Reborn in another world as a Hermaphrodite

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"Luqing, when was the last time someone had helped you scrub your back?"

Meiya curiously asked, noticing all the dead skins she had scrubbed off onto the shower sponge.

"I... I just scrub it occasionally myself."

"No wonder why... You're going to start taking a shower with me every weekend, okay?"

Luqing remained silent, but she nodded as Meiya began rinsing her body with water.

"I'm going back to my room now. Goodnight." Katherine murmured as she left the shower with only a towel.

"Goodnight."

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The next day...

As Alex woke up from the bed, he could barely feel any cramp at all affecting him.

It was a peaceful sleep, as Sarah didn't show up, and he didn't get pulled into Katherine's dreams again.

After changing into his school uniform, he headed out to the bathroom before brushing his teeth.

With his mouth rinsed, he splashed his face with cold water before heading straight to the living room.

However, to his surprise, not a single person was out yet.

Looking over at the clock, he quickly realized he had woken up way earlier than usual.

He still had an hour before he usually woke up, and there were twenty minutes left before Katherine woke up.

Alex also quickly noticed Katherine's shoe on the doorstep, indicating that she had come back home last night.

Having nothing much to do, Alex headed over to the kitchen before he looked inside the fridge.

"What should I make today?"

After looking for a bit, Alex took out an egg and a sausage before going to the cabinet for a piece of toast.

With the stove turned on, he quickly added a small drop of some plant oil before waiting for it to heat up.

As the oil began to make a sizzling sound, Alex quickly cracked the egg before putting the sausage next to it.

The smell immediately made Alex lose focus for a second as memories of him cooking suddenly flooded into his mind.

Shaking his head, Alex quickly shifted his attention back to the frying pan as he grabbed the plate on which he had put a toast earlier.

Putting the egg and the sausage onto the toast, he added another piece of toast.

"A simple sandwich... Now, just cook five more of them."

Alex thought about it for a second, then chose to cut the sausage into smaller pieces, with the egg all scrambled together instead.

This time, the sandwich looked much better, as the ingredients were spread among the toast rather than looking like a weird hotdog.

However, Alex was still not satisfied with it, so he returned to the fridge to look for more ingredients.

"This is lettuce, right?"

Alex murmured as he grabbed what seemed to be a mix of cabbage and lettuce.

He snapped six pieces of 'lettuce' just wide enough for the toast before putting the rest back into the fridge.

With the stove back on again, he added a little bit of oil before adding the lettuce piece.

Having it just tanned a little, Alex quickly moved the lettuce back up before putting it inside the sandwich.

After repeating it five times, the sandwiches looked much better now with the pan-fried 'grilled' lettuce added.

"What is it missing?" Alex thought to himself as the longer he stared at it, the weirder it felt.

There was clearly a key ingredient missing from the sandwich, but he just couldn't remember until he stood there for almost a minute.

"Wait, tomatoes! That's it!"

Alex quickly headed back to the fridge before getting three red baseball-sized vegetables, the equivalent of tomatoes in this world.

With the knife in hand, he cuts them into several pieces before carefully adding them to the sandwich.

"Now this is what a perfect sandwich looks like... Crap, I forgot to add salt."

After staring at what he had made for a few seconds, Alex decided to ignore it in the hope that the sausages were already salty enough.

Slowly, Alex carried the plates one by one onto the dining table until all six of them were at the table.

"Finally, I'm done..."

Just as Alex was about to take a bite of the weird sandwich he had made at the start, one of the doors in the hallway was opened.

"What's that smell... Did Luqing wake up early today?" A female voice echoed as they walked into the living room.

"Good morning, Mom... How's your sleep today?" Alex waved as he finally took a bit of his sandwich.

"Pretty good... Wait, you cooked breakfast today?"

Katherine's eyes were finally wide open as she noticed all the food that was on the table.

"Yeah, I kinda woke up early today... Mom, you okay?"

Seeing Katherine seemingly on the verge of tears, Alex got a little nervous, thinking that he might have taken Katherine's job.

"Yeah, I'm fine... Alex! Come here, let me hug you!"

Alex spread out his arm, letting Katherine wrap her arms around his back as they hugged.

"You're so nice today. What did I deserve to get such a good son?"

Katherine yelled out loud as she rested her head inside Alex's arm, reliving Alex's worries.

"Mom... It's just a breakfast. It's not like I haven't cooked it for you before." Alex murmured as the two finally separated.

"That's different. You don't understand... I'm going to go wake all of them up now."

As Katherine headed back into the hallway, Alex's brain was still a little confused by her drastic change.

"Is it that big of a deal...?" Alex thought to himself as he continued taking bites of his sandwich.

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As everyone sat at the dining table, Sophia and Mary were in disbelief when Katherine told them Alex had cooked it.

Even though he had cooked several times in the past, especially back in their old home, the two just refused to believe.

Meiya also looked a little surprised. She had always thought Alex was more of a child who had never touched the kitchen.

Especially considering the noble status of Katherine, not to mention Alex was only ten years old.

The only one who didn't seem to react as much was Luqing, who only said thanks as she started eating the sandwich.

"Today's sun must be rising from the West for Alex to be cooking..." Sophia murmured as she took a bite of the sandwich.

"Yeah... Oh my god, this sandwich is so good!"

Mary's eyes were wide open, and she couldn't believe how flavorful and juicy the sandwich was.

At the same time, Alex let out a sigh of relief inside his head as the sausage was, in the end, salty enough.

"Alex, you're going to start cooking breakfast every morning from now on, okay?"

Katherine's demand was met with support from Sophia and Mary, but Alex immediately shook his head.

"Hell no. This is just because I woke up early. I'm not going to wake up early every morning for that."

All three of them looked a little disappointed, but they didn't try to pressure him again.

"Oh, let me go get the milk."

As Katherine headed over to the kitchen, everyone had finished except for Luqing, who kept on taking small bits of it.

"Luqing, you like it?" Alex curiously asked.

Luqing immediately nodded her head several times, prompting Meiya to pat Alex on the shoulder suddenly.

"Hey Alex, how about you cook breakfast from now on? I'll teach you some 'advanced' Qi techniques that you can use."

Meiya's suggestion caused both Sophia and Alex to freeze for a second until Katherine returned with three cups of milk.

"Why are you all sitting still? Meiya, what happened to them?"

Katherine curiously asked as she put the cup of milk right before each of her kids.

"Oh, I was just offering Alex to——"

"I accept! I accept!"

Alex excitedly interrupted Meiya as his brain finally unfroze itself and came back to reality.

"Lucky..." Sophia murmured to herself as she wanted to learn about using Qi herself as well.

Meanwhile, Mary didn't seem to be affected by it at all, as she never really learned about sword fighting from her dad.

"What are you two on about? Accepting what?" Katherine asked, getting even more confused.

"I offered Alex to teach him using Qi if he cooks breakfast every morning." Meiya finally clarified.

"Ah, I see... Wait, but Qi and Mana aren't compatible." Katherine immediately raised her concern.

"I can help him have his Qi outside of his body to be used... It's not exactly being a cultivator, but it should be compatible."

Seeing the excitement on Alex's face and the confidence in Meiya's voice, Katherine didn't question it any further.

"Okay, time for you all to go to school. Finish up your milk and get ready to go."

All three of the kids quickly chugged the milk before they headed to the doorway to get their backpacks.

With Luqing finishing up her sandwich, it was finally time to head out of the house.