Xiao Xiao was slightly taken aback.
Oh.
He'd overlooked that.
How would a monster know the way to the suburbs?
"Would you like me to take you there?"
Xiao Xiao smiled.
The Lili blinked.
The offer had caught it completely off guard.
"Or I could tell you how to get there."
Seeing the Lili hesitate, Xiao Xiao offered another suggestion. "The route from here to the suburbs is a little complicated..."
He wasn't sure if the Lili would be able to remember it.
"Maybe you could hitch a ride..."
Hmm.
That would work.
He could take the Lili to a bus heading to the suburbs...
The Lili wouldn't have to do anything.
When they arrived, it could just get off with the other passengers.
The Lili's gaze unconsciously fell on the white bundle in the human's arms.
What a beautiful fox.
Cleaner and more beautiful than any fox it had seen before.
The Lili nodded.
Hm?
Xiao Xiao raised his brows slightly.
Which offer did that nod mean it was accepting?
The Lili looked up.
It still chose the human's first offer.
It would let the human take it to the suburbs.
In both their encounters, the human had never shown the slightest malice toward it.
Nor had he treated it any differently because it was a monster.
That left it with a strange feeling.
This human...
He treated it just as he would another human.
He talked to it.
He discussed things with it.
He didn't force it, and he didn't act afraid.
He was completely natural.
It was the one who always ended up acting unnaturally.
The Lili felt willing to trust this human once.
He was a very unusual human.
If he meant no harm, it didn't mind