Boss Bai slowly nodded.
"Of course."
"Then, Master Xiao, I'll be going now."
"Let the server at the door know when you're feeling better."
"They'll come and notify me."
"All right."
Xiao Xiao nodded.
Boss Bai left.
After the private room door closed, Xiao Xiao looked at the monster in the jade. "Do you like staying inside the jade?"
The little monster froze.
Its bewildered expression made Xiao Xiao raise an eyebrow.
He glanced at the wings behind the monster.
"Would you like to come out?"
He reached toward the jade.
The little monster hesitantly shifted its body.
Its wings drooped behind it,
taking up most of the space inside the jade.
Xiao Xiao simply reached in and lifted the little monster out.
Its body trembled,
but it didn't struggle much.
Instead, it looked around with curiosity.
Xiao Xiao gently set the little monster on the table.
"You don't seem wary of me at all."
Xiao Xiao found it rather surprising.
The monsters he'd met before had always been very guarded around him.
But this little monster was so well-behaved that it surprised him.
Its tiny appearance made it seem more like a little fairy than a monster.
Why not a little elf...?
Well, no description of elves ever mentioned any that looked like mice...
"Baa~"
The little monster looked up at the human who had spoken.
Its large, round eyes
held a childlike innocence and naivety.
"I mean, you don't seem afraid of me?"
Xiao Xiao rephrased the question to make it easier to understand.
The little monster looked a little timid, after all.
"Baa~"
The little monster tilted its head.
Why should it be afraid?
Perhaps things weren't quite as he'd thought.
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved slightly as