The next morning... no, is it really a morning? Who knows. I don't.

The next time I woke up, Miss was already sitting in lotus pose.

Miss... black flames are dancing on your shoulders, you know? You have your eyes closed and definitely not paying attention to the surroundings, you know? And my head is for some reason located right on top of your legs. Are you trying to roast me? Perhaps giving me a little tan? In this situation, I must say that I'm quite satisfied with my current tan. Please don't burn me alive.

"Awuu..."

Sigh, at least she's not restricting my movements anymore.

And! The best thing while Miss is cultivating!

Is that I can do this!

Carefully... don't let yourself be discovered... Latifa...

Also, don't leave marks behind.. that could end very badly...

Cheek-rubbing!

This is something I have discovered just recently.

If I don't make any loud noises or lose contact with Miss for some reason, she won't wake up no matter what.

And since it would be boring just laying down on Miss's legs and looking at the empty ceiling, I use Miss as-

Boom!

"Awu!"

Kya! W, woah... ouch!

"Awuu..."

That startled me...

It looks like Miss leveled up again.

She's on fire. Literally.

But, I'm extremely bored.

So I think about doing what Miss is doing.

She doesn't seem to be bored. And she doesn't seem to be sleeping either. Is this some kind of cultivation super state?

Well, let's position myself right here, yup. I don't think Miss would mind.

Now the lotus pose, the lotus pose... pretty painful.

Eh, no lotus pose for me just yet it seems. It doesn't look a tiny bit comfortable anyway.

So, I'm going to close my eye now... and think of cultivating? Or was it not thinking of anything at all?

How does one cultivate anyway? I think I should have asked Miss... no, she wouldn't understand me.

Then, let's try both.

I'm thinking of nothing. Definitely not thinking about Miss. Definitely not thinking that I'm already missing Mommy, Sophia, and Senu... Teddy's shining, bald head is also out of the question. I'm thinking about nothing.

Is thinking of nothing really nothing or is it not the nothing I should be not doing?

... Doing nothing is too difficult.

That being the case, let's try thinking of cultivating!

That should be easier, right? I mean... cultivating is... I don't know.

Power? Fame? Respect? Wealth? Immortality?

Ehh... I don't really care about any of those...

As long as I have Miss...

Cultivating is difficult, huh.

To be honest, I'd rather just be a maid. But Sophia is a great maid with advanced cultivation. Can I be a great maid just like her without a strong cultivation? It doesn't seem plausible... after all, I will just become a bother to Miss if I can't protect myself. In the first place, it's a maid's duty to protect her Master!

Raise my cultivation! Increase! Soar to the skies! Unleash your full potential! Charge through all obstacles! Those are called bottlenecks, right? I've heard of them before. Level up! Ignore your limits...