Tangled By Fate

Chapter 451: DARIUS BROUGHT HER TO HIS FAVORITE PLACE

“Where do you want to go to celebrate your victory? I have a place in mind.”

“Let’s go there!”

Veronica’s eyes sparkled.

She was in a joyous mood.

She beat four Imperial Guards. Her mood couldn’t be better.

However, she didn’t expect that she would be taken to a restaurant where it was filled with belly dancers.

There were dancers on the stage. The waitresses were also belly dancers. They were all wearing revealing clothes.

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Veronica’s face burned.

It was too hard to look around. She stared at the clean table. Food would be served a bit later.

She never felt so uncomfortable in a restaurant before.

“What do you think you are doing? Look outside. It’s lunchtime,” she hissed.

“Yeah, that’s why we are here to have lunch,” Darius replied.

He was nonchalant about her awkward attitude. His eyes were sparkling as he looked around. He winked at the girls whenever their eyes met.

Veronica couldn’t take his behavior. “But why here? Do you think I would like to come to places like this?”

Darius said in a delighting tone, “Sweetheart, they are all girls. What’s your problem? Anyway, we already ordered our meal. So, let’s stick around for a while.

“Or, if you want, I can take you to the male belly dancers restaurant. It’s popular among noble women.”

“No way!” Veronica gritted her teeth.

‘This is so embarrassing. I regret believing that Darius would take me somewhere nice. I should have guessed sooner. How could he become such a good guy to bring me to a decent place?’

She wanted to curse him.

Suddenly she thought of Ironin. Curious to find out what he was doing, she turned her head and looked at him.

Ironin was sitting beside her. His eyes were closed as though he was meditating.

His face was unfazed. He didn’t bother to look around when dancers danced in front of him.

‘Out of sight, out of mind. Nice one.’ Veronica couldn’t be more amazed.

“I’m going to the restroom. Excuse me.”

She stood up and asked a dancer for the location of the restroom.

The dancer showed her the way. She strode to the restroom.

When she saw no dancers, she took a deep breath. She was relieved.

“You said they were your friends but why would they bring you to an inappropriate place like that?”

Veronica was startled. She turned around and saw Urulas at the end of the corridor.

He was wearing the Manager’s uniform. He walked forward and stopped in front of her.

“You... are you working here?” Veronica asked him with surprise on her face.

“That’s where I do my job,” Urulas replied. “I’m the Manager of this hotel. The owner is someone else. But why are you here?”

Veronica didn’t want him to misunderstand.

She said, “My friends brought me here. I didn’t know he was bold enough to bring me here in broad daylight.”

Urulas raised an eyebrow. “Why? Would you come here at night time then?”

Veronica was embarrassed by how misleading her reply was.

“That’s not what I mean. But why are you working here? Do you like belly dancing?”

She changed the subject after not being able to make him understand.

Urulas expressionlessly replied, “It has nothing to do with belly dancing. I saved the owner from the abductors.

“He realized that I needed a job. So, he asked me to be the Manager of the shop.”

‘So, he isn’t like other men in the human realm. That’s assuring,’ Veronica thought.

“That’s wonderful to hear. I hope you are doing well.”

“I am doing well. You seem happier than the last time I saw you.” Urulas didn’t miss the changes on her face.

“Yes, that’s true. I defeated four Imperial Guards today in spar.”

Veronica proudly told him in detail how she took care of them with ehr kicks and punches.

Urulas snickered when he saw how excited she was.

He asked, “What now? Does that make you invincible? Shall we have a spar?”

Veronica shook her head while replying, “Nope, not today. I want to enjoy my victory.”

“Well, enjoy your victory. Let’s meet tomorrow. I have a day off. Let’s see what you have got. I’m going back to work now.”

As Urulas turned to leave, Veronica stopped him.

“Wait, I need you to do something for me.”

Urulas looked at her. “What do you need?” he asked.

Veronica told him, “I want you to find information about witches. First, bring me the information about Tybu witches.

‘If they don’t satisfy me, I have to ask you to bring news of the witches all over the world.

“Aside from that, someone needs to go to Louses and spy on their Science. A friend of mine went there. His name is Merlin.

‘He works for the Magic Tower. I want to find out everything he is doing there. He must not be harmed.

“Give these tasks to others. I have another task. This task is for you. Have you heard about the Rosemary Temple?”

Urulas thought for a moment. “The ancient temple that is situated in Utahill? Yes, I do. But I don’t know the exact locations.”

Veronica said, “I will give you the location and how to enter that place. You have to do one thing. Steal some scrolls from there and hand them over to me.

“When we meet tomorrow, I will give you the list. I’m sure you know the ancient language of the human realm.”

Urulas explained, “Ancient language is similar to elvish language. Long before, humans would use pictures as language. But when the elves joined hands with the humans, they taught humans the elvish language.

“That’s how human language changed. Through centuries, the language went to different places of the human realm and shaped into different forms.”

“That’s assuring. Then, you won’t have problems finding the scrolls,” Veronica said.

“You have so many tasks for me. Are you investigating something?” Urulas was curious.

“I will tell you after you find the scrolls and I get information about the witches,” Veronica replied.

“You are good at hiding things from me. Fine. I won’t pursue this matter. After I bring you everything you need, you can tell me. See you tomorrow.”

After Urulas left, Veronica pondered about the conversation she had with Zinnia.

Zinnia said that witches were involved in the fake Arthurs’ case. It could mean that Science of Louses might not be involved.

Or even if they were involved, the witches had all the news regarding the Magic Tower.

Louses usually didn’t take disciples from outside countries.

For their king to approve of Merlin’s wish to learn more about Science wasn’t normal.

It seemed too easy.

It could mean only one thing.

Merlin could be in danger.

When Veronica was having a spar with the Imperial Guards, she thought of this possibility.

However, she debated whether she should tell Arthur or not.

‘If I tell him, he will immediately send someone to bring Merlin back. If Louses captures the knights who went to bring Merlin back, it might raise a diplomatic issue.’

‘Merlin is an important figure in the tower. He has access to both the tower and the palace. Without him, the tower is a bit vulnerable. Arthur doesn’t like to negotiate.’

‘If the witches wanted to break the relationship between the palace and the tower, Arthur just has to make one single mistake.’

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‘The King will surely choose world peace over the tower. He won’t hesitate to sacrifice the Magic Tower if Louses calls for war with their Science. The tower will be destroyed.’

‘And who will benefit the most if the tower is destroyed?’

She didn’t need to guess who.

It’s the Queen.

‘Arthur’s suspicion was correct. The Queen was behind all these. While the Queen wanted to eliminate the tower, the witches wanted Arthur to bring darkness to the world. That’s why they shook hands together.’

‘Unfortunately, they have no idea that I have an elvish army who work for me. The Elvish King swore to protect me.’

‘I definitely can’t call upon a war. I don’t want innocent people to suffer for the Queen and the witches’ greed.’

‘And I can’t tell Arthur or Ovior about this matter. They will try to send people and I have to tell them I have already sent people to rescue Merlin if something bad had happened to him.’

‘That’s when they will suspect me and spy on my daily life to find out who I associate with. Sigh, sometimes I don’t understand if I’m living a caged life or not. Humans are so complicated.’

She shook her head and then went back to the restaurant. She didn’t notice someone was skillfully hiding their presence.

Darius saw her and said, “You took your time. Good that you came back before the food got cold.”

Veronica looked at the table and several dishes were served.

That’s when her stomach clenched tightly. She realized that she was hungry.

“It’s so many. Can we finish all that?” she asked while sitting down.

“It’s a treat for your victory. I’m so proud of you. The way you kicked the face and butts, you were born to be my disciple.” Darius patted her shoulder.

Afterward, he announced, “Let’s start digging!”

Veronica started eating when a waitress poured warm water on her glass and then slipped something in her hand.

It seemed like a note.