The Way To Protect The Female Lead’S Older Brother [EN]: Chapter 99

Protecting the Heroine’s Older Brother – Episode 99

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After parting ways with Jeanne, I pondered the conversation we had just had.

There was something in her words that needed careful consideration.

Above all, Cassis’s power seemed to be far beyond what I had imagined.

If his power could kill someone as a reaction, it meant that it could also revive someone.

Of course, I knew something about Cassis’s power, having seen it before and experienced it myself several times.

I knew that when he infused energy, warmth would return to the body, and strength would spring forth, and that wounds from a knife could heal, and poison in the body could be neutralized.

But there is a limit to everything.

So, I never thought his healing ability was so incredibly unrealistic, beyond being great.

But now, she says there is no one Cassis couldn’t save if he set his mind to it.

That felt very meaningful.

Besides, wasn’t Sylvia’s breath completely stopped back then?

But she is alive and well now.

So how did the dead Sylvia come back to life?

Cassis said he had failed at the time. So, could it be Richel, the leader of the Azure [a powerful faction or group]?

If so, Cassis’s power was indeed a Pedelian inheritance.

Wait, then maybe what Cassis is doing to me now might not be simple recovery…

A sudden thought flashed through my mind, and I subtly twitched my eyes.

“Roxana-sama?”

Then, at some point, a melodious voice suddenly flowed into my ears.

I smoothly turned my gaze in the direction of the voice without agitation.

“Oh, it’s been a while. I heard you haven’t been feeling well. Fortunately, it seems you’ve shaken it all off now?”

Orca Hyperion’s bright smile permeated my vision.

A smile as clear and transparent as glass, capable of disarming anyone.

Of course, it didn’t work on me, who knew what was inside him.

“The White Beast Tamer.”

I sent a languid voice towards him.

Olin, who had followed me from the annex, was behind me, and Isidore was standing behind Orca.

He was giving Orca a displeased look.

He wouldn’t be guarding Orca. No matter how I looked at it, it seemed like he was blatantly monitoring Orca.

It seemed that Isidore was assigned to follow Orca and watch his every move.

Until now, they hadn’t done such a thing out of courtesy as a guest, but it seemed to be the aftermath of losing trust after the Pandora incident.

“Ah, you know who I am? Well, the Azure nobleman called me that back then, didn’t he?”

Orca’s eyes lit up as if he was very pleased that I knew him.

“Let me formally introduce myself. I’m Orca Hyperion. Please call me Orca.”

“Well, I think the title of White Beast Tamer is already sufficient.”

Orca spoke in a very friendly manner.

However, I just smiled once out of courtesy and refused.

Then, exaggerated disappointment appeared on his face.

“I was rude last time. I hope you’ve forgotten my embarrassing words back then.”

His appearance of apologizing as if he was discouraged seemed very plausible.

Perhaps because he looked so innocent and delicate, anyone would feel pity for him unless they knew that there were about a hundred sly snakes inside him.

“Don’t worry about it, so don’t keep it in mind. Did you come to me to say that?”

“Ah, I was taking a walk because the sun is nice. But to run into Roxana-sama like this, it’s like fate.”

It was an obvious lie.

There was no way someone smiling like that wouldn’t have ulterior motives.

Orca is so interested in me, is it because of the Poison Butterfly?

Momentarily, the yearning eyes I saw in the garden three days ago flashed through my mind.

The uneasiness I felt subtly at that time also came to mind.

“If you don’t mind, let’s dismiss the people around us and have a beneficial and enjoyable conversation between fellow beast tamers…”

“Impossible.”

“I wanted to share, but I guess it’s not possible.”

As soon as Orca started, Isidore and Olin simultaneously cut him off.

Orca didn’t seem to expect it in the first place.

Isidore and Olin were watching Orca, who was making a gloomy expression again, with vigilance.

I felt a little strange looking at that.

After all, it seemed that I was branded as a fragile image to the people of Pedelian.

From the first meeting until now, the situation unintentionally flowed that way, and Cassis didn’t care at all about other people’s opinions and treated me like a patient.

But on the other hand, when I thought about it, I couldn’t say that my will was completely absent.

Maybe I was unconsciously showing them an innocent and pitiful appearance that would be likable to them.

Still, I felt strange being so openly protected.

“I don’t have enough knowledge to call myself a beast tamer.”

On the one hand, I wondered if I should give them a chance to step up as they wanted.

“It would be more beneficial to have a conversation with Sir Winston behind you.”

At my words, Orca looked back at Isidore as if he was surprised.

“Sir Winston? Were you a beast tamer?”

“No.”

Isidore didn’t seem to understand why I was saying that.

I looked at him and tilted my head slightly to the side.

“I heard from Jeanne-sama that Sir Winston has extensive knowledge of magical beasts.”

“I don’t have that much insight… but if you wish, I can be a conversation partner to some extent.”

The moment our eyes met, Isidore seemed to have read what I intended, and he nodded slightly and said to Orca.

Isidore seemed to think that it would be better to just sacrifice himself than for Orca to bother me any further.

“Um, no, not really.”

But Orca didn’t hide his displeasure and refused with a disgusted face.

I don’t know well, but it seemed that there were quite a few things that made him sick of Isidore while he was with him.

“The reason I want to have a conversation is because you are the owner of the Poison Butterfly.”

After all, Orca was not a person who deviated from expectations.

I had guessed it, but it was indeed because of the Poison Butterfly.

“No matter how I think about it, I’m curious. How did you imprint the Poison Butterfly?”

It seemed that he was trying to bring up the story as it was because Isidore and Olin didn’t seem to want to leave their seats.

Well, he even tried to trespass into Pedelian to find the Poison Butterfly, so how great would his enthusiasm be.

I also knew to some extent how much his obsession and desire for magical beasts were.

“First of all, finding the Poison Butterfly habitat is like picking stars in the sky [extremely difficult].”

Originally, the Poison Butterfly should have been his share as a result of his efforts.

But I intercepted it in the middle and swallowed it whole.

If Orca knew that fact, he would want to throw me to the magical beasts as food.

“And even if you find the eggs, it takes a lot of hard work to hatch them, oh my, I’m sorry in front of a lady. Anyway, you have to put in so much effort, and even then, the probability of success is very low, isn’t it?”

Suddenly, I felt a little pity for Orca, so I thought about listening to the story for a while.

“Besides, imprinting the Poison Butterfly that has hatched is like passing a magical beast through a needle hole [an incredibly precise and difficult task].”

I also think I was very lucky.

The compatibility between the Poison Butterfly and me was better than I imagined, and I was also in an environment where it was easy to procure a large amount of poison.

And I have been able to coexist with the Poison Butterfly without being eaten by it until now.

“But the best part is…”

Orca continued to talk on his own even though I didn’t show any reaction.

Already, what he was saying felt almost like a monologue.

“You even raised it into a Murder Butterfly.”

Soon, Orca chuckled as if he couldn’t contain his excitement.

His eyes narrowed thinly. His faintly smiling face resembled a fox.

“Roxana-sama, have you heard the story that the owners of the Poison Butterfly have all disappeared without a trace?”

Of course, I had heard of it.

“Do you know that the reason is because they were eaten by the Poison Butterfly?”

At that moment, I felt Isidore and Olin stiffen.

I slowly closed and opened my eyes once without agitation, then recited in a languid tone.

“Do you think I wouldn’t know what you know?”

Indeed, it was as Orca said.

The owners of the Poison Butterfly recorded were so few that they could be counted on one hand, but their endings were mostly the same.

They were either witnessed being eaten by the Poison Butterfly, or they suddenly disappeared one day without a trace.

Of course, people who disappeared without a sound never reappeared later.

Perhaps they were not witnessed by anyone else, but most beast tamers were speculating that their end was the same as the other Poison Butterfly hosts.

The Poison Butterfly was not a magical beast that could be imprinted just because one wanted to, but in the first place, there were very few beast tamers who readily embarked on imprinting the Poison Butterfly.

Because the imaginable end is obvious.

The reason why Lant Agriche did not take the Poison Butterfly eggs from me, even though he sent greedy eyes, was the same.

In that sense, Orca in the novel was indeed a unique guy.

He yearned for the Poison Butterfly so much that he went to great lengths and eventually succeeded in imprinting it.

Orca already possessed a large number of top-tier magical beasts, so there was no reason for him to be so obsessed with the Poison Butterfly.

Besides, he was the successor of Hyperion [a powerful family or organization]. To directly make such a precious body the host of the Poison Butterfly.

It’s not something I, as the owner of the Poison Butterfly, should say, but it was not something to do with a sane mind.

“Ah, it’s really interesting.”

The next moment, a voice that seemed unable to bear the fun rang in my ear.