Seeing May's longing expression, Xia You agreed without much thought.
There was nothing else to do right now anyway. He only had to wait for Looker to contact him, and he had rather neglected May both at the Old Chateau yesterday and at the hotel today. Naturally, he needed to spend some proper time with her to make up for it.
Following beside Gardenia, the three headed toward the other side of the street.
The Eterna Department Store Gardenia had mentioned was actually not far away, right in the city center. It was Eterna City's largest standalone building. Since it had recently changed owners, it had undergone renovations before choosing this moment to reopen, with plans to make a bigger splash.
As Eterna City's official Gym Leader, Gardenia enjoyed high social standing and a certain degree of popularity, so naturally, she had been invited to attend the ceremony.
Yet along the way, Xia You kept noticing Gardenia stealing glances at him. Whenever he looked over, she quickly averted her eyes and pretended nothing had happened.
This was far too strange!
Xia You thought carefully, going over everything from when they had met until they had parted, but could not think of anything wrong.
What exactly was going on?
Still, Gardenia's clumsy attempts to be sneaky were rather cute.
Since it was not yet time for the event, there were few people around, and preparations were still underway.
Gardenia took Xia You and May straight backstage.
It was there that they saw the magician, still busily rehearsing.
The magician was a woman, which was a little unexpected. After all, female magicians were far less common than male ones.
And this magician's appearance...
Seemed a little familiar?
She looked about twenty-six or twenty-seven and was very pretty, with long green hair and