"Looks like you already know about the kid......... Raya's true colors."

Although wearing a mask, Duanmu Huai couldn't see Tanis's expression, but her tone was quite calm.

"Since she took the initiative to tell you her name, then I don't want to say anything about this matter, but as the mother who raised her, please let me say a word——— I hope that from now on, you can continue to treat Zerayas well. Whatever the reason for that look, she's still a good boy......... Let me, as a mother, feel empty."

"It's true that the little girl is quite well-behaved, but I think you also know that she herself has some troubles in her heart."

Although Raya's appearance is a bit strange, if you want to say that she is not a bad person, she is not a bad person, and Duanmu Huai has no objection to this. Although he is an inquisitor, he only targets those alien races that pose a threat to humanity, like Raya......... He doesn't bully each other, does he?

"Yes......... Seeing that she has been acting a little weirdly lately, she really has some troubles in her heart."

At this, Tanise sighed.

"I hope you can understand that sometimes the truth is not necessarily a good thing, and you should not blame the person concerned for your background. What we have to do is fight against the Golden Law, and our background is nothing to mention in comparison."

"Okay, I see."

"Thank you."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Tanis smiled slightly, and then her voice became serious.

「……… Now that you have known so much, and have fulfilled my commission perfectly, it seems that it is time for you to tell you about the true owner of the Volcano Mansion, my King Rankard."

"Oh?"

Facing Tanis's words, Duanmu Huai's eyes froze. Tanis, on the other hand, sighed and continued.

"The Golden Tree gives blessings to the Fading, but the blessings are too small compared to the mission that comes with them being guided......... Therefore, in order to accomplish their mission, the Faded had to be forced to thirst for power. Just like the dilemma faced by the king with Great Rune when the Elden Ring was broken. Forced to rob each other of their share of power——— our king was very angry about this, and could not accept such a superficial act. Since the Golden Tree, the gods, is intent on trampling on us, we must rise up and uphold our dignity, even if we are to commit the blasphemy of the law. This is the unanimous consensus of the Volcano Residence, and it is the determination of our king."

I see.

Duanmu Huai nodded secretly in his heart, he had heard Lani say that he had cooperated with Rankard. Now it seems that although Rakard and Lani have different goals, they have the same goals.

Saying this, Tanis looked at Duanmu Huai again.

「……… As long as you continue to walk on the path of heroes, one day, you will also see my king."

"Okay, then I'......... I'm looking forward to it."

This is the end of the conversation, and Duanmu Huai also plans to leave, but before leaving......... Something suddenly occurred to him.

"By the way, Lady Tanis."

"What else?"

"Why do you say Raya is a snake man? The form......... It's a lizard, huh?" ….

Duanmu Huai was puzzled, in fact, the first time he saw Raya, he thought that the other party must be a lizard. The reason is also very simple, Duanmu Huai has seen some domestic pet lizards on the website before, and the lizards in it are the same as Raya, with a pair of short hands and feet, some chubby bodies and snake-like heads.

At least as far as Duanmu Locust is concerned, no matter how you look at it, Raya's real body looks like a small lizard that has been magnified to two meters.

"No, it's a snake man."

"It's a lizard...............

Duanmu and Tanis then discussed this issue for a full hour.

It shows that both of them are quite idle.

After ending this discussion that didn't lead to anything but killing time, Duanmu Huai remembered that they had gone to Raya to tell her about the Volcano Mansion, and it turned out that they had seen the great

The lizard forgot about it——— so he found Raya again and told her what he had found.

"Sure enough........."

After listening to Duanmu Huai's words, Raya looked a little uneasy. Then she thought for a moment and looked at Duanmu Huai.

"I'll tell you the truth, Hero, at night, I saw a wriggling dark shadow in the hallway......... The shadow walked into the next room, but it didn't come out. And, if I'm not mistaken, the shadow has the outline of a snake like me."

It's a lizard.

「……… This volcano mansion has secrets that I don't know......... I think Mistress Tanis must have been hiding something from me."

"So what are you going to do?"

Duanmu Huai looked at Raya curiously, and the latter lowered his head.

"I shouldn't have asked you about this, but ......... If you find anything, can you tell me?"

"Uh-huh...............

Staring at Raya, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but think, although he still didn't know the true face of Raya's background, but from the meaningful words that Tanis told him before, it is very likely that Tanis is not Raya's mother, and Raya's background may not be as good as she thinks.........

"Are you sure? You know, secrets are secrets for a reason. If you want to know the secret, you have to pay a price, and maybe you can't afford it."

[To tell the truth, I've been using @

Then it rushed to the front of Duanmu Huai, and swung a sword at Duanmu Huai————— next moment it fell to the ground screaming and turned into a corpse.

"What the hell is this...............

Duanmu Huai silently put away his fists and looked at the corpses on the ground speechlessly, originally he thought that Raya could speak, and the snake people here should be able to communicate, but it turned out to be the same as the group of madmen outside.........

Well, remember that Milfi once said that there were many races that had established their own civilizations.........

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai also immediately contacted Bambi and asked her to ask Mirfei if she had ever seen a group of guys that looked like lizards and had long bodies.

Soon, Bambi's side responded.

"Ah, that's the Spirit Snake Clan, Mirfi said they used to be volcanic, but they haven't heard from them since."

"I see, I see."

At this moment, Duanmu Huai had also come to a church located on a high place, staring at the statue in front of him. It was a stone statue with a snake's head and wings. It looks like an angelic statue of the Serpent Clan. Other words......... Raya is actually a descendant of this race?

Or is Tanise actually a snake like Raya? After all, Tanise wears a mask all day long, and I don't know if her humanization skills are as frustrated as Raya's, so she chose to wear a mask......... But judging by her appearance, she shouldn't have a long tail.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai shook his head, and then he stretched out his hand, pushed open the door of the church, and walked in.

The whole church glowed blood-red, and in front of it was a large serpentine statue, and underneath the serpentine statue stood an extremely fat ......... Dead fat house! ….

Well, that's the first thought of Duanmu Huai when he saw the other party.

This guy is just like the overweight and obese patient that Duanmu Huai has seen in it before, it looks like his body is simply a big ball, and the fat is bulging with fat. His limbs were short——— and when you looked closely, he was dressed in a strange outfit that looked like it was made of white leather, and there was a tail behind him.

Well, it's the snake people, that's right.

But snake people can also become so fat, is this hibernation after eating too much?

"Uh......... Woo woo...............

At this time, the fat house also found Duanmu Huai, it raised its head, stared at Duanmu Huai, and then its eyes lit up. Then, Duanmu Huai saw this fat house shouting, ran directly towards him, and then ............... lay in front of him with a "poof".

Belch......... What's going on?

"Woo......... Woo............!

Just when Duanmu Huai hesitated whether to smash it directly with a hammer, he saw that the fat house raised his head and burst into tears at himself, and then he lowered his head and prostrated in front of him, as if he was worshipping himself as a god.

No, I'm a god, but I don't have anything to do with your fat house!

"You......... What do you mean by that?"

Duanmu Huai stared at the fat house prostrate in front of him suspiciously, and the fat house nodded desperately, and then it seemed to understand the meaning of Duanmu Huai, and then Duanmu Huai saw the fat house stretch out his hands and raise them towards himself, and then, a black flame emerged from its hand.

It's not ......... Black Flame?

Seeing this thing, the corners of Duanmu Huai's eyes twitched, of course he would not forget that the special ability he had after obtaining Death Rune was Black Flame, and he remembered that the message at that time was written ———that Black Flame was the flame of the hunting gods, controlled by the godskin nobles who served the destined death...............

………… You're a godskin noble?!

Looking at the fat house in front of him, Duanmu Huai was speechless.

No, can't you look better longer?!

How can it be you who serve the ordained death!

Well, in a way, this one is quite aristocratic.

Especially the kind of evil nobles who often appear in anime games.........

"Hahh..............."

For the sake of fateful death, Duanmu Huai finally resisted the urge to knock him to death with a hammer, he rolled his eyes, sighed helplessly, and directly changed the topic.

"I'm here for a snake man......... Do you know? I can become a human.,Very young girl snake man......... Her name is Zerayas.........

"Uh......... Woo woo...............

The fat house seemed to understand Duanmu Huai's words, it nodded, and then turned around and led Duanmu Huai to the altar of the church, and then Fei Zhai respectfully picked up something from the altar, and then turned around and handed it to Duanmu Huai's hand.

What is it?

Duanmu Huai took it suspiciously, and looked at it carefully, it was something that looked like some kind of transparent internal organs, and a small gap could be faintly seen in it, which looked like there was some kind of small life in it before, but then it disappeared.

At the same time, a system prompt also appeared in front of Duanmu Huai's eyes.

【Obtained the snake's amniotic membrane】

[The snake's amniotic membrane: The abandoned child in the horrific birth ritual, the amniotic membrane wrapped in the mother's body.] No matter how long it takes, it will still be moist and will not dry out.

"Uh............... So......... Raya was born from this??"

Looking at the thing in front of him, Duanmu Huai didn't know what to say.

But wait.

If he remembers correctly, aren't snakes oviparous?

Amniotic membranes are something that only viviparous animals have!

You're just giving me an eggshell, isn't it all more reliable than this thing???

…………… Anyway, let's take this back and show it to Raya first.

Xibei cat