I Thought Your Friend's Sibling Wasn't a Girl? - Chapter 104

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Chapter 104
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The guest parlor at Arle Estate showed no sign of the lights being extinguished despite the late hour.
Click.
“Where’s Olivia?”
“Still asleep. Don’t disturb her.”
“Who said anything about disturbing her? There’s nothing wrong with her body, is there?”
At those words, Aiden, whose expression remained darkened, gave a quiet nod.
Yugin, who had also come to check on Olivia’s condition, offered a thin smile and spoke to the remaining two people in the room.
“She’s stabilized for now. All she needs is rest, so try not to worry too much.”
Only then did relief wash over Sena and Luka’s faces.
Olivia had seemed strange during the day. No—it wasn’t just that something seemed off. Her entire state was anything but normal.
Her heightened sensitivity to the Demon Beast’s Demonic Energy, the severe pain she’d suffered, and then the sudden change, as though possessed, where she’d slaughtered the monsters before her—all of it.
Yet it wasn’t entirely unfamiliar. Sena, lost in thought, carefully opened her mouth.
“Come to think of it, when we were deployed to the Academy’s Field Training Exercise site.”
“You mean back then, when there was an accident?”
“Oh, Luka. You remember too. Yes. Olivia was there among us, wasn’t she?”
“……Really?”
In any case, Luka was truly apathetic.
She still remembered it vividly—what she had witnessed when she arrived at the scene, chasing after Aiden as he dashed forward like a madman.
“What on earth is that…….”
“Stop standing there in a daze! We need to rescue the students immediately!”
“Did that girl take care of all of them? Really?”
“Yes. Of course, her condition isn’t normal. Go clean up the monsters and focus on the other students first.”
Though her eyes had doubted what they saw, it was a scene witnessed by all who had arrived first at the location. Yugin, Aiden, and Sena alike.
“We’ll report that you all dealt with these monsters.”
“Pardon? What’s the reason?”
“Even one Demon Beast is more than enough. Drawing too much attention could actually put her in danger.”
Yugin claimed that the spectacle wasn’t created by Olivia’s strength alone, but with the aid of the Lux Knight Brigade members. Yet Sena already knew better from what she had seen.
The truth was, most of what had unfolded there was the result of the students’ work.
More precisely, it was a scene created by one student—Olivia Kishear.
Sena blinked several times before asking Yugin.
“Commander, is Olivia perhaps of some unique constitution?”
“……I’m not sure.”
“I do wish for Olivia to fight alongside us, but if she’s so sensitive to Demonic Energy, I should have to advise against it for her own sake.”
“It’s not that she’s sensitive to Demonic Energy. There’s another reason.”
Yugin did not provide a clear answer. Yet he carried himself as someone who understood precisely why Olivia had fallen into that state, why she wielded her blade in complete abandonment, as though possessed by something.
Sena’s brow furrowed slightly at that moment.
Thud!
“What—what is it! Aiden? Why are you making a fuss?”
“You were expecting something like this could happen?”
Aiden’s eyes gleamed with a ferocity that was startling. His gaze fixed solely on Yugin—persistent, probing eyes that demanded an answer and showed no sign of wavering.
When no answer came from Yugin, Aiden spoke again, spitting out the words.
“I’ve never understood. Why did you keep watching over Olivia from the beginning? Why did you insist on dragging her into this, and what exactly are you hoping for?”
“Is there a reason I should explain that to you?”
“What did you say?”
“I’ve already made it clear. I saw her talent, and we needed that talent. Olivia has long since agreed to this. But I don’t see why I’d need to convince you.”
“Commander!”
“What exactly are you to her?”
At those words, Aiden’s mouth clamped shut.
Sena and Luka, caught in the middle, exchanged glances nervously.
Tap, tap.
“Miss Kishear has awakened. She’s waiting in her room.”
A young maid came and delivered the news about Olivia.
“Oh, thank goodness. You two stop fighting and—”
“Already gone.”
“……That was fast.”
Well, Aiden’s quick exit made sense. But why did the commander rush off like that too?
A strange question crossed Sena’s mind before fading. For now, the important thing was that Olivia had awakened safely. The two of them also quickened their pace toward where Aiden and Yugin had gone.
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When she opened her eyes, an unfamiliar ceiling came into view.
‘……Isn’t this the kind of development you only see in pulp novels?’
Olivia lay blinking, lost in thought.
It had been a few minutes since the maid, startled at the realization that she’d awakened, had rushed out of the room. Which meant the Brigade members would soon come pouring through that door.
She needed to sort through her thoughts before that happened. Olivia calmed her still-churning stomach and retraced what had happened before she lost consciousness.
“A Connection……. That’s what it seemed like.”
It was her second time experiencing it.
The Connection with the Defensor. Though it was undoubtedly her own body, everything moved against her will—beyond her control.
Had the pain in her body come from the Defensor? Now that she thought about it, something felt strange. At some point, the flow of Mana had continuously been drawn toward her waist, where the Defensor was attached.
‘But why?’
The result had been catastrophic. She’d lost not only control of her body but also control of her Mana’s flow.
Only now could Olivia truly grasp the fatal flaw in this incomplete Connection.
Uncontrolled power was worse than useless. With that thought, Olivia felt a fresh wave of melancholy settle over her.
The Defensor, as if it neither knew nor cared about Olivia’s troubled heart, remained still and aloof, leaning against one wall.
Whether from strain or some other reason, a throbbing pain spread across her forearms. It was just as Olivia rose carefully from her position with a deep sigh that—
A red light flickered from where the Defensor lay.
Crash!
“Olivia!”
“Please, be careful when entering a patient’s room!”
“Olivia. Are you awake? Can you see me?”
In the next moment, Aiden came tumbling through the door.
His face was etched with anxiety. Throughout the time Olivia had been unconscious—even knowing she would awaken—he had been unable to release that anxiety. His fingers still trembled faintly with it.
Yugin, who followed after him, regarded the door that Aiden had forcefully opened with a troubled gaze before taking a seat in the chair beside the bed.
“Olivia. How is your body?”
“I’m fine. I apologize for the worry I’ve caused.”
“There’s no need to apologize. If you’re healthy, that’s enough for us.”
Yugin’s voice carried warmth.
“Do you remember anything from before?”
Remember anything.
“Senior, there are four of you now!”
I must have lost my mind.
The delirious words from just before losing consciousness rose unbidden in Olivia’s mind, and her cheeks flushed crimson. Seeing what she was recalling, a playful smile crossed Yugin’s face as well.
“Um, well. I was watching the seniors argue behind me at first.”
Olivia hurriedly turned her head away and mumbled, pretending not to know.
Had her mother witnessed this, she surely would have scolded her for speaking carelessly and slurring her words—but her mother would understand, given the circumstances.
Mostly, Olivia was mortified. Her head dropped lower.
“Yes, that’s what happened.”
Yugin’s voice was brimming with laughter. Just as overwhelming embarrassment caused Olivia to squeeze her eyes shut—
“And then?”
“……Senior Aiden?”
“You know you were similar to last time this happened, right?”
Aiden, who had kept his mouth firmly closed while conversing with Yugin, watching her intently, finally spoke.
“Do you understand how dangerous it was, just like before?”
Olivia could immediately grasp what he was trying to say.
The loss of control.
The color drained from Olivia’s face, which had been flushed with embarrassment, and her expression now carried both anxiety and a deepening melancholy.
Aiden, watching all of this unfold directly before him, grew rigid. He held his silence a moment longer before, with a contorted expression, declared his words:
“You’re sitting out this Mission.”
His gaze, unwavering and deeply resolute, fixed upon her.
“What? Suddenly, I don’t understand——”
“You should know.”
“…….”
“You’re a burden.”
At those words, Olivia’s eyes widened vastly.

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