"..."
Miss Fox carefully studied the two little ones before her. Seeing that neither of them tried to avoid her gaze, she began to believe that she had misunderstood them.
She also breathed a timely sigh of relief. It was good that things were not as she had imagined.
She knew it! How could even a sensible child like Ling'er become so disobedient? She had raised her together with Kikyo!
She had been obedient and well-behaved since childhood...
"Sorry, I misunderstood you! Oh, right, where are your mothers? Why are only you two here?"
Miss Fox took off her shoes, sat down by the riverbank, and dipped her feet into the water. Soaking her feet felt wonderfully comfortable. At the same time, she asked the two girls about Kikyo and the others.
"Mother and Mama Kagome went to the modern era! We ran out of a lot of seasonings and daily necessities."
Ling'er swam over to Miss Fox, hugged her feet directly, and explained the situation to Sakura. Compared to living in the modern era, Kikyo was still more accustomed to the ancient environment.
It was not nearly as noisy, and the spiritual energy here was much richer. However, she could not deny that many things from the modern era were irreplaceable in ancient times.
For example, all kinds of everyday seasonings, as well as toiletries! Consumables!
They had happened to run low on supplies these past few days, so Kikyo had gone through the Bone-Eater's Well to purchase daily necessities. Kagome had been here with Higurashi Hotaru at the time, and when she learned that Kikyo was going over... she left Higurashi Hotaru in Ling'er's care and accompanied Kikyo to help with the shopping.
After all, Kagome was more familiar with the modern era!
"I see..."
Miss Fox glanced