The Youngest Daughter of the Snake Family

Chapter 2

... He gave permission?

Perhaps Baon was quite slow-witted?

It didn't seem to matter as it turned out to be a good thing for me.

I lifted my heel and looked around the room, hanging from the knotty basket stem.

It was hard to see, but I could tell from the ceiling and walls that the room was quite spacious.

I just remembered the man Baon called 'my lord.'

Such a title meant that he was leading a family and that this house belonged to him.

Wait a minute.

I belatedly awoke to the important facts and solidified myself.

... His landlord hates me.

It was a fact that I could easily tell just by thinking about the conversation I had with Baon.

A man named 'my lord' was reluctant to let me stay here.

It was only a matter of time before being kicked out.

What should I do?

"... Pii."

I covered my eyes. My wings seemed to moisten.

"You're crying."

When Baon saw me in tears, he asked strangely.

"Are you hungry?"

"... Pii."

I tilted my head and nodded. It seemed that way.

I hatched out of my egg and hadn't eaten anything.

My stomach growled when I realized it.

Then unexpectedly, Baon showed signs of embarrassment.

"Hmm. Come to think of it, what do birds eat?"

No, wait a second.

"Do you eat meat? No, I think that's what reptiles eat."

Baon looked at me and muttered as if he was in distress.

This isn't right. Not with those kinds of eyes.

I squeezed my beak with anxiety rising slowly.

No. I'll never open my beak.

It was a moment when my anxiety reached its peak and a scene I didn't want to imagine played into my mind.

Baon opened his mouth again as if he had remembered something.

"Oh. Do you eat bugs? Insects?"

"Pii pii! Pii pii!"

No! No!

I shook my head strongly, refusing.

In my fierce reaction, Baon's mouth swept up a smile that looked evil.

There seemed to be a lot of intention to make fun of me.

"I'll get them right away."

"Pii. Pii! Pii!"

No. Don't go! Baon!

Looking at Baon's back leaving the room, I called him anxiously.

What if he really went to get them?

He flung down on his knees and reached out his hand. My short wings were shaking pitifully.

It was like a mountain over a mountain.

I could only feel the distant future of my ancestors.

Fortunately, what Baon brought was a small fruit.