The girl was a little unsure.
"I don't know if you still remember..."
The girl tilted her head.
"...that you saved me."
The girl didn't mind that the red-eyed python seemed a little aloof.
As long as the red-eyed python hadn't left, that was enough.
After all...
She knew that hoping the red-eyed python would understand every word she said...
was wishful thinking.
The red-eyed python was a snake.
She knew that.
But the red-eyed python had saved her.
She knew that, too.
"...That day..."
The girl gently rubbed the glass window in front of her.
"For some reason, this window..."
"broke."
"...I fell to the floor."
"There were lots of snakes slithering toward me."
"I was terrified."
Even now, recalling what had happened that day still made goosebumps break out all over the girl's skin.
"It was so scary..."
the girl murmured.
"...I thought the snakes were going to eat me..."
"There were so many of them..."
"I was surrounded."
"I didn't know what to do."
"I thought I was going to faint."
"I wished I had fainted..."
The girl smiled.
She really was that timid.
If she had fainted, she wouldn't have known what was happening.
"Just when I was at my most frightened..."
The girl looked at the red-eyed python, her eyes curving into crescents.
"You appeared."
"After you showed up, the other snakes stopped coming closer."
"I was saved."
"I was so panicked..."
"And so stunned..."
"My mind went completely blank."
"I forgot to thank you."
"Only after I got home did I remember..."
The girl pressed her lips together.
"I'm sorry."
"I couldn't stop thinking about it."
"You saved me..."
"I had to thank you in person."
The girl unconsciously licked her lips.
"I was determined."
"Everyone said..."
"I