"Was something here just now?"
The girl recalled Qiu Shui Yi Ren's earlier conversation with Master Xiao. "A shadow?"
What was that?
How come she hadn't seen anything?
"Qiu Shui, were you scared?"
The girl realized that Qiu Shui Yi Ren's trembling hadn't been from exhaustion, but fear.
"Why?"
"What did you see?"
"I—"
The girl's voice abruptly cut off.
She had just been about to say that she hadn't seen anything...
Then she understood.
"A m-monster?"
The girl's voice was very quiet, a little hoarse.
Was it a monster?
Was that why she hadn't seen anything?
Qiu Shui Yi Ren looked at Xiao Xiao.
She had suspected as much, but she wasn't sure.
After all, when it came to monsters, she knew no more than the girl did.
Xiao Xiao nodded slightly.
Though both girls had more or less guessed the answer, their faces still filled with shock.
"It really... was a monster..."
The girl murmured.
"It was here just now?"
The girl smiled bitterly. "I really can't see monsters."
She had learned that yesterday, but even today, she couldn't stop herself from feeling disappointed.
"Ah!"
The girl let out a shout, as if venting.
"How annoying..."
The girl spoke very, very softly.
If she hadn't known, that would've been one thing.
But now she knew monsters really existed, and one had been right beside her just moments ago—yet she couldn't see it...
The regret burned in her heart.
She wanted to spin around in place dozens of times.
Then she'd get dizzy, and she wouldn't feel regret anymore.
"You're better off not seeing them."
Qiu Shui Yi Ren's words made the girl freeze.
What did she mean?
Why was it better not to see them?
She wanted to see monsters too.
Qiu Shui Yi