Reincarnated Young Lady Aims to Be an Adventurer - Volume 8 Chapter 134

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I turned around and looked up at Father.

He had run-up to the front row of the stands, and with a very pale face, was yelling Brother’s name. Gripped in his hand was the lapis lazuli necklace I had given to Brother, glinting in the sunlight.

“He’s been separated from the protective charm…” Lu said, grimacing.

…Had Schneider’s ice attack gotten to it? Brother’s defense was impenetrable, so he bore no injuries, but the chain must have taken damage and… become undone. Then, with terrible timing, Maribelle woke up and found Brother… Was that what happened?…

I fearfully looked back at Brother. Maribelle was standing up, still clinging to him.

“Finally! You’ve finally come out, Laruza! You’re late, you know! Where have you been all this time?” she said.

“…” Brother was silent.

“This is all your little sister – that evil young lady’s fault, ok? The plot’s gotten all messed up! Won’t you stand up to this? Crush that lady for me!”

“Sera! Watch out!!!” Lu said, dashing towards me and knocking me back.

Zunn!

A 3-meter long spear of lightning was thrust into the ground at the very spot I had just been standing. It crackled with electric shocks all around it.

I was attacked with a no-motion spell. By Brother…

“Judgement!” Miyu yelled.

The blue light appeared.

Laruza Granzeus (next in line for the earldom, S-rank adventurer, child prodigy → sage, under divine protection of Rudalirufina, Miyu, Geld)

Status: Mesmerized

Skills: shortsword, shuriken, one-handed sword, elemental magic, original magic, librarian, explorer, collector

The mesmerized status was up…

“Sera! Don’t just stand there!” Lu said, “You need to intervene to save Laruza!”

“B-Brother!” I yelled, “Brother! Brother! Brother! Brotherrr!!!” 

Miyu sparked her eyes and conjured a wall of water in front of me.

Zunn!

Another spear of lightning came down. Aimed at me. It sank into the water, buzzing with electricity.

A memory flashed in my mind. That day, at the magic academy, it was the same set up as this. Gardner, Cecil, Cain, Harry – all friends with each other – were pointing, spitting, and yelling at me. And behind them, Brother gently hugged a frightened Maribelle… consoling her… with eyes like green glass looking down on me silently as if I were some wretched animal.

Stomped out by Cecil, right before I passed out, as I looked up, I smiled a fading smile at Maribelle, and I, like a discarded shell of an insect, had already become but a useless memory leaving my brother’s thoughts…

That’s just how Brother was. He was unconcerned with anything besides the one apple of his eye. I had, up until that point, taken up that position in his heart, and been raised under his loving watch, but… in a moment’s time, I lost it all to Maribelle.

And here Brother was – once. again. abandoning me…

“Sera!!! Don’t be fooled! These aren’t Laruza’s actions!! Snap out of it!!” Lu called to me.

“Laruza! Wake up!” Father shouted, and frowned, thrusting his right hand into the air, conjuring a whirl of hellfire, and throwing it at Brother![Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

“Father! Nooooo!!!” I cried.

The hellfire grew, sucking in the surrounding air as it traveled. It reached Brother and was about to hit him directly, when…

Shunn…

The fire went out. When I looked at Father, I saw that he had taken a knee and lowered his arm.

Father…

“Sera!” Lu called to me, again.

As my heart skipped a beat and I returned my line of sight to Brother, I saw him hurl a lightning spear. It buzzed past my head. It was aimed at Father! Brother, at this stage in his life he wouldn’t… He wouldn’t attack Father!

“Father!” I yelled.

Father was watching the spear his own son had thrown at him in a state of shock… It was too late to avoid it! Ahhh!!!

Bwah!!!

Suddenly, just in time, a massive tornado deflected the spear! Old man Sieg!

“Foolish son!” Sieg said to father, “Do not lose your edge, now!!! Laruza, wake the hell up! Are you trying to get pummeled by Elza?!”

Father gasped and caught his breath, lowering his head to old man Sieg. He leaped down and was by my side in an instant.

“Serafiona, I’m sorry…” he said.

I shook my head. I didn’t see anything wrong with what he did.

“I’m taking responsibility for this,” he said, “and I’m going to restore Laruza to the gentle brother that you know.” Father’s eyes glinted with tears.  Father, who had recently been, day by day, heading towards an attitude of “nothingness”, seemed to have had a fire lit under him! This was his true vigorous form… This was the fearsome Granzeus and his true magical power. This was indeed a sorcerer-king. He was going to overpower Brother… and force him to surrender.

I saw, now, that Father was an absurdly fierce man. And yet, he would probably stop short. I just couldn’t see Father, whose soul and body was saturated with love for Brother and I, ever putting his son in harm’s way.  

Tann!

Using a familiarity with magic exceeding even Father’s, Gilan landed between Father and I. He lightly twisted Father’s wrist without touching him. Some sort of spell was dispersed into the air.

“…We can’t have blood relatives fighting,” Gilan said. 

I gasped, taken aback. The situation seemed even heavier now that Gilan had appeared and put it into words.

“It appears it’s my turn to step up. Stay back, would you, father?”

“My lord…” Father, who knew he could not attack Brother seriously, chuckled at himself with a hint of shame and bowed slightly to Gilan as he took a few steps back.

I looked up at Gilan. Could I really… live with getting Gilan involved in a family quarrel?

“Sera, don’t worry about this,” Gilan said, “I’ll wrap it up by defeating Laruza without killing him.”

Gilan was putting himself on the line for Father and I. He was attempting to do something even harder than going all out on an opponent – capturing him alive. This was wrong. I should be the one to be doing this.

And yet, I knew I couldn’t attack Brother. After all, we had never been hateful to each other. We had loved each other all our lives. I was asking Gilan to do my dirty work. I was somewhat relieved, though, that it was he who had volunteered to do it.

I was a coward, I knew. My body shook and trembled. My teeth were chattering in fear.

Without shifting his gaze from Brother, Gilan drew me close by the waist.

“Oh…” I said.

“I’ve finally been trusted to serve Sera. I can be of some use, now,” Gilan said. He lay his cheek on my head. “To fight for love – how romantic. It will be a first for me.” He then kissed me softly on the forehead.

“I will, here and now, rid us of anguish that has followed us from another world.”

He peered into my eyes and remembering a promise, nodded.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]