The mound was flattened.
Revealing what lay beneath...
"Whoa~"
The boys stared in surprise.
Curious, the girls crowded around too.
"What?"
"Whoa~"
The girls gasped too.
"That's a huge hole."
"Me too."
My back was aching from bending over for so long.
"You just played a joke on Master Xiao..."
He who scares others will be scared in turn.
"Should we tell the teacher about this?"
Xiao Xiao crouched down.
There really wasn't even the faintest trace of demonic energy.
Holding it like that the whole time...
Li Yan shook the hand that had been hit.
The hit had been both quick and hard.
"Any conclusions?"
"Over there..."
They hadn't found anything at all.
"Sorry."
It was a shame.
Li Yan despised himself for the hopes he'd secretly harbored.
"...It probably just passed through here."
Seeing Master Xiao crouched there, I suddenly got the urge to play a prank on him.
But if it had some weight to it...
A yokai that liked digging holes?
"Speaking of digging..."
Li Yan nodded.
When had A Si ever looked me in the eye?
Xiao Xiao's lips curled slightly.
"Tsk, tsk."
"Master Xiao, you don't have to apologize for A Si."
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Why not?"
A girl couldn't help laughing and teased the boys.
The boys checked the hole inside and out several times.
"In cartoons... if it was a mole digging..."
"Li Yan, what are you doing?"
"...Really?!"
I hadn't really seen Master Xiao panic before.
"I've got goosebumps."
Li Yan looked aggrieved. "Do you have to be so ruthless?"
"I give up, I give up."
"Ew~"
"No."
I couldn't help regretting it.
I wonder how much a little fox weighs?
Xiao Xiao turned around without any surprise.
"Could