"Chiu Chiu went up into the sky."
Xiao Xiao looked up.
At some point, the red glow that had filled the sky had faded, and night had fallen.
A full moon hung high in the sky.
Its light was clear and bright.
A few scattered stars glimmered faintly.
As if they were winking at people.
They shone alongside the fireflies by the lake and the rippling reflections on the water.
It was as though a gossamer veil had settled over the world.
A hazy, silvery glow radiated from it.
"Wawa~"
The sky?
The Wraith Ghost stared up blankly.
It didn't quite understand.
It looked down at Chiu Chiu in its hands, then up at the sky.
Then it looked down at Chiu Chiu in its hands, then up at the sky...
It repeated this over and over.
A look of vague understanding appeared on its face.
"...Wawa~ Wawa~ Wawa~ Wawa~"
So... Chiu Chiu wouldn't be coming back?
It wouldn't play with it anymore... sing to it... flap its wings and yell at it... or see it out in the rain and hurry it to shelter...
Chiu Chiu wouldn't talk to it anymore?
The Wraith Ghost's mouth drooped, its expression tinged with sadness.
Yet it looked at Xiao Xiao with confusion and bewilderment in its eyes.
It seemed not even the Wraith Ghost itself knew what it was feeling.
"Wraith Ghost."
Xiao Xiao called the monster softly.
His voice held a trace of a sigh.
"Wawa~"
Why?
The Wraith Ghost murmured.
Why had Chiu Chiu gone up into the sky?
Did Chiu Chiu hate it?
Was it because it was always making Chiu Chiu angry?
"No."
Xiao Xiao shook his head. "Chiu Chiu didn't hate you."
"Wawa~"
Then why?
Like a child who didn't understand the world, the Wraith