It wasn’t that Lonis looked down on maids, but she knew cleaning was the least skilled job there was.

Back when he was the Hero, of course he’d never deign to clean a room… But now that he’d arrived in another world, he had to start over from scratch.

So, even though she really didn’t want to, Lonis could only obey Elucia and get to work cleaning the boat.

The magitech boat wasn’t very large. It had only five rooms in all, arranged from bow to stern: the cockpit, living room, bedroom, bathroom, and engine room.

The engine room was locked, so Lonis decided to clean the bathroom first.

The bathroom was a standard size. It had a sink, a toilet, a storage rack, and a shower area.

Bathrooms were usually pretty dirty, filled with unpleasant smells. But this one looked as though it had never been used. It was only covered in dust.

That made it easy enough to clean. Lonis only had to reach out and wipe down every inch of the room.

…

But when Lonis looked at her hands, she felt a strange sense of humiliation… Her wrists were embarrassingly delicate, and her slender fingers looked beautiful from every angle.

That wasn’t all. She was wearing long white gloves, and though they were waterproof, they preserved her delicate sense of touch like stockings did. Every time her fingers touched the rag, a peculiar silky sensation ran through her hands.

As the rag moved back and forth across the walls, the fabric rubbed against her skin, making Lonis feel ticklish.

And wearing high heels, with a pair of round breasts swelling against her chest, Lonis definitely couldn’t squat down comfortably.

All she could do was kneel, set both knees against the floor, and wipe the room clean bit by bit.

The floor was one thing, but when she wiped down the toilet, Lonis’s breasts felt heavy and got in the way. If she wasn’t careful, they’d brush against the toilet or the wall, sending a strange sensation through her.

(I’m the Hero, for crying out loud. Why am I doing this…?)

Even with her cheeks flushed, Lonis spent over half an hour scrubbing the bathroom until it was spotless… After all, she’d be using it herself.

Besides, Lonis knew what Elucia was like.

If there was anything she wasn’t satisfied with, that scheming, sadistic young beauty might make Lonis lick the stains clean with her tongue!

Better be thorough, right?

…

With the bathroom done, the next thing to clean was the bedroom.

According to Elucia, the entire Snowrealm Kingdom had been lost for a hundred years. But perhaps because of the low temperatures, the lack of sunlight, the absence of microorganisms to break things down, and the high quality of the materials, the bedroom furniture looked only a few years old. It was still in remarkably good condition.

The enormous wardrobe was completely empty.

The wooden bed had nothing but a mattress on it, but it looked soft and spacious enough to roll around on as much as she liked.

The floor lamp still worked, though Lonis couldn’t figure out how its light worked. It wasn’t an ordinary glass bulb. It looked more like a round crystal ball.

There was no TV or game console, and the other floor cabinets were empty too, which made them easy to clean.

But as she cleaned, Lonis realized the limits of her strength… Her waist was just too slender.

A willowy waist looked pretty, but it didn’t give her much leverage and got sore easily… By the time she’d finished the bedroom, sweat was beading on Lonis’s forehead, and she was already feeling tired.

Only then did Lonis realize how foolish she’d been. Dust inevitably stuck to the soles of her feet while she cleaned, and she had to go back to the bathroom to change the water and wash the rag.

Which meant the bathroom she’d already cleaned got dirty all over again!

The same went for the bedroom. Lonis had just finished wiping the floor clean, but to clean the living room outside, she’d have to walk through the bedroom again and dirty it…

“Aah, why am I so stupid?”

Only then did Lonis realize what the best cleaning order should’ve been: start with the cockpit at the far end, then clean the living room in the middle, and finish with the bedroom and bathroom farther inside.

But it was too late to change things now… At least Elucia wasn’t around. Otherwise, that sadistic beauty would definitely have mocked her like this:

“Haha, I never thought you’d be so useless that you couldn’t even finish cleaning, you masochistic maid!”

“N-no, that’s not it!”

“In that case, you’ll have to accept your punishment. (Presses a button.)”

“No! Waaah!”

…

If Elucia came back and saw the rooms still weren’t clean, she’d definitely pick on Lonis.

So…

(I have to hurry up and finish. No more hesitating. I’ll clean everything as fast as I can.)

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Two hours later.

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(I-I can’t go on…)

After carrying the last bucket of dirty water into the bathroom, Lonis collapsed onto the floor, exhausted.

She couldn’t even lift a finger. She’d thought cleaning would be easy, but Lonis had never imagined it could be so exhausting!

She’d had to run back and forth, and tiptoe whenever she cleaned somewhere high up.

Running around with a bucket of water had left both her arms completely drained.

While cleaning the living room, Lonis had accidentally knocked over the bucket and spilled dirty water everywhere… It had taken a lot of effort to clean it all up again.

Sweat poured from the girl’s forehead and body, leaving her drenched.

By the time she reached the last room, Lonis was cleaning on sheer willpower alone… After wiping the final patch of floor, she collapsed and gasped for breath.

Just then…

The boat’s door swung open, and Elucia came back.

“Lonis, where are you…? Don’t tell me you finished cleaning and went off wandering?”

“Uh…”

Lonis wanted to answer, but she didn’t even have the strength to call out.

“Hmph. It’s clean enough, so I’ll call it a pass… Wait, what happened?!”

When she saw Lonis lying on the floor, Elucia hurried over. She immediately bent down, looking Lonis over from head to toe.

“Lonis, why are you down? Did someone attack you?”

“I…”

“Tell me what happened, quickly… I know you can’t fight, so even if something attacked you, I won’t blame you.”

Hearing Elucia ask that, Lonis turned bright red!

How could she possibly admit that she’d collapsed from exhaustion just from cleaning the rooms?

The rooms were only a little over thirty square meters. If a bit of work like this left her completely worn out, Elucia would look down on her even more and tease her even worse.

“Lonis?”

When Lonis didn’t answer for a long time, Elucia frowned.

The worry on her face turned to irritation, and a hint of displeasure showed in her deep-red eyes. “Lonis, I’m talking to you! Are you trying to make me bully you again?”

“S-sorry…”

“Huh?”

“No one broke into the boat. I just collapsed because I was too tired.”

Lonis closed her eyes and confessed weakly.