The human's apology made the monster pause.
But the human's explanation immediately afterward made it feel as though it were listening to a fantastic tale.
He thought it was a friend of his?
In other words...
This human's friend was also a monster.
And a monster exactly like it.
The scarred monster immediately thought of the creature it had seen earlier...
The expression on its face shifted slightly.
Xiao Xiao keenly noticed this.
No way?
Could it be...
"Have you encountered that friend of mine?"
Friend?
A disdainful snort spilled from the scarred monster's throat.
Ridiculous.
The creature it had encountered earlier...
And this human...
They were both utterly ridiculous.
Humans and monsters...
How could they be friends?
"Why not?"
Xiao Xiao turned around and sat on the edge of the flower bed.
He lightly patted the spot beside him.
"If you can, could you come over here?"
Otherwise, standing there and talking to the flower bed like that... was indeed rather strange.
Scarred Monster: ...
It believed its attitude had been made perfectly clear.
Then...
Why could this human still invite it over so casually?
What made this human think it would listen to him and come over?
The scarred monster sneered.
It planned to turn around and leave.
Whether it was the creature from earlier or this human,
both were inexplicably strange.
Moreover, judging by what this human had just said, they might even know each other.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Tsk—
The snort in its nose stopped halfway... stuck.
It met a pair of bright-red vertical pupils.
The color was dazzlingly beautiful.
Magnificent beyond compare.
Yet also cold—so very cold.
It felt as though something icy had brushed across its skin.
Raising goosebumps all over its body.
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