From the sky, Arya was flying while carrying the little girl in his arms.

The view in front of them looked beautiful.

The evening had already begun.

The sun was slowly going down, painting the sky in a warm orange color.

The little girl quietly looked at the distant horizon.

Arya glanced at her.

"You still don’t trust me?"

"That’s okay."

"I’ll take you to your village."

"Just tell me where it is."

The little girl didn’t answer immediately.

She remained silent for a moment.

Then small drops of water slowly fell from her eyes.

She quickly rubbed her eyes with her hands.

Arya noticed it.

"Sorry."

"I thought you weren’t afraid of this height."

"Wait, I’ll fly lower."

The little girl shook her head.

"Wait."

"I’m not afraid."

"It’s just..."

"I felt warm inside when you said those words."

"No one has said that to me before."

"And..."

"I don’t have a place I can call home anymore."

Her voice became softer.

"After my village was attacked..."

"They killed everyone."

"I was the only survivor."

"The monsters killed each member of my clan."

"My father and mother sacrificed their lives to save me."

She lowered her head.

"Since that day..."

"I’ve met many people."

"But nobody cared about me."

"They only wanted my power."

"Or they wanted to sell me."

For a moment, only the sound of the wind could be heard.

Then she looked at Arya.

"And sorry."

"I never told you my name."

"My name is Miyuki Kiyora."

"I’m five years old."

"And like I told you before..."

"I may look three years younger than you."

"But I’m actually much older than you."

Arya looked at her.

"Huh?"

Then a grin appeared on his face.

"Then I’ll just call you Little Fox."

The little girl’s face immediately turned red with anger.

"Don’t call me that!"

"If you call me Little Fox..."

"Then I’ll call you White Angel."

Arya blinked.

The little girl crossed her arms and puffed her cheeks.

"That’s your new name."

"White Angel."

The two continued flying through the orange evening sky while arguing with each other.

After a few minutes, it became darker.

The orange light of the sunset slowly disappeared beyond the mountains.

Arya looked at the darkening sky.

"Let’s go down before it gets even darker."

Then he carried Miyuki down and returned to the house.

After they reached the living room, Arya said,

"Don’t worry."

"I made two barriers outside."

"It’s safe here."

Then Arya changed back into his real form.

A faint light covered his body.

His appearance slowly changed until he returned to the form of an eight-year-old boy.

Miyuki looked at him curiously.

"Why did you change back?"

Arya shrugged.

"Because this is my real form."

"I can’t stay in the other form all the time."

"And now you know about it, so it’s fine."

Miyuki opened her mouth.

"But..."

Arya looked at her.

"Huh?"

She quickly turned her head away.

"Nothing."

"Forget it."

Then she looked around the house.

It was already dark outside.

The old house looked even more abandoned than before.

"There is no food here..."

Before she could finish speaking, Arya interrupted her.

"Don’t worry about food."

Arya sat down on a chair beside the table.

Then he pointed toward another chair.

"Come on."

"Sit here."

"I’ll take out some food."

Miyuki still looked confused.

She remained standing there for a moment.

Arya sighed.

"Don’t think so much."

"Just sit."

Finally, she walked over and sat in the chair beside him.

Then Arya opened his Storage Skill.

Before leaving the castle long ago, he had stored plenty of food and dinner inside.

Because time was completely stopped inside the Storage Skill, everything remained fresh exactly as it was before.

A moment later, dishes began appearing on the table one after another.

Roasted chicken.

Meat dishes.

Bread.

And several other foods.

The warm smell quickly filled the room.

Arya nodded.

"I took these before I left."

"I knew they might be useful one day."

"Don’t worry."

"It’s still fresh."

For a few seconds, Miyuki didn’t move.

She simply stared at the food.

Then she looked at Arya.

She had never seen a mage like him before.

Taking out so many things from nowhere...

To Arya, it looked completely normal.

But to her, it felt unbelievable.

After a while, both of them quietly began eating dinner together inside the old house.

After they finished dinner, Arya brought Miyuki to a room on the ground floor.

It was the same room where Miyuki had slept while she was unconscious.

Unlike the other rooms, this one looked clean and neat.

Arya had cleaned it earlier using his skills.

The dust was gone, and the room looked much better than the rest of the house.

Arya opened the door.

Then he pointed inside.

"This is your room. My room is the one next to yours."

Miyuki blinked.

"You’re sleeping in another room?"

Arya looked at her. "Are you afraid of sleeping alone?"

She immediately shook her head.

"No. I mean... She looked away. "Only this room is clean. All the other rooms are dirty and full of dust."

"So...We can just share this room."

Arya stared at her.

"What are you saying?. I’m not that kind of guy."

Miyuki’s face became slightly red.

"No! You understood it wrong." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"I only mean the other rooms are dirty. So we can share this room."

Arya sighed.

"If you say so..."

Then he looked at the bed.

"But you sleep on the bed. I’ll sleep on the floor."

Miyuki immediately shook her head.

"No. You sleep on the bed."

"This is your house."

Arya rolled his eyes.

"Who said this is my house?. It doesn’t belong to me."

"You sleep on the bed."

Miyuki crossed her arms.

"No. You sleep on the bed."

Arya pointed at her.

"No, you."

She pointed back.

"No, you."

For several minutes, both of them kept arguing.

"You sleep there."

"No, you sleep there."

Neither wanted to give in.

Finally, they both stopped.

The bed was large enough for several people.

After discussing it, they reached an agreement.

Both of them would sleep on the bed.

Arya used a blanket and placed it between them like a barrier.

Then he lay down on one side.

Miyuki lay down on the other side.

The room soon became quiet.

Outside, the night grew darker.

After some time, Arya slowly fell asleep.

But in the middle of the night...

Miyuki unconsciously moved while sleeping.

Without realizing it, she slowly moved closer to Arya.

She was still completely asleep.