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This was clearly a banquet, with chatter and laughter filling the air. Liliya looked down at herself, only to find that her originally drenched clothes had somehow transformed into a white evening gown, and even her hands were now adorned with silk gloves inlaid with blue diamonds.
"Lily, why are you just standing there? Come over here!" A woman waved to her.
The moment she saw the woman, Liliya was stunned. The woman was unmistakably her mother. Liliya walked over, her expression somewhat dazed.
"Hurry and greet Aunt Laura," the woman hinted to Liliya with a glance.
"Good evening, Aunt Laura!" Liliya executed a slight curtsy, her nobility gesture a bit rusty since she hadn't attended such gatherings for over six months.
The woman named Laura didn't seem too pleased and, after exchanging a few words with Liliya's mother, she turned and left.
