Chapter 413: The Serpent

Millions of light-years away from Earth,

[Ouroboros]

[L class planet - High Realm]

A huge space cruiser could be seen tentatively approaching the green planet. 

After entering its atmosphere, multiple small, spherical objects guided the cruiser to fly right above the surface of the planet, which was full of trees and swamps. It kept edging forward, casting large, looming shadows on the ground, until it landed on a clearing near a modern city.

"Phantom Class 3542 has landed."

"Welcome home, Phantom 3542"

Hundreds of people gathered outside the cruiser, as its huge steel door opened and hundreds more poured out onto the pavement. Among them was a pale looking girl with long, white hair.

"Silva! Here!" 

Silva was one of the half-bloods who had been appointed as an academy acolyte and was accepted in the privilege class; she had just returned to her home from the Magus Academy. 

As she left unannounced, she never received the recall spell that would send her back home, hence the reason why she returned manually using the space cruiser.

As she walked towards the man calling out her name, she couldn't help but smile warmly to herself. The one who picked her up was her uncle. Once they were reunited, the two walked towards a vehicle hovering gently in the air.

"Your mother, the queen, will be happy to see you return."

She, on the other hand, just stayed quiet, not saying anything.

"I heard you managed to enter the privilege class. That's amazing, Silva!"

"I am sorry uncle, but I don't really want to talk about it."

"I see. I am sure the current condition does ruin everything for you."

Silva could only smile wryly at her uncle in response. She stared out the window, looking downwards at the sprawling expanse of Ouroboros city, hand propped under her chin. The city was a collage of spiraling roads winded dizzyingly around tall, looming buildings.The golden afternoon light reflecting on the windows seemed to make the entire city glimmer. 

That was when she saw something in the city center, almost like a big crack running through the middle of the metropolis, a slew of ruins had laid waste to some artifacts, and a huge chunk had been broken off them. 

"So, we even had to destroy the teleportation portal."

"Yes, the patriarch ordered it. For our safety, of course."

"Yes… For our safety." Silva repeated, still looking towards the broken portal. 

At the moment, she was extremely annoyed. She had worked so hard to gain entry into the privilege class and now this war that had been declared without warning made her lose everything she put so much effort into achieving. 

After an hour-long journey, she finally arrived home: a vast palace surrounded by forests and swamps.

The flying vehicle landed on the palace balcony, dozens of silver armored guards raised their spears up high to welcome their arrival. 

Silva casually walked past them and headed straight towards the throne, where a huge white scaled snake was curled up in the seat.

"Sssss… You return, my daughter…" 

The snake transformed into a beautiful, white skinned woman. The Ouroboros queen.

The queen quickly realized Silva was not in a good mood, hence the reason why she decided to send everyone away from the room, leaving only her brother and daughter remaining.

"Tell me the truth, mother. Did we really do it?"

The queen answered with a smile. 

"Hmm… I wonder what this academy is really teaching you, you were never this temperamental before.

"Ugh, mother, please. Did we or did we not betray the humans?"

"Well dear, if you must know… We didn't."

Silva had suspected the same, the queen then called her forward.

"My amazing daughter… The privilege class, you have made me proud. Because of this, let me tell you the story."

The queen told her that the snake half-bloods have never betrayed the humans. Unfortunately, the accusation thrusted towards them forced them to actually pick a side.

"You know our history, daughter... How those humans treated us, tens of thousands of them. Being treated like this was simply the last straw from a myriad of problems. We have a long, arduous history between us that has always been full of tension."

"Mother, does this mean that it's all just a misunderstanding? And that we can make peace with the humans again?"

"It's already too late, dear. The war has escalated and the patriarch has given his command, we will sit on the sideline for this war "

"Still, we need to find a way to clear this up… They need to know the truth!"

The queen turned to the side, still smiling, and chuckled. 

"Haha, what do you mean "they"? You never cared about these things before."

"Umm... Just… No one..."

"Don't you worry about these things, daughter. As long as you have not reached the Magus level, none of this is of your concern… Besides..." The queen paused abruptly, her stare turning stony and serious. She looked her daughter straight in the eyes. 

"What is it, mother?! Tell me!"

"New information just came up and yet another bloodline got accused. I am sure sooner or later the truth of our innocence will come out, although it won't do much good now."

Silva knitted her brow, evidently worried. Her thoughts began to race rapidly in her head, racking her brain. She knew that one among the 9 bloodlines actually did betray the humans. 

"It must have been those bloodscukers, wasn't it?"

The queen shook her head. The next words that came from her mouth surprised Silva even more. 

"It was the wolf, dear…"

Silva gasped, her hand unconsciously flew to cover her mouth. "No! It can't be!"

"Unfortunately, those wolves were not clever enough to quickly get away from all these messes, well again it's not our problem now."

Silva nodded curtly, but deep in her heart she was troubled, thinking about a certain stupid wolf.

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Written by Avans, Published exclusively by W.e.b.n.o.v.e.l,