Reborn in another world as a Hermaphrodite Chapter 80 : Meiya's and Katherine's Talks

Despite both Sophia and Mary nodding in agreent, Katherine didn't budge a single bit.

"Whatever..."

After lunch was over, Katherine took the two of them to tour the school while the three kids continued practicing.

By the ti Katherine and the other two had co back ho, the sun had already set on the horizon.

"Mom! We're hungry!" Mary complained as the three of them walked in.

"I know, I know. I'll go cook right now."

"Lady Katherine, please let cook. You shouldn't be needing to do these kinds of jobs."

Katherine didn't resist Luqing's offer.

The two of them both headed towards the kitchen together, leaving the three kids with iya.

"Are these magical books?" iya curiously asked, noticing the bookshelf next to the sofa.

"Yeah... You can read them if you want. Mom doesn't mind it."

iya picked one of them up before sitting down on the sofa and began reading it.

To the kid's surprise, iya didn't seem to get stuck as she flipped to the next page, then the next.

Seeing her reading it at a normal pace, the three kids knew she was at least partially understanding it rather than just skimming it.

"Miss iya, can you understand the stuff inside the book?" Alex curiously asked.

"Nope. But I just find the way you guys write interesting... It's a lot more complicated."

"What do you an by that?" Sophia asked as she moved over to sit next to her.

"Like on page two here. Why say, 'The scintillating dinsion spell, when used improperly, can lead to using fall into a labyrinthine trap within the void.'

Wouldn't it be easier to understand by saying light or flash dinsion instead of scintillating?

And in this case, why use the word labyrinthine? It seems like the words maze work the sa."

After considering it for a bit, Sophia nodded in agreent as Alex and Mary both moved a little closer to check it out themselves.

"I guess you're right... Maybe the author probably had so other aning behind it."

"Maybe."

As iya continued reading the book, the three kids went back to the other sofa before they began ditating.

"How's the book, Miss iya?" Katherine quietly asked as she and Luqing both ca out of the kitchen.

"Interesting... Magic feels a lot more creative compared to our cultivator's spell."

"Really? I always thought cultivator has a lot more variety compared to our magical elents."

"That's definitely a misunderstanding. The way Qi is used has practically only one use compared to your mana's versatility."

"I see... Hey, you three, get out of your ditation. It's ti to eat dinner."

As the three of them opened their eyes back up, they all looked much more refreshed than just monts before.

"What's up with your faces?" Katherine asked, noticing the change.

"Mom, does a level 2 mage regenerate mana faster?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, obviously. The higher your mage level, the bigger and faster mana generation.

Anyway, co on, get up. Ti to go eat dinner."

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After dinner, the six of them sat in the living room as iya and Katherine chatted with each other.

The three kids occasionally shared their opinions on a topic, but they left halfway to take a shower.

anwhile, Luqing sat in silence next to iya the whole ti, not saying a single word until soone ntioned her.

"Oh my, it's already nine o'clock. Ti for you all to go to sleep."

The three kids wanted to stay to listen to iya's story, but Katherine forcefully shoved them in.

"Luqing, you should go take a shower. We're just going to chat for a bit." iya advised.

After the sounds of running water could be heard from the bathroom, iya finally turned her attention over to Katherine.

"Lady Katherine, I need you to help with sothing."

"What is it? Also, you don't need to call Lady Katherine. Just call Katherine."

Despite Katherine's attempt to remove the formality, iya seemingly to have ignored it.

"Can you help make Luqing more active, Lady Katherine?"

Katherine tilted her head slightly in confusion, unable to understand what iya was trying to imply.

"Huh? Active? What do you an by that?"

"Lady Katherine, I an Katherine. You and I are talking like we are friends, right?"

"Yeah... What does that have to do with Luqing?"

"Well, Luqing she... she has been very quiet ever since your dad passed away.

I know I should be thankful that your dad saved her, but as a mother, it hurts when I see Luqing working as soone else maid.

I know she's doing this to show gratitude to your family, and nobody forced her to be a maid.

But it just hurts when I see her not thinking for herself a single bit and serving others."

As soon as iya finished speaking, Katherine fell into silence as she understood what she was trying to imply.

For a second, Katherine wanted to say she didn't know how to help Luqing or even flat-out refuse to help.

Having Luqing serve under her was, in a sense, trapping iya into serving Katherine's will.

Especially with iya being a powerful cultivator that was equivalent to an archmage, she didn't want to give her up at all.

However, when she imagined her kids being raised like Luqing, she couldn't help but feel a sharp pain piercing her heart.

"I... I can try my best to help... But it might take a while to change soone's mindset, especially soone so close."

"Thank you so much!"

Seeing iya trying to get up and bow down, Katherine quickly got up from her seat and pushed her back down.

"There's no need for all these. Don't you rember you said we're friends now?"

"You're right. I completely forgot about that." iya murmured as she awkwardly scratched her head.

"Ahem, then let's try to co up with a plan then..."

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When the next day arrived, Luqing woke up extrely early as she had already gotten used to it.

After getting out of bed and heading towards her luggage to change out of her pajamas, she was a little confused.

Not a single maid uniform she brought with her remained, with the only thing remaining being her undergarnts.

"Mom... You awake?" Luqing asked as she gently shook iya's arm.

"Hm?"

As iya slowly opened her eyes, Luqing's face was slightly angry and annoyed.

It was the first ti she had seen her show another emotion besides her warm servant face or sadness.

"What's wrong?"

"My clothes are gone..."

Seeing Luqing still not calling her out despite being the only one who could have caused it to disappear, she felt a little guilty inside.

"Then let's go buy so later today... Didn't Katherine bring us to a store yesterday?"

Luqing hesitated, wanting to say no. But her rational mind told her she couldn't just wear her pajamas outside.

"Here, just wear so of my clothes for now."

This ti, Luqing accepted the clothes as she took off her pajamas before putting iya's clothes on.

"This looks pretty nice on you... Sorry, Qingqing, I need to go back to sleep for a bit."

iya yawned as she fell asleep on the bed, leaving Luqing's face blushing a little as she left the room.

After freshening up in the bathroom, she headed out of the hallway and into the living room.

But before she could go inside the kitchen, she was surprised to see the dining table was already full of food.

"Good morning, Luqing. How was your sleep last night?"

Katherine asked as she walked out of the kitchen with a plateful of bread straight out of the oven.

"The bed was great... Lady Katherine, let do this."

Katherine didn't say anything as she let Luqing take over the plate to be carried over to the dining table.

"I'm surprised you woke up so early. You don't want to take a nap?"

Seeing her shaking her head, Katherine didn't ask again as she sat down at the table.

"Hey Luqing, I want you to call Katherine. I don't want you to call Lady Katherine."

"But——"

"That's an order. You understand ?"

"Yes, Ms.Katherine."

"I don't want you to hear you call the kids titles either. Everyone is equal in the school."

"Yes... Katherine."

"There you go. Co and sit down."

This ti, Luqing didn't go against Katherine's request, as she had already sat at the table back in the castle, even with Fredrick and Ava on the table.

But this ti, it was without iya being next to her—only Katherine was sitting across from her.

"Luqing, what do you want to do today?" Katherine curiously asked as she picked up a piece of bread.

"Miss iya——I an, Mom said we were going to go shopping for clothes later."

"That's nice of her... Here, take this card. Don't say no. It's your salary to watch over the kids tomorrow."

Luqing reluctantly accepted the card, putting it into her pocket before remaining still on the table.

"You don't want to try out my breakfast?" Katherine asked, her voice sounding as if she was questioning Luqing's intent.

"Of course not."

Seeing Luqing quickly grab one of the plates and begin trying them out, Katherine was still a little unhappy inside.