"It was obviously you who told me to wait here for your opinion." Jiang Lianqiu chuckled. "Very cute. It suits you well. Firefly has great taste."
Firefly's eyes immediately curved into crescents.
"Right, right? I picked it in a bit of a rush, but I do have good taste."
"Ugh..."
Kiana let out another soft, slightly aggrieved groan.
"Oh, right, Kiana, why are your clothes..." Remembering the scraps of fabric scattered all over the changing room earlier, Firefly finally could not hold back any longer. She leaned close to Kiana's ear and asked quietly.
"I don't know! I don't know, okay?! I just don't know why my strength suddenly went out of control!"
Kiana crouched down, clutching her head in despair.
"Her Stigmata probably underwent some kind of change again," Jiang Lianqiu said at just the right moment.
"Stigmata?" Firefly, who had heard of such a thing, was startled. Her gaze instinctively drifted toward Kiana's back.
The fabric of her top covered the girl's fair pink back, so naturally, she could see nothing.
"Kiana, do you want to rest for a while? Or should we head home first?"
"No!" Kiana sprang back to her feet and rejected Firefly's suggestion, her eyes blazing with defiance. "I'm going to have fun today! Nothing can stop me!"
"Um..." Firefly looked to Jiang Lianqiu for help.
Jiang Lianqiu nodded with a smile. "Listen to her. She'll be fine for now."
When Kiana declared that she wanted to keep playing, Firefly had actually already prepared to turn back.
She had even shifted half a step toward the dock station—the girl's instinct was to prioritize evaluating her friend's condition over her own wishes.
But the defiant fire in Kiana's eyes made her draw her foot back.
"Then... how about the amusement park?" Firefly suggested tentatively. "There's