Touch My Brother and You Die - Chapter 184

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“….”
Ugh! How disgusting!
“Ugh! How disgusting!”
The moment I tore the mask from the woman called Celin, I let out a shriek. Beneath that mask lay a face I could never have imagined.
“Hey, isn’t that a bit much for a first meeting?! Maria was like that too, and now you—why does everyone keep saying my face is so unpleasant!”
“What can I do about finding it unpleasant!”
This is just Serena with purple hair and purple eyes. What, is this Serena’s alternate color palette? You look exactly like one of those different-colored versions of the same character you get when you select them in fighting games!
“Disgusting! Kyaaah! Absolutely revolting!”
The moment I realized I was holding Celin’s mask, I grew even more disgusted, hurled that unfunny carnival mask far away, and frantically scraped my hands. Ugh, how repulsive. My hands itch. They itch so much from how repulsive this is.
“Compose yourself, Doctor. I completely understand your displeasure.”
Ah. Sage is getting hit by Serena again. Why does that Papa keep asking for it? I genuinely sympathized with Sage’s misfortune, but for some reason Serena approached me and raised her hand.
“Ow! Why are you hitting me!”
“You’re criticizing my face by saying it’s unpleasant! Did you think I wouldn’t notice, you wicked thing!”
“That’s not what I meant! I meant it’s unpleasant that you look exactly the same!”
“That’s the same thing!”
Then why don’t you look a little different! You’re far too identical even for descendants! Did you reproduce through budding?!
My back felt like it was about to split from the blows, and I writhed in agony, but somehow Celin looked at me with a pitying expression.
“My successor is so foolish…, my Rosalite was never like this.”
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
What do you mean, how do you know about predecessor Rosalite and successor Rosalite? Oh right, since she planted that time-reversal sword, she must know the entire situation?
I shrieked in terror and immediately decided who needed to leave this place. Sage and Serena couldn’t help if they didn’t know the circumstances, so they were exceptions, but Leon, William, and Jack had to go. Peter was a beast anyway, so whether he saw or heard anything didn’t matter since he couldn’t speak of it elsewhere.
“Leon, William, Jack—leave this room. I’ll interrogate this person with only Serena and Sage present.”
“Pardon? You said you’d torture her!”
“I can handle a little torture myself!”
“How could the Young Lady possibly do such a thing!”
Why couldn’t I do it!
I opened Jack’s precious toolbox and pulled out a long, flat, thin blade. Surely this was the one for, well, under the fingernails, right?
I grabbed the tool I’d sprayed with disinfectant alcohol and took Celin’s hand. So this would go…, like this…, between the…, and slide in….
“….”
Sliding…, sliding in….
“It hurts! Just imagining it hurts! Why would you show something like this to a person, you idiot!”
“See! I told you the Young Lady couldn’t do it!”
“You need to learn to cherish the human body! Go write a reflection essay ten times!”
“Why did the conversation go there!”
I don’t know, you’re terrible. Anyway, you’re all terrible. It’s Jack’s fault for burdening me with imaginary pain.
I carefully cleaned Jack’s precious tool and returned it to his precious toolbox, then sent the children out. When I told them to leave since the adults needed to talk alone, William and Leon reluctantly agreed despite their sullen expressions, while Jack continued to grumble.
He kept muttering about how he was over thirty years old, so what did it mean to call him a child…. If thirty makes you a child, then what are you?
Jack’s words made me laugh, so I told him, “Fine, you’re grown up now,” but the man left the room looking even more displeased than before.
Since it was Leon, William, and Jack—not some random combination—they’d entertain themselves just fine if left alone. If there were internet cafés or something nearby, I’d give them money and tell them to go play. But the Duke’s Mansion was so sprawling there was nowhere to go. They’d have to head to the Dining Hall and snack while playing.
“Ugh, what is this, acting like some old grandparent? Why does she do such things? My Rosalite was so impressively cool.”
“Papa, please give me an electric massage—a good one.”
“Sure. I’ve got plenty of grudges against this woman anyway.”
When Sage struck her with a bolt of lightning, Celin—who despised pain—spilled everything without being asked. What had happened in the past. Why she’d cast the regression magic. How it worked. What caused me to be summoned here. The more I heard, the more astonishing the story became.
So, in summary….
Celin, a descendant of Serena, had gained power and dominion as a Dark Mage by repeatedly being abandoned and returning to the world during her rebellious phase, contracted with a bizarre creature called Tick-Tock that crawled like chaos itself, and—purely to spend her entire life playing with my mother—had completely drained the previous Rosalite’s soul without leaving a drop before casting the regression magic. Since this magic required the consent of Rosalite herself, she’d obtained it by agreeing to the sacrifice’s conditions, which involved granting Leon’s wish. For Leon’s wish to be fulfilled, my existence was essential, so she’d summoned the most similar soul using the search criteria of a book called “The Blue Starry Night,” the third work in the Blue series written by the Crown Prince’s former nanny, and after Tick-Tock planted the book’s contents into the minds of people on Earth—an observable planet—through reviews where people cried “I want Luke to be my son” and fell for it, the sixteen-year-old Rosalite’s “Waltz of Ruin” began.
I struggled to accept all this information at once, didn’t want to accept it, but accepted it anyway, and upon realizing a certain fact, I couldn’t help but be shocked.
“What? This wasn’t inside a book?! More importantly, was that book written by the author of ‘The Blue Ribbon Pirates’?!”
No wonder a BL novel came out from the Publishing House! So that’s why it was anonymous! After I made a complete fuss, this time Serena and Sage made a commotion.
“What?! So she’s not actually from Rocksburg?! We could lock her up in the Magic Tower?!”
“What?! Airplanes fly through the sky?! Hey, woman, explain that in detail!”
No way, I’m not going to the Magic Tower, let go of my hand. When I thought entry was free, the Magic Tower was the best, but judging by what Serena’s been doing lately, it seemed she’d lock me up without even giving me a personality test.
My mentor lives in my house, so why would I crawl all the way there?
“Isn’t it strange what everyone’s surprised about? I’m the successor to that Rosalite from another world, you know?”
“What does that have to do with me? Since that widow-looking Duke has no actual connection to me, I’m actually relieved. More importantly, tell me about the 220 volts. You said the voltage was oddly weak.”
“If you’re startled by every little thing, you can’t accomplish anything major. More importantly, once we settle this rotten brat’s affairs, let’s hurry to the Magic Tower. We need to take Maria and Sage too—we can’t leave things as they are.”
The development speed of civilization had accelerated unnaturally, and Largol had succeeded in summoning a lesser deity, so we needed to stop that too.
Serena shuddered, saying that if things continued like this, humans would create nuclear weapons based on the thesis Sage had written and start wars.
Oh…, so Serena knew that nuclear weapons could be made from that nuclear fusion thesis? Well, I suppose it’s fortunate for safety reasons…. It’s a shame though. I mean, I did want to do something clever, but Serena will stop me.
“You rotten thing. So you had more wicked schemes in mind.”
“Rather, let’s continue the interrogation. If you don’t stop the regression, I won’t go to the Magic Tower or anywhere else, will I?”
“Look at how this brat changes the subject.”
Hahaha, if I got the chance, I wanted to monopolize nuclear weapons for Rocksburg alone, but you’re going to interfere anyway, aren’t you? Hahaha.
I laughed it off cheerfully and turned toward Celin. The woman had only two choices left.
“So. Will you die, or will you undo the magic?”
“Ooh. That cold laugh just now resembled the previous one. My heart trembles—I like it a lot.”
“Kyaaaaaaah! I’m so annoyed!”
Mother chased after this woman for decades? How pitiful! Mother is so pitiful!
As I scratched my hands and arms in annoyance, Papa held me and comforted me, understanding my feelings. I closed my eyes tight, pressed my head against Papa’s chest, and took a deep breath.
To think I’d witness such a creature in my lifetime. Leon was a gentleman. What’s a gentleman anyway—Leon was an angel. Leon is the best. Leon is the cutest in the world. My brother is so cute. I love my foolish brother!
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. When she was young, she wasn’t like this….”
“That’s right, Grandmother Serena should apologize to all of humanity.”
“I’m sorry…. It’s all my fault, all my fault.”
“Why are you apologizing? It’s annoying.”
Even after I said that much, Serena didn’t come to hit my back, so Papa seemed flustered too.
Perhaps shocked that her descendant had caused such a massive disaster, Serena spoke to Celin with an almost tearful face. Though “spoke” might be the wrong word—it was closer to begging.
“Child, Celin. Let’s stop here and return to the Magic Tower. I begged that rotten brat to ensure your life would be spared no matter what. So hurry and say you’re sorry, then let’s go back.”
“What are you saying, you crazy old hag?”
“Ugh! You need to listen to your grandmother for once!”
Wow, I was genuinely shocked hearing Serena call herself a grandmother out loud for the first time. I instinctively hugged Papa’s waist tightly, and Papa seemed equally startled, clutching my shoulders in return. This is terrifying. The strongest being in the world and the mastermind behind everything was performing a theatrical drama as a grandmother, and an eerie dread washed over me.
Besides, that woman doesn’t seem like the type to listen to reason through ordinary means. What should I do? What leverage could possibly work as a threat? Maria, perhaps? Maria is the most precious person to her. If I threatened using Mother’s safety… No. That approach won’t work if she can rewind time with regression magic. It would only earn her anger.
Judging from how she was affected without understanding why, she still hadn’t realized the reason her magic doesn’t work on me. For safety’s sake, I shouldn’t reveal this fact. If I miss this opportunity, I’ll have to capture her again…
“Are you going to keep being stubborn?”
While I was still contemplating, Serena’s atmosphere shifted abruptly. It turned cold. The woman who had been crying “grandmother, grandmother” just moments ago now glared fiercely at Celin.
“So you’re really going to keep tormenting that wretched child and our puppy, aren’t you?”
“W-what are you going to do about it, you old hag?”
“Let’s die.”
The woman spoke casually, but the mana she released was anything but casual as she gathered heat with terrifying intensity.
It’s hot. No—it’s scorching.
The fireball that materialized in an instant didn’t even expand in size, only raising the temperature until the surrounding air itself seemed to warp and distort.
“You go on ahead. I’ll follow soon.”
“Ahhhhh! Don’t! Don’t do it, you crazy old woman! Release it! Just break the contract!”
What? She’s giving up faster than expected? I was prepared to beg Mother to let me die temporarily if necessary, but Celin whined that breaking the magical contract was too painful and refused to do it.

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