The air in the Moonlight Garden shimmered with unease, as if the flowers themselves were listening.
When Leon and Seraphine reached closer to them, suddenly the feminine yet teasing voice of Liora's mother sounded.
"Liora, look, your 'friend' is also here now."
Liora, hearing her mother's words despite warning her not to say something weird in front of him when they had nothing going on between them, thought it was a nightmare. She had spent the whole of yesterday trying to convince her mother not to say anything strange, yet she had succeeded in the end.
She knew her mother was keeping her promise; however, when she especially emphasized the word friend, it made her want to run away.
Liora could only glare at her mother and try not to pay heed to the way she was talking, hoping not to attract any attention.
After saying those words to see if she would get a reaction from the young white-haired boy or not, Crystalline continued.
