Tangled By Fate

Chapter 303 - ARTHUR'S SUGGESTION

"…Anyway, talking about fighting reminded me of something. Did you bring my belongings from the resort?"

Arthur paused. After a while, he replied, "I don't remember seeing your belongings. Thus, I didn't bring anything other than you."

Veronica blinked. She was confused. "How did you bring me without dressing me up?" She felt uncomfortable talking about that in front of Ovior.

Ovior sneered. He couldn't miss the chance to mock his friend. "He didn't need to bring your clothes. He wrapped you with the white bedsheet and carried you to the Magic Tower. At first, I thought he brought a dead body, but I was wrong."

Veronica gaped at Arthur. She couldn't believe her ears. First, Arthur brought her here without her permission. Not to mention, he left her belongings. He even brought her naked and showed everyone her embarrassing state.

'Now that I heard the truth from Ovior's mouth, how can I show my face to anyone?' Feeling helpless, she covered her head. She couldn't raise her head.

Arthur panicked seeing her state. He glared at Ovior and cursed at him with his eyes. Then, he hurriedly said to his wife, "Nica, don't worry about anything. No one saw you naked or anything. I wrapped you well. I directly took you to our bedroom. Only when Ovior came to meet me in the bedroom, he saw you. At that time, I was placing you on the bed."

Angry Veronica grabbed his collar and pulled him closer. "You didn't undress me in front of your friend, did you?"

Arthur vigorously shook his head. "No way. I would have taken his eyes out if he saw you like that."

Ovior glared at him and yet said nothing. "I shall leave first, loser." Using his magic, he dried his body, hair, and clothes and then left the floor.

Veronica finally glanced at her husband. She pinched his waist. "How could you do something like that?"

"I'm sorry, Nica. I was too occupied thinking that I had to bring you to our home. It was already magical that you came back to me alive when I thought you were dead."

Arthur lowered his head. He looked like he was wrong.

Seeing his innocent puppy expression, Veronica took a deep breath. 'Scolding him won't get me anywhere. I need to bring my clothes and weapons from the resort. They are favorite weapons given by the elves. I can't lose them.'

"I need to bring my belongings back. Help me to use teleportation to go there," she demanded.

Arthur gently suggested, "How about I ask Catherine to bring them with her? She is still staying there."

"She won't know if something has gone missing or not. It's already been three days."

"Isn't the resort Manager her friend? I'm sure he will keep your things safe. Let me contact Catherine," Arthur insisted.

Veronica suddenly thought of something and squinted her eyes. "Why does it look like you are trying to keep me in the tower?"

"Absolutely not," Arthur firmly denied. "I'm just worried about your safety, that's all."

"…" Veronica was speechless. She thought that she was going to have another headache.

"Moreover, we have already found out who is behind this advanced facial surgery," Arthur added. "It looks like Louses is behind this."

"Louses?" Veronica frowned. She had a clear idea about geography thanks to her travels. "Why would they try to harm us? Do you have animosity with them?"

Arthur answered while taking her to his office, "We have never fought against them. Somehow, they invented something called 'Science' to cure people. They don't need healers or magicians to help them. Merlin went to write a letter to the king of Louses. He plans to meet him and study science."

Veronica tried to imagine the whole incident. "Then the guy who was hired to act like you, did his face change because of this 'Science'?"

"That's right," Arthur nodded. "They call it plastic surgery. Records suggest that plastic surgery was used as far back as those times to attempt to reconstruct noses. That was even in ancient times."

"And now they can change one's face however they want without others finding out the truth." Veronica gasped as she realized the seriousness of the issue.

She recalled what the Head Priest told her in the ancient library. "You can't always see the truth with your eyes and what you see isn't false either."

'The thing that wasn't true was Arthur playing with women. But it wasn't false that there wasn't any Arthur there. It was the Fake Arthur.

"Then, we must investigate who is behind this. Who knows how the enemy will try to confuse us later." Veronica shivered.

Arthur couldn't agree more. "Not only that, but I also believe that they wanted destruction to fall in the land. Since the enemy knew me very well, they knew how much I cared about you. They might have predicted that I would have used the black magic to bring you back."

"They wanted to separate us to bring disaster…" Veronica mumbled.

At that moment, Saint Ava's voice rang in her ears. "From now on, you are to stay in this place. You MUST NOT leave the city, let alone the kingdom… If you leave, disaster will be brought in this country. You disobeyed me. Now take responsibility for your actions."

'So, that's what Saint Ava meant,' Veronica thought inwardly. 'She predicted the future. Or maybe not. She somehow found out about the future and tried to stop me from doing anything stupid. She had already forbidden me to marry someone. If she knew I was married to Arthur, I'm sure she would make a scene.'

She wished to slap her face. 'When you know nothing, you make stupid mistakes, and then regret later.'

"I will let Marlin handle Louses and Zinnia handle Max. We hardly had time for each other after marriage. Let's finish our work here while you study or do whatever you wish. You can go out whenever you want but I suggest you take at least one bodyguard with you. The enemy already knows that you or someone special. I'm not sure if they know that you are the blessed child.. Let's be careful."