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“S-sorry……. I-it’s been a long time since I last looked directly at someone’s face…….”

The head in Lumina’s arms stammered, its gaze darting from side to side.

The sly, teasing attitude she had shown me until just moments ago was nowhere to be seen.

Her face was bright red all the way to the tips of her ears, and she didn’t know what to do, unable even to meet my eyes properly.

Like a very shy girl.

This was practically a different person.

Could having a face really change someone this much?

“It’s all right. You can take your time getting used to it. Is anything bothering you?”

Just as I carefully tried to take a step closer,

“D-don’t come any closer!”...