The One Who Dared Not Gamble
"Surely it can't turn invisible, can it?"
The colleague with glasses joked.
Huh?
The Short-haired man was taken aback.
Invisible...
"I was just saying whatever came to mind."
Seeing that the Short-haired man seemed to be seriously considering the possibility, the colleague with glasses immediately explained, sounding rather helpless.
"Why are you taking me seriously?"
"How could that be?"
Invisible?
Heh~
Maybe someone really would invent an invisibility cloak in the future.
But not now.
And there was no way a snake could turn invisible.
What kind of snake would that be?
A snake demon?
What a joke.
Oh.
The Short-haired man nodded sheepishly.
He'd spent all day looking for the python and was so addled that he'd lost his head.
His mind wasn't working right anymore.
A snake...
How could it turn invisible?
But...
The Short-haired man irritably tapped his skull.
"Then why didn't I see it during the day?"
The exhibit wasn't exactly small, but it wasn't big either...
Was he really so blind that he'd missed it?
Could that be?
"Who knows?"
The colleague with glasses shrugged.
"You'll have to ask yourself."
After all, the whole thing was bizarre.
He racked his brains but couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation for why the Short-haired man hadn't seen the python.
It couldn't really have turned invisible, could it?
Heh.
"Forget it."
Seeing the Short-haired man's troubled expression, the colleague with glasses waved a hand. "It doesn't matter."
"As long as the python hasn't disappeared for good."
It was getting late.
"I'm going home."
Huh?
The Short-haired man came back to his senses.
He nodded blankly.
"Okay."
"...Thanks for your help today."
Watching the colleague with glasses hurry away, the Short-haired man finally managed