"Anyway... could you please take me in for the night? I can help you with quests tomorrow to repay you!"
Looking at the girl by the window with her light green eyes, Xia Ye Ying Huo clasped her hands together and pleaded cautiously.
She hoped this NPC girl, who looked far younger than herself, would kindly let her stay the night.
"You... are you sure?"
With her back to the moonlight outside the window, the girl stared at Xia Ye Ying Huo with dull, pitch-black eyes. There was a faintly ominous note in her slow voice.
Deep darkness shrouded her small figure, making her features somewhat indistinct.
"If you leave now... it should still be in time..."
For some reason, although the fireplace gave off a bright glow, the place where the girl sat remained enveloped in dim night, lit only by the faint light cast down by the Twin Moons.
"What do you mean...?"
The girl's eerie voice echoed by her ear. Stared at by those dull black eyes hidden in shadow, Xia Ye Ying Huo's breathing caught slightly. She could not help swallowing, beginning to lose her nerve.
But when she slowly retreated to the doorway and saw the pitch-black darkness outside, the gloomy street seeming as though a horde of monsters might leap out at any moment—
Then felt the warm, fragrant air indoors and heard the cheerful crackling of the bright fire in the hearth, she made up her mind again.
Even if it earned her the girl's disdain, she would shamelessly stay here for the night! It looked so dark and terrifying outside. This place was much safer!
And there was even a little NPC girl to keep her company, so the night would not be lonely.
She did not like being alone.
"Please don't