"I'm back..."
The next day, close to noon, a girl's sigh rang out in the entryway.
Unit 102, Building 3, Zone A, Huatianli Residential Community, Rongcheng—the home of a certain magical girl.
Nan Xiaofeng slipped into her slippers, walked over to the living room sofa, and sat down. She picked up her cup from the table and gulped down two mouthfuls, easing the heat she had absorbed from the sun on her walk home from the community entrance.
Though it was much cooler than during the recent red high-temperature warning, when the sun had blazed all day long, Rongcheng was still as hot as ever—so hot that nobody wanted to go outside.
"Your dad doesn't seem to be home, huh? Let me have a sip too."
The White Sable Spirit poked its head out from behind Nan Xiaofeng. Seeing that no one seemed to be home, it simply flipped onto Nan Xiaofeng's shoulder and sat down, holding the cup in its sable paws. It leaned in and took several slurps, making a satisfied sound.
One girl and one sable sat quietly on the sofa and shoulder respectively, staring blankly at the television screen that had yet to be turned on.
Nan Xiaofeng felt as though her life had become a little surreal—
Dragging Senior Albatross out of that Millennium should have been a good thing, but then Senior Bai Lili had informed her that Heartmoon Fox had slipped back into the Mindscape while everyone was beating up the jellyfish. She had taken Cheshire Rabbit, Hellcat, and the others with her, apparently tinkering with who knew what strange things inside.
"I don't think you need to think so much about it, Xiaofeng."
Bailing said,
"Everyone knows Heartmoon Fox is brewing up some huge scheme, but since she dragged all of her