Chapter 317 - Volume 3
Chapter 96 – The girl’s thread of fate (3)
Amandina glanced at the silent people around her before putting back her suspicious gaze back on Brendel. Though she did not have Medissa’s eyes for people or knew what happened in Schafflund’s mines, even a fool would be able to see how fond Scarlett was of Brendel.
The youth patted Scarlett’s head and the latter’s sweet smile moved him.
But her fragile body made her smile look like it was about to break anytime.
“Welcome back…… My lord.” She had not eaten for several days, and the only sustenance she had was water. Her voice was nearly in a whisper.
“I’ve returned,” Brendel said.
“Have you settled the things in Schafflund?”
Brendel did not answer and merely smiled.
[T-t-this pervert!!!]
“Pfff—” Someone tried to stifle a laughter.
It was the last straw. Scarlett’s hand immediately went up and smacked the offending person’s…… hand?
She suddenly realized what she was doing. Why did her mind suddenly become clear?
An indescribable sweetness.
Her pain had completely disappeared. She felt energy returning to her with every breath. A warm current spread from her mouth, first to her throat, then to her entire body, pulling out her blurry thoughts from the abyss she was in.
She opened her eyes. Amandina and Felaern’s bodies were turned away while trying to hold back their laughter. However, Ciel and Medissa appeared to be utterly stunned, and their gazes were on Brendel’s hand.
It was a shining golden apple, with a slice missing from it.
Brendel’s lips were slightly lifted in an incorrigible manner, while his eyes were slightly narrowed to form an impish line. But when he saw Scarlett getting up with a stunned expression, he suddenly turned solemn and brooding.
[The lifeforce provided by the golden apple will extend her life, but it doesn’t stop the corruption. Rather, it will strengthen the Blood of Gods in her. The legend about the Golden Apple states that it can change one’s destiny. I can only hope it changes her fate.]
This was the only solution he had.
[That little female dragon also said there’s something applied to this apple. Even though it’s unlikely to be poison, I doubt it’s anything good either…… Wait— her face is really red. Is the Golden Apple really poisoned?]
Even though he teased her as a joke, he did not expect her reaction to be so strong and thought that the dragon really did something to the apple.
“Do you feel there’s something wrong?!” He asked urgently.
However, it sounded like their lord was making fun of Scarlett, and this caused the two girls to break out into uncontrollable laughter.
Scarlett wanted to find a block of cheese, smash her head into it and die right there to end the shame.