Shopping (4)

I lowered the tip of my spear toward the floor and approached the snake beastkin lying flat on the ground.

Every time I took a step toward them, they hunched their scaly bodies tightly and pressed their heads against the floor.

If they had been monsters, they would have struggled until the moment they died, but perhaps because they were an intelligent species, they understood the situation well.

Even I had no desire to kill snake beastkin who had surrendered so completely.

“Squeak! Squeak-squeak—!”

The rat beastkin's eyes grew round when it saw the snake beastkin lying flat with their weapons discarded on the floor.

The creature looked close to tears with emotion, grabbed the hem of my pants, and repeatedly bowed its head.

“Yes, yes. It isn't over yet, though...”

I looked down at the snake beastkin.

“Hmm... How should I communicate with them from here on out...?”...