Chapter 298 Chapter 92 Ronald’s Ripples
“This young lady spent a whole fire feather to exchange with her. Although it’s not as good as the one used to open ‘Talent’ for you, for you humans, it’s definitely a priceless treasure! This young lady is willing to exchange with her for your sake.”
Verafia clasped her small hands on her chest, her big, scorching gold eyes raised, and her pretty, snowy cheeks were full of pride.
Vicena’s eagerness to trade with her was naturally to recover from her injuries as soon as possible. As a phoenix, Verafia’s fire feathers naturally contained the power of ‘rebirth from ashes.’
Although this court mage, currently titled ‘Azure Heart,’ showed no obvious problems on the surface, and her total magical power remained immense, her body was actually quite severely injured. It would take at least half a year to recover to the point where she could cast spells normally.
The young lady could guess that Vicena had vaguely sensed danger, which was why not only was the one who went to Marquis Mays’ territory a false avatar, but her true form was hidden beside Ig. She was also in such a hurry to recover her strength.
Of course, out of past affection, Verafia herself wanted to help her. Moreover, Vicena’s stance was likely not opposed to hers. Having a top Saint-level mage.
That was also a good thing. With such a win-win situation, Verafia naturally wouldn’t refuse, at most she would only put on a hesitant expression for a moment.
The young lady pulled a strand of hair with her slender hand, and a cheerful expression appeared on her fair face. “By the way, Ig, this is for you!”
Ig was slightly stunned. The girl handed him a stone the size of a thumb in her slender hand, which looked like milky white glass. On the jade-like cut surface, there were still traces of the girl’s soft warmth.
“Miss Vera, this is…?” Ig’s gaze fell. On the faintly emanating warm fluorescent cut surface, there were many intricate and obscure magic patterns carved. Just touching it allowed him to feel the contained light power.
“This young lady specially picked it for you.”
The girl’s crisp, bell-like pleasant voice rang out, “According to that Vicena, this is probably a fragment of the Stone of Light Realm. Even for you, you don’t need magic or Dou Qi to block several Platinum-level attacks.”
Verafia said, then pouted, “Like the person you met last night, this young lady guesses that you will definitely be troubled when you go back. Although you’ve only been barely acceptable these days, you are also this young lady’s attendant. If you get killed by a few humans, wouldn’t that be embarrassing for me?”
Of course, Verafia gave the fragment of the Stone of Light Realm to Ig for more than just that reason. She hadn’t forgotten that the ‘End’ in Ig’s hand bore the mark of the ‘Abyss.’
Although the young lady hadn’t figured out what it was yet, having faced it at close range several times, she could roughly judge that this small fragment of the Light Realm could have a certain degree of resistance against the ‘Abyss.’ It so happened that she found it in Vicena’s collection, so why would Verafia not want it?
Ig’s pupils looked at the girl’s face, and he couldn’t help but make a sound. Between the girl’s words, which seemed to be嫌弃 (disdainful) but were actually tsundere, he clearly felt her concern.
“Young Lady… Thank you. I didn’t expect you to notice such a thing…”
“What is this!”
Verafia waved her small hand nonchalantly. The girl suddenly sat down on a high-backed chair, her slender hand propping up her snowy cheeks, her slender white feet in small boots gently swinging, and she raised a pair of scorching gold eyes again:
“Speaking of which, Ig, you called this young lady just now, was there something?”
Ig quickly came back to his senses, put away the fragment handed by the girl, walked closer to her, organized his words, and said, “Young Lady, what I wanted to tell you is about Archmage Vicena. You saw her just now, but in fact, she found me more than four hours ago.”
“Isn’t that very normal?”
Verafia raised her scorching gold eyes, seeming quite indifferent, “Although this woman’s power is indeed quite powerful, she is just a human. Is there anything special about her?”
Ig was speechless at the girl’s words. He thought, in your eyes, little phoenix, is there only a distinction between different species? “Young Lady, Vicena is the chief court mage before the King. In terms of status, even many Grand Dukes cannot compare to her. For her to come to someone like me and waste so much time, how is that normal?”
Verafia guessed that it was most likely because Vicena saw the ‘End’ on Ig.
The young lady propped up her chin with her slender hand, tilting her small head cutely, and blinked her golden eyes, guessing, “Perhaps it’s because of your Saint-level father?”
On the way, Verafia and the others had also inquired from Dofiraia. According to the young mage, she and Vicena passed through Andelfir Province because of Marquis Mays’ invitation. Ig’s words also made sense for the relationship between the two Saint-levels.
“She didn’t mention my father much, nor did she know why my father invited her.”
Ig hesitated, shook his head, “But the important part is, when I asked Vicena, although I only mentioned it casually, according to Vicena, when she left the Royal Capital, she originally planned to go to Vist City in Brandenburg, but changed her plan midway.”
“Vist City?”
Verafia’s golden eyes suddenly lit up, and the expression on her pretty, snow-white face seemed to show some familiarity with this name.
Ig had to patiently explain, “It’s the city we passed by when we first came to Peka. Young Lady, do you remember the Knight Ronald we met at that time?”
“Ronald?”
Verafia certainly wouldn’t be as confused as she appeared. She remembered the knight who had fallen because of the Abyssal Church and stabbed the half-elf girl with the bloodline of the ‘Singer’ Serathis very clearly.
Of course, she remembered even more clearly the dark ‘Royal Guard’ that appeared because of Ronald, and his identity as Lancaster’s illegitimate son.
“This guy you’re talking about, this young lady certainly remembers him. Humph, this Ronald dared to deliberately set a trap to trick this young lady, he deserved to die without even a corpse left.”
Verafia brushed a strand of her soft golden hair with her slender hand, her small face showing a very displeased expression.
However, the young lady seemed to have realized something, and her golden eyes suddenly locked onto Ig in front of her.
“Wait, why are you suddenly mentioning this guy… Could it be that Vicena has something to do with him?”
“Most likely.”
Ig’s expression became a little serious, and he nodded forcefully.
