Humans really liked going to temples to pray, didn't they?
They said it could drive away bad luck...
Zhu Nü had visited a temple before, too.
Looking at the humans who were either bent over or kneeling on cushions, and at the Buddhas, some colorful and some gleaming with golden light, it had been completely bewildered.
Zhu Nü didn't like the thick smell of incense in temples.
So after going once, it never went again.
Since it had sneezed several times in a row at the temple, it still remembered the place somewhat.
It also knew some of the things humans said about temples.
"It's getting late."
Xiao Xiao lifted the corners of his mouth and announced that he was leaving.
"Oh—"
The man started to respond, then suddenly froze.
Huh?
"Student Xiao..."
The man looked surprised and a little bewildered.
"You... are leaving?"
Just like that?
So...
Student Xiao had gone out of his way to say he wanted to visit his home...
and really had only come to take a look around?
There wasn't any other reason?
Huh...?!
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Is there something else you need?"
Uh...
The man froze.
Did he need something else?
What did he need?
Wait...
How had this become about what he needed?
Wasn't Student Xiao the one who'd had a reason to come to his home in the first place?
At least, that was what he'd thought...
Otherwise...
Student Xiao's sudden announcement that he wanted to visit really had come out of nowhere.
But now, it seemed he... had been wrong?
The man felt at a loss for a moment.
"...I don't."
Only after a long pause did the man speak.
"I don't need anything."
"Student Xiao, is there something you need?"
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