"So, when I first realized it was a parasitic vine monster, I wanted to kill it."
Xiao Xiao spoke without holding anything back.
"But..."
Xiao Xiao lifted his head.
He was flying through the sky on the back of a giant eagle.
The moon was close enough to touch.
Moonlight filled his vision.
"This parasitic vine monster is different from the one I encountered before."
"And Zhao Yihuan is different from that child, too."
Guo Shan's relationship with the parasitic vine monster was that of host and parasite.
It was a relationship between oppressor and oppressed.
To put it more bluntly, it was predator and prey.
The parasitic vine monster threatened and exploited Guo Shan.
Guo Shan feared and dreaded the parasitic vine monster.
There was no chance of their relationship ever improving.
But Zhao Yihuan's relationship with the parasitic vine monster was different.
Although it was still a relationship between host and parasite,
their conflict wasn't nearly so severe.
Zhao Yihuan considered Little One a friend.
And Little One... probably felt the same way.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have gone that far...
It had protected Zhao Yihuan's butterfly, driven Little Blue away, and even confronted him head-on.
Zhao Yihuan didn't even know what the monster had done.
Little One... had been silently protecting that child.
"They have a good relationship."
Little White Fox and the white snake both knew who Xiao Xiao meant by "they."
Neither denied it.
But...
The white snake was simply curious. "There might not be a problem now..."
"Later on, that human might not be able to support that monster."
That human... might die.
Would Lord Xiao Xiao still leave it alone?
"That's Zhao Yihuan's choice."
Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes.
He could already see the school in the distance.
If Zhao Yihuan came