The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 108

How to Protect the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 108

Dante was naturally taken aback.

“Why do you keep dragging me into this….”

“Because you wrote the letter I sent first!”

“I merely refined Noel’s initial draft to be more elegant and dignified. As you know, Noel’s writing skills are… lacking.”

Dante frowned, recalling the disastrous letter Noel had painstakingly written over three days and nights.

Not only was the content a mess, but the handwriting was also atrocious.

And there was another reason Dante was horrified.

“And while we’re on the subject, why did you include clumps of human hair in the letter? It’s not a cursed letter, and it’s incredibly creepy.”

It was fortunate that Dante had a skilled doll maker transform it into something decorative.

Otherwise, Roxana would have seen a clump of hair spilling out as soon as she opened the envelope.

Yet, Noel showed no shame or remorse as he told Dante,

“Nix’s hair is as beautiful as Luna’s moonlight! So I thought if she saw it directly, Luna would recognize Nix at a glance.”

Dante thought this level of stupidity was a disease.

It was a harshly critical and disrespectful thought to have about his master.

As always when dealing with Noel, a sudden wave of fatigue washed over him.

“As if she’d recognize him from a single strand of hair. You might as well send a more distinctive body part.”

Dante thought it would be better if Noel were sleep-deprived from making dolls all night, rather than being so lively.

“For example, that blue eyeball, or the right hand with the scar….”

“What…! That’s too cruel! You evil fiend!”

“Frankly, it’s a miracle that Roxana decided to come here after seeing that letter, as Noel wished.”

Dante muttered indifferently.

Then, as if struck by an idea, Dante smiled at Noel.

“In any case, it seems you failed to win Roxana’s favor? That must sting quite a bit.”

Noel’s face twisted miserably.

He seemed greatly agitated by Dante’s words.

Then, Noel ordered as if he couldn’t accept it,

“Bring the maids who attended to Luna.”

At his words, a servant who had been inconspicuously standing in a corner of the banquet hall immediately moved.

Dante sighed, seeing Noel and thinking, ‘Here we go again.’

Soon, several maids entered the banquet hall.

“You, was there anything unusual while you were with Luna?”

“Unusual, you mean….”

“I mean, was there anything that might have upset Luna?”

At that moment, the maids bowing before Noel paused.

“What is it?”

Noel didn’t miss their reaction.

“Looks like something’s bothering you?”

A fleeting light flashed in his light green eyes.

“What is it? Tell me quickly.”

Noel pressed.

As Roxana suspected, the maids who attended to her were dolls [automatons].

And dolls didn’t know how to lie.

The dolls, following Noel’s orders, explained exactly what had happened in the room earlier.

“While helping the young lady prepare for the welcome banquet, we accidentally caused a small injury to her body.”

“What? You injured Luna’s body? Where, how?”

“While changing her earrings, a scratch occurred, and there was some bleeding….”

“There was bleeding?”

“But the young lady graciously forgave us.”

“Really? Luna forgave you?”

Noel’s eyes, which had briefly sharpened, softened again.

“That’s a relief, then. So, could it be that she wasn’t in the mood to enjoy the banquet because she was still upset about that?”

He seemed relieved to finally know the cause.

“I was worried that maybe it was really because of me, like Dante said.”

Relaxation and warmth returned to Noel’s face.

“Thank you. I feel better now that you’ve told me honestly.”

The smile drawn on his clear and innocent face was as warm and gentle as the spring sunshine.

However, Noel’s subsequent actions were not gentle at all.

“But how are you going to take responsibility for ruining my reunion with Luna because of you?”

Thwack!

Each time the goat mask in Noel’s hand was swung, the dolls’ flesh was crushed, and blood splattered.

Noel’s eyes watching the scene were utterly ruthless.

Because there was no order to move, the dolls didn’t budge from their spots.

“We are sorry, Master. We were unskilled and made a mistake….”

They apologized to Noel in emotionless voices.

They knew that even in this situation, if they imitated human emotions and begged or appealed, Noel would get even angrier.

“Master, we were wrong… please forgive us….”

“Ah, shut up. It doesn’t hurt anyway.”

Noel grumbled irritably, as if he didn’t want to hear the dolls’ apologies.

“You should return to your room now, Nix.”

Dante frowned as he watched the scene before him and turned to Nix, who was still sitting on the table.

Then Nix chuckled and stepped down from the parrot mask.

“Are you worried that the sparks will fly to me?”

“As you know, it’s not because you’re pretty.”

Dante’s voice was still as cold and heartless as always when addressing Nix.

Nix didn’t change his smiling face even as he looked at Dante.

“Then you should know that I won’t obediently follow your words.”

However, Nix’s subsequent action was a direct contradiction of Dante’s words.

Nix’s hand, extended gracefully like a dancer, released the empty wine glass in his hand into the air.

Clang!

A sharp noise echoed through the banquet hall.

At that moment, Dante narrowed his brow slightly.

Noel’s hand, which had been beating the dolls, stopped.

“Calm down, Noel.”

Instead of leaving the banquet hall, Nix walked past Dante and approached Noel.

Finally, Noel’s eerie gaze landed on Nix, the source of the noise.

“Come to think of it….”

Noel opened his mouth as if he had suddenly remembered something.

“Luna didn’t seem to welcome you as much as I thought.”

As if he no longer wanted to inflict violence on the dolls, Noel dropped the mask he was holding.

The blood-soaked goat mask lay shattered on the marble floor.

The dolls in front of Noel were convulsing on the floor.

It wasn’t a tremor caused by fear or pain, but simply a physical defect caused by physical damage.

“Were you not very close to the owner of this body when she was alive?”

At Noel’s question, Nix shook his head slightly.

“That’s not true. The moment our eyes met, I could feel an agitation that she couldn’t hide from me.”

However, Nix soon added calmly.

“Well, it’s understandable that she’d be confused to see her brother, who she thought was dead, alive and well like this, right?”

Of course, only the shell was the same; Nix’s contents were completely different from the person she originally knew.

“She just needs time. You should understand that much.”

Seeing Nix’s smile, Noel gradually relaxed his hardened face.

“Don’t worry. In the end, everything will be as you wish, Noel.”

A sweet whisper wrapped around his ear like honey.

Noel, who seemed to have almost completely calmed down, now had a much more relaxed face than before.

However, as Dante listened to Nix’s words seeping into his ear, he frowned, in contrast to Noel.

“Well, then, it’s best to go back to your room and rest for today. Your Luna told you to talk again tomorrow, right? To meet her in the best condition, you should get enough rest too.”

“Yes, you’re right.”

Noel, as if he had never turned savage, returned to his innocent face and nodded obediently at Nix’s words.

Soon, Noel and Nix began to walk together towards the door of the banquet hall.

Nix turned his head as if to show off and smiled bitterly at Dante.

At that moment, a cold light flashed in Dante’s eyes.

‘Even though you’re just a defective product, how dare you be so arrogant….’

Then, Noel suddenly stopped walking and looked back at Dante.

“Ah, right. Dante.”

“Yes.”

“Get rid of those dolls in a place where they won’t be seen. They’re failures.”

“Understood.”

Noel left the banquet hall without giving the broken dolls lying on the floor a single glance.

Dante, left alone in that place, let out a small sigh without anyone noticing.