274 Slave Message (1/2)

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”No, you can't…”

*Hiss!* *Hiss!*

”You really can't, my Dad's going to kill me.”

*Hiss?*

”Yep, not even one.”

*Hiss*

”Oh you silly girl, you really can't eat the Mirage Hawks. They are important for my Dad's work, okay? I'll give you a whole pig later, how's that?”

*Hiss!*

”Alright, it's a deal then.”

Raven shook his head at Venus' antics. She had been bugging him all day long since she really wanted to know what a Mirage Hawk would taste like but Raven adamantly refused to feed her one. She even had the heart to compromise and said that he just wanted a leg from one hawk, just a leg. But Raven found this suspicious so he refused. In the end, he compromised and said that he's going to feed her a whole pig in order to not upset her too much.

It's only been a week since Raven had Venus with him, and she was already showing signs of a very healthy appetite. It's quite hard to believe but her growth is fast. In just a mere week, Venus already grew another meter for her length and half an inch to her girth. If this continued, Raven would eventually be able to actually ride Venus as a mount.

Venus behaves like a child in a sense where she's curious about everything. Raven is somehow spoiling her and bringing her wherever he went, causing the snake to constantly bug him and ask what's the taste of pretty much everything that she saw aside from humans.

Raven already introduced her to his family and friends, sufficed to say they were actually a little bit freaked out by her which made the snake very conscious. If it weren't for Raven, she might've already been sent to Maddock. Eventually, people accepted that Venus is harmless to humans with the constant explanation of Raven, unless they were trying to harm him or she was ordered to.

Fortunately, there are some people who actually think that Venus is a good girl. The best example would be the twins, Tori and Nina. Both of them weren't even slightly afraid when she first revealed herself, they were even trying to play with her much to the fright of Eva. Nevertheless, Raven convinced her that it was fine. It was actually for the best that the three got acquainted in order for Venus to treat them as important as Raven himself.

Raven believed that Venus had a strong memory, he could even say that though she's a snake, her brain works like that of a human due to the long nourishment she received during her incubation. Which means that it's possible for her to remember the twins as his siblings, and who knows? Maybe, in the future, this little bond of theirs might give them a pleasant surprise.

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Back at his office at the Academy, Raven was busy with some recent adjustments to the curriculum.

Almost every students are busy with clearing missions and fighting over the Ranking List. Based on the reports he received, the list had been extremely inconsistent not because it's malfunctioning, but because the Rankers are always changing. The longest team who held the top position only had it for a solid week before being kicked out by a black horse. This eventually became a cycle that still continues even to this day, which is really heating up the competition between students.

Speaking of students, after finishing his adjustments on the curriculum his next task is to finish up the test papers since it's the Midterms for students.