The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 83

Protecting the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 83

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The next day, the main gate of Fedelian was strangely bustling.

“What’s going on?”

Cassis asked Isidore, who had come to see him.

“Lord Orca Hyperion is claiming friendship with the young lord and requesting a visit.”

Cassis frowned at those words.

“Send him back.”

“Yes.”

Isidore turned away as if he expected it.

A personal visit at a time like this.

It was impossible to know if he had other intentions or if he was simply clueless.

Of course, it wasn’t like he had no acquaintance with Orca Hyperion at all.

But that didn’t mean they were close enough to allow entry in this situation.

In the end, Orca was unwelcome at Fedelian and was turned away at the gate.

About an hour later, Orca was caught trying to cross the castle gate using a flying-type monster.

“Oh, dear. I didn’t mean to be rude.”

Naturally, he was captured and bound by Fedelian’s guards.

“I was focusing on searching the nearby monster habitat, and before I knew it, I crossed a wall that turned out to be Fedelian’s gate!”

Yet, Orca showed no sign of tension, grinning and spouting such absurdities.

“Orca, you bastard…”

Pandora, who had been caught with Orca, gritted her teeth beside him.

She never imagined he would do something so outrageous when Orca asked her to temporarily hand over control of her monster, Turobe.

So now, Pandora felt like she had been completely betrayed.

“Are you serious right now?”

At that moment, Cassis entered the place where they were being held.

He had heard Orca’s words from outside and repeated them coldly.

On the other hand, Orca was delighted to see Cassis.

“Young Lord of Azure! My friend who shares half a soul! It’s been so long! I was so disappointed that you coldly rejected my visit request. I’m so glad to see you again.”

“Friend? Since when have you and I been friends?”

Orca smiled brightly, undeterred by Cassis’s coldness.

It was always like this when they faced each other, so Orca’s frivolous behavior was not particularly surprising.

Cassis didn’t get caught up in Orca’s antics and stated in a businesslike tone.

“First, reveal the purpose of trying to visit Fedelian in the first place. I’ll consider your treatment after that.”

“Ah, that. It’s nothing much, I just came to say hello since I was in the neighborhood.”

A bright smile bloomed on Orca’s face, and in response, Cassis’s face turned cold.

“Well, that’s really all there is to it, so there’s no need to explain further. But I guess I’m an intruder, so you have to investigate me, right? Then I’ll be in your care for a while.”

It seemed that Orca’s goal was not to sneak into Fedelian unnoticed in the first place.

He seemed satisfied with just getting his foot in the door.

If he had wanted to act secretly in the first place, he wouldn’t have blatantly used a flying-type monster.

Cassis narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Orca before asking Isidore.

“What about the monster?”

“It’s locked in a cage.”

Pandora, who had suddenly become an accomplice, felt wronged and glared at Orca next to her.

Cassis didn’t forget to collect all the items used as mediums with the monster.

He already knew how Hyperion used monsters.

Orca, still in a leisurely attitude, took off the accessories hanging from his body one by one.

The number was so large that it formed a pile just from Orca’s body.

Pandora also reluctantly took off her bracelet and necklace and handed them over.

“I’ll detain you until I get a reply from Hyperion.”

“Okay, there are principles, so I can’t help it. My sister and I both understand that much. Right, sister?”

Orca smiled, seeking Pandora’s agreement with a smooth attitude.

Cassis coldly looked down at the uninvited guests before leaving the scene.

“But is the food here good? I’ve been eating jerky and grass for days, and I’m feeling empty.”

After Cassis disappeared, Orca brazenly asked the people who were dragging him away.

Pandora and the others were dumbfounded by Orca’s nonchalance and couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

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“What are you? What are you thinking?”

Pandora sharply questioned Orca.

But Orca was busy devouring the food that Fedelian had given him.

“Don’t give me that look, sister. Just think of it as a vacation for a few days. The food here is good, too.”

“Aren’t you thinking about Hyperion’s position, which will be in trouble because of you?”

“If the family would be in trouble because of just me, it would have already gone bankrupt.”

Pandora was speechless.

Should she say he’s immature, bold, or just crazy?

She had clearly explained what had happened between Agriche and Fedelian a while ago, but as soon as he turned around, he acted without thinking!

Hyperion had not yet clearly decided on its position on the matter.

But in the meantime, Orca, the heir to Hyperion, had invaded Fedelian.

So, when they heard this news, the leader of the White Cloaks [a political or military faction] would surely grab the back of his neck [be furious].

“You… did you use me?”

Then suddenly, a thought occurred to her.

Was he planning to put everything on Pandora if he got into trouble and get out of it alone?

Maybe that’s why he used her monster when crossing the gate.

Suddenly, such a chilling thought came to her mind, and Pandora bit her lip.

But Orca asked back as if he was shamelessly unaware.

“Huh? Isn’t that right? You agreed, too? What’s with the sudden fuss?”

“You…!”

“I don’t have a flying-type monster, so if it weren’t for you, I would have had to give up even after discovering the Poisonous Butterfly. Isn’t this fate? Now, all I have to do is find the Poisonous Butterfly while hanging around here for a few days…”

Orca muttered like that and fell into his own world.

“No matter how I look at it, that was a Poisonous Butterfly with an owner. Was there a beastmaster in Fedelian that I didn’t know about? Could it be the Young Lord of Azure’s sister, who has been veiled [hidden or mysterious]?”

Pandora calmed her angry heart a little as she looked at him.

“Then I can’t even dream of killing it and taking it away…”

Yes, Orca possessed all kinds of top-tier monsters, but he had an unusually poor relationship with flying-type monsters.

“No, in the first place, could you tame a Poisonous Butterfly that already had an owner after breaking the bond…?”

So, this time, he simply thought of Pandora’s Turobe as the easiest way to cross the gate, and he wasn’t planning to get out of it alone later.

“But sister, are you not hungry? Can I eat that then?”

“Shut up.”

Pandora coldly pushed away Orca’s hand, which was slyly reaching out.

No matter what, it was impossible to like Orca, who had made her look like this and was comfortable alone.

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“Looks like we have a guest? It’s a bit chaotic outside today.”

Cassis’s gaze flew to Roxana as she said it in passing.

It seemed she had noticed that he was momentarily lost in thought because of Orca’s matter.

“Not a guest, but an uninvited guest.”

Cassis said as if it were nothing.

“Then you’re not using the annex [a separate building or addition]?”

“As I said, he’s not a guest.”

Cassis’s attitude was so firm that Roxana almost laughed without realizing it.

Even so, wasn’t this too shabby of a treatment?

“He’s from Hyperion, though. Is that okay?”

Cassis’s hand, which was reaching for the water glass on the table, stopped.

He looked at Roxana as if asking how she knew.

Then he let out a small breath, recalling something he had forgotten for a moment.

Roxana blinked innocently.

As Cassis guessed, she had just heard about Orca Hyperion’s visit to Fedelian through the Poisonous Butterfly.

Of course, whether it could be called a visit was another matter.

“Well, I don’t care.”

Roxana soon lowered her head again and continued her meal.

Cassis didn’t say anything more about this matter.

There was a reason why Roxana didn’t ask for an explanation, but even if that wasn’t the case, Cassis didn’t want to tell her about Orca.

But he couldn’t figure out why he felt this way.

No…

In fact, he didn’t really not know. He was just pretending not to know.

For some reason, he lost his appetite, and Cassis frowned slightly, looking down at the plate in front of him.