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Kid continued from the earlier topic as if nothing had happened. "I remember Grandpa Jii brought an extra coat in his luggage today, in case I fell into the water..."
After rummaging around for a while, he really did find one in a travel bag on the boat.
He was about to turn and hand it to the yokai who had saved his life, but when he saw the enormous wings on the Mist Tengu's back, Kid froze. "..." It didn't seem like it would fit.
As he thought about it, curiosity got the better of him. His gaze fell on the Mist Tengu's elaborate, solemn robes. "Were these clothes custom-made? Or did you just conjure them out of thin air, like the yokai on television?"
The chuunibyou teenager's curiosity was simply too strong. As a mature Spirit Medium, Jiang Xia didn't want to indulge him.
Besides, there was something else he was more concerned about.
Jiang Xia withdrew his attention from Scorpion and looked at Kid's empty hands, suddenly feeling that something was wrong. "Where's the thing you brought out?"
"..." Kid stiffened and raised a hand to point at the sky. "Ahem, I didn't get a good grip just now, and the 'Memory Egg' fell into the water."
The moment he said that, the air around them seemed to turn faintly chilly, and the Mist Tengu's gaze became dark and eerie.
Kid remembered the Mist Tengu's astonishing slap just now. "..." No, was failing to hold on really entirely my fault?
But on second thought, the Mist Tengu had been helping him dodge a Bullet. Maybe Yokai Brother had simply forgotten to control his strength in the heat of the moment...
Thinking Like This, Kid couldn't help feeling guilty. He sighed and muttered, "I wonder if it