The clear ringing of silver and gold in the bag was a song of victory for the pair as they put it on the table in front of the constable, who initially looked at it with skeptical eyes.
"Y'want to buy the whole village?" He asked with a look of disbelief.
"Yes." Karston said in earnest, as the dark serpent coiled around his neck and shoulder. Her forked tongue flicked in and out of her mouth.
The constable emptied the bag of gold and silver coins on the table, as the king rested in his throne, arrogant and content.
The constable counted meticulously and before the bag was even fully counted, he stopped. He held a single gold coin in between his fingers and tapped it on the wooden table as he looked at it.
"Two-hundred and nine gilden Liren..." He said in a gasp. "Where did you get such coin?"
Karston merely smiled with an amused chuckle.
"That's impossible. Only kings can muster such coin. They must be fake." The king scoffed.
The constable turned to the king. "They ring of gold, sire.", and before long the kings face turned grim.
"Surely the grand serpent under the mountain can vouch for me." Karston said with an amused expression. "I'm sure he'll have many ills to speak of me, and more likely than not, he will tell many curses for each coin we took."
"That old worm has nothing but lies to tell." The king retorted, but Saelle came forth, her dark scales glistening in the candle-light, and her eye glinted like a diamond. "He will tell you many things, but lies are not among them." She hissed at the king, who rose in his throne.
"What sorcery is this?" The king yelped in fear.
"My compatriot, the wise serpent Saelle." Karston announced.

After having paid off the lands, and their bag of coins now bereft of half of it's content, the two now stood before the very doorstep from whence they sent forth on their adventure.
The worn wooden doorpost, marked by years of rain, sun, and harsh winters, was a welcome sight, and Karston let his fingers trail over it a second time. The wood felt warm, almost as if to welcome him back, and with a quick turn of the key they entered his living room.
The familiar smell and sounds of the house all came back before they had properly entered. A slight smile appeared on Karston's face when even the creaking board on the fourth step into the hall hadn't changed while they were out.
As they walked up the stairs and into the bedroom, he let himself sit back on his bed and tossed the bag of riches down beside it.
He soon noticed Saelle slither towards it, entering it through the small hole where the bag was tied together.
After some rummaging inside the bag she came out adorned in a set of spoils that seemed almost tailor-made for her. Her patterned body now decorated with gold and silver, jewels and even silk.
Her eyes were fixed on him, she looked at him undaunted. "Since you've aided me on my little escapade, I think it's fair to return the favour, is it not?" She asked. Her voice was deep, as seductive in sound as she was in appearance; the silver and gold, and white silk contrasted beautifully with her scales of earthy tone.
Karston sat back on the bed, a bit unsure of what he felt. He could feel his nethers rise in his pants. His mind flooded with thoughts that he never even dared dream while they were out on the road.
With a surprising speed, he pulled the shirt from his back and undid the buckle of his belt.
He kicked off his boots, while Saelle crawled up over his arm, she wrapped her sensual body around his neck. "You've been wanting this for some time, haven't you?" She whispered. Her tongue flicked out against his ear.
Karston was left speechless, unsure of what to say, as he now lay on his bed naked. The serpentine seductress now slid over his chest, stomach, and then coiled around his leg. His member was now standing fully erect as he rested back, his head propped up against a pillow and the wooden head-end of his bed.
Saelle moved over his nethers, coiling her elegant body around his cock for a bit. Karston had a tough time keeping himself in check, but Saelle took her time twisting her lower body and tail around his member, before propping her tail up a bit, rubbing the tip of his penis with the underside of her still bare tail.
Karston sighed in pleasure when he felt the serpent's cloaca open up, stretching far over the head of his dick. She slid it down deeper. Rhythmic contractions of the snake's muscles pulled his cock deeper and deeper into her lower body. She stretches up so far that her skin was visible under her scales, and the tightness was unbelievable. Saelle coiled back around his leg, over his hands, and looked at him, as she felt his cock twitch inside of her. "You must've really been wanting for a lady's embrace." Saelle taunted him, with an amused expression. Karston blushed, and looked perturbed at the snake, who's cloaca was continually massaging him. Her tongue's flicking motions on his chest and stomach were driving him mad with desire. The young man's hands caressed her shapely body, as she hummed contently.
She stretched out over his chest, bringing her mouth close to his ear and she whispered. "Admit it, I'm far better than any human girl you've lusted over."
Karston sighed. His voice trembled with pleasure as he spoke. "Yes."
He took a hold of her tail quite firmly, and as Saelle pulled back a bit up, he pulled her back down over his cock. Each time he yanked her down, she let out a gasp of pleasure.
The tight entrance and inner-walls of her body, her incessant taunting and honing were intoxicating, addicting and soon Karston found himself moving his hips along with her motions. "If you keep this up.. I'll...!" Karston moaned.
"You'll what? Cum? Go ahead, fill me up with your delicious seed." She hissed, her usually controlled and calculated tone was now almost fully gone, instead her voice was lustful, amused and filled with pleasure. "Only you are worthy to sheathe yourself in my body, and to -" She was interrupted by an uncontrolled gasp of pleasure as she felt his semen shoot into her. She squirmed around on his abdomen in bliss as he did so, hilting herself almost instinctively over his cock, as she could feel wetness drizzle down from her stretched-up slit, and even staining her pure silk lingerie.
Karston panted. Pearls of sweat had formed on his forehead and his chest heaved with each breath he drew. Saelle too seemed to catch her breath, and he supported her neck before she lifted her head.
"That was amazing.." He said in between breaths.
"You're not tired yet, are you?" She said with a grin on her face, and she lifted herself up. "The celebration has only just begun."
And at that moment, Karston realised that this little serpent was far from done with him; and that rest would have to wait.