"I'm worried it won't be able to find its way home."
The young man murmured under his breath.
He was afraid that if he didn't go looking for Little Fire, he might never see it again.
Rather than keep imagining the worst and worrying himself sick, he figured he might as well put in more effort to find Little Fire.
"Do you have any idea which direction Little Fire went?"
Xiao Xiao had heard the young man's muttering.
He had to admit, the young man's worry made sense.
He didn't know how bad Little Fire was at finding its way around.
But the monster in his courtyard had run away from home and never managed to find its way back.
If Little Fire was as hopeless at navigating as Bo Bo, there was a good chance it couldn't find its way home on its own.
Xiao Xiao thought Bai Yuan and Frog God probably had a lot in common.
A faint smile crept into his eyes.
Whether it was Little Fire or Bo Bo, they were both monsters who gave people plenty to worry about.
"...No."
The young man furrowed his brow in frustration.
He shook his head. "Little Fire has no sense of direction, but it loves flying all over the place."
"Every time I find it, it's somewhere different."
"Sometimes, it even goes in the complete opposite direction from last time."
"You know?"
Once he started talking about Little Fire, the young man had plenty to say.
And this was the first time he'd told anyone about Little Fire—no, the first time he'd told someone his own age. He was... a little happy.
"Once, I found Little Fire outside a dance studio."
"Little Fire was perched by the window, watching the dancing inside with a serious