It's nothing, it's nothing. We can just take a detour and go that way.
Still, we should pay more attention to food.
"Sister Fang, where are we?"
Hu Shuo was walking beside me, stroking the head of a tiger cub and looking around curiously. He was also
chattering on about something. I hadn't felt like paying him any attention at first, but I was bored, and in this torrential rain, having someone to talk to was better than having no one.
"I don't know where we are either. When I got you out of that tornado, I didn't have time to pay attention to our direction. We just went wherever the wind took us."
"Pfft~"
"Hey! What kind of attitude is that, kid? Believe it or not, I'll take away the umbrella right now and leave you drenched!"
"Tsk!"
"Oh, kid, you're still going to sneer at me?"
"Sister Fang! Look, what's that!?"
The kid's eyes suddenly lit up. He looked as if he'd really spotted something, but after all these days, I'd come to understand that he had more tricks up his sleeve than your average adult. Did he really think he could fool me with such a cheap ploy?!
"Whatever it is, you're getting a knock on the head first!"
As I spoke, I raised my hand and bonked him on the head.
"Clang~"
There was a dull thud. Hu Shuo cried, "Ow!" and crouched down, clutching his head. But he still wouldn't shut up.
"I'm not lying. Look, there really is something there."
"Yeah, right..."
"I really... Hey! Why don't you look for yourself?"
Look? What was there to look at?
As I thought that, I glanced over in spite of myself. Through the torrential rain, a city appeared in the distance, faint and indistinct.
"This..."
I