Chapter 218 Chapter 12 Heart of Silence
The bathroom was filled with diffused mist. Verafia’s tender palm gently touched the silver mirror obscured by the mist, and she wiped it with a little force. On the gleaming mirror surface, condensed water droplets slid down, reflecting the flawless maiden within.
A pair of scorching golden eyes burned like a raging fire, bright and intense. Hot water poured between the maiden’s snow-jade flawless skin, then dripped to the ground, as if unable to stain her in the slightest.
She was the phoenix maiden born from flames… every inch of her skin belonged to the purest flame.
Her slender, jade-like fingertips touched the hot water, wiping across her smooth skin. The girl slightly raised her face, and the scalding hot water flowed down from her small chest, washing her youthful body with more clean water.
The maiden in the mirror had a perfect and flawless body; even the creations of the gods could not compare. However, the maiden’s beautiful pupils, ignited by golden flames, showed no emotional fluctuation.
In the eternal darkness and through several months in the present world, having already become the current Verafia, she naturally wouldn’t feel absurd heat or excitement for such a maidenly body. Instead, even as hot water poured over her, her body and mind felt as empty as a winter night.
Beyond a wall, the voices of the black-haired young man and the ice dragon maiden grew increasingly noisy and excited, but Verafia seemed immersed in frost, turning a blind eye. She simply continued to wash her body, which was like an immaculate white wall.
Verafia was aware of the resentment her human boy, who possessed her sword, held in his heart. Although she had once mocked and looked at it with cold eyes, after last month, she had to take it a bit more seriously.
—During her absence from Duke Oran’s domain, the boy she should have controlled had arrived at Duke Dawn’s manor. And this Golden Lion under Lancaster had not questioned him at all, even though the blade Igger carried had once belonged to her.
And beside Igger… Ophi, who appeared for no reason with a ridiculous excuse.
Verafia had seen the black-haired young man’s flustered and awkward expressions more than once.
“Lancaster, Grenhod… Heh, what you want…”
The girl slightly raised her fair, lotus-like arm, and a faint voice emanated from her youthful lips, while the expression in her golden eyes grew colder and more indifferent.
The divine bird residing high in the heavens would not care about the ignorant games of mortals… However, she did not possess such authority. Verafia did not mind Igger and Ophi playing this ridiculous game.
The maiden’s fingertips gently clutched her youthful palm.
The bathing water flowed from her fair body and quickly evaporated. Verafia’s long eyelashes lightly closed, then opened again. The entire silent environment shattered like a mirror, and she was once again immersed in the chaotic environment of wind and chirping birds.
She tied up her exquisite golden hair with one hand, gazing at the silver mirror that was once again misted up. The cold and silent atmosphere once again moved away from the maiden in the mirror, and the colors in her beautiful golden eyes returned to her portrayal of the proud and radiant Phoenix Young Lady.
Verafia slightly curled her lips, pulled down the soft towel with her slender hand, put on a light and soft white bathrobe, and then forcefully pushed open the door with a “bang.”
“Igger, this young lady is done bathing!”
Verafia stomped on the floor with a “thump, thump,” her slender legs under her skirt leaving a trail of white, shouting very loudly.
Igger and Ophi, who were enthusiastically playing cards, and Fran, who was lying beside them watching, almost turned their heads at the same time. Especially Ophi, whose slender tail, originally relaxed around the chair under her skirt, instantly tensed up.
“Eh, why are Little Fran and this idiot Ice Dragon here?”
Verafia, holding her damp golden hair in one hand, showed a confused expression on her little face. Then, her golden eyes showed a suspicious gaze, falling on Igger, who was sitting up rigidly, startled.
“This, Young Lady, it was I who asked Little Fei to play this game, and Miss Fran was also a bit bored, so she followed along…”
Igger raised his hands in surrender, stammering an explanation to his Young Lady.
Fortunately, Young Lady Verafia did not get angry. Her slender body in the loose bathrobe leaned in, and she stood on her tiptoes to prop up her little head, her scorching golden eyes lighting up with interest:
“It’s that Wargame Cards you were talking about this afternoon? I want to play too!”
As soon as she spoke, Verafia pushed aside the Ice Dragon maiden in front of her, cupped her face with her slender hand, and her blinking eyes were full of interest.
“Didn’t you just say you weren’t interested in such boring games?”
Of course, Igger wouldn’t dare to utter such suicidal words. Igger quickly stood up straight and explained the rules to Verafia.
“Mm, high-level cards cannot be summoned directly and require specific sacrifices… To win, I need to completely destroy your life crystal? That simple…”
While speaking in a light tone, Verafia casually fiddled with Ophi’s deck left behind, familiarizing herself with the rules. Soon, her gaze fell on a metal box next to the Duel Disk on the table.
“What is this?”
Igger yelled “Bad” in his heart; he had forgotten to put away this drawing card box. Under Verafia’s suddenly serious gaze, he had to truthfully admit.
“This… Young Lady, was set up to make the duel process more passionate. The person who loses the duel needs to draw a slip of paper from it, and then must complete the requirement written on it.”
Young Lady Verafia’s eyes instantly lit up. She reached out and grabbed a slip of paper from it, on which was written in common language: “Kneel on the floor for one night.”
“Eh, does this mean that if this young lady wins, and you, Igger, draw this one, you have to kneel on the floor tonight?”
Looking at Igger’s bright big eyes, Igger’s mouth twitched, thinking that this little phoenix hadn’t considered the situation where she might lose.
“Ha, theoretically, that’s how it is… However, Young Lady, this has no impact on the duel. I think, why don’t we take it away…”
“No.”
Verafia shook her little head in refusal, her golden eyes glancing at him with a scolding look, “Igger, are you afraid of losing to this young lady?”
I don’t care if I lose, but the key is what if you lose…
Igger thought with a wry smile. Given this little phoenix’s spoiled and stubborn nature, she might get angry and beat him up!
Verafia’s expression became suspicious, “Your expression… do you think this young lady will lose?”
Igger shivered and hurriedly shook his head to deny it.
“How is that possible! Young Lady, in my heart, you are invincible and cannot be defeated!”
“Hmph, I suppose you wouldn’t dare!”
Upon hearing her praise, Verafia proudly lifted her little face and inserted the deck in her slender hand into the Duel Disk, “So, Igger, bring it on, and then, just wait to be defeated by this young lady!”
I really hope you can defeat me, or should I go easy on you? But, how to ensure this little phoenix doesn’t find out…
Igger was helpless, thinking as he drew the first card, which read: Eye of Atrothus.
