I Will Protect My Brother - Chapter 94

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Chapter 94
The Formless Messenger marveled anew at the sight.
Even when speaking past each other without a shred of awareness, it remained the only entity capable of standing against the Avatar of Lost Soul.
At the same time, I understood perfectly why the Avatar of Lost Soul clung so desperately, almost pleading.
Unable to fathom what lay beneath the surface, curiosity bloomed endlessly. I wanted to peer closer, to see deeper.
Tender and gentle one moment, then unexpectedly erecting walls of steel the next—how could one not be captivated?
‘And to think, commanding the Avatar of Lost Soul like a dog? That absurd creature—when she says come, it comes; when she says go, it goes; when she says do, it does.’
Had any human ever treated a Star so carelessly? Even that savage Dark Castle?
Interest gleamed like amber in those golden eyes, as if amber had been set into them.
Until now, I had merely considered her a bait to capture Lost Soul, but perhaps I had discovered something far more entertaining.
The way she narrowed her eyes so sharply was quite adorable, actually!
‘Now I understand why Manyeon was subtly circling around this. It would be such a waste to enjoy this alone.’
The Formless Messenger’s footsteps down the corridor felt remarkably light.
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Only after that immense presence vanished completely from beyond the door, where it had lingered like a statue, did I slide down onto the sofa.
“Phew, I thought my heart would stop….”
No matter that an incarnate form possessed me, if a Star pressed down with just a fingernail on my crown, I would flatten like paper.
I had just stepped to the very brink of the tiger’s jaws and returned….
Throughout all this, Kalian wore an expression of profound emotion.
“I… I thought Rosien would never believe my words.”
“With evidence, there’s no reason not to believe.”
“What evidence?”
“Luize has no knowledge of Lost Soul’s existence. He reported consistently to me over these past years that such a title could not be found anywhere.”
Yet just moments ago, Luize spoke of Lost Soul without hesitation, as if he already knew exactly what it was.
Kalian’s eyes sparkled as he asked.
“Should I eliminate him?”
“No. Our poor Luize—what would happen if he were crushed beneath the Guardian Star?”
“…Don’t tell me, Rosien. You’re still keeping Luize Whezel on your list of Elixir candidates?”
“Ah, I don’t know. I don’t know. This isn’t the time to worry about Elixirs!”
That wretched Elixir! I’ll find mine myself, so everyone just stop meddling. Especially the Stars!
‘Besides, what’s truly serious is that the “real ones” haven’t arrived yet.’
Only the Formless Messenger has come so far.
Which means my Guardian Stars—the Judge of Darkness and Chaos and the Omniscient Word Sorcerer—could manifest in human form at any moment as well, couldn’t they?
The next day, I casually asked Luize, who had arrived at the Breakfast Hall before me as usual.
“By the way, Luize. How have the other Family Heads been lately?”
“Ah, I was just about to mention that.”
Luize smiled faintly in response.
“Wynack, Yeljewa, Kirges, and Raylo are heading this way now.”
“Oh no.”
A sigh escaped reflexively.
‘Good heavens, they’re pouring in just as I feared.’
I began to genuinely worry.
Could this island survive without exploding?
And then came the next day.
The moment I opened the door, I found myself face-to-face with those who had been camping out.
“…Good morning, Family Heads. It’s been a while. Alpien, you too.”
Owen Wynack, Alpien Kirges, Chronos Yeljewa, Dorian Raylo. And Whezel.
Five Family Heads in total—or rather, the Five Guardian Stars inhabiting their bodies—gazed down at me in my pajamas with quiet intensity.
“Good morning. Well then, if you’ll excuse me!”
I slammed the door shut right in front of them.
Then I immediately collapsed onto the floor and tore at my hair.
‘Stars above, what is this calamity—no, praying to the Stars won’t help me now!’
The Stars had come for me. Their purpose was painfully obvious.
Kill me!
“Why must it be me, of all people…!”
Save Rosien!
Chapter 11. Ill Omens Never Fail to Come True
‘Should I truly take Rosy and leave Rahnar?’
Kalian had spent days without sleep, wrestling with his dilemma.
When he first encountered the Formless Messenger here, he hadn’t given it much thought. But everything changed once the remaining Absolute Gods appeared in droves.
Everything changed completely.
On the day the Five Stars crowded in one after another, Rosien had seized Kalian and warned him sternly.
“Do as I say. Don’t cause trouble. Don’t provoke anyone. Don’t fight. Don’t make me the shrimp caught in a whale’s battle!”
After such earnest warnings, she hasn’t shown her face during the day for several days.
‘She must be with the Guardian Stars.’
Humans revere the Stars. They dare not defy them, nor question them.
Likely the Formless Messenger came to seduce Rosien as well, but would she truly abandon her Guardian Stars and choose him? Especially the Omniscient Word Sorcerer—she was a Star intimate with her.
Consumed by extreme anxiety, Kalian made his way to the Reception Room.
The immense presence of five beings trapped in human bodies filled the villa until it seemed ready to burst.
Yet what Kalian witnessed was far different from his expectations.
“A river, if you please, Dark Soul Heart. Perhaps it’s the heat, but an ordinary fan just won’t cool me down.”
Rosien’s languid voice drifted through the crack in the door.
Dark Soul Heart? Kalian, who had been about to throw the door open, froze.
From within came Owen Wynack’s voice.
“A river… Like this? Is this good?”
“Yes. Ah, how refreshing….”
“If there’s anything you’d like to eat, just say the word, Rosien.”
“I’d like an apple carved into the shape of a swan.”
“Is that all you wish for from the Stars? How adorable. Such a trifle is child’s play.”
This voice, brimming with laughter, belonged to Alpien Kirges.
“Are you tired? Let me breathe more of my blessing into the crystal to wash away all your fatigue, Rosien?”
That voice belonged to Dorian Raylo.
Rather than throwing the door open, Kalian quietly brought his eye to the keyhole.
Rosien lay sprawled luxuriously across the mesh bed, surrounded by five Transcendent Family Heads.
She was thoroughly enjoying their attendance.
“Prophetic Pupil, please don’t shake the net so hard. I’m getting dizzy….”
“Ah, understood.”
The Prophetic Pupil—inhabiting the body of Chronos Yeljewa—gently steadied their hands as they rocked the mesh bed like a baby’s cradle.
Rosien seemed perfectly at ease, as though in her own home. Kalian’s fingernails scraped against the door with a sharp sound.
‘I could do all of that myself… hm?’
Something odd caught his attention.
The hem of her skirt, draped across the mesh bed, trembled incessantly.
Rosien’s legs were quivering uncontrollably.
“…?”
Looking closer, cold sweat beaded across her forehead—completely at odds with her composed expression.
Kalian blinked stupidly before letting out a hollow, deflating laugh.
“Ahaha.”
How adorable. If she’s frightened, she should simply run to me.
The Absolute Gods, sensing a presence beyond the door, turned their heads sharply.
But Rosien was faster.
“Kalian?”
She sprang up and rushed toward the door.
“I’ll come to you later. Wait a moment.”
She shut the door firmly behind her with a decisive click.
“….”
Kalian remained frozen in place for a moment.
It wasn’t merely because Rosien had pushed him out into the corridor.
‘Just now… heat?’
A faint warmth was shimmering from her body like heat haze.

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I pushed the door shut and took a deep breath.
‘I’m sorry, brother. If you came in right now, it would truly be a disaster.’
My entire body had been so tense that my head throbbed with a dull ache.
I glanced back over my shoulder.
The five Family Heads remained in their respective positions, watching me intently without so much as a single blink.
‘How did things come to this…?’
It all stemmed from words I had carelessly uttered to the Stars who had descended upon Rahnar in their avatar forms.
“If you all need me so desperately, then convince me. Explain to me why I should choose the Guardian Stars over the Lost Soul.”
【Oho?】
“Can you treat me better than Kalian Wynack? If so, I’ll consider it.”
I had recklessly thrown down that challenge, fully prepared to face divine retribution.
And then, something shifted in the Stars’ eyes.
【What does the Avatar of Lost Souls do for you?】
“Well, um, he does everything I ask. He treats me with utmost care so that I lack nothing….”
【Oho.】
“He never harms me. He doesn’t lie or deceive. I truly despise such things.”
【Indeed, we are not crude Stars like that End fellow from some place. We shall persuade you in a most gentlemanly and logical manner befitting human customs.】
That was likely the Omniscient Word Sorcerer speaking. Hearing those refined words flow through Alpien’s voice sent shivers down my entire body.
Five days had passed since that strange first encounter.
I was now experiencing an uncomfortable luxury that had never existed before and would never exist again.
“Here, Rosien. An apple carved into a swan.”
This wasn’t what I had intended at all.
I accepted the apple from the Omniscient Word Sorcerer with a gloomy expression.
‘What kind of Star obeys human words so readily?’
“It’s the Avatar of Lost Souls outside, isn’t it?”
The Formless Messenger leaned toward me with a subtle tilt of his upper body.
“I can seduce you better than him, Rosien Wynyak.”
“…You’re not even pretending to be Luize anymore.”
“You said you hate lies. Wasn’t my act quite convincing?”
The Formless Messenger laughed brightly, saying he had rummaged through Luize’s memories and conducted some analysis. I felt terribly sorry for Luize.
“You like that shell, don’t you, Rosien Wynyak? Well then.”
The Formless Messenger changed his form. I flinched at the suddenly appearing face of Kalian Wynack.
A radiant beauty with golden hair and crimson eyes winked seductively.
“Whatever you imagine, I can do it better.”

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