"The Snake-People tribe in the Great Tagore Desert?"
"...Mm...yes, that one."
"There's nothing wrong with them pledging allegiance. Hermione, you can decide."
Pop.
"...They're a little different. They're...the first entire race to decide to become our vassals...mm~mm~. Godfather, you'd better appear in person. That would reassure them too, mm."
"Mm, all right. Let's see what they want."
After letting out a long breath, Karn handed Hermione a few sheets of paper, but she waved them away, her throat moving as she swallowed the thick liquid.
Then she stood up and said to Karn, "Let's go, Godfather. They've been waiting quite a while. They might already be getting anxious."
"If that much makes them anxious, they'd be entitled masters even after becoming vassals. A disobedient vassal race is no use."
Karn tidied himself up and cleaned the slightly reddened corners of Hermione's mouth, then headed toward the reception courtyard.
Snake-People were rare slaves even in the Black-Corner Region. A fine Snake-People woman could fetch a price of nearly a million here, and Queen Medusa's looks stood out even among the Snake-People. With her cold, alluring bearing and exquisite beauty, had it not been for her peak Dou Huang strength, sects would have planned to make a move on her as soon as she appeared in the Black-Corner Region.
However, someone had already tested her strength on behalf of those coveting Medusa's cold beauty, fighting a fierce battle at the border of the Black-Corner Region. The force of several peak Dou Huangs clashing had alarmed many people at the time. Even Fan Lao of the Blood Sect and Old Yin Gu of the Heavenly Yin Sect, who were nearby, had rushed to the scene.
The others had yet to learn the outcome, but the name of Queen Medusa of the Snake-People Race