"Didn't you bring an umbrella?"
"It's raining now."
"Unlike me, humans have to hold umbrellas when it rains."
"Otherwise..."
"They might get sick."
River God had always found that rather astonishing.
Just because they got rained on, they got sick?
Why did getting rained on make them sick?
How could getting rained on make them sick?
River God couldn't understand.
Because whenever it rained, he always got rained on.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with getting rained on.
If anything, it felt comfortable.
He liked rainy days.
He liked walking in the rain just like this.
That made it even harder for him to understand humans.
In the end, he could only conclude...
Humans were too frail.
Humans...
What a fragile species.
And there were so many of them...
More than there were demons.
That surprised River God.
"I gave my umbrella to someone else."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"She had to go find a child."
"It was urgent."
"I'm in no hurry."
"I can wait here for the rain to stop."
"Oh, oh."
River God nodded.
His expression was somewhat bewildered.
A child...
He understood those two words.
A child...
River God tilted his head.
He'd also just met a child.
Xiao Xiao paused slightly.
Then he lowered his eyes, the corners of his mouth lifting.
"Was it a child who could see you?"
River God blinked.
A trace of hesitation appeared on his face.
It seemed she could see him...
And yet it seemed she couldn't?
Oh?
Xiao Xiao grew a little interested.
He was waiting for the rain to stop anyway, and had plenty of time to listen to a story.
If River God was willing to tell him.
River God nodded.
Of course he was willing.
It