“Yeah,” Stanley Batton replied.
“I think she's related to the plum flower birthmarks on the back of our children’s hands,” Xyla Quest said.
“Yeah,” he uttered.
“That’s why I think she was telling the truth. My instincts tell me the same,” she added.
“Yeah.” Appearing to be lost in thoughts, Stanley said very little, and seeing him this way made her a little curious.
“What is it?”
Stanley gently hugged her before holding onto the book in his hand. “I just feel that all this is getting stranger by the second.”
Xyla nodded slightly. “Yeah.”
Things were getting stranger.
“She said the objects would be able to help us during a crucial moment. What did she mean by that?
“Maybe the silver hairpin contained magic or fairy essence?
“Maybe something sealed inside will come out and help us during a crucial moment?
“And what about the blank book? It doesn’t look like it contains any fairy essence. I can’t see what it’s useful for, but maybe it's a martial art manual or a cultivation manual?
"Would powerful magic spells appear in the manual during a crucial moment so that we could learn them instantly?
“Clearly, this thing only recognizes you,” Xyla expressed.
Stanley seemed to be in deep thought as his eyes narrowed, his emotions hidden.
“Perhaps,” he replied after a while.
All of a sudden, they could smell the scent of plum blossoms again, followed by the sound of the phantom voice once more.
“Stop making wild guesses and go have dinner. The book belongs to Stanley, and the hairpin belongs to you, Xyla.”
Having said that, the fragrant scent disappeared again along with her voice.
“Are you a fairy?” Xyla couldn’t resist asking curiously, but there was no response.
A plum blossom petal fell and landed on Xyla’s hand again.
What was the meaning of this? Was this an answer to her question?
Perhaps it was her way of telling Xyla that she was a fairy.
Xyla held the petal and looked at Stanley with a slight frown. “It’s so strange. Anyway, Honey, let’s keep these objects with us at all times.”
At that moment, the blank book in Stanley’s hand started shrinking, shocking them both.
Neither could understand all these strange incidents happening one after another.
Soon, the book shrank to the size of an ordinary book-shaped pendant before a piece of bail and a red string appeared.
Apart from the book shrinking and now having a bail, nothing else changed. It was still in paper form.
“Does that mean you should wear it?” Xyla asked.
“Probably,” Stanley frowned.
But before he could make a move, the pendant directly flew up to his shoulders before he felt a warm sensation throughout his body.
It was a comfortable feeling, but he couldn’t quite describe the sensation.
It was as if all the exhaustion and tension in his body had disappeared.
Stanley felt even more relaxed than he would after a professional massage.
Furthermore, he felt much more alert.
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