After being reborn, I was turned into a slave girl by a princess.

"Wow... Elusia really dotes on Lonnies!"

"Hmph, it's just that I had no choice. After all, she's my maid."

Elusia crossed her arms, showing no particular expression.

"Huh, is that so? If Lonnie had woken up, Elusia would probably have just thrown her onto the bed like trash."

"Uh?"

"How about you be a little more frank, junior? If you knew how much you care about her, Lornish would be very happy too!"

As Zhou Mixue spoke, she revealed a very playful expression.

However, this touched a nerve with Elusia:

"Hmph, senior! I'm warning you, don't you dare tell Lonnies what's happening now! We haven't settled things from last time."

"Uh……"

"What happened last time? Sister, what happened?"

"Ah! That's not something Su Ling should know~~ Hmm, let's rest for a bit first. What would you lovely ladies like to eat? Bai Ye and I will go and make it together."

"I want to eat cucumbers!><"

"I don't mind... I'll have some noodles."

……

The place where the girls landed was a building that resembled a watchtower.

Beneath the arched dome lies a perfectly flat space... but the watchtower seems to have been swallowed by the mountains, its main structure sunk deep underground.

This prompted Su Ling to ask curiously:

"Elusia, is this place man-made...? It seems quite rare."

"Hmm, this should be the ruins of an underground kingdom."

"An underground kingdom?"

"Yes, it's also called the Doomsday Independent Kingdom, a human civilization that has existed since the last era."

"So, has this post-apocalyptic independent kingdom already perished? It feels like such a pity..."

Su Ling sighed, looking at the ruins before her, feeling an indescribable melancholy.

However, Princess Cecilu shook her head and said to Su Ling, "Su Ling... actually, this post-apocalyptic independent kingdom was an enemy of both Chengche Academy and Mingjin Kingdom, wasn't it?"

"what?!"

"I don't know the specifics, because it happened a long, long time ago. Very few records from that time have survived, but there is a statue in the palace's exhibition hall to commemorate the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the war."

"Oh... does Elusia know about this?"

"Don't treat me like an encyclopedia, I don't know either."

Elusia frowned, as if she was very concerned about her "age":

"I only know about what happened 100 years ago. The destruction of the Independent Kingdom probably dates back to a thousand years ago, around the time when the Sun Loli Goddess was still alive, right?"

"what……"

"Based on our calculations, Dean Tribiya might know something... while that idiot Lonnie doesn't know either; she's much older and belongs to the previous era."

"I see……"

Su Ling blinked, then sighed as if she had learned something, "So this Independent Kingdom is now completely destroyed, right? I've never heard my grandmother mention anything about the Independent Kingdom."

"Of course they were destroyed. Otherwise, without the White Coconut and the Tree of Ruins, how could they possibly live in such an environment?"

"Then I'm relieved~~~"

The pink-haired girl patted her chest, seemingly relieved that the ruins beneath her feet were indeed just ruins.

However, before Su Ling could even breathe a sigh of relief, the entire ground...

But suddenly, it started to shake.

As if an earthquake had struck, the girls took out their cutlery, which jingled loudly.

Su Ling was startled and instinctively grabbed Elusia's leg.

"Everyone be careful, the ground is about to rise."

Princess Cecilia stood up immediately.

Right beneath their feet, the once flat ground suddenly tilted slightly. Then, as if an earthquake had torn the earth apart, a crack appeared in the mountainside.

At this angle of tilt, even maintaining balance is difficult... let alone the fact that Lonnie is sleeping right now.

So the silver-haired girl's body went back down without any resistance.

"Lonnies!"

Elusia turned around, wanting to save Lonnies... but in order not to disturb the silver-haired girl's sleep, the place where they ate was a certain distance away from the sleeping blanket.

Elusia's left leg was still being held by Su Ling, so even Elusia couldn't grab Lonnie's arm immediately...

"I'm sorry, Elusia, I didn't mean to!"

Realizing she was hindering Elusia's actions, Zhou Suling frantically reached out her hand, hoping the black-haired girl would go and save Lonnies.

However, this caused her to lose her balance, and she gradually fell downwards along the tilting angle.

"careful!"

At this moment, Elusia couldn't bother to hug Lonnie anymore and could only grab Su Ling with her hands... After all, that idiot Lonnie couldn't possibly die, but if something happened to Su Ling, it would be very dangerous.

The situation was extremely dangerous. Su Ling had completely lost her balance, and Zhou Mixue and Bai Ye could barely hold on to avoid falling off the slide.

"Senior, I'm going to save Lonnies!"

"Cercilu?"

Please believe me.

Without the slightest hesitation, Princess Cecilu leaped into the air and chased after Lonnies in the direction she had fallen.

Chapter 7 The Dark Trap

"Ouch...it hurts so much?"

With a violent thud, Lonnie slowly woke up.

I don't know what happened, but at this moment my body feels like it's falling apart, and I'm in excruciating pain.

(Huh? I'm... asleep, asleep on Elusia's back?)

Realizing her lapse in composure, Lonnie was startled. She wanted to open her eyes quickly and apologize to Elusia.

However, what came into view was...

A bloody darkness.

It felt as if I were in a cage, surrounded by sharp metal bars. A thick, rotten stench filled the air, making it almost impossible to breathe.

How did I get here?

What exactly happened?

Lornes was utterly confused...

But after only a moment's thought, she immediately knelt down and shouted into the distance:

"I'm sorry, Elusia, I was wrong! I shouldn't have fallen asleep so suddenly. I'm so sorry, please forgive me!! >_<"

Having learned her lesson from being disciplined in the dungeon last time, Lonnie readily admitted her mistake this time.

Elusia isn't a terrible person. As long as I sincerely admit my mistake, she should forgive me, right?

But... there was no response.

All around was quiet, with only a faint whistling wind echoing in the air.

"Waaah, I'm so sorry, Miss Master. I'll never be so lazy again. I'll wag my tail, I'll sing nursery rhymes, please forgive me!"

Lonnie was already wagging her tail humbly, but there was still no response.

(What... what's going on? Could it be that Elcia is really angry and only feels satisfied when she teases me?)

Thinking of this, Lonnie swallowed hard.

The world before her eyes was no simple punishment... Instinct told Lonnie that something terrifying lay ahead.

(Waaah... Elusia, she's such a cunning schemer!)

……

So Lonnies could only keep walking forward.

It was a very deep tunnel. The sound of high heels echoing on the floor was empty and lonely... Lonnie didn't know how long the tunnel was, but she could only grit her teeth and keep going.

Finally, after advancing about one kilometer.

It came to a tightly closed stone door.

The scene that greeted the white-stockinged maid after she pushed open the stone door stunned her.

Because what's in front of me is densely packed with countless tentacles!

It wasn't a tentacle monster, but rather something with only long, thin tentacles... They were like a spider web, densely covering the already cramped hall, making it look extremely disgusting.

(Elcia, this, this is...)

Lonnie's legs went weak, and she instinctively wanted to beg for mercy. But she also knew that if she didn't feel ashamed, Elusia would never be able to satisfy her (replenish her magic power).

and so……

"Hmph, fine, let's go then, who's afraid of who?"

Although these long tentacles looked disgusting, there were some gaps among them. Lonnie thought that if she bent over and crawled down, she should be able to get through.

……