Tangled By Fate

513  MAGESTIC ENTRANCE

"What are you saying? Our Mistress turned into a dragon?" Sebastian couldn't believe his ears.

While he was lamenting that he couldn't guard his Mistress properly, Felix told him something so shocking that he had a hard time accepting it.

After he woke up, Felix called Merlin. Merlin was checking his wounds and dressing them again.

"Let's just hope they will come back safely," Felix said. "I think it's a kind of blessing that she was taken away or we wouldn't have known."

"Don't speak like that." The ever-so-gentle Merlin became serious. "We were lucky that she didn't burn us to death but I cannot guarantee that she won't do the same for Arthur.

"He is persistent. He won't leave her no matter what. What if Veronica gets angry and burns him? Will you still say that we were lucky?"

"I'm sorry I said that," Felix apologized.

Nonetheless, he still thought that it was good for them that they got to know that she was a dragon. Thanks to her, the war ended quickly and they didn't have too many casualties.

He was being realistic when he said that he supported Veronica becoming a dragon. The battlefield wasn't a place to be emotional.

"Is there any way to contact Master? I have something to give him," Sebastian said.

"Weren't you just guarding Veronica?" Felix asked.

"I had another mission I had to take care of," Sebastian replied.

Since he didn't disclose the details, Felix didn't pester about it.

He told Sebastian, "We can't be sure when Arthur will be back."

"Even if he comes back, I just pray he'll be unscathed," Merlin added.

'Master, please come back soon,' Sebastian prayed.

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The 'dragon' Veronica tirelessly flew in the sky. Two days and two nights passed.

She didn't stop for a break to eat or drink. Since she didn't eat, Arthur didn't have the chance to eat or drink anything either.

There were times when he fell asleep in her claws. Sometimes when he woke up, he saw a forest or river or mountains beneath him. Sometimes, it was simply a meadow.

He didn't know if people down there noticed them or not. He was worried that it would create a big commotion and Veronica would be in danger.

It was midnight when they reached Tybu. The dragon flew down and sat on the highest peak. As she released her grip, Arthur slid onto the balcony of their bedroom.

 He stood there and looked up. Veronica proudly sat there and roared, shaking the world around her.

As if to answer her call, the dark clouds began to form around her.

"Nica, it's dangerous. Go down!" Arthur shouted when he noticed that the weather was becoming weird.

However, Veronica didn't pay any attention to his words. She looked around the clouds and seemed happy that they answered her call.

The wizards who were still in the tower woke up by her roar. They looked outside the window and saw lightning and heard thunder.

Those who already watched the dragon's wrath didn't dare to go outside to see what was happening. They trembled and prayed for their lives.

 However, Ovior, Merlin and Felix were different. They went to check outside what was happening. Ovior, who hadn't seen the dragon up until now, dashed outside and raised his head.

!!!

Even though he knew what he was going to see, he was still astonished to be able to watch a red dragon with his very own eyes.

Soon, the clouds covered the mighty dragon. The sky crackled and lightning struck her.

Roar!

Electricity ran all over her body through her veins. Her eyes constricted and her blood began to boil. Soon, a numb pain spread throughout her body.

Afterward, her eyes fluttered before closing down.

Arthur's heart skipped a beat when he watched lightning striking her and then covering her whole body in white light. Soon, her body dropped from the tower.

He reached out to grab her. He used magic to lay out a magical net all around the tower.

Surprisingly, she fell into his arms as a normal human. Her eyes were still tightly shut and her body was burning.

Seeing her normal form gave Arthur a huge relief. He tightly held her close to his chest and took her into the bedroom.

He was concerned about the lightning struck. Although she was in dragon form when she was struck by lightning, he wondered if she was hurt terribly.

He carefully put her in bed and slowly took off her clothes. He found some red scales of the dragon were still visible in her body but only as a form of art. It looked as if someone painted on her smooth skin.

Afterward, he brought a bowl of cold water using magic and wiped her body with a tower soaked in that cold water.

No matter how much he tried, her body wasn't cooling down.

In the end, he took her to the bathroom and put her in the cold water. He used ice magic to have a light layer of ice in the water to lower the water temperature.

While he was trying to cool her body, someone knocked on the door. When he didn't answer, someone barged in.

"Arthur, are you here?"

Upon hearing Ovior's voice, Arthur replied, "I'm here."

With a loud bang, the bathroom door was opened.

Finding Arthur in the bathroom, Ovior signed in relief. "Oh, thank goodness you are here. Did you hear the dragon roaring… what are you doing?"

He finally noticed unconscious Veronica in the bathtub. Her body was covered with a layer of ice; so, he could only see her face.

"I'm trying to cool her body. She is burning," Arthur answered.

Ovior sat beside him and touched her forehead. It was indeed hot; too hot to touch.

"How? Why?" Ovior was shocked as he retracted his hand as soon as he touched her.

He commented after seeing his fingers turning red. "She is untouchable!"

Arthur frowned and put a few more layers of ice in the tub. However, the ice kept melting due to the heat emitting from Veronica's body.

 "Is she really the dragon that roared just now? The red dragon?"