Chapter 73 Whisper
“It’s not as serious as I imagined. Fortunately, at least I won’t die… but is this because of my mark? Or…”
Verafia heaved a small sigh of relief, seemingly glad she wouldn’t be de-leveled again. The girl pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised her small face and looked at the stunned Ig.
“Ig, wait a moment, be sure to hold onto me tightly. If you let me fall to the ground, I will definitely be angry.”
Ig nodded subconsciously, and then heard the girl’s clear, delicate voice, speaking in a language he had never heard before under the silent night sky.
“Burning flames… with my will, be silent.”
Verafia could command the resurgence of flames, and naturally, she could also command their extinguishment. However, this one small sound had once again depleted the wisp of spirit she had barely recovered.
An uncontrollable fatigue surged through her consciousness. Her body felt as light as a swaying fallen leaf.
“Miss Verafia?”
Ig felt the flames burning within him extinguish, taking away power that did not belong to him and the constant erosion of his body, but he had no time to think. He instinctively supported her slender, boneless waist.
“Mmm… so tired.”
The girl’s delicate body drooped powerlessly, and Ig quickly held her in his arms. In the swaying evening breeze, the girl seemed lighter than a feather, as if a mere gust of wind would blow her away.
Ig tightened his grip on her small body.
“Ha… Ig, walk outwards later. Don’t go back the way we came. Don’t go to Vist City… Don’t think it’s troublesome, this is all your fault.”
Verafia forced herself to retain a wisp of consciousness. Her long eyelashes drooped, gently covering her eyes as her eyelids fluttered shut. She leaned slightly against the boy’s not-so-sturdy arm and said softly again.
“Also, Ig, remember to hold me tight… I want to sleep for a while…”
The girl’s soft voice gradually faded in the blowing evening breeze. In the deep, silent sky, the twin moons hung high, serenely casting a beautiful veil of moonlight and night upon the girl’s quiet profile.
The girl’s long eyelashes slowly closed, reflecting in the soft moonlight, casting two shadows on her porcelain-white little face. Ig’s heart stirred. Each eyelash was clearly visible, as if counting time.
She seemed to have truly fallen asleep.
Ig gazed at the girl, who was luxurious and proud, but now snuggled tightly in his arms.
A smile suddenly flickered across the boy’s face. He subtly shifted his arm, holding her, who was as light as nothing, carefully and meticulously, for fear of disturbing her perhaps beautiful dreams. The boy spoke softly.
“Young Lady, goodnight.”
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In the quiet deep night, the gale force of the flapping wings also gradually subsided. Genhoa, the true master of the Setting Sun Forest, returned to his territory.
The Black Flame Dragon King gazed at the even darker sky than his flames.
“Father.”
A low, beautiful girl’s voice appeared. Her scales shimmered more dazzlingly than the most precious rubies, and her fiery red hair was like burning flames.
As the eldest daughter of the lord, she came to her father’s side, her fiery red pupils overlooking this land.
“I heard you’ve imprisoned two humans. Are they related to Fei’er?”
As she spoke, she didn’t forget to caress the aggrieved, ice-blue-haired girl beside her: “Poor Little Fei, not only was her long-prepared snacks stolen, but she was also beaten up by them.”
“Wuwu, it’s all that Phoenix’s fault for not fighting honorably, for tricking me, for sneak attacking…”
The ice-blue-haired girl’s eyes welled up with tears, and fine mist seeped into her ice-blue crystal-like beautiful eyes. She was so aggrieved that she was about to cry.
“Pfft, Little Fei, don’t be unhappy. I know that if she hadn’t held back in the end and only taken one dragon scale, we might not have seen our cutest sister. Little Fei, you’re such an idiot, you almost died from your own magic!”
The red-haired girl rubbed her soft, smooth, and icy little face. The ice-blue-haired girl dodged several times, but still couldn’t escape her sister’s clutches, so she could only endure it aggrievedly and silently.
The red-haired girl suddenly thought thoughtfully.
“However, Little Fei, you said the one who injured you was a fire phoenix, and it pretended to be a human girl… that’s really rare. Then what about the young man beside her…”
“Indeed, they are related.”
Genhoa, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke. His tone lacked much of the authority of a superior, but it instantly quieted the two squabbling sisters.
“Father, do you mean…” The red-haired girl took a step forward and stood beside the black dragon king to ask.
“Fraria, those two Saint Rank humans are vassals of Lancaster, and their reason for coming to the Setting Sun Forest is to investigate the cause of their lord’s illegitimate son’s death. They probably want to obtain the information they want before I notice.”
The girl called Fraria nodded.
Because of his sister, Genhoa had rushed to the scene of the incident immediately. Those two humans just happened to run into the Black Flame Dragon King’s furious flames.
The Red Dragon Princess suddenly frowned her beautiful brows.
“But it’s related to the human King of Peka…”
“That’s why I only imprisoned these two humans. When Lancaster’s will arrives, I will release them.”
“Even so, it will lead to animosity with the human kingdom,” Fraria said. She suddenly raised her face: “Father, are you doing this because of that fire phoenix as well?”
“Perhaps, but not entirely… Fula, that person’s awakening might be soon. And beside that young phoenix, the human boy I saw, he wields the sword of Lothel from the former days.”
Genhoa did not hide anything from his eldest daughter and said calmly.
“Are you referring to that existence… and Lothel, the first hero a hundred years ago?”
Genhoa nodded. But beneath his calm expression, Fraria could see how much turmoil this would cause.
The successor of the human hero’s former close friend… and the existence rumored to have a good relationship with him, and the role her father played in it…
Even the war fifty years ago was just a ripple of the past. Fraria suddenly wondered if this would be the giant wave that would end the old days.
“Of course, that’s not all.”
Genhoa suddenly spoke again, his expression becoming extremely serious:
“‘She’ has also come. And she also asked me to conceal her tracks. Although those two humans are only Saint Rank, they might still be able to see through the clues.”
Fraria’s expression changed drastically, and a great storm stirred in her heart. She knew what this meant.
The Red Dragon Princess quickly looked back at her father. The Black Flame Dragon, who had incinerated the Demon King’s crown with undying flames a century ago, now wore an expression of solemnity that she had never seen before.
Even when the hero came with the Sacred Sword and forced him to sign a contract.
“Father…”
Fraria silently chanted in her heart.
“This is one of our few choices.”
Genhoa saw the emotions of his eldest daughter and spoke. Finally, he looked at the ice-haired girl who was standing there quietly and shyly. A rare gentleness appeared in his usually black dragon eyes.
“Ophi, go find him. The Phoenix of Blazing Flame, and the successor of Lothel, their destinies… even I cannot fathom them. Perhaps, accompanying him will be a better choice for you.”
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That’s about it for the first volume… Well, I thought about it, and since next week is also the launch week, I decided to split Volume 1 into two parts. (It doesn’t affect the plot much anyway, lol)
Well, thank you all for the rewards, monthly passes, and support! Since there are too many of you, it’s difficult to reply to each one individually, so I’ll thank you all here collectively! (Bows)
However, Volume 1 is really finished! (Big misunderstanding)
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Finally, I thought about it, does anyone have anything they want to ask about Veer… Or should I do a Q&A session too? (If so, you can post it in the comments below next chapter)
