Wait.
Although the kind stranger hadn't said a word during the trip, the man wasn't sure whether he'd simply been too drunk to hear anything.
But the other party had followed his directions without the slightest hesitation.
That meant... the kind stranger understood what he was saying!
Wonderful.
His racing heartbeat gradually returned to normal.
Unable to resist, he lifted the corners of his mouth and took a closer look at the kind stranger.
He'd barely ever interacted with foreigners, let alone at such close range, so he couldn't help feeling curious.
But, sure enough, the stranger was black.
He could barely make out that there was someone in front of him.
And he'd been staring at the kind stranger's eyes for a while.
Was there too much white in them?
He could barely see the pupils.
Looking at them in the middle of the night was genuinely a little unnerving.
His gaze couldn't help drifting downward.
Huh?
What was that on the kind stranger's arms?
Snakes, snakes, snakes, snakes... snakes?
There was one on each arm?!
The man felt like he was having a heart attack.
What was this?
An accessory?
He forced a stiff smile.
The kind stranger really liked snakes.
He'd noticed earlier that there were snake-shaped earrings hanging from the stranger's ears, too.
They even matched the ones on the arms.
"Hiss~"
As he watched the four snakes bare their fangs at him, his expression went blank for a moment.
His scream caught in his throat.
Th-th-th-th-those were... real snakes!
He nearly sprang off the sofa.
"Bang~"
His foot kicked the coffee table, making a loud noise.
In the quiet of the night, it was all the more startling.
But the man was completely distracted by the pain in his foot.
A sharp pain