Chapter 371 - 203: The Maid Outfit Is the Soul
Chapter 371: Chapter 203: The Maid Outfit Is the Soul
"Service."
Shefilya uttered a simple, single word in a perfectly calm tone.
"But it’s already nighttime. I don’t really need anything..."
After saying this, Lin Mo suddenly thought of something and looked at her, stunned.
’Could it be?’
’No way...’
As if to confirm his thoughts, Shefilya took a few more steps forward, stopping at the edge of his bed and bowing slightly.
"Nightly service is also one of a Maid’s duties."
Her face remained impassive as she spoke, as calm as ever, as if she were stating something perfectly natural.
Perhaps it really was perfectly natural.
Lin Mo had heard of this custom, popular among the great noble families. When two families had an arranged marriage, the woman’s side would often send her personal Maid—one who had grown up with her—to the man’s home to conduct an inspection first.
The main points of this inspection were the man’s character, talent, strength, and conversation skills.
Of course, his physical and mental health were also part of it—especially his abilities in a certain area. That part was considered very important.
’To put it bluntly, is she here to test my "quality" for Feney?’
"This... This isn’t right, is it?"
Lin Mo gazed at Shefilya’s fair, slender neck. Her delicate, lovely face was less than half a meter away, and the faint fragrance from the young Maid washed over him.
It was an intimate scene, yet her cool and distant expression created a stark contrast that was particularly captivating.
"This is part of my job description."
Shefilya stressed again, "Please do not make this difficult for me, Master."
As she spoke, she reached out and began to undo the buttons on Lin Mo’s pajamas.
The cool touch of her fingers on Lin Mo’s chest sent a jolt through both of them, like an electric shock, making them shudder.
’I’m already quite experienced with the Little Wolf Girl, but with someone new, the feeling is completely different...’
Shefilya steadied her breathing and continued.
Lin Mo felt as if he were paralyzed, letting her small hands gently slip his pajamas off.
It wasn’t until Shefilya reached for her own Maid uniform that he snapped back to his senses and quickly stopped her. "Don’t take that off. This is fine."
’How could she take off the Maid uniform? That’s the soul of it!’
Shefilya froze for a moment, then gave Lin Mo a peculiar look.
It was a look that seemed like disdain, but wasn’t quite...
"As you command, my master."
...
As it turns out, "practice makes perfect" is an eternal truth.
Even though Shefilya had crammed a lot of relevant knowledge these past few days, what she learned on paper couldn’t truly make her grow.
Soon, her mind went blank, and she completely forgot all the things she had just been reciting in her head.
When he woke up the next morning, the person beside him was long gone. Lin Mo rubbed his forehead and slowly sat up.
Recalling the events of last night still left him feeling dazed, as if he’d had a long, surreal dream.
But it wasn’t a dream; it had really happened.
The image of her small, limp body resting in his arms was still vivid in his mind.
Lin Mo stared into space for a long time before finally looking at his panel.
[Cultivator Companion] Level 4 (73/100)
’It’s improving a little too quickly. If this keeps up, the skill will evolve soon.’
It’s just that improving this skill was truly exhausting.
Neither of those two was easy to handle.
Needless to say, Ali, being a Half-Beastman, had a natural advantage in this regard. Plus, as they continued to practice this skill together, Ali’s Constitution was also slowly increasing.
As for Shefilya...
Lacking Ali’s racial advantage, she was actually pretty bad at it—at least, not very skilled.
But she was stubborn!
Coupled with some other... unspeakable advantages, she wasn’t so easy to deal with either.
All he could say was that it had even been a little painful...
However, unlike with Ali, at least this time his hard work came with a reward.
A reward beyond the increase in [Cultivator Companion] Skill Proficiency.
Agility: 59 (+49 = 108)
That’s right. In just one night, Lin Mo had gained 1 point in his Agility Attribute.
And the attribute points gained from this skill actually counted toward his Basic Attributes!
This was great. It meant Lin Mo could level up this way. He now only needed 1 more point of Agility to raise his Agility System Profession, Assassin, to Level 6.
As for his Ranger Profession...
Lin Mo wasn’t quite sure about that yet.
After all, he still hadn’t figured out how many Skills were needed to advance to a Senior Level Professional.
The four Skills for his Priest Profession weren’t enough. His Ranger Profession now had five, which might be enough, or it might not be.
Since it was for Level 6, it wouldn’t be strange if it required six Skills.
Setting those thoughts aside for now, Lin Mo took another close look at the effects of the [Cultivator Companion] skill.
[Cultivator Companion] Level 4 (73/100): Through deep exchange, create a resonance of Qi and Blood or Magic Power, increasing mutual compatibility and providing a slight, random bonus to corresponding Attributes (i.e., Qi and Blood exchange randomly increases Strength, Constitution, or Agility; Magic Power exchange randomly increases Magic Power or Spirit).
Note: Requires "depth" and "exchange." The bonus is transferred from the higher party to the lower, and its magnitude is slightly positively correlated with the difference between the two parties.
Now, Lin Mo had two questions...