Xi stood in place and took a few steps, showing that it was all right.
Its aura was calm, and even the slight listlessness it had shown at first was gone.
It was very happy to see the little human it had searched for over so many years.
Its spirits had immediately lifted.
Now, it suddenly felt that things hadn't been as unlucky for it lately as it had thought.
Though it had been chased all over the place by some inexplicable human, and had looked rather worse for wear.
Xi was puzzled by the other person's aggressive manner.
It was sure it hadn't done anything that warranted such fury.
Even a monster like it felt uneasy under the other person's gaze.
It didn't want to get tangled up with him, so it chose to back down.
But the other person kept pressing it, refusing to let it go.
It had grown a little angry, too.
Though it was a monster, Xi had a gentle and kind nature, and disliked conflict.
It was a rather easygoing monster that wanted nothing to do with the world.
Even when attacked for no reason, it felt more puzzled than angry.
Could this human... have misunderstood something?
Xi turned to Lord Xiao Xiao and asked about this.
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly. "He just hates monsters."
He didn't hide this fact about Zhou Lin.
Master Zhou himself had no intention of concealing his attitude toward monsters.
"Moo~"
Xiao Xiao spoke matter-of-factly, and Xi responded just as casually.
There were humans who hated monsters.
And there were monsters who hated humans.
It wasn't anything that would surprise Xi.
Still, it thought, that human really did hate monsters, didn't he?
And he felt nothing but hatred—no fear at all.
That was