I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 33

Chapter 26 Get me revenge!
“If you don’t need anything else to prepare, we can leave immediately.”
Hel replied as he listened to the girl’s crisp, bell-like voice.
“That’s good. Ignette, then we should also prepare…”
Verafia nodded her little head, then turned her pretty face towards the young man beside her and giggled, about to give an order.
“Wait, Miss Verafia, you’re not planning on having this… um, young man join the mission too, are you?”
Suddenly hearing the girl speak, Hel was startled and his gaze fell on the black-haired young man beside her.
Although Ignette did not give Hel the impression of being a mere attendant, his strength was only at Bronze Rank, and there was no doubt about it.
To let a Bronze newbie participate in a Gold Rank request? What a joke!
“Yes, Ignette is my attendant, so of course wherever this young lady goes, he must follow!”
Verafia nodded her head and said as if it were natural. The girl’s expression suddenly became wary.
“Eh, are you guys worried about having to pay him?”
“Well, Miss Verafia, Gold Rank requests are extremely dangerous missions. If we let your attendant participate, we cannot guarantee his safety…”
Hel thought of a tactful excuse.
Ignette thought to himself, that’s right.
He couldn’t be happier to be away from this young lady and not be oppressed for a while.
As for the safety of this little phoenix? With her strength, if it came to a point where he needed to worry, even including Ignette himself would be useless.
However, Verafia obviously couldn’t be persuaded by such a reason.
“I, this young lady, will naturally protect Ignette’s safety. If you don’t allow him to join, then I won’t go either!”
The young girl lifted her fair face towards Hel with an unhappy expression, crossed her slender white hands over her chest, and said very selfishly.
“Young Lady…”
Ignette showed a touched expression, but in his heart, he couldn’t help but mutter.
Although what the young lady said was heartwarming and very loyal, there were clearly still many people in the team who looked down on you and were unhappy that you would get so much money… Aren’t you directly provoking their resentment with your words!
“Mage, it’s good enough if you can take care of yourself and not be a burden to us, and you still want to bring along an attendant who is only Bronze. Do you think this is a picnic?”
As Ignette expected, as soon as the girl finished speaking, a deep, clearly resentful male voice emerged.
A tall and burly adventurer, dressed in black and holding a sword, stepped out and sneered dismissively at the elegantly dressed noble daughter before him.
“Lady of a noble family, Setting Sun Forest is not your playground. A beast leaping out of the jungle might scratch your pretty little face! When you’re sitting on the ground crying, I won’t care about you!”
“You, you, you!”
Verafia seemed to be instantly enraged. Her fingers, as white as spring onion and as delicate as jade, pointed at the swordsman who was mocking her, but she didn’t know how to retort.
“Reske.”
Hel frowned, calling the swordsman by name, gesturing for him to stop provoking the Mage lady further.
“Boss Hel, I don’t know why you specifically chose this obviously inexperienced flower vase young lady. If we need a fire mage, we can just wait longer. Why are you bringing such a burden to the team?”
However, this swordsman named Reske was clearly very dissatisfied with this unexpectedly ungrateful noble lady, who had split a large sum of money from him for no reason. After venting, he continued to be relentless.
“You must know that Setting Sun Forest is not like other places. There have been instances where the entire team was wiped out for provoking powerful Magical Beasts!”
“Reske! You have no say here, apologize to Miss Verafia immediately.”
Hel’s voice deepened, and his expression turned three parts colder.
Although Hel understood the other party’s resentment to some extent, bringing it up in front of him made Hel lose face as well.
After all, the Mage lady in front of him was not only of extraordinary background and powerful, but more importantly, she was the one he had invited with his offer.
“Damn it, a mere Silver dares to look down on this young lady like this!”
Verafia’s furious voice finally echoed in the air. The girl’s delicate white face turned red with anger, and she stared angrily at the black-clad swordsman who had spoken rudely to her.
“You’re called Reske, right? To insult me like this… if you’re not afraid, come and fight me!”
Verafia extended her slender hand towards the swordsman. In front of her, a powerful and angry elemental fluctuation rapidly gathered in the girl’s delicate, jade-like white palm. The ripples from the hot Demonic Power distorted the air, twisting the very vision to reveal a crimson hue of flame.
Since she couldn’t find any words to retort, the girl abandoned verbal power and decided to prove the truth through combat!
Although the power of the spell had not yet taken shape, the mere scattered fluctuations caused everyone present to change their expressions.
Ignette was also startled and quickly held the girl’s slender jade arm, which was about to cast a spell.
“Young Lady, don’t get agitated! This is Vist City, not your hometown. If you kill him, we might end up in prison!”
What a joke! If this little phoenix accidentally lost control and burned this swordsman to death, they would all be in trouble!
“Young Lady, why waste your precious Demonic Power on such a small fry?”
“Then what do you suggest I do! Just watch me get bullied like this?”
Although she said that, Verafia hesitated for a while before dissipating the gathered flame elements in her hand, letting everyone present breathe a sigh of relief.
Hel’s expression also relaxed, and he lowered his hand from the sword hilt he had involuntarily gripped.
Although his own team member had angered her first, if the Mage lady insisted on taking action, he would have no choice but to step forward.
Reske, whose soul almost flew out from the shock of being threatened by the girl’s charged attack, finally calmed his ashen face and tried to silently retreat back into the team, but was glared at fiercely by the girl, making his face incredibly embarrassed.
However, Verafia’s unvented anger still simmered on her small face, and anyone could feel her displeasure.
The girl crossed her two slender white hands and, with quite displeased scorching gold eyes, turned to look at the young man who had already released her arm.
“To bully this young lady like this, I can’t just let it go… Ignette, go and get my revenge for me!”
Ignette thought, Young Lady, aren’t you deliberately retaliating against me?