Monster Tea Party: Grapes and Apples
If that was the case...
The old woman's whole body tensed.
She could even vaguely hear the faint groaning of her bones.
Fei?
Zhujian's gaze drifted casually to the side.
It wasn't looking at the old woman.
If Lord Xiao Xiao hadn't been here too, it would have turned and left as soon as this human asked her first nonsensical question.
But this human was with Lord Xiao Xiao.
And Lord Xiao Xiao had stopped it for her.
So...
Lord Xiao Xiao's meaning was clear.
He hoped it would answer this human's questions.
It was just...
It really didn't know the answer to this human's question.
It didn't remember this human.
It had no impression of this human's name.
However...
Zhujian's gaze swept over the old woman's face.
Fei...
That name actually did seem a little familiar...
Of course.
That didn't really prove anything.
Its sense of familiarity didn't necessarily mean the kind of familiarity this human hoped for.
"Do you remember?"
The old woman asked again, cautiously.
Zhujian looked at Lord Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
"Just tell her the truth."
Zhujian shook its head.
The name did seem a little familiar.
But only a little.
The light in the old woman's eyes dimmed.
But it didn't go out completely.
It flickered faintly, like a candle guttering in the wind.
"You don't remember..."
As expected...
Its name really had been something like Fei...
She'd only been indulging in wishful thinking...
"Can't you remember anything at all?"
The old woman murmured.
"Look at me."
The old woman paused.
She realized a moment later, "...Oh..."
"I've gotten old."
The old woman gently touched her face.
It was no longer smooth like it had been when she