Chapter 563: Chapter 21 Before the Blizzard
The campfire quietly ignited in the nightfall, its bright flames dispelling the chill of the frosty moonlight, casting a slender maiden’s shadow on the ground.
Verafia’s slender, delicate body leaned into Ig’s embrace. The orange-yellow firelight swayed in the wind, softly adorning the maiden’s profile. Her skin, like new snow and fine jade, appeared as beautiful and moving as a delicate rosaceous flower.
Through her white silk long dress, Ig’s palm felt the girl’s tender warmth. Ig saw her long, lightly gathered eyelashes tremble faintly. He gently held her in his arms and then picked up the cashmere blanket to cover the maiden’s delicate body.
Sitting opposite, Ophi idly used a branch to draw on the ground. The light of the frost, moon, and campfire, blowing in the night wind, shimmered slightly on her translucent crystal skirt armor. Suddenly, she abruptly raised her head:
“Mmm, Verafia… are you feeling the cold…”
“Perhaps a little… Veer’s body is too weak. Moreover, this continent is different from our mainland. In the elemental vision, there are almost only active ice elements.”
Ig raised his head, the faint glow of the True Eye shimmering in his azure eyes. In the sea of elements he saw, the vast majority were deep, cold frost blue, far more so than on the mainland.
But somehow, Ig felt that compared to the ice and frost on the original continent, these colder ice elements seemed to have “died.”
“‘Dead’ ice?”
Ig echoed the phrase. However, Verafia seemed to have fallen asleep. There was no way to tell her his doubts, so he just shook his head slightly.
Previously, after being found by Verafia by the sea and temporarily settling Anderdun, Ophi, who had rushed over anxiously, found him shortly after.
Ig had originally intended to find a village to stay in temporarily. However, by the time nightfall arrived, they had not found any inhabitants. Instead, there was only cold frost and snow, so they had to set up camp here.
Fortunately, Ophi had caught a few snow beasts in the forest, and they had their dinner made from simple roasted meat.
However, Verafia was not in good spirits. She ate very little and did not want to go into the tent, so she leaned on Ig’s shoulder and fell asleep not long after.
Ig’s palm gently stroked the girl’s tender face. This girl, nestled in his embrace and sleeping peacefully, was as beautiful as a porcelain doll in the cool night. Her skin felt cool and smooth to the touch. Ig raised his head:
“But Little Fei, don’t worry. In a moment, I’ll take Veer to the tent.”
“Like this…”
Ophi nodded blankly. Her fair little hands grabbed some frost and snow from the ground, and she suddenly pushed herself up, her small face serious as she said, “But I’m going out to find some firewood… here, the fire magic crystals must be used sparingly.”
Ig said, “Little Fei, I’ll go with you.”
“No need! It’s just cutting some firewood, I’m fine. Ig, you just take good care of Verafia!”
With her words, Ophi hurriedly rushed into the forest outside the campfire’s light. Her slender, delicate body disappeared into the snowy landscape.
Only after watching her disappear did Ig shake his head.
Suddenly, his palm was gently grasped. Ig quickly lowered his head. In his embrace, the girl’s long eyelashes, resting on his chest, trembled slightly. Her golden eyes slowly opened.
“Young Lady, you’re awake?”
“Mmm… yes.”
Verafia was still a little confused. She tried to lift her head but then leaned back onto the young man’s chest. She opened her golden eyes slightly, her slender fingers tightly gripping Ig’s palm, and softly whimpered:
“But, I’m sorry just now… I promised to accompany you, and I just fell asleep.”
Seeing her self-blaming appearance, Ig felt both pained and amused. “Young Lady, you are too tired. You should rest early.”
Verafia just held his palm tightly and suddenly raised her golden eyes from beneath her eyelashes. “Ig, you say… am I too useless? I need you and Little Fei to take care of everything. Even accompanying you here, I can’t do it.”
“Young Lady, why do you say that?”
Verafia shook her head, her small hands holding her knees. “Moreover, I knew very well that Ig didn’t want to see me like this. He liked me better when I was more lively and cheerful. But I can’t control my mood, and I can’t even pretend to be spoiled and willful like before.”
“Veer, you are my Young Lady. You don’t need to accommodate me so much… If you’re unhappy, I’ll also feel bad.”
In fact, Ig had always felt that, perhaps due to the girl’s unease or low mood, she had been deliberately accommodating him, as if deliberately treating herself as a subordinate.
Ig pried open her delicate hands and held them. His azure eyes gazed at the girl, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. “Moreover, the Veer I like, no matter what kind of Veer you are, you are unique in my heart.”
“Mmm, is that so…”
Verafia lowered her small face, her lips moving, emitting a subtle sound.
“Besides, Young Lady, you are not a burden; you are a noble Goddess Princess. If it weren’t for Veer back then, Little Fei and I would have died at sea.”
“Goddess… But that evil god in the sea probably awakened because of me too…”
Seeing Verafia’s intermittent voice, she couldn’t help but feel dejected and self-reproachful again. Ig felt a headache. He thought, why is this girl really like a stubborn little girl, getting stuck in a rut and being unreasonable?
She was the Lord Lothel he admired so much back then, and now she was his Young Lady and Goddess Princess. Compared to her current appearance, there was too much of a contrast!
Verafia lowered her head and was quiet for a while. There was no sound from Ig in her ears. She couldn’t help but overthink, fearing that Ig really didn’t like her and was deliberately ignoring her…
She was so scared that she wanted to lift her head. Suddenly, her golden hair, cascading over her slender shoulders, was gently stroked by the young man’s hand. Verafia’s eyes widened in surprise. What she saw were the clear blue eyes on the young man’s face and the slightly helpless smile at the corner of his mouth.
“Alright, I’ve told Veer everything. Being stranded on this continent has nothing to do with Veer. If the Young Lady continues to blame herself, I will be sad too.”
Looking at her slightly hazy big eyes, Ig couldn’t help but lightly trace the girl’s delicate and beautiful nose, causing the girl to let out a tender cry of pain.
“Mmm! Ig, you…”
“Although the distracted Young Lady just now was very cute, you are much more lively now.”
