I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 550

Chapter 550 Chapter 8 Fraria
“This is—”
Igert pressed the girl’s slender, fair wrist. The searing flames seemed to ignite the surrounding wind, and a crackling hot wind stirred. Within the girl’s slightly opened golden eyes in his arms, a hint of surprise also appeared.
The flames falling from the sky were a torrent of dragon’s breath!
From the distorted space in the sky, a deep crimson, gorgeous dragon swooped out. Before the astonished and caught-off-guard Saint-level mage, the saint’s domain was shattered by a swipe of a dragon’s tail. The scorching dragon flames incinerated forbidden spells and elemental shields. The dragon’s claws, without any obstruction, tore the mage’s entire body apart and then burned it in the dragon flames!
In a mere instant, a powerful Saint-level mage was killed by a suddenly appeared flame dragon, throwing the knights on the ground into disarray. Arrows were shot chaotically but were easily burned in the presence of the distorted flames in space.
The red-flamed dragon, with scales as beautiful as rubies, reflected the sunlight and flame light. Its vibrating membrane wings stirred up fierce storms in the sky. Ignited by the flames, even the outermost waves were enough to break large trees.
Under the strong wind, the knights on the ground could not stand steady and fell one after another. Flames ignited on the ground.
Suddenly, the red dragon’s slender and perfect form streaked down from high in the sky. The shadow cast by its huge dragon wings rapidly approached the ground. The gale tore the earth apart, and from the dragon’s mouth, it spewed destructive dragon’s breath towards the small creatures wriggling in fear on the ground!
“Mmm… Is that, Sister?”
Ophi descended to the ground and resumed her human form, shielding Verafia. Her beautiful frost-blue, crystal-like eyes showed surprise.
Behind her, Verafia’s slender little hands supported Igert. Her golden eyes, however, were raised, gazing at the ground that had become a fiery inferno under the red dragon’s flame breath, and the knights struggling and turning into ashes in the flames and terrifying heat.
A Saint-level mage and a legion of over a hundred knights lasted less than ten minutes under the red dragon’s flame breath before being reduced to ashes by the flames. Such an event was almost astonishing!
“Ophi’s sister, she is also a Saint-level, but is this kind of flame possibly Salamander’s Undying Flame…?”
Verafia’s eyes followed the brilliance of the flames, and her young lips parted slightly as she murmured.
In the sky, the red dragon retracted its wings and landed on the ground ignited by flames. The tall girl’s crimson long hair cascaded down to her waist, like a streak of bright red flame. The exquisitely beautiful dragon scales, like works of art, were faintly visible between the girl’s snow-white skin like embedded gemstones.
The red-haired girl walked out of the flames with a gentle smile on her face.
“Sister!”
A crisp, clear voice rang out. The slender, frost-blue figure flickered through space and immediately pounced into the girl’s arms, burying her little head in her embrace. “It’s really you… Sister, sniff, I’ve missed you so much.”
Ophi buried her small head forcefully in the girl’s chest. Her frost-blue eyes were filled with mist, and she sobbed in her embrace.
Ever since she left her hometown, she hadn’t seen her sister for a long time… In Lichen City, Ophi had seen her sister ignite scarlet dragon flames in the darkness, but in order to escape with Igert and Verafia, she couldn’t see her.
She truly missed her sister… Normally, perhaps she wouldn’t think about it, and it wouldn’t be a big deal, but when she actually saw her sister appear before her and gently hold her in her arms, the tears in her eyes couldn’t help but overflow.
“Little Fei has grown so tall, you’re a big kid now… Why are you still like when you were little?”
Fraria gently stroked the ice dragon girl’s crystalline little horns and soft frost-blue hair. Her lowered beautiful eyes fell upon the girl’s wronged little face, and she couldn’t help but smile. Her slender jade fingers wiped away the girl’s tear-filled big eyes.
“Alright, Sister missed Little Fei very much too… Isn’t she here to see her cute little sister? Don’t cry?”
Under the red-haired girl’s gentle comfort, Ophi still buried her face, sobbing for a while, before moving her head away from her sister’s embrace.
Ophi tilted her head and suddenly realized that Igert and Verafia had already come to her. Her little face blushed, and she remembered that she hadn’t introduced them to her sister yet. She quickly said,
“Mmm, Sister, they are all my friends…”
“I know.”
Fraria chuckled and playfully ruffled the girl’s little head.
Igert took a step forward and saluted proactively: “Your Highness, it is an honor to meet you. Thank you for the assistance you rendered just now and three months ago in the Royal Capital…”
In these past few days, Igert had learned from Ophi about her sister’s identity and name as a red dragon girl.
Moreover, Igert was truly grateful that Filir had blocked the pursuing Saint-level mages for them in Lichen City; otherwise, they might not have been able to escape to the city walls.
“Igert, you are Little Fei’s friend, so there’s no need to be so formal.”
The red dragon girl smiled. Her voice was clear and pleasant, soft and melodious, unlike the arrogance of the dragons in stories. “Besides, Little Fei must have caused you a lot of trouble. You’ve taken care of her for so long, it’s I who should thank you.”
“Princess Fraria, you know my name?”
Igert couldn’t help but raise his head in surprise.
“After all, you were once the heir to King Peka, and he even betrothed his daughter to you… A young man so valued by the Sacred Sword King is not only admired by me, but also highly regarded by my father.”
Fraria smiled gently.
The red dragon girl’s crimson eyes saw the eyelashes of the cloaked girl beside the black-haired young man tremble slightly when she spoke. Her slender jade fingertips tightened on his sleeve, so she spoke again:
“However, what impressed me even more is that you were willing to abandon the inheritance of a kingdom, and even risk standing against the Sacred Sword King and duel him… Such a feat is probably something few people throughout history could accomplish.”
“Your Highness, you flatter me. In fact, these were not particularly difficult choices… And I believe that if it were Little Fei, you would have done the same.”
Igert said, gently tightening his grip on the slender little hand of the girl beside him that had slipped under her cloak. In fact, what Fraria spoke of was the least difficult choice that night.
The young man’s expression and the subtle ripples in the girl’s golden eyes fell into the red dragon girl’s gaze. She smiled coyly and then shifted her gaze to the slender girl beside him:
“Miss Verafia, it is an honor to meet you here. Perhaps… I should address you as Your Highness the Goddess.”
Fraria said, and then she suddenly chuckled lightly. “However, your identity was something even Father couldn’t guess at the time… If Father’s injuries weren’t still healing, perhaps it would have been him who came to see you today.”