"But I really am just a snake demon..." Bai protested weakly, offering ample evidence. "I was born in the endless rainforest of the Southern Borderlands. That much is definitely true."
She clearly remembered the moment she broke out of her eggshell and saw sunlight. Even then, the tiny white snake had possessed a heart that longed to grow stronger.
"A snake demon?" Anviya looked Bai up and down, a smile on her face whose meaning Bai could not decipher. "Do you still believe you're merely a snake demon?"
"I..."
Bai opened her mouth, wanting to argue, but no words came out.
In truth, Bai had noticed long, long ago that she was different from the others of her kind.
At first, when she realized she was becoming less and less like an ordinary snake, she had worried for quite some time.
But her personality was the sort that could not be bothered to think about something as long as it had no bad effects. Besides, the changes in her body had only made her stronger, so she had not given them much thought.
She had simply come to terms with it.
"All right, you're not wrong." Bai sighed helplessly, as though her entire body had sunk into the sofa. Lowering her head, she looked at her hands. "By what you mean, I'm no longer a snake demon. I'm... a dragon?"
"Um..." Anviya scratched her hair and smiled awkwardly. "I'm not entirely sure about that either."
"Huh?"
Bai blinked blankly, completely unable to understand what Anviya meant.
Just moments ago, she had insisted that Bai was definitely a dragon, and now she said she was not sure... Could her attitude change that quickly?
Anviya seemed a little embarrassed, her gaze wandering. "I think there used to be classes about this at