Chapter 55 - Cortis Got Poisoned (2/2)

“What’s the matter?” Bai Qingqing turned to look at him. To her surprise, Cortis’s body became incorporeal, switching unsteadily between his human form and snake form. He appeared to be in extreme agony while in both forms.

Bai Qingqing was given a bad scare and looked at the mushroom soup. “Could it be that it’s really poisonous?”

Cortis lost control and transformed into his snake form. His massive body fell to the ground with a loud plop, his snake body rolling into the flames, sending the burning firewood flying out everywhere.

The soup splattered out, putting out some of the flames. Even the bamboo rice was smashed by his massive body.

“Cortis!” Bai Qingqing anxiously used a poking rod to move the firewood to the side.

Cortis twisted his body crazily, dashed out of the cave, and rolled incessantly on the wet ground.

Bai Qingqing followed after him, not daring to get too close to him. She could only watch the python that was crazily twisting around from afar.

“I didn’t do it on purpose…” Bai Qingqing almost broke out in tears from anxiety after seeing how Cortis was in so much pain.

Was she going to escape? This was a fantastic chance!

Bai Qingqing kept on hesitating but didn’t move back a single step.

It wasn’t long before Cortis gradually calmed down. He laid on the ground, panting, and turned his snakehead toward Bai Qingqing. He felt happy to see that she was still around.

Bai Qingqing looked at Cortis while holding onto a tree, her eyes moistening up as if there were tears in them. Her slightly drooping eyes looked at Cortis, feeling both worried and scared.

Bai Qingqing still had thoughts of escaping, but she knew that it was too late for that now. However, given that Cortis had recovered so quickly, he’d definitely be able to catch her and bring her back very quickly even if she had attempted to escape earlier.

Cortis took on his human form and walked towards her. The first thing he said was, “Thank god you didn’t eat it.”

There was no blame in his tone, not even a hint of anger. Just pure relief.

It was males’ nature to be indulging toward females. It was no exception to homeless beasts. Their only baseline was not to be abandoned.