Chapter 582 Chapter 40 An Unexpected Encounter
The girl lowered her small face in dejection.
Igt couldn’t help but smile, stroking the girl’s smooth, soft hair, “It’s just some coins. If others knew that it could make the Goddess Princess happy, they would melt those gold coins into beautiful temples and send them to Veer.”
Did this guy mean that she was a greedy goddess?
Verafia’s fair cheeks puffed out slightly as she glared at him with her golden eyes.
Igt rubbed her head with a smile.
Beside them were apprentices sent by Master Kaon to see them off. The surroundings were still an alchemy workshop, and the dull sound of forging hammers echoed in the air.
Suddenly, a slightly childlike and pleasant voice like a silver bell rang out:
“Mmm, it’s really you, Igt!”
The girl’s voice was like a melodious tune, filled with deep surprise.
Verafia’s dejected gaze suddenly sharpened. She firmly gripped Igt’s arm with her small hand and turned her head.
Why would this guy run into someone he knew in another continent…
Although she couldn’t see the other person’s face, judging from the pleasant, lively voice, she could tell it was a girl with a beautiful face and a slender, lively body.
She turned her golden eyes and saw the distant girl. Her face was indeed like a work of art, exquisite, with a slight blush that made her look cute and charming.
Under her long robe, her slender and graceful figure was visible. Her emerald green, beautiful hair was casually tied up and let down, and her delicate, white ears, nestled among her smooth hair, seemed to perk up with excitement.
“It’s you… um, that, that little Wood Elf!”
Ophi turned around first. A surprised glint appeared in her frost-blue eyes. She flicked her slender dragon tail behind her skirt, but then suddenly forgot the elf’s name. In her haste, she blurted it out.
“Her name is Ain.”
Verafia said softly, her eyelashes lifting slightly as she curiously observed the approaching Wood Elf girl.
Ain… the young elf from the Bronstad family, and also Lavnos’s younger sister. Last year, they coincidentally met her in the Gland Highlands of Andelfir Province. She had run away from home and was being pursued by human mercenaries, who were actually dark elf servants.
Later, under duress and temptation, Ain was forced to agree to reforge the “End” for Igt using the “Burning Stars” technique… However, after experiencing the abyss of deathly stillness formed by Anderdun’s remains, the Wood Elf girl, fearing further bullying, had quickly fled with the Fire Pigeon.
It had only been a year, but it felt like a long time ago…
“But, why is she on this continent too?”
Verafia, brushing aside a slightly slipping strand of golden hair, blinked curiously.
Since it was indeed an old acquaintance, she didn’t need to be wary anymore… Besides, she couldn’t possibly attack this younger sister of Lavnos, so all she felt was curiosity.
“Miss Ain?”
Feeling a slight pain from her arm being held by the girl, Igt chuckled and rubbed her little head. His gaze shifted to the Wood Elf girl, who was running towards them, clutching her robe.
Although the weather on this Aer Continent was close to Peka’s harsh winter, the Wood Elf girl was clearly not afraid of the cold, wearing only a loose robe.
As she ran, aside from the slight redness on her small face due to excitement, her tender and youthful fair skin was visible through the gaps in her skirt and robe.
Igt coughed awkwardly and quickly averted his gaze. If he could see it, surely the Young Lady beside him wouldn’t miss it?
Ain ran up to them, her small face beaming with obvious joy. Her smooth, emerald green hair exuded a faint, fresh scent of grass and trees.
The Wood Elf lifted her clear, beautiful emerald blue eyes and exclaimed, “Wow, Igt, you guys are here too!”
She reached out her small hand to grab the young man’s wrist, but suddenly Igt’s arm was pulled heavily. The beautiful girl in the golden hair and white dress beside the young man grabbed his arm as if staking a claim. Her originally sacred and magnificent, yet also charmingly cute, golden eyes revealed a hint of hostility.
Ain’s arms stiffened in surprise. She hadn’t forgotten how capricious and haughty this “Miss Phoenix” was.
Her beautiful emerald blue eyes, shaded by long eyelashes, blinked suddenly. Ain’s gaze fell on the golden-haired girl, and her expression became somewhat perplexed:
“…But, why is this guy completely devoid of any magical traces? She looks so weak.”
Besides that, she also noticed that the Miss Phoenix, who had been so arrogant and detestable in front of her, seemed particularly attached to this human boy, Igt. Could it be…
“Veer is injured.”
Igt simply replied.
However, as he answered, his gaze instinctively lifted. Under the elf girl’s confused gaze, the simple fabric outlined the exquisite and perky lines of her chest. Although hidden by the long robe, one could easily imagine the soft curves, like delicate snow-capped hills, which were exceptionally captivating.
…Of course, Igt was no longer a shallow boy easily swayed by such beauty.
By the side of the peerlessly beautiful Goddess Princess Verafia, he had naturally become indifferent to the so-called beauty of the world. Moreover, the elf girl was not as beautiful as Ophi.
He just felt a hint of doubt. It had only been a year, and for a long-lived race like elves, this Miss Ain felt like she had matured considerably.
As he pondered this doubt in his heart, Igt’s gaze subconsciously shifted to the Young Lady beside him.
Her white silk long dress outlined the soft and slender curves, like a white snowy plain, allowing for ample imagination of the girl’s tenderness and fairness…
Well, this Young Lady hadn’t changed at all, still looking like a half-grown girl. One could only say, truly worthy of being the Goddess Princess…
Suddenly, Igt’s smile froze, and then he sucked in a breath with a “hiss.”
The girl beside him gently held his hand, her youthful lips curving slightly upwards, and her golden eyes filled with deep emotion as she gazed at him. Just as she was about to speak, Igt suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
“Igt, what’s wrong?”
The Wood Elf girl opposite them looked confused. As she raised her head, the soft curves under her robe swayed slightly. The fleeting pain on Igt’s face just now was noticed by her.
“This…”
Like a girl’s tender fingertips twisting the cloth, Igt’s eyebrows suddenly shot up. He felt the scorching gold gaze of the girl fixed on his face.
“Cough, cough… It’s nothing. I accidentally bit my tongue just now.”
“Bit your tongue?” The pure white long ears perked up slightly, and the Wood Elf tilted her head in confusion, looking at him with bewilderment.
