Five years ago, Little Ninth was still lean from his youth, but now he had filled out, his body developing more horizontally.
"You've gained weight?"
The smile on Little Ninth's face vanished. He looked at Adrian Desmond with a mournful expression, clearly aggrieved. Adrian patted Little Ninth's shoulder and said, "Sienna says you've gained weight. You'd better start losing it. Otherwise, if you encounter enemies, you won't even be able to run."
"Sixth Brother!"
"Has Curly arrived?" Adrian Desmond asked Tatu.
"They're already here. Maple is taking care of them," Tatu answered.
"Take good care of them!"
"Yes!"
Adrian Desmond took Sienna Johnson's hand and led her towards the island's main villa. Sienna's gaze swept around; everything here was just as she remembered, unchanged, as if time had stopped.
"Where's my Black Beauty?"
That meadow... In her memory, there should have been a beautiful black horse there, but it was gone now.
"What Black Beauty?"
