At the Oti Mall, where Sparkle and Nero had chatted earlier, two figures stood there.
Looking at the now-empty corner, Nero raised a hand and scratched his head.
'Stelle still hasn't come back. She's probably with Firefly at the secret base, right?'
'But where did Sparkle go?'
'Maybe she didn't have time to wait for me. After all, she wants to enjoy the sweet dream too.'
Nero guessed where the two of them had gone, but he didn't care too much. Instead, he turned to Argenti.
"Sorry. Everyone's already gone, and I still dragged you all the way here. I wanted to introduce some new friends to you."
Argenti smiled and shook his head.
"It doesn't matter. Thank you for allowing me to accompany you."
Nero blinked.
Argenti really was an incredibly kind person.
"Forget it. Let's keep looking around together," Nero said to Argenti.
"I'd be delighted."
Argenti nodded with a smile.
After that, the two of them continued strolling around together.
After walking for a while, Nero looked up and spotted some familiar faces.
Not far away were Yanqing and Huohuo, standing in front of a shop.
Nero quickened his pace slightly and walked over with Argenti.
"Yanqing, Huohuo!" Nero greeted them.
"It's an honor to see the three of you again." Argenti greeted them as well. He even remembered Mr. Tail, even though Mr. Tail wasn't outside Huohuo's body at the moment.
After everyone exchanged greetings, Nero asked what the two of them were doing there.
Yanqing and Huohuo both turned to look at a shop clerk not far away.
Nero and Argenti followed their gaze and saw a woman with dark skin and short black hair.
Her eyes were shut tight, and her brows were furrowed. She was slightly hunched over, hugging herself tightly as her body swayed, looking as though she wasn't feeling well.
"Not long ago, I arrived at the Golden Hour and happened to run into Huohuo and Mr. Tail, so we traveled together."
Yanqing began explaining, "When we passed by this shop just now, the shop owner came over and started chatting with us."
"Miss Kokona introduced us to a lot of the clothes here," Huohuo added. "But she suddenly became like this. Maybe... maybe she's sick. If Bailu were here, she could examine her."
Unfortunately, Bailu wasn't here. Everyone had been busy having fun, and no one had asked where everyone else had gone.
Nero looked at Kokona.
Her body was trembling violently. A magazine titled Dream Fashion slipped from her hand, and a corner of a note stuck out from inside.
Nero picked up the note and read what was written on it.
[Month Day]
]A genuine leather coat, deliver to Ms. Vitata; A limited-edition handbag, deliver to Ms. Anna; Three customers have appointments to visit the shop today: Mrs. Gerwin... No... Mrs. Gerwin passed away long ago. What am I writing...]
[Ever since someone from the Family came last time, I seem to have forgotten a lot of things... I don't get depressed as easily anymore, but why does my heart always feel so empty? And why do I get tired so easily...]
[Next time I get the chance, I'll ask someone from the Family about it. I always feel like they took something away from me... That's what they've always done...]
The four of them gathered together and read the note.
Every one of them frowned.
Just then, Kokona seemed to recover.
Seeing everyone standing in front of her, she greeted them.
"Welcome... Hm? You... are you the two customers from earlier...?"
Kokona's condition was very strange.
She looked at Yanqing and Huohuo with a confused expression. A vague sense of familiarity lingered in her mind.
Yanqing and Huohuo also found it strange.
They had clearly spoken with Kokona not long ago.
"What kind of person is this? She's already pretending not to know us?" Mr. Tail grumbled, though he didn't raise his voice.
First, Kokona really did seem to be in a strange state.
Second, he had promised Huohuo earlier that he'd try not to speak carelessly so he wouldn't frighten other people.
Third...
He was a little afraid of Nero and Argenti.
There was no need to explain Nero. In Mr. Tail's eyes, he was a glowing child.
And now there was also a glowing Argenti.
But the most important reason was that during the Penacony celebration, he had spoken carelessly for a moment and ended up being lectured by this guy for more than two hours.
It was terrifying.
Absolutely terrifying.
Mr. Tail felt as though someone had put a tightening hoop around his head back then!
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