Aha fell silent for a moment, then let out a soft sigh.
That sigh was so faint it was almost inaudible, yet it instantly silenced both Xu Zhao and Chen Li.
"Because I'm the orphan. The widowed mother... is Pom-Pom." Aha's voice dropped as his gaze beneath the black veil settled on the giant Pom-Pom in the distance. There was a softness in his tone that Xu Zhao could not tell was real or fake.
Xu Zhao's pupils suddenly widened.
Wait.
Hold on.
That was a lot to take in...
"It was a stormy night..." Aha continued, as though recalling some distant past.
Xu Zhao's breathing quickened. Behind her glasses, her violet pupils blazed with flames ten times fiercer than before, and the hand holding her pen had begun to tremble uncontrollably.
This... this was...
An exclusive!
An absolute exclusive!
Firsthand gossip personally told by an Aeon!
If she drew this, even the top-ranked spot wouldn't be enough—she'd become legendary on the spot!
Meanwhile, the moment Chen Li heard the words "It was a stormy night," he painfully shut his eyes, lowered his hands from his face, and firmly covered his ears.
The future of this Friends Circle really was just as Pixie had said. You could see how it ended at a glance.
"Enough, enough, enough!"
A voice full of helplessness interrupted this soon-to-run-wild sharing session on Aeon secret history.
A Kivili waddled over on the giant Pom-Pom's round little legs, squeezed between Aha and Xu Zhao, and cut off their line of sight.
"Isn't it just winning the Holy Grail War? I'll go fight it, all right?!" The gritted fury in A Kivili's tone clashed completely with that adorable appearance.
"Seriously... an Aeon of Joy and an Envoy of Joy joining forces to set me up." As A