Chapter 373 Chapter 167 Life Poison (Part 1)
Miss Verafia’s delicate jade-like hand extended towards the Marquis, her pair of lively big eyes looking up at him. “Eggesti, I want the Crimson Light Flame Flower you’re hiding.”
The Crimson Radiance Flower, judging by its name alone, could be identified as a precious treasure of the flame element. Even for Miss Verafia, it wasn’t something insignificant; the flame power contained within could greatly replenish her depleted demonic power origin.
Before leaving the Abyss of Scorching Flames, Ig had used this flower, collected by his family, as bait to “trick” her into returning home with him. Although Miss Verafia wasn’t extremely desperate for it now, it didn’t prevent her from bringing it up to demand it from the Marquis.
“Crimson Light Flame Flower?”
Marquis Mays’ gaze fell upon the girl, looking at her brilliant gold eyes.
Although the Marquis didn’t show much expression, Miss Verafia could vaguely sense that beneath his faint smile, there was an attitude that could be classified as scrutiny.
“Hmph, as expected.”
Miss Verafia’s golden eyes lifted slightly, and the corners of her lips curled.
She knew very well that Eggesti in front of her wasn’t as close to her as he appeared. Even because of Ig, Marquis Mays was more wary of her than anything else, not fully trusting her.
Just like the look he just showed.
After all, with Eggesti’s insight, he could naturally glimpse her true identity hidden beneath her guise as a naive and tender Miss Phoenix, and thus maintained a guarded mentality in his heart.
However, Miss Verafia could understand.
When she was Lothel, her relationship with Eggesti was even closer than Ig’s current relationship with him; she could completely consider him a disciple personally taught by Lothel.
No matter how one looked at it, Eggesti should have been purged as a remnant of “Lothel,” but he had survived to this day, and even the suppression from Lancaster hadn’t had too much of an impact.
Even now, Eggesti’s influence throughout the entire Kingdom was even greater than his power as a Marquis.
How could all this not be attributed to Eggesti’s cautious mindset and his choices as a politician?
“Miss Verafia, you’re asking about that flower?”
Marquis Mays’ voice came, seemingly with a smile. “Crimson Light Flame Flower… Ig did ask me for it. However, why did Miss Vera say that I was hiding it?”
“I know, of course. The excuse you gave Ig was that it was withheld by those boring people from your clan’s council.”
Miss Verafia exclaimed a couple of times, hugging her small hands in front of her chest. The girl’s cheeks suddenly lifted, her golden eyes looking seriously at the Marquis. “But with your ability, how could you be stopped by these people… You just said that yourself!”
Marquis Mays was momentarily stunned. He hadn’t expected his casual remark to be caught by the young lady in front of him.
However, regarding this Crimson Light Flame Flower, Marquis Mays’ initial thought was indeed to let Ig personally give it to the girl through his own efforts. But then, this Phoenix girl came to him in person…
“Miss Verafia, may I ask your reason?”
Marquis Mays didn’t agree, but instead asked the girl back.
“Hmm. This flower, Ig promised it to me. I want my own things, what reason do I need…”
Miss Verafia exclaimed a couple of times, seeming somewhat displeased. However, she seemed to think that she couldn’t defeat a Saint Rank, so she had to compromise. “Alright. You can see for yourself.”
The young lady placed her
small hands in front of Marquis Mays, then raised her head to look at him seriously.
Marquis Mays let out a surprised sound, his gaze falling into his grayish-brown eyes. However, what Marquis Mays saw was not the girl’s delicate and fair jade-like skin and her exquisite hands like artworks, but the aura she revealed.
Crystalline barriers had already appeared with gaps, and flame-like demonic power seemed ready to reflect starlight.
“The peak of Crystal, only a
line away from the realm of stars…”
Marquis Mays murmured. He then showed an expression of praise. “As expected of the legendary Phoenix, even at such a young age, she already possesses such powerful strength. Could it be that Miss Vera wants to break through her realm using this Crimson Light Flame Flower?”
However, there was one more thing Marquis Mays didn’t mention.
In the aura revealed by the young lady, he vaguely sensed an extremely profound color… It was clear that, just as he had thought before, the Phoenix girl in front of him was not as simple as she appeared.
Seeing that Eggesti didn’t speak further, Miss Verafia became dissatisfied. “Hey, you’re not going to go back on your word, are you… Hmm, forget it, how about this, let’s make a deal with this flower?”
“A deal?”
“Yeah.”
Miss Verafia nodded vigorously and said seriously, “I guess the reason you came to this manor is still because of Lorinc’s Church of the Dead Word. So, I’ll help you, and you give me that flower!”
“Church of the Dead Word…? Interesting, could it be that Miss Vera has some clues?” Marquis Mays’ interest was piqued.
“Clues… Not really.”
Miss Verafia shook her head. “However, I heard that Eggesti, you have a father who was injured by this Church of the Dead Word, his name is, his name is…”
“My father’s name is Ward,” Marquis Mays reminded her.
However, from the calm expression on the Marquis’s face, it didn’t seem like he cared much about this father… It was more like a “loving father, filial son” relationship.
“Yes, it’s Ward!”
Miss Verafia clapped her head with her small hand and looked up. “I’ll help you wake up this Ward, and then you give me the Crimson Light Flame Flower!”
Marquis Mays looked at the young lady, seemingly considering her intentions. He suddenly extended his hand in front of the young lady, and then a dazzling white stream of light flickered, and a touch of enchanting crimson color appeared in his hand.
“This is…”
Miss Verafia looked up in surprise.
In the Marquis’s hand, it was as if flames were flowing, the blooming enchanting crimson forming delicate petals, with gorgeous golden flames embellishing between the flowers, emitting dazzling light rays like the brilliant radiance of the sun.
Even though it was restrained by the Dou Qi in the Marquis’s hand, a surge of heat still spread throughout the entire hall, like an ocean of blazing flames, making even Miss Verafia feel a hint of discomfort.
“This is… the Crimson Light Flame Flower?”
As soon as Miss Verafia spoke, Marquis Mays handed the flame-like flower into her hand.
The girl looked up with some confusion.
“Miss Verafia, you were correct earlier. Although this Crimson Light Flame Flower is precious, Ig has already promised it to you. If I were to use it to threaten you, wouldn’t I be laughed at by everyone?”
The Marquis’s face showed a smile. He looked at the girl again and nodded slightly. “However, if Miss Verafia can revive her father, then Mays will be eternally grateful.”
Looking at Marquis Mays’ expression, Miss Verafia blinked her golden eyes and thought to herself.
You’re giving me the reward now, aren’t you afraid I’ll get lazy and kill your father at that time?
However, the young girl thought again. Given the relationship between the two back then… Well, whether it was because of Yagmein or that Shiel, it seemed even worse now.
If she really killed the former Marquis of Wards, the current Marquis Mays, Eggesti… would they be clapping their hands in joy?
