The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 195

I understood why Hiakin was bringing up the past. He was trying to corner Rishel.

But instead of denying that she was different, Rishel calmly admitted her fault. “It was revenge, driven by a personal grudge. I don’t deny that.”

Rishel considered the incident during his time a blemish on Fedelian.

Of course, he would have killed Lant Agriche regardless, and even if he could go back, he would support his son’s actions.

“I believe there was a valid reason for the grudge, but I don’t consider the method of resolving it justified.”

That was why it would forever stain Fedelian.

“So, if we argue about right and wrong, who here can claim righteousness?”

The tense atmosphere, thin as ice, grew heavier.

“Let’s not be swayed by personal feelings and forget the urgent matter.”

Badrissa broke the silence. “Several dolls have escaped Yggdrasil. Dealing with that is the priority.”

“Since it happened in Vertium, shouldn’t the Imperial family head have an easy solution? But he’s… incapacitated.”

Everyone frowned, thinking of Noel Vertium, torn and unconscious.

“Did the head of the Imperial family descend into madness because of that anti-magic doll? What’s so special about it?”

“The doll escaped during the commotion.”

“I heard that doll is why Noel Vertium is in that state.”

“All Vertium’s dolls must be found and destroyed! They shouldn’t exist.”

The leaders glanced at Jeremy.

No one opposed Hiakin’s call to destroy all of Vertium’s dolls.

Jeremy closed his mouth, uncomfortably thinking of Nix, who had fled, and Deon, who pursued him.

A pursuit team formed to hunt Vertium’s dolls.

* * *

“Leader, you’re out?”

Hiakin’s confidants followed him from the conference room.

“Orca is still unconscious.”

Hearing the name, Hiakin spat it out. “Incompetent fool. He couldn’t handle one woman and unleashed a monster?”

Hiakin knew what his nephew Orca had done.

He was speechless.

Was this the price for protecting him, even after all his accidents?

Today’s incident endangered everyone in Yggdrasil.

Many died or were injured in Hyperion.

Instead of protecting his family, the heir tried to force himself on a woman.

Hiakin’s patience with Orca snapped.

The doctor inside Yggdrasil was dead, preventing a proper examination, but Orca’s condition suggested poisoning.

If he cared, he could use the family’s power to find the truth.

But Hiakin no longer cared for Orca and wouldn’t help him.

He was tired of cleaning up Orca’s messes.

Orca never thought of protecting the family.

Why should the family protect him?

“He’s no longer my successor. Don’t mention that shameful name again.”

Hiakin’s eyes were so sharp that his confidants didn’t dare mention Orca.

* * *

While the pursuit team prepared, Noel Vertium regained consciousness.

Rishel woke him.

Rishel was skeptical of using the family’s abilities.

But waking Noel to stop the escaped dolls seemed the best way to reduce casualties.

But Noel couldn’t control the escaped dolls.

He couldn’t even communicate properly.

Noel sobbed and wept.

Rishel had restored him, but not completely.

Noel regained his mind and could speak, but he was still seriously injured.

His torn body was wrapped in bandages soaked with blood.

But Noel wasn’t just crying from physical pain.

He seemed mentally shocked.

He pitifully muttered Dante’s and Nix’s names while crying.

When the leaders pressed him, Noel stammered an explanation.

He could only give orders when close to the dolls.

Before coming to Yggdrasil, he ordered the dolls to ‘find Nix and bring him back.’ The escaped dolls must be following him.

“Why are you so obsessed with that doll?”

When the leaders asked suspiciously, Noel’s rambling, sobbing words were hard to understand.

His voice was dry and cracked.

What they understood was more absurd than imagined.

The news reached Roxana.

Her confidant Dante died, and Noel tried to revive him by transplanting Nix’s heart, who had succeeded in doll surgery. She finally understood Noel Vertium’s behavior.

The pursuit team’s preparation accelerated.

The dolls would kill anyone considered an obstacle, as they had in Yggdrasil.

Before the cleanup inside Yggdrasil finished, people armed with heavy equipment gathered.

The goal was to find and destroy all of Vertium’s dolls.

Nix was also a target.

“Sister, the pursuit team is leaving soon.”

Jeremy, watching the situation, whispered to Roxana.

“Shall we move separately?”

Roxana’s eyes narrowed.

The last glimpse of Nix and Deon flickered in her mind.

Deon must have chased Nix.

Both were injured, so they couldn’t have gone far.

At first, she thought Nix and Deon was a family matter for Agriche.

She didn’t ask Cassis for help, only taking Jeremy.

But now it was beyond a quiet resolution.

“No. No need to find them.”

Roxana answered coldly.

The pursuit team would deal with Nix.

But Deon might kill Nix first.

Or Deon, already injured, might not survive.

But it didn’t matter.

Perhaps it was better if they both died out of sight…

Roxana clenched her fist.

Her nails dug into her palm.

Just hours ago…

The feeling of Deon’s hand, the scattering sunlight, ached again.

The chilling sensation of his arm being cut off and the force that pushed her back swept away.

“Sana…!”

And Nix’s sharp cry…

“…I guess I really can’t kill you.”

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

Also, the faint voice and crumbling smile at the end.

But she shouldn’t think about that now.

Roxana crushed the rising emotions.

Jeremy stared at Roxana’s cold face, then her loosening hand.

“Then I’ll go, Sister.”

No one died in Agriche, but there were injured brothers, and the cleanup in Yggdrasil wasn’t finished, so he, as leader, had to go.

But he had to stop somewhere first.

Jeremy, about to open the door, stopped when he saw the person in front of him.

Jeremy stepped back.

Another person entered.

“Roxana.”

The door closed, and a quiet voice called Roxana, who stood by the window.

Only then did she turn.

“Cassis.”