"Um, could you move over a little?"
"Why? Am I too heavy for you, Lu-ge? I know I've grown up a tiny bit lately."
"No, didn't you see the way your... your sister was looking at us? It was weird, wasn't it?"
Lu PingAn struggled to prop himself up and pushed the "little girl" sitting on top of him away.
Although he had promised to play games with the girl today, seeing Xiao Mu—who looked like a youthful seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl yet still wore an utterly innocent expression—plop herself down on him made Lu PingAn unable to bear the piercing stares from those around them.
Especially last night, when, as usual, he had let the little girl play games in his arms... Well, the way the others looked at him was probably no different from how they looked at a criminal.
Qian XiaoMu now looked seventeen or eighteen, eighty or ninety percent similar to the Phil from back then, yet possessed a youthfulness and vitality Phil had never had.
Perhaps it was a side effect of the growth potion, but Xiao Mu had been in exceptionally high spirits these past few days. She was full of energy all twenty-four hours of the day and constantly dragged Lu PingAn around. And since she completely lacked the sense of distance an adult woman ought to have, Lu PingAn felt rather helpless.
"...Where's Eve?"
"She lasted until four in the morning before she gave out. So useless!"
That day, the "Dragon Liquid" had not only transformed her body but also awakened her latent power. Once her body matured, her "Reincarnation" was inevitably accelerated.
At the time, Qian XiaoMu, encouraged by Phil, had jumped straight into that seawater.
For others, shortening childhood might mean sacrificing lifespan, and it was impossible to say whether