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Velzard watched as I had left her to go find Isaac, leaving her alone with Evelyn completely helpless.
"You seem tense. Is there something wrong?" Evelyn asked suddenly causing Velzard to slightly jump.
"Uhh no. I was just hoping Simon to help move the conversation along. I guess that was a little bit of wishful thinking." Velzard said slightly afraid to disappoint her.
That haughty personality if the frost dragon was gone now, she was still quite prideful and possessive but that possessiveness was mostly reserved for Simon.
"Are you his lover?"
"Yes." Velzard said with a sudden burst of authority.
"You seem to be quite sure of that." Sensing that determination in her voice, Evelyn was taken a back but still had a smile on her face.
" Simon tried to sever ties with me in an effort to protect me from him but I won't allow him to face anything alone… not anymore." Velzard said with a bit of resentment and bitterness.
Evelyn got up and sat down beside Velzard, "Well did you come here to seek my approval?"
"Yes. Well more that I came to fight for your approval." Velzard was prepared for whatever disapproval was to come.
"Well you have my approval already." Evelyn said that completely catching Velzard offguard.
" Really? I was kinda preparing for whatever battle was to come for me. Are you sure cause I prepared a lot of verbal retorts." Velzard was a little upset that she couldn't use her prepared cards.
" Well I doubt I can fight a true dragon, and I trust Simon's judge of character. Believe me, he's always been wary of people's nature."
Velzard giggled, "Well it wasn't exactly a really battle, it was more of a verba- WAIT you know who I am?"
"Well, the name Velzard isn't exactly common and considering the fact that my ultimate skill is based around information gathering, it should be pretty obvious how I know you."
Velzard looked at her with a determined look, "Well do I meet your standards?"
"It doesn't matter if you meet my standards. If you really did love him then you wouldn't care about what I think of you… but you already knew that didn't you." Evelyn looked at Velzard with a mischievous glare, "You actually just wanted to know more about Simon didn't you?"
Velzard's timid facade faded away, "So does that mean that their is stuff for you to tell me." Velzard came close and took Evelyn's hands in her own, "Tell me some embarrassing stuff about him."
" Why does it have to be embarrassing?"
" Well… so that I can tease him about it. When Simon is embarrassed, he's so adorable." Velzard said in glee while clearly imagining the scene of using all of my secrets against me.
Evelyn saw the expression and was to stunned at the moment, "Well, Simon has always kept to himself and I wasn't really there whenever something bad happened."
" Awe, I really wanted to- oh?" Velzard was startled by something and looked to the side.
Evelyn: " Is there a problem?"
Velzard: " It seems that Simon have decided to settle their issues using their swords."
Evelyn, hearing that, was a little worried " Oh ok, should we intervene?"
" I doubt it, if they have a problem, this will probably be the fastest way to solve it." Velzard seemed hesitant to ask something, " Evelyn, can I ask something big from you?"
"Um, depends on the question?" Evelyn was very afraid of the next question.
" I want you to teach me how to be a better wife."
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" WHAAAAAAAAAAAA" Evelyn blanked out, " Why?"
" Well… I want to be a better person for Simon. Frankly I have never really brought anything to the relationship and I want to be someone that he can rely on more."
Evelyn seeing this had stars in her eyes as she looked at the hopelessly, in love dragon, "That is just beautiful."
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Evelyn had lead Velzard into a highly advance kitchen magical appliance that mimics modern day technology with the added twist of magic.
" I think one of the things that you should learn first. The key to a man's heart is through his stomach, so we're gonna learn how to bake." Evelyn said while putting on an apron and tying up her hair.
Velzard controlled space around her and what formed around her was an apron, "Okay then, what are we baking here?"
"We are baking croissants. This is something from our previous world and is basically glorified buttery bread. You know, to start off simple."
Evelyn began Velzard with flour and making dough and then using her divine strength to knead in the dough. Evelyn had noticed that Velzard seemed to, not only be good at this, but experienced. She clearly didn't know the hand movements but seemed to know what to do beforehand.
"Velzard, have you baked before because it seems that you know what you're doing."
"No, I know this because of Simon. Simon learnt how to cook and bake, and every time that he'd do so, I would sit by his side and watch." Velzard said the last part quieter then usual, almost sad.
But Evelyn had caught on, " Is there something wrong?"
Velzard said hesitantly, " Has Simon told you about his illness?"
Evelyn: " No."
It was then that Velzard told Evelyn about Egoblight and the century of affliction that Simon ha went through.
But there was one thing that Evelyn sympathised with, " I should really have a talk with him. It's wrong to suddenly just erase someone's memories."
" Please don't, if anything, I blame myself for that." Velzard began rolling out the dough, rather aggressively, " I've known Simon since he was reincarnated. I've sat on the side as I watched him grew stronger, watched him progress… watched him suffer and yet I did nothing. I understand that he would cut me off like that, I was just a burden anyway."
Evelyn was speechless to say the least. The plastered smile on her face as well as the tears pooling down her face made her feel bitter. Evelyn took a tissue, got closer to her and wiped down the tears.
"Thanks. Now let's get this done now, it be nice to show those two idiots what we made." Velzard said with a smile plastered on her face.
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After silently making croissants together, they laid them down on the counter and tasted them together.
" Ok, for your first try, this is actually incredible." Evelyn praised.
Velzard tried them and showed a warm smile with one thought, 'I can't wait to see the smile on his face.'
After that, the two boys entered looking refreshed, the tense atmosphere filled with animosity completely gone.