The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 2

How to Protect the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 2

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My support system wasn’t just my brother.

It turned out this world allowed polygamy.

My father had a total of four wives, and there were five children in total, including me.

Among them, I only had one sibling who shared the same mother as me.

My brother, Asil, was four years older than me.

“Sana, my cute little sister. Your brother will always protect you.”

Unlike me, who had my mother’s blonde hair and my father’s red eyes, Asil resembled our mother from head to toe.

He was like a gentle, puppy-like guy.

Uncharacteristically for someone born and raised in this vicious family, he was a boy with a kind heart and a bright smile.

Since I was in the cradle, he would often make such presumptuous remarks while grinning foolishly.

Even though he was much younger than my actual age, it was amusing to see him acting like an older brother and taking care of me.

Asil’s influence was a big part of why I was able to adapt and live in this awful family.

My family’s name was Agriche, and the family’s traditions were quite unique.

In short, Agriche was a criminal family based in the underworld.

For example, they would steal, cheat, smuggle drugs or poisons, and kill people if necessary, barely making a living.

Of course, the scale of that ‘barely’ was unbelievably huge.

It wasn’t like a mafia group, and I was dumbfounded.

But what was even more absurd was that all the children born into this family had to follow such traditions.

Until now, Agriche had maintained its lineage in that way, and we were told that we had to be constantly educated from a young age to become true Agriches.

However, there was no way that I, who had been an ordinary person in Korea, could easily accept such a family tradition. No matter how quickly I adapted, this was an exception.

Because what I studied here every day was how to handle weapons, poisons and drugs, stealth, people’s vital points, and so on.

I would have been fine if it was just memorizing, but I had no talent, especially in practical skills.

“You don’t have any outstanding qualities.”

The man who was my father also commented mercilessly.

I was eight years old at the time, and that was about how many times I had seen this man’s face. In short, we were a father and daughter with severely lacking affection.

My father, Lant Agriche, was not very interested in his children.

Well, the number of wives and children had increased over the years, so now there were seven mothers and ten siblings in this house. So it would be impossible to give equal attention to all of them.

“If you had even one outstanding trait, I would develop that side of you further.”

I felt bad about the way he looked at me, appraising me like an object rather than a daughter.

No, when did I ever say I wanted to work for this damn family?

I wanted to say something out of displeasure, but I just stayed still because my mother and Asil had been holding me back and begging me for days.

My mother was somehow terribly nervous next to me.

Finally, my father looked at my face for a moment and then opened his mouth again.

“Still, you’ll be useful in other ways.”

Having decided how I would be used, my father ordered me to receive different training from now on.

And what I learned from that day on was…

The art of lovemaking.

This is crazy.

No, of course, I’m outstandingly pretty because I resemble my beautiful mother!

Still, would a normal family teach an eight-year-old the art of lovemaking?

To say that I would be useful in other ways meant this. This is so messed up.

It seemed like they were training me to seduce men, extract information, or assassinate them later.

Teaching such a young child the night skills to please men, this was truly a disgusting family.

“Mother, I don’t want to learn this. Why do I have to study this? I think you’re forgetting, but I’m only eight years old.”

“Sana, you can’t say that. You’re an Agriche. You have to study hard to become a great member of the family later.”

When I think about it, there was a sense of desperation in my mother’s eyes as she held my shoulders tightly at the time.

I couldn’t resist my mother’s pitiful eyes.

Besides, this family had a very thorough concept of command and obedience, so it was impossible to disobey the orders of the family’s head, my father.

It was very dirty and despicable, but in the end, I couldn’t overturn the situation and received the education as ordered.

However, perhaps because I couldn’t bring myself to work hard, my grades remained sluggish.

In the meantime, my biological brother, Asil, was ‘disposed of.’

It happened when he was fifteen years old.

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“Asil…!”

The sound of my mother’s scream ringing in my ears was extremely unrealistic.

Asil, who had been smiling brightly in front of me just a few days ago, returned to my mother and me as a cold corpse.

I was completely stunned.

The woman who introduced herself as an ‘executioner’ said that Asil had been judged unsuitable for Agriche, so he was disposed of according to the rules.

That was the first time that rule had been invoked in our generation.

I suddenly woke up as if I had been hit by cold water. At the same time, I felt a chill all over my body.

“You don’t have any outstanding qualities.”

I remembered my father looking at me three years ago with eyes that seemed to be appraising an object. And my mother’s unusually nervous appearance that day.

I had known early on that this family was strangely twisted, but I never imagined it would be to this extent.

The weak-hearted mother fainted in front of Asil’s body. And she was bedridden for about ten days after that. Of course, I was also greatly shocked.

I thought this wouldn’t work.

If Asil was disposed of, then I could be next. The thought sent shivers down my spine.

My father, Lant Agriche, liked people who were useful in some way.

First of all, I started to work harder than ever in my education. And at the same time, I began to calmly reassess the situation I was in.

“Sana, are you doing well in your studies these days?”

“Yes, I’m working hard.”

“Yes, you must do your best today to become a great Agriche.”

“Yes, Mother.”

I no longer argued with her words.

Since the age of eight, my main focus had been on the skills to seduce men, but I still had to learn various things for future use.

From basic martial arts to how to handle various weapons, knowledge of poisons, information gathering on the overall situation, and speaking skills, there were many subjects I had to study.

This family, which had no trace of family love, had a ‘grand banquet’ once a month.

My father would invite the top three children who had made great achievements during the month to spend time with him.

Of course, until now, neither Asil nor I had ever been invited to the grand banquet.

After Asil, two more children were disposed of.

One of them sensed that he would die and tried to escape from Agriche. But he was eventually caught and brutally killed in the most horrific way ever.

Around that time, I was questioning this world. And I realized that the only place to find the answer was my father, Lant Agriche.

In the summer of my twelfth year, one year after Asil’s death, I was finally invited to the grand banquet.

And at that time, I was convinced that this world I had reincarnated into was a world in a book.