"Don't mention it."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"You've thanked me many times already."
"Uh..."
Xie Chuchu gave an awkward laugh.
"I'm just so grateful to Master Xiao."
Master Xiao had quietly done so much.
If he hadn't needed her to help keep an eye on the child, just in case, Master Xiao probably wouldn't have told her any of this.
After all, convincing someone who couldn't see them wasn't easy.
It was a thankless task.
She understood.
In any case, she was now somewhere between belief and doubt when it came to monsters.
For now, there didn't seem to be any harm in giving the idea the benefit of the doubt.
After all, she'd witnessed the child's behavior with her own eyes.
And she hadn't forgotten what the child had said about a leopard with a human face.
"Ah, today has been an incredible day."
Xie Chuchu remarked with feeling.
It was no exaggeration to say...
Today had truly opened her eyes.
She felt as if she'd glimpsed just how wondrous the world could be.
"It's fascinating, isn't it?"
Chi Xiuke smiled, lips pressed together.
Her first encounter with a monster, the one that had "connected" her to them, had been anything but pleasant.
In fact, it had once been the source of her nightmares.
But...
She wasn't the type to get hung up on things.
And, with time, she had gradually come to terms with what had happened.
She hadn't let that experience turn her against monsters altogether.
She knew that monsters were just like humans.
You couldn't lump them all together.
Some monsters were friendly toward humans.
Others weren't so friendly.
Of course,
there were also monsters that harmed humans.
After her first encounter with a monster, and then meeting Master Xiao because of it, she'd