I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 104

Chapter 104 Chapter 22 Transaction
“As for you… Miss Verafia, if I’m not mistaken, you came to Rubiel City for this legendary Vampire Grand Duke, didn’t you?”
Verodia’s voice almost made Ig jump. But Verafia’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and she immediately raised her face.
“Blood Grand Duke…”
Verafia looked at Verodia opposite her. Although her thoughts were revealed, she had no intention of attacking immediately.
However, no matter what, the girl’s expression became a bit displeased. She raised her head and said, “It seems that Verodia, your purpose today was to bring me here.”
“After all, it was just a guess before. It was only just now that I definitively decided that you have special feelings for that legendary Vampire Grand Duke,” said Verodia. She didn’t mind the girl’s reaction and bowed slightly, a smile reappearing on her beautiful face.
“Miss Verafia, please don’t be angry. If I hadn’t confirmed my guess, I wouldn’t dare to speak my current thoughts in front of outsiders under any circumstances.”
Verafia snorted noncommittally.
“I see. Then, Verodia, shouldn’t you also tell me your identity?”
“That’s a matter of course. But, Miss Verafia, I haven’t hidden anything from you. My identity is Verodia Hells.”
…
“Verodia Hells, that is my name.”
The manor seemed worn and desolate, and in the same old houses, the young girl’s voice echoed.
After the “Blood Judgment” in the square, Verafia was also invited to Verodia’s home.
– Verodia turned out to be a noble lady, but her living environment was so dilapidated that it couldn’t even compare to a slightly wealthy adventurer, which made Miss Verafia shake her delicate head.
Moreover, along the way, several cannon fodder sent by nobles who seemed to be at odds with Verodia jumped in front of Verafia to show off.
However, because she was in a bad mood, Miss Verafia didn’t even give them a chance to speak, and waved away a few flames to send them away.
“Verodia Hells…”
Verafia sat at the table, her fair fingers fiddling with a porcelain tea set. She blinked and murmured by her lips.
“As you can see, my ancestor was a personal guard beside that Blood Grand Duke… In other words, if the people of Rubiel knew about my family history, I might be treated as a remnant of a vampire.”
Verafia was not too surprised. She had already sensed a similar aura to that person from Verodia before, and now that the girl said it again, it only confirmed her guess.
However, compared to Verafia, Dylan on the other side looked much more exaggerated. The bard wanted to strum the strings, opened his mouth, but only let out a dry sound.
“Miss Verodia, you’ve hidden this from me for so long.”
“Because it’s not something glorious, it’s even a stain. I accidentally saw it in Father’s diary. If I didn’t have something to ask Miss Verafia, I wouldn’t have bothered myself.”
Verodia said. At this time, Verodia had just finished brewing tea. The girl placed the carved red tea juice into the tea set, then motioned for the girl to move her hand away, and then poured the dark red tea into the porcelain.
Verodia pushed the freshly poured black tea towards the girl, then raised her head and gave a slight smile.
“Miss Verafia, please forgive me. There were no suitable pastries prepared at home, so this afternoon tea will not be perfect.”
Verafia didn’t seem to care too much. As for the drink black tea, Verafia had drunk it before when she was a knight, but it didn’t suit her taste. Not to mention, she didn’t come here to drink tea.
Verafia imitated the girl opposite her, brought the tea set to her lips, tried to take a small sip, and then raised her scorching golden eyes.
“Just like this… Verodia, you still haven’t told me how you noticed, and what do you want to do?”
“Actually, it’s not difficult. The talent I’ve learned is a kind of mental art, which can vaguely judge what others are thinking.”
Verodia gazed at the girl’s flawless face opposite her.
“However, because Miss Verafia, you are too powerful, with my level, it’s hard to see through… so I wanted to bring you to the scene of the ‘Blood Judgment’. Miss Verafia, please don’t blame me.”
Verafia held the porcelain cup in her hand, and seemed to feel the taste was quite good, so she unconsciously took a sip of the moist black tea. However, the girl’s slender eyebrows were slightly and cutely furrowed.
Although Verodia didn’t explicitly say it, talents like “mental arts” were extremely rare, even rarer than Ig’s “Eye of Insight.” Even in her past, she had only caught glimpses of it in legends, and didn’t know if it was true.
Was the Verodia in front of her really as ordinary as she appeared?
“However, Miss Verafia, you can completely dismiss that as my rambling… What actually made me notice the connection between you and that Vampire Grand Duke is this thing.”
Verodia’s voice sounded again, interrupting the girl’s thoughts. Verodia raised her head, her bright blue eyes clear, and she extended her hand, taking out a small piece of dark red crystal from her embrace and placing it on the table.
“This is…”
Ig, next to Verafia, his eyes narrowed. He was just looking normally at this time, not using his Eye of Insight, and he undoubtedly felt that it was extraordinary, even terrifying.
Verafia also stared at the blood crystal, which reflected a faint secluded light. A surprised expression appeared on her exquisitely beautiful face.
The prismatic blood crystal placed on the tabletop by Verodia was only the size of a fingertip. The energy it once contained was long gone, but even she felt a sense of pressure in her heart when facing it.
Verodia raised her eyes and continued to speak.
“This is a drop of blood that my grandfather obtained from that legendary Blood Grand Duke back then—in fact, this is something to be ashamed of. After all, it was precisely because of this that he, as a remnant of the Blood Race from former days, was not completely eradicated.”
“But it is precisely because of this that I sensed his aura on you.”
Ig glanced at the girl beside him. He suddenly remembered that half a month ago, when the girl and he robbed a group of thieves of the same blood-patterned stone, she had the same solemn expression.
“So, what you mean is?”
Verafia suddenly spoke. The girl’s tone was not as soft and delicate as usual, but carried more seriousness.
Verodia met the girl’s blazing golden eyes. Verodia stood up, still composed, and bowed slightly to the girl.
“Miss Verafia, actually, I want… you already know my purpose from the beginning. I just want to make a transaction with you… a transaction using the blood of this Blood Grand Duke, using his treasure.”