The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 40

Protecting the Heroine’s Older Brother – 40

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“I’ve taken care of it as you ordered, miss.”

“Well done, Emily.”

I nodded slightly at Emily’s words as she entered the room.

I had briefly forgotten that I had ordered the men who came to the greenhouse earlier to be punished and imprisoned. I had been out of my mind all day because of what happened during the day.

“We also found those who relayed the message in the middle, but they were already dead. It seems they were attacked by a monster that escaped from the breeding ground.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, so it seems difficult to get testimony about Young Master Deon’s abuse of power, as well as other circumstances.”

As the men who came to the greenhouse claimed, it was true that there were others who conveyed the message to them, mentioning Deon’s name.

However, before I could even question them about the truth, they became corpses who could never open their mouths again.

“I guess so. The dead tell no tales.”

Even so, the fact that they died because of a monster that escaped from the breeding ground was too convenient.

“Some suspect that it was Maria who tried to take the young lady’s toys out.”

“That’s an interesting story.”

“So, there’s also a rumor that she impersonated her son, Young Master Deon’s name, and when things got out of hand, she tried to cover it up by dealing with those involved.”

What Emily told me sounded quite plausible.

If you think about it that way, Maria’s demeanor, who didn’t seem very disappointed even though Cassis, whom she had been so looking forward to, didn’t attend the tea party, was suspicious enough.

So, if she silenced her subordinates who relayed the message and made it look like they were attacked by a monster, a fairly natural picture would be completed.

Of course, I knew that wasn’t the truth.

“How is the person involved in the rumor reacting?”

“She doesn’t even seem to know that such rumors are circulating. She’s still busy taking care of Sierra.”

Maria seemed to like my mother more than I thought.

To be so engrossed in my mother, not even knowing what kind of stories are circulating about her among the people who attended the tea party.

My mother’s ability to make even a woman like Maria a prisoner was worthy of a hundred praises.

“It’s quiet outside.”

“Yes. Because it was an unexpected situation, everyone was flustered at first, but the aftermath was quickly resolved.”

The mansion became a mess because the breeding ground’s door was opened during the day.

In the first place, the monsters bred in Agrische were often for the purpose of collecting poison, and among them, Carantul was a large monster with strong aggression, so the damage was not small.

Things were almost finished now, but until just now, my head was throbbing.

Jeremy, the main culprit of today’s incident, was destined to face punishment.

There was more than one person who saw Jeremy opening the door to the breeding ground, so it was useless to deny it.

Among the pouring testimonies, the two men who came to the greenhouse also claimed that it was Jeremy who released Cassis in the first place.

They said that they were injured because of Jeremy, not Cassis.

They admitted that they were wrong to try to take Cassis out without properly checking in the middle, but they pleaded that it was unfair to be charged with conniving at Cassis’ escape.

That’s why Jeremy, whom I saw last time, was looking at me so anxiously.

I usually hung around where Cassis was, but I thought he had finally made a big deal out of it. I couldn’t believe he would even open the door to the monster breeding ground.

I knew that Jeremy was looking at me pitifully like an abandoned puppy, but I didn’t say a word to him and just turned around.

“What are you going to do with Cassis Pedelian’s treatment?”

But in fact, I wasn’t as angry as he thought.

“Put him in the hallucination room.”

“Understood.”

I had no choice but to punish Cassis, who had attempted to escape, so I decided to lock him in the hallucination room. [A room designed to induce vivid and terrifying hallucinations.]

Knock knock.

Then, there was a knock on the door.

“Lady Roxana, I came by Sierra’s order.”

“Come in.”

Emily stepped back as I gestured.

The maid, who came into the room after receiving permission, bowed her head in front of me.

“Mother has woken up.”

“Yes. Madam is looking for Lady Roxana. She insisted on coming to see the young lady in person, but she hasn’t recovered enough energy to get up from her seat, so I came to deliver the message instead.”

My mother had been unconscious all day, perhaps because she was physically and mentally strained by what happened during the day. So I had stopped by my mother’s room earlier.

I got up from my seat after hearing the maid’s words.

“Okay. I can’t help but go since my mother is calling for me.”

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“Sana, are you okay?”

As soon as I entered my mother’s room, an urgent question pierced my eardrums.

As soon as she saw me, she raised her upper body as if she would get out of bed and jump out of bed right away.

If the maids who were nursing her next to her hadn’t stopped her, she might have really jumped out of her seat.

Looking at that figure, I could believe that it was me, not her, who had been shocked and fainted.

“I’m fine, Mother.”

I stared at my mother for a moment and then answered.

She grabbed me, who had approached the bedside, and looked at my body.

“Are you hurt? I heard that monsters invaded the greenhouse, are you okay?”

“Mother, calm down.”

It didn’t seem good for someone who had been unconscious until just now to be so excited.

So I grabbed my mother’s hand, met her eyes, and said firmly.

“I’m not hurt. Look. I’m fine like this.”

The trembling felt from her fingertips gradually subsided while we were making eye contact.

My mother looked pitiful, like someone who had a terrible nightmare. Perhaps anyone who saw her like this would not be able to help but comfort her.

“Okay… that’s a relief.”

After a while, a whispering voice fell on my ear. Still, the face in my sight looked more comfortable than before, so I was relieved.

“How is your body, Mother?”

“I’m much better.”

Maria seemed to have confirmed that her mother had woken up and left.

Considering Maria’s personality, she wouldn’t have easily left her mother’s side, so it was a bit unexpected that she wasn’t here right now.

But because of what happened during the day, and because she had to clean up after the tea party, even late, she couldn’t help it.

I took my mother’s hand and sat on a chair placed by the bed. At my gesture, the maids in the room left.

Then, after staring at my mother’s face, I asked her.

“Mother, why did you come outside earlier?”

It was quite unexpected that my mother was looking for me outside the greenhouse where monsters were roaming around.

It was even more so because she had spilled tea on her hand during Maria’s tea party and left early.

“I thought you would be in your room. Didn’t you hear that monsters escaped from the breeding ground?”

My mother answered my question.

“I heard, but… the breeding ground where the monsters escaped is near the greenhouse.”

I closed my mouth at the following voice.

“I couldn’t stay still because I was thinking of you.”

The blue eyes toward me were still blurry.

She seemed to be dizzy just thinking that I might have been hurt by those monsters.

Of course, my mother’s concern for me was genuine. As I recognized that fact anew, ripples began to form in my calm heart.

“What are you talking about? Deon was the one who brought those monsters to Sana’s sister’s mother!”

Jeremy’s words that I heard during the day suddenly came to my mind.

I looked at my mother and gently smiled at the corner of my mouth.

“Thank you for your concern.”

But the words that followed were neither kind nor warm.

“But honestly, it’s a hindrance.”

The face I faced hardened at my cold voice.

Perhaps my eyes, staring straight at my mother, were as cold and merciless as my voice.

Otherwise, her face would not have turned so white.

“Mother. What can you do in that place?”