The Amazing Snake
"It saved me."
The girl's eyes curved into crescent moons.
Huh?
The staff member and the short-haired man were still confused.
How had it saved her?
The girl still hadn't explained that.
A flicker of amazement appeared in the girl's eyes.
"It came over."
"All the snakes stopped."
"They made way for it."
"...Those snakes didn't come any closer to me."
"Neither did it."
"It stopped right in front of me."
"It kept some distance between us."
"It stayed by my side like a guardian spirit."
The more the girl spoke, the brighter her eyes became.
Her voice grew more and more excited, too.
"...until I was rescued."
The staff member and the short-haired man were both astonished.
They'd thought...
They were listening to a child's fantasy.
But...
The child said it was true.
The staff member and the short-haired man exchanged glances.
Could this snake really be that amazing?
The staff member silently asked the short-haired man.
The short-haired man gave a slight shake of his head.
He didn't know.
Before today, he would've said no.
But today...
The girl didn't sound like she was lying...
She seemed far too earnest...
Every subtle shift in her emotions and every change in her expression...
All of it seemed genuine.
But...
The story she was telling sounded like something out of a fairy tale...
The expressions on the short-haired man and the staff member were like a bucket of cold water poured over the girl.
That look again...
The girl felt a little wronged, a little annoyed, and a little helpless...
Her earlier excitement vanished completely.
She took a deep breath.
"It's okay."
The girl clenched her fingers. "It's okay if you don't believe me."
"That snake..."
"It really did save