Thoughts in a Tangled Mess
"If you can't figure it out for now, then don't think about it."
"...You don't have to make things difficult for yourself."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"But next time, it'd be best if you paid a little more attention to how other people reacted."
"Of course."
"If you don't mind the trouble, or if you don't believe me, you can just pretend I never said anything."
The young man in the baseball cap's mouth fell slightly open.
He clenched his wrist.
"I'm leaving."
Xiao Xiao said goodbye to the young man in the baseball cap.
Then he started walking.
The feeling in his heart was rather strange.
Seeing the young man's reaction, he suddenly understood.
Oh.
So this was how tangled up someone could become after realizing they had seen a monster...
He...
Really was broad-minded.
Thinking of himself, Xiao Xiao smiled.
Probably...
He was someone who never liked making things difficult for himself.
The young man in the baseball cap opened his mouth.
His hand rose involuntarily as well.
He instinctively wanted to stop Xiao Xiao.
Then he froze.
He had called out to Xiao Xiao...
And then what?
What was he supposed to say?
Everything that needed to be said...
He had more or less already said.
Everything he wanted to ask, everything he should ask...
He had more or less asked already...
The young man in the baseball cap slowly lowered his hand.
He sat down on the chair again.
His back was slightly hunched.
Today...
He had truly seen a whole new world.
He had nearly thought he had become the protagonist of a novel.
He possessed a special ability.
He had encountered the "old grandpa" who served as a cheat.
From then on...
He would embark