"So annoying, so annoying, so annoying..."
The boy muttered to himself.
His features gradually twisted.
Xiao Xiao reached out and grabbed the boy's arm.
Ignoring the boy's resistance, he made him let go of his poor clothes.
"Isn't this your own fault?"
Xiao Xiao's almost cruel words made the boy, caught up in his negative emotions, freeze.
Xiao Xiao let go.
"When you run into a problem you can't solve, why not talk to your teacher or your parents?"
"Instead, you stew over it all by yourself."
"Nothing changes."
"And you end up doing something so excessive."
"Being independent is a good thing."
"But stubbornly insisting on doing everything alone hurts you and others."
"Life deserves respect."
"Whether it's a cat or... a monster."
"They shouldn't become casualties of your emotional outbursts."
"Behavior like this... can't be justified, no matter what your reasons are."
"Also, not all monsters eat people."
Xiao Xiao corrected the boy's extreme view. "Just as there are good people, bad people, and people who are neither good nor bad among humans,"
"there are monsters who are friendly to humans, monsters who keep to themselves and leave humans alone, and... monsters who harm humans."
"Human nature is complicated."
"Monsters are the same."
"You can't lump them all together."
"...That monster was going to kill me."
The boy protested stubbornly.
"You hurt it first."
Xiao Xiao wasn't confused by the boy's somewhat strange remark.
Fighting back was instinctive for all living creatures.
"If not for..."
The boy's voice fell, but soon rose again. "I'd be dead!"
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao's agreement made the boy's eyes widen in surprise. "If it weren't for the talisman you're wearing, you'd probably have gotten yourself killed through your own stupidity."
An ordinary person had actually gone and provoked