Alex may have thought he could take Adrian off-guard; ambushing him like this, but sadly such clumsy attacks would never work on Adrian Hill.

As expected, Adrian easily avoided Alexs attack and even counterattacked him at a lightning speed.

It seemed it would be a long while before Alex could win the fight. However, the arrival of two new people could be the needed variable.

Its one to three

She didnt know the identity of the two new people, but it was clear that they were Alexs reinforcements and now that theyve intervened, Adrian was starting to have a hard time beating them all.

But still

Even if those three work together, it would still be difficult to beat Adrian.

After all, unlike Alex who had a peculiar constitution on which magic didnt work, the other two werent immune to magic.

No one would be able to stop Adrian if he started using both his sword and magic at the same time. Even if his opponent had a unique constitution that was immune to magic.

As expected, I was right. Its better to evacuate Llewellyn first rather than wait for this fight to be over.

Including myself, Ill have to decide my actions too. But should I really run away?

If I dont run away Adrian will try to lock me up in the Tower under the pretext of protection again.

She hated it so much. Being confined in the Mage Tower, she could only vacantly look at the remote and distant landscape.

Rosenia was really grateful for Adrians concern towards her. She was well aware that there would be no one in the world who would care about her as much as he did. But that was exactly why

Were not making any progress.

If Im born with a strange fate that perpetually keeps my life at risk, then shouldnt I build up my strength to face it?

And for that to happen, Adrian had to let her go. She didnt want to become a fool who couldnt do anything on her own and be always enveloped by his protection.

And if we part from each other this time, I will never be able to see Llewellyn again.

Then, what if one day, Sierra Oscar bursts onto the scene and heals his aching heart, and relieves his pain

Just imagining this made Rosenias blood boil. It made her feel stuffy and uncomfortable as if she had swallowed a thorn; she felt like breaking something.

Technically, Llewellyn originally belonged to Sierra. Since he was someone elses man, she had never thought of touching him. But she also didnt have much of a choice. She just couldnt let him die

Besides, Llewellyn liked her. Hes had a crush on her for over eight years!

Of course, Llewellyn did say some nonsense like, how it would be misleading to name his feelings love and blah blah.

Either way, he liked her and she too wanted him, as such, she couldnt lose Llewellyn to another woman. If that happens, she might really end up doing something befitting a villain.

Like locking Llewellyn up

Um, lets just calm down.

After suppressing the wild thoughts in her head, Rosenia looked at Llewellyn, who was still holding her in his arms.

Even though his retainers were struggling, he didnt seem to have any intention of helping them. To be precise, it seemed like he was never going to let her go until he had completely persuaded her.

The emerald eyes looking down at her held a clear hope. Hope that she would run away with him.

Rosenia looked into his clear eyes and opened her mouth.

Yes.

All right, Duke.

Lets run away.

If Adrian tries to wage a war with the Duke of Rasiane, Ill somehow stop it. Llewellyn laughed out aloud in glee at her words. He looked very happy as he finally got the answer that he wanted.

As expected, Rose likes me so much that she doesnt want to be away from me even for a moment.

Llewellyn whispered while hugging her tightly. He held her so close as if he was about to kiss her.

You like me too, dont you?

Instead of agreeing, Rosenia quietly avoided his gaze. Why would you ask me something so obvious? Its embarrassing.

Come to think of it, did I ever tell him that I like him? Should I tell him now?

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard a loud noise of someone crashing into the wall.

~Bang!

Llewellyn immediately hugged her tightly as if to protect her. From the front, she felt some eerie energy drawing close. It was none other than Adrian, who had at some point defeated all three retainers of Llewellyn.

Argh

Behind him, the fallen people groaned in pain. Adrian walked slowly like a beast cornering his prey, glaring at Llewellyn with an intense murderous intent.

His eyes looked unusual as he stared at Llewellyns arms hugging her. He looked as if he wanted to cut off his arm right away.

A voice like boiling lava flowed out of Adrians mouth.

Hand her over.

My sister, hand her over to me.

Im in trouble. What should I do with this lunatic?

Adrian seemed to have lost his reasoning when he saw Llewellyn hugging her.

At this rate, it seemed like a big accident would occur, so Rosenia quickly got out of Llewellyns arms and stood in front of Adrian.

As she spread her arms wide and shook her head, Adrian stared at her fiercely with a gaze that could cut a person. Rosenia was a little scared, but having dealt with Adrian for so long, she had gotten used to his scary side. So she was relatively calm and said:

Brother, dont do anything that you might regret.

Get out of my way.

No, I dont want to.

Get out of my way, Rosenia.

A sharp blue current flowed out of Adrians hand. Looking like a whip, it was so dangerous that it could have pierced Llewellyns heart if he hadnt dodged it in time.

Rosenia was horrified when she realized Adrian was seriously trying to kill Lewellin.Are you sure you want to wage war with the Duke of Rasiane?

She said in a trembling voice:

Brother, get a hold of yourself. Please dont do anything that youll regret. Are you really going to kill the Duke of Rasiane?

Whats there to regret?

Adrian scoffed hearing her words and murmured with gleaming red eyes.

What Ill truly regret is if I dont kill this little punk with my own hands today.

!

This crazy guy

If this was modern Earth, she would have surely posted this on the Internet:

[I think my brother is a psychopath. My dad hasnt come back from his trip, and my moms not here. What should I do?]

What kind of answers would I get then? Rosenia sighed loudly, shaking off her useless delusions. She was the only one who could bring Adrian back to his senses in this situation. After trying to calm her heart down, she slowly said:

Im sorry, brother.

I dont like your overprotectiveness.

So, she went ahead with shock therapy.

She knew Adrian couldnt stand her openly blaming him. She was sorry for hurting her brother like this but she couldnt think of any other method that would work other than this. She continued:

Because of you, I hate being locked inside the Mage Tower.

I dont want to live a life where I cant even date.

I dont like it whenever you do this to me. I hate it Adrian when you try to control me or never listen to what I want to say.

Adrians body stiffened, he seemed shocked by her final remark. Both his eyes were wide open as if in shock, and his lips were tightly pursed.

Rosenia inwardly thought she had succeeded and so planned her next trick. Now that Adrian showed a pause, it would be nice if Llewellyn or the trio could overpower him

Ha

But she overlooked one thing.

It was the fact that her villainous brother was crazier than she imagined.

Do you hate me?

While Adrian was letting out a twisted smile, a black energy menacingly flowed out of him. At that moment, Rosenia only had one thought in her head:

I ****ed up.

Someone who practically raised you on their back.

Lets talk when we get back home.

Damn it, as expected Adrian wasnt some crumbling supporting character who she could fight against!

Besides, isnt this too much? I cant believe he disregarded my verbal attacks as some adolescents improper remarks.

Oh, I screwed up

She stared blankly at Adrians restraining magic flying towards her, but luckily someone blocked her and broke the magic in time.

!

A pale white light filled her view. When she looked forward with a frown, soft platinum blonde hair fluttered in the flashing light.

Llewellyn glanced back at her and smiled. As she stared dazedly at his figure surrounded by light, she heard Adrians seething voice.

Llewellyn Rasiane! Did you come here because you wanna die?

No, Im not going to die.

Adrian laughed coldly at Llewellyns ridiculous answer. Soon, as the two men collided, a loud thunder-like sound rang out. It was a tremendous roar as if the sky was falling.

This, this is crazy.

Rosenia quickly ran towards the fallen trio and cast a defensive spell. While she was casting the defensive spell on them, the three looked at her as if it was very unexpected. In particular, Alex looked quite embarrassed.

But it didnt matter whether Alex was embarrassed or not. The villa was collapsing. She leaned close to the trio and whispered in a small voice.

Is there any way out of here?

There is, but

The person who answered the question was the gray-haired man. He looked at her with a blank face for some reason and then turned his gaze toward Llewellyn.

There is a teleporting magic tool. But His Grace is too far away from it.

Aahh

Llewellyn and Adrian were fighting with a force enough to pulverize the whole villa. It was her mothers favorite villa. Adrian, that crazy guy Anyway, there was only one way to protect Llewellyn in this situation.

It may be a little dangerous because of Adrian, but

Rosenia made a quick decision without thinking for too long.

Ill cast a restraining spell on you all. That will connect you all to me.

What? What are you up to?

Alex, shut up.

When Alex barked like a cranky Maltese, the black-haired man next to him bellowed. When she saw Alex immediately lowering his tail, she couldnt hide the absurd look on her face. This, she had heard that there was no bad dog in this world, was this something like this?

She glanced at Alex and continued in a seemingly absurd voice.

If I connect you all with a restraining spell, you can all teleport together while using the teleporting magic tool. Of course for it to work, Alex shouldnt negate my magic. Is it possible?

She asked Alex, but he didnt answer. Rosenia took his silence as an affirmative and continued talking.

Ill somehow cut in that mess and connect with Llewellyn, then Ill use the teleportation tool at that very moment.

There wasnt much time, so she had to hurry. The gray-haired man nodded sensing the urgency in her voice. She got up and ran towards Llewellyn.

As if sensing her run towards Llewellyn, Adrian stopped trying to launch an attack on Llewellyn. Adrian must have stopped because he was worried that she too would get hit.

It was heartbreaking to see her brother like that, but no matter how much she thought about it, she didnt want to stay at the Mage Tower all her life. She also didnt want to break up with Llewellyn. It was her life, so she wanted to live it the way she wanted.

Im sorry, brother.

She whispered while looking at Adrian. Then she hugged Llewellyn tightly by the waist, and then connected them both using the restraining spell.

Im sick and tired of living under your overprotectiveness.

You

Brother, I lied about hating you. I dont hate you.

Adrians eyes quivered wildly at her words. His thin, trembling lips seemed to say something, but she couldnt hear what he was trying to say.

Rosenia felt the mana of the teleporting magic tool surrounding her body. She felt a floating sensation overtake her body. She felt dizzy and then her vision turned black.