A Serpent's Tale
Chapter 231: Judgement

Chapter 231: Judgement

Three more items were sold off by the time the Gorgon maid had returned, giving me time to think about my current predicament.

And in that time, I had contemplated why I was feeling the way that I was. And I think I have an idea as to why.

I think it’s because of my [Divine] Blood. I think because it’s of a [Divine] grade, that it makes me see most other beings as lower than myself.

So because they caused trouble to the maid serving me, and the fact that I see myself in her I see that as an inconvenience to me personally.

And also the fact that they disrupted her work which then inconvenienced me by proxy.

Which, apparently upsets me now. Incredibly so even when it never would’ve bothered me all that much in the past.

It was irritating me. It felt like this newfound feeling within me was calling— no, demanding that retribution was enacted.

My blood was burning within me. It was burning with a power of a higher order that I’d never felt before.

Was this [Divinity]?

If so, I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the way it influenced my thoughts. The way it compelled me to enact retribution for the Gorgon.

But it wasn’t for the Gorgon, it was for my own selfish desires. It was to enact my own judgement upon those that I saw as undeserving of living because of their actions against others for something I saw as inconsequential and even offensive.

I had to find some way to combat this influence, otherwise it might continue to affect me and warp the way I think into something... Twisted and demented.

Someone that could become a tyrant.

I didn’t want that. That wasn’t what I wanted to become. I didn’t know what exactly I wanted to become, but definitely not that.

But, how was I supposed to avoid this? I don’t even know what exactly is happening.

Sadly I didn’t have time to think about it because that’s when the maid came back.

’Oh well, guess I’ll have to deal with it at a later date."

Anyways, the Gorgon maid had only managed to bring three maids here, two of them Serpentar and the other a Naga.

They begrudgingly lined up in front of me when I told them to while I had the Gorgon stay behind me. Though it was clear that they weren’t happy about it, but I didn’t care, right now, I just wanted to get rid of this burning feeling within me.

"Do you three know why I asked for you to be brought here?" I poised to them.

They all shook their heads in unison.

"I see... Could you all raise your dominant hands please?" I asked kindly in a flat voice.

They did as I asked with confusion marked on their faces.

"No, above your heads please." I requested again in the same tone as before.

They followed my commands again and I finally sat up to address them properly. Except I didn’t do all of that.

I did indeed sit up, but I didn’t address them and just waved my hand at their raise hands, burning them with a wave of [Hell Fire], causing them to fall to the floor screaming in immense pain.

I looked at them with contempt and disregard for their very lives. But I dispersed the fire anyways after about a minute, leaving their hands permanently scarred and broken, unable to ever function properly again.

"Get out." I ordered flatly and the three of them quickly scurried away, still crying and in fear of me.

That’s when I noticed the extremely abnormal silence outside, most likely having heard what just happened.

Whoops.

I seriously need to get this new impulse under control.

But for now, I should try and do something to keep eyes away from me. I doubt it will work very well, especially not when I want to bid on another item, people will remember me then even if they forget.

"Tell them to continue." I commanded the Gorgon maid.

She slowly shuffled outside of the booth and onto the other side of the curtain and apologised for the interruption, asking for the continuation of the auction.

She then proceeded to hastily return inside of the booth with a shameful look on her face, as if she was ashamed at having to do that.

"Why..." She uttered quietly.

"Why did you do that?"

I looked down at the floor as I contemplated what I should say in response to her question. I still hadn’t come up with a proper conclusion for myself in regards to this. I couldn’t possibly give her an answer.

But then she spoke again.

"Why did you do that for me?"

Oh, that was something that was easier to answer. I still didn’t know how to properly answer it, but I at least had something to say.

Which I did. "Because I see myself in you. Specifically, I see discrimination against you. And... That made me remember that everywhere I went, I was discriminated against for being an orphan."

The reason this happened, is because being an orphan means that your parents abandoned you, which in serpentine culture, is extremely heinous.

Not only that, the children that get abandoned are left to rot as nobody wants them for whatever reason. This is the main reason I came to this city, was because it was one of the few cities that had an orphanage. Hence why I came here of all places.

And my answer shocked the maid once more as her mouth fell wide open and her eyes dilated as she took in my words.

"B-But did you have to use such an extreme method against them?" She questioned in worry, her eyes trembling, likely from fear of being the one to receive repercussions from this.

"I- *Sigh* I couldn’t control myself. Don’t worry, I’ll take all the blame for what happened."

That seemed to calm her down enough and she returned to her professional demeanour, though I could see that she was still quite tense around me.

I sighed once more. I had already brought about a bad reputation, which will hinder my odds of getting into the orphanage and also make me more ostracised among society here.

This was the opposite type of attention that I wanted. I don’t want this notorious infamy. But... It’s too late for that now.

I don’t even feel like bidding on that meteor scale right now. Though, that might change once it comes ups.

For now though, I’m just going to mull over my actions.

I wasn’t necessarily proud of my actions, but I didn’t exactly regret them either. It was a weird juxtaposition and I wasn’t sure which way to feel about it.

I wanted to just ignore it but there was nothing to think of that could make me ignore it. There was nothing else that was happening around me that could distract me.

The auction was still ongoing, selling a bunch of crap, it was only me and the maid in here. And the only other thing in here was the rock.

...

Oh shit. I nearly forgot about the rock. Now I have a distraction.

...

I picked up the rock and began inspecting it. It was covered in the same stuff as the maids’ uniform, that being the food that she was bringing to me.

It wasn’t a big deal and I just asked her to clean it off for me, which she did. But I could still tell that she was a bit fearful. Probably of me and was now not only doing what I said because it was her job, but because she was scared of me.

This really isn’t how I pictured any of this going. I wish I had done things differently, but in the heat of the moment, I just acted on a judgemental impulse.

And if I had let that feeling win, those three might have lost more than just their hands. Thankfully I managed to catch it in time and stop myself.

I was brought out of my thoughts when the maid handed the egg-like rock to me. I thanked her and took it out of her hand and she backed off, waiting for my next command.

Returning my gaze to the rock. I saw that it was like a deadly acorn with the rough and spiky protrusions coming out of it. They ascended from the bottom all the way to the top like a blooming flower.

I didn’t notice until I brought it closer to me, but this thing was nearly the size of one of my breasts.

And the deep blue colours held a certain sway over me. Almost tempting me to just devour the object here and now.

But with my mind on high alert against my base instincts and desires after what happened earlier, so I was able to stop myself from doing so as I also felt that doing such a thing now would be a waste.

So, I asked the maid to go and refill the tea as it had gone cold by now, and when she left, I snuck the rock into my [Spatial Storage].

I then listened back in on the auction and found that we were only two items away from the scale that I wanted.

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