Chi Xiuke wasn't the sort of person who painted all monsters with the same brush.
She didn't actually have any prejudice against monsters.
Especially since she knew there were monsters by Master Xiao's side.
She wasn't a child.
She naturally knew that, just like humans, monsters could be good or bad.
And some were neither good nor bad.
Her attitude toward monsters... was pretty ordinary.
She didn't hate them.
Of course.
She was wary of them.
But the monsters by Master Xiao's side were different.
Chi Xiuke wasn't particularly wary of the monsters by Master Xiao's side.
So her feelings were more genuine and direct.
For example, right now she thought this little monster, who seemed to be showing off to its parent that it had finished all its food, was adorable.
It was that kind of behavior that made it adorable.
It had nothing to do with its appearance.
She couldn't see what the monster looked like, anyway.
Although it was a shame she couldn't see what the monster looked like—she was curious about the monsters by Master Xiao's side—Chi Xiuke felt that getting to see a scene like this was already quite a rare opportunity.
If she hadn't met Master Xiao...
She was afraid she would never have known in her entire life that the world she lived in really did have a fantastical side to it.
It wasn't a legend.
It wasn't a guess.
It was real.
Chi Xiuke narrowed her eyes.
The corners of her mouth curved upward.
Xiao Xiao put the bowl in front of little Taotie again.
Taotie's eyes lit up.
The next second, it was already expertly draped over the rim of the bowl.
Looking at the "little mountain," now shorter again, Chi Xiuke sighed with feeling.