"Big sis, why are you looking at me like that?"
Higanbana looked at Yae Sakura and grinned foolishly. "Did I do something just now?"
Yae Sakura looked at the foolishly smiling Higanbana before her.
"Stop staring."
Xu Yanwu spoke.
"Don't mind what she used to be like or what she did before... at least she's one of our foxes now."
"Personally..."
Xu Yanwu tapped Higanbana on the head. "And as she is now, do you really think she's a bad person?"
"Trust your eyes, and your feelings."
Listening to Xu Yanwu, Yae Sakura looked at Higanbana before her.
For some reason, Yae Sakura saw certain shadows in Higanbana.
Her own shadow, and... the shadow of her younger sister.
"Higanbana..."
Yae Sakura reached out and stroked the top of Higanbana's head.
"Big sis?"
Higanbana found Yae Sakura's expression a little strange.
"Nothing."
Yae Sakura shook her head and did not explain what she was thinking.
"Higanbana, just now... did you see something?"
Yae Sakura asked Higanbana.
Even Yae Sakura herself did not notice the hint of concern in her voice.
"Just now..."
Higanbana shuddered, then said, "I think I saw a lot of people. They wanted to kill me..."
"I don't know what I did wrong that made them want to kill me..."
"Then it seemed like, a long time ago, after I was killed, I did something very, very bad. I think I once used my power to hurt many people."
Higanbana lowered her head, her voice growing softer and softer.
"Big sis, if I regain my memories and power, will I turn bad again and use my power to hurt others?"
"Higanbana, power itself is a double-edged sword." Yae Sakura said to Higanbana, "People can use power to do what they are capable of doing, to do what they