The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 81

How to Protect the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 81

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“This is definitely strange.”

Orca Hyperion frowned deeply, his brow furrowed.

He had been tracking the Poison Butterfly since the Frederica Highlands.

Yet, after several days, he hadn’t found even a trace of the Poison Butterfly’s habitat.

He had roamed and searched this area several times, but all he found were mantises and ghouls.

The Poison Butterfly had appeared before Orca’s eyes once more during that time.

However, before Orca could catch up, it flew over the walls of Fedelian and disappeared.

As if it had entered Fedelian.

So, he was currently feeling deep suspicion.

A few days ago, while leaving Emerald Lake and moving in the direction where the Poison Butterfly had disappeared, Orca discovered a group of people who appeared to belong to Fedelian.

At that time, he avoided encountering them because he thought it would be troublesome if he were caught entering Fedelian territory without permission….

*If* that Poison Butterfly really came from Fedelian, he thought, he should have just approached them amiably and obtained permission to visit.

Soon, Orca shook his head.

*No*, he thought, *it might just be that I saw it wrong, so it’s too early to jump to conclusions*.

“Orca.”

Suddenly, a voice called from above Orca’s head as he pondered.

Then, someone landed lightly in front of him.

“Oh, Sister?”

The person who descended from the sky was Orca’s cousin, Pandora.

With long, light cyan hair and black eyes, she was a Beast Tamer like Orca.

Turobe, Pandora’s magical beast, flapped its black wings above her head.

“What, it really was you? Why are you here of all times?”

Pandora had been exploring other magical beast habitats when she happened to discover traces that seemed to belong to Orca.

But the direction Orca was moving in was towards Fedelian. So, feeling uneasy, she followed him.

“What do you mean, ‘of all times’?”

Orca looked puzzled at Pandora’s words.

Then Pandora clicked her tongue as if to say, “You’re really something.”

“You’re still slow on the news.”

She explained to Orca what had happened between Agriche and Fedelian.

“Oh, really? So that’s what happened?”

He stroked his chin as if he found it interesting.

“Well, I had a feeling the Blue Leader was biding his time.”

Orca didn’t seem very surprised.

“The Black Leader doesn’t know what moderation is. Besides, he’s been acting up a lot lately, as if he ate something wrong.”

“That’s true.”

Pandora nodded, agreeing with Orca’s words.

“It’s not like the other families were tolerating him because they liked him, right? Honestly, even we wanted to cut off his head because we were annoyed every time we traded because of the magical beasts.”

“Then is Agriche empty now? I want to search the breeding grounds there to see if there’s anything useful.”

“Don’t get your hopes up. I already went, and it was empty.”

“Oh, really?”

“But there were still people left. There was one particularly feisty one, and I almost got caught off guard.”

“Oh, dear.”

Orca’s response quickly became insincere.

He seemed to have lost interest as soon as he realized there was nothing to gain from talking to Pandora.

Pandora noticed this and glared at Orca.

“Want me to tell you one more interesting fact?”

Pandora whispered about the woman Cassis Fedelian had taken with him, as if she were telling him something important.

Orca was much more surprised than when he heard about Rante Agriche.

“Is that true? Cassis Fedelian? With a woman?”

“Yes. I heard it from my darling.”

Pandora pulled Turobe’s wings and stroked them as if praising him.

Orca was extremely interested in the fact that the Blue Noble had personally taken a woman and brought her into his territory.

*Then*, he wondered, *could Cassis and that mysterious woman have been among the people who were moving in groups a few days ago?*

“……!”

Just then, a swarm of red butterflies appeared before Orca’s eyes. It had been three days since the last time.

At that moment, everything else vanished from his mind.

“Then I’m leaving. I don’t know why you came all the way here, but don’t overdo it and go back.”

Pandora seemed to be thinking of leaving at this point and climbed onto Turobe.

Just as Turobe, carrying Pandora, was about to take off, Orca grabbed the magical beast’s leg.

Turobe shrieked and tilted its body.

Pandora was horrified and shouted at Orca.

“Are you crazy? What are you doing!”

“Take off, quickly!”

“Why don’t you let go of this first?”

“I have to chase after that! It’s the Poison Butterfly!”

“What, the Poison Butterfly?”

“Yes! So hurry! If you hesitate and miss it, I’ll skin this fat bird and roast it!”

Swept away by Orca’s fierce momentum, Pandora reluctantly launched Turobe.

Thus, they chased after the butterflies that were moving in flocks across the blue sky like migratory birds.

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Several days had already passed since Roxana had stayed in Fedelian.

The flowers that Sylvia had given her as a gift had already withered in the meantime.

It was because of the poison flowing from Roxana’s body. Since then, Roxana had not kept vases in her room.

“Let’s go to the garden together today.”

Sylvia visited Roxana every day.

She was surprisingly friendly.

So, every time they met, she chattered to Roxana about this and that, as if they were friends who hadn’t seen each other in a long time.

Sylvia, with her milky white cheeks flushed and her eyes shining like stars, was very lovely.

Whenever Roxana had Sylvia in front of her, she felt a somewhat strange and peculiar feeling that she couldn’t quite explain in words.

Roxana watched Sylvia and mostly just listened to the stories she told.

Even so, Sylvia continued to speak in a consistently bright voice without getting tired at all.

Then Sylvia suggested that they go for a walk in the garden today.

“Well… I don’t really feel like it.”

“But you’ve been in your room for three days. The sun is warm today, so going outside will be a change of pace.”

She glanced at Cassis, but he sat with his arms crossed, watching the situation.

It seemed he had noticed that Roxana rarely refused when Sylvia pushed like this.

And so, Roxana left her room for the first time in several days.

“Shall we go further inside? I’ll show you my favorite flower garden.”

Sylvia smiled brightly and pulled Roxana’s hand.

Roxana flinched the moment she felt the warm touch.

However, she did not shake off the hand and moved her steps as Sylvia led her.

Cassis watched the scene from behind.

He intended to stop Sylvia if she acted too freely with Roxana, but so far, Roxana seemed to find Sylvia’s words and actions cute.

Sylvia had been very excited since she first saw Roxana.

It was only natural since she had been inside Fedelian all this time and had never made a friend of her age.

So, since Cassis told her about Roxana, she had imagined her as a friend in her mind and nurtured her dreams day by day.

But even apart from those reasons, Sylvia seemed to like Roxana at first sight.

Still, he was relieved that Roxana didn’t seem to dislike Sylvia either.

“It’s Queen Merirote. I really wanted to show it to Roxana, too.”

The sweet scent stimulated her five senses first.

Sylvia, who had been walking ahead as if running, turned around, her long hair fluttering.

Behind her dazzling smile, a flower garden full of golden flowers appeared.

Roxana followed Sylvia and took a step forward.

Soon, her hand touched the soft petals.

Cassis was suppressing the poison flowing from Roxana’s body, so the flowers did not wither.

Roxana’s face relaxed ever so slightly.