, dirt inevitably stuck to the soles of her feet. To change water and wash the rag, Lonis had to return to the bathroom.
This meant that the bathroom, which had already been cleaned, became dirty again!
The same applied to the bedroom. Lonis had initially wiped the floor very clean, but if she were to clean the living room outside, she would have to walk through the bedroom again, dirtying the floor…
“Ah, why am I so stupid.”
Only now did Lonis understand: the optimal cleaning plan should be to first clean the farthest cockpit, then the central living room, and then the inner bedroom and bathroom.
But it was a bit too late to change now… Fortunately, Eluscia wasn’t present, or that sadist beautiful girl would surely mock her like this:
“Haha, I didn’t expect you, a masochistic maid, to fail even at cleaning work?”
“N-no, that’s not true!”
“Since that’s the case, then accept your punishment. (Presses switch)”
“No! Woo woo woo!”
…
If Eluscia returned to find the room not yet cleaned, she would definitely bully her.
Therefore…
(I must finish quickly, no more hesitation. Clean it up at the fastest speed.)
2 hours later.
(N-no more…)
Carrying the last bucket of dirty water to the bathroom, Lonis collapsed on the floor from exhaustion.
She couldn’t even lift a finger now. Although she had thought it would be easy at first, Lonis never expected cleaning a room to be such an exhausting task!
Not only did she have to run around, but she also had to tiptoe to clean high places.
Carrying the water bucket back and forth, her arms felt numb.
While cleaning the living room, Lonis accidentally knocked over the water bucket, spilling dirty water everywhere… It took her considerable effort to clean it up again.
Stains of sweat surged from her forehead and body, making the girl’s body damp and sticky.
In the last room, Lonis was cleaning purely by willpower… After cleaning the final floorboard, she collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.
And at that very moment…
The ship’s door was pushed open, and Eluscia returned.
“Lonis, where are you… Don’t tell me you finished cleaning and went out running around?”
“Uh…”
Lonis wanted to respond, but she didn’t even have the strength to shout.
“Hmph, it’s quite clean, so you pass… Wait, what’s going on?!”
Seeing Lonis lying on the floor, Eluscia quickly ran over—she immediately crouched down, her gaze scanning Lonis from top to bottom, checking her condition.
“Lonis, why have you collapsed? Was someone attacking you?”
“I…”
“Quickly tell me, what happened… I know you have no combat ability, so even if you were attacked by something, I wouldn’t blame you.”
Hearing Eluscia’s question, Lonis’s face turned red!
She couldn’t bring herself to say that she had simply collapsed from exhaustion from cleaning the room!
It was only a room of about 30 square meters. If she was this exhausted from such a small task, Eluscia would definitely look down on her even more and mock her further.
“Lonis?”
Seeing Lonis not answering for a long time, Eluscia frowned.
Her originally somewhat worried expression turned into a playful scolding, and her deep red eyes revealed a hint of dissatisfaction: “Lonis, I’m asking you a question! You, don’t you want to be bullied by me again?”
“S-sorry…”
“Huh?”
“No one invaded the ship. I collapsed because I was too tired.”
Closing her eyes, Lonis confessed powerlessly.
