She never took the ring off again.
The girl rubbed the ring in her hand.
After a long while, the girl murmured dazedly, "Is..."
"Grandma..."
"protecting me?"
The girl suddenly felt a lump in her throat.
Her grandmother had died young.
He seemed to realize something. "He said..."
But she'd come through without a scratch.
In the end, she'd decided against it.
The boy found it astonishing.
She'd always thought she'd be eaten by a monster...
She hadn't needed to spend every day in dread, constantly fearing that some monster might appear out of nowhere and take her life.
Huh?
But she hadn't expected...
She'd just let the matter drop.
That wasn't...
Even though she'd encountered a monster...
The boy spoke with conviction.
"Thank you, Grandma, for giving me this gift..."
Her grandmother, who had passed away long ago, was watching over her granddaughter from heaven.
Unlike that necklace...
She seemed to have been through just about everything she could have.
The boy had suffered quite a bit during that time.
It wasn't that the monster had shown even the slightest kindness.
Perhaps this turn of events had been...
"Did Grandma know the gift she gave you was this powerful?"
Xiao Xiao focused and sensed it for a moment.
The girl swallowed the rest of what she'd been about to say.
"I mean that young man you were talking to just now."
He'd brought the girl a lot of good news.
She'd also met Xiao Xiao.
"What's wrong?"
Mm.
This was her protective charm.
What he said...
It was her grandmother...
Compared with a few scrapes and bruises,
Huh...
It had helped her granddaughter hold on until her savior appeared...
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
"I've always kept this