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Agenor grit his teeth and sprang up.
‘Whoops, water power.’
A stream of water passed over my shoulder at the same time I dodged.
Fortunately, it seemed he wasn’t accustomed to water power either, as a single stream of water was the limit of what he could create.
“Master! Ack, aah! I finished mopping everything, so what are you doing launching water at me…”
“You should have placed the mop appropriately.”
“Just what kind of ‘3-second foresight’ are you telling me to have? Ah, I’ll do it! I’ll do it!”
‘My goodness, I wondered why Master kept launching water streams during cleaning. It must have been to build this kind of agility.’
When I was receiving training, I had nothing but complaints, but now that it’s helpful, it feels somewhat strange.
When his water power didn’t work, Agenor lunged again.
Even his lunging speed was outstanding.
However, it took less than 3 seconds to reach out and pin my brother down once more.
Instead of teasing Agenor this time, I crouched down beside him.
“By any chance, have you ever tried dodging stones while running to avoid getting hit?”
“Th-there’s no way that would ever happen!”
“I have. That must be why you’re slow.”
Thwack! I flicked Agenor’s forehead again as he lay there.
“It hurts!”
I wonder if this is how Dad felt whenever he looked at me.
I turned toward Agenor with a pathetic face.
“I hit you so it would hurt. Did you think I hit you because you did a good job?”
“……!!”
Eventually, Agenor’s eyes welled with tears while he remained lying down.
Even a baby killer whale with psychopathic tendencies feels pain.
‘He doesn’t show any sign of jumping back up anymore.’
His spirit was finally broken. I stood up from my spot.
Agenor flinched but pushed himself up into a sitting position.
The two eyes directed at me were full of grievance and confusion.
“You, you, how old are you? What are you that you’re this strong?!”
Has this guy not even heard when his younger sister was born?
Or was he just not interested? Even the collateral kids from earlier had been chatting away kindly about it before they left.
He still muttered blankly as if his mind had gone somewhere else.
“This makes no sense……. You took some strange medicine, didn’t you?”
“Let’s speak the truth. Have you not considered that you are just weak?”
“…….”
Agenor made an expression of his pride being completely crushed, yet he did not rebel any further.
He was acknowledging the difference in strength and engraving the hierarchy into his body.
Even so, he kept stealing glances at me.
‘I think a conversation is possible at this point.’
I dusted off my skirt and crouched down next to Agenor.
Agenor winced just at me coming close, then looked at me with wary eyes.
‘Wow, look at those eyes. The will to challenge me again and pin me down at any moment is burning brightly.’
It seems he hasn’t been completely broken after all.
Of course. He wouldn’t be my brother if he were broken that easily.
“You lost today, didn’t you?”
Agenor stared at me stubbornly.
Then, with a huffy face, he quickly opened his mouth.
“Who says I lost?”
“Try calling me ‘Princess Sister’.”
“N-no way!”
I looked at Agenor with narrowed eyes and let out a secretive voice.
“Don’t you want to get stronger?”
Agenor, who was about to say something, faltered.
Then he stared at me intently. It was a look filled with interest.
“……Is there a way to get stronger?”
Clandestinely, a feeling of pity flickered like a sprout about to rear its head.
My three brothers and I were, in fact, in a state of abandonment.
Because our primary caregiver, our father, does not raise us.
Just looking at the couples of my eldest aunt or youngest aunt, they coddle their children so much.
Despite only having Dad now that Mom has passed away, we had to fend for ourselves.
In the end, Pierre’s immense talent surely played a part in these brothers growing to this extent.
To put it another way, it means they had to survive somehow with that talent alone.
‘I thought of a good idea while dealing with Agenor.’
I looked at my hands.
I had greater strength than I thought.
I never imagined I could become strong enough to knock down Agenor at this age.
This fact… could actually be credited to the Master who grew my strength fully.
I heard a small breath in front of me.
It was also the breath of someone who had made a decision.
“……H-how do you get that strong, Princess Sister?”
When I looked up, there was a face that looked exactly like mine.
In Agenor’s blue eyes, an eerily blue heat wavered.
‘So you killed your pride in the end?’
Greed, obsession. These are all instinctive emotions that I also possess.
“Those kids from earlier—don’t hit them and don’t kill them, even if you meet them again.”
Then Agenor kept his mouth shut with a dissatisfied expression.
Did I mention earlier that being bullied was this guy’s hobby?
“Don’t even think about secretly killing and burying them.”
If that was his hobby, then his specialty was burying people.
“What is this, you, you, how can you speak… speak to me… like you know m-me so well when we just met today for the first time?”
The baby killer whale, having learned the hierarchy through his body, became polite.
Of course, the fact that I raised my fist likely played a big role.
“It’s better not to kill. I’m telling you, you’ll get caught anyway. What do you take the killer whale adults for, Brother?”
“…….”
I recalled the rest of the story about Agenor’s school days that I heard from my subordinates.
“Lord Agenor received a major punishment after dealing with a classmate. But as it turned out, the classmates had first, um, insulted the Family Head’s mother… but at that time, that fact wasn’t taken seriously. It was when Lord Bayan held the succession rights. I remember that Agenor-nim acted out even more after that. That guy is a victim, so he trembles just at the sight of Agenor-nim.”
The major punishment Agenor supposedly received as a child.
‘I only realized while stopping him earlier that today was that day.’
Now that I think about it, it seems it was exactly this period.
‘It means I basically corrected the first moment this guy started going crooked, right?’
The reason Agenor was hated by everyone in the 3rd cycle was also due to this kind of behavior.
He intentionally makes people hate him, enjoys the attention to his heart’s content, and then uses that as a justified reason to kill and eliminate them.
‘Since I am stronger than this baby killer whale anyway, I should fix him up and use him.’
I rested my chin on my hand while still crouching.
“If there is a way to get stronger, will you follow my words in exchange for doing exactly that?”
“…….”
Agenor, who was staring at me, said quietly.
“I’ll decide after hearing it. Because your strength is truly at an unbelievable level.”
“I am quite amazing, after all.”
“…….”
“Instead, the moment I tell you, you must do whatever I say. And killing is forbidden until you beat me.”
“……N-no way!”
“Really? Then just live like this.”
I stood up and dusted off my skirt as if I had no lingering attachments.
“I’m going to go to Atlan next and tell him the same thing, though?”
Atlan. That was my second brother’s name.
The moment he heard that name, a fire ignited in Agenor’s blue eyes.
“N-no way! I’ll do it! I’ll do it, okay!”
“Good. Then it’s doing as I say?”
“…….”
I held out my hand toward Agenor.
Agenor frowned deeply and tried to get up while ignoring my hand.
Smiling, I lightly tapped the head of Agenor, who was just about to stand.
“My name is Calypso.”
“Cal-nip-so?”
“Calypso.”
“Calypso…….”
Agenor stared at me while brushing my hand away.
“I know Brother’s name. The third brother. Agenor. Right? Nice to meet you. I really wanted to see you at least once.”
“…….”
For a moment, Agenor’s expression became very subtly strange.
“……Until I beat you, really, I can’t kill anyone?”
“If you feel it’s unfair, challenge me again. If you beat me, you can do as you please then.”
At that, a bizarre interest dwelled in Agenor’s eyes.
‘Even in the previous cycles, that brother wasn’t a human who gave up easily just because he lost once.’
This was the same for all three brothers, but it was particularly severe for the youngest brother.
That look was at once murderous intent and a type of interest.
In fact, it would be the kind of thing that isn’t very pleasant for an ordinary person to receive.
‘But this body is different.’
Since I am stronger, it didn’t matter if that brother held a somewhat crooked interest.
“I don’t care even if Brother uses any means necessary to win.”
“Any means?”
“For example, a sudden raid at night, or lunging while I’m eating. Something like that?”
At my answer, Agenor’s face brightened instantly.
As if he had never been disappointed, the dark smile vanished and a twinkling light swirled.
“Good. No taking it back.”
……No, is it okay for a face harboring murderous intent while looking at a younger sister to be this pretty?
‘As expected, our baby killer whales are extraordinarily crazy.’
I took Agenor’s hand.
“Good, then I’ll tell you the way to get stronger.”
Because my hand was small, the only thing I caught was his finger, but this was fine as it was.
“First, there’s one requirement you must follow. As long as you follow this, you can actually do anything other than murder.”
I smirked, looking at the beautiful boy’s face filled with curiosity.
I didn’t forget to wave my fist in front of his face as if threatening him.
“It’s something you must follow.”
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