The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 194

Protecting the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 194

Three years ago, on the night Cassis was expelled from Agrigent.

Even then, she had said the same thing to him when he came to her in the middle of the night.

Back then, Deon had sought to find and kill Cassis.

And now, he was clearly trying to chase after the vanished Nix.

Roxana thought she knew Deon Agrigent better than anyone.

Even now, she felt like she knew what he was thinking.

It was always like that.

Even without directly speaking to Deon, it was possible to anticipate and understand his inner thoughts.

Was it because Deon Agrigent was her possession?

…Although, until now, there had never been a single moment when she wanted to admit it.

Once again, she felt the warmth of his hand, which had grabbed her body earlier, digging into her skin.

Even now, the blood dripping from Deon’s arm stained her vision red.

The present mixed with the fading memories of the past.

“You can’t kill me.”

This time, it was the memory of the day she faced Deon alone in the garden of Yggdrasil, where red roses bloomed profusely.

“And you can’t just take out your anger here by killing someone else instead. Not unless I allow it.”

That day, Roxana had said,

“The relationship between you and me, barely maintained by a thin thread…”

“You know better than anyone that it would be completely over then.”

And….

Deon Agrigent was now on the verge of answering that very question.

Suddenly, a faint smile crossed Deon’s lips.

It was so unfamiliar to Roxana that she couldn’t help but stop and stare at him.

“…I thought everything that woman said was nonsense.”

His lips, which had been tightly closed until now, opened.

“I see now that it wasn’t.”

The low murmur and the light reflected in the broken glass swirled erratically in the air.

Roxana didn’t understand what he meant.

However….

“But this is still more like me.”

A whisper mixed with the breeze flowed through the hair fluttering in the air.

“…Like you and that woman said, it seems I really can’t kill you.”

Two pairs of red eyes met, their gazes intertwined.

But that moment signified the final severance.

A declaration of complete termination.

“So, I have no choice but to end it in another way.”

Clang.

Like an illusion, the sound of shackles being released echoed in her ears.

Without hesitating any longer, Deon turned away.

Roxana couldn’t catch him after all.

“Head of the Imperial Family!”

“What on earth…!”

Almost simultaneously, the people who arrived at the upper passage discovered Noel Vertium, his body torn to shreds like rags, and cried out in astonishment.

Even in the chaos, Noel did not fall, but precariously hung, his body supported by the remaining unbroken glass floor at the edge of the passage.

After a moment, the person who moved Noel Vertium and examined his condition shouted from above.

“He’s still breathing!”

Roxana stared at the spot where Deon had disappeared for a moment, as if time had stopped, then turned her head, cutting off her gaze.

Once again, a faint tremor flickered momentarily in her red eyes toward Cassis, and at the same time, all sorts of emotions mixed and shattered within them.

Cassis looked at Roxana’s face.

His gaze followed the bloodstains left in the place where Deon Agrigent had stood, and the place where Deon’s figure had disappeared.

Soon, strength returned to Cassis’s jaw.

Jeremy, who had already come down, was seen rushing to Roxana.

The situation in other places was also being sorted out to some extent, and the noise carried on the wind was calmer than before.

After a violent storm had passed, only the tragically shattered remnants of peace remained in Yggdrasil.

It was the day when two beasts broke their own leashes and betrayed their masters.

17. The Last Turning Point, Whether Tragedy or Comedy

Yggdrasil was more desolate than ever.

The storm had passed, but the incident was not completely over.

Because it was such a huge event, there was still a lot to clean up.

Cleaning up the areas ravaged by the dolls was also a chore.

With so many casualties, recovering the remains of dolls and people scattered everywhere was no easy task.

Many people couldn’t bear the stark sight before them and vomited.

“How dare you do such a thing? Are you crazy?”

The heads of the families gathered urgently in the face of an unprecedented situation.

“To hide such a dark secret, he must be out of his mind! Noel Vertium must pay the price.”

Hiakin Hyperion slammed the table roughly and raised his voice.

Listening to his words, strongly asserted with burning anger, Badrisa Gastor quietly opened her mouth.

“I agree with that, but wasn’t Hyperion doing the same, hiding a dark secret?”

At that, Hiakin’s face hardened.

“To think that you could summon monsters inside Yggdrasil and hide it so perfectly until now.”

Badrisa’s eyes shone sharply at Hiakin.

What she wanted to rebuke now was not simply that Hyperion had hidden the existence of monsters.

“Even if I concede a hundred times that it could be so, why didn’t you release the monsters sooner?”

Of course, Hiakin’s monsters contributed to ending the doll’s massacre quickly, but the problem was that his response was already too late.

“If Hyperion hadn’t been so anxious to hide secrets and had hesitated, the number of casualties would have been cut in half.”

It was a sharp criticism.

Many of those who bravely stepped forward to stop the enemies when this situation occurred belonged to Gastor.

So, Gastor suffered the most casualties.

“…I have nothing to say about that.”

So, Badrisa’s criticism was understandable, but Hiakin couldn’t just sit still and listen to those words.

“But Gastor also had something quite dangerous in their luggage during this mess.”

This time, Badrisa’s mouth was shut.

“Bringing drugs into Yggdrasil is outrageous. If someone from another family got involved with Gastor during the social gathering and got their hands on it, how would you take responsibility for this?”

While the dolls were searching and sweeping through all sorts of places, the drugs mixed in with Gastor’s luggage were also revealed.

Badrisa had no idea that there would be vassals [subordinates] who brought drugs this far, so she couldn’t help but be furious when she saw it.

“Agrigent was also hiding a dangerous secret.”

Hiakin did not stop at pointing out Gastor, but also targeted Agrigent.

“I saw it with my own eyes in my garden. Everyone had weapons hidden on their bodies, right? You should know that Yggdrasil is a demilitarized zone. I guess what comes from a snake can only be a snake. You’re just like Lant, insidious.”

Facing his sharp gaze, Jeremy calmly replied.

“They are just crude belongings, not weapons. All my brothers are timid and have many worries, so they were just preparing for possible emergencies. Of course, I realized this time that it was a far cry from the preparation of Hyperion, who was hiding monsters.”

Seeing him pretending to be humble as if he had learned something, Hiakin’s eyes flashed coldly.

“And if you think about what Hyperion’s successor was trying to do behind the scenes while my brothers were trying their best to protect the weak even in urgent situations, I don’t think the head of the White has the right to criticize us now.”

Hiakin gritted his teeth at Jeremy’s coldly added words.

But he didn’t say anything else there.

In the end, it was a social gathering that left scars on everyone.

Only Pedelian did not have any dark secrets exposed that day.

Finally, Hiakin leaned deeply into his chair and twisted his lips.

“It’s scary. I’m afraid I’ll be judged by Pedelian like Lant Agrigent.”

He sneered now, even though he didn’t take issue separately, saying that the incident between Agrigent and Pedelian last winter would not be detrimental to Hyperion.

“…You’re mistaken.”

Richel faced Hiakin with a chilly face.

“Pedelian has never been proud of what happened last winter.”

The low, subdued voice floated through the sharp air.