Goodbye to the Strange Tree

"Human, aren't you afraid?" the mouth asked.

"What's there to be afraid of?"

"Humans are all afraid of me. Humans are always afraid of things that look different from themselves, but everything on my body is something humans have. Why are humans afraid of me?"

Jiang You shook her head. "I'm not sure. Maybe you're too rich, and they're jealous of you. After all, humans only have one pair of hands and one pair of feet, but you can have many."

"So that's how it is..." The strange tree seemed thoughtful. "I like you, human. Can you stay and keep me company?"

This tree was in much better condition than the one in September's memory illusion. The strange tree in the illusion had been muddle-headed, and its speech had been completely incoherent.

But the tree before her clearly had normal thoughts, and it spoke very clearly.

It could even communicate normally.

"I like you, human. Your eyes are pretty, and your mouth is pretty too. Your hands are so slender, and your legs are so long. I like your head. It's so round. Could you give it to me?

"I'll grow it on the highest vine. I always treasure every gift humans give me."

Putting aside this unreasonable request, the tree seemed quite polite. It was obviously different from the irritable tree in September's illusion.

At least, it hadn't attacked her directly so far.

Every mouth on the tree had a different voice, but the mouth speaking with Jiang You sounded like a young girl.

And this mouth seemed to hold a higher position than the others.

Da Zhuang arrived right behind Jiang You. When he saw the tree, his back instinctively arched, and his fur stood on end.

"Meow!!!"

The sharp cat cry failed to attract Big Tree's attention.