Chapter 563: Innocence
Sofia didn't even realize that she let herself fall asleep.
She woke up to sounds of melodious humming and splashing water. The source of which was of course the only other person here, Velania, sitting next to her on the border of the lake, her feet rhythmically going in and out of the water as she hummed an unfamiliar tune.
For a bit, Sofia decided to stay just like this. However, it was hard to fool the senses of someone so high-level, Velania noticed as soon as she finished her song.
“Ah! Sorry, I didn’t want to wake you up…”
Sofia sat up, taking a deep breath of the ambient mana. Velania had changed her clothes, she was wearing a pure white sundress that seemed to sparkle in the light. It left her right arm fully exposed, showing the burn scars that ran down her entire body.
“It’s nothing,” Sofia waved her concerns away, “I didn’t even mean to fall asleep in the first place…”
“I can relate to that,” Velania answered with a giggle, “You look nice like this,” she commented on Sofia’s demon form, “a shame to cover it up.”
“Maybe you’re right. I just feel safer with my armor on,” Sofia said without thinking, instinctively reaching out for the piece of armor still laying in the grass between Velania and herself. Oh crap. Her hand stopped just above the dragon-scale armguard.
“Was it Romuald who told you?” Velania asked, her voice calm and her eyes lost in the distance, “How much do you know?”