"Morning, morning, morning. Looks like I'm the first one here today."
Dressed in a white gown, the woman looked around and smiled in satisfaction when she saw that there seemed to be no other customers in the store.
"Where's Sister Nan?"
Yao Ziyue, who was sitting behind the counter reading a novel, looked behind Bai when she heard the voice, but she did not spot Su Nan.
"My sister has classes at Lingyun Academy today, so she went there to teach." Bai casually found a seat and let out a satisfied breath. "Whew, it's still warmer in the boss's store. The weather's getting colder and colder lately. Even staying outside for a little while feels especially uncomfortable. I don't want to move at all."
Even though she had evolved to the point where she could hardly be called a snake anymore, many instincts from her childhood had remained to this day.
One of them was not wanting to move when it was cold, only wanting to find a warm place and quietly stay there.
She remembered that whenever winter came when she was little, she would find a safe place and quietly hibernate until the bitter cold passed, spring arrived, and all things revived before she began hunting and feeding again.
"You feel that way too?"
The sea demon girl appeared from who knew where and asked in pleasant surprise.
"The Month of Cold Winter is meant to be spent in a warm room. It's far too cold outside, unsuitable for living creatures to move about." Bai explained her view.
"Yes, yes, yes, I think so too." Elina nodded repeatedly. "And if you stay outside too long, your body might freeze over if you're not careful. That feeling is simply awful."
"Uh... I don't have that problem."
"Is that so?