The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 7

Something suddenly touched my lips.

Something round with a slightly soft texture. It emitted a faint, familiar scent of medicinal herbs.

Cassis quickly realized what the girl had offered.

It was a pellet made by refining and concentrating the nutrients a person needed. Eating one could sustain someone for about three days without food. Cassis had taken these before heading to the border.

Perhaps the girl had seen the bowl lying on the floor of the prison.

In Agrit, they gave him something to eat once a day, not intending to kill him immediately.

However, it was an unidentified substance, no different from filth, that caused nausea just by smelling it.

Besides, Cassis had no intention of eating anything from Agrit, even if they served him delicacies.

“Why should I trust you and eat what you give me?”

It was the same even if the girl gave it to him.

Cassis didn’t trust the person in front of him right now.

Of course, there was something peculiar about the girl’s attitude, and she had said she didn’t want him to die….

Still, he didn’t trust the girl enough to readily accept what was offered to him.

Above all, he still didn’t know the identity of the person in front of him.

The girl was silent for a moment at Cassis’s refusal.

“Is that so? Then I have no choice.”

The next moment, Cassis noticed something suspicious and hurriedly opened his mouth.

“Wait…!”

Thwack!

But it was already too late.

“Ugh!”

Cassis groaned, feeling a pain in his abdomen, just like when he first met the girl.

However, this time, his condition was better than before when he was poisoned, so he didn’t faint immediately.

The girl seemed a little embarrassed by that fact.

“Oh, I guess I didn’t hit you hard enough this time.”

“Is that what you’re saying now…”

“Sorry, I’ll hit you one more time.”

Immediately after, a much stronger force than before struck his abdomen.

How underhanded….

This time, Cassis had no choice but to lose consciousness.

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“What are you doing?”

Cassis couldn’t help but react sharply to the girl he met again.

He was angry and dumbfounded that the girl had knocked him out without permission. Moreover, wasn’t this not the first time she had done this?

“You said you didn’t want to eat what I gave you. So, I had no choice.”

The girl said in a tone as if to appease him as he growled.

However, only her tone seemed apologetic; the content was not at all.

“Does that mean you can knock someone out?”

“Then, will you eat obediently from now on?”

Even while receiving Cassis’s fierce gaze head-on, the girl didn’t bat an eye.

“Well, it’s good that you’re cautious. It’s also admirable that you don’t easily drop your guard even to someone who seems to approach with goodwill. In the future, don’t accept anything from anyone other than me if possible. In fact, there’s probably no one in this house who approaches you with good intentions except for me.”

What kind of attitude is this, giving medicine after causing the disease?

Cassis really couldn’t figure out this girl.

Judging from the remaining childishness in her voice and the figure vaguely visible in his vision, she seemed to be about his age or a little younger.

But her actions and words were beyond his imagination.

The girl had already knocked him out twice, but as a result, he had never had any problems from eating what she gave him.

He didn’t bother to reveal the truth, but frankly speaking, his body was in better condition than before.

Besides, the girl was now saying things that seemed to worry about him again.

The touch when checking his wounds was careful and gentle, unlike when she mercilessly struck his vital points.

So, Cassis couldn’t properly grasp what kind of person this girl was yet.

Cassis closed his mouth for a moment and stared at the girl.

Of course, he couldn’t see anything by doing this. But he just sent a silent, quiet gaze as if he could read the atmosphere of the person in front of him or the intentions hidden inside.

The girl also waited quietly, not interfering with Cassis as he explored her and thought about something.

After a while, Cassis slowly opened his mouth.

“Tell me what else you fed me. There’s a medicinal smell left in my mouth.”

“Painkillers and antibiotics. I can’t treat the wounds that are visible on the outside because they’re noticeable. Just bear with it for a while. If you wait a little, I’ll make you more comfortable than now.”

“How will you do that?”

The girl answered the first question immediately but was sparing with words for the second question.

“You are….”

Cassis became curious about the girl’s identity again, but he asked something else, thinking that she wouldn’t tell him anyway.

“Do you think I can live and get out of this place?”

But even as he asked, Cassis knew the answer.

“Rant Agrit must have brought me here with the intention of killing me.”

Unless he was a fool, he couldn’t not know the intention of Rant Agrit, who had openly dragged him here like this.

Whether it was a political provocation against Pedelian, or a simple venting of anger over the constant friction with Pedelian, or both.

In any case, Agrit would not think of letting Cassis go alive.

If he left Agrit alive, it would surely become a seed of conflict.

Pedelian would never forgive Agrit for daring to attack them first, and Cassis would not simply let this humiliation pass.

“Who says that?”

The girl asked in a somewhat uncomfortable voice. It felt like she wanted to deny his words.

“Rant Agrit.”

“…….”

When Cassis answered with a sneer as if it were absurd, the girl fell silent.

It was impossible to know what kind of silence it was. Cassis was a little curious about the expression the girl was making now.

After some time, a thin voice flowed into his ear again.

“You won’t die. Because I….”

But the girl didn’t finish her words.

Silence fell again in the prison, and only the shallow breathing of the two people tickled their ears.

At that time, some faint noise was heard from afar. For some reason, it seemed a little noisy outside.

The girl also seemed to have heard the sound, and a small movement like turning her head was felt in front.

After a while, the girl came closer to him.

“Eat this.”

Judging from the sensation, it seemed to be medicine that touched his lips.

Cassis stared down at the face that was closer than before. A still faint figure was caught in his vision, which was slightly brighter than yesterday.

It seemed like their eyes met in the air for a moment.

Soon, Cassis’s lips slowly parted.

He took the medicine offered to him for the first time without saying a word.

The medicine melted as soon as it was put in his mouth, so it was not difficult to swallow even without water.

The girl didn’t leave right away and was still standing in front of him.

Other times, she would check his condition and leave this place right away. Could it be related to the commotion outside that he heard a little while ago?

Cassis raised his five senses and sensitively accepted all the stimuli around him, and opened his mouth again.

“Tell me what your name is.”

She didn’t answer the question of what her identity was, but he wondered if it would be okay if it was just her name, so he asked.

But no answer was heard from the girl.

Just as Cassis was about to give up, a small, whispering voice was embedded in his ear.

“Roxana.”

Roxana.

It was the name of the dawn that comes when the curtain of the dark night is lifted.