The child tilted her head.
Then she smiled even more happily.
"Big Brother said..."
The child's eyes sparkled, with a hint of shyness in them.
Her pale cheeks had also turned a little red.
"...this is my very own miracle."
"Your very own miracle..."
Orange murmured.
She couldn't help exchanging a look with Child's Dad.
"Bao Bao."
Orange sounded uncertain.
"Did you really see the maple leaves?"
"The red maple leaves."
Whether it was red maple leaves or the word miracle...
It all seemed rather unreal.
The child didn't understand her mother's question.
She nodded.
"I saw them."
She raised the red maple leaf in her hand.
The child had slept in a very good position.
The red maple leaf hadn't been crushed or damaged.
"This is the red maple leaf."
The child grinned.
"There were so, so many..."
The child spread her arms wide.
That breathtaking scene from earlier appeared before her eyes.
Her gaze grew distant.
"Outside the window, everything was red."
"So pretty~"
"The wind blew, and the maple leaves turned into red butterflies~"
"Whoosh~"
The child leaned forward. "They all came rushing toward me..."
The impact had been so overwhelming.
Her pupils were filled with lingering red afterimages.
The child had described it in such detail...
Orange was naturally willing to believe that the child had really seen it.
Otherwise...
Could that child have hypnotized Bao Bao?
Made Bao Bao think she'd seen red maple leaves?
That didn't make sense either.
Orange's gaze fell on the maple leaf in the child's hand.
If it had been a hypnotic illusion, how could she explain this red maple leaf?
Actually, this red maple leaf alone proved that the child had really seen red maple leaves.
The appearance of a red maple