The Vastness of Magical Destiny

"Shatima?" Komer was taken aback, before saying, "Hasn’t she told you about her origins?"

"No, every time I ask her, she just beats around the bush and refuses to give a straight answer. She only says that meeting you was purely by chance, um, that there is nothing special between you two, just ordinary friends. But however I look at her expression, it doesn’t seem quite natural. Yet I feel there is nothing secretive about the relationship between the two of you. When I press her for answers, she tells me to ask you, saying that it is up to you to decide whether the question can be answered or not. Komer, tell me, what exactly is going on?" Vero’s bright eyes rested on his uncertain face.

Komer was also unsure whether or not to let Vero know the secret. Now in Caucasus, only Mihailovich had a rough idea of Shatima’s origins. Others, although also surprised by Shatima’s behavior, haven’t been too suspicious, as Komer had always been accompanied by a variety of people behaving oddly.

Komer didn’t want to hide anything from Vero. He had revealed everything, including his special relationship with the Great Mysterium Sect that led to being hunted by the Court of the Church of Light. In fact, Komer had not many secrets to keep from Vero anymore. But Shatima’s origins were truly extraordinary. If people found out an Ice Dragon had transformed into a human form and was living among them, it would be incredibly unbelievable. Dragons transforming into humans wasn’t news, but to live among humans, just like humans, and even to be an attractive woman, this news, once spread, would be earth-shattering. Now that she had pushed the question to him, and even hinted that she wouldn’t mind him telling Vero, Komer was genuinely puzzled by her motives. Did she not worry that being exposed as a different kind would make her an outcast?

"You mean she’s letting me decide whether to reveal her origins?" Komer asked back.

"Yes, that’s exactly what she means." Facing Komer’s gaze, Vero asked curiously, "Is her background really that shocking?"

"Well, that depends on how you understand it." Komer licked his lips, somewhat helplessly, "This Shatima, to be exact, she isn’t one of our human kind."

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"Not human?!" Vero’s lips formed an ’O’, her eyes full of confusion and puzzlement, "What do you mean? If she is not human, could she be a Magic Puppet you created? But that doesn’t seem right; she seems to possess vitality and intelligence—I can feel it."