"It gave the rescuers time to save that girl."
"Yeah."
"Uh..."
"This may be a little inappropriate, but I had a thought at the time..."
"Do you know what it was?"
"What?"
"Villains die because they talk too much."
"Huh?"
"That python wasn't putting on a show... The way it acted just now, so leisurely... It was like it was taking a stroll..."
"That girl probably..."
"Oh..."
"But actually, acting that way was what saved it."
"If it had really hurt that girl..."
"It wouldn't be able to go back to its den now."
"It would definitely be... executed."
"...True."
No...
Hearing this, the girl instinctively protested in her heart.
That python hadn't been putting on a show...
It...
"Here."
The female staff member helped her into the office.
The moment she sat down on the sofa, the girl felt as if all the strength had drained from her body.
She was trembling all over.
When she'd followed the staff member just now, she'd even wanted to refuse her support.
She hadn't thought she needed someone to help her.
She wasn't injured...
But now she was glad she hadn't had the nerve to say no back then.
She'd only made a small gesture of refusal.
The other woman hadn't understood.
And she hadn't felt comfortable trying again.
So she'd let the woman support her.
The girl felt as if she had no strength at all.
Though she had no strength, every part of her body was trembling.
She curled up.
Someone held her.
They draped a blanket over her and gave her some hot water to drink.
They even gave her candy.
Her teacher came.
Her classmates came.
With familiar people showing their concern, the girl gradually stopped trembling.
Her teacher contacted