Levias went to the office.
I caught a
a few non–venomous snakes and put them under Amelia’s bed. While she was taking her afternoon nap, I squatted outside her door, eati-
ng sunflowe
seeds.
“AHHHHHHHHHH!”
Amelia’s scream echoed through the Serenity Garden.
I walked into her room. A patterned snake was coiling itself around her calf, its tongue flicking in and out. Other snakes were writhing on her duvet.
She was terrified of snakes, crying and screaming hysterically. “Get them away from me! AHHHHHHH! Lily Hill… I shouldn’t have pushed you into
the lake! I know I was wrong, please get the snakes away!”
I took out my phone. “Say that again. I’m recording.”
Amelia, her face a mess of tears and snot, her body rigid with fear, repeated herself.
I opened a burlap sack and deftly scooped the snakes back inside, one by one.
“What’s all the commotion?”
Did this woman have some kind of protagonist–level luck? Why was Levias home at this hour?
Amelia saw him and ran toward him barefoot. She was wearing a silk nightgown, her long hair flowing behind her. It was actually a rather beautiful
scene.
Levias dodged her embrace. Amelia missed, nearly face–planting on the floor.
I discreetly tried to hide the sack behind my back. But the snakes had surprisingly sharp teeth. They had chewed through the sack and were esca-
ping.
One snake lunged and bit my arm.
Levias rushed over, grabbed the snake by the neck, and slammed it on the ground. The snake went limp.
“Butler, get the car!”
“This snake isn’t venomous…”
“Shut up! Even if it’s not venomous, you’re going to the hospital! Let a doctor check your brain!”
Hmph. His precious white moonlight was fine. Why was he so angry? So annoying.
I decided to stir the pot some more. I played the recording. “Levias, darling, you heard it. She was the one who pushed me at the lake.”
Amelia reacted quickly, her voice full of hurt. “I’m terrified of snakes… She used them to force a confession. The words on that recording, they’re
not true.”
“Enough!” Levias’s face was like a cloud. He ordered
someone to get rid of the snakes, then grabbed my arm. Is this the ex7ARASOR YEL
were going to give me? You’ve been
me for fi
years. How can you still be so brainless?!”
I shook his hand off. “I don’t like the word ‘with‘. Don’t use that tone of superiority with me!”
