Ai Enma finally couldn't hold back her curiosity. She cautiously poked her head out and looked around. With a curious expression, she glanced toward where Jiu Ming's voice had come from. "No one?"
"Of course. How could I possibly let anyone see me?"
Ai Enma looked in the other direction in surprise and could only make out a pitch-black silhouette standing on the snow. She exhaled a puff of white breath and couldn't help rubbing her little hands together. Compared with everyone else, her clothes were quite thin.
"Are... are you a yokai?"
"Probably... Are you not afraid?"
Noticing that there wasn't much shock on Ai Enma's face, Jiu Ming asked.
"Mhm, mhm. Even if you are a yokai, you must be a good yokai." She nodded lightly, then looked around with some confusion. "Is the Mountain God really gone?"
"Who knows? It ran off the moment I got here."
Jiu Ming answered while pinching his chin, though his thoughts had already turned elsewhere. Going by her age, something definitely shouldn't have happened to her at this stage. But what was with the "Mountain God" he had scared away upon coming here?
Wise Panel-kun, care to explain?
With the words put that way, Panel-kun immediately popped out. It acted like some advanced AI all day long, yet the moment it was flattered, it sure appeared quickly enough.
Jiu Ming curled his lips as he thought this.
[Dreams are not unchanging. When you invaded this dream, it ceased to be a normal dream. She had never encountered a "Mountain God" before, but she might encounter one within this dream. This would cause new changes in the dream. It is not ordinary destruction, but the transformation of a normal dream into a nightmare.]
"So that's how it is. Then if