Tangled By Fate

Chapter 518  TAMED

Sebastian pondered Veronica's situation.

Catherine was her one and only childhood friend. Their bond was so strong that Catherine wished to come 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 blamed herself a lot after doing that, ' he thought.

He said, "Do you know what mission Master gave me 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 me. 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 me being incapable, this wouldn't happen."

"I can say the same thing. If it wasn't for me, Cathy wouldn't be there at that time. You wouldn't be tormented either. At this rate, we will keep going in circles and Cathy won't like it."

Veronica looked at Sebastian. She blamed herself for seeing a loyal man like him go through something like heartbreak.

She stood up and continued, "You rest today. You will regain your strength by tomorrow."

"Thank you, Mistress. I will forever remember your kindness. I promise to pay you back one day."

"If you want to pay me back, keep living a good life. Cathy would want the same."

"…I will try."

"Good. Have some rest now."

Veronica came out of Sebastian's room and spotted Felix and Merlin around the corner.

"Sebastian will be fine," she told them. "How are the other magicians? Are you badly injured?"

"Some of them are truly badly injured. Some are being healed by me and Ovior," Merlin said.

"All right, I will see them. Show me the way to the infirmary," Veronica ordered.

"But will you be okay? You seemed 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 mentioned 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 tamed the dragon?"

"Master is so powerful, isn't he? He even tamed 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 tame the dragon."

All the magicians' eyes brightened up upon hearing her comment.

"Did Master really tame the beast? Amazing! Amazing!!"

The magicians were excited by the news.

Veronica finally laughed after noticing their excitement 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 something bizarre."

"Did you?" Veronica stepped closer and softly whispered, "What did you hear?"

Arthur whispered back, "I heard that I tamed 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 something so amazing, I deserve a prize. Do I not?" Arthur shamelessly 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 moment of bliss passed.

Veronica pulled away. Her face was flushed. She was breathless.

It took her some time to get over it and then, she said, "And you are not allowed to torment Sebastian."

Arthur paused and contemplated. "I want to torment him a lot."

Veronica scratched his chest.

"Leave him alone. He is already sad enough. Give him some time 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 moment later, he commented, "I'm not sure who tamed 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 came 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 come in handy."

"This is the key to the Elvish royal library that holds all the secrets. Since you became a dragon, you are rightfully eligible to become a member of the library. You can access any book you want. Even the forbidden ones."

Veronica held her breath, trying to control her excitement.

"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 mentioned.

"What is the reason?"