When Meiya and Luqing had finally settled down, Katherine brought the three of them back to their own home.
As the three of them entered the house, she quickly noticed both of the girls looked a little zoned out.
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"Yeah, we're fine... Mom, can you bring us to that meditation place on that mountain?"
After a short consideration, Katherine turned over to the other two for their opinion.
"Alex, Mary, you two want to go there?"
With both of them nodding in agreement, Katherine accepted Sophia's suggestion.
"Let's go there after we eat lunch first... You two are going to get hungry halfway."
Thirty minutes later...
When they left the house again, all three of the kids were holding the magical jacket they bought from the store.
After walking out of the school's exit, Katherine led them to the same bank they saw in Regina.
It was the same process as before, with Katherine getting the tickets and getting on the machine afterward.
They were right back at the small village, with the giant mountain in the distance.
"Actually, do you guys want to go for a walk up the mountain first? Aren't you guys a little too full to meditate?"
"No, thank you." Sophia instantly replied, with Mary and Alex both nodding in agreement.
"Fine."
After Katherine cast a teleportation spell, the four of them were finally back at the peak of the mountain.
With the giant tree in the middle and all the grass around them, all three of the kids quickly ran towards the tree before sitting down.
"Don't overdo it, okay?"
Before Katherine finished talking, their eyes were already closed, and they were already entering into their meditation state.
Letting out a sigh, Katherine sat down before the three of them and started watching.
A few hours later...
Just as Katherine was about to fall asleep, Alex finally exited his meditation.
"Welcome back, Alex. How was it?" Katherine quietly asked as they walked over to the other side.
"I feel great... Mom, have you been just watching us the whole time?" Alex curiously asked, noticing the tiredness on her face.
"Yeah... Anyway, you can sit here for a bit. I'm sure they're going to be done soon."
The two of them headed back to where Katherine had sat earlier, watching Sophia and Mary in silence as they waited.
After waiting for thirty more minutes, the other two exited their meditation one by one.
However, unlike Alex's refreshing face, both of them looked a little exhausted.
"You two... Why try rushing it when it's extremely dangerous?" Katherine questioned with a disappointed face.
"Sorry."
Katherine didn't do anything, but she forced the two of them to rest much longer while Alex was already in his second meditation session.
When the two of them fully rested mentally, they didn't try to push past their boundary this time.
Noon quickly turned into the evening as Katherine finally ended their attempt to meditate more.
"Enough. You guys are going to burn out yourself if you keep it up at this pace."
The three of them recently stopped, following Katherine into a teleportation spell to teleport back out.
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"Oh, sorry."
Alex quickly turned around to open the door, thinking back to how Luqing looked when she walked into the living room.
She was wearing much more revealing clothes, with a T-shirt and shorts rather than her typical long-sleeved shirt and long pants.
"Alex, you were looking at my daughter, weren't you?" Meiya curiously asked as they walked on the street.
Both Alex and Luqing's faces immediately blushed a little, but Alex remained calm as he continued walking back.
"I was just surprised to see Miss Luqing wasn't wearing long sleeves."
"That's because I convinced her. Who's wearing those long clothes on such a hot day?"
As Meiya replied, Alex's brain was a little fried. He never thought someone as old as his grandma would be this open.
"She's still so young. It's like the perfect age for her to show skins too——"
"Mom... Stop it."
Luqing finally spoke up, interrupting Meiya from finishing her comments on her clothes.
"Fine."
As Alex opened the unlocked door, Meiya immediately headed over to the sofa as Luqing stood by.
"Man, I missed this sofa already. Why does it feel so much softer than the one we have?"
Alex didn't answer back to her comment as he headed over to the kitchen and began his plan to cook lunch.
"Alex, you want me to help?" Luqing offered as she stood by the kitchen door.
"Sure."
As the two began to get to work, Meiya got a little bored sitting on the sofa alone, so she headed over to the kitchen herself.
"Wait, let me help you guys!"
"Sure."
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Forty minutes later...
As the three of them sat in the kitchen, the table was full of food cut into the weirdest shapes.
Although the food was in a weird shape, it looked extremely tasty and had a pleasant smell that would make anyone want to eat it.
Yet, none of them were willing to move their chopstick at all.
"You can have a taste first." Alex offered as he looked over to Meiya.
"You did most of the work. You should be getting the first piece, " Meiya said.
Alex shook his head, as just a few moments ago, he finally learned Meiya's cooking skills.
It was non-existent, or it might even be a negative level of understanding of cooking.
He had never seen someone mix sugar and salt, and it wasn't just normal salt either.
It was sea salt, which had an almost completely different texture and size from typical table sugar.
"Luqing, how about you try it? Meiya offered.
Luqing didn't hesitate as she used a pair of chopsticks to pick up one of the pork.
As she chewed it down, both of them looked over at her as if they were waiting for an answer.
"How was it?" Meiya impatiently asked.
"It's a little sweet..." Luqing replied as she started digging into her bowl of rice.
"I knew it. How could you mix up salt and sugar like that?" Alex questioned as he regretted letting Meiya into the kitchen.