I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 455

Chapter 455 Chapter 16 Lichen and Aris Academy
Although there was a slight delay due to Count Reel Albert and the silver-haired girl Aisi, it did not significantly affect Verafia and the others from reaching Lichen.
Standing before the city walls, Verafia paid no mind to the guards or the nobles passing by who marveled at her beauty. Beneath her long eyelashes, her golden eyes, adorned with the colors of a magnificent golden flame, gazed at the city of pure white irises behind the city walls.
“Lichen… I’ve returned…”
Even though she had long abandoned her identity as Loxelsel, as she returned to this familiar yet inseparable city, her heart could not help but stir.
Although it was not her hometown, this pure white and beautiful city was where she had poured the most emotion: from winning the jousting tournament, the flowers and cheering warhorses, her friends and companions by her side, and the beautiful girl like a white iris beneath her long silver-white silk hair…
“Fiya… and Lancaster…”
Her lips trembled slightly as she uttered the names of the two people who had influenced her the most in her previous life.
The two who were once her closest friends and dearest loves, now, in the most luxurious and magnificent court of this prosperous and beautiful Iris City, amidst the sincere and envious blessings of countless people, they jointly owned the entire city, ruling the entire kingdom as King and Queen.
Even though it was not the blooming season, the gentle breeze seemed to carry the faint sweet fragrance of irises, softly brushing through the girl’s smooth golden hair. Verafia’s long eyelashes concealed her golden eyes, and her small hands in the white dress clenched slightly.
“Young Lady, your proof of identity has been registered. Let’s hurry and enter the city together… I remember Veer was pestering me to go play in the royal capital!”
The boy’s voice, filled with laughter, washed away the memories of the past.
“After all, I am not Loxelsel. Filir… has nothing to do with me. I have only come for revenge.”
As if to set herself free.
The past of Loxelsel faded away, and Verafia turned to the black-haired boy who ran to her side, raising her snowy face brightly, “This is what an attendant should do for a young lady!”
Soon, the girl’s small face regained its curious expression, and her beautiful big eyes were full of interest. She ran to Ig’s side, grabbed his sleeve, and asked:
“But where should we go play first! Shall we go find something delicious to eat first…”
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After arriving in Lichen, Siya and the knight youth Andiel did not leave immediately, but followed Verafia and the others on their sightseeing tour.
A few days after arriving in the city, pestered by Young Lady Verafia, Ig took the young girls to tour historic buildings, magnificent and luxurious palace gardens, and resplendent royal palace complexes… and even a jousting tournament hosted by a great noble lord.
Like the Dragon Clan’s little princess Ophi, who was visiting a giant human city for the first time, her slightly arrogant praise and uncontrollable surprise were almost as frequent as the novelty in Verafia’s big eyes.
However, for some reason, Ig felt an indescribable sense of bewilderment, as if… beneath the novelty and happiness of the proud and cheerful Phoenix Young Lady beside him, there was a faint sadness hidden?
“What am I thinking… I can’t see how this Young Lady could be associated with the word ‘sadness’?”
Ig shook his head and thought to himself as he watched Verafia excitedly holding metal chess pieces, playing a beast-fighting game with Siya and Ophi on the chessboard, and showing an uncontrollable proud expression on her face after winning.
After several days of sightseeing, Ig and the girls finally arrived at Aris Royal Academy, located in White Dew Square.
“As expected of an academy renowned throughout the entire continent.”
Raising his eyes to look at the academy, Ig couldn’t help but marvel at the statues of various saints before the academy, representing those who came from Aris Academy, and the solemn collection of holy magic stones. Whether it was the solemnity or the artistry, it surpassed the academy’s gates, which were like the Arc de Triomphe.
Although Ig knew a lot about Aris Academy because of Shiel, this was the first time he had come here in person.
In front of the academy, the square paved with white stone slabs was not only for them. Besides the new students registering, there were also quite a few young men and women wearing school uniforms, who seemed to be senior students guiding the new students for the academy.
Siya looked around with her big eyes, like crimson gems, and raised her small face sweetly towards Ig with a smile, her beautiful pupils curving into a crescent moon:
“Brother Ig, and Sister Vera, Andiel and I will go register first!”
The place Siya pointed to was also a registration point, but with fewer people queuing. Ig remembered that this was the registration area for foreign new students from outside the Peka Kingdom coming to Lichen for assessment, which Aris Academy had set aside.
“Alright. Miss Siya, see you later.”
Ig smiled, waved his hand at Siya, and then pulled the hand of Verafia beside him, who raised her snow-white delicate face and curiously looked around, “Young Lady, let’s go register too.”
“Hmph, you don’t need to tell me that~”
Verafia tilted her small face quite cutely, waved her small hand lightly, and grabbed Flarn as she walked forward.
Watching the girl’s figure, Ig couldn’t help but smile, and then quickly signaled Ophi beside him to follow.
However, before they had gone far, Verafia seemed to think of a new problem, stopped her delicate feet in small boots firmly on the ground, and turned around.
“But speaking of which, I remember you said, Ig, that in your kingdom, each Aris Academy student can only bring one person with them?”
The predecessor of Aris Academy in Lichen was the Royal Noble Academy. The young men and women who came to study were almost all descendants of noble families, so the academy also allowed students to bring their attendants into the academy to serve them.
Of course, they were called attendants in name, but in reality, the teaching resources and treatment they enjoyed were not much different from the formal students.
Therefore, there was even a rumor that for poor youths with exceptional talent who had the good fortune to be admitted and recommended by a Saint, and thus obtained the qualification to enter Aris Academy, there were not a few young masters from noble families who were willing to pay a heavy price just for the status of an “attendant.”
Speaking of which, a few months ago in Lorinc, when Dofiraia mentioned “Aris” and “Princess Misaela” to him, Ig had thought that he was being used by Vicena and Marquis Mays through some connections and acting as an attendant to this little princess.