The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 188

Orca had been spouting nonsense for a while now.

Naturally, Roxana didn’t agree with Orca’s words.

But Orca was serious.

From the start, Orca had been the one to take down the guards standing in front of Noel Vertium’s room and break the door’s lock.

So, by now, Noel might have found that doll called Nyx.

Though it wasn’t Noel’s intention, sending a legion of dolls into Yggdrasil [a massive, ancient tree, often used symbolically in fantasy literature] like this was his reward for helping Orca.

He would have Roxana, and Noel Vertium would have that doll made from Roxana’s brother’s corpse.

Orca liked Noel Vertium’s blind madness, his intense desire to possess something.

As Roxana suspected, Orca could freely manipulate the monsters within Yggdrasil.

It had been a long 500 years since his powers were sealed in Yggdrasil due to the past massacre.

Hyperion wouldn’t have stood idly by for so long without preparing any countermeasures.

Orca was particularly skilled at communicating with monsters.

So, in a state where Yggdrasil’s magic didn’t work, he could communicate with monsters outside.

For that reason, Orca knew that the monsters that were originally on the outskirts of the neutral zone had moved en masse to the vicinity of Yggdrasil a few days ago.

He also found out through the monsters that Vertium’s dolls were moving towards this place.

After that, Orca couldn’t help but smile with glee.

Wasn’t this like killing two birds with one stone?

In this chaos, he could smuggle Roxana Agriche out without being noticed.

Orca was not a man who knew how to give up.

So he quietly held his breath and waited for the moment.

And now, finally, Orca had the owner of the poison butterfly he had longed for so much right in front of him.

“In this chaotic situation, no one will suspect me even if you disappear.”

At first, he was only interested in the poison butterfly, but now he wanted both.

To be honest, he didn’t like Roxana Agriche acting so cocky in front of him…….

The fun of subduing a proud creature that doesn’t easily bow its head is always that much more special.

“You’re really out of your mind.”

In this situation, she should be showing anger or fear, but Roxana still had a cool face as she spoke to Orca.

“I guarantee you’ll regret doing this.”

“Well, of course, Cassis Pedelian might suspect me.”

Orca smirked as if he didn’t care.

“But after today, no one will be able to find you, so wouldn’t it be a futile effort?”

Roxana gauged the distance between herself and Orca.

Among the weapons she currently possessed, the poison needle mounted on her earring would definitely work on Orca, unlike the dolls.

But he would probably be able to avoid it more than eighty percent of the time.

The moment she raised her hand, he would notice her suspicion and be wary of her.

She already knew about Orca’s excellent agility.

Then what would be a more certain method?

Orca was underestimating Roxana, who couldn’t use the poison butterfly.

You could tell just by listening to the boastful words he had been spouting until just now.

Still, perhaps out of caution, he didn’t approach her, who was bound by the monster, beyond a certain distance.

Again, noise was transmitted from the distance like a shallow vibration.

Roxana confirmed through the still-connected butterfly that those aiming for Nyx had invaded this building.

She didn’t have time to waste on Orca in a place like this.

Roxana decided to use the most effective and certain method, even if it was a bit unpleasant.

Whoosh!

At that moment, the monster that had approached Roxana sprayed something like pollen.

Roxana held her breath, but it had already entered her lungs through her respiratory system.

“Just sleep for a little while, Roxana.”

Orca whispered, pretending to be kind.

“When you open your eyes, you’ll be in a beautiful cage just for you.”

Roxana’s red eyes, which were still emitting a cold light and narrowing thinly, finally closed completely.

In the darkened vision, Jeremy running down a corridor and the figure of someone following him were faintly visible.

Golden hair swayed as her head tilted.

Only after being sure that Roxana had lost consciousness did Orca take a step from his spot.

Now, the owner of the poison butterfly had completely fallen into his arms.

A sense of elation surged, but now was not the time to enjoy it.

Whether it was a person or a doll, he felt something approaching this way at a rapid pace.

Since the monster was conspicuous, it would be better to hide it again for now.

With that in mind, Orca fearlessly approached her to take Roxana from the monster.

Ten steps.

Nine steps.

Eight steps.

The distance, which had been narrowed step by step, finally narrowed to about five steps.

It was at that moment that the tightly closed golden eyelashes flicked upwards.

The moment his eyes met her coldly shining red eyes, Orca realized that she was not at all affected by the sleeping poison.

Still, since their distance was still somewhat apart, Roxana opening her eyes in itself was not a threat.

“How……! Keuk!”

But at the same time as she opened her eyes, a black string flew out from Roxana’s sleeve and wrapped around Orca’s neck.

Roxana firmly grasped it in her hand and pulled it hard with force.

Orca was caught off guard and dragged along, choked.

At that, Orca reflexively scratched at what was strangling his neck with his fingers, momentarily suffocated.

But it was a whip that was thin but strong enough, so it didn’t come loose easily.

Still, Orca could have used the monster to shake it off.

So, before Orca could react, Roxana grabbed his collar, who had already been dragged right in front of her.

Orca felt breathless in a different sense from before at what followed.

The sensation of lips touching delicate skin and the whip strangling his neck were completely opposite.

But it was by no means an act that could be called a kiss.

Roxana ruthlessly bit and pried open Orca’s lips to the point of feeling violent.

The poison that had been stagnant in Roxana’s body flowed through the touching lips and began to constrict Orca’s breath.

Orca was taken aback by the unexpected event and was momentarily stunned, but soon realized the abnormal signs that appeared in his body.

Swish!

He immediately tried to use the monster to tear Roxana away, but the hand that held him was so strong that in the end, Orca was also grabbed by the collar and dragged along with Roxana.

“Heok, eup……!”

Orca staggered and pushed Roxana away. But his jaw was firmly held, so he couldn’t move.

Paralysis symptoms were already rapidly appearing in his body.

Then, Roxana suddenly found something caught on her tongue.

A different light flashed in her red eyes for a moment.

When she roughly bit it off, the tendrils of the monster wrapped around her waist loosened.

Roxana, who no longer had any business with Orca, mercilessly pushed away the touching body.

“Eugh, ugh…….”

Soon, Orca raised his stiff hand and staggered backwards, covering his mouth.

In front of him, red blood pooled like a shadow.

His hand, which covered his mouth, was already stained red with the pouring blood.

Roxana’s lips, standing in front of Orca, were also redder with blood.

She stared at the staggering Orca with icy eyes and wiped the streak of blood flowing down her chin with the back of her hand.

The monster roared behind Orca. But now he couldn’t give any orders to the monster.

Roxana took out what she had been holding in her mouth.

It was a small gem made in the form of a piercing.

It was also what had been embedded in Orca’s tongue until just now.

Just as she had hidden a gem with magic engraved in an invisible place when she went to Vertium, Orca also had a gem engraved with a contract with the monster hidden in his mouth.

“Really…….”

Roxana turned her head and spat out the blood and saliva still pooling in her mouth.

“You’re even more insignificant than I thought.”

And she looked down on Orca, who was struggling to spit out blood.

“To try to force someone when all you have is this kind of petty trick.”

He leaned his trembling body against the wall and looked at Roxana. Orca’s eyes were angrier than ever.

Orca reached out to Roxana, even though he was staggering from being poisoned.

She could have avoided it, but she just willingly let it happen.

“You…….”

Roxana was grabbed by the collar and slammed against the wall, just like she had done to Orca a little while ago.

“You think you’ll be safe after this…….”

Orca’s growling voice came from the front, but his pronunciation was quite slurred because his tongue had been bitten off.

“Sister!”

Jeremy appeared from beyond the bend in the hallway.

He must have been guided by the butterfly and found her location without getting lost along the way.

Roxana wrapped the whip in her hand around her wrist inside her sleeve again. After that, it only looked like a crude bracelet.

“Lady Agriche!”

Pandora and three or four other people were with Jeremy.

It was as she had confirmed with the poison butterfly at the end. It was a bit unexpected, but they must have met and accompanied each other on the way.

“Wait!”

“Monster……!”

But they were soon horrified and shouted at the sight of the monster next to Orca.

Only Jeremy did not slow down even after seeing the monster and ran towards Roxana, who was being held by Orca.

“You bastard!”

Jeremy approached at a terrifying speed and kicked Orca as he was.