Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 162 Something Even the Snake God Couldn't Have Foreseen
Habisa has always believed that to get promoted, one must make contributions.

To rise through the ranks, one must establish merit, prove one's worth, and gain the priests' trust, eventually reaching the holy city of Heliopolis to uncover secrets they shouldn't know...

So where am I right now?

Walking the streets of Heliopolis, Habisa felt that the midday sun was so dazzling.

The letter written by Hatorlunu's wife, the supervising priest, was sent out in the morning, and the guards sent by the high priest of the holy city arrived before lunchtime. Thus, before lunchtime, Hatorlunu's wife appeared in the holy city with him.

“If it were last night, before we met, and you called me Hatorlunu’s wife, I wouldn’t care.”

Inside the seemingly simple yet extremely luxurious carriage, Hathorunu's wife turned to look at Habisa.

"But now that we know each other so well, what should you call me?"

"Lord Senet..."

Habisa lowered his head.

Despite his extensive combat experience, he dared not look into those eyes at that moment.

Hatshepsut Sennet was the name of Hathorunu's wife. "Hattshepsut" means "noble woman" and "Sennet" means "wise one." Just from the name, one can tell that this woman came from a prominent priestly family.

Habisa had heard rumors about the illustrious priestly family, but only in a literal sense.

Now, he has personally experienced what so-called prominence really means.

Just like now, simply because she heard him say he could read and briefly looked at his reading and writing level, this woman named Senette took him directly to the Holy City, preparing to let him join the ranks of priests.

All he had to do was go through the formalities, sign his name, and receive a white robe; then he too would be a glorious priest.

"I……"

Looking at the white robe in his hand, a symbol of the priest's holiness, Habisa was speechless for a long time.

Unbeknownst to them, tears even fell onto the brand-new white robe.

"Why are you crying? Is it really that big of a deal over something so trivial?"

The woman named Senette turned her head and looked over.

"It's just changing clothes, why get so worked up?"

It's just a change of clothes.

It's just changing clothes... that's all?

Habisa still remembers how much he had sacrificed for this outfit when he was young. He couldn't afford papyrus, so he practiced writing on the ground with a stick. When he couldn't go to school, he would go outside the temple to listen to prayers. But even though he honed himself day and night, he still couldn't become a glorious priest.

After becoming a farmer, he dared not even think about such a thing. Even after becoming a warrior, Habisa dared not imagine that he would become a priest one day. No, it wasn't that he dared not think about it. Even the wise and strongman Setka, when making plans, only said to try his best to gain merit and to try his best to gain the trust of the priests.

As for becoming a priest...

They wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing.

But this very thing that he never dared to even dream of was achieved so easily at this moment, without him even having made any merits or achieved any victories—and what determined his fate was not any merits or victories.

It was all because of this woman named Senette who sent out a letter.

"what happened?"

At that moment, Senette's arm was already draped over Habisa's shoulder.

"Why don't you speak?"

"I... I'm just touched..."

Taking a deep breath, Habisa tried to organize his thoughts, striving not to reveal any flaws.

"I'm just a little worried that this might cause trouble for Lord Sennet..."

"What trouble could there be in something like this?"

Senette leaned close to Habisa's ear and whispered, "You're going through a special war clearance program. As long as you can read and write, you can go to the front lines as a military priest... Of course, if you don't go, you'll have to pay a hefty fine, enough to buy several of your lives."

At this point, Senette started blowing air into Habisa's ear.

"But I've already paid your fine, so you don't need to go anywhere. Just stay by my side... How about it? I've been so good to you, shouldn't you reciprocate?"

As she said this, Senette began to stroke Habisa's arms. She had never seen such strong and powerful muscles before. This kind of danger and ferocity, forged in the face of life and death, was like that of a wild beast, and she was more fascinated than ever before.

As for Habizza...

Habisa said he was going crazy.

He was completely oblivious to the temptation that was right in front of him; all he knew was that what he was hearing and seeing was simply too shocking.

It shocked him even more than the fact that gods could be killed.

My understanding of the world is gradually collapsing, and my past life has suddenly become a mess.

His efforts, his struggles, his hard work, his life, and everything about him.

At this moment, it suddenly seemed to become meaningless.

"What...am I striving for?"

Completely ignoring the woman beside him, Habisa stared blankly at the white robe in his arms.

"What have I been fighting so hard for all this time?"

This time it wasn't just his body that was affected; even his mind felt like it had been trampled by ten thousand lions.

At this moment, Habisa's mind had completely stopped. He could only let Senette easily remove his clothes and then put this brand new white robe on him.

"That's about right."

Senette nodded in satisfaction as he looked at Habisa, who was dressed in a white robe.

"Since you're going to stay by my side, you need to have a proper status... Come on, walk a few steps, let me see if it fits."

Habisa moved his feet unconsciously, his whole body stiff as a marionette.

Even so, his tall and upright figure, honed through countless battles, perfectly supported the wide robe. Coupled with the imposing aura brought by his own strength, and the faint trace of confusion on his face... the way he looked, contemplating the gods and all things in the world, made him seem more like a priest than any other priest.

"Not bad at all. He's the kind of person I've chosen. He's much better than that old man who only knows how to have affairs."

Senette chuckled as he looked at Habissa's new look.

"There's a cocktail party at noon, why don't you come with me?"

"……it is good."

Habisa simply nodded mechanically.

At this moment, Habisa had completely lost the ability to think, and even his mind was a blur. He would rather not even be human anymore; being human was just too tiring.

Even being a green-skinned monster is better than being a human. At least under the Snake God's rule, those green-skinned monsters only need to live and work in peace and don't need to think about these things at all...

"That's right! The Serpent God!"

It was at this moment that Habisa suddenly regained consciousness.

Yes, the serpent god, he remembered. He still had a mission to complete; he needed to continue investigating the secrets of those sun god priests.

"This is a difficult task, I need to continue my undercover work..."

Habisa thought to himself.

Habisa didn't expect that even this task was far less difficult than he had imagined.

(End of this chapter)