Give Me a Candy

"A person?"

"Does it matter... whether I am or not? Female Benefactor, since you've come to the gate of this little temple... cough, cough, cough—whew—then it must be fate. Please, come in."

As he spoke, the old monk glanced at me. I wasn't sure if he'd noticed my hand resting on my gun, but he paused slightly.

"Amitabha. There's no need to be so wary, Benefactor. My disciple and I are, at least, still human."

"Uh..."

Caught out so easily, I gave an awkward twitch of my hand, let go of the gun, and stood up.

"Master, I'm sorry... This world..."

"This old monk understands. But you've made it here alive through this hellish world, so you must have faced Asura Ghost Kill already. Why be afraid of an old man and a child like us?"

The old monk's words suddenly made things clear to me.

That was right. If it was a blessing, it wasn't a calamity; if it was a calamity, there was no escaping it. Since I'd run into them anyway, why not find out what they were really like?

With that thought, I stopped hesitating, stepped forward, and gave the old monk a slight nod.

"Then I'll trouble you, Master."

"Please, follow this old monk..."

After speaking, the old monk walked into the building, leaving his back completely unguarded before me. If I'd had malicious intentions, I could have killed him in a single strike in an instant. After all, we were incredibly close—about a meter apart.

The old monk's complete lack of caution toward me probably meant he was a kind person, right?

After thinking it over, I looked around. The little temple was quite run-down, but the courtyard was very clean. As for its size... it was about three or four times larger than