I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 875

Chapter 116 Spirit Bird
“Oh, right. Ig, guess who I met today?” Verafia said, her gold eyes twinkling.
“Miss Ain?” Ig guessed. Ainzel had wanted to accompany Verafia to Enolal. However, considering her safety, she had persuaded Ainzel to stay in Holy Spring Town.
“Ain, yes, I did accompany her for a little while. But…” Verafia’s jade fingers lightly brushed her hair as she tilted her little head. “Do you remember a little nun named Leisa?”
Ig recalled for a moment.
This was the girl he and Verafia had met when they were invited to the Sacred Tree Church by Grand Elder Beltran. She was a lively little nun.
“It’s her. I’m truly glad she’s safe,” Ig said with a smile.
“Yes.” Verafia nodded, her beautiful gold eyes gazing at him. “I asked her if she had seen Melu. But Leisa said that Miss Melu has been missing for a long time, and the entire church has been searching for her without success.”
This time, Ig took a while to realize who “Melu” was.
It was the Wood Elf girl they had met just as they were about to leave the church.
As Bertran’s chosen candidate for Saintess, she was supposed to be the “vessel” to contain the Life Goddess, according to his plan.
However, it was obvious that compared to Verafia, who had been born from a divinity and divine spark and resonated with the Life Goddess, Melu’s chances of carrying a deity’s authority, no matter how carefully cultivated, were incomparable.
If Verafia hadn’t existed, it would have been Melu who awakened the Goddess Siluslysis. Of course, Ig now knew that the so-called awakening was just Bertran’s excuse; the real goal was to create a new god by using her as a vessel.
“What a pity that Miss Melu escaped the fate of being a sacrifice but did not escape the war.”
An Elf girl with a not-low magic level disappearing was only possible if she had tragically died in the attack by the Dark Elves.
Ig didn’t have much interaction with this “Miss Melu,” so he just shook his head and sighed. However, he was still a bit curious why Verafia suddenly mentioned her name.
The girl blinked her gold eyes and tilted her snowy neck. A hint of surprise suddenly appeared on her exquisite and flawless face. “Seelalis is here!”
Ig and Ophi turned their heads together, and Seelalis appeared in their sight.
She was not alone. As a clear phoenix cry sounded in the translucent, spring-and-emerald-leaf-decorated dome space, the Sacred Tree’s spirit bird’s wings slid, and the feathers of life and nature drew beautiful lines in mid-air, landing before the girl.
“Verafia!”
A lively and clear female voice rang out in the spiritual light. Soon, the elegant Sacred Tree spirit bird disappeared, revealing a loli with long, pale blue hair who waved enthusiastically at her.
She was, of course, the incarnation of the Sacred Tree and the spiritual bird of the Elf King’s authority.
The Sacred Tree’s spirit bird, according to legends, had a phoenix bloodline that accompanied Siluslysis and brought life to the world. Therefore, it was only natural that she was very interested in Verafia, a fellow kinswoman who was also a “phoenix,” and often pestered her.
Well, speaking of which, her identity as a phoenix was initially just a fabrication using the Flame Goddess’s authority. Now, it was also a wish granted by Ig, created out of thin air using the Creation Divine Spark. Could this truly be considered a phoenix?
As Verafia was thinking with interest, the little loli with long, pale blue hair ran to her side, held her wrist, and chattered in her ear.
“I haven’t seen Fuya for many days.”
Verafia blinked her gold eyes. “Were you out with Seelalis? No wonder she wasn’t there when I looked for her yesterday.”
Fuya was the name of this green-haired little loli, which was also given to the spirit bird by Queen Sylvia of the Elves.
It had to be said that before her transformation, Verafia had originally thought she would be at least an elegant and noble young girl. She never expected that the one appearing before her would be a little loli.
“But then again, she’s only been born for about thirty years, so it’s not surprising that she’s still a loli,” Verafia thought.
As the Sacred Tree’s spirit bird, Liya had a high status in the Elf Empire. Out of tradition, the elves even showed her more respect than Queen Sylvia.
“After all, the spirit bird of life symbolizes peace and tranquility. The Sacred Tree sprouts under her wings, bringing springs and dew.”
This was naturally referring to the phoenix beside the Life Goddess, Siluslysis.
As her descendant, Fuya also possessed the ability to awaken the Sacred Tree. Of course, it was slightly unexpected that although she was indeed a descendant, according to the little loli herself, she and the original Life Phoenix were not true blood relatives, but a drop of the latter’s spiritual blood that had been lost.
Just like a leaf blown away from a tree by the wind, Fuya now might be one percent of the remnants of the original phoenix, reborn as she is now because of Sylvia.
“Sorry, I was slightly delayed by something.”
A gentle, melodic voice reached her ears. The elf singer, still in a simple dress, approached her. Her soft, silk-like pale blue hair was simply draped over her shoulders without being carefully styled.
Verafia turned her little face to look at her. “Seelalis, are you helping us find Irene? Do you have any news?”
“Mhm… Vera should know. The true name of that Silver Moon Elf is Azelia, and she is the daughter of Zolgaya. And the current Dark Moon Goddess is her sister.”
Verafia nodded. These were all things Irene had told her before.
Coupled with this, and considering the legends of the Dark Elf Zolgaya personally abducting her and even sparking a war, no one could underestimate the seriousness of the situation.
It was unlikely that the High Priestess of the Dark Elves was simply longing for her daughter.
“Senior Seelalis, what do you mean?”
The Wood Elf glanced slightly at Ig and said, “At least, from what I know. That Silver Moon Elf is no longer in the Emerald Forest. She has already been taken back to the Holy Mountain Range, and there are rumors that Zolgaya has taken her back to the Dark Moon Well.”
“The Moon Sacred Well was once tainted and became the Dark Moon Well. It was where the Silver Moon Goddess Elusia’s projection landed, but after being defiled by the abyss, the betrayers used it to create their own Dark Moon.”
Seelalis paused slightly and added.