I Was Reincarnated As The Older Brother Of A Villainess Destined to Die, So I Want To Change The Future By Raising My Younger Sister With My Own Hands ~I Am The Strongest In The World, But My Little Sister Must Be The Cutest In The World~ || Chapter 77

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Volume 2 — Epilogue — Family Part 1



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Further down in the dungeons of Foranada Castle. A small space existed there. It was about 10 meters wide on one side, bare earth, and bleak. It gave the impression of being terribly cold. What was most unusual was that there was no entrance or exit.


This was where I test and research my Magic. Because I could use [Gate], this place has no door or any kind.


However, this was the first time I’m going to use it in earnest. After all, the courtyard was sufficient for ordinary experiments. I only use this place when I deal with things that were difficult to show in public, and I have avoided that kind of work as much as possible until now. It hurts my conscience and I felt that I could no longer be proud in front of Caron.





“Ugh…”





Curtis tumbled out from within [Cover Texture]. He was healed enough to speak, having received minimal treatment from Caron after the incident. His face was barely recognizable.


He was unconscious earlier, but the shock had awakened him. Although he was unable to move due to his serious injuries, he began to scurry around to check his surroundings. Then when he saw me, his body trembled.


He spun his words as if he was trying to squeeze them out.





“Where am I?”





Just speaking out loud seemed to be accompanied by extreme pain. He seemed to be having great difficulty speaking.


I ignored him and answered his question.





“It's a secret room in the basement of the castle.”

“I couldn't find anything like that, though…”

“That's right. You can't get here without my Magic.”

“........”





Curtis fell silent in response when I shrugged my shoulders. He was thinking about something while furrowing his brow in pain.


I waited for him to speak. I had plenty of time, and I didn't have to worry about him escaping. If that was the case, I'm willing to go along with some entertainment.


After a while, Curtis opened his mouth.





“Who are you?”

“Haaa….”





I let out a sigh. After nearly ten minutes of agonizing, all he could come up with was a clichéd question like that. It was stupid of me to get my hopes up.


Well, since I waited so long, I'll answer his question. I'm sure it was not what he wanted.





“Zechs Levit y San Foranada. Son of a count. Nothing more, nothing less.”

“...!? Don’t make fun of me!”










As expected, he became furious. He was in critical condition and was vomiting blood while he yelled at me, but he continued as if he didn't care.













“You, you, you can't be just a child of a nobleman! An ordinary eight-year-old child can eliminate 50,000 demonic beasts in an instant, move several kilometers away in an instant, and has more Mana than me, an elf!? M-Monters!”
















He uttered those words with all of his might. When I saw him spewing blood, I understood that he had squeezed those words out of his mouth with his life.


I could see that the things I did this time shattered Curtis's common sense—so much, that he forgot himself and screamed.


I understood how he felt. I’m aware that I’m not what they so-called ordinary here. However, whether or not I would take his feelings into consideration was another matter.


I then said with a sneer,





“As I said before, I'm just a kid. There's nothing more to say.”

“Ugh…”




Curtis bit his lip in frustration. He finally understood that it was pointless to ask me questions.


When the other party fell silent, I opened my mouth and said, “Now then—”




“—It's time to talk about why I let you live.

“If you kill me, the Royal Court will know that something is wrong.”




Curtis turns his sharp eyes as if he assures me that there was no other reason than this.


From his point of view, I could only assume that's the case. But that wasn’t it.


I let out a small laugh and wagged my index finger.





“No~ No~ I don't care about the Royal Court. I didn't keep you alive for that.”

“What…?”






The decoy force sent by Curtis has been wiped out. Unless he turns himself over to us and tells the Royal Court a lie, the abnormal situation will be communicated anyway. There was no point in keeping him alive.


I smiled at Curtis.





“I'm grateful to you, you know?”

“Grateful…?”

“Yeah, so thank you.”






His eyes widened at my unexpected answer. He then looks at me with suspicion.


He certainly wouldn’t believe me, but I meant it. I was really grateful to Curtis.






“Thanks to you, I was able to discover new possibilities in Mind Magic. No ordinary magician would think of using the secondary effects of Mana and applying them to hypnosis. Especially if you are a perfect magician like my teacher. Because, even without such an accessory (hypnosis), it is enough on its own.”





Use Mana as a tool to reach your main goal. This was an idea that would never have occurred to me if I had been experimenting with magic alone. The idea of using secondary effects could surely be applied to more than just hypnosis.


But, there was another thing I am grateful for. It was—





“Thanks to your outlandish methods, I now know that there are enemies in this world who should not be tolerated. I am glad that you were the first one to go against me. You saved my family from losing their lives because of my poor judgment. If it had been someone more vicious, there might have been casualties.”





I was determined to do anything for Caron, but there was a part of me that was hesitant to do so. Of course, I have no intention of falling so far off the path that I couldn't face her, but I couldn't deny that I was still a bit naive. Perhaps my peaceful thoughts from my previous life hadn’t left me.


This time, I could only say that I was lucky. If I had made even one wrong call, someone could have died.





“I-If it’s about the demonic beast stampede…I-I apologize…”





He must have had a bad feeling about what I said. Curtis began to string words together in a flustered manner.


But he was completely wrong. That was not what I'm angry about.


I open my eyes and told him clearly—





“You tried to hypnotize Caron, didn't you?”





My voice was chilling, even to myself. It seemed that the Mana had completely taken over, and cracks were running throughout the room. Unable to suppress the boiling Mana, the space began to tremble and shake.


I built it at a fairly deep point, so I don't think it will affect the ground. But the room would probably collapse if it continues to shake like this.


However, I didn’t contain my Mana because I was about to reach the limit of my self-control






“W-What are yo–”

“Don’t play dumb with me.”




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I have evidence.


The first time I felt something strange was when I hugged Caron to heal Nina. I could see the slightest trace of Mana residue on her body. It was sticky, disgusting, and sludgy.


Since it was only a small amount, Caron herself didn’t notice and could determine that it was a dud. But there was no doubt that it was a trace of some malicious magic.


Just to be sure, I also checked Orca and found the same thing.


When we met each other before I left to rescue Nina, I didn’t feel anything strange from both of them. It was certain that magic was cast while I was away.


But I couldn’t tell what magic it was. There were only remnants, and the two people involved did not seem to remember being cast by such magic.


Then, just as I had decided to raise my alert level for a while, Curtis caused this incident. And in the process, he controlled the demonic beasts.


I was convinced that he was trying to hypnotize Caron and Orca.


Hypnotism using Mana has little effect on humans. But it was not zero. There was a small impact and over time the chances of it taking effect would increase.


Hence, Curtis cast that spell on Caron and Orca. To make them fall into his making them a puppet. To move them at the Royal Court’s will.


Unable to withstand the swelling Mana, a part of the wall explodes.




“You guys infiltrated this time because you wanted to use Caron as a pawn for the Royal Court, right? That's only natural, Light Magicians are that valuable. Even though they already have one, two Light Magicians would put the Holy Royal Family in a strong position.”





This was a truth I did not even tell Orca. I told him that their goal was to assassinate us, but the Royal Court was considering two patterns of operations: assassination or being a puppet.


Well, judging from the fact that they carried out the assassination, hypnosis had probably no effect at all. It was only natural since I had instructed my two siblings saying, “Do not forget to use [Body Strengthening] during magic class in case of unforeseen circumstances.”





“W-Wait! I-I did use hypnosis, but it didn't work!”





Here, Curtis finally seems to have realized the fact that he touched my wrong side. But it was too late. It was at a level that made me wonder if he really was the Eldest Child of a family that specialized in espionage,


Seeing so, I just shake my head.






“It doesn't matter if it works or not. It doesn't matter whether it works or not. You tried to degrade my precious younger siblings into puppets. In addition, you even hurt one of my precious family (Shion). That’s you’re going to pay a heavy price for it.”






There was no way he would accept an apology now after he had harmed three members of my family members. His fate had already been decided.





“You call that….worthless thing a part of your family…?”






Curtis looked at me as if he didn't understand.


I was disgusted.





“How dare you? You were the first one to attack Shion, right?”





Caron thought it was because she was being protected—of course, they must have been attacked together—but the scar was mainly aimed at Shion.


The reason was simple. Shion was stronger than Curtis. She had accompanied me in my training until I was under Akatsuki's tutelage. So, It was impossible for her not to be stronger.






“It's true, Shion screws up a lot, but that doesn't mean she's not capable. She trains hard to compensate for it, so all of her skills are of a high standard. She’s much better than you are.”

“You…think I'm…worse than a failure…? As if I’ll believe it…!”





Curtis was vomiting blood.


He couldn't accept the reality at this point in time.


—have nothing more to say.


I pointed my right hand at Curtis and put Mana into it.


Seeing this, he became frightened.






“W-What are you doing…!?”

“I'm going to do exactly what you were going to do to Caron and Orca. I took your idea and develop a Mind Magic called [Puppet] 【人形】. Well, this will be the only time I'll show it off.”





I was self-aware about how I handled my magic In particular, I was very careful with Mind Magic. This magic was fraught with the danger of falling off into the abyss if I took the wrong step.


I’m by no means an omnipotent protagonist. I often make mistakes, get some problems, and lost just like anyone else. I’m sometimes driven by desire and sometimes swayed by temptation.


If I don't give myself some restraints, I would always begin to use Mind Magic on a regular basis. Even if I set a strict standard at first, I would gradually lower the bar saying, “This much is okay.” Then, in the end, I would start to play around with other people’s Minds in petty quarrels.


Hence, I drew a clear line. I wouldn’t use magic to twist the will or memory of someone except for combat or treatment.


—But I’m breaking that. Only this time because I couldn’t suppress my emotions.


Magic to manipulate the subject, a magic I had not even begun to develop until now. The most outrageous of outrageous techniques. I only want to use this kind of thing on him.





“Now then, good night, you great sinner. You will never wake up again.”






You will pay for the rest of your life for what you have done.








After that, Curtis would regularly contact the Royal Court. Saying, “Everything is fine. The operation is going well.”




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