Fei Fei stared unblinkingly at the human before it.
It wanted a definite answer.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
His expression did not change.
"They're just like you."
Just like it?!
Fei Fei was nearly frightened out of its wits.
It instinctively took a step back.
What did this human mean?!
Did he want to make it like the demons that followed him around?!
Was this human up to no good with it?!
Xiao Xiao was slightly taken aback.
Then he realized that the demon had misunderstood.
He smiled helplessly.
"Sorry."
"I didn't make myself clear and caused you to misunderstand."
"What I meant was..."
"Just like how you stayed by that child's side..."
"Whatever the reason might be..."
Maybe it was a passing whim?
Maybe there was something about that child that had touched the demon?
Maybe the demon was simply finding a way to pass the time...
"They have their own reasons for staying by my side, too."
"They're doing it of their own free will."
"I didn't force them."
Xiao Xiao had explained himself clearly.
The tension in Fei Fei's expression gradually eased.
Oh, really?
So that was how it was...
It had misunderstood.
It had thought...
Ahem.
Fei Fei felt somewhat embarrassed.
Only after the fact did it realize how humiliating its behavior had been.
It was one thing to be wary in its heart.
But to show it on its face...
Wasn't that just inviting ridicule?
Fei Fei felt too embarrassed to look at the human across from it.
"Is there anything else you want to ask me?"
Xiao Xiao smiled.
As if Fei Fei's earlier wariness toward him had never existed.
After a brief daze, Fei Fei shook its head.
No.
There was nothing else it wanted to