Sebastian pondered Veronica's situation.
Catherine was her one and only childhood friend. Their bond was so strong that Catherine wished to co with her without having a second thought.
In the end, Veronica had to force herself to take away her only friend's life force and transfer it to him, whom Catherine fancied.
'She must have blad herself a lot after doing that, ' he thought.
He said, "Do you know what mission Master gave when you were sleeping?"
"No, what was your mission?"
"I was ordered to protect you with my life depending on it. Even if I had to die, I need to use my last breath to protect you."
"... But there were other guards outside, was it not?"
"There was none. Only . Master said that since I made you cry, I needed to be punished."
Veronica had a headache.
She knew what was going on inside Arthur's head. He hardly saw her so broken. So, when she was crying her heart out in front of him, he had no way to take care of the situation for her.
Therefore, he decided to punish Sebastian for his incompetency.
She rubbed her forehead, feeling embarrassed by Arthur's childish action.
"Sebastian… I apologize…" she started.
"No, Mistress! You cannot apologize. You mustn't apologize. If it wasn't for being incapable, this wouldn't happen."
"I can say the sa thing. If it wasn't for , Cathy wouldn't be there at that ti. You wouldn't be tornted either. At this rate, we will keep going in circles and Cathy won't like it."
Veronica looked at Sebastian. She blad herself for seeing a loyal man like him go through sothing like heartbreak.
She stood up and continued, "You rest today. You will regain your strength by tomorrow."
"Thank you, Mistress. I will forever rember your kindness. I promise to pay you back one day."
"If you want to pay back, keep living a good life. Cathy would want the sa."
"…I will try."
"Good. Have so rest now."
Veronica ca out of Sebastian's room and spotted Felix and rlin around the corner.
"Sebastian will be fine," she told them. "How are the other magicians? Are you badly injured?"
"So of them are truly badly injured. So are being healed by and Ovior," rlin said.
"All right, I will see them. Show the way to the infirmary," Veronica ordered.
"But will you be okay? You seed tired after healing Sebastian," Sebastian expressed his concern.
Veronica smiled in response.
"I will be fine," she answered.
It took her two hours to heal all the injured magicians.
Everyone expressed gratitude toward her. They even ntioned the dragon.
"Mistress, have you heard about the dragon?"
"The dragon took away Master and brought him back to the tower. Do you think Master tad the dragon?"
"Master is so powerful, isn't he? He even tad the dragon. We haven't heard it roar anymore."
Veronica surpassed her laughter and said, "I agree. He is really powerful. He is powerful enough to ta the dragon."
All the magicians' eyes brightened up upon hearing her comnt.
"Did Master really ta the beast? Amazing! Amazing!!"
The magicians were excited by the news.
Veronica finally laughed after noticing their excitent was just like children.
After the infirmary was emptied, she went upstairs. There, she found Arthur standing in the corridor and leaning against the wall.
"Have you been waiting for long?" Veronica inquired.
"Not really," Arthur calmly answered. He held her hand and squeezed it softly. "I heard sothing bizarre."
"Did you?" Veronica stepped closer and softly whispered, "What did you hear?"
Arthur whispered back, "I heard that I tad a dragon."
Veronica chuckled. She pretended not to know.
"Ah, did you?"
"I need to ask you that question. Did I?"
"It seems so," Veronica admitted.
"If I did sothing so amazing, I deserve a prize. Do I not?" Arthur shalessly asked for a present.
"You do," his wife agreed.
Afterward, she tiptoed and kissed his lips. It was a soft and sweet kiss, filled with love and appreciation.
Arthur's heart was moved by her kiss. He pulled her closer and deepened the kiss.
The mont of bliss passed.
Veronica pulled away. Her face was flushed. She was breathless.
It took her so ti to get over it and then, she said, "And you are not allowed to tornt Sebastian."
Arthur paused and contemplated. "I want to tornt him a lot."
Veronica scratched his chest.
"Leave him alone. He is already sad enough. Give him so ti to get over his sadness. He might find a good girl and get married soon. Cathy would have wanted that."
Arthur kissed her forehead.
"Since my princess wants it, I will listen to you," he agreed.
A mont later, he comnted, "I'm not sure who tad whom."
Veronica giggled and pecked on his cheek.
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The next day, Veronica went to her mansion where the elves lived.
The elves were delighted when they saw her.
"Veronica, congratulations on being a dragon!"
Urulas ca to greet her.
"Thank you. Thank you!"
Veronica was thanking everyone who congratulated her.
"You have a letter from the Elvish realm," Urulas passed her a letter.
Veronica unrolled the letter and noticed the Elvish king's seal on it.
It was a congratulatory letter along with a wooden key.
"What is this key for?" she inquired. "In the letter it says that it will co in handy."
"This is the key to the Elvish royal library that holds all the secrets. Since you beca a dragon, you are rightfully eligible to beco a mber of the library. You can access any book you want. Even the forbidden ones."
Veronica held her breath, trying to control her excitent.
"Urulas, I don't know what to say…"
Urulas let out a soft smile.
"You don't have to," he said. "You earned it. It belongs to you anyway. You are the blessed child after all."
"I see. I will keep it safe," Veronica promised.
"Imperial Father has another reason to give it to you as soon as possible," Urulas ntioned.
"What is the reason?"
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