Chapter 2023

Their facial features also seemed much more vivid than before. No matter how Stanley Batton looked at them, they looked identical to him. Their skin was fair from head to toe. It seemed like they had inherited all of Xyla Quest’s positive traits. At that moment, the two of them were sound asleep, remaining quiet as they breathed evenly. The mere sight of them made Stanley’s heart melt. He also felt a stronger connection to them. It was sufficiently warm in the room, so the children only had a thin layer of white cloth wrapped around them. However, they were already sweating from the heat. Stanley carefully untucked their tiny hands from under the cloth, only to discover something odd. They both had identical and realistic-looking plum blossom-shaped birthmarks on the back of their left palms. They looked even more realistic than tattoos. He could vaguely see golden rays of light surrounding the blossoms, which then disappeared after a few seconds. 'What was going on?' Stan