I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 299

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“Wait, why did you suddenly bring up this guy… Could it be that Vicena has something to do with him?”
“Most likely.”
Igert roughly recounted the details of his conversation with Vicena that morning to Miss Verafia.
“…Although Vicena didn’t show it, when I tried to mention that we had met Ronald in Vist City, Vicena had undisguised emotional fluctuations. And afterwards, she tried to probe indirectly.”
Igert paused, looking at the girl, “One more thing, I’m not entirely sure, but in my ‘Eye of Insight’, Ronald seemed to have a slight fluctuation of Vicena’s magic power on him back then.”
Miss Verafia rested her slender hands on her cheeks. Although Igert’s words were not certain, the relationship between Vicena and that Ronald was probably nine out of ten.
Moreover, she knew Ronald’s identity as Lancaster’s illegitimate son.
Miss Verafia slightly lowered her scorching golden pupils, hiding the increasingly cold colors within. The slender hands that lightly drooped by her skirt clenched tightly, and she felt a pain in her jade-like palm.
After learning that Vicena was Lancaster’s chief Court Mage, Miss Verafia had imagined many possibilities for their relationship… and she had not ruled out what Igert had said.
After all, Vicena had grown up by their side, and it was only natural for her to admire and develop feelings for Lancaster, the King of Peka and the Hero who saved the world.
However, to actually hear this possibility from Igert’s mouth…
In Miss Verafia’s mind flashed not only the faces of herself, Lancaster, and the Lucia sisters, but also the figure of a slender girl with delicate silver hair like moonlight, pure and flawless.
“Filir…”
She recalled the Knight of Faith, who had been incinerated by the blinding light before the abyss of blazing flames, shattering her sword and piercing her chest, and his last triumphant words. And now, that person sat high on the throne of Peka.
The coldness in Miss Verafia’s eyes flashed and disappeared. She lightly released her clenched little fist, and a surprised expression appeared on her raised, pure white face: “According to you, could it be that Ronald is Vicena’s child?”
Miss Verafia suddenly jumped off the ground, her little boots making a crisp sound on the floor. Her little face looked at Igert nervously:
“Then did you accidentally reveal that Ronald’s death was related to us! If she finds out… Ugh, we should just run!”
Igert thought to himself, “Wasn’t this little phoenix just acting like ‘mere human’ a while ago? Now you know you can’t beat a Saint Rank?”
“I only said that in Vist City, you and I, Miss, had teamed up with Ronald. Vicena also didn’t seem to want me to know their relationship, and didn’t ask too many questions.”
Igert said, “The reason I wanted to find you was because I was worried that you might accidentally let it slip. Moreover, I heard that some spells related to ‘karma’ and astrology can determine the karmic relationship of the deceased… Miss Vera, are you confident you can hide it?”
Igert had fainted very early in the Setting Sun Forest, so he didn’t see the Abyss Envoy and the Pitch Royal Guard who arrived later. To this day, he still believed that Miss Verafia was the one who killed this rebellious Ronald in the end.
Of course, Miss Verafia knew that Ronald had died from the erosion of pitch-black matter after the Royal Guard collapsed. Regardless of the motive or the outcome, even if Lancaster himself had acted, it was unlikely that he would have found any evidence against her.
“Since that’s the case… then you don’t have to worry, Igert. I know what to do. Hmph, just a human, how could they find me?”
Miss Verafia raised her little hand and waved it, her scorching golden big eyes blinking, “However, it’s good that you’re still so concerned about this young lady. This young lady remembers it!”
Seeing that the girl seemed to be ending the conversation, Igert hurriedly said, “Wait, Miss, I have one more thing to look for you about!”
“Eh, what else do you have? Couldn’t you have said it all at once just now?”
Miss Verafia frowned, appearing somewhat displeased with Igert’s behavior. However, she still raised her scorching golden eyes, signaling the young man to continue.
Igert thought to himself that since he had already burned his bridges, he might as well brace himself and step forward.
“Miss, I mainly want to discuss something with you… You see, it’s not far from Lorinc here, and if we start traveling tomorrow, we can reach my hometown the same day.”
“Is that so?”
Miss Verafia ran her slender hand through her soft hair, her pure white little face turning, “But, is there any problem with that?”
Igert recalled what Dofiraia had taught him and chuckled, saying, “Miss, you see, in our family, there are still quite a few people who oppose my father. If they knew that I, a Marquis’s son, would come to be your attendant, they would surely ridicule my father greatly, so you see…”
“Hey, wait a minute!”
Miss Verafia interrupted Igert, her scorching golden pupils widening, and said angrily, “Are you trying to break the agreement! Don’t forget our agreement, Igert, you promised to be my attendant and serve this young lady well!”
As she spoke, the girl drew in the air with her slender hand, outlining vibrant flame patterns. The flame mark on the young man’s wrist flickered in response, sending a burning reminder that if he wished to defect, Miss Verafia was not without countermeasures.
Igert broke out in a cold sweat. He was really afraid that if this young lady got agitated, she would simply blow him up, so he quickly explained:
“Miss, I didn’t mean that! I meant, can I ask you, on the surface, to change my title, at least, so that those guys don’t have any reason to make a fuss!”
“Title?”
Miss Verafia frowned, tilting her head up to look at Igert, “Hmm… Then why don’t you just call me by my name!”
“If I directly call you Miss Verafia… it would make us seem too distant. Moreover, as your attendant, I have to be by your side often. If that’s the case, wouldn’t it easily arouse suspicion?”
Miss Verafia finally felt impatient with this slow-moving young man, and raised her face displeasedly, “Then what exactly do you want, you guy!”
Igert thought to himself that since he had come this far, there was no turning back, so he gritted his teeth and went all out.
“Miss, how about… I call you ‘Veer’?”