Mandhaila looked around in confusion.
Towering, magnificent buildings, streets crowded with people, and the beautiful piano music drifting from somewhere unknown... These unfamiliar scenes left Mandhaila bewildered.
Just a short while ago, she had still been locked inside that tower she could never find her way out of. How had she appeared here in the blink of an eye?
Suddenly, a burst of laughter came from ahead. Mandhaila vaguely saw two children under ten chasing and playing with each other.
The little girl in a red dress was chasing after a slightly chubby little boy, pretending to scold him fiercely. "Yada, we're already at the Ocean Theater, and we can even hear Teacher's piano! You still dare to run away? If Teacher finds out, you'll definitely be punished with copying sheet music!"
Yada turned back, his eyes curving into crescents as he smiled. He stuck out his tongue and said in his childish voice, "I'm not going! Nyeh nyeh!"
After saying that, Yada turned and ran straight toward Mandhaila.
Like a slippery little milk kitten, he failed to watch where he was going and crashed straight into Mandhaila's arms.
Mandhaila frowned and instinctively wanted to fling Yada away, but just then, he let out an "Ouch!"
That childish little cry made Mandhaila's arm, already tensed with force, loosen slightly. She stiffened for a moment. Instead of throwing Yada away, she let him collide with her, only for the rebound to knock him onto the ground.
While he was crying out in pain, Sunny had already appeared at his side, twisting his ear as she said, "You've really grown bold now. Just because Teacher dotes on you, you think you can swagger around on that? When we get back, let's see if you still dare to scare those gifted ones who