The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 139

Protecting the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 139

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“Deon, what on earth is going on?”

Maria roughly brushed the grass off her clothes, questioning Deon.

“Why are you here? Didn’t you go somewhere else last time?”

She had been searching for Sierra, moving east in the neutral zone as Deon had instructed.

Then, she discovered familiar traces nearby and turned back, only to find Deon there.

“And who is that? Why are you fighting in the middle of the night? Besides, you look like you’re losing!”

It seemed Maria couldn’t recognize who Deon was fighting due to the darkness.

However, she could clearly identify her son, Deon, and when she sensed he was in a disadvantageous situation, she intervened.

Fortunately, the person fighting Deon didn’t attack Maria, who had suddenly appeared.

Deon ignored Maria, who kept talking beside him, and focused on the small, flickering lights in the distance.

The receding line of Fedelian troops was marked as tiny dots in the dim darkness.

“And you, you lied to me! You said east!”

Then, Maria shouted at Deon as if she had remembered something she had temporarily forgotten.

“I searched high and low, but I couldn’t find a single strand of Sierra’s hair!”

At the mention of that name, Deon’s eyes, which had been gazing into the distance, turned chillingly cold.

“You are a monster created by Lant.”

Someone’s voice he had heard not long ago suddenly echoed in his ears.

“I hate and despise you terribly.”

At that moment, a sand-like unpleasantness began to gnaw silently from within, as if trying to devour his heart.

“But I pity you just as much.”

Was it because he had seen a doll resembling Ashil a little while ago?

Or was it because he had met Maria, who had been mentioning the same name in front of Deon since last time?

The last words he had heard from Sierra suddenly came to mind, sticking to his ears like indelible ink.

Something akin to poison slowly began to spread within Deon’s heart.

“…….”

What should he do to escape this unpleasant state?

“Deon? Where are you going again without a word!”

The answer was already determined.

Based on the direction the Fedelian troops were heading and the conversations he had heard in Vertium, there was an already anticipated destination.

“Yggdrasil.”

Deon turned his back on Maria, who was loudly calling him from behind, and walked away.

To find the person who would be his beginning and his end.

15. Let’s Meet in Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil was already experiencing weather close to early summer.

Perhaps because it was located close to the southern part of the neutral zone, the air surrounding it during the day was quite humid.

Orca sprawled on the carriage seat, listlessly gazing at the scenery outside the window.

Seeing the stone pillars in the shape of the World Tree in his view, it seemed they had finally reached their destination.

The process of moving from Hyperion to Yggdrasil was incredibly tedious.

If it had been Orca until recently, he would have naturally ridden his own summoned beast.

However, the head of Hyperion was worried that Orca would cause another accident, so he firmly warned him from the start and tied him to the procession.

So Orca had no choice but to endure the boredom of group life, which was not in his nature.

Moreover, after losing a large number of his summoned beasts in the recent incident, he didn’t have a suitable beast to ride.

At that moment, a strange sensation, as if passing through a thin membrane that was neither liquid nor solid, swept through his entire body.

“This feeling is always so unpleasant.”

Orca grumbled, raising his half-lying body slightly.

It seemed they had just passed through Yggdrasil’s spell circle. This was the ability control magic that Hyperion’s ancestor had drawn all over Yggdrasil 500 years ago.

In fact, Orca had avoided attending Yggdrasil’s meetings all this time because he hated this feeling. He also didn’t like that the connection with the summoned beasts wasn’t very good inside. He didn’t like having to remove the jewels, which were the medium of the seals, from his body altogether.

Thump.

Then suddenly, the carriage stopped.

He wondered if the wheel had hit a rock, but the carriage didn’t move even after a little more time had passed.

Orca raised his eyebrows slightly and looked out the window again.

“What, it’s Agrithe.”

Soon, Agrithe’s carriage came into view not far from him.

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It was quite a coincidence that the two families ran into each other on the way into Yggdrasil.

It was also unfortunate that the paved road was not wide enough for the two groups to move at the same time, as it was the entrance area before reaching the wide open space.

Moreover, it was quite troublesome that the two families started arguing about who should yield the right-of-way.

“What are you dawdling about? Why don’t you move the carriage back quickly?”

“Why are you talking as if we should yield the turn?”

The people of Hyperion and the people of Agrithe stood face to face.

They were urging each other to yield, telling each other to move the carriage back.

Then, the Hyperion side muttered in a mocking voice, loud enough to be heard.

“Why are you asking the obvious? You’re just Agrithe, who barely revived after falling.”

At that moment, the energy surrounding the Agrithe group instantly turned fierce, like hedgehogs raising their quills all at once.

“What’s going on?”

In the moment of imminent crisis, a voice with a strange weight settled between them.

The people of Agrithe heard the voice and made way one by one.

Revealed between them was a man with black hair and blue eyes.

He was Jeremy Agrithe, who became the new head last winter.

His indifferent eyes swept over those opposite him once.

The people of Hyperion flinched without realizing it the moment their eyes met.

He was said to have become the new head of Agrithe after Lant. Whether it was true that the position made the person, Jeremy Agrithe’s atmosphere had changed considerably compared to the last harmony meeting [a formal gathering or conference].

Also, because his height had grown considerably, no one in this place had a higher vantage point than Jeremy.

So, even though he had only glanced once, it naturally created the impression that Jeremy looked down on other people.

The people of Agrithe, who seemed like they would jump out of their seats and attack at any moment due to Hyperion’s provocation, became strangely docile after his appearance.

They explained the situation that had just happened to Jeremy. Jeremy clicked his tongue lowly after hearing it.

“Don’t get angry over such trivial matters.”

Seeing Jeremy scolding his household, the people of Hyperion became arrogant. They ridiculed the people of Agrithe, who had been confronting them until just now.

But what followed from Jeremy was a bitter cynicism.

“You’re not fools who believe you can overwhelm the opponent with such unsightly methods, are you?”

Hyperion was furious at the words.

“What did you say……!”

Jeremy’s words were clearly targeting and mocking them. Unless they were fools, they couldn’t miss that fact.

“Duran, why don’t you come in, about that?”

At that time, the window of Hyperion’s carriage, which was nearby, opened.

Revealed between them was Orca, the successor of Hyperion.

“Why would you unnecessarily step out and cause a scene when the head and I are staying still?”

He spoke to the man at the very front of the people of Hyperion, who had been arguing with Agrithe over the order of entry.

Orca’s beautiful face had a smile, but his eyes were cold.

In fact, Orca was annoyed because the tedious time he spent in the carriage was prolonged due to the current situation.

The people of Hyperion, who had received a warning, had no choice but to step back at that point.

Agrithe and Hyperion returned to their respective carriages. But they were still glaring at each other with sharp eyes.

“Those fucking bastards have no fear.”

A twisted smile hung on Jeremy’s lips as he walked away from the Hyperion group.

He had remembered the faces he had seen a little while ago.

If it was grace, then maybe not, but if it was a grudge, the Agrithe were a race that had to repay it several times over to be satisfied.

Although they had been quietly staying still for a while because of the family’s situation, Jeremy was slowly thinking about changing the game.

This social gathering would last for almost a month.

If they continued to bother him in that way during that time, he intended to make them regret it on his side as well.

“Everyone, remember what I said in Agrithe.”

Before getting into the carriage, Jeremy firmly reminded the people of Agrithe once again.

Before departing for Yggdrasil, he had given them a stern warning and request.

Those who received the chilling gaze flinched.

They had already been broken by Jeremy several times, so they hurriedly nodded and answered that they understood.

There seemed to be no one among them who felt a sense of rebellion anymore.

Because they had been crushed with an overwhelming difference every time, they had already completely lost their spirit, and no one easily looked down on Jeremy anymore.

As expected, the fastest and most accurate way to organize the hierarchy in Agrithe was to follow the system of the survival of the fittest.

That’s how they entered Yggdrasil after many twists and turns.