Chapter 309: The Matter of “Closeness”
“Because I was just born, the human I saw was him! Besides, it was Ig who woke this young lady up, and we also agreed that he would take me to play in your human world. Is there any problem?”
She met her brother just after she was born… and she had an agreement with her brother…
Shiel felt as if she had been struck by a powerful lightning magic. Her little head spun for a moment, and then she suddenly recalled a lot of plots. The young girl couldn’t help but feel anxious, and involuntarily made a sound.
“No, no, what I mean is, Miss Vera, you are clearly a girl, why are you so close to my brother like this?”
However, she immediately realized that her words had exposed her intentions quite clearly. Shiel nervously raised her delicate little face, her eyes gazing at the face of the young lady opposite her.
“Am I very close to this guy Ig?”
Verafia scratched her hair with fingertips as delicate as jade, looking at him with confusion. “I don’t understand why you would say that.”
Shiel’s clenched fingers relaxed a little. She didn’t feel any falseness in the young lady’s words, and the tightness in her little heart eased.
Just as the girl with silver-blue long hair raised her little face, about to smile, Verafia’s words, which carried a hint of confusion in their clarity, came through.
“It’s just that this guy prepares breakfast for this young lady every day and helps her comb her hair, isn’t that normal? Even the gifts this guy gave this young lady were just these clothes and skirts… Hmm, and some underwear that are really uncomfortable to wear, they’re really not proper at all!”
Seeing Miss Phoenix opposite her suddenly look dispirited, the radiance in Shiel’s beautiful eyes, like frost-blue gems, also dimmed. She suddenly realized that perhaps this Miss Phoenix, who had just arrived in the human world, seemed unfamiliar with the emotions between people. But what about her brother…
“Even when this guy insisted on sharing a room with me, I didn’t let him on the bed… Um, Shiel, are you feeling unwell? You look a bit pale.”
Verafia gradually stopped speaking and said somewhat sheepishly. She blinked her eyes, looking at the distressed look of the young lady opposite her. She wondered if it was a bit too cruel to crush a little girl’s heart like this, just to maintain her persona?
“Um. I’m fine…”
Just then, there was the sound of a heavy wooden door being pushed open, followed by the heavy sound of knight’s boots, like those wearing heavy armor, stepping on the floor. Verafia turned her head and happened to see Ig pushing open the door, followed by several knights in full armor.
“Veer, you’re here…”
Ig saw the young lady turning her exquisite little face while holding sweet black tea, and the many delicate pastries placed on the wooden table between her and Shiel. He paused and said, “Miss Vera, are you having afternoon tea with Shiel? Did I come at the wrong time?”
“No, you came at just the right time!”
Verafia placed the tea set on the table, jumped off the ground with her slender legs, and ran to Ig’s side.
The girl grabbed his arm with her slender hand and walked to the opposite side of Shiel, raising her delicate face. “Ig, look, your sister, isn’t she a bit upset?”
Following the girl’s gaze, Ig saw Shiel’s cheeks and couldn’t help but be stunned. “Shiel…”
“Mmm. Brother, I’m just a little uncomfortable… Maybe it’s because I’m not used to the desserts here?”
“Is it the desserts?”
Ig of course didn’t believe the girl’s words. “I remember you used to come here often too, Shiel.”
“This is because of a magic potion from my academy… I thought it was no longer affecting me, but I didn’t expect it to still be the case.”
Shiel clasped her hands in front of her, her slender knuckles slightly pale from the force. The reasons she used were clearly not convincing at all.
The young girl raised her little face, her silver-blue beautiful hair sliding down her shoulders. She tried her best to smile and speak in a cheerful voice, “But, Brother, why did you suddenly come over? Are you looking for Miss Vera?”
“Oh. My father asked me to find you.”
Ig hesitated, clearly worried about the girl’s state, but still said, “After all, it’s not far from evening now.”
“What does your father want to see this young lady about?” Verafia poked her head out and asked in a clear voice.
Just as Ig was about to explain to her, the young lady opposite suddenly raised her face. Shiel looked at the two standing together and tried to maintain her voice, “Is it Father looking for us? In that case, we should go back first.”
Shiel’s slightly higher heels made a sound on the wooden floor, sounding a bit rushed. As she walked closer to Verafia, she suddenly paused and gracefully bowed apologetically.
“Um, Sister Vera, we promised to have afternoon tea with you, but now, I’m very sorry.”
Verafia could naturally see that the little girl was in a very bad mood and didn’t want to stay by her side, so she waved her small hand to indicate that she didn’t mind.
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Verafia and Ig did not follow Shiel all the way, but let her go ahead with the accompaniment of several knights.
As for the reason, according to Miss Verafia, there were still so many undestroyed cakes and desserts here, so they couldn’t be wasted and had to be packed and taken away.
Although Ig was very worried about Shiel’s obviously abnormal state, due to the presence of Miss Phoenix beside him and Shiel’s repeated clear rejections, he had no reason to chase after her.
After Verafia packed all kinds of cakes and desserts and threw them into Ig’s hands, the two then boarded the carriage waiting in front of the shop.
“What, your father wants to see me?”
Leaning against the car window, Verafia looked very surprised by Ig’s explanation, shaking her small white feet, and turning her youthful snowy face to look at the young man.
“But I don’t know him. Why would a human marquis want to see me?”
Ig guessed that his old man probably thought of the same thing that he and Dofiraia had thought of.
However, Ig certainly didn’t dare to say directly that his father wanted to see what the girl who had returned with him looked like. Otherwise, he was eight tenths likely to be beaten to death by this Miss Phoenix, and the remaining two tenths possibility was to be roasted by her flames.
“Veer, it’s probably because…”
“Call me Miss!”
Verafia’s scorching gold eyes turned to look at the young man, her clear voice correcting him very seriously. Obviously, Verafia had not forgotten the “must continue to address each other as usual in private” agreement she and Ig had made.
