"Oh, oh."
Guo Shan nodded in sudden realization.
Little Black...
Indeed, that was the name that had popped into his head the first time he saw it.
"Monsters like to paint?"
Guo Shan wore a strange expression, as if she'd just heard something outlandish.
Back then, she'd still held out hope for monsters. She'd thought that even if monsters really existed, they'd be like the ones in her cartoons—kind or mischievous.
But the monster that had hurt her brother had shattered her storybook fantasy.
Monsters were terrifying and cruel.
Monsters... had never been harmless.
But now, Master Xiao was telling her that a monster had gone to an art class because it liked painting?
Was... that really true?
"I met Little Black at an art exhibition."
Xiao Xiao motioned for the siblings to follow him.
"It really liked the paintings there."
"It hoped that one day it could paint pictures just like the ones at the exhibition."
"However—"
Xiao Xiao smiled. "With Little Black's current skill... reaching that goal won't be easy."
"So I suggested that it try taking some art classes."
"Maybe that would help it improve faster."
"I didn't expect the classroom Little Black happened to wander into to be Guo Shan's."
Even Xiao Xiao was a little surprised.
After all, the training school was quite large.
There was more than one art class.
It was quite a coincidence that the Black Pipa ghost had happened to end up in Guo Shan's class, where he could see it.
"Ah..."
Guo Shan murmured.
Going by what Master Xiao had said, it really was a coincidence.
Guo Shan gave a wry smile.
It was a coincidence he didn't like at all.
He... didn't want to encounter another monster.
He knew how helpless he was when