But...
The Middle-aged Man reached up and tapped his head.
He couldn't even see the auntie this child was talking about. How could he have taken something of hers?
Could he have taken it without realizing?
He tapped his head again.
Thinking about it was giving him a headache.
He still couldn't figure it out.
Tomb Ghost froze.
It looked at the human with a curious expression.
It had naturally seen the monster on this human.
Of course, it also knew that these monsters stayed by this human's side for reasons different from its own.
Knowing that was precisely what surprised it.
After all... whether it was a monster willing to stay with a human... or a human capable of subduing monsters... both were rare.
It took Tomb Ghost a while to come back to its senses.
It tilted its head.
Had this human just asked it something?
What had the question been?
Ah, it remembered.
But... it didn't know either.
Tomb Ghost shook its head.
"You don't know?"
Xiao Xiao was genuinely surprised.
"Then..."
Tomb Ghost opened its mouth and let out a string of hoarse, static-like crackling sounds.
Xiao Xiao furrowed his brows slightly.
"Tomb Ghost, you've been away for too long."
Tomb Ghost was a monster somewhat like a land-bound spirit.
Only somewhat.
Tomb Ghost wasn't trapped in a graveyard, nor did it harbor ill will or have any unfulfilled wish.
It lived on the corpse energy in graveyards and the incense offerings made by humans, and it also cultivated.
Of course, corpse energy was its main sustenance.
A graveyard wasn't a temple or an ancestral shrine. It didn't have incense burning there all year round.
To Tomb Ghost, incense was like a snack. It was nice to have some, but going without wasn't