The little girl looked up at the human.
She noticed that the demon who had been sleeping on the human's shoulder had opened its eyes.
Its silver-blue eyes were cold and hard.
It was as if icicles were crashing down on her.
Hmm.
Was this demon threatening her?
She shivered.
The demon's gaze made her feel rather uncomfortable.
Compared to this demon's unfriendly behavior, this human...
From her interactions with him so far, this human had been very pleasant.
He wasn't excessively hostile.
Nor was he overly familiar.
The little girl liked keeping a moderate distance.
She liked many things about humans.
She was also interested in many things about them.
She was interested in humans.
But even if she was interested, she didn't want to get too close to humans.
Humans and demons had different paths.
Humans and demons... were fundamentally different, after all.
They might meet by chance and travel together for a while.
Then they would go their separate ways.
That was best for her.
Passengers who had already gotten off didn't need to be missed or reunited with.
What was past was past.
She wouldn't look back.
She would only look to the future.
But...
She had a good impression of this human.
Since he had made that request...
She nodded.
"Okay."
His readiness to agree came as a bit of a surprise to Xiao Xiao.
His eyes curved slightly.
"Thank you."
"I'll go see him."
Since she had promised this human, the little girl wouldn't go back on her word.
"Thank you for the ice cream."
After thanking the human once more for the ice cream, the little girl turned and left.
She and this human seemed to keep crossing paths.
I wonder when we'll meet again?
And what