The woman shivered when she felt a cold, slithering thing wrap around her legs. She shakily looked down and saw it was a water snake. It looked soft and harmless, but it was incredibly creepy.
When it formed a sharper shape, threatening to stab her, the woman almost fainted.
Anyway, the woman had no choice but to shut up and wait until the conversation was over.
The woman was indeed the child's mother, and she was mad at him because he abandoned the job she had arranged for him (a job where all the salary would go straight to her).
The child's name was Woki. He lived in the slums of Ossen Town. Like many other poor people, working in the mines was the most lucrative job they could get, even if it was a bit dangerous.
It was still safer than going out and battling town-level monsters with their limited levels, consumables, and equipment.
