"The ritual ran into a problem. It wasn't because there was no prey in the forest during winter, but because something went wrong with the tenth prey I caught for cooking."
Emilia did not look tired at all. Although an accident had happened last night, it had been resolved quickly:
"That snake couldn't be killed, no matter what method we used. Well, it was an Infinite Snake, the same as what Luvia encountered last night."
She bit into her bread hard, as though she were biting that damned snake. Since she had been bitten by a snake as a young elf, she hated those creatures:
"But luckily, I had seen that thing before, and there were many elders from the various clans present at the time. Principal Professor Pigman, librarian Miss Danist, and the deans of the various Academies had also come to observe the ceremony, so although the snake still evolved, Professor Pigman ultimately sealed it.
"The principal seemed to want to keep the snake as a research specimen, but that had little to do with me. Grandma Qishala said that a problem arising during such an important ritual was surely symbolic. Besides, the Infinite Snake is an 'Error of Fate.' She worried that my formal Coronation Ceremony might go wrong, so she made me begin the ritual all over again.
"Everything went smoothly this time, but no one got to eat snake soup until after three in the morning."
Everyone at the table laughed, but the Infinite Snake appearing in two places at once last night already demonstrated the expanding trend of the disaster of destiny.
Galina curiously asked Emilia again:
"The Elf Clan meeting has already entered its fourth day. Have they still not decided on the exact location for your coronation?"
The pointy-eared girl answered:
"Grandma