Everyone was dumbfounded.
After all...
Hugging was far too intimate.
Even more intimate than patting someone on the head.
The red-eyed python had actually let the old woman hug it...
If she were a caretaker, that would be one thing.
But the old woman was just a visitor.
Though she came often...
Compared to the caretakers, she still didn't come all that frequently.
And for various reasons, there were also long stretches when she didn't visit...
Yet the red-eyed python had remembered her all along...
And its relationship with the old woman had remained so close...
It was truly astonishing.
"After all, they've shared decades of affection..."
A nearby visitor murmured.
"Yeah."
"Decades..."
The shock on the visitors' faces slowly faded.
Decades...
Such a long time...
Even a stone would have warmed up after being held for that long.
Everyone was stunned by how close the old woman and the red-eyed python were...
The leader was the first to recover.
He was practically hopping mad.
Was this ever going to end...
The leader stepped forward and rapped sharply on the glass, trying to get the slack-jawed staff to snap out of it.
The staff turned around in confusion.
Had they...
heard something?
The next second, their faces changed.
The second after that, they put on sheepish smiles.
Understood!
They'd take the old woman out right away!
"Ma'am!"
The staff member sounded a little impatient.
The leader had already glared at them several times.
The old woman seemed not to hear.
"Ma'am!"
The staff member raised his voice.
The old woman shuddered.
She turned around.
The staff member who had called out had gone pale.
The other staff soon noticed something was wrong with him.
"What's the matter?"
"Why do you