I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 100

Chapter 100 Chapter 18 Gift (3/70)
Verodia raised her face and smiled slightly. She turned again to look at the male escort next to the purple-haired girl Laice, who was almost jumping with anger. She bowed slightly and said,
“Senior Lucas, I believe neither your brother nor your father would want to see you and Miss Laice treat an innocent girl like this, would they?”
The purple-haired girl Laice’s expression changed. Verodia’s words were clearly a threat to her and her male escort. If it were anyone else, she wouldn’t be afraid, but to have Verodia, this woman, say it out loud…
The noble youth, who had already decided to retreat but was afraid to speak because of the girl beside him, quickly intervened.
“Ah, Miss Verodia, what are you saying? Laice and I have no such intentions… However, thank you for your reminder. I will definitely tell her to pay more attention to her image.”
After speaking, the youth quickly tugged at the girl beside him.
“Lucas!”
Laice called out, raising her head, but neither the youth beside her nor the guards by her side thought it was appropriate to let this young lady continue to disgrace herself here. They remained silent.
Feeling greatly humiliated and being dragged away, Laice’s gaze towards Verodia turned venomous. She struggled and shouted,
“Verodia, you little bitch who can barely maintain your noble status, dare to show off in front of this young lady! I know about your bet, just you wait, when no one is protecting you anymore…”
“Miss Verodia, I am very sorry… Laice is in a bad mood today, she didn’t mean to offend you.”
Lucas’s face was stiff and awkward. He didn’t even retrieve the money she had thrown out earlier and quickly pulled his brainless fiancée away.
“Noble status… the bet?”
The purple-haired girl’s angry voice still echoed in the air. Verafia silently recited, and her raised big eyes looked at the brown-haired girl in front of her.
The girl’s eyes widened. In her beautiful big eyes was a childlike curiosity that perfectly matched her identity, but beneath it was a very deep contemplation.
Verodia’s skirt corner was slightly pulled by a faint breeze. Her expression froze for a moment, but she quickly put on a decent smile again.
The bard walked forward with his instrument, “Miss Verodia, what she said…”
“It’s nothing, Mr. Dylan. It’s just some trivial matter related to my brother. It’s nothing to me.”
Verodia waved her hand and chuckled, interrupting the bard’s words.
Dylan could only shrug at her words, indicating his helplessness.
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“Beautiful lady, do you still want this bracelet…”
On the other side, the shopkeeper at the counter picked up the red crystal bracelet left on the glass counter by the purple-haired girl and tried to smile apologetically at the girl.
Verafia also turned her eyes back, her small face showing a very indignant expression.
“Humph! Didn’t you say that this bracelet only suits that woman!”
The girl crossed her slender arms in front of her chest, her small face puffed out at the jeweler who was fawning over her. She looked very angry about what had happened.
“It was this young lady who came first. If you go back on your word, that’s one thing, but you even insulted this young lady! You really are a scoundrel!”
“Miss, can I help it? Such an important person, with a flick of their finger, could make me bankrupt… How about I give you a half-price discount on this bracelet, only charging you fifty-five silver coins as an apology?”
“Humph, do you think this young lady is short of fifty silver coins? As for your thing… Humph, I don’t care for it!”
Igert couldn’t help but spread his hands and smile wryly.
In his eyes, the proud and cute Miss Phoenix was even more enraged by the merchant who was both apologizing and trying to sell goods, but even at this moment, she couldn’t help but glance at the bracelet in the merchant’s hand with a lingering reluctance.
This young lady is completely wanting it but refusing to lose face!
Seeing Verafia biting her lips and the spirited look in her big eyes completely contradicting her words, Igert couldn’t help but smile. However, he wouldn’t expose his young lady for the sake of amusement.
As a qualified attendant, he naturally had to help the girl out of her predicament… and also gain some favor, lest he accidentally offend her and be burned to death before even having a chance to speak.
So Igert stepped forward.
“Boss, are you saying that my young lady can buy this bracelet for fifty-five silver coins?”
The shop owner’s face lit up when he saw Igert come to his rescue. He bowed.
“Of course, this price of over fifty silver coins is a punishment from the God of Commerce for his disrespect to your young lady.”
Igert smiled. He had seen the merchant secretly pocket the gold coins left by Laice. Of course, he didn’t want to spend too much time on this, so he took a small bag from his embrace and placed it on the table.
— As the legendary phoenix maiden, Miss Verafia would naturally not treat her only attendant poorly: Igert received a salary of five silver coins per day. After deducting the occasional expenses for this little phoenix, there were about fifty coins left.
“Hey, I already said, this young lady doesn’t want it!”
Seeing the girl pout her tender lips, Igert knew she was just being stubborn, so he smiled and said.
“I just think that this bracelet would look good on you, Young Lady, so I couldn’t help but buy it. Young Lady, can you let me see it?”
Looking at the young man’s clear blue eyes, a blush seemed to rise on Verafia’s youthful face, but she still turned her head away, pouting, pretending to be unhappy.
“This… I can’t help it, forget it, who made you my attendant?”
Igert let out a wry smile, but he was already used to this phoenix young lady who was completely childlike.
Verafia extended her small hand and waved it in front of the youth. Between the girl’s slender, white wrists, her delicate skin, like mutton-fat jade, reflected a soft, bright luster. Igert steadied himself, half-knelt, and gently fastened the crystal bracelet onto the girl’s jade wrist.
The bard also happened to walk to the front:
“I heard that when a knight crowns his princess, it is a reward for his lifelong honor; and brave and selfless youth, thank you for adding a touch of starlight to the beautiful girl, who is like a crescent moon.”
Igert thought to himself, why is this chuunibyou poet appearing at this time!
Igert happened not to see the fleeting dimness and confusion in Verafia’s slightly lowered golden eyes. But the girl quickly raised them again, appearing joyful.
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Just wanted Igert to give Vera a gift (ended up being so complicated
Hurry up and push the plot