The Way To Protect The Female Lead's Older Brother [Reader-insert]

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(Aeodeus)

It was as though a content of a daydream. I was lost and then found.

Lilian Agriche. Our first meeting isn't the best. She bought me and my sister from an auction. She was just twelve back then, yet somewhat seems older. She was the first person who discovered the real purpose of our tears, strength-it enhances strength.

Me and Agartha was wary. Our previous encounters with humans wasn't great hence our presence in the auction house as items for sale.

"You two...will adress me as 'master'."

I remember growling at her, glaring and trying to attack her. She isn't bothered, and does not seem to care. Her eyes glowed that day, a bright red, and I couldn't have been more scared.

She didn't torture me and my twin, she made me her knight and my sister as her assistant. She uses our tears for her experiments. Of course we know she isn't a saint. We know what her family is famous for, and her huge part in the family business. She's capable of creating toxic and addictive substances, poisons and drugs. She's skillful with swords and other weapons and she smiles when she kills.

When her brother died, it was the first time I ever saw her shed a tear. She was sad but there was no room for grieving. She has a reputation in their sick household. She can not afford to be seen so vulnerable and weak.

So she requested to lead the expedition to the North. She made me her second in command. We killed hundreds if not thousands of monsters, capturing those she deemed worthy. We collected herbs and plants for her experiments.

She turned more and more unreadable as the years went by. I can not decipher her actions nor can I guess what has been running on her mind. She's cold and distant yet again but cruel and brutal, it's terrifying.

She was no longer a child, and no longer the the sarcastic overconfident girl I have met. She was soulless and perhaps the only thing that remained was her calmness and the uncontrollable rage when she runs out of patience.

She's very much still the Black Hyacinth everyone knows about. But to me she changed, Lilian Agriche has changed.