I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 148

Chapter 148 chapter 66
Ig’s heart suddenly clenched. He looked at the girl’s eyes, and in her exquisite pupils that revealed interest, they were like the most dazzling scorching gold on the scorching sun, seeming like bright firelight even under the bright crystal lamp.
Under the girl’s sparkling gaze, Ig couldn’t help but recall Fernos’ words and his contingency plan left on End.
“What’s wrong?” Verafia asked slightly, raising her delicate brows.
“…Nothing, Young Lady,” Ig could only silently pray that the Saint Rank blacksmith’s craftsmanship wouldn’t let this Miss Phoenix easily find out.
Taking the long sword from the young man’s hand, bathed in the faint light of the stars, a curious expression appeared on the girl’s delicate face.
Verafia flicked her slender fingers, revealing her fair cheeks, and her spirited, large eyes looked at the ancient sword blade held in her embrace, which was completely incompatible with her own figure.
Although seeing her former companion not like herself at all, shaped by the Star Fire, Verafia only felt a moment of sadness at first.
In the girl’s bright golden eyes, curiosity and interest flickered. The sword blade held in her delicate little hands, touched by the faint starlight on its gray and old color weathered by time, and all the colors of flame converged on the pure fire-like red crystal at the end of the hilt.
Below the iron gray, the patterns formed by crimson flame were like lustrous red jade, reflecting a trace of golden light.
“It seems that Fernos’s craftsmanship now has not regressed much compared to the weapon master in Lothel’s memory…”
Verafia raised her small face and spoke in a delicate voice. The girl’s slender white fingertips landed on End, and from the slight coldness of the metal emanating from the sword, she could feel the warmth of the flame that was very close to her…
Suddenly, the color in the girl’s bright golden pupils trembled, and her brows furrowed on her fair face.
“Young Lady… what is it?”
Seeing the girl suddenly show a confused expression, Ig’s heart tightened. Ig couldn’t help but ask.
Verafia did not answer immediately. In the colors of the bright sun reflected in her slightly lowered pupils, the coldness of the metal on the long sword was reflected.
From End in her hand, she could easily touch the color of her former flame… and naturally, she could feel a sudden abruptness in the picture rendered by the flame.
Her expression instantly retracted, Verafia raised her pretty head, shook her small face, and her delicate brows furrowed slightly, looking troubled. She spoke with a slightly confused voice.
“I just feel like there’s something not right with this sword.”
Although the gaze revealing from the girl’s slightly lowered eyes did not show much unusualness, Ig felt that the gaze that fell on him was more heart-pounding than scorching flames.
Ig regretted not confessing to the girl earlier… However, if he said it now, he was afraid of being directly killed by this Miss Phoenix!
So Ig could only force himself to hide his guilt and pretend to be completely unaware.
“Something not right… Young Lady, what do you mean?”
“It’s nothing…”
The girl only let out a faint sound. In her eyes, partially concealed by her long eyelashes, a hint of disappointment was clearly revealed.
She could clearly detect Fernos’s actions. It was understandable that her former friend, now, would be wary of her, but Ig beside her…
Ig’s shifting gaze at that moment also clearly fell into Verafia’s eyes.
Verafia slightly raised her gaze and looked at the young man she had rescued beside her. She smiled softly in her heart.
Hmph, just being wary of me, what’s that? This Ig is just my tool, pfft… my tool, if it’s about playing mind games, can he play me?
But Verafia clearly noticed the fleeting sadness in her heart. Such an emotion made her feel even more unbearable.
The girl forcefully raised her cheek, suddenly gritted her silver teeth, and a look of anger appeared on her snowy cheeks.
“Most likely I was tricked by that hateful blacksmith! Damn guy, he clearly promised me, and he’s still playing little tricks here!”
“Is this problem serious?” Ig asked cautiously.
“It’s just a minor frequency issue… As long as you’re careful, Ig, and don’t deliberately touch it with energy, nothing will happen.”
Verafia tilted her small face, thought for a moment, and then said. She swayed her slender legs under her skirt, looking not very nervous, “Well, let me mark it for you.”
The girl touched End with her slender fingertips, and the crimson color of the flame on the long sword flashed past. Verafia’s long eyelashes slightly reflected the shimmering ripple of light in her eyes. In her spirit sight, a pure golden flame slumbered within End.
Ig’s tightly held heartbeat relaxed, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The girl sitting by the window suddenly tilted her face again, her pleasant voice like the ringing of bells.
“However, apart from this point, that person didn’t do much mischief. The quality of this sword has also improved a lot. Even based on strength alone, it can compare to many Gold Rank weapons. This is much better than your previous sword, Ig!”
Verafia reached out her slender fingers and caught a strand of hair blown by the breeze outside the window, and casually threw End back to the black-haired young man standing in front of her.
“Of course, the sword in your hand now not only has some of my flame’s characteristics, but it can also let you use some of our magic power. Well, it should be enough for a guy like you.”
Ig took End into his hand and nodded.
When he fought Rols before, he had also felt the power left by Miss Phoenix in End to a considerable extent. Just holding this sword gave him, a Bronze Rank weakling, the courage to challenge a Gold Rank expert.
“Ig, you’ve used magic weapons before, right? This sword should have a similar effect now. According to my estimate, the flame attack that comes with this sword alone can reach the power of a Tier 5 magic.”
Seeing Ig receive it, the girl tilted her face again, resting her slender hand on her fair chin, and blinked her eyes as if guessing.
“If you use it to release flame-attribute sword skills, the amplification alone will be at least double! Well… speaking of which, it seems to exceed my imagination?”
“This strong!”
Ig’s expression was quite surprised this time.
Although magic weapons were rare, Ig had used them before, and the weapon in his hand was Lord Rothel’s former sword… but he had never imagined that End could be as outrageous as Verafia said.
A magic weapon that allows a Dou Qi professional to use some magic characteristics after using it, if it could be converted without loss, it would be excellent. Weapons that could directly release complete magic were all expensive masterpieces.
And what the girl said was that without his own magical attainments, he could release an attack equivalent to a Platinum Rank magic just by relying on this sword; and the power amplification of more than double was probably only achievable by top-tier weapons of the Star Brilliance Rank!
More importantly, there was no most crucial level restriction!