D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad Chapter 2024 In a Trunk Spot
Kat ---
As soon as Lily threw open the trunk she knew this one was the one. It was the seventh trunk she’d checked, not counting the original, and the space here just felt... different. It was subtle, but the enchantment had a... density to it that the others simply lacked. There was no great way to describe it.
The decision had now been made to get go inside immediately... but Lily still had to work out how exactly that was done. Her guess with placing the trunk in a specific spot on the floor was the best she had, and she still needed to test it. Carefully lifting the trunk off of the rack Lily then started to move it across the ground. She kept a little tiny bit of shadow under the corners so that it could glide, and hoped it wasn’t sufficient to break whatever ’connection’ the box might be trying to make.
After running the trunk over nearly the entire floor, Lily felt something reaching out. Carefully adjusting the trunk to match along with the feeling the trunk almost seemed to ’sink’ into the ground just a bit. It didn’t make any sound, simply settled into place. Lily supposed that made sense. You wouldn’t want to let anyone know there was something odd, but you did need something to keep it in place when going inside.
Lily flipped open the trunk with her shadow and then carefully moved the clothes out of the way. This trunk in particular was filled with servant outfits of all types. While they were all kept clean, there seemed to be no distinction between high class maid outfits that were clearly more of a fetish thing, and the drab browns and blacks you’d expect from someone actually working as a maid. There were also the same but for men. Though perhaps they’d still fit a woman’s figure? Lily didn’t know enough about tailoring to say with just a quick glance.
The problem came once the clothes were removed. The bottom of the trunk was completely normal. Despite the fact Lily could FEEL the odd twist in space now open up underneath the box. Frowning in confusion she threw out some more shadow and lifted the trunk up. The connection was immediately severed. Frowning, Lily placed the trunk back down and felt it reconnect. Then gently placed the clothes back in their resting spot.
Lily let her shadows poke around the edges of the trunk for some sort of handle but didn’t find anything. However, the inner walls DID have something of note. Pressing down on the indent had a small handle pop out. Lifting it, Kat was proved correct as the entire clothing section folded out like one of those neat toolboxes. Lily padded over to the side and let her shadows raise her up so she could see into the box better.
She did not like what she could see inside. The space seemed to twist and distort massively, leaving the tunnel looking like it went on forever and twisted in on itself like a kaleidoscope. Lily poked the box slightly and it shifted. The mess of space that had once looked like a death sentence now looked like a ladder into a dark hallway.
Kat nodded, and poured herself down into the hallway, letting her mist spill out as best she could to check for traps before Lily risked herself coming down. There didn’t seem to be anything, but you can never be too careful.