Atop Cloud Sea Mountain.
"Haah..."
A long sigh escaped.
"Seeing her reminds me of the days when we fought side by side."
"My comrade... if your spirit watches from above, surely you would agree with my giving her your mask..."
Xiao sat high on the summit, feeling rather melancholy.
Though he had spent these past days complaining that the girl was far too noisy, now that she had left, he really wasn't used to her absence.
She had only been gone a little while, and he already missed her noise.
"It's so quiet... so quiet that I'm not used to it."
Looking forlorn, Xiao sat on the summit and sighed.
But suddenly, a familiar voice rang out in his mind.
"-Xiao!!!"
"Hm?"
The moment he heard that call, his eyes widened, and he sprang to his feet.
Gales surged around him as he shot toward her with all his might, reaching her side within seconds.
"We haven't even been apart for two incense sticks, and now what's wrong?!"
Looking a little weary and helpless, he stared at the girl, who was sitting around a fire with Feng'er, grilling Chi Tiger Fish as though nothing had happened.
"Ahahaha, nothing, nothing! I just called out to see if you'd really come."
"And when I grilled the Chi Tiger Fish, I made an extra one out of habit, so I wanted to invite you over to eat."
"You..."
Xiao was about to lose his temper, but then he heard her say, "I made an extra Chi Tiger Fish out of habit."
The words "out of habit" made his irritation vanish at once.
"If this happens again, I won't come anymore!"
"How pointless!"
He let out a long breath, glared fiercely at the girl, then disappeared.
But as he left, one of the grilled