Xu Zizhen trusted his flash of inspiration.
"Master Xiao."
Xu Zizhen drew back his wide grin.
"That child wants to meet you."
Xu Zizhen finally stated the purpose of the call.
"She..."
Xu Zizhen paused slightly before continuing, "She's curious about people who can see the same things she can."
That curiosity gave the child the courage to voice her request.
"...though it's not certain."
Xu Zizhen continued.
"That child is still hesitating."
"She might meet you."
"Or she might ultimately decide not to."
"I'm telling you in advance."
"All right."
Xiao Xiao gave a slight nod.
Xu Zizhen smiled.
"...Master Xiao."
After telling Master Xiao about the child, Xu Zizhen felt rather emotional.
"I never thought I could meet..."
Xu Zizhen paused slightly before continuing, "someone like Uncle Yu."
"Oh."
Xu Zizhen amended his wording. "Someone like Uncle Yu once was."
Uncle Yu had been a child back then.
Yaya was a child now too.
Xu Zizhen was slightly stunned.
Could it be...
"Master Xiao."
Xu Zizhen looked thoughtful. "Children are more likely to see..."
"Are they?"
Compared with adults...
Innocent and carefree children were indeed more suited to having stories like this happen to them.
Just as the protagonists of many fairy tales were children.
Hmm.
To be precise...
Seeing... monsters didn't count as a fairy tale...
After all, neither the story that had happened to Uncle Yu nor the one happening to Yaya now had the bright, candy-like colors of a fairy tale.
He didn't know what Yaya's story would be like yet...
But Uncle Yu's story certainly couldn't be called a fairy-tale ending.
All he could say was...
It had ended Uncle Yu's years-long search.
It had put to rest the matter that Uncle Yu had always been unable to let go of.
But it had