The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 131

How to Protect the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 131

I recalled what Isidore had told me before entering the underground prison.

He said that sedatives wouldn’t work on Nix, so poison probably wouldn’t either.

However, the biggest reaction to that statement came not from the front, but from the side.

The energy surrounding Cassis sharpened like a blade in an instant.

It was right after I blurted out that Nix had poisoned me in Vertium.

Nix seemed to sense the suddenly chilling atmosphere and flinched.

“Of course, giving you pain isn’t limited to that method, so I could torment you in other ways.”

I trailed off, gazing at the face before me.

Nix still tried not to show it, but he seemed subtly impatient.

In that case, it might be good to make him even more anxious.

After all, a person driven to their mental limit is easier to manipulate to my liking.

“Well, I’m glad to see you’re awake. I’ll come back to see you later.”

So I said that and turned around without hesitation.

Then, behind me, I heard the clanging of iron bars and chains.

“Wait, are you just going to leave like this? Wait…!”

I ignored the voice calling from behind.

I left Nix alone and exited the underground prison.

* * *

“Poisoned? You never mentioned that before.”

As soon as we were outside, Cassis’s gaze was fixed on my face again.

I had already sensed his reaction in the underground prison a little while ago.

So I wasn’t surprised by the current situation.

I glanced at Isidore and Ollin, and they discreetly distanced themselves.

After confirming that they were far enough away, I said to Cassis.

“I’m immune, so poison doesn’t work on me anyway. So, in the end, it’s as if nothing happened.”

“Even if the result is that way, it doesn’t mean the process itself didn’t happen.”

It was a sharp reply.

The energy emanating from Cassis was just as sharp and cold.

But if it were the other way around, I would react like Cassis, so I understood.

I looked at Cassis for a moment and raised my arm, which had been hanging down.

“Sorry. I didn’t want to worry you, but I guess I made you more concerned.”

Soon, my fingertips touched his cold, frozen face.

I stroked Cassis’s cheek and whispered soothingly.

“If something like this happens again, I won’t hide it and will tell you everything. So don’t make that face.”

The more gently I spoke, the colder energy emanating from him gradually subsided. The stiffened eyes slowly relaxed.

Seeing someone who had been giving off a dangerous feeling like a beast with its fur raised become so docile with just a few words and small actions from me, I felt a strange emotion.

Cassis’s hand covered my hand on his cheek.

The feeling of our body temperatures mixing was no longer unfamiliar.

But the sensation of skin closely touching and fingers intertwining invariably tickled a corner of my heart.

Cassis intertwined his fingers with mine and pulled my hand down.

Then his lips landed on our overlapping fingers. The sensation on my skin was vivid.

I felt like I was being cherished by the person in front of me.

Like a sprout just before it blooms, a feeling nestled deep within my heart stirred slightly.

Then, I suddenly noticed Isidore and Ollin in my sight, trying not to look at us from afar.

I gently pulled Cassis’s hand.

“Let’s go, Cassis.”

Now that I had checked Nix’s condition, I needed to go to the office to meet Richel.

This time, Cassis followed me obediently.

So we walked hand in hand.

The warmth emanating from where we touched was comforting.

* * *

“Mother, do you know what?”

“What is it?”

“My sister-in-law is such a wonderful person.”

Jeanne’s eyebrows subtly arched at Sylvia’s dreamy words.

The mother and daughter were sitting together, chatting and drinking tea.

Sylvia, seemingly unaware of how Jeanne was looking at her, rested her chin on her hand and gazed out the window with a wistful look.

Her face was somewhat dreamy, as if chasing after a dream, wondering what she was thinking about.

“Haa…”

Eventually, a shallow sigh escaped her lips.

Just as Jeanne was about to say something, Sylvia turned her gaze to her mother.

“Why did you only give me older brothers?”

“You really know how to say the most outrageous things.”

Incredibly, there was even a hint of resentment in Sylvia’s eyes.

Naturally, Jeanne was beyond dumbfounded.

Sylvia sulked at Jeanne’s rebuke, but quickly perked up again.

“It’s okay, though. Now I have a sister-in-law.”

Jeanne had a rough idea of why Sylvia was acting like this, so she simply clicked her tongue once.

Sylvia had been excited ever since Cassis brought Roxana.

Everyone in Fedelian knew that Sylvia liked Roxana very much. But this time, she seemed to have her heart stolen again.

“It’s not certain yet whether you’ll have a sister-in-law or not.”

Jeanne put down her teacup, wanting to tease her daughter, and parted her lips.

Sure enough, Sylvia was agitated.

“Huh? Why? Don’t tell me Roxana isn’t going to marry my brother? They look so good together.”

“That depends on your brother. A woman’s heart changes depending on how a man treats her, doesn’t it?”

“That’s true.”

Sylvia frowned, becoming serious at Jeanne’s words.

She imagined another woman beside her brother Cassis.

At that moment, she felt a sense of injustice. For some reason, she even felt a betrayal towards her brother in her imagination.

Sylvia had no reason to feel that way, but she did.

Of course, even if she didn’t have a relationship with Cassis, if Roxana remained her sister, the story would be different….

Even so, it was clear that she wouldn’t be able to live in the same house with Roxana as she did now.

“I need to tell my brother to treat her better. I don’t want any other sister-in-law besides Roxana.”

Sylvia clenched her fist, determination in her eyes.

Jeanne watched her daughter, unsure whether to laugh or not.

From the beginning, she had no intention of opposing Cassis and Roxana’s relationship, but if one of them changed their mind, she worried that Cassis’s marriage prospects would be blocked because of Sylvia.

Well, she thought the children would take care of their own problems. Besides, neither of them seemed likely to change their minds easily.

Jeanne stared at her daughter’s face, wondering when Sylvia would grow up and find someone to be with.

Sylvia, unaware of her mother’s thoughts, was still focused on her brother’s love life.

* * *

Roxana was sitting in the middle of the white sunlight.

It was a peaceful time that she had not had in a long time.

Cassis and Roxana had just met Richel.

They were scheduled to depart for Yggdrasil soon. There was nothing else to prepare for that.

However, Roxana occasionally fed the poison butterflies to check their reaction.

But there were no particular problems.

She closely observed the blood-eating butterflies, but there seemed to be no rejection.

She wondered if her body constitution had changed and might affect the poison butterflies, but it seemed like an unnecessary worry.