Novel Full Chapter 347 Oh, It's Brother (2)
I was confident in making a group again.
‘Zoo Animals Crew Season 2.’
Should I think about it after eating this insolent pouched rat first?
And as I opened my mouth wide.
“Ch, chung seong.”
‘What?’
“I pledge, loyalty.”
What he’s saying is.
“I will pledge loyalty to you, Sir Snake.”
This pouched rat surprisingly declared it would change masters.
“I, can, speak.”
‘Yeah, that’s impressive.’
So that’s how this pathetic pouched rat gave orders to other monsters.
‘But you’re Raota’s subordinate.’
“Snake is, more, cool.”
Hmm, flexible thinking deserves bonus points.
‘Say Raota is stupid.’
“Raota, stupid, idiot.”
Though lacking in loyalty a bit, still a subordinate with its own merits.
Seeing how it added idiot on its own shows it’s quick-witted too.
Good, with Madam Rila not here, should I use it a bit?
‘Alright I’ll spare you.’
“Thank, you. Loyalty! Pledge!”
‘Now you carry me. Execute.’
“Execute!”
It understands words well too.
It stood up staggering.
Due to getting hit, blood was trickling from its nose.
When I took out a potion from subspace and applied some.
“Heuk, huk.”
This time instead of nosebleed, tears trickled down.
“Thank, you.”
‘Yeah. Raota can’t do this right?’
“Noo.”
I climbed on the now healthy pouched rat’s back.
“Where shall, I take you.”
‘I’m going to make my group. Pick out the useful ones among those who rushed at me earlier. Ah the anteater was decent too.’
Usually subordinates are more influenced by the pouched rat as a close superior than the distant superior Raota.
It picked several monsters including the anteater.
‘You are now incorporated into the Zoo Animals Crew.’
“You are now, part of, the Zoo Animals, Crew.”
The monsters looked at us with blank expressions.
Seems like it’ll take some time to properly tame these guys.
“New boss, is Sir Snake here.”
‘Forget brother.’
“Forget, Raota.”
And when a group is formed, you must pick executives.
‘You, anteater is action commander, pouched rat is vice advisor.’
「Using Crown of Domination lv1」
「Successfully tamed White Claw Pouched Rat lv31」
「Successfully tamed Strong Tongue Anteater lv28」
Got new subordinates.
“Um, but, why vice advisor, not advisor?”
Then the pouched rat asked.
Already showing promotion desire.
‘There’s already a separate advisor.’
“Yes, yessir.”
‘Let’s go gather more subordinates.’
Then the pouched rat looked a bit troubled.
“Fighting with other, generals…”
Most monsters in White Teeth already follow their own leaders.
It meant fights would break out if we forcibly took them.
But as a snake of ideas, I had a plan.
‘Let’s gather the outcasts first.’
Whether White Teeth or Black Night, there were excluded ones.
‘Gather the not-so-white ones first.’
‘Pure white’ monsters are surprisingly not that common.
Ones with spots, or actually closer to light gray in color. Ones with horns or stripes of different colors.
Unless they were considerably strong and excellent, such monsters were subtly ostracized from groups.
That was the same for both the Black Night groups and here in White Teeth.
“Yes, understood!”
Zoo Animals Season 2, launch!
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The bell rang in the zoo.
Ding- dong- deng- dong.
Dong- deng- ding- deng.
It means the day’s work is over.
Phili quickly said goodbye to those around.
“Good work!”
“Thanks for your hard work.”
The zoo employees too were happy to go home.
Even employees who used to be uncomfortable with Phili now smiled and said goodbye.
Phili wiped his forehead with the towel around his neck.
The sunset is falling.
Returning to the employee dormitory after finishing a fulfilling day’s work.
Just months ago, he couldn’t have imagined living like this.
What’s months, even until departing for the Empire.
How is life at the zoo?
Honestly speaking, it was very good.
Though the body wasn’t comfortable, the mind was at peace.
Perhaps because he became interested in monsters.
Phili began to feel ‘fulfillment’ in taking care of monsters and animals at the zoo.
Here complicated things like the throne and politics didn’t matter.
As long as he didn’t think about his father who didn’t love him, and the politics that sold off Phili, the least loved, to the Empire instead of other princes.
Phili was enjoying the pleasure of labor while forgetting all troublesome things.
However, that peace ended this morning.
Returning to the dormitory, Phili saw a letter sitting alone on the desk.
It was a letter to Rania.
Two friends still studying at the academy.
Phili’s only friends.
How did a letter to that friend disturb Phili’s heart?
‘Amain is completely immersed in magic. There’s talk that he’s already taking the test to advance to the next rank. He’ll surely become a Grand Mage someday.
I’m practicing martial arts. Recently I succeeded in beating two knights at once.’
It contained his friends’ achievements.
They are friends overflowing with talent.
Honestly, geniuses incomparable to Phili who was average level.
It would be a lie to say he didn’t feel jealous.
But Phili wasn’t petty enough to become depressed because of their rapid achievements.
‘It seems war really has started. The atmosphere is ominous.’
The next content was the problem.
‘First Prince was killed by the Nords. Did you hear?’
He hadn’t. He first heard through his friends’ letter.
Hearing such sad news this way meant Phili’s political standing was low.
No, not just low, he should say he had no standing at all.
His chest went cold at the news of his brother’s death.
Despite not being close and having different mothers.
Even if he went to war, they wouldn’t send a prince somewhere dangerous.
‘You probably know but the situation is suspicious.’
Did brother, the Second Prince, cause the First Prince’s death?
The certain fact is that the royal succession structure would greatly shake now.
Probably the Second Prince…
‘Maybe it’s right for you to stay in the Empire.’
Phili crumpled the letter.
If he returns to the kingdom, Phili might be killed too.
Then does Phili have to live here forever?
Trembling in fear of assassins, begging for the Second Prince’s mercy…
“If I became king…”
Phili startled at his own muttering.
A thought he wouldn’t have even dreamed of before.
But how?
Phili has shallow political standing, and no qualities as a prince.
He doesn’t even know what those princely qualities are.
Why does no one follow him?
Unlike the Second Prince and First Prince who have power, Phili…
That’s when.
Teong!
The door opened.
“Sasasak, sasak~”
The snake entering while humming.
He naturally jumped onto Phili’s shoulder.
‘Why such a gloomy expression, prince.’
“Ah…”
The snake wearing a crown looked to be in a good mood.
He patted Phili’s shoulder as if he knew everything.
‘Tell brother everything.’