Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 887 Thumbelina's Transformation

"Don't listen to his nonsense."

Anjie walked to the table, looked down at the water in her glass, and then looked at He Lingling: "Was this arranged by you?"

As she spoke, Ange glanced at Thumbelina, who was quietly drinking water beside her.

“No,” He Lingling shook her head, pointed around, and looked at them with a complicated expression. “It’s been like this ever since we came back from the warehouse.”

"storehouse?"

Anjie was taken aback. "After you told us you were going to help Xiaohan and the others... you also went to the warehouse?"

He Lingling nodded: "Yes, Thumbelina is a little worried about Swallow."

“…” Ange frowned, “Thumbelina…”

Didn't Thumbelina dislike swallows a lot in the warehouse this morning? Why would she bring a swallow into the main room on her own initiative? And considering Thumbelina and Linlin's size and strength...

Anjie found it hard to imagine how the two of them managed to bring back a swallow that was bigger than both of them combined.

"Did Thumbelina request to bring the swallow back?"

Yu Shijiu had already dragged the axe to the basket and squatted down. Hearing this, he asked curiously.

“Thumbelina insisted on bringing it,” He Lingling said, looking at Thumbelina beside her. “We met it on the way to the warehouse. It seems to have been frightened and fell off the ground.”

He Lingling sighed as she spoke, "We really couldn't handle it. It took a lot of effort to drag it into the main room."

Thumbelina finally raised her head and whispered in response:

“It looks badly injured… I, I feel, no matter what… we can’t just let it lie there and die…”

As they spoke, Anjie and the others saw a glimmer of life and kindness return to Thumbelina's eyes, and their feelings were complicated.

Especially He Lingling.

Having spent an afternoon with Thumbelina... she actually knows things that no one else does.

For example... at the beginning, Thumbelina suddenly said that she was going to the warehouse, but she did so with a look of disgust, more like hatred.

Thumbelina said, "The swallow can't stay in the warehouse forever; its body will stink and we won't be able to breathe fresh air."

Thumbelina looked at her and said, "Grandma Field Mouse gets angry at anything that smells bad, so we need to get rid of it."

"..."

Thinking of the Thumbelina she had seen that afternoon, He Lingling unconsciously pursed her lips.

Looking at Thumbelina's smile, she felt as if a layer of icy water had been poured over her from head to toe, and she even froze to breathe.

But for some reason, after the person and the NPC walked to the warehouse, Thumbelina suddenly changed her mind.

She suddenly regained her initial beauty and kindness, and cried over the clearly dying swallow.

She even cried and said, "...It's so pitiful..." Big tears rolled down Thumbelina's cheeks.

A perfectly round tear fell onto the swallow's dull feathers, and Thumbelina choked out:

"Look, its wing looks broken too... It must be in a lot of pain... We have to help it..."

As she spoke, she reached out her trembling hand and gently stroked the swallow's black feathers again and again, her eyes filled with genuine pity, a stark contrast to the cold and disgusted look she had shown when she said "get rid of it" in the main room.

He Lingling stood to the side, feeling cold all over.

Thumbelina's abrupt transformation was so bizarre, it was as if... as if two completely different souls were sharing one body.

He Lingling did not act rashly, but observed silently, and followed Thumbelina's advice to help move the swallow back to the main room.

Throughout the entire process of "moving the swallow," Thumbelina was exceptionally gentle and patient, even going so far as to find clean water and clean strips of cloth to try and clean the swallow's wounds.

This Thumbelina looks kind, gentle, and beautiful... just like the Thumbelina in fairy tales who embodies truth, goodness, and beauty.

He Lingling should have felt at ease; this version of Thumbelina is more in line with the character in the original story.

But for some reason, He Lingling felt cold all over and even wanted to get further away from Thumbelina.

Thumbelina, who was walking ahead and struggling to pull the swallow, seemed to sense her thoughts. A tear trembled and she stared intently at her, saying, "What are you thinking?"

He Lingling suddenly snapped out of her reverie.

At the table, facing questions from Ange and the others, Thumbelina reverted to her initial timid but kind demeanor, as if the malicious girl from that morning had never existed.

He Lingling suppressed the chill in her heart and did not reveal what had happened that afternoon.

She wasn't sure if Thumbelina's strange change was due to her own condition or the influence of the storyline. Revealing it so rashly might alert the enemy or lead to even worse consequences.

"Yes, thank goodness we brought it back. If the swallow had stayed on the ground, it would have frozen to death."

He Lingling followed Thumbelina's words, but her gaze briefly met that of An Jie, who was closest to her, conveying a "we'll talk about it later" look.

Anjie understood immediately and stopped asking questions, instead turning her gaze to the table:

"So these things on the table...were they here when you came back too?"