So I'm a Snake, Who Cares

The mute one clearly pointed at us.

Then made a gesture of putting a finger to their temple and spinning it.

'Are they calling us crazy right now!'

How frustrating when I was just complimenting how cool they were.

Their pointing fingers stood out even more since they never took off their black gloves.

I don't like them.

I was about to tell Phili to say something to them.

When one of the servants approached us.

"Master Obern."

Obern, who had been resting, turned his head.

"The Margrave is looking for you."

"...What for?"

The Margrave called for Obern every day.

The reasons varied.

"He says he wants to enjoy tea together."

"...I understand."

Having tea together was the most common reason.

Usually Obern went alone, but he naturally held out his hand to me.

Wondering what this was about, I climbed up.

'Please come with me.'

'Why?'

'That Margrave makes me a bit uncomfortable.'

Uncomfortable?

This was the first time hearing such a thing.

I was suddenly curious about what he meant but there was no time to ask.

I entered the Margrave's carriage with Obern.

And I couldn't help but be amazed.

'Wow, how is it so spacious.'

Our carriage is used by four people total. Obern, Oliver, Rila, and Phili.

But this carriage was being used by Margrave Sareb alone.

There was a king-size bed on one side.

And fixed sofas and a tea table on the floor.

The Margrave was already sitting on the sofa.

He seemed to have a taste for tea ceremony, as he was brewing tea himself.

Different from kingdom tea. Something like green tea.

The tea set also had a more Empire-like splendor.

The ambassador poured tea into Obern's cup.

"Thank you, Ambassador."

"Don't call me Ambassador so stiffly, just call me Margrave."

Isn't Margrave just as stiff as Ambassador?

"...Yes Margrave, why did you call for me?"

"Do we need a reason between us? I just called you to chat."

Looking at it now, I could clearly see that the Margrave acted strangely friendly.

He took a sip of tea and said:

"You'll probably have a chance to meet His Majesty the Emperor when we arrive at the capital."

"Yes."

"It's not an easily granted opportunity. He's someone who rarely shows himself to outsiders."

I could feel Obern tensing slightly.

The Empire's Emperor could be called the highest person on the continent.

Though they say the desert kingdom in the far west and the Nordians in the north don't submit to the Emperor, there were none who could ignore even his authority.

"I wanted to teach you the etiquette you should observe before His Majesty the Emperor today."

"Ah, thank you."

Where else could he learn that? Obern let out a sigh of relief.

And the Margrave really did teach about Imperial etiquette.

Like not raising your head until the Emperor permits it. Or that you must retreat walking backwards.

It seemed much stricter than kingdom etiquette.

After the etiquette lesson time, they chatted.

"Do you know about the Imperial Zoo?"

"Yes, though I haven't visited."

"My, what did you do during your studies in the capital?"

Obern gave a bitter smile.

I knew from hearing about it that during his study abroad period, he had so little money that he lived on dried bread every day.

"That zoo is the capital's greatest attraction. Because all the world's rare animals and magical beasts are gathered there."

As befitting the Empire with its developed magical beast breeding technology, that zoo has magical beasts as well as animals.

"The section with white magical beasts and animals is especially amazing."

What! There's such a place?

I really want to visit.

And then another shocking story came out.

"The white giraffe and... no, I like that white wyvern the most."

"A white wyvern?"

"Yes, caught from the magical realm 'Mountain Range' as a baby and raised."

Something flashed in my mind.

Chugota.

Could that pitiful and bizarre wyvern baby possibly be in that zoo?

My head was filled with thoughts about the zoo.

The Margrave smiled and said to Obern:

"Let's go together when we reach the capital."

"Yes... it would be an honor."

Sounds like a skilled date invitation.

The brief tea ceremony ended like that.

We left the Margrave's carriage.

And the sight waiting for me was.

"Saak!"

I couldn't help but be enraged.

Phili was anxiously pacing back and forth.

Mama Gorilla was lying on the ground.

And those two guards who were talking about us earlier were harassing Rila.

I ran over in anger.

Ready to steal their minds right away.

"Saak!"

And I jumped up but.

Clang!

The guard warriors' reactions were extraordinarily quick.

They instantly drew their weapons and aimed at me.

If you touch even a hair on Rila, everyone here dies.

Both of you.

And that fat Margrave too, all of you.

Just as I was about to turn my scales black and call down lightning.

"No!"

Rila stopped me.

My raised scales settled down.

"They were... trying to help me..."

What are you saying!

Rila's body was tightly wrapped with something like rope.

But you say they were trying to help?

Looking carefully though, those ropes were for fixing something in place.

What the ropes were fixing was wooden sticks.

I couldn't tell what it was right away because it looked crude.

"They're giving me temporary prosthetic arms."

Temporary prosthetic arms?

Well, even Captain Hook's hook arm could be called a prosthetic if you think about it.

Though several wooden sticks put together didn't look like prosthetics.

But aren't you just warriors? How can you attach prosthetics?

The male warrior stood still with a slightly embarrassed expression.

He just waved his hands, seeming unable to speak.

"I am Dana, and this friend is Rahan."

Said the female warrior.

"Rahan."

After making some sign language to the male warrior.

The male warrior took off the long leather glove on his right hand.

'Oh.'

What was inside the glove was not soft skin, but a prosthetic hand made of metal.

"Rahan also uses prosthetics."

Is that so?

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