Xiao Xiao's eyes curved slightly.
"You..."
The girl with bobbed hair looked both surprised and moved.
"I had no idea..."
Until today, she hadn't noticed anything unusual at all.
Of course,
she hadn't noticed anything unusual today, either.
It was just that now she had a suspicion, and was looking at things with that preconception in mind...
It seemed like she could sense something—something that might or might not have been there?
But the girl with bobbed hair soon smiled wryly.
How could she have noticed?
She couldn't see monsters.
And besides...
What if she had noticed?
She would only have thought the other person was a little strange.
She would never have known...
what had made them act strangely.
The girl with bobbed hair tried to make herself understand.
Though it wasn't so much understanding...
as accepting the truth.
"Xiao Xiao."
The girl with bobbed hair made one last attempt.
"Is there any chance I might see them in the future?"
After saying this, the girl with bobbed hair pressed her lips together sheepishly.
"Yes."
"...!?"
A moment later, the girl with bobbed hair's mind caught up...
Wait!
The girl with bobbed hair suddenly looked up.
What did he mean?!
She...
"I..."
When the words left her mouth, the girl with bobbed hair heard how hoarse her voice was.
She reached up and touched her throat.
Then she cleared it.
And continued, "I..."
"Still have a chance to see..."
"...monsters?"
The girl with bobbed hair said the last two words very softly.
Her voice wavered a little.
She'd thought...
those two words had nothing to do with her.
That she would never see monsters.
She hadn't expected...
Could this really be true?
Really, truly?
She...
still had a chance to see... monsters?