The butterfly spread its wings.
It circled once in the air.
The colors on its wings were not particularly vivid, yet they seemed to glow faintly.
That made them dazzling.
It was a butterfly that was both understated and dazzling.
A very contradictory description.
But it suited this butterfly perfectly.
The butterfly flapped its wings.
Tiny specks of light drifted down.
They shimmered and flickered.
Like stars in some distant galaxy.
"Hundred Illusions Butterfly."
Xiao Xiao said softly.
The butterfly was startled.
Its leisurely, graceful bearing vanished in an instant.
It was like a little cat whose tail had been stepped on, all fluffed up...
The butterfly frantically beat its wings and suddenly flew several meters backward.
Tiny points of light trailed behind it.
Like a dreamlike galaxy that vanished in an instant.
Washed clean away by the rain.
Looking at the demon that had instantly shrunk to a black speck, Xiao Xiao could hardly keep from laughing.
Was its reaction really that extreme?
He had already made a point of lowering his voice.
It seemed he had still frightened the little demon.
The butterfly looked at the human holding an umbrella.
The dark sky, the umbrella's edge, and its own position meant it could see only the lower half of the human's face.
But it recognized him.
This was the human who had just left not long ago.
At some point, he had come back.
The important thing was...
Beside this human... was one of its kind... a demon.
Thinking of how this human had just crouched by the flower bed, searching for something...
The butterfly's vigilance rose to its highest level.
It didn't know whether this human had been looking for it.
But it knew this human, whose intentions were unclear,