The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 24

How to Protect the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 24

Deon wasn’t at the Agrit residence at the moment.

He was away on a mission assigned by Lant Agrit. Perhaps the only person who didn’t know that fact yet was the one standing right in front of me.

Although I knew it, Maria wasn’t particularly interested in her only child.

This occasional indifference and the cool demeanor it held were, in fact, similar to Deon.

“Well, someone quickly go and call Deon.”

Besides, even if Deon were at the mansion, there was no way I would have tea with him.

He and I weren’t close enough to sit face to face at a table and chat.

“Madam, young master Deon is currently out.”

One of the maids standing behind Maria reported Deon’s absence.

Maria seemed to realize only now that Deon wasn’t at the mansion.

“Really? What for this time?”

“I don’t know the details, but I believe the master gave him a mission.”

Maria nodded slightly, as if she already knew. Immediately after, she asked the maid,

“What was your name again? You’re the girl who came under me recently on Luelle’s recommendation, right?”

“Yes. My name is Lana, Madam.”

“What a pretty name. I’m also impressed that you told me something I didn’t know.”

The maid lowered her head even further at Maria’s compliment.

Maria looked down at the maid with a gentle gaze and smiled.

“But who said you could open your mouth without permission?”

The worst!

At that very moment, red liquid spurted out before my eyes.

At the same time, the maid’s body, which was opposite Maria, began to crumble slowly like a broken doll.

Thud.

Finally, the body that fell to the floor was no longer breathing.

“Throw it as food for the monsters.”

Maria said calmly, dusting off the parasol that had just cut the maid’s neck. Once again, red blood splattered on the green grass.

The maids who received her order moved in unison.

Amidst them, Maria, who turned her head, widened her eyes as if she had suddenly remembered me.

“Oh my, I’m sorry, Sana. Did any dirty blood splash on you?”

I already knew that blood would splash on me the moment Maria’s hand moved, so I had already taken a step back.

So, it was only right in front of my feet that were stained with the maid’s blood.

“It didn’t splash on me.”

“That’s a relief. Shall we go to the garden then?”

I glanced at Maria’s blood-stained dress.

Maria’s body, which had swung her arm right in front of me, was covered in blood.

And yet, she’s asking me to go to the garden with her in that state.

I already knew she was that kind of woman, but I couldn’t help but feel disgusted.

“Unfortunately, I have other plans. Let’s have tea together next time.”

Maria had a rather simple personality, so she showed a look of regret at my words but didn’t press the issue any further.

“Okay. Then come visit my room when you have time. I recently bought new clothes for the dolls to wear. I have so many pretty clothes that I want to give you.”

I smiled brightly as if I agreed.

But as it has been until now, I will never go to her room of my own volition in the future.

That’s how Maria and I smiled while thinking different things.

Of course, the smile I had on my face a moment ago was completely gone after I parted ways with her.

* * *

“Ugh, this stinks.”

Jeremy frowned annoyingly.

His body was covered in monster venom. As a result, his vision was all blurry black.

“Disgusting bug bastards. I can’t just exterminate them all.”

The content of this stage of training was to collect monster venom from the B area monster breeding ground.

Agrit was also involved in the black market trade of drugs and poisons.

So, from the past, they used training as an excuse to collect items to be used for transactions.

But it was easier said than done, because it was a more difficult task than I thought because I had to extract only the necessary parts without killing the monsters in the breeding ground.

*Training my ass,* isn’t this completely exploiting labor for free? Pay me or something.

Jeremy cursed inwardly and spat out the greasy liquid that had entered his mouth.

Just then, a group of people was seen approaching from afar.

Jeremy annoyingly wiped the venom from his face roughly with his hand and shook his hand on the floor. Only then did his dim vision clear up a bit.

Jeremy’s gaze swept over the people who were closer than before.

“What, did you come to sort out the garbage?”

He asked, looking at the corpses in the hands of the people who had come to the monster breeding ground.

“Yes, young master Jeremy.”

“You should go to another breeding ground. You’ll die if you go in now.”

The breeding ground that Jeremy had just come out of was in chaos.

It was because he was annoyed while collecting the poison needles, so he teased the monsters a lot.

So, if they go inside now, they will surely be attacked by the monsters who are angry.

“It’s okay. We can endure among the monsters for a while.”

But they said calmly.

“Wait, whose maids are you?”

Hearing those words, Jeremy asked, wondering if that might be the case.

“We belong to Maria.”

At that moment, Jeremy’s expression changed as if he knew it.

If they were Maria’s maids, they would be able to endure for a few minutes in there, just like they said.

Maria hated those who followed her being weak, so she didn’t even pick such people as servants in the first place.

Of course, the fact that they would die if Jeremy flicked his finger in this place didn’t change, but it meant that they had decent force among the people who served them.

In fact, Jeremy couldn’t understand Maria’s taste.

They weren’t trusted subordinates who were used like limbs, and they were just servants who did errands, so it didn’t matter whether they had force or not.

“Okay, then go in.”

In fact, it would have been easy if Jeremy had helped, but he had no intention of wasting his energy on useless things unless it was related to Roxana.

So, Jeremy just stepped aside from the door of the breeding ground and leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.

The sound of monsters rampaging inside was faintly heard, but even after a little more time, screams did not intervene in it.

After a while, the maids came out of the breeding ground empty-handed.

In fact, the time they went in and out was less than 2 minutes, and no one seemed to have died or been injured in the meantime.

But it wasn’t easy, so they were sweating.

“I told you to just go to another breeding ground.”

Jeremy straightened his upper body, which had been leaning against the wall, and raised one corner of his mouth slyly.

However, the distance to the other breeding ground was somewhat far, and if they moved there, too much time could be delayed.

If they made a mistake, they could once again displease their master. Maria was a woman whose mood changed easily.

“Then we’ll be on our way, young master Jeremy.”

“Okay.”

Jeremy nodded roughly at the maids’ greetings.

After that, the maids took their steps first. Jeremy’s steps followed behind.

After a while, the maids felt something strange and looked back.

“What are you doing? Go your way.”

But Jeremy just said that with an innocent face.

It was clear that Jeremy was following, but the maids had no justification to stop him.

So, in the end, they had no choice but to move the steps they had stopped for a while with Jeremy behind them.