Hidden genius: Black belly snake

Goblins are the unruly deviant creatures of the night, excelling in everything underhanded.

They have a natural stealth ability that enables them to easily infiltrate places and sneak up on oblivious targets.

So Charlotte refused to believe that this man in front of her, who was highly loathed by the elven soldiers and even some generals, couldn't kill a mere crippled snake beast.

"Of course, I can. But I am telling you upfront. This will cost extra and then some more." The goblin shrugged.

Though the man was shorter than Charlotte's lofty and elegant figure, his presence was in no way inferior to hers.

Charlotte grunted and retrieved a pouch from her robes, handing it to the eagerly waiting goblin.

There were a total of 50 glittering gems in the pouch. This was Charlotte's entire lunar cycle's worth of resources.

But she didn't hesitate to use it all in one go.

With things being extremely chaotic in the royal palace due to the assassination of the dwarves, it was the perfect time to get rid of the perverted snake.

The blame could also probably be placed on the same culprit responsible for killing the dwarven emissaries.

As long as the snake was removed from her life, it is money well spent! Hmph!

The man smiled and happily received his fees. "Oh, and I get to keep the snake's carcass, her bones, and her skin." He added.

Charlotte harrumphed and left the building. "You can do whatever you want." She quickly disappeared back into the darkness.

By the time, she returned back to the palace and to her private chambers, there were only a few more hours left for daybreak.

Having accomplished what she had wanted, she smugly threw a glance towards Tang Yue's private chambers.

Charlotte couldn't help but notice the lantern still glowing brightly in Tang Yue's chambers.

"Why is the stupid beast still awake?" She grumbled with her eyebrows raised.

The hatred she had for that damned beast swirled in her heart.

"The snake must be scheming something. I better go and take a look."

As her curiosity triumphed her hatred, Charlotte stomped over to Tang Yue's private chambers.

In her haste, she completely forgot about Tang Yue's warnings and as usual, barged in as if she owned the place.

But the poor elf instantaneously came to a halt as soon as she stormed in.

The sight in front of her was just too much for her eyes!!!

A long coiled dark blue snake laid asleep on the bed, comfortably snuggling on soft silk sheets.

The snake looked bigger than its typical appearance, with especially its middle part looking thick and fattened like a tree trunk.

Something was clearly being digested in its stomach.

The weirdest part of this whole scenario was that the snake's head was drooling over the sheets of parchment spread around on the bed.

Saliva was dripping from the sides of its vicious-looking mouth clearly destroying small areas of the parchments.

"What the heck??!!" Charlotte screamed. She felt nauseous. Her whole body was tingling and covered by goosebumps.

For someone royal and noble like her, this was something akin to walking in on a random excreting stranger.

Charlotte cringed. She stomped her leather shoes loudly on the marble floor creating a ruckus.

Tang Yue, of course, heard the loud clamoring and lazily bobbed her head up from the parchments.

She half-opened her emerald beady eyes and casually looked at the intruder.

Hmmm… Why is she in my chamber in the middle of the night? Maybe…

Tang Yue's thoughts trailed off… She was feeling very sleepy.

She had no intention of shifting back to her human figure and greeting the pompous elf.

The last bird she needed to finish the Fire twin-tailed bird bloodline was still in her stomach, only one-quarter digested.

If she changed into her human form now, she would puke everything out.

Though puking on the elegant and beautiful princess seemed a bit entertaining, she was too lazy to currently play tricks with her.

Tang Yue's sleepy eyes viewed the princess with mockery, as she immediately closed them back up and went back to her nap.

Monotonously memorizing the various herbs and their details, with a full stomach had put her to sleep swiftly.

It was such a heavenly and relaxing slumber, that she had no intention of getting out from.

So Tang Yue ignored the arrogant queen consort throwing a tantrum in the middle of the night and continued drooling.

Her nonchalant attitude only enraged Charlotte further.

"Damn it." She sneered.

She saw how the snake didn't even bother to look at her twice and fumed in anger.

How dare this lowly beast ignore the formal greeting and respect that I deserved?!

She wanted to kill the snake right then and there and burn her dead corpse, but unfortunately, she was powerless to do.

Charlotte gritted her teeth as she eyed the dirty snake with animosity.

Soon there will be justice and this eyesore will be removed forever from her residence! Hmph.

She angrily scoffed and slammed the doors shut, as she walked back to her chamber.