The Male Lead Is Targeting Me, Not My Younger Sister - Chapter 42

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The Male Lead Targets Me, Not My Little Sister — Episode 42
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
Screams erupted from all directions.
As an unidentifiable smoke spread through the air, people fled in terror.
‘This is insane. What is this?’
Lydia froze for a moment, caught off guard.
“S-Sister, Sister…….”
Then the frail voice of her younger sister from behind snapped her back to awareness.
‘Get it together.’
She didn’t know why this person was doing this, or even who they were, but that wasn’t what mattered right now.
‘First, evacuate!’
Lydia pressed her handkerchief to her sister’s nose and mouth, then gave her instructions.
“Get out of here, quickly. Do you understand?”
“But Sister…….”
“I won’t die, so don’t worry. You’re leaving right now. Run far away. Be careful not to get hurt. Understand?”
“Yes!”
Sylvia nodded vigorously.
After confirming her sister was moving, Lydia pushed forward through the smoke to assess the situation.
“Everyone… everyone’s been deceived. I… I have to save you all……!”
A sinister murmur echoed as a black shadow writhed within the pale smoke.
“Just… just wait a little longer……!”
With her vision enhanced by an Artifact, Lydia quickly grasped what was happening.
The shadow of what appeared to be a noblewoman was trembling violently. A small glass vial at her feet lay shattered, white vapor seeping from its fragments.
‘……!’
Lydia’s eyes narrowed as she realized something.
That was…….
‘No. I have to stop it!’
Lydia reached out urgently.
“Wait, Miss Castel!”
But she was already one step too late.
“They’ll… they’ll all be grateful to me, right? Now no one will threaten my house…… Huh? Wha……?”
The woman’s murmur suddenly shifted into confusion.
Then a horrible scream tore through the air.
“Aaaaaaah, Aaah…… Kyieeeek!”
The woman’s cries grew increasingly metallic. As inhuman shrieks mixed with her voice, Lydia’s face twisted in horror.
‘Damn it. Too late.’
Lydia deactivated all protective functions of the Artifact she’d been using, then shouted urgently.
“Everyone get out, now!”
Then she bit down on her lip.
‘Why on earth does that woman have something like that?’
Count Willeta’s Syringe.
‘The form is different, but the substance inside is the same.’
After that incident, Lydia had secretly obtained Count Willeta’s Syringe and analyzed the liquid in the vial with Pipi.
And if that analysis was correct…….
Lydia clenched her fist and stared tensely through the dissipating smoke.
Slowly, the smoke cleared.
What lay within was a woman whose body was half-transformed into a Creature.
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
At the revelation of the ‘shadow’s true form, people screamed.
“I told you all to leave — why are you still here!”
After shouting at the people behind her, Lydia immediately charged toward the Ain Race.
‘Swift and decisive. Finish it before the transformation completes.’
There was no time for hesitation.
Lydia enhanced the power in her right hand and immediately threw a punch at the Ain Race.
Thud!
With a horrible cry, the Ain Race flew backward through the air.
“It… it hurts……, no, Kyieeeek! Why… why, Kyiik!”
As the sporadic human voice mixed with the creature’s screams, an even more grotesque sound emerged.
Soon the creature’s roar erupted.
Kyieeeek!
‘That’s strange.’
Lydia frowned, watching the stumbling Ain Race member.
More than anything… no, never mind.
‘First, I need to subdue it.’
Lydia pushed aside her swirling thoughts and drew out a Restraint Device.
After running through a rapid simulation in her mind, she lunged at the Ain Race member again.
She grabbed the thrashing body and tried to slip the Restraint Device onto its hands, but the resistance was far too fierce.
‘Ugh.’
Since her original body was that of a noble young lady, she’d wanted to keep it as intact as possible, but the Creature Transformation seemed to have granted the creature inhuman strength far beyond normal human limits.
“Aah!”
Suddenly, the writhing Ain Race member wrenched its mouth open and sank its teeth into Lydia’s forearm.
‘You bastard…’
Lydia shook it off quickly, then pushed her body enhancement to maximum output.
And then.
Gritting her teeth, she drove her fist up into the creature’s jaw.
Crack!
The Ain Race member’s head snapped backward, its body lifting into the air before crashing down onto the floor.
Thud.
“Hah… Damn thing’s strong…”
Lydia scowled and caught her breath for a moment.
‘Thank goodness. At least I can subdue it alone.’
Whether because her original body was that of a frail noblewoman or because the Creature Transformation hadn’t fully completed, this creature was considerably weaker than an average Ain Race member.
Lydia fastened Restraint Devices around both of the fallen creature’s wrists.
The Ain Race member twitched occasionally but didn’t move further.
Part of its body had undergone the Creature Transformation, but overall it still retained a largely human form.
Seeing that eerie shape, unease settled over her.
‘What on earth is this?’
There were too many things she couldn’t understand.
Why had she done this in the first place?
What did she mean about everyone else being deceived, with only her knowing the truth?
And what was this identity she claimed she would expose?
But among all these confusions, there was one that troubled her most deeply.
‘How did she get her hands on this?’
That smoke.
It was almost certainly the same substance that had been in Willeta’s syringe.
Lydia picked up a fragment of the Glass Vial from which the smoke had emerged.
An ominous premonition crept up from the tips of her toes, spreading through her body.
That was when it happened.
“Sister!”
At the sudden cry, Lydia startled violently, snapping out of her thoughts.
She hastily shoved the glass fragment into her pocket and spun around.
“Oomph!”
“Aaahhh, sister!”
Her younger sister suddenly rushed at her, throwing her arms around Lydia and sobbing uncontrollably.
“Sister, no. Don’t die. Please don’t. Don’t leave me and die!”
“S-Sylvia, wait, just wait a moment!”
‘This is killing me!’
Facing imminent suffocation not from the Ain Race member but from her sister’s embrace, Lydia thrashed and resisted.
“Sister, sister… I’ll listen to you from now on. I won’t ask to go out anymore. I was wrong.”
“No. That wasn’t wrong. What’s wrong is what you’re doing right now. First, let go of me.”
“Waaahhhhh!”
‘I’m going to die.’
Gaahhhhh!
After a long struggle, Lydia finally managed to pry her sister away.
“Stop crying. Now.”
Sniffle.
Sylvia held back her tears with effort, sniffling loudly.
But tears still glistened in both her eyes.
“Calm yourself, Sylvia. Your sister isn’t dead.”
“B-but still…”
Sylvia was about to break down again, but at the sight of Lydia’s eyes, she swallowed her tears and continued haltingly.
“But… you’re hurt…”
What?
“Why would you cry over something so trivial? It’s nothing. I healed completely last time, didn’t I?”
Lydia brushed away Sylvia’s tears with casual indifference.
“Anyway, we need to wrap this up. Where are the others? And Sylvia—I told you to run far away. Why were you lurking around nearby?”
“Because… I was worried about you…”
“Well, I’m more worried with you nearby, aren’t I? I told you to listen to me. Do you want to be scolded?”
“No, no, no! That’s not it!”
“Then what is it? I was going to—”
But Lydia’s words died in her throat.
“Screeeeeeeech!”
What, what’s going on?
Lydia spun toward the source of the sound, startled.
“Th-th-th-there’s a person…! Blood…!”
A cluster of young women had gathered and were pointing accusingly at Lydia.
‘Oh no.’
The murmuring among those peering inside swelled steadily.
“Look at all that blood she’s lost…”
“How could…?”
To the uninitiated eye, it certainly looked as though she’d subdued someone with brutal force.
‘I need to explain this quickly.’
She was already on thin ice with these young ladies.
The misunderstanding would spiral out of control if she didn’t contain it now.
“Everyone, please calm down. The danger has passed.”
Lydia exhaled slowly and spoke with measured composure.
“It appears to have been an Ain Race. Fortunately, it was a weak specimen—one I could subdue with my abilities. It won’t be moving anymore.”
The chatter ceased abruptly.
“Please don’t approach it. Has anyone felt faint or noticed any unusual symptoms from the fumes?”
The young women pressed their lips together in silence.
Then they exchanged nervous glances, watching each other carefully.

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