The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 235

Protecting the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 26 (Side Story)

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“You had a fascinating secret, didn’t you?”

As soon as I entered the room, I pinned Cassis Pedelian against the wall, trapping him between my arms.

He seemed not to have imagined being cornered by me like this, raising his eyebrows slightly with a peculiar expression.

“Is that strange ability you tried to use on me yesterday similar to this?”

“You could say that.”

“Hmm.”

From the moment he closed the door, Cassis Pedelian looked as if he had just stepped out of the shower, his entire body clean.

Curious, I touched his face, which had been covered in dark venom earlier.

I ran my fingers through his flowing hair and traced the sharp line of his sculpted jaw.

He could become this clean in an instant, but it seemed he deliberately maintained a dirty appearance outside because of other people’s gazes.

“Don’t touch me too much.”

When my hand reached his ear, Cassis Pedelian, who had been still until now, tilted his head slightly as if ticklish.

“It makes me feel strange.”

I thought he would avoid or push me away like yesterday, but instead, he wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer.

Then, he quickly reversed our positions, trapping me against the wall this time.

“I thought you said your mental age couldn’t keep up with your physical age, so you wouldn’t do anything?”

“Even children hug.”

If only he wouldn’t say things like that.

I chuckled, finding it somewhat amusing, and Cassis Pedelian followed suit, lightly touching his forehead to mine.

By the way, every time I come to this room, I feel like it’s too isolated from the other guest rooms.

The intention seems too obvious.

It’s like, ‘Why did the madam give Dol-seok [a commoner’s name] a separate room in the annex?’

Hmm, am I just thinking that way because my mind is impure?

I shook off the distracting thoughts that had briefly cluttered my mind and asked Cassis what I had been wondering.

“By the way, were you rolling around in a monster habitat with Deon Agriche or something?”

His smile faded into a faint sneer. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes for a moment.

Still, Cassis Pedelian didn’t ignore my question like Deon.

“You could say it was somewhat similar.”

Looking at his face, I could tell something had happened at the border.

But considering how similar they looked, it seemed like a mutual fault.

“But strictly speaking, I can say that nothing you would worry about happened.”

Cassis Pedelian continued, playing with a strand of my hair that fell over my shoulder.

“It’s just that we didn’t work well together, and we moved more vigorously than usual, which resulted in that unsightly appearance.”

It wasn’t a major conflict, but it meant they were hindering each other.

I interpreted Cassis’s words that way and tried to imagine what the situation might have been like.

“Why did you move more vigorously than usual?”

“You could say it was because we needed a place to release pent-up energy.”

“What was pent up?”

“Do I have to say it myself?”

Cassis Pedelian pulled on the strand of my hair he was holding.

Then, he kissed it as if to show off, slightly raising the corner of his lips.

The reason Pedelian’s subordinates looked so exhausted earlier was probably because they had been rolling around in the monster habitat too enthusiastically, following their master.

I stared at his slightly frowning smile.

“Why didn’t you use that strange power while I was asleep yesterday?”

“Because I promised. I wouldn’t do anything you dislike.”

Cassis Pedelian answered immediately to my question.

“And… I knew you would come back to me today.”

The golden eyes narrowed slightly.

Soon, his hand, which had been holding my hair, moved down my arm and grasped my wrist.

“I want to heal this for you.”

A subtly sweet whisper echoed in my ear.

In my hand, which Cassis Pedelian had lifted, there was a thin red line.

It was a slight cut from grabbing the knife Charlotte had thrown.

Even Jeremy, who was next to me, didn’t notice, but Cassis Pedelian found it. What incredible observation skills.

“But I’d have to do something you dislike.”

Our gazes locked closely.

It was unexpected for me, but…

The words of permission flowed out more easily than I thought.

“Then try it. Just a little.”

Perhaps wanting to leave no room for me to change my mind, he immediately wrapped my hand more closely with his warm touch.

The moment something formless, like yesterday, began to flow into my skin, I unconsciously shuddered.

Cassis Pedelian slowly stroked the back of my hand with his thumb, as if to reassure me that it was okay.

An aura that felt so gentle and pure, with not a trace of malice, permeated the inside of my skin, making me laugh at how wary I had been yesterday.

When it lingered for a moment and then disappeared, I saw that the red wound on my skin had vanished without a trace.

It was still somewhat surprising, so I looked down at the hand still held by Cassis Pedelian.

Come to think of it, Sylvia in the novel had a similar ability.

Cassis Pedelian gazed at my face, as if to check that I wasn’t feeling any repulsion like yesterday.

I asked him absentmindedly.

“Is your sister doing well?”

The man’s smooth brow furrowed slightly at that moment.

“Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten me and only remember my sister?”

Ah, I shouldn’t have asked. I can’t say I know because I read it in a novel.

“Cassis Pedelian.”

I moved the hand still held by Cassis and intertwined my fingers with his.

I figured there was no point in hesitating any longer, now that I had come this far.

“I’ll allow it, so do a little of what you wanted to try on me yesterday.”

I’d rather not know anything at all, but since I only got a vague taste yesterday, my mouth felt even drier.

It was like a hungry fox in front of a bunch of grapes dangling with a sweet scent.

I could taste the delicious fruit right now if I just reached out my hand, but I had to resist.

I was an Agriche person who was honest about my desires, and I had been taught to get whatever I wanted.

Besides, this man was originally mine.

As if he had been waiting for me to say that, Cassis Pedelian smiled deeply and pressed his lips to the back of my hand.

“Anything, as you command.”

Whoosh!

At that moment, the refreshing energy I had felt earlier poured into the deeper parts of my body all at once.

“……!”

It felt like a flower bud that had been quietly forming in my mind suddenly bloomed and scattered its petals in all directions.

The hazy fog that had been covering my eyes partially cleared.

“Cas…….”

The man I saw again was no longer the person I had known until just now.

“Cassis Pedelian……?”

I was nineteen years old, just entering the new year.

And now, I was looking at the boy I had personally helped escape from Agriche when I was sixteen.

It had only been a short time, less than a month, but the memories of that time with Cassis Pedelian were not at all faded and were very clearly engraved in my mind.

It was a reunion after almost two and a half years.

I stared blankly at the man holding my face, unsure of what expression to make.

No words could easily escape from my lips, which were moving meaninglessly.

Cassis Pedelian asked me in a voice so low that it felt ominous.

“Roxana. How old are you now?”

After taking a few breaths, I met the golden eyes that were capturing me head-on and answered.

“Nineteen… Hngh!”

Before I could even finish speaking, the man devoured my lips whole.

“Haa, wait……! Cas…….”

A hot mass rushed into my open mouth without hesitation.

My waist was pulled in by his strong arms, bending involuntarily, and my head was pushed back by the intense kiss.

But there was no room to avoid any of the stimuli pouring over me.

I was pushed hard against the wall, and Cassis swallowed every last breath.

“Ah, hngh…….”

Unable to utter a single word, I could only cling to the man’s body that was tightly wrapped around me, letting out muffled moans.

Just as my mind was becoming hazy from the storm of kisses, the lips that had been blocking my breath finally broke away.

At the same time, my body was suddenly lifted up.

Strong hands and arms held my thighs and waist.

I instinctively wrapped my arms around the man’s shoulders as he lifted me up.

“Haa, ha……. Cas…… Hng, Cassis…….”

I wanted to say something to Cassis, but I was too breathless to form a single proper word.

My long hair flowed down behind the broad back in front of me.

“Yes, I’m here.”

The man’s low voice flowed into my ear like molten iron.

“Roxana.”

“Hngh…….”

“How much do you remember about me now?”

Cassis asked as he carried me across the room.

While I was panting, his burning lips landed on my neck, making me tremble as if I was about to jump.

“If you’re nineteen, is it before we meet again?”

“Don’t, hng…… do.”

Cassis’s lips made wet sounds as they caressed my nape.

“When I’m in Pedelian and you’re in Agriche?”

I twisted my body to avoid the sensual sensation, but I couldn’t escape from the arms that were holding me tightly.

No, first of all, let’s talk… I want to talk a little.

But the next moment, I felt a soft sensation behind my back, and the scenery of the room in my vision changed.

Cassis’s body covered me as I was laid on the bed.

“I guess so.”

A languid smile appeared on the man’s face as he realized the answer from my face and the look in my eyes.

Cassis’s approaching hand gently stroked my disheveled hair.

“Come to think of it, we’ve never had this kind of conversation before.”

Then, his hand, which had slowly slid along the contours of my face, tickled my highly sensitive ear. I instinctively shrank my neck.

I barely managed to catch my breath and opened my mouth.

“Cassis, I…….”

“Roxana. Have you ever imagined doing this kind of thing with me back then?”

But hearing the words Cassis whispered as he looked down at me, I couldn’t help but gasp.

A deep smile was drawn on the handsome man’s face in my vision.

“I had many.”

A sweet voice melted into my ear, tickling me.