The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 80

“Your hands are slowing down. There’s still more than half left. Eat some more.”

“I am eating……”

For a moment, I wondered, ‘Why am I doing this?’ but I wasn’t in the mood to argue, so I just silently moved my hands.

Since I met Sylvia earlier, the other members of Fedelian probably know that I’ve woken up.

What will they think?

Of me, who contributed to the downfall of the family and took the lead in tightening the noose around my father’s neck.

I thought that at least Richel would know what I had done.

That’s probably why he gave me such strange looks during the Harmony Meeting.

So, from his point of view, there was a high possibility that he wouldn’t like me.

What I did was no different from being a traitor, and that would be against Fedelian’s beliefs.

So, I thought they might avoid me, but Sylvia’s reaction was unexpected.

But no matter what they think of me, it didn’t really matter.

Whether Cassis succeeded or failed in convincing them about bringing me here, it didn’t matter either.

Even if Cassis is in a difficult position because of me, I won’t get involved.

This is his choice.

And to be more honest, I think I want to see Cassis in trouble because of me.

Like father, like daughter. I have such bad taste.

I still don’t know exactly what Cassis wants to do by bringing me here.

I certainly heard words from him that I don’t think I’ll ever experience again in my life…….

I don’t know if I should define it as a passionate confession.

Does he pity me? So, he might have brought me here with the feeling of picking up a dying animal on the street.

But considering that persistent kiss during the day, it seems right that he likes me.

But I started it first.

Isn’t it impossible for someone not to fall for such an obvious seduction from a woman like me?

“I don’t want to eat anymore. I want to be alone, so please leave.”

Well, in fact, it didn’t matter either way.

I didn’t even know how long I would stay here in the first place.

Also, I don’t know how great Cassis’s healing ability is, but it’s impossible to save someone who’s rotting and dying from the inside.

So, Cassis was able to say such a great thing about giving him the time I had left relatively easily.

Still, Cassis was the first person to say such things to me with such complete sincerity.

So, I thought I could give him some of my remaining life.

It was true that it was time I was going to throw away anyway, as Cassis said.

“I’ve already instructed the people in advance, so you won’t have any inconvenience while you’re here. If you need anything, call a servant.”

Cassis looked at what I had eaten and, deciding it was enough, called someone to clean up.

“If you need anything else from me, feel free to tell me anytime. My room is right across the hall.”

“What?”

I couldn’t help but question him, doubting my ears at his words.

“Your room is right across the hall?”

“Yes. I’ll be staying in the annex for a while too.”

“Why?”

Cassis stared at me at my question.

“It would be a problem if something happened to you while I’m not around.”

Cassis said calmly without changing his expression.

I asked him, just in case.

“Just asking, is there anyone else staying in this annex?”

“No.”

This time, Cassis answered in a monotonous voice that felt indifferent.

So, it was true that Cassis and I would be the only ones using this annex from now on.

I think I need to correct what I thought earlier.

This person really doesn’t care about what other people think.

* * *

The news of Agriche was quickly conveyed to the other three families.

“Really? That’s unusual.”

Ryuzak Gastor simply reacted as if it wasn’t a big deal and cut off his interest in the matter.

His attitude was so lukewarm that the subordinate who delivered the news to Ryuzak was rather embarrassed.

“I’m not the head anyway. My mother will take care of it.”

But that made sense. Since the head was in charge of deciding everything in the family, it wasn’t Ryuzak’s place to interfere.

Besides, he wasn’t interested in others in the first place.

As for Lant Agriche, he only vaguely remembered hearing his mother, who had attended the meeting of the five families last year, coldly assess him as ‘If there is such a thing as a ghost in this world, he is a human who would have been killed at least a hundred times by vengeful spirits.’

And he really died. He wasn’t a long-lived person after all.

Ryuzak just thought so without any particular emotion.

Still, the moment he heard the news, Roxana Agriche, whom he had met at the Harmony Meeting, and her arrogant younger brother briefly flashed through his mind.

Ryuzak was about to ask his subordinate what happened to them, but he stopped himself.

“What is the extent of the damage from this avalanche?”

“According to the new tally……”

He shook off his thoughts and moved on, listening to his subordinate’s explanation.

* * *

“What? Agriche is in ruins?”

Noel Bertium dropped the fork he was holding.

The strawberry with whipped cream on top also fell on his lap.

His clothes were stained with white cream, but Noel didn’t seem to care anymore.

His eyes, which had been half-closed due to sleepiness, were now clear.

“Then, Luna?”

“Luna, you say?”

“I’m talking about my goddess!”

He shouted, widening his eyes as if the sky was falling.

Noel looked as if he didn’t care about anything else and only ‘Luna’ had to be okay.

No, is this really all he can ask after hearing this important news?

Dante, who delivered the news of Agriche to Noel, asked back in disbelief.

“Are you perhaps talking about Roxana Agriche?”

“Yes, my Luna!”

Dante was dumbfounded.

Since when did he have the rights to Roxana Agriche that he was shouting so confidently?

Besides, Luna, is it the name of the goddess of the moon this time?

Of course, it suited Roxana, but it wasn’t like he was naming a doll he had, and it didn’t seem right to rename a perfectly fine person’s name like this.

“Since when has Agriche been Noel’s Luna?”

“Since the first time I saw her! I felt fate at first sight!”

“You were coolly rejected at the Harmony Meeting, what are you talking about?”

“Who rejected me! She accepted the flower!”

“Oh, come on. She accepted the flower, not your heart.”

Oh my, here we go again.

Dante realized that Noel’s stubbornness had begun and sighed deeply.

That’s what happens to a shut-in who’s never been in a relationship.

On the last banquet day of the Harmony Meeting, Noel fell in love with the beautiful Roxana Agriche at first sight.

It would have been okay if it was just that.

But Noel not only spilled blood from his nose in an unsightly manner at the banquet hall, but also committed the atrocity of recklessly plucking a flower that bloomed in the Wigdrasil greenhouse to give to her as a gift.

Even so, he was too shy to deliver the flower directly with his own hands, so he grabbed Dante and whined about it.

So, Dante ended up playing the role of Cupid, which didn’t suit him at all.

Roxana Agriche, whom he saw up close, was more beautiful than he had imagined.

So much so that even Dante, whose standards of beauty were blurred, stuttered for a moment when he met her eyes up close.

However, she didn’t seem to have any interest in the flower Dante handed her or the owner who handed it to her.

Furthermore, she left without even listening to what Dante was trying to say, as if she had other urgent business.

Afterward, he belatedly heard the news that the people of Agriche had left Wigdrasil first.

And then Noel nagged him so much.

Remembering that, Dante deliberately said something to tease Noel.

“Well, even if it wasn’t the time, as Noel claims, this is really the end. It’s okay, that’s how it is. It’s not for nothing that there’s a saying that first love doesn’t come true, right?”

“No, it’s not! My Luna! We haven’t finished anything yet!”

Noel looked at Dante with tears in his eyes, as if he had been really shocked.

He hated everything in the world, but once he gave his heart, he was terribly obsessed.

Dante clicked his tongue, thinking that this would last quite a while.

“Dante, did you make Noel cry again?”

Just then, a beautiful voice like a spring breeze rang in his ears.

What appeared in front of Noel and Dante was a beautiful boy with blonde hair.

“Nix!”

Named after the goddess of the night, he was Noel’s favorite doll.

Nix had a beauty as brilliant as his name.

“Luna is gone. I was going to take her before the other guys snatched her!”

“Luna, you mean that woman you were talking about the other day?”

“Yeah, my goddess as beautiful as you.”

Dante looked at the two people who seemed to be getting along well today with a crumpled face.

He was staring at Nix with a somewhat disgusted look.

“Hehe, I’m curious about the woman Noel fell in love with at first sight. Shall I find her for you?”

“Really? Can you find her?”

“Of course. I’m the most perfect doll you’ve ever made.”

Nix smiled at Noel.

For a moment, a twisted, eerie light flashed in his eyes.

But Noel didn’t notice it and was just innocently happy.

Dante, who was the only one there who knew Nix’s true nature, could only frown at the sight.