"Lingling~ Ling~ Lingling..."
Realizing that the human before it meant no harm, the larger Qingfu tilted its head and slowly began to speak.
It... just didn't want to make that girl sad...
That afternoon, the sun was blazing. Even with a straw hat on, the girl's face was still bright red, and large beads of sweat rolled down her cheeks.
Even the air she breathed out was scorching.
But as she looked at the two small glass bottles in her hands, a huge smile spread across her face.
As for how the Qingfu had ended up inside the girl's glass bottles...
It wasn't because the girl had caught them.
She couldn't even see them. How could she have caught them?
The little Qingfu had been curious about the glass bottle in the girl's hand.
It was tiny.
Its transparent walls seemed to glow in the sunlight.
From outside, it was easy to see what was inside.
The little Qingfu flew through the bottle's mouth.
Looking outside through the glass, the view was exactly the same, yet somehow seemed different.
The little Qingfu darted around the glass bottle in delight.
Flying in and out.
Every so often, it pressed its face against the glass.
Making something like a funny face.
To keep the little Qingfu company while it played—
Although Qingfu were tiny, the small glass bottle couldn't fit two of them.
So the Qingfu mother flew into the other glass bottle.
The world seen through the glass did seem a little different.
Even the sounds they made seemed somehow unfamiliar to them.
The Qingfu mother and child had a wonderful time playing.
But then, they let their guard down for a moment...
When they realized what had happened, they found that a wooden stopper had