Touch My Brother and You Die - Chapter 52

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After we’d exchanged our cries back and forth, Rabbit drew a line across the ground in front of me with his horn and stomped firmly—a clear signal to stay out of it. I nodded in understanding, and the moment he saw my acknowledgment, Rabbit launched himself at Chimera.
It was a fierce clash. The lion-headed beast kept swinging his massive arms to maintain distance, while Rabbit bounded relentlessly forward, desperate to sink his fangs deep.
That rabbit possessed venom—I knew this well from our hunts across the Mountain. No matter how massive Chimera was, a single puncture from those fangs would spell the end!
But Chimera was no pushover either. Though he couldn’t inflict serious wounds, the lion deftly deflected Rabbit’s advances with quick jabs, then slowly raised his fur and drew forth his aura.
With an aura surrounding him, Chimera’s claws could shred steel itself—there was no way Rabbit could withstand that. I’d seen his companions fall to such power before.
A normal wild creature would have fled at such a threat, but Rabbit stood his ground. Rather, watching him press forward as if he’d been waiting for this very moment, I realized this was neither recklessness nor mere bravado.
Rabbit’s horn began to hum.
With that eerie sound, something remarkable happened—the opponent’s aura shattered. Having relied entirely on his aura for offense, Chimera’s defense crumbled, and Rabbit seized the opening, driving his horn straight through the lion’s neck.
“Kraaaagh! Kraaaaaagh!”
“Kyeeeek! Keeeek!”
As Rabbit withdrew his horn, Chimera’s blood erupted like a fountain in all directions. Determined to finish the job completely, Rabbit sank his fangs into the goat-head’s throat, injecting his venom, then kicked with his hind legs repeatedly.
Convulsing violently as the poison coursed through his body, Chimera finally went still. Rabbit squealed in triumph, celebrating his victory with unbridled joy.
“You did it, Rabbit!”
After all this time training together, you finally managed it!
I was so thrilled by Rabbit’s victory that I rushed over and stroked his chest fur affectionately. Rabbit squeaked happily in return, then trotted back toward Chimera.
I watched, wondering if he meant to finish the job, but Rabbit did something astonishing—he rammed his horn against Chimera’s goat horns and snapped one clean off.
“What are you doing?!”
You won with that horn and now you’re breaking it?!
My shocked outburst made Rabbit squeak reassuringly as he picked up his broken horn and offered it to me.
Watching Rabbit puff out his fur to mimic the lion’s shape and mime stabbing motions with his head, I began to understand his meaning.
“…You want me to use this against Aster?”
“Squeak!”
I’d guessed correctly.
Right—I’d seen how it disrupted the aura earlier. If I crafted a weapon from Rabbit’s horn, I could nullify that bastard Aster’s aura.
“You incredible creature…!”
Even though your own revenge was finished, you’d sacrifice such a precious weapon for survival in the wild just to give it to me?
I was so moved I wept, embracing Rabbit tightly, and he squeaked reassuringly, holding me close in return.
“Let’s go together! How could I possibly leave you behind?”
“Squeak!”
With Rabbit by my side, I resolved to return to the Duke’s Mansion and defeat Aster. I carefully crafted Rabbit’s horn into a Deathscythe and prepared to descend the Mountain.
I was returning to the Rocksburg Duke’s Estate, my six months of wandering finally at an end.
I, who decided to return to the Duke’s Mansion with Rabbit and defeat Aster, carefully crafted Rabbit’s horn into a Deathscythe (large scythe) and decided to descend the mountain.
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“And so, I find myself gazing upon the Young Lady’s face once more!”
The moment I arrived at the Mansion, I washed thoroughly and shaved before receiving the Young Lady Rosalite’s command to report on recent events. I spent the time explaining everything that had transpired in her Office.
Six months of austerity, my encounter with Rabbit, my bloody battle with Chimera—and as proof, I showed the Young Lady the Deathside gleaming with an inky black luster. She sat at her desk, eyes narrowing as she fixed me with a scrutinizing gaze.
Then she spoke with deliberate caution.
“…Your mind is sound, isn’t it?”
“Yes, it is, ma’am?”
“Hmm…, you didn’t go foraging for poisonous mushrooms on the Mountain or anything?”
“Come now, I can certainly distinguish between poisonous and edible mushrooms.”
What does this Young Lady take me for?
In any case, given how things had unfolded, I asked if it would be acceptable to keep a Rabbit. The Young Lady nodded readily, saying that since I had returned unscathed, what more could one ask for—she had no objection whatsoever to keeping a Rabbit. Standing before her kindness, my eyes grew warm.
Still, only the Young Lady truly worries about me. That bastard Aster, standing beside her as her guard, couldn’t care less whether I returned or not—he just keeps eating soboro bread.
“But the creature is rather large…. And the food consumption is quite….”
“So the Rabbit is quite enormous. How adorable that must be.”
The Young Lady laughed casually, as if a Rabbit couldn’t possibly be that large, then asked me to guide her so she could see this oversized Rabbit herself.
I was honestly anxious, but seeing the Young Lady’s attitude, I felt confident that keeping Rabbit would be permitted.
Following her instructions, I led the Young Lady to the rear garden of the Brown Estate where I had placed Rabbit. Rosalite tilted her head back to gaze at Rabbit’s head, which loomed far above, then spoke softly without even glancing at me.
“Isn’t this creature far too large?”
“Then…, I cannot keep it at the Mansion?”
I spoke with trepidation, and the Young Lady let out a heavy sigh.
After contemplating for a long while with her face buried in her hands, she said I could keep it if I swore never to run away again. I promptly agreed.
Thank goodness! I can keep Rabbit!
“And Aster. From now on, don’t you dare eat any pets that Jack raises.”
“Tch.”
There’s truly no one like the Young Lady. Look at how she preemptively warns that bastard Aster, who’s already drooling at the sight of Rabbit.
After scolding Aster, the Young Lady declared that construction costs for the Rabbit’s enclosure and all future feed expenses would be deducted from my monthly salary. She instructed me to submit a report with the Rabbit’s name and a feed estimate.
Never having imagined I would continue keeping Rabbit, I had never given it a name. I told the Young Lady I would accept whatever name she chose, and without hesitation, she decided on one.
“Since it’s a Rabbit, Peter should do nicely.”
So your name is now Peter Brown!
When I called out “Peter!” the Rabbit seemed pleased with his name, squeaking happily as he licked the Young Lady’s head.
Rosalite let out a shriek.

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