The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 183

The Great War (1)

How to Protect the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 183

Upon hearing those words, Hiakin furrowed his brow and spoke soothingly.

“What are you saying? Who is oppressing Agriche?”

“Even though my brother met a tragic death, he cannot find peace even in death because of Vertium’s machinations, and he is being insulted like this…”

At those words, Hiakin made a low sound in his throat.

Jeremy continued, a deeper sorrow clouding his face.

“Furthermore, my poor sister almost suffered the same fate, causing our siblings to feel immeasurable pain these days.”

The atmosphere around them became solemn. Agriche’s other half-siblings also wore saddened expressions.

“My family is already in a state of mental and emotional instability due to frequent conflicts with Hyperion during the social gathering. Still, I have been suppressing my emotions, fearing it might tarnish the purpose of this meeting.”

Jeremy’s words were no different from what others had seen so far.

It was always Hyperion who started trouble without reason, and it was always Agriche who endured without responding.

At least, that’s how it appeared on the surface.

“But now, to be nearly framed for such an absurd poisoning.”

Hiakin felt a headache coming on due to the strangely unfolding situation.

Moreover, the poisoning suspicion rashly voiced by his family member was not something that could be brushed off as a simple quarrel caused by youthful exuberance, but a serious matter that could escalate into a problem between families.

“It was my family member’s fault for speaking rashly. I will give them sufficient warning to repent for their mistake.”

Hiakin chose to cut off the tail without hesitation.

There were too many ears listening here. A slip of the tongue here could lead to a difficult situation later.

Knowing his thoughts, Jeremy sneered inwardly.

“It seems it is no longer a matter that can be dismissed as a simple mistake, Head of the White Knights.”

He had no intention of letting this matter pass by vaguely, as Hiakin wished.

Since this opportunity had been prepared, he intended to cling to it as tenaciously as possible, as much as he had humbled himself until now.

Jeremy wore a regretful expression, just as Hiakin had done earlier. Seeing this, Hiakin hardened his expression and opened his mouth.

“You…”

Just then, a sharp scream echoed from the entrance of the garden.

Because the sound was heard from a fairly close distance, an icy silence quickly settled over the garden.

Jeremy also turned his head to look in the direction of the scream.

The entrance to the garden was covered with an arched roof made of vine leaves. The inside was currently dark, obscured by shadows.

Creak.

Finally, a small noise like corroded iron scraping against each other pierced the eardrums, breaking through the green shadows.

“Step back.”

Jeremy raised his arm to prevent his other half-siblings from stepping forward.

At the same time, he also took a step back.

Of course, the people of Agriche were not in need of his protection.

But his long-honed intuition was whispering that there was something ominous ahead.

Creak…

Finally, a woman with dark blue hair appeared in sight.

She was wearing clothes that looked like those worn by servants. And she was as dirty as if she had been rolling around in a mud pit.

“What’s going on outside? What was that scream just now?”

Hiakin Hyperion asked, not letting his guard down.

But there was no answer.

She simply scanned the people in the garden with an eerily expressionless face.

Everyone felt something was wrong.

On closer inspection, her attire was slightly different from that of the people working inside Yggdrasil.

Then, something that slipped out from under the woman’s dirty sleeve reflected in the sunlight and sparkled.

“…Master!”

A hurried voice was heard from the entrance of the garden at that moment.

“There’s someone bleeding and collapsed in front of this…”

A man who had just taken the fainted Duran to the infirmary after he collapsed from drinking tea hurriedly entered the garden and bumped into the woman standing in front of the entrance.

The emotionless eyes, like glass beads, turned sideways.

Thwack!

Everyone did not immediately recognize the situation.

“Ugh…”

The man, half-hidden by the woman’s body, groaned softly with his pupils greatly dilated.

Immediately after the black sleeve fluttered slightly, a blood-soaked blade emerged from the man’s chest.

Thud…

Subsequently, red blood began to pour out from the man’s chest, where the woman’s hand had been buried until just now.

Jeremy, Hiakin, and the others were horrified by the surreal sight that they had never imagined they would see in Yggdrasil.

Creak… Creak.

At the same time as the man with a hole in his chest convulsed and collapsed on the grass, people making strange metallic noises rushed in, this time in groups.

“…Ugh, Aaaagh!”

Soon, a tearing scream echoed through the garden.

* * *

“It rained overnight, and the weather is still cloudy.”

Roxana was standing in the hallway.

Then, she turned her head at the voice that flowed into her ear.

Badrisa and Ryzak, who were approaching from behind, came into view.

Ryzak, who was standing behind Badrisa as if assisting her, bowed his head slightly to Roxana.

“They say the weather will clear up late in the afternoon.”

Roxana also bowed her head slightly to return the greeting to the two.

Then, she turned her head again and glanced ahead.

Just a moment ago, Cassis had passed by in the distance.

Roxana had stopped walking along the hallway and was watching his figure getting smaller.

Cassis had left the room before sunrise this morning.

Perhaps it wasn’t just one of them who couldn’t sleep last night.

“He looks like he spent a long night.”

Badrisa looked at Roxana’s face for a moment and said.

“Is it because of the hearing?”

Roxana lowered her gaze slightly and replied.

“It seems that it shows that my mind is disturbed and I couldn’t sleep well.”

However, Badrisa raised the corner of her mouth instead of agreeing with her.

“I didn’t think you were such a weak-hearted person.”

It sounded somehow pointed.

Roxana raised her eyes again and stared at the face facing her.

Badrisa was looking at her with the same calm face as before.

“How can you bear the weight of the family if you are just heartbroken as you seem to be?”

It was a statement with obvious implications.

Roxana’s eyes changed subtly as she realized it.

Badrisa was telling her that she knew that Roxana was not actually deeply heartbroken, unlike what she showed in front of others, and that Roxana was actually the one who controlled Agriche.

However, Roxana smiled thinly at Badrisa’s words.

“As you have such admirable insight, I believe you also know that my brother and I have never lied.”

Badrisa’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The sister was definitely more polite than the younger brother… but they were both equally impudent.

“Then, I have a place to go, so I’ll excuse myself.”

Roxana said goodbye and left the spot first.

Badrisa did not stop Roxana.

* * *

“Lady Agriche.”

After a while, Ryzak called Roxana from behind.

Badrisa had already disappeared from sight. Ryzak seemed to have followed Roxana to tell her something, leaving his mother behind.

He looked at Roxana with a serious face and opened his mouth.

“I would like to express my gratitude for the advice you gave last time.”

For a moment, Roxana did not understand what Ryzak was talking about.

Then, she suddenly remembered that she had added, ‘Wouldn’t it be better to attend the negotiations between the two families, as there might be stories he should know as a successor?’ last time.

It wasn’t really advice, but Ryzak was a very solid person. Like mother, like son.

“No, it’s nothing. I’m glad it helped.”

So Roxana just said that.

Then, a woman passing behind Ryzak caught her eye.

“Lady Hyperion.”

Roxana called her.

The reason was that she knew where Pandora was heading in a hurry now.

“Lady Agriche.”

Pandora looked back from afar.

“Are you on your way to the garden?”

When Roxana asked, a look of embarrassment crossed Pandora’s face.

“It seems that Lady Agriche has also heard the news.”

As she said, Roxana was also passing through the hallway to go there after hearing the news from the garden.

Pandora had also just heard about what had happened in the garden a little while ago.

At that time, Pandora was looking for Orca, who had not been seen since after lunch.

Last night, the leader Hiakin had ordered Orca and Pandora to be especially careful during the remaining social gathering.

In particular, he repeatedly urged Orca to stay quiet and secretly assigned Pandora to monitor Orca.

The reason why Hiakin ordered Pandora to keep a particularly thorough watch on Orca within Yggdrasil was also because Orca had a personality that made him unpredictable.

He had caused a big accident in Fedelian before the social gathering.

Of course, as Orca claimed to Pandora, he had been behaving quietly in Yggdrasil all along.

But Pandora and Hiakin were rather suspicious of such Orca.

Because, given his personality, he couldn’t have endured such a boring group life for long.

That was also why Hiakin had assigned Pandora to monitor Orca.

In fact, Pandora thought it would have been better to just leave Orca in Hyperion, but she did not make the mistake of saying it out loud in front of the leader.

So, Pandora learned about the commotion in the garden while searching for the whereabouts of the missing Orca.

As it was, one of the family’s immature people, who had been causing frequent friction with Agriche and giving Hiakin a headache, had this time claimed suspicion of poisoning against Agriche.

“Yes, I was on my way there, so let’s go together.”

“What’s going on in the garden?”

Ryzak, who was next to her, expressed his doubts.

“That’s…”

Pandora hesitated to answer.

Just then, a strange sight came into Roxana and Ryzak’s view.

A group of people appeared from the corner behind Pandora.

But their bodies were stained with dark brown, and their movements were somewhat unnatural.

Creak…

A strange noise permeated the ear.

Roxana felt a sense of déjà vu [a feeling of having already experienced the present situation], as if she had seen them somewhere before.

In an instant, her instinct sent out a warning in her head.

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

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

How to Protect the Heroine's Older Brother Roxana 여주인공의 오빠를 지키는 방법
Status: Completed Author: Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] In a world of scandalous secrets and dangerous desires, Roxana Agriche finds herself trapped within the pages of a 19+ reverse harem novel. As the older sister of a notorious villain, her fate seems sealed. But when her depraved father kidnaps Cassis Pedelian, the heroine's brother, Roxana sees a chance for salvation. Can she defy her family's dark legacy and protect Cassis, securing her own survival? Dive into a thrilling tale of kidnapping, betrayal, and forbidden alliances, where Roxana and Cassis must navigate a treacherous web of deceit to bring down the brutal Agriche family. Will they trust each other enough to rewrite their destinies, or will they succumb to the abyss?

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