Transmigrated as the terminally ill villainess

Chapter 65

After hearing Alastor's story about himself and Lavenia, my brother became gloomy.

"So it turns out that Lania's rude behavior was learned from the demons..." Brother Valius muttered while looking down.

Alastor, upon hearing that, confidently raised his eyebrows and stated, "That's just a coincidence. I firmly believe the true cause is you and your family, who abandoned her then."

Brother Valius banged the table with one hand while staring at Alastor fiercely. "I didn't abandon her."

Alastor snorted. "Really? Are you sure? From what I see, the little sister 'who you didn't abandon' feels like her brother no longer remembers her. It's funny that you 'accidentally' let her suffer at the hands of others and act as if you still care about her. Now let me ask you, after she returned, did you ask about her condition?"

Brother Valius gritted his teeth, unable to deny it.

Seeing him speechless, Alastor laughed sarcastically. "See? You don't even know what she went through back then"

Brother Valius quickly denied it. "I know, although not everything. My family and I are trying to uncover all the details from back then and are still searching for the mastermind."

Alastor stared at Brother Valius intently. "What do you know? That she was kidnapped? That she was tortured? Not given food for days?"

He smiled sardonically, his eyes twitching. It was evident that he was infuriated. "A mere line of words followed by 'sorry' cannot excuse your ignorance. She was tortured for days, and every second in the word 'days' is not short for her. Have you ever thought how many times she calls her beloved 'brother' in a day? No? Have you ever asked if she has any trauma from that day? No, right? What kind of brother are you? I can't believe she loves and is proud of a stupid human like you." He scoffed and then muttered under his breath, "smart? Mature? Ridiculous."

Brother Valius lowered his head and clenched his fists, looking very guilty.

...this matter has nothing to do with me, but seeing my brother cornered made me feel uncomfortable.

I frowned and started to think hard.

After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence, I held my brother's hand. He turned his head weakly, looking at me with his reddened eyes. "Brother, I know very well how caring you are for your family. I believe that you really care about Lavenia. I mean, I'm your sister, and I know very well what your nature is like. Especially for your little sister. Seeing Brother Darius' condition at that time, it was understandable that your attention was focused on him."

I sighed. "And again, when Lavenia came back you said that something happened to uhm- Duchess Alfaret... You are not a god nor a person with steel mentality. You were shaken, and that was natural. Especially after experiencing the events in our world. So don't blame yourself too much."

I rubbed his stiff back. "Do you remember what mom said? No human is perfect, everyone must have made mistakes whether intentionally or unintentionally. No matter how capable you're, in the end you're just a human. You can't handle everything around you perfectly."

His eyes welled up with tears, and a single droplet trickled down his cheek.

This is...

He raised both hands to cover his face. "I'm sorry, Elli, Lania..." His voice so soft and small.

I couldn't see his face clearly, but the tears that were flowing down his hands gave me a picture of his face right now.

"Brother..."