The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 85

It was an unexpected request.

Sylvia looked at Roxana with a tense expression.

Roxana blinked at Sylvia, then subtly averted her gaze and agreed.

“Okay.”

A blush quickly spread across Sylvia’s cheeks.

She immediately got up and moved behind Roxana. Her steps were light and cheerful, as if she were dancing.

“Your hair is as fine and beautiful as silk threads, and I’ve always wanted to touch it. Um, would it be okay if I brushed it?”

“Do as you like.”

“Then, how about tying it with a ribbon…?”

“Sure.”

It was nothing much to Roxana, but Sylvia was as happy as a child receiving candy for the first time.

Seeing Sylvia like that gave her a strange feeling.

The touch that conveyed her excited heart began to caress her hair.

Then, Roxana forgot what she was about to say to Sylvia.

* * *

“Your hair…”

Cassis, who entered Roxana’s room shortly after Sylvia left, faintly hardened his face.

His gaze was fixed on Roxana’s hair.

“Sylvia tied it for me.”

The long golden hair was loosely braided and tied with a dark red ribbon, similar to the color of her eyes.

“Does it look strange?”

“No.”

Nothing looked bad on Roxana, so he could answer without hesitation.

However, Roxana’s hairstyle now had something in common with Orca.

Of course, Sylvia had never seen Orca, so she wouldn’t know.

But Roxana…

Cassis stood still for a moment, taking in Roxana’s appearance, then approached her.

Soon, a slow hand reached out and touched her hanging hair.

“…Did you ask Sylvia to tie it like this yourself?”

Whether it was his imagination or not, a somewhat harsh voice brushed past her ear.

“No, I told her she could do whatever she wanted, and Sylvia did this for me.”

Roxana replied nonchalantly, as if she didn’t know what Cassis was thinking.

Cassis’s hand hovered secretly around the ribbon woven into the golden hair.

As if he were about to grab it right now, untie it, and throw it away somewhere.

The gaze looking down at the red ribbon was also fiercely rough and sharp, like a hungry beast with its prey in sight.

After a while, Cassis barely shook off the intense temptation and lowered his hand.

Then, he returned to his usual calm demeanor and said to Roxana.

“I won’t be able to have dinner with you tonight.”

“I heard it from Sylvia.”

“I’ll be back as early as possible, so don’t think about skipping dinner.”

Cassis ignored the dissatisfaction that appeared on Roxana’s face.

“Then, I’ll be going.”

* * *

“Wow, I never knew there was such a beautiful person in Fedelian. If I had known there would be such a fateful encounter, I would have attended the Harmony Assembly sooner.”

During the banquet, Orca was the only one among the four present who had a bright face.

Every time he opened his mouth and threw out a word, everyone except Orca chilled their faces.

He looked like a common thug flirting with a woman he liked.

Despite having a clear and transparent appearance like a piece of glass, the words coming out of his mouth were quite cheap.

“Fate? I don’t know anything about that.”

Sylvia immediately cut off Orca’s words with a cold attitude. But he didn’t give in.

“No, please think carefully. Miss Sylvia is as beautiful as a flower, and I am as beautiful as a butterfly, so wouldn’t we make a very good couple? Ah, but since my beauty is so flowery, I can play the role of the flower and Miss Sylvia can take on the role of the butterfly. Miss Sylvia, do you like butterflies?”

As Orca continued to speak, the expressions of the three people sitting around the table changed in various ways.

Cassis coldly hardened his face, Sylvia couldn’t hide her bewildered expression, and Pandora looked at Orca as if wondering what crazy things he was talking about.

“White Beast Master. If you continue to speak lightly to my sister, I will send you back to where you were yesterday.”

Cassis warned coldly.

“Ah, I’m sorry. I’m originally very shy, so I tend to talk more when I’m nervous. If you were offended by my rambling, I apologize, Miss Sylvia.”

Orca apologized politely, but the content was still absurd.

Shy? It was a word that all the people and magical creatures in the world who knew Orca would laugh at.

“One more thing. I have never allowed you to use my name. Call me Fedelian.”

“Haha, I will. But I hope you will call me Orca.”

Even so, a somewhat normal conversation followed.

Orca seemed very interested in Sylvia, and he spoke to her quite frequently. Occasionally, when he was too familiar, Cassis stopped him.

As they exchanged stories a few times, Orca’s words gradually decreased.

Later, he closed his mouth as if he was somehow discouraged.

However, Sylvia seemed relieved that his interest had moved away from her.

“Ugh, suddenly my stomach…”

Then, suddenly, Orca complained of discomfort as if he had indigestion, and stroked his chest and stomach.

“Did I get sick from eating greasy food for the first time in a while after eating only grass outside for a while?”

As he said, Orca was even sweating cold.

“Ah, suddenly the energy of nature is coming from my large intestine…”

“Stop talking dirty and go quickly if you’re in a hurry!”

Pandora screamed at Orca in horror.

Orca seemed really urgent, so he hurriedly asked for understanding and rushed out of the restaurant.

“The Hyperion’s family style seems to be quite free.”

“Orca is unique…”

Sylvia tried to speak politely, and Pandora groaned and muttered.

She wanted to go into a rat hole if there was one.

As soon as Orca left the restaurant, Cassis gestured.

Then, two of his subordinates standing at the door of the banquet hall silently followed Orca and disappeared.

“I apologize for Orca’s rudeness.”

Pandora gritted her teeth at Orca in her heart and defended him to the Fedelian siblings.

“Perhaps he hasn’t fully adapted to the new environment yet, as he has been living outside, wandering around magical creature habitats for a while.”

Like it or not, Orca was the successor of Hyperion.

“I also feel responsible for this intrusion. My ability to control magical creatures is somewhat lacking, so while investigating the habitats in this area with Orca, I unintentionally crossed the gates of Fedelian.”

So, she couldn’t leave him to tarnish the family’s image.

“I am sorry for missing the timing to get permission in advance for the investigation of the magical creature habitat, as my heart was ahead of me.”

I don’t know why there are people who poop and people who clean it up separately, but anyway, someone had to clean it up.

Besides, Pandora was deeply dismayed that the magical creature used to cross the gates of Fedelian happened to be hers.

“Fedelian is well aware of the White Beast Master’s unique temperament. We have already finished talking through official documents with Hyperion, so there is no need to explain it separately like this.”

Cassis spoke in a formal tone, as if he had no interest in Pandora’s personal excuses.

His voice was so dry that it felt heartless.

Listening to him, it seemed that he had already seen through the fact that this incident was Orca’s sole decision.

“Thank you for saying that.”

Of course, Cassis’s words did not mean to defend Pandora, but she pretended not to know and said so.

Cassis’s dry gaze briefly touched Pandora and soon fell away.

But even after that, Pandora stared intently at Cassis for a while.

She was secretly admiring him in her heart.

‘Looking at it this way, the Azure Noble has become quite handsome, hasn’t he?’

I thought he had a softer and gentler impression when I saw him a few years ago, but how could the atmosphere change like this?

Of course, Cassis Fedelian was still a noble who boasted an attractive charm like the light of dawn.

But looking at Cassis now, I felt that he was like an unripe fruit back then.

Pandora secretly scanned Cassis.

In fact, from the moment she first entered the banquet hall, she had been busy stealing glances at Cassis.

‘Until now, Ryzak Gastor was my favorite. But the Azure Noble is surprisingly very…’

A momentary, eerie light flashed in Pandora’s eyes.

‘Then, shall I make him mine while I’m staying here?’