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Rachel looked up at me with a frightened face.
I said calmly with a slight perplexed look. “No, he’s not a strange man. Now, look. Doesn’t he look like you? That fire too…”
“Fire…”
Rachel wept. Ack. ‘Fire’ is a forbidden word from now on! I shut my mouth in a jiffy.
Rachel dug into my arms, shaking her head as if she didn’t want to hear it anymore. Then, she only peeped out to look at Zion.
“That’s right, Sister. That mister is so suspicious!”
As if reading the silent gaze, Zion followed Rachel.
My brother, how could you do that to me?
I looked at him sitting in front of me with a puzzled face. Noelier was looking at Rachel in my arms with a confused look.
I felt uncomfortable.
It didn’t matter that he tried to kill me. It was to protect his little sister.
Me, too. If Zion had been caught by a dragon…
‘Instead of an apple, I would have broken their heads with a frozen watermelon.’
So I could understand his heart to some extent.
Either way, I was still alive, and he didn't find out that I was a wolf.
…For now.
"Guys, you shouldn't say things like that," I said in a stern voice. However, the seeds of hatred seem to have been planted quite deeply into the children.
“I saw. Brother—no, that man bullied Sister. He must be a bad guy.”
“That’s right! That mister bullied my sister! He’s bad!”
“He’s too big, it’s scary.”
“That’s right! He’s too big!”
"His eyes are too red."
“That’s right! His eyes are too...Uh, it’s the same as Ruby.…?"
The conversation between the two children, which continued like ping pong, ended when Rachel glanced at Zion.
Zion shut his mouth like a commanded puppy.
"Ha.” Noelier sighed. "...I don't know what to do. My sister is so wary of me."
“Well, she'll go back to normal someday. Don't worry too much."
"But...." Noelier muffled his words and reached out to Rachel, who in turn curled up more and more like a sensitive cat.
“No, I’m going to live with my sister.”
Wha, what?
Rachel didn't seem to have the slightest intention of getting away from me. I didn't expect this. To live with me. To dry someone’s blood!*
(TL/N: By someone, Eve meant herself. Rachel is trying to bleed her dry, to deplete all of her resources.)
“······”
“......”
The gazes of the dragon siblings met. The two of them remained silent and stared at each other for a long time.
“...I can’t do it.”
The glint of life that had been fluttering in his red eyes had died down. That was good. I was a little relieved. Rachel liked me very much, so his vigilance around me lessened. Yes. This was a very good development. All that was left now was for him to take Rachel back to the South.
‘What can she do but cry and whine? She’s his sister, he’ll take her no matter what.’
Even if I saved Rachel, we couldn’t live together in this small cabin in the North.
All right. That was enough. Let me go back to my peaceful life.
I carefully removed Rachel in my arms.
Her puzzled eyes touched me. She clung to me as if she was going to fall off and shook her head.
“If you go, I’ll go with you, but I’ll take my sister with me, too.”
Rachel grabbed me by the arm with a desperate look on her face.
What are you talking about, rat dropping? How can I go to the South? If I go, it’ll be troublesome. It’s absurd. Rachel, I’m really sorry, but I think it’s time to get out of the Little Red Riding Hood flag. You are such a lovely and cute kid. I will never forget you for the rest of my life. It’s time to say goodbye.
The man with a beautiful face asked in his most serious voice. “For the time being, can you take care of her?”
“....What?”
“Until my sister becomes less guarded around me. It won’t be long.”
The words he added made my mouth water.
What? Who, where, what?
I opened my mouth in disbelief.
“Aren’t you taking her with you?”
No, it was the same with Rachel who was in my arms. She sported a fairly shocked face. I was stunned. As I frowned and had lost the ability to utter a word, he added with a serious face.
“I’m not saying that I’m going to live here as well. I just hope I can come visit often.”
"No, wait a minute…"
"Please."
Noelier begged and brought me close to day. I was speechless when I saw his breathtaking handsome face. It was against the law to beg with that face.
‘Actually, his appearance is my taste…’
But I kept my wits about me.
I wasn’t weak enough to fall for this man’s appearance so easily. It was hard to know when my identity will be revealed.
‘I don’t want to be roasted in the end.’
Yes. I’m not weak! I’m not weak!
I was about to say no firmly, but he looked at me with a pitiful face.
“I know it’s shameless of me to ask this of you when I’ve made a lot of mistakes.”
The moment I saw the reddened corners of his eyes, I didn’t think that the words that I was about to spit out would come out. I opened my mouth, stuttering.
"Ah, no matter what, this isn’t a good thing. I almost got hit!”
“Of course, I'll give you plenty of compensation for this."
"······Compensation?"
"Yes."
"·····You will pay me?”
"Of course.”
This person knows how to make a proposal. With just one word of the reward, the worries that filled my head disappeared.
‘It’s okay. As long as they don’t find out that I’m a wolf!’
The dragons, even the chief of the clan, were in front of us now. I was still living undetected. It took a while for Zion, but Rachel didn’t say anything so far, so it seemed like he was hiding it well.
All right. Let's stay by the bay until Rachel lets go of her guard. As someone with a younger sibling, it’s heartbreaking to turn a blind eye to him. Besides, we’ve met already. There’s nowhere to return to from here. They said that you only get one shot at life. Now that this happened, I’ll risk my life and aim for the gold.
I pretended to be in trouble and made up my voice, saying.
“...How much can you give me?"
So I changed my plan, like flipping the palm of my hand. Because of the money that was the source of all troubles.
***
“It was so easy..."
Rachel turned to look at me with a perplexed look on her face. I felt her sense of betrayal, so I pretended not to know and avoided her gaze.
But Rachel, I have my own situation.
How could I send you back with your older brother when you dangle with tears even when he reaches out to you?
I wasn’t that harsh. It’s not because of money. I wasn’t a snob.
It really wasn’t it.
“I should’ve done it sooner…”
At that moment, I heard a murmur in my arms.
Rachel was muttering with a serious face, as if she had cried.
“But this isn’t right."
"Rachel?"
“The goal was to take her with you. If you give her money, it’s rather….”
Rachel, lost in thought, seemed unable to hear my voice.
That’s understandable. She couldn’t remember anything, yet how frightening it must be to see her brother spew fire out of his hand.
I stroked Rachel’s head as if to comfort her.
Then, I looked up when I felt a gaze.
“.......”
Noelier was staring at me intently.
"...Is there something on my face?"
With a strange look, he smiled as if he never stared at me in the first place.
"No. I've never seen Rachel act like this with anyone else."
“Oh.”
“It’s nice to see, so I did it without realizing,” Noelier said and smiled shyly. The corner of his eyes bent softly. “I'm really grateful...."
“Hmm?"
"Oh, nothing."
My heart fluttered out at will.
I shook my head hastily.
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