"...Playing with us isn't quite what we thought it was."
After all, monsters and humans could withstand different things.
What a monster considered play could be extremely dangerous to a human.
Girl:...
"...It was just being mean and messing with me!"
The girl didn't believe that monster had wanted to play with her.
That was absurd.
"Mm."
To say it had left a deep impression was an understatement. The fear she'd felt then had been so real...
The girl rapped her knuckles against her head, then finally gave up and shook it.
Boy:...
Have you finally figured out the difference between dreams and reality?
Yes.
You've had quite a bit of contact with monsters...
With so little information, everything was just a guess.
But if it really was...
"Mm."
Then...
You gradually realized that the girl's bluntness was simply part of her personality.
The monster didn't appear for several days in a row.
Haha.
Those words... didn't sound very pleasant.
She'd thought it was a very simple question...
There were no monsters...
The boy's silence made Xiao Xiao understand his answer.
She reacted strongly, turning to look toward the sound.
The girl froze.
Everything before her seemed veiled in gauze beneath the emotion called fear.
Yes.
The girl said it so bluntly...
After that time...
She pressed her lips together.
"You don't know?"
That was possible.
Sometimes, she really couldn't help it.
She didn't dare let her guard down for a moment.
Footsteps sounded.
The air was almost completely sucked away.
About that monster...
The monster's mouth.
Extreme fear blinded her.
"Why doesn't it chase anyone else?!"
Xiao Xiao tilted his head slightly.
The last thing she remembered was the monster's gaping mouth coming down over