"At this rate, he'll probably become bigger than me someday. Children really do grow fast."
"That sounds like something an old grandpa would say!"
"Well, I am basically a grandpa."
Still, at this size, Mayo probably couldn't hide inside his clothes like before.
"I don't know how fast snakes grow, but if he's getting bigger, then there's no problem."
"Eh? There isn't?"
…There isn't, right? Probably not. Yeah.
"Before long he'll probably outgrow our height too. Right?"
"What's with that look? Like you're saying we're in the same group or something."
"We're companions… right? Wait, no way… are you still growing?"
When Qiong Xing looked at Albe in disbelief, he nodded casually.
The shock was so great that my knees nearly buckled.
"I thought we were comrades! And yet when we first met we were at the same eye level, but now I have to look up at you!"
Qiong Xing had noticed the change before, but perhaps it was more accurate to say he hadn't been able to accept reality.
