SO I'M A SNAKE, WHO CARES?

‘D-destroying evidence!’

Since it’s come to this, I’ll completely remove all traces of my presence.

「Using Destruction Beam lv1.」

「Using Destruction Beam lv1.」

I thoroughly demolished the interior.

Phew, this should be enough to hide the fact that I was here.

Plus, the fire is gradually spreading. Even if any traces remain, they’ll all burn up.

And, when the Destruction Beam hit one of the walls, it created a hole.

It seems to be connected to another room.

‘That way!’

I need a way out. I wonder if there’s something like an elevator in the basement.

With that thought, I entered through the gap.

The appearance of the adjacent room was truly surreal.

The floor was splashing with shallow water.

The square room had an arched ceiling, and from the center of that ceiling hung a chain.

At the end of the chain was a large hook.

The huge hook was suspending an even larger chunk of meat.

But that chunk of meat was extraordinary.

No matter how you look at it, that’s…

‘A finger…’

It was someone’s finger.

Probably human-looking.

The problem is, judging by the size of that finger, its original owner was undoubtedly gigantic.

‘What is that? Is it a giant’s finger?’

“Even a giant wouldn’t be that large.”

Pelerian seemed flustered too.

He could be considered an expert on monsters and races.

But if even he is seeing it for the first time, whose finger could it be?

I concentrated my mind.

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[Aman’s Left Index Finger]

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Is Aman the name of the finger’s owner?

The index finger alone seems to be a good 3 meters long, so how big would the entire body be?

The finger was white like it was made of plaster, either because the blood had drained or because it was naturally that color.

‘It says it’s Aman’s finger. Do you know who that is?’

“…I don’t know.”

Surprisingly, the status window isn’t all-knowing.

Just as when I looked through the Heaven Medicine Party underling, it simply displayed “Heaven Medicine Party Underling.”

Just as when I saw the Guard Captain in the Great Forest, it simply showed “Guard Captain.”

Sometimes you can see the name, and sometimes you can’t.

I guess I should be thankful it didn’t just say “Giant Finger” this time.

‘Oh, something’s dripping.’

That’s when.

From the tip of that gigantic finger, something like a transparent droplet fell.

It mixed with the water flowing on the floor.

And the flowing water was connected to several drains.

‘Could this possibly be the medicinal component they said was mixed in the groundwater?’

If it’s really related to that finger, it might be a treasure all drug dealers in the world would want.

But it didn’t seem likely that the Emperor would build a drug manufacturing facility in the basement of the palace.

“Check the specimen room too!”

At that moment, such a voice echoed from outside.

Could this be the specimen room?

The sound of footsteps rushing closer could be heard.

Oh no, this must be it.

I need to escape.

But where to?

The water pooled on the floor flowed into several drains.

Each drain had a sign attached.

Number 1, Number 2… up to Number 5.

Which one would be safe to enter?

I opened my mouth to check the luck incense that was burning.

Since Destruction Beam is generated just in front of the mouth, not inside it, the incense was still faintly burning.

‘It’s still there!’

It’s only about the length of two pinky finger joints, but the incense was still burning.

Then I have no choice but to stake my fate on this.

At the moment the door to this place opened with a bang.

I slipped into drain number 3.

It felt like jumping into a water slide without knowing where it would lead.

==

Ding ding ding ding ding-

An untimely emergency bell rang in the Imperial Palace.

It was a magic-based fire alarm.

The eunuchs jumped up, and the soldiers were in a state of confusion.

But there was no fire to be seen anywhere.

Servants who had gathered water buckets and firefighting equipment were bewildered, not knowing where to go.

However, no one was there to explain.

Only a very few people knew what was happening.

Among them was the Emperor, or more precisely, the Crown Prince.

He walked out of his bedroom wearing pajamas, having been in deep sleep.

“What’s going on?”

The Sword Saint was somehow already perfectly dressed.

“It seems there’s a fire underground.”

“Why so suddenly!”

“Accidents can always happen. It appears the cooling machinery has exploded.”

“Damn it! I haven’t even ascended to the throne yet.”

The Crown Prince cursed.

It was a big deal. Serious enough that it might delay a centuries-old plan.

Minor matters like snakes or white monsters were pushed aside and forgotten.

==

“Phuaa!”

I coughed and spat out the water I had swallowed.

This time I really almost died.

It feels like I flowed through the drainage pipes for about 20 minutes.

Fortunately, the luck incense seemed to work properly, as the sewage system didn’t mix in this time either.

By the way, the incense burned out in the middle.

Perhaps because of that, I hit my body somewhere and got covered in bruises.

“Keck, keck!”

Water dripped from my nose.

I naturally thought I would emerge from a sewer somewhere, but that wasn’t the case.

It seems I entered a water supply facility where groundwater flows.

To have such a system throughout the imperial capital, the Empire’s capabilities are impressive.

‘Where am I?’

And as I looked around.

Strangely, it wasn’t in the city but in nature.

Moreover, a familiar landscape.

Could I have flowed all the way to the Great Forest?

“Big disashter?”

Hearing Lady Lilah’s nostalgic voice, I momentarily thought I had really come back home.

“Why is the boss heeere?”

“Shocking!”

So this is the zoo.

Lilah must have been on patrol.

I had taken a water pipe that led to the zoo in the middle.

‘What were you doing!’

“I was on night duty…”

Lady Lilah had come to be in charge of night duty by now.

I looked around, gazing toward the Imperial Palace.

Despite it being very late at night, the Imperial Palace was brightly lit.

As expected, something serious must have happened.

Lilah was well-dressed in armor.

‘Lilah!’

I climbed onto her shoulder and declared.

‘The time has come.’

“Tiime?”

‘Yes, let’s run away.’

I didn’t expect it to be this sudden, but.

‘Now we leave the Imperial Capital!’

I am worried about Obern though.

But I can’t crawl back into the heavily guarded Imperial Palace from here.

It would be better if they thought I escaped under cover of night.

Ah, on the way, I should stop by Phili to give instructions for the future.

‘We’re leaving!’

And to my reckless decision, the model ace employee Lilah responded:

“I’ve been waiting for this day.”

Click, she lowered her face guard.

Truly my loyal subject.

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