Sparkle looked extremely impatient, and it was Charles' first time seeing such an expression from her. Charles briefly felt like he was no longer familiar with Sparkle.0

In his eyes, Sparkle had always been a curious and ignorant little girl. In fact, the last time he saw her, she was exactly like that—ignorant and curious about everything.0

Sparkle pursed her red lips. She stepped forward and grabbed Charles' right hand. Then, Charles' surroundings peeled away. When the surroundings stabilized, Charles found himself in a large hall filled with many different machinery.0

Anna was in her bloated and deformed true form. Her back was facing Charles and Sparkle as she used hundreds of tentacles to control a colossal machine made out of intricate brass gears.0

"If you two have something to say to each other, then say...1