Favored by the Family That Will Become the Strongest! - Chapter 76

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“It’s Darkness Addiction. If you leave him alone, he’ll Rampage.”
Edelin tilted her head in confusion.
“Cain just woke up from sleep. But why would he have Darkness Addiction symptoms…….”
“Indeed, I’m curious about that too. Who could have done this to Cain?”
“You mean Cain was attacked by someone?”
“That’s right.”
Balthasar’s eyes narrowed.
Cain’s current state resembled what he’d seen from his own Ability.
Soon the butler returned with a Side Effect Inhibitor. Balthasar took it from his hands and without hesitation drove it straight into Cain’s body.
“Hack—!”
Cain’s eyes flew open with a ragged gasp.
Balthasar furrowed his brow and placed a hand on the boy’s shoulder. Then he spoke.
“This isn’t the time for that, Cain.”
“Ah, Father……!”
“What happened? Didn’t you say you’d deal with the Castleton Prince today?”
Cain blinked.
‘That’s right—I did enter the Castleton Prince’s dream today…….’
He could recall that much.
But the problem was that his memory ended there.
‘Wait? What happened after?’
He’d never once forgotten what came after using his Ability.
‘I was going to show him an even more terrible nightmare…….’
The Castleton Duke was holding out longer than expected. Balthasar had told him today to make them grasp the gravity of their situation—to break her will entirely.
So he’d meant to leave her son half-dead.
‘But why…….’
Cain stared blankly at his own shoulder. Then, at that moment—
“Ahhhhh!”
He snatched his hand away with a cry of sharp pain.
Balthasar’s eyes narrowed as he roughly pulled back Cain’s shoulder. There, dark bruises shaped like handprints covered the boy’s skin.
“Cain, why won’t you answer? What happened? Who did this to you?”
He had to remember. Cain forced strength into his eyes.
He couldn’t appear pathetic before his father. He was different from Romie. This mission couldn’t fail.
But.
All he could grasp was intense terror and the thought that he had to remember.
‘It’s a memory I can’t forget. I have to recall it…….’
Cain clutched his head in terrible agony.
“Cain!”
At Balthasar’s push, Cain finally opened his mouth.
“I…… can’t remember.”
“What?”
“I thought it was dangerous and I had to remember. But I can’t recall any of it. Father…….”
At Cain’s answer, Balthasar’s face twisted savagely.
* * *
In the place Cain had left, Diena’s eyes narrowed.
‘That Cain, touching a nerve unnecessarily.’
The cycle of being stained by darkness and then purified was agonizing.
Cain had surely stopped breathing under the extreme pain. And because of his Ability’s effect—
‘He took real damage in the waking world too.’
The effects of her own Dream Ability would have applied to him as well.
Reap what you sow. Cain was a murderer in the future, destined to slaughter countless innocents. It wasn’t hard to imagine Cain trembling in terror now. And her uncle would begin to feel some caution besides.
‘But he won’t notice who’s interfering at all.’
That was the Regressor’s greatest advantage. Balthasar, her uncle, could never even suspect her existence.
She slowly surveyed her surroundings. Because of Cain’s death, his Dream Ability was being dismantled.
* * *
Diena blinked. She slowly looked around. Barcan and Helio were opening their eyes. Ellia looked down at Diena with concern and asked.
“Are you alright, Diena? You’re not in pain, are you?”
“What? Oh.”
Diena understood why Ellia was gazing at her with such worried eyes.
She’d used her Ability far too much against Cain, and blood was trickling from the corner of her mouth.
“What happened in the dream?”
“Oh, I’m fine, Your Grace. This happens sometimes.”
“Sometimes? Good heavens…….”
“No, there’s nothing wrong with my health.”
At Diena’s firm response, Ellia let out a sigh of relief.
“Then that’s a comfort, at least…….”
And she reached for a handkerchief in her bosom. But someone moved faster. It was Barcan, who appeared to have been lying down until just then.
He smoothly drew out a handkerchief and gently began wiping Diena’s face. Ellia’s eyes widened at the sight, and she muttered with displeasure.
“The Cardian Prince…… I didn’t know you carried a handkerchief. I’d have thought you lacked any refinement whatsoever.”
“I’ve only recently begun carrying one. He’s more considerate than I appear.”
“Is that so? I assumed you solved everything with money.”
“Most things can be solved with money, it’s true. But when money won’t do, I prefer to act directly like this.”
Ellia narrowed her eyes at Barcan. But their tension didn’t last long.
“……Mother?”
“Rudrick—!”
Ellia spun around in surprise.
The Castleton Prince, Rudrick, had woken from sleep. Ellia rushed to him.
“Goodness, are you alright, Rudrick? How on earth did you wake up?”
“Yes, I feel fine…… But what about these people?”
She grasped Rudrick’s hand.
“You feel fine?”
“Yes, it feels like I slept well after a long time. I feel wonderful.”
Ellia turned to Helio with an expression of deep gratitude.
“Sir Helio, your Sleep Magic is truly remarkable.”
“Um…… what?”
Helio’s face was bewildered.
“How did you cure our Rudrick?”
His brow furrowed. After using Sleep Magic, all he’d seen were strange visions. In short, he’d done nothing at all.
“Your Grace, the Castleton Prince’s awakening is not due to Sleep Magic.”
“Then how……?”
“I don’t know the reason myself. Someone must have caused something in the dream.”
Helio slowly turned his head. Toward Diena.
“So Diena, what happened in there?”
At Helio’s question, Diena opened her mouth with a grim expression.
“I’ll tell you everything. It was all caused by Cain of Rothwell.”
In truth, holding back what she itched to say had been difficult. Now she felt a sense of relief.
“My own house, but Rothwell is garbage. They’ve been committing terrible deeds. The reason the Castleton Prince was suffering was a plot they devised to seize and use your grace.”
Shocked by Diena’s bombshell revelation, Ellia looked toward Helio and spoke.
“Soundproofing Magic, please.”
Helio too activated magic with a tense face. Barcan sat down right beside Diena.

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