"How was it holding an umbrella?"
Dong Le voiced the question that had been on Dong Huan's mind.
"It's holding it with its paws."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Oh~"
The two girls suddenly understood.
"Isn't it just that Big Brother is holding it?"
Dong Le pictured the scene.
Otherwise, how could such a tiny fox hold onto an umbrella?
Though parasols were usually light and compact,
this little fox was tiny and delicate too...
Soon, they arrived downstairs at the girls' home.
"Go on up."
"Goodbye."
Xiao Xiao bid the two girls farewell.
"Big Brother..."
Dong Huan and Dong Le looked at each other, then bowed slightly to Xiao Xiao and said in unison, "Thank you."
Xiao Xiao was taken aback.
Then a smile spread across his face.
"You're welcome."
Those sisters really were in sync.
Wasn't that just what you'd expect from twins?
"Big Brother~"
Xiao Xiao turned around.
He saw the two sisters waving to him from the open stairwell on the second floor.
"Goodbye."
He smiled.
He waved back at them, too.
"Goodbye."
Then he turned and left.
This time, the two sisters didn't call after him again.
Back in the courtyard, Xiao Xiao did as the Hundred Illusions Butterfly had said and put the two flowers in the same pot.
Come to think of it...
Xiao Xiao looked at the flowers in the pot and gently touched a petal.
If the Hundred Illusions Butterfly hadn't been certain, he really wouldn't have realized these two flowers weren't ordinary.
They were monsters.
Especially...
When he'd put the Twin Flowers on the stone table beneath the White Plum Blossom, the Hundred Illusions Butterfly, who'd been sleeping soundly, had woken up at once.
But the Twin Flowers... still hadn't shown the slightest reaction.
It seemed they really were