The staff member was genuinely surprised.
This girl...
Unexpectedly...
Was she the carefree type?
Last time, she'd seemed like a shy, timid child.
The staff had worried that the incident might leave a shadow in the child's heart.
That it might make her even more timid.
It was a concern many people shared.
So when the child's parents had berated them—
Well, "berated" might be too strong. They'd been stern and harsh...
The staff hadn't said a word.
They understood the child's parents.
That experience really had been...
Terrifying.
Just watching from a distance had made their limbs go cold, and they'd been unable to stop the goosebumps covering their bodies.
And they'd worked in the reptile house for so long, surrounded by reptiles...
Afterward, they'd even laughed at themselves for being like Lord Ye, who loved dragons but feared them.
They'd felt all the more sympathy and concern for the child.
How had she been so unlucky?
She'd been the only one...
But she'd never imagined...
That the child would show up in front of her again so soon.
From the looks of it...
Was she already completely fine?
She was glad the incident hadn't left a shadow in the child's heart.
But she was still astonished at how quickly the child had recovered.
That was much too fast...
Last time, she'd been so frightened...
"You..."
The staff member couldn't help asking again and again, "Are you really all right?"
Now that you're here and seeing these snakes, aren't you scared?
The girl paused.
She looked around.
As for snakes...
She still didn't want to get too close to them.
She didn't like snakes.
But she didn't dislike them, either.
She was a little afraid of them.
The cold, damp, slimy snakes always gave her