I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 623

Chapter 623 Chapter 81 Ill Intentions
“Nobles… However, perhaps I could be considered one in the past, but now, I can only be called a Witch Hunter.”
A faint smile hooked Keno’s lips as he shook his head. Simultaneously, he pulled on the black robe he wore, revealing the Sword and Fire Cross Emblem that Azer had once shown them to Ignis.
Surprise flashed in Ignis’s eyes.
It had been a considerable time since they arrived in this world shrouded in ice and snow, and Ignis also knew that Witch Hunters were, in reality, knights under the Inquisition who hunted the Frost Calamity. However, choosing to become a member of the Inquisition meant voluntarily abandoning one’s secular identity, including the right to inherit titles and property.
It was like Azer. He was the adopted son of the previous Count of Vinash and, legally, had the same inheritance rights as Sirius. However, he chose to join the Inquisition and voluntarily gave up that status.
He suddenly thought, besides his inner animosity towards the Frost Calamity, was Azer’s choice also due to his unwillingness to compete with Sirius?
“Witch Hunter, hehe…”
Just as Ignis was lost in thought, a sinister laughter echoed. He froze for a moment before realizing whose voice it was.
“Anderdun? What are you saying?”
Ignis asked. But there was no reply. The other party merely let out a sudden scoff and then fell silent again.
Anderdun’s actions made Ignis grit his teeth in frustration. Did this Demon Monarch not know that saying half a sentence like that would make people resent him?
However, at this moment, Ignis didn’t immediately focus on Anderdun being able to sense external matters with his permission. Instead, he recalled the mocking laughter from earlier.
Ignis then remembered Anderdun’s words from not long ago. It was clear that he knew about things happening in Vinash City that he and Verafia were unaware of.
“You are also a Witch Hunter, a Knight of the Inquisition?”
Verafia voiced her question. She raised her small face, her golden eyes blinking beneath her long, slender lashes, seemingly gazing curiously at the knight hidden beneath the black robe, his full plate armor concealed within.
“Then, with so many of your companions around… is there a special mission? Could it be that you want to catch the spies of the Frost Calamity?”
She tilted her head, strands of soft golden hair falling from her ear onto her fragrant shoulder, her eyes behind Keno shimmering with curiosity.
Reminded by the girl’s voice, Ignis quickly looked up.
Among the surrounding crowd, hidden were many men in black robes similar to Keno’s attire. Some were disguised as ordinary civilians, but the occasional sharp glances they revealed could not deceive Ignis.
With so many Witch Hunters and Inquisition Knights, Ignis certainly wouldn’t believe they had no objective.
“Miss, you are very perceptive. However, as for the objective you mentioned… I suppose it could be considered that, albeit barely.”
Keno’s lips curved into a smile.
It was also a smile that was not quite a smile, and it made Verafia feel very uncomfortable… Moreover, this time, she could clearly sense it, like the gaze of a fierce beast before it preys on its prey.
She slightly tilted her head back, and the sensation of a prickle on her back dissipated. The youth opposite her face was smiling, and even Ignis beside her didn’t react, as if it were merely her imagination.
But Verafia knew that this could not be her imagination. She was a maiden blessed by the gods, and when it came to perceptual acuity, even Ignis, with his True Sight Eye, was far inferior.
Perhaps Keno’s gaze was sufficiently hidden to deceive most people, but to her, it was as conspicuous as a burning fire in the night.
Verafia’s long, slender eyelashes gently drooped. Regardless, the youth before her harbored ill intentions towards her…
“Then, Mr. Keno, what exactly is the purpose you mentioned?”
Putting on a curious expression, the maiden raised her small face, her exquisite, brilliant golden pupils blinking, her voice sweet and pleasant.
“Hehe. Actually, Miss Verafia, you should know that today, the priests who have arrived in the city will be holding an exhibition in Vinash City… Look, the residents on the street are probably going to watch the ceremony.”
Keno pointed with his right hand. Just as he said, people in varied attire on the street were chatting cheerfully, but the majority of them were heading in the same direction.
Verafia remembered that it was in the very center of Vinash City, at the Firestone Plaza in front of the church.
“So that’s how it is,” Ignis said.
From the beginning, he had felt that the crowd on the street today was abnormally large, but he hadn’t connected it with the priests arriving in Vinash City.
After all, in Ignis’s opinion, the Church had brought the secret to defeating the Frost Calamity, and regardless of whether it was leaked or not, they should be as low-key as possible. However, he hadn’t considered that the arrival of a Cardinal would, for the entire city, represent a festival in itself.
He slightly turned his head. Verafia, holding his hand, was slightly tilting her small head, her long, delicate eyelashes gently concealing her golden eyes.
The girl’s very cute demeanor might just appear as daydreaming to outsiders… but to Ignis, it was his young lady thinking about matters.
“What is Veer thinking about… Is it about these arriving priests, or the followers of the Frost Calamity hidden in Vinash City, the Kasha believers?” Ignis thought to himself.
“However, Lord Ignis, Miss Verafia… would you be willing to come and take a look with me?”
Keno’s voice sounded, and the young knight, clad in the Witch Hunter’s robe, smiled and spoke to the girl.
The golden-haired girl gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, revealing a delicate swathe of pure white on her slender, beautiful jade neck. She raised her face and smiled sweetly, “Okay. Then, Mr. Keno, can you take us there?”
It was naturally very difficult to refuse the request of the beautiful maiden, let alone Keno, whom she already suspected of having ulterior motives.
Without much consideration, Keno’s face showed a smile, and he made an inviting gesture.
Verafia gently tugged Ignis’s palm, signaling him to follow her.
“What is this young lady thinking in her little head?” Ignis whispered to her as they walked beside her, but the girl merely shook her head, saying she just wanted to take a look. “Could it be that Veer is genuinely just curious and wants to see the Cardinal of the Church of the Fire Saint?”
Although he couldn’t figure it out, Ignis naturally wouldn’t break free from the girl’s small hand and run away.
Thus, following the girl, led by Keno, they walked through the crowd, and before long, they could see the massive crimson church building from a distance.