The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 246

Protecting the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 37

The returning servant was quickly dismissed, and Roxana waited until the sound of footsteps faded into the distance.

“You can come out now.”

She slightly raised her arm to the side.

The white fur cloak was lavishly made, so much so that when the gold buttons in the front were fastened, it was large enough to completely cover the entire body. Moreover, it was so long that it covered her heels and dragged behind.

Therefore, it could easily conceal a woman crouching on the floor.

The silver-haired woman, who looked to be about Roxana’s age, stood up awkwardly, her face a mixture of embarrassment and confusion, and quickly distanced herself.

Roxana stared at her face.

Silvia Fedelian.

Without even asking her name, it was clear that she was Cassis’s only younger sister.

“Who are you?”

Silvia asked with a wary voice, as if Roxana’s actions were completely unexpected.

“Aren’t you an Agriche too? But why are you hiding me now…”

“Your eyes are very pretty.”

Looking at her, Roxana unconsciously spoke aloud.

Silvia Fedelian closed her mouth as if flustered by the remark.

Her eyes, which Roxana had complimented, fluttered quickly with her eyelashes.

Could she be angry because she thought she was being mocked?

Silvia’s bloodless cheeks slowly turned red.

Well, it was an inappropriate thing to say in this situation.

But Roxana couldn’t help but blurt out, looking at Silvia’s face again.

“Cassis Fedelian wouldn’t want you to act like this.”

At that moment, the light that had been pooling in her golden eyes flashed like an explosion.

“What did you just say…!”

Silvia reflexively raised her voice but lowered it again, conscious of Lant, who had disappeared a moment ago. Then, she quickly approached Roxana, grabbed her arm, and asked.

“Do you know something? Have you seen my brother…”

“I don’t know.”

A short and monotonous voice, almost indifferent, was uttered from her red lips.

Roxana also knew that Silvia Fedelian had started moving on her own to find her brother, who had disappeared several years ago.

She had also heard from her subordinate, who was secretly working for her without Lant’s knowledge, that she had contacted other families beforehand.

The fact that Silvia, who came to উইগদ্রাসিল [Wigdrásil, the Agriche family’s territory], is now being chased by Lant must be related to him.

“But you know there are people who would be sad if something happened to you.”

Silvia was silent at Roxana’s words.

“So, stop doing dangerous things here.”

Roxana was well aware that her words and actions were nothing more than deception.

However, this was the only advice Roxana could sincerely give Silvia Fedelian.

Silvia’s eyes, staring at Roxana without a word, resembled someone else she knew so much that it made her feel a little empty.

After a while, Silvia Fedelian averted her gaze from Roxana and jumped down to the balcony below, where snowflakes were fluttering, without hesitation.

She looked like a free bird spreading its wings.

* * *

“That Fedelian bitch seems to be recklessly stirring things up here and there these days because of her dead brother’s affairs.”

Despite Roxana’s advice, Silvia’s subsequent actions reached Lant’s ears.

“The way she acts is annoying. What can she possibly do, acting so presumptuously like that?”

Lant frowned, saying that even such arrogant behavior was just like her father.

He said to his children gathered in the room.

“It would be good to directly show that puppy, who has only lived in a greenhouse and doesn’t know the terrors of the world, the bitterness of life. I wonder which of you can entertain me the most.”

From then on, Silvia Fedelian became the target of Agriche’s half-siblings.

“Roxana! Why do you keep interfering!”

“Sharing is not my taste.”

Roxana repeatedly interfered with her other half-siblings in despicable ways.

“Are you afraid I’ll be deprived of the delicious prey I’ve finally found by someone else?”

Because they were competitors vying for credit, most of them couldn’t even think of cooperating to capture the target.

Occasionally, when clever half-siblings joined hands, Roxana cunningly drove a wedge between them from behind without fail.

Silvia Fedelian continued to narrowly escape their grasp.

She was also lucky, so in really dangerous situations, Orka Hyperion, Ryzak Gastor, or a confidant sent by Noel Bertium would appear at the right time to save her.

It would have been easier if it was a mission to kill Silvia Fedelian, but Lant didn’t seem to want to provoke Fedelian to that extent, so he didn’t even issue a kill order.

Moreover, Agriche’s half-siblings had to hide their identities as much as possible outside, so their actions were even more restricted.

As people from other families began to get involved with Silvia, they had no choice but to hesitate even more.

Bang!

Some time later, Lant slammed his desk roughly after hearing a report in his office.

“You morons! Are you making me listen to reports like this because you can’t even handle a rat-like bitch like that?”

As expected, Silvia seemed to have contacted all three other families except Agriche.

In Roxana’s opinion, it was a frightening level of activity for a girl who had just become an adult and came out of Fedelian for the first time.

Because of that, Lant seemed to be very upset.

Even though the five families were equal, if the other three families colluded with Fedelian and put pressure on Agriche, it could interfere with future movements.

Of course, they were not families that could be easily swayed by Silvia Fedelian’s words, but it was true that there was noticeable exchange between them.

Furthermore, Lant was already annoyed by Richel Fedelian’s daughter, who he hated to see, so he was even more furious that she kept getting in his way.

“Roxana.”

“Yes, Father.”

“That Fedelian bitch seems to be seducing the guys from other families with her mediocre beauty.”

Lant seemed to think that Silvia, who had nothing but a pretty face, was trying to seduce the young leaders of Bertium, the future Gastor, and the young successors of each family who would lead Hyperion, and control them to her liking.

Like looking at something with tinted glasses. It was indeed the kind of thought that someone who was planning to make his daughter do something similar would have.

“Go and separate them all. It’s a waste to give even a discarded crumb to Fedelian, who deserves to be torn to pieces without leaving a speck of dust.”

Once again, Roxana smiled obediently and bowed her head at Lant’s words.

“That sounds like a fun mission. Leave it to me, Father.”

* * *

The White Beast Master, Orka Hyperion, was a vain and pretentious man who liked to show off.

“So, I discovered a rare poisonous butterfly egg in that place. How beautiful was the shimmering black egg hidden like a fairy’s jewel among the blue leaves.”

“Oh my, that’s really wonderful.”

When Roxana visited Hyperion as a representative for the exchange between families, he was excited and chattering about his heroic deeds like this.

In the meantime, Orka, despite being the successor of a family, had never attended a উইগদ্রাসিল [Wigdrásil] meeting because he couldn’t control his wanderlust.

So, this was the first time he had seen Roxana. The face he made when he met her eyes and blankly lost his mind was so foolish.

And yet, he was belatedly bragging about his achievements that no one was curious about, pretending to be important, which was ridiculous.

“It can be said to be a triumph after 5 years. It’s all thanks to my goddess of luck.”

“Goddess of luck?”

“Yes. It’s a lovely silver bird that chirps like a nightingale. I met her for the first time on the day I found the poisonous butterfly.”

A sinister glint flashed across Orka’s eyes, who was smiling brightly.

He let his words slip without caution, thinking that Roxana didn’t know anything, but she had an idea of what the silver bird called the goddess of luck meant.

She had already known that Silvia was somewhere in this Hyperion and had come in.

Moreover, the monster habitat that appeared in the story a while ago was close to Agriche, so the reason why the two met could be easily guessed.

“That’s an interesting story. If I had known that the famous White Beast Master was such a wonderful and fun person, I would have pestered my father to come to Hyperion sooner.”

When Roxana whispered in a sweet voice and praised him a little, Orka couldn’t hide his satisfaction.

In that way, Roxana stayed in Hyperion for several days and found the place where Silvia was.

Silvia was imprisoned in a greenhouse in the west garden.

Seeing her being watched by monsters, it didn’t seem like she was staying in Hyperion of her own free will, as Lant had said.

In Roxana’s eyes, it was not surprising that the other families’ fools were showing abnormal interest in Silvia.

Orka, like a moron who blindly believed in his own power, did not set up separate guards around him. So, Roxana threw the sleeping incense for monsters that she had brought in advance into the greenhouse and went inside.

“Roxana Agriche?”

Silvia’s eyes widened in surprise when she saw Roxana.

“How did you get here…”

“In the end, you ignored my words. I clearly warned you to stop doing dangerous things back then.”

Roxana approached her and touched the restraints. In a few seconds, the lock opened, and Silvia’s hands and feet were freed.

Silvia seemed as embarrassed by this situation as she had been when Roxana had hidden her from Lant last time.

Silvia, who had been opening and closing her lips a few times, asked Roxana, who was throwing the restraints aside, in a subdued voice.

“…Are you here to help me?”

“Stop talking nonsense. I’m just trying to get rid of you because you’re interfering with my work.”

Roxana said coldly, raising Silvia.

“If you didn’t want to be stuck here, get out of my sight right now. Stop lingering around and bothering me.”

She had her subordinates make a fuss elsewhere to focus attention on that side, but Orka would not have failed to notice the change in the monsters. So, there wasn’t much time until he came.

Roxana hurriedly dragged Silvia away from people and went to a remote place, deliberately throwing down some of the clothes of Agriche’s servants that she had hidden in advance.

“The person I sent will be here soon. Agriche’s servants have some business to go out, so the main gate will be opened soon, so follow them and move together. After that, do whatever you want.”

Silvia opened her mouth as if to say something more, but Roxana turned around without hesitation, leaving her behind.

Orka soon released the monsters to chase her, knowing that Silvia had disappeared.

But things didn’t seem to be going as planned. Well, Silvia, whom Roxana had been watching, was quite fast.

Orka, who had missed Silvia with his eyes open in his own territory, seemed to be very displeased and was exuding a very violent aura even in front of Roxana.

After that, Roxana pretended not to notice for a few days and only did things that Orka Hyperion, whom she had identified, would hate.

As Roxana wanted, Orka soon seemed to be tired of her.

In the end, Roxana’s face, who had to leave Hyperion without achieving the results Lant had wanted, still had a beautiful smile that was hard to read.