Maids Always Know Liu Bai Well. / Arrogant Geniuses Deserve to Be Killed by Their Own Creations.

Liu Bai guessed.

"Is now really the time to be guessing about this?"

Alisa shrank back a little. "Um, there are two... no, three Miss Hertas looking at you right now."

The owner of the third hand was indeed the well-endowed Herta.

Then the fourth and fifth hands reached out together.

They both appeared to be left hands, and their palms were small, clearly belonging to little Hertas.

Sure enough, two more little Hertas crawled out.

"...The box may be big, but five is a little... ah, a sixth hand came out too."

After complaining, Alisa looked at Liu Bai with an encouraging, expectant gaze.

It was as though she were encouraging Liu Bai to go up there and prey on these Hertas in reverse.

Prey my ass!

Liu Bai was not stupid.

Hertas were clearly pouring out in an endless stream.

"That box might be some kind of special item that can continuously replicate itself... or rather, a man-made Curio!"

"...Liu Bai... Liu Bai..."

The Hertas murmured Liu Bai's name as they began closing in on him.

"Um... Master? Should we leave the Serenitea Pot first?"

"...Do you want the Serenitea Pot to be filled with Hertas like cockroaches by tomorrow?"

Liu Bai retorted, "Alisa! Go figure out how to close that box!"

"Eh?"

"No matter how uncontrollable your authority is, you can still retract it, right?"

"...Mm! Then knock them down now!"

"I can't really bring myself to hit them... Let's split up, Alisa. I'll draw these Hertas away while you find an opening to shut the box."

"...Have you been bewitched by these Hertas from another angle?"

"Who's the master here, you or me?!"

"Wah..."

The Maid Always Understands Liu Bai

"Y-you really won't say you're drawing them away, then actually find some secluded corner, symbolically resist