Chen Li: Give Me a Break, Qiaodie! You Won't Even Leave Me Alone in My Dreams?! (1W2, continued)

Aglaea still remembered what Sparkle had said when she mysteriously shoved this mask into her hands: "When you can't muster the courage, let it help you speak your heart."

According to that Masked Fool, this item had come from the hands of an Envoy of Joy.

Yet after obtaining the power of an Envoy, that Envoy had used his genius intellect to turn that power into a Persona Mask capable of helping others awaken personalities.

After countless refinements, it could grant any living or nonliving thing a brand-new, nascent personality. It could also temporarily "assist" its wearer, bypassing the shackles of reason and allowing the body to faithfully reflect the heart's most primal desires.

Aglaea had originally planned that if she truly could not overcome her restraint, she might put it on her Memory Spirit—the Garmentmaker.

If it did anything improper to Chen Li, she could later claim it was "the mask's influence" or that "a second personality had taken over."

After observing for a while, Aglaea had discovered that this excuse worked surprisingly well in certain situations.

But now, she had found a more suitable target, as well as... a more interesting use for it.

"Hey, hey! Seamstress Woman! Calm down! Darling! My dear sister! We just shared hardship and fought side by side as intimate comrades!" The moment Cipher saw the mask and Aglaea's expression, her scalp went numb and every hair on her body stood on end.

"I'm very calm." Aglaea's tone remained placid, but her gaze slowly lowered and settled on Cipher's large, fluffy silver tail, which had stiffened upright in fright.

Aglaea recalled a saying widely circulated across the interstellar network, supposedly originating from some ancient planet. A nearly dangerous smile flashed through her blue-yellow eyes. "I remember a saying: a cat's tail and the