Auden’s Blessing
“That’s not necessary. I can just stay here…”
“Let’s go.”
There was no way to refuse that tone. So I had no choice but to follow him as we walked back toward my home.
3
In the dim sky, there were fewer pterosaurs and sky deer than usual, but the enormous Ginnungagap whales were still drifting slowly through the air, protected by huge rain-shielding magical barriers. Flying in such weather looked more like swimming in the ocean.
Xiu En’s umbrella was large. My clothes were already completely soaked, yet he still insisted on leaning slightly toward my side, and one of his shoulders had already been drenched.