Xiao Xiao was taken aback, then his eyes and brows curved into a smile. "Mm, I know."
Actually, he had only turned around out of habit.
Though afterward, he really had thought that it might not be a good idea for the monsters to see a scene like that.
Maybe he was overthinking it.
He didn't know if all monsters were this thick-skinned, but at least the ones around him were.
"Heh~"
Taotie's snicker came from above his head.
Monsters weren't as harmonious with one another as humans were.
The number of monsters killed by other monsters was probably no lower than the number killed by humans.
Xiao Xiao wanted to correct a certain monster: harmonious wasn't used that way.
But then he thought about it. In a certain sense, the idiom... wasn't entirely... inappropriate.
And humans weren't exactly "harmonious," either.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
He didn't dwell on the matter any further.
He walked up to the teacher's desk and crouched down.
"Xiao Yi."
"Nini."
He smiled.
He held out his hands toward the two children. "Come on out."
"I'll take you to find your mom."
At the familiar voice, the girl slowly lifted her face from her knees.
There had been so many strange and frightening sounds just now.
She didn't know what they were.
But not knowing made her even more afraid.
She covered her ears.
It still couldn't keep the sounds from getting in.
She curled up, lowered her head, and buried her face in her knees.
She kept telling herself:
She couldn't hear anything.
She hadn't heard anything at all.
There were no sounds.
The boy had more faith in Xiao Xiao.
But he couldn't control his fear.
He could hear his heart beating fast.
Loudly.
He was scared, too.
But he was