Betty stared ahead blankly, her tea cup slowly tilting in her fingers.
Her expression looked like someone who had spiritually flatlined.
Inside, her thoughts were far more chaotic.
She's only sixteen yet she's already Peak Legend Rank. Sixteen!
And I'm eighteen…
Eighteen, with a literal Phoenix soul nesting in my chest, guiding me and I'm still crawling in Major Legend like a cursed turtle!!!! Ahhhhhh.
She sighed into her tea, already rethinking every life decision that brought her here.
Suddenly, Liu Mei leaned forward and waved a hand in front of her face.
"Betty. Betty~ Wake up."
Betty jolted. "Huh? Wha—what happened?"
Liu Mei plopped herself back onto the rock, chewing the last invisible crumb in her mouth.
"It's nothing," she mumbled casually.
A soft silence followed.
Then Liu Mei tilted her head and asked with innocent expectation, "Don't you have anything else to eat? I'm still very hungry, you know."
