28 The snake boy
Slithering through the bushes parting them, a young timid boy came forth in the darkness, his eyes glinting red as if showing a danger sign. But even in the darkness, moon being the only source of light she could see the tofu face of the shota.
'Absolutely cute.' Mina felt her nose get hot and a warm liquid trickle down.
['It was here..It is finally here.'] The system thought inside its mind.
[Host your pervy side had finally manifested.] The system did not leave a word behind to harras his host but the one in description was lost in her own thoughts.
Although Mina had seen thousands of things after coming in this adventurous journey what she was seeing now was more than enough to make her gasp in surprise.
"A-A…."Mina stuttered in her words.
[A snake beast-man.]
The system decided to complete the sentence for the stuttering fool of a host it had to take care of.
"Exactly…and look he is just a kid." Mina pointed at the new guest with her eyes gleaming as if she had found some kind of rare treasure.
Being pointed like that the kid stood there awkwardly while his tails wriggled left and right behind him. The boy was not that tall but combined with the length of his lower limb from the navel area, he was freaking long.
"Come here, let me take a look at you." Mina controlled the excitement in her voice and acted cool and calm. "I need to ask you some questions."
The snake boy did not want to approach her since he could smell a little bit of hostility and enmity from her. Furthermore he also noticed unusual energy within her so he decided to maintain a safe distance. That was his natural instinct with which he had lived alone for more than five decades.
"C-Can you a-ask from there?" He stuttered stumbling upon his own words. He had zero communication skills.
'But if you come here I can touch your chubby cheeks.' Mina was drooling inside her mind even if she acted like a cold aloof mafia on the outside.
The system who had been with her through hardness and sadness, life and death knew much more better than anyone else that its Host Mina was a simp for cuties especially their cheeks. Having experienced her assault first hand Host sighed in its heart.
[Host priority matters. His cheeks come later.] The system could not comprehend what was her true character. Just a moment ago she was giving it deathly glare and rude warnings and now she was simping over some cute shota. A face palm landed on the face of Fuzzy.
"Ahemm,,,yes yes priority." Mina cleared her throat and looked at the snake boy who was still acting uncomfortable around her.
"Who are you and why are you here?" Mina did not waste her words and time and directly jumped to the important question answer part.
"I-I ha-ave been he-ere as long as I can re-ember…"The boy stuttered looking at Mina. He was telling the truth. One day he opened his eyes and found himself on a cave in the deep part of the jungle.
Who was he? Who were his parents? Where he was form? What was his real identity? He himself did not know the answer.
Even when he tried to mix in with other tribes that looked like him, no snake clan was willing to accept an abnormality like him.
"I gu-guess I am just too different.." The boy rubbed his elbow with another hand, loneliness and sadness evident in them.
"Different?? How so?" Mina looked at the cute boy wondering what was wrong in the boy for others to not accept him.
Stepping slightly forward he came in a light part of the plain where the moonlight fell directly upon him.
On the pale moonlight, one could see two beautiful transparent horns growing on his heads. They did not look evil or dangerous like that of her so called ruler Damian. The ones on the boy's head were pure like two diamonds crafted beautifully.
[Host, stop fawning over his beauty.] The system reminded again, this time a little irritated. It kind of wished Mina would return to the silent self but warded off the thoughts remembering how cruelly it was interrupted all the time.
Mina after calming herself down proceeded with her interrogation.
"So why are you here? Any mission?" Mina tilted her head slightly to the left to make herself look a little more intimidating.
"A-Ah no no…" The boy denied hurriedly. "I have always trusted my instinct and intuition and for some reason this time I had a premonition something big was about to happen here." The boy did not eve stutter once as he spoke like some kind of prophet.
"Things are about to change in this world, in this dimension.." He spoke as if in a trance. He lost all the weak shota aura.
"I feel like the reason I am alive is here…." The timid look reappeared back in his face. He mumbled silently. "That is why I have com h-e-ere." He took a long breathe finally completing his sentences.
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"Why are the girls nowadays so daring?? Damn it." Damian hovered in the air finally landing on a tall cliff. "Since it's a wolf territory there seems to be many cliffs." He stood there looking at the silent night scenery.
"Its peaceful." He glanced over up to which his vision could suffice. "Compared to earth…this scene looks too relaxing." Damian gave a long sigh but soon his attention was caught by hooves print on the cliff.
"A wolf?" He looked at them intently sensing a familiar energy coming from them.
"Come forth Memorias~~" Damian whisked his hands and a glowing ball appeared in the mid air.
"What is it that you the great Lord has summoned me for?" Memorias was a memory spirit who could filter through the images of past.
"Show me what happened here recently." Damian then pointed at the foot print on the grounds. "Related to this."
"Whatever you say Master." Within a few seconds a tab appeared showing the event of night before. A lonely wolf howling sadly from the cliff.
"It is Mina no doubt." A guilty feeling crept inside him when he realized how much pain and suffering he had brought for her.
Talking about Mina he suddenly sensed a new and strange aura near Mina. It was either a good thing noer a bad but being safer that sorry still was in his mind.
"That stpid woman can only welcome trouble." Damian jumped up in the air.
"Memorias you can go now." He granted permission for leave while he worriedly headed towards the location of Mina arriving in less than a minute.
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"Your identity is still suspicious." Mina looked at the boy who could neither remember his past nor had concrete proof to claim his identity.
"But…." The boy could not believe he was refused to be taken seriously.
"No buts.." Mina hardened her heart. Although she did like this cutie, her priority mattered and that was the mission she had,
"You better turn back to where you came from." Mina still had to look at her stats so she stood up biding farewell to the cute little guy.
"I THOUGHT YOU WOULD AT LEAST BELIEVE ME," The snake boy yelled at her his eyes filled with tears to the brim.
[Host, something is different about this boy] Fuzzy warned Mina.
"I know..I am just waiting to see his real form."
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"Whoa..why is the energy level rising so rapidly?" Damian could feel the presence that was with Mina at the moment getting nearer and more powerful.
A sharp knife came flying at him, making him stop in mid air.
"Who goes there?" Damian increased all of his stats by 100% focusing his senses based on hearing.
A shrill sinister voice made him finally realize the real culprit.
"We meet again I see Lord Kennedy." Damian glared at the beast king who was lazily looking at him.
"Tch Tch Tch…The pleasure is mine,"
