Yao Wan was rather surprised.
After pursuing it for so long, Medusa had chosen to give up at the very last moment. It was truly unexpected, considering Medusa was not someone who gave up easily.
Or was that simply what all mothers were like?
It made her somewhat curious.
"Father summoned me. I'll leave Xiao Xiao to you."
Xiao Yan had originally intended to take Xiao Xiao back to the Endless Fire Domain, but a thought suddenly stirred in his mind, and he spoke.
"—All right. Go on."
Yao Wan nodded and pulled back the covers over Xiao Xiao.
Medusa took the opportunity to lift her daughter into her arms. Slumber was a process of accumulating life, and naturally, one could not grow during it. Even now, she was only a little girl of around ten.
"...Thank you."
Holding her own flesh and blood, Medusa spoke to Yao Wan with particular seriousness.
"You don't need to thank me for that, do you?"
Yao Wan had intended to speak first, only for Medusa to beat her to it. She did not mind and merely smiled faintly.
"No. I just think that you'll have children of your own sooner or later. There's no need for you to care so much about Xiao Xiao..."
Medusa did not quite know what to say. It had been the same when she wanted to return to the Dou Qi Continent. Knowing it was surely related to Xiao Xiao, they had both wanted to return with her, but she had refused them all on the grounds that the Endless Fire Domain had too many affairs to handle.
She naturally understood their goodwill, but there was no need for them to expend so much thought on it.
It was a notion difficult to explain clearly in just a