"Sigh."

How did it come to this?

There was Ligeia, crying and talking about how we weren’t truly friends, with Agnes and Natalie seemingly sympathizing with her. And as soon as I tried to console her by saying I’d grant her a wish, I found myself being practically shoved into the changing room, as if this had all been half-planned.

Now that I think about it, those tears Ligeia shed… they almost seemed fake.

The way her expression changed as soon as I offered to grant her a wish was suspicious. She might have started acting the moment she realized …