Why?
Why was she the only one so unlucky?
Why did she have to go through something like this?
She regretted it.
She truly regretted it.
If she had known this would happen, she wouldn't have exposed that fraud's tricks on a whim.
She was willing to apologize!
Please let her go!
Why... wouldn't it let her go?!
Suddenly, Yu Xianya's whole body stiffened.
She felt it.
Something was approaching.
It was about to touch her?!
What was it?
Don't come any closer, don't come any closer!
The girl screamed inwardly.
Her overwhelming terror left her unable to move.
Her eyes bulged, and a string in her mind was on the verge of snapping.
"Hey, you can't just touch a girl's body."
Xiao Xiao reached out and grabbed the monster's claw just as it was about to place it on the girl's shoulder.
A faint golden glimmer flashed in his eyes and vanished.
The monster's body stiffened abruptly. It even forgot to shake off Xiao Xiao's hand, simply letting the human before it hold its claw.
Xiao Xiao's sudden, inexplicable words and actions drew everyone's attention.
Even Yu Xianya, who had kept her head down and hidden in her mother's arms, unconsciously turned her head slightly.
She could feel someone standing beside her, shielding her from that malevolence that had made her feel as if she were plunged into an icy cellar, terrified beyond measure.
Strangely, she felt a little safer.
The feeling, one she seemed not to have experienced in a long time, nearly brought her to tears.
The corners of her eyes reddened despite herself.
Not from fear.
Also, the "girl" in what he'd just said... did he mean her?
She summoned her courage and looked up.
There was no monster.
Instead, an