Chapter 14 - Reunion (1/2)

Versailles faintly smiled as she met the serpent queen's shocked gaze.

”Versailles, is that you?” The Serpent Queen, Queen Nakee, uncertainly asked.

”Yes, my Queen, forgive me for keeping you worried all these years.” Versailles emotionally said.

Although she called the snake queen 'My Queen', their bond was much stronger than the bond between a ruler and servant. Queen Nakee had once been her best friend, exploring the Nar realm together as they fought together and looked out for each other.

However, in one of their expedition, she separated from Nakee in a chase to scare off a beast from a lesser race when she felt an electric current pass through her body and encountered an ambush.

An extremely well-organized ambush against a helpless, weak, and defenseless young wolf cub.

And unconsciously, as if she had been turned into a puppet controlled by an outside force, she intervened in the battle that was completely unrelated to her without the slightest hesitation.

Fortunately, she succeeded in saving the young cub, but unfortunately for her, she lost her life, the second one now that she remembers her first, in the fierce struggle.

From there, her soul teleported to the Sacred Serpent Valley of Lord Tarke, where she ended up getting in the way of another well-planned conspiracy to steal the 'gem of three lives'. To prevent the magical gem from falling into the hands of the dark eagle lord, she unhesitantly sacrificed her soul.

However, the heavens were probably pleased with her good deed and took mercy on her. Even though her soul got erased and wiped out from existence the moment she touched the gem, she was blessed with a third life and was reborn in the Sybil realm.

After more than 18 years of separation, she was finally able to return to the Snake clan and reunite with her dear friend again.

Queen Nakee shakily stood up from her throne and approached her long last friend in disbelief.

”Is that really you?” She asked with tears streaming down her face as she stretched out a trembling hand.

”What, you can't even recognize me now? Has being a queen gotten to your head?” Versailles responded with a teasing smirk.

”Versailles, it's really you!” Lunging forward, she enveloped Versailles in a tight embrace, choking and sobbing as she poured out all of the worries and grief she buried in her heart.

As the two tightly clung to each other, the surrounding serpentines were moved to tears while they watched from the side. They felt emotional witnessing the scene of two long-lost friends finally uniting.

”She is the queen's friend?”

”I was not aware we had a golden serpentine in our midst.”

”Not only you, but even I was not aware of this as well.”

”Well, she's the queen's friend, and from the looks of it, a very close friend. If she was not among our kin, then how could the two of them have gotten so close together? Moreover, she is a serpentine who knows how to enter the snake abode as well!”

”Well, this is actually not a simple matter from the looks of it.”

Many among the serpentines remarked out loud among themselves, not making an attempt at whispering since it would be useless with their serpentine hearing. As such, Versailles and Queen Nakee heard all the discussions between the serpentines.

Disengaging, Queen Nakee looked at Versailles deeply before asking.

”Versailles, where have you been for so many years, and why have your snake scales changed colors?” She asked as she gazed at Versailles golden scales, her curiosity more on her changed serpentine scales than the other question.

In the serpent clan, the colors of a serpentine's scale color are determined from the moment of their first change. After the first change, for the rest of their lives, serpentines will be stuck with that one color and it becomes a sort of a second identity to them.