I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 703

Count Sirius, is actually this seemingly delicate noble young lady. Although some people had vaguely guessed this, it was still a secret to the vast majority of people. When Shiel spoke of it, it caused a stir.
The black-robed priest’s expression was astonished and uncertain. However, he did not really care about the young lady’s identity as “Count.”
A young lady count whose territory was engulfed by a frost calamity, and who was only followed by a few dozen soldiers, was not truly tricky, but…
The black-robed priest’s gaze nervously looked at Irene, who was standing quietly.
The Silver Moon Elf walked to Shiel’s side, gently raised her serene face, and her silver eyes calmly swept over the disbelieving priests and knights.
“Since it is Miss’s wish, I will naturally follow by Miss’s side. If you really want to force Miss Verafia, you can choose to leave on your own.”
Count Robert silently moved his body, declaring his position.
The black-robed priest opened his mouth, but could not make a sound. Not only was there a bone-chilling cold like needles, but he could also feel the gazes of the people behind him extinguishing, as if they had shamefully lowered their heads.
Coward, hypocrite, traitor, scoundrel!
He gritted his teeth. However, he knew in his heart that it was the most rational choice for these people to choose to bow their heads and escape.
With a star, even in the frost calamity, the probability of survival was far greater than being expelled. Moreover, if that girl, in a moment of true danger, decided to make a move?
He was annoyed at his own impulsiveness for a moment, but he knew that he had no choice now. So he gritted his teeth heavily, turned his head, and walked alone into the blizzard.
Verafia’s slightly raised gaze fell on him.
The priest’s momentary annoyance and hatred fell into her eyes, but this was something she had experienced a lot when she was still Lothel, so Verafia did not care.
She was not particularly angry with this priest, just felt a trace of pity.
However, there was no need for her to stop him.
Seeing that Shiel and Count Robert were both on their side and did not cause any real conflict, Ophi breathed a long sigh of relief. The exquisite jade hand gently caressed her rising chest, showing that the Ice Dragon Girl was still very nervous at that time.
Iget also relaxed his sword hilt.
In fact, if it wasn’t for Shiel saying those words, he, who was now somewhat nervous, would have suspected if she was using a roundabout way to kidnap Verafia.
“Miss Verafia… I’m very sorry about just now.”
The pink-haired girl walked up to her, lowered her small face apologetically, “Actually, everyone doesn’t have any particular malice. They also know that forcing you like this is wrong, but… please forgive them.”
Shiel gently bit her lip, and in the end, she could only say this.
Even for Miss Verafia, Shiel found it difficult to speak up after they had offended a girl like this.
“This is nothing, this young lady won’t care.”
Verafia lightly raised her fair and delicate face, a gentle smile appearing, and said cheerfully, “Besides, Shiel… Ygret, Fei, and I are all very grateful to you.”
Her golden eyes gazed at the pink-haired girl’s exquisite face.
In fact, Verafia had a very good impression of this gentle and beautiful, but not lacking in strength and responsibility, young countess. As her friend, Shiel had no need to apologize like this.
She suddenly blinked her exquisite eyelashes, and a seemingly cheerful look appeared on her delicate, porcelain-like, meticulously carved, flawless snowy cheeks.
“And just now, when Shiel stood up for me, she had a lot of presence. As expected of a Count.”
“Which time are you referring to?”
A gentle smile flickered in Shiel’s eyes, but immediately, her light gold eyes dimmed, and she shook her head.
“Actually, I’ve always felt that I’m an incompetent lord. The fact that Vinash City suffered this disaster is not unrelated to me.”
“And at that time, I wasn’t using my identity as a count to accuse him. As the lord of this city, how could I have escaped alone without protecting them well? If Olmer had refuted me with that identity, I would have been unable to refute him.”
“Olmer?”
“That’s the name of the priest who just forced Miss Verafia.”
Verafia’s golden eyes lightly fell on Shiel’s exquisite face.
Since leaving the church, Shiel had been biting her red lips and burying her face, not speaking much to others. Her expression was one of sad self-reproach.
Perhaps, as she said, it was because as a lord, she had not undertaken the responsibilities of a lord… or perhaps Shiel believed that as the Count of Vinash, she had allowed Trist to control military and political power, which then led to this frost calamity.
Shiel came forward to apologize to her, also believing that she was the lord here, and in her heart felt that she should bear the responsibility for these people who followed her. She also worried that Verafia would be unhappy and unwilling to be with these priests and knights.
A series of thoughts suddenly arose in Verafia’s mind.
When she came back to her senses, the pink-haired girl had already walked up to her. Originally, the fragile emotions in her light gold eyes, like fragile glass, had disappeared. In their place was a crystal-clear strength.
She cast a lingering glance around the ice-sealed city and spoke.
“But, no matter what, we should leave here as soon as possible. After all, being enveloped by the frost calamity, even Sister Irene might not be able to hold on for long.”
The young girl’s voice was as cheerful as always, but Verafia could feel that it seemed to tremble slightly due to the cold. Shiel clasped her fair, slender hands together. Even with the protection left by Irene, she could not completely resist the severe cold.
As she said, if they stayed in the frost calamity for a long time, being eroded by fragments of the law, even Irene would not be able to remain unharmed.
However, even though this was the periphery of the frost calamity, how many people would survive crossing the entire expanse of ice and snow?
“Actually, if this is the law of the frost calamity… I have a way.”
Her gentle voice fell like blooming petals, and the crystal bracelet on Verafia’s snow-white wrist flashed, and an exquisite lantern appeared in her hand.
Like a flawless goddess holding a lantern, golden firelight was lit within the lantern. Passing through the transparent lantern wall, soft flame light touched the falling snow.
Like ice and snow under the sun, it melted away formlessly.