"This storybook is so good!"
"I saw magazines and weeklies like these in the school library, but they were much further behind..."
Jiang Zhenling and Miss Liang Cuoyu each held a basket of magazines, leaning against the trunk of a large tree in the garden as they read.
The air was warm, and dozens of warmth stones hanging from the branches had made the garden cozy.
Not far away, on the garden track that still carried a hint of coolness, Jiang Miao, dressed in a midriff-baring sports top and shorts, was racing Ice Bear—this Ice Bear could even outrun a Witch! She ought to be sent south of South City for secluded training in the art of running fast.
Jiang Han lay on a blanket, watching her younger sisters in profile.
The rather motherly Miss Liang Cuoyu had little Cleya lying in her arms, reading with her.
There was no need to wonder whether she could understand it—this little Witch had already started criticizing fairy tales...
Sensing her gaze, Liang Cuoyu put down her book, looked over, and gave Jiang Han a gentle smile.
Jiang Han returned it with a sweet smile, then turned her face back and looked at the shade beneath the great tree and the warmth stones hanging above.
"Ever since Liang Cuoyu truly started treating Ms. Ye as her mother, she's become more and more motherly herself... Could it be that Ms. Ye is actually the giant baby, while Miss Jiang is the real mother?"
Jiang Han stopped herself from thinking any further and let out a breath.
She clasped the experience book she had bought, Development and Exploration, in both hands, feeling its warmth as she cast a spell to send herself to sleep.
With the activation of a rune, her mind gradually drifted free,