"!!"
"Ugh—!"
Annie might have been better off not mentioning the cesspit. Daiyu and Tanchun were nearly done throwing up, but her added detail was like pouring oil on a fire, making everything even worse!
And so!
"!!"
"Ugh—!"
"Bleugh—!"
"Urgh—"
Just as their stomachs had begun to settle, Daiyu, Tanchun, Xueyan, and Zijuan all felt them churn again!
"I..."
Tanchun shook her head violently, then retched and firmly refused:
"I-I'd rather keep throwing up for a while..."
"Maybe once I get it all out..."
"I'll feel better!"
"I refuse to crawl through, through some cesspit or latrine!"
She was the respected third young lady of Rongguo Mansion. She bathed with fragrant incense, and everything around her smelled wonderful. Even her chamber pot was made of fine sandalwood. How clean could a place get?
The latrines for the servants on the floating island were also well maintained and barely smelled, but she couldn't even stand those. There was no way she could crawl through a cesspit or latrine.
Just imagining it made her already upset stomach churn, nearly bringing her to her knees. How could she possibly crawl through such a place?
For a while, the skyship was once again filled with chaos and retching.
"..."
After quite some time, Zijuan was the first of the four to more or less recover.
She had been trained by Grandmother Jia to be a first-class maid, and was somewhat more resilient. She forced herself to her feet, fetched the spiritual tea warming on the little stove inside the ship, and poured four cups. Then, trembling as she carried them on a tray, she carefully approached Daiyu, Tanchun, and Xueyan, who were still slumped by the edge of the ship.
"Third Young Lady, Miss Lin..."
"And you too, Xueyan."
"Don't just sit on