Chapter 264 (1): Drama? Impossible
“What do you mean that Vera will wear you?”
Wayne tilted his head in question. If Valkyrie permitted it, Vera could wear the armor, but the effectiveness would be lacking. One plus one wouldn’t even become two, but zero. Moreover, why would she mention Vera now...
Valkyrie knew very well the relationship between Wayne and Vera. Since Valkyrie was Valkyrie, he wouldn’t suspect her of breaking her chivalrous spirit and virtuous character. Were it anyone else, he would think he was being set up.
“According to the messenger, the Watson family was once squires of the chosen knight. Vera’s father, Cushing Watson, served the current Sun Knight. Receiving the knight’s order, he had crossed the Ocean of Mist with some of the knight’s power...”
Valkyrie slowly told the story. The world on the other side of the Ocean of Mist had something to do with the seal in the Frozen Land. The Sun Knight couldn’t leave his post there, so he gave his power to his squire, Cushing, and entrusted him with an important mission. Cushing entered the Ocean of Mist with his wife, Carter, accompanied by a group of mages from the Church of Sun. They went missing later.
Since the Sun Knight’s power was involved, the church considered it more than a simple case of a missing person. There had been many investigation attempts, but the investigators either disappeared or found nothing.
Given how important the matter was and the need to keep the information on a need-to-know basis, the higher-ups declared Mr. and Mrs. Watson killed in the failed mission. Vera was thus orphaned.
Wayne listened in shock. He knew that Vera had lost her parents young, but he didn’t expect the disappearance of his in-laws to be connected to the Sun Knight. How did he not know that chosen knights could lend their power to others? Oh, right, the Headless Knight had effectively lent him the power of the Death Knight. He understood now.
“The Watson family was the knight’s squires, so Vera had to be the one I was waiting for on Dragonheart Island. Only you turned out to be more talented.”
Vera found her and acquired the knight’s legacy, so she would be heading to the Ocean of Mist and recover the Sun Knight’s power to deliver it to the Frozen Land. All was going according to fate’s plan.
Really? Does fate have such ridiculous reach?
Wayne raised an eyebrow. He had to admit that Valkyrie had a point. There were two treasures on Dragonheart Island: Valkyrie and the dragonslaying swordsmanship she could pass on, and the blood of a dragon's heart, left by a great dragon.