I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 316

Chapter 316: Chapter 110 The Girl and the Red Wine
Ig felt a faint sense of foreboding. Ignoring his aching jaw, he turned his gaze to Verafia, who was sitting beside him.
The young girl swayed her slender legs, and under her long eyelashes, her originally gorgeous and noble big eyes resembled a pair of soft, curved moons falling into his vision.
The girl tilted her head slightly, her lustrous and vibrant lips as tender as rose petals. On her flawless snow-jade delicate face, dreamlike colors like the rosy clouds of dawn were rendered.
Ig’s heart skipped a beat. He thought of a possibility and his voice trembled slightly, “Um, Young Lady… is the drink you are having, by any chance, wine?”
“Wine?”
Verafia looked surprised. Her big eyes swept over the silver cup held in her slender hand. Under the lamplight, the liquid within was like a deep red ruby that continuously flickered. A happy expression immediately appeared on her doll-like, porcelain-white, exquisite little face, “Is this the drink you mentioned, Ig, from Rubiel? Hmm, it tastes quite good!”
Ig couldn’t help but curse himself inwardly. He must have accidentally grabbed the wrong drink earlier when he handed the girl grape juice.
Fortunately, this little phoenix didn’t seem angry. I still have a chance to turn things around!
“Haha! Drinks like alcohol are like this… While they might taste good at first, they can easily harm your body when their potency kicks in. Moreover, young lady, you are still young. How about I change it to juice for you?”
The girl slapped the hand Ig extended to take back the cup. Her big eyes glanced sideways, and she immediately became displeased, saying with a playful scold, “This young lady is not a child! Besides, this is just a drink for you mere humans. For us, it’s a piece of cake!”
With that, under Ig’s pained gaze, the girl grabbed the cup in her hand and gulped it down. Then, she wiped the corner of her lips with her slender hand, her beautiful golden eyes tilted, giving a provocative look as if to say, “Am I afraid?”
“Haha, as expected of the Young Lady.”
Ig forced a smile with great difficulty, comforting himself that it was just one cup of wine, and given the young lady’s physique, which far surpassed that of ordinary humans, she wouldn’t get drunk instantly, right?
“Hmph, you don’t need to tell me that!”
Although she knew Ig’s flattering words were insincere, Verafia still happily raised her little face and chided him charmingly.
My drinking capacity was legendary back in the day, I could drink endlessly! Back when I was drinking with dwarves who had a whole pool of wine, you didn’t even know where you were. What is a mere glass of wine to me?
As Ig was trying to salvage the situation, the girl’s delicate and slender body beside him tilted like a pure white, tender petal. Startled, Ig quickly raised his hand to support her slender, thin shoulder and called out in a low voice:
“Young Lady, are you alright?”
“How could this young lady be not alright… Tch, you really are an idiot.” you.”
The girl’s body leaned against his shoulder, her voice sounding charming and naive. The subtle breath, like a fresh rose, touched Ig’s cheek, sending a ticklish sensation through him.
“Haha, Young Lady, let’s not talk about this for now…”
Ig felt his smile was very awkward. He hesitated for a long time, wanting to reach out and touch the girl’s body to help her up, when Verafia suddenly sat up straight again.
“Ig, I want more!”
The girl’s delicate fingers, like fine jade, pointed at the empty wine cup. She raised her head, her beautiful golden eyes on her pretty face appearing lustrous and gentle.
Ig felt an immense headache. Although this Miss Phoenix seemed a bit tipsy, he didn’t dare to refuse the young lady’s request. But if he really let this girl, whose alcohol tolerance was clearly terrible, get drunk, who knew what he would have to face?
“Ig.”
At this moment, Yagmein’s voice sounded from across the long table. Verafia’s attention was also drawn away. Both her slender hands rested on her porcelain-white skin, flushing her snowy cheeks a charming red. With her eyes wide open, she looked towards the other side with Ig.
The girl’s and Ig’s recent actions naturally fell into Yagmein’s eyes. The middle-aged nobleman in black robes wore a smile on his face, “Regarding the matters I discussed with Lord Marquis just now, what are your thoughts?”
Ig then remembered Yagmein’s previous discussion with Marquis Mays, which had now fallen upon him. However, he had been preoccupied with this little phoenix and hadn’t heard what Yagmein was saying.
Ig glanced at the Marquis. The latter made no sound, and his face showed little reaction.
The young man thought that since his father had no objections, he only needed to accept it. So, he said, “Since Father and Uncle have already discussed it, I naturally have no objections.”
“Good. It seems that your character and willpower have improved significantly during your travels abroad.”
Yagmein’s commendation left Ig feeling somewhat perplexed.
Yagmein, dressed in black long clothes, stood up from his seat and paid his respects to Marquis Mays on the main seat, “Lord Marquis, since Young Master Ig has no objections, why don’t we proceed with the election for the next clan leader in the next few days, as I suggested earlier?”
“The election of the next clan leader… Ig, this matter seems to involve you!”
Although Verafia was a bit tipsy, she could still distinguish the meaning of the words and raised her little head charmingly.
However, the girl then felt something was not right and tilted her head in confusion, “But, this kind of thing doesn’t seem like a normal matter… Why did you agree so easily?”
Ig thought to himself that it was all thanks to being ensnared by this little phoenix. However, Ig only thought this to himself and then smiled to reassure the girl:
“After all, I guessed they would make such plans before I returned. I would be difficulties sooner or later, so it’s better to agree early… Moreover, I’m not as interested in things like this as these people are. Young Lady, look, even Father didn’t refuse.”
While saying this, Ig truly didn’t care much about this so-called clan. However, he believed that proposing the “succession right of the next clan” was just a move made by Yagmein and his group in the open. What they would do in secret was beyond his knowledge.
Of course, even so, Ig still wished he could have delayed it a bit longer. On one hand, he thought about whether he could learn something from his father to deal with it. On the other hand, it could also serve as his bargaining chip. However, since he agreed so readily just now, Ig could only hope that his father had made some arrangements in secret and wouldn’t put him in a bind.
Thinking this, Ig shook his head and smiled at the girl with big eyes looking at him, “In short, Young Lady, you don’t need to worry about me.”
“Is that so?” Verafia tilted her little head, seemingly not having understood clearly, but then nodded.
However, the girl seemed to feel that her previous words had somewhat damaged her pride, so she quickly raised her little head and argued, “This young lady was just asking you, I wasn’t worried about you!”