SO I'M A SNAKE, WHO CARES?

“Ah… I see… Um, oh right. Why were you alone in the forest?”

“The forest is like my home.”

“I see…”

Another silence flowed.

Retreat, retreat!

I handed the conversation back to Lilah.

“…So hungry, I caught and ate mice.”

“Ahaha! You’re a liar!”

“It’s true.”

“What’s with that way of speaking?”

This time it was a sea of laughter again.

I can’t deny it.

I was deeply hurt. A more fatal wound to my heart than when I fought a lion.

Fortunately, Jalo drove the carriage quickly.

The end of our journey approached before sunset.

“We’re arriving at Avand soon!”

Jalo announced.

We opened the window to look ahead.

There truly was a domain.

There was something resembling crude walls, and people were lined up in front of the gate.

“Why are they lining up?”

“Ah, they’re checking identification tags.”

Jalo answered nonchalantly.

But my heart sank.

‘ID tags, we don’t have ID tags!’

We had money but no identification tags.

What should we do?

Would it be right to jump out of the carriage and run away immediately?

But the carriage didn’t join the back of the line.

It brazenly cut to the front of the line.

“Hey! Get in line!”

The guards were understandably angry.

But Jalo was calm.

“I am Jalo, servant of Lord Danpuan.”

“Jalo…?”

“Yes, I’m escorting the young lady.”

And that “young lady” stuck her head out of the carriage window.

“It’s me, make way.”

“Ah, miss!”

The guards quickly saluted.

She calmly returned inside the carriage.

It was a tremendous presence that made me forget she had been giggling just moments ago.

The carriage entered safely.

There was no questioning about who else was inside or what the purpose of the visit was.

“Were you surprised?”

She asked with a smile.

Lilah.

“Why would I be surprised?”

“…No, I’m glad you weren’t surprised.”

Of course she wasn’t surprised.

After passing through the city gate, we requested to get off.

“I was going to treat you to a meal.”

“It’s fine.”

Now that we’ve entered the city, we can buy our own meals.

As we got off the carriage, she opened the window and stuck her face out.

“I’m Isla Avand.”

“Isla…”

Lilah nodded.

“I’m Lilahaus.”

“…I know.”

She said with a bright smile.

“Welcome to Avand.”

That was the last of it.

She waved her hand, and the carriage headed toward the lord’s castle.

‘So she was the lord’s daughter.’

No wonder she had a sense of dignity.

Rania didn’t give off that feeling, though.

“Food, let’s eat foood.”

Thunderous sounds rumbled from Lilah’s stomach.

Yes, let’s find an inn first and eat our fill.

Sausages are far from enough.

We ventured into the city.

==

Clatter, chop, crunch, munch.

That sound was Lilah eating.

I was already stuffed with food, but Lilah was still devouring her meal.

The place we found was an inn that also served as a restaurant.

The domain wasn’t that small, but there were only three inns.

We came to the largest one among them.

The reason was simple.

They proudly displayed a statue of a pig barbecue in front of the store to show they were good at it.

“Urp.”

Lilah burped inelegantly and wiped her mouth.

She had just demolished a roasted pig leg by herself.

Three plates were stacked up.

I could feel everyone’s eyes directed at us.

Even the drinkers who would normally be noisily guzzling beer were quiet.

They were all watching Lilah.

Predicting whether she would raise her hand again or not.

And Lilah.

“Herree, one more plateee…”

“Wooow!”

Exclamations of admiration erupted.

They had probably never seen someone eat food like this in their lives.

Well, she’s actually a gorilla.

“You’re amazing, mister!”

“Give me a pig leg too!”

A giant eating a pig leg without even removing armor or helmet.

When we first appeared, there were wary glances, but now the feeling was quite different.

The sight of someone eating well often gives people a sense of familiarity.

“Where are you from, mister?”

“Why don’t you take off your helmet?”

Among them were some who looked like thugs.

Shaved heads, scars, tattoos, fierce faces.

But even they seemed to genuinely want to befriend Lilah rather than be wary of her good appetite.

Lilah finally demolished four whole roasted pig legs.

People applauded.

She wiped her mouth with satisfaction.

‘Feeling better now?’

‘I think I could go three days without food now…’

‘Really?’

Then it’s time to do what we need to do.

Let’s find a way to make fake IDs, identification tags.

‘Let’s go.’

‘Okay.’

Lilah stood up energetically.

“Oh my! Have you finished your meal?”

The innkeeper greeted us with a broad smile.

But his eyes looked a bit anxious.

I know why. He’s probably worried we might not have money. We did order quite a lot.

Clink.

But there’s no need to worry.

When we gave him plenty of silver coins, the innkeeper bowed at 90 degrees.

“Thank you, guest!”

And the thugs started to get friendlier with Lilah.

“Wow, mister, you’re rich too.”

“How about coming with us to have some fun?”

Lilah lightly waved her hand.

Then she said what I instructed her to say.

“Innkeeper.”

“Yees.”

“Who are, the worst guys in this domaiin…”

“Pardon?”

Lilah spoke clearly.

“Wanted criminals, offenders, those kinds of people.”

“Uh…”

The innkeeper was a bit taken aback.

The loitering thugs also seemed a bit flustered.

“Why are you suddenly asking…”

“I’m, a bounty hunter.”

The atmosphere grew cold.

And Lilah took out a badge from her chest.

Everyone’s eyes were drawn to that badge.

A brilliantly shining platinum-diamond badge.

It could only mean one thing.

“S-class, an S-class bounty hunter!”

The innkeeper’s eyes nearly popped out.

Yes, I had obtained an S-class hunter qualification in the Imperial Capital.

Everyone heard the innkeeper’s exclamation.

And the thugs slowly backed away.

But I wasn’t looking at those petty criminals.

There were some who were quietly getting up and trying to escape while drinking.

‘Those are the ones!’

At my signal, Lilah moved like lightning.

Tap tap!

In an instant, she grabbed two men by their collars and lifted them up.

Found you, bastards.

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