I Will Divorce the Female Lead’s Siscon Brother (Novel) Chapter 185

                                                                    


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"That's not true! You're different from them!"

Liena desperately tried to explain to me that what she felt for me was sincere.

"You're the only person who showed me affection when I had nothing. I finally realized that and decided to live only for you."

"Doesn't that mean you like me because I like you?"

Liena couldn't deny my question.

"...Is that wrong? Others often say the same. Is it strange if I like you because I'm grateful that you like me?"

"It's okay if it's an opportunity for love. But if it becomes a goal, it's problematic. You like others to be loved yourself."

"That's not true! I have no intention of being loved by you. How could I after what I did...?"

"Really?"

I couldn't believe what she said.

The eyes I saw while spending the last few days with Liena. Those were eyes full of subtle anticipation.

"And if I told you that no matter how much you live for me, there's no possibility of me liking you in my life? Can you still like me?"

"......!"

"See, it's difficult to answer, isn't it? You haven't changed since then. It's just that before, there were many people I wanted to be loved by, but now it all boils down to just me."

"T-That's not true. My feelings for you are pure affection. I really want you to be happy."

"Is that so? Then stop bothering Terence. It's you and me who are destined to fight. Terence has nothing to do with it."

"That's not allowed! That man is brainwashing you! And you saw that memory too! He's an evil person!"

"How many times do I have to tell you? Brainwashing is an illusion. Likewise, the reality we face is different from that memory."

"Ethel! You're being deceived! I can..."

"Idiot! Listen to what I'm saying!"

When I shouted with all the strength I had, Liena's eyes widened.

"I'm telling you after seeing Terence up close and for a long time! Terence isn't that kind of person! I need him for my happiness!"

"E-Ethel?"

"You say you like me? If that's really the case, you should respect me and listen to my opinion!"

The emotions I had accumulated while dealing with Liena exploded.

"You say it's only for me, but you don't even listen to what I say, and you judge and decide what's good for me and impose it on me!"

There have been many occasions in my life where I shouted at someone, but I had never been so angry.

"It was like that when you brought me here to stop the monstrous wave for me. You pretended to give me a choice, when in reality, you just wanted to be with me, isn't that right?"

"That's not true, I..."

"If you really love someone, you don't threaten them like that. The choice is made considering what the true happiness of the loved one is."

I looked at Terence, who was looking directly at me.

I remembered the moment I left the Asteroth Empire, leaving him only a letter.

Although I misjudged what his happiness was, I prioritized Terence's happiness over my own desire to be with him.

That's true love, or so I believe.

"So Liena."

I took a step forward towards Liena.

"If it's really for me, don't involve other people anymore. Let's see the end together, just the two of us."

Liena, whose eyes were trembling aimlessly, took a step back as if to contrast with me.

"I don't want to... I don't want to fight with you. Let's get along."

"It was an impossible hope since you became an apostle of the evil god, no, even before that. It's just selfish of you to impose that on me."

"I do it for you, because I care about you..."

"All you care about is yourself. You just need someone to shower you with affection."

"Don't act like you know everything."

"I know everything. Because I saw your memories."

"Noisy! You're being noisy!"

Liena's originally unstable axis mind gradually reached its limits.

"It's sad in some ways. You've lived two lives, maybe more, but you've never truly loved another person."

"There's too much noise!"

Liena covered her ears with both hands and opened her bloodshot eyes to look at the sky.

"My God! I don't even need a year! Take away all my life, leaving me only a month! And give me strength!"

Then, the concentration of demonic power in the air skyrocketed immediately, shaking the dark, cloud-covered sky.

I felt a little regretful for provoking Liena too much, but quickly changed my mind.

As long as we had no choice but to face Liena anyway, it was inevitable that it would happen at some point.

First, I unleashed my divine power and purified the demonic energy attempting to attack us.

However, that alone couldn't prevent other disasters caused by the increasing demonic energy.

Plank! Plank! Plank! Plank!

The sound of monsters banging on the main gate of the fortress was several times louder than before.

The turret, intercepting the monsters attempting to breach the wall, had been continuously spewing projectiles for a while now.

As Liena's magical power increased, it seemed like more monsters were appearing.

"This fortress can no longer hold. I strengthened it with my own power, but it's too old," Caius approached me and whispered.

"But my descendant, don't worry about those things and focus on your own work. I'll never let them get close to you."

"Thank you."

"What? It makes me happy that we can fight again in this distant future."

He also left a message for Terence and Lucy.

"You stay with my descendant. Those guys are small fry I can handle on my own. But the current apostle possesses an amount of demonic energy I've never seen before. He's going to need your help."

A moment later, Caius leaped from the rooftop and landed on the ground.

Almost simultaneously, the monsters pushed the heavily dented main gate, and the monsters that had avoided the tower's attack climbed over the wall.

Seeing the situation approaching like a tidal wave, I worried for Caius, who would have to deal with them alone.

But then something unexpected happened.

Boom, boom, boom!

The ground around the edges of the wall that the monsters had stepped on began to explode continuously.

The monsters that had invaded the fortress with such force were knocked down by the powerful explosion.

At first, I thought it was Caius, but after a moment, I tilted my head as I looked into the distance.

"It worked!"

A parrot appeared out of nowhere, looked down, and squawked, so I immediately knew who was responsible.

"Kais! Did you do this?"

The mage proudly responded to my question.

"I'm not hiding! I took the opportunity that the Prince and Lucy had to defeat all the original monsters to spread my new invention everywhere."

At that moment, I noticed the cloth bag hanging from the parrot's neck.

"Also known as a bomb seed! The effect is simple. Step on it, and it explodes."

"Incredible. But since even Caius could be in danger, why didn't you let him know as well?"

"Oh, are you talking about that terrifying-looking demon over there?"

"He's on our side. Please."

"...Yeah, I'll try. Anyway, good luck, Viscountess Lucibiu."

The parrot, feeling a little more downcast than before, flew off the rooftop and descended.

Now, there were only the three of us and Liena on the rooftop, surrounded by a thick wall of demonic energy.

"Ethel, it's too much, strange love, I resent it, I hate it, but..."

She was listing words whose meaning she didn't know, as if an excess of demonic energy was even clouding the mind of the apostle.

I spoke with Terence, who was behind me, and Lucy, who was perched on my shoulder.

"I have no shame. I didn't want to involve you at the last minute."

Terence put his hand on my back.

"I was planning on being with you no matter what, but I feel a little sad."

Lucy also whispered in my ear.

"Yes, Mistress! I don't know about the prince, but as a servant, I'm connected, so of course, I'll be by your side."

"You're the one who stood between Ethel and me."

"There's too much noise."

What should I say? When I saw them arguing in front of a powerful enemy that made me feel cold, I felt a little more at ease.

Even though his face was pale due to the demonic energy surrounding him, the way he deliberately acted playfully for me was so charming.

"Thank you. I have a favor to ask. Could both of you lend me your power?"

Terence and Lucy became serious.

"I know. It becomes dangerous if I accept the power of both of you without enough time to transform it into my own power."

But I continued.

"Liena over there right now is probably between a hundred and a thousand times more dangerous than that."

Neither of them could refute this opinion.

Terence, who had been silent for a moment, spoke first.

"I'll give it to you as slowly as possible, little by little."

Terence's power gently flowed from the hand firmly holding my back.

"I'll try too."

Soon, Lucy's power also entered me.

I took a deep breath and expanded the area I was purifying with divine power.

Cold sweat ran down my temples, and Liena's demonic energy slowly receded.

"Ethel!"

However, when Liena exploded in anger, my divine power could no longer advance, and we reached a stalemate right in the middle of our way.

"Oh?"

At that moment, a phenomenon similar to before occurred.

A sphere of mixed light and darkness appeared and quickly grew in size. It was much larger than before.

The next moment, the sphere engulfed me. This time, along with Terence and Lucy.

As I wondered if it was another soul resonance, Terence's face suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Please, Marquess Freeheiden."

I stood in front of Marquess Freeheiden's residence and pleaded with both hands to Terence, who frowned.

"Can you let me work here? I don't have a letter of recommendation, but if you hire me, I'll work hard!"

I knew that voice.

This was a memory of Ethel.


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