So I'm a Snake, Who Cares?

'Obern. When will the veterinarian come?'

Obern was someone who survived on intuition alone.

"They won't come for a while. Since they just visited."

'Can you guard the door?'

"Understood."

Fortunate that there's no CCTV in this world.

What I'm about to do isn't something good to show anyone.

"This is the second time after that chimera plant, you intervening in other monsters' evolution."

Pelerian said that.

He explained what happened while I was unconscious after eating Ambejeu.

"Whatever their sensibility is, seems they were quite moved too."

'That...'

The story of other named monsters bowing their heads and showing reverence to me.

'That's super cool!'

I was disappointed no one saw my performance.

Now I was disappointed I couldn't see that sight with my own eyes.

"What's cool about that."

'Kya.'

Named monsters bowing their heads to me.

Recalling the shock I felt when first seeing named monsters, it was endlessly emotional.

'Have I, grown?'

That small snake had grown this much. Though still small.

"But you're not even named yet."

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"Isn't that just a nickname."

Hmm, says Pelerian.

Right, me who chomps waguwagu on named monsters isn't officially 'named'.

This is problematic. The situation gnaws at me like an itch I can't scratch.

Why don't I evolve into a named monster? No, I don't even know the criteria for named monsters in the first place. The mysteries of this world's mechanics continue to elude me, despite my growing strength and experience.

Doesn't seem like just having a name makes you a named monster. After all, plenty of creatures have names given by others, yet they don't gain that coveted status.

Maybe I need more recognition from the world or status window. Perhaps it's about reputation, or some hidden threshold of power that needs to be crossed. The path to becoming a named monster remains shrouded in uncertainty.

Can't know.

Obern started cleaning the room interior and keeping watch.

Then it's time to revive Madam Rila with the heart of a snake teacher.

「Can intervene in evolution」

I coiled up and lay on Madam Rila's chest.

I'm confident in falling asleep quickly.

Three.

Two.

One.

...

Minus one.

Minus two...

Ah!

My vision went dark.

And there was...

"Boss?"

Madam Rila was there.

Oh my goodness.

Madam Rila in the mental world had all her arms and legs.

Because of that we could share an emotional hug.

"Thought I was dying..."

"I'm glad. So glad."

"I can talk here. Boss."

After a brief reunion. I told her the current situation.

"You're brain dead."

"What's brain death..."

Good that she doesn't know.

"Means it's perfect condition for evolution."

"Evolution...!"

In my opinion, she probably couldn't evolve alone because she was brain dead.

And seems she regained consciousness because I used Crown of Connection.

Then perhaps the soul really isn't in the brain.

「Evolution is possible」

A message rang out.

Similar situation to the chimera snake.

「Achieved special evolution conditions」

Letters appeared before us.

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From [Iron Arm Gorilla lv50]...

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Evolution choices appear.

"Amazing."

"What is?"

"Letters appearing."

"Wasn't it originally like this?"

"No, I just got a feeling of how I could evolve. Like choosing what I wanted from those feelings."

I see, indeed.

I read down the evolution choices.

The very first was...

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[Black Arm Gorilla]

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I immediately glared at Madam Rila.

To think the first choice is becoming a black monster.

This betrayal feeling washing over me.

She quietly avoided my gaze.

"Black is, cool too..."

"...That's true."

Well, thinking about it, Madam Rila was originally black.

And Black Arm is a cool name, and thinking 'Are you no longer loyal to me?' over something like this would be paranoid delusion itself.

...Keep getting long-winded so I read the next.

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[Black Rabbit Gorilla]

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"Ssaaak!"

Are you crazy!

Madam Rila knew shame and covered her face with both hands.

This crazy gorilla. Did she want to become a rabbit gorilla?

Obviously knew who the villain was who made Rila feel this way.

That black rabbit, shouldn't have let him live.

"You surely don't want to choose one of these two?"

"Absolutely! Not!"

Yes, then let's move on for now.

The important ones were from here.

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[Giant Prototype Gorilla]

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Oh.

Two impressive-looking modifiers attached.

Considering modifiers are the alpha and omega of evolution, this has both the alpha of 'Giant' and omega of 'Prototype'.

First 'Giant'.

For some reason doesn't it feel big, powerful, and somewhat mechanical?

If choosing this evolution, Madam Rila's size might get bigger.

Having bigger size is good from a combat power perspective.

Though it would be inconvenient to travel together, imagining myself riding on huge Madam Rila's shoulder wasn't bad.

Next 'Prototype' is...

But isn't this not good?

I thought but.

"Prototype is, good..."

Madam Rila said with full conviction.

"If you're that confident..."

Giant Prototype Gorilla rose as a strong candidate.

But had to read the last choice too.

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Can evolve into

[White Storm Gorilla*]

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Says White Storm Gorilla.

'Hmm.'

First two modifiers.

'White' is a modifier I graduated from long ago.

But evolving this way would make Madam Rila the same color as me.

This can give bonus points for loyalty.

Second is 'Storm'.

It's a storm modifier, and looks strong but...

Somehow gives a slightly outdated impression. Like it would have been commonly used as a hero name in the early 2000s.

Madam Rila and I exchanged glances and thought for a moment.

The thinking time wasn't very long.

Because the answer was clear from the start.

"Indeed..."

"4. White Storm Gorilla."

"Yes!"

Among the four choices, only White Storm Gorilla came with special options.

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4). [White Storm Gorilla*]

—Can directly intervene in evolution.

—Can grant skills.

The true special evolution was White Storm Gorilla.

We made our decision.

「'Iron Arm Gorilla' evolves into 'White Storm Gorilla'」

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It begins!

Let's go let's go!

Felt like Di*imon evolution background music was autoplaying in my head.

Before, when Isil evolved, my role ended here.

There was a flash then I woke up and Isil had evolved.