Multiverse: I Share Five Senses with the World's Top Daughters

Alice's voice emerged from the black smoke, at least half an octave higher than usual, hoarse and trembling from choking.

I controlled it.

Nicole's voice rang in Kiana's mind, calm to the point of near indifference, though beneath that calm lay a faint layer of grievance—something Kiana had only gradually learned to distinguish after spending so long with her.

And this is the result of controlling it. You were the one who asked me to help, Alice.

"I said to help me turn down the heat! Not help me blow up the entire stove!"

The two women emerged from the house.

Alice came out first.

Her long golden hair was splattered with some unknown dark brown sauce, her wide-brimmed hat had slipped crookedly over her left ear, and a decorative Star Chart on its brim had half a scallion dangling from it.

Her face, usually always carrying a composed smile, was now streaked with soot, and a small piece of eggshell clung to her left cheek.

She clutched an apron in her hand—it had been blown into two pieces, and smoke was still rising from the torn edges13.

Nicole walked out behind her.

A few spots of sauce had splashed onto her white dress, while her pale blond hair remained perfectly intact. Her expression, however, maintained a subtle calm that said, "I've already done my best, but this was indeed the result."

She held a clay pot in her hands—the bottom had been blasted through, and the doorframe behind her was visible through the hole.

The courtyard fell silent for two seconds.

Then Kiana let out a sound somewhere between a shriek and hysterical laughter.

"M—Y—D—I—N—N—E—R?!"

The soot-covered witch and the silent angel looked away at the same time.

Alice looked toward the morning glories on the courtyard wall, while