I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 353

Chapter 353
The question had been replaying in Ig’s mind countless times since his conversation with Ophi, on the way to the young girl’s room. And looking at the delicate, snowy cheeks of the girl, graced by a soft, beautiful smile bathed in the gentle dawn light, this impulse grew stronger and stronger.
“Young Lady, I have one more thing I wish to tell you.”
Ig softly called out to the girl beside him. She raised her brilliant golden eyes to look at him.
“Young Lady, I like you.”
This was what he wanted to say. Many times when he was near Verafia, he had thought these words in his heart, but he had never once spoken them to her.
Just like what he had thought in front of Ophi back then, he had found excuses to convince himself and escape out of fear of failure. But now, Ig didn’t want to accumulate his courage for the next time.
“Mhm, it’s so late, what else do you have to say?”
But before Ig could speak, Verafia lifted her small face, blinked, then went to the bedside and burrowed into the covers. “I don’t care, this young lady wants to rest. We can talk about anything else tomorrow!”
Ig’s gaze fell upon the slender curves of the girl delineated by the pure white bedding, her clear, soft voice echoing. He lowered his head slightly, the words he couldn’t speak sinking back down, and a sense of loss surged into his heart.
I couldn’t say it, Verafia, she…
He looked at the girl, and suddenly a smile reappeared on his face. “If that’s the case, then I’ll tell you next time… Goodnight, Young Lady.”
After speaking, Ig gazed at the girl deeply one more time, then extinguished the high-hanging lamp and carefully closed the room door.
As the light was extinguished, the entire room’s atmosphere fell into a quiet stillness, like night. After a long while, Verafia’s head slightly emerged from the covers, her slender, delicate body sitting up from the large bed.
“He’s gone,”
Verafia uttered a faint sound. She could sense that after Ig closed the door, he had still lingered outside for quite some time.
She slowly pulled away the thin blanket covering her, her delicate body sitting on the side of the large bed. A few rays of moonlight reflected on her feet, like frost and snow. She suddenly reached for and picked up the red crystal bracelet placed to the side.
“After watching the show for so long, you don’t need to pretend to be asleep anymore, Anderdun.”
A crystal embedded in the red crystal bracelet flickered, and then pitch-black demonic power spread out, condensing before the girl. Verafia’s lips curved slightly, her scorching gold eyes watching as his form gradually materialized before her.
This former Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Race had been residing in one of the depleted divine power crystals after signing a contract with her. As an embodiment of “Herafir’s” authority, carrying Anderdun’s will, there wasn’t much of a problem.
The form of the Black-winged Monarch fully materialized. He looked at the girl in his golden gaze and suddenly chuckled. “Miss Vera, this is clearly such a moving scene, why would you describe it as a joke.”
“Anderdun, I remember that your demon race’s language isn’t too different from human language. You can choose to speak in human tongue.”
Anderdun was slightly surprised. He had thought that the girl would at least issue a warning with his words, but unexpectedly, she had merely retorted with a similar sarcasm.
However, looking at her expression, Anderdun guessed a bit. “It seems, Miss Vera, that boy’s influence on you is quite significant… I believe you know what he wanted to tell you back then.”
Verafia remained silent for a while before lightly raising her head. “…Ig wanted to say that he likes me.”
“Heh, just a few days ago, you were still very disgusted, and almost killed this boy. Why, after such a short time, has your attitude changed so much?”
Verafia, holding her silk-like hair, shook her head. “Perhaps, at that time, I still considered myself Lottser, or rather, the current ‘Herafir.’ At that time, I might have been resisting intimacy with him…”
“So, in your opinion, you are now willing to be intimate with him?”
The Black-winged Monarch’s mocking voice made the girl frown, and his huge black wings drew near. “If that’s the case, my Young Lady, why did you interrupt his words just now?”
“Anderdun, I didn’t call you out to laugh at me.”
Verafia glanced at him with her golden eyes. Although her calm voice didn’t reveal much anger, it still caused the black color on the Black-winged Monarch to sway, leaving him speechless and terrified.
He realized that although the girl before him had softened her personality considerably compared to before, she still held the authority over his life and death.
Verafia glanced at the Black-winged Monarch, then walked to the window to sit down on her own. Her jade-like face was slightly turned, gazing out at the vast night sky through the transparent window, her scorching gold eyes revealing a slight sense of confusion:
“He, Ig, might really like me. But I don’t know how to accept it, and I don’t even know if I’m considered a girl.”
“I originally thought you would emphasize your past identity… Blazing Phoenix, I really didn’t expect you to answer like this.”
“Because that’s meaningless. I am no longer Lottser, let alone of the male gender.”
Verafia said, looking at her own delicate and frosted jade hands, she slightly shook her head. “Even I can’t deceive myself. Towards Ig, this boy, I do have feelings for him… although it may not be the love of a partner, it truly exists.”
“I really didn’t expect… that the Hero who once made the Royal Capital wary of me would admit to loving a young man. Not to mention that you have usurped ‘Herafir’s’ divine spark.”
Anderdun’s voice came from the air. He looked at the girl’s exquisite and flawless body beside him, his expression thoughtful. “Could it be that your human girl bodies are so magical that they can change a person’s thoughts so subtly, and even cause a ‘god’ to fall from a divine state?”
However, Anderdun’s words stopped before he could finish.
He saw the girl’s gorgeous golden eyes turn to look at him. On her flawless jade face, a moving smile suddenly bloomed: “Anderdun, if you’re willing to experience it, I can help you shape a human girl’s body.”
Anderdun’s black mist trembled. He quickly shook his head and denied it. Although the girl’s voice was soft, he had no doubt that Verafia certainly possessed the ability to do so.
Anderdun suddenly realized that although Verafia was now more like a girl than before, correspondingly, her heart had also become like theirs.
Looking at the exquisite smile on her face, Anderdun shivered. He thought to himself, it’s best not to provoke this petty girl.
“If that’s the case, what will happen to your original plan for this young man?”