Then why... after finally... thanks to Master Xiao, he had finally seen the friend he had been longing for again...
Ya Ya was right in front of him.
What was he hesitating for?
What was he being such a coward about?
The boy berated himself inwardly for being so useless.
Was it... like the feeling of being afraid to return home after a long absence?
The boy suddenly thought of that.
Ya Ya looked away, feeling rather bored.
Its eyes darted left and right, up and down.
Suddenly, its eyes lit up.
Huh!?
It looked somewhat surprised.
"You actually didn't hide?"
Spirit Maple hadn't wanted to pay any attention to this annoying monster.
If Lord Xiao Xiao weren't here, it wouldn't have wanted to show itself in front of this monster.
But what the creature had just said made it feel a little displeased.
"I didn't hide."
Spirit Maple's voice rang clear and cool.
There was a bone-chilling coldness to it.
The gray-haired girl rubbed her arms.
Yet her smile was bright.
"Oh my."
"Then why didn't you come see me?"
"I know."
The gray-haired girl answered her own question.
"You were shy?"
The temperature around Spirit Maple dropped a few degrees.
Its eyes fixed on the gray-haired monster, jagged with icicles.
"Then why didn't you come see me?"
Even after those words fell, the boy still felt somewhat dazed.
Was that his voice?
Since when had he gotten so bold?
The boy clasped his hands tightly together.
Probably...
It was because he had seen Ya Ya talking only to the white-haired monster girl, ignoring him completely...
He had imagined what it would be like to see Ya Ya again.
But he found it hard to picture.
Maybe...
Ya Ya would glare at him?
Would