Chapter 4

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“No!”

Casadine seemed to have misunderstood that I bought him to relieve my lust. Otherwise, there was no reason to say he was waiting for the night or anything. Desperately feeling the need to correct the misunderstanding he was making, I quickly snatched Casadine’s wrist.

“I didn’t bring you to serve my night.”

“………”

Looking at me, Casadine tilted his head with a face that he didn’t know what I mean.

“Master, so why …”

“Casadine.”

As I called his name, a faint light glimmered for a moment in his empty eyes. I didn’t miss that, and I pushed the button on the upper garment he unwrapped. I felt Casadine’s gaze staring at me as if observing. The attitude of the slave to the master was uncomfortable. I said, smiling brightly at Casadine, when he looking down at me.

“Are you curious why I brought you?”

“Yes, Master.”

Casadine looked at me, not taking his gaze away from me.

“I didn’t say anything directly, but I couldn’t really ignore the eyes you were shouting for help.”

He tilted his head with a face saying he didn’t know the meaning of my words. I pressed all the last buttons and frowned. As soon as I return to the mansion, what should I do with this rag-like outfit that Casadine is wearing?

“Because I couldn’t pretend I didn’t see your eyes for help. I just read that eagerness.”

‘In fact, I brought you for a reason. To recruit you as my younger brother.’

If I say this, Casadine will most likely be on the lookout for me. So, here I had to tell the man who was in front of me a tricky mix of facts and lies.

“There will be nothing to wait for the night or anything in the future.”

“… Master, what are you talking about? Then why…”

I added again, still with a smile towards him who looked at me with a face that he couldn’t understand.

“It is literally. I originally tried to buy you and free you.”

“…”

“But if I let go of you freely, you might be dragged back to the gladiator arena and turned into entertainment. Am I wrong?”

In fact, there was no such thing as an intention to release him. Casadine, who was listening to me silently, lowered his eyes. The purple eyes under the long lashes were beautiful, but they were still dead.

“Sorry…There’s also a scars on the back of your hand.”

There were many scars on the back of Casadine’s white hands. I pulled out the ointment I always carry from my hem. Then, right after I applied the ointment to the back of Casadine’s hands, I put my hand on his hand. Casadine flinched by my sudden behavior, he was embarrassed.

“Master… ?”

I smiled brightly at Casadine. In fact, it was very easy for me to heal a scar like this. However, I couldn’t reveal to him that I had the healing power for the first time we met today, so I pretended to apply ointment and healed the scar on the back of his hand. She placed her hand on the back of Casadine’s hand for a few seconds, then released it, and the scar on the back of his hand magically disappeared. As if there weren’t any scars.

“What happened… This….”

A light shone in the eyes of Casadine, who had lost hopes in his life. He touched the back of his hand with a disbelieving face, and even shook it back and forth.

“It’s a magical ointment that has been secretly passed down to our family.”

“Master, why did you use such a valuable thing for me?”

In fact, all I applied to the back of his hand was an ointment mixed with medicinal herbs. Fortunately, Casadine didn’t seem to notice that I had healing powers.

“No matter how precious it is, it’s not comparable to human life.”

I said, putting the ointment in his arms. He was staring at the back of my hand as if it were strange, and he looked at me. As if before it was empty, now it was a look with weak expectations.

“Master, I am someone that has killed so many people.”

“It was an unavoidable choice for you to live. The people who motivated you are bad, you aren’t a bad person.”

At my words, Casadine opened his lips slightly. The response he showed me that my answer was the one he wanted.

“You didn’t kill people because you wanted to kill them either, right?”

“….. Yes.”

“By the way, how did you become a slave gladiator? What about other families?”

“….”

Because of the sensitive content, Casadine didn’t open his mouth easily. It was after some time that he opened his tightly closed lips.

“I don’t have a family. All my family died a long ago.”

“!”

“Alone, I traveled from place to place and arrived into the arena here. That’s all.”

No emotion emerged from the face of Casadine when he’s talking about the past. However, I felt terribly lonely as to the side of the story.

“Sorry”

“Why does the master apologize?”

“Because I don’t know there’s such a past and ask.”

Casadine shook his head as if he was okay.

“I’m fine. But, Master.”

“Huh?”

“Can I dare ask what kind of person the master is?”

Casadine stopped talking and asked me for the first time. I replied with a laugh at him, trying to turn the subject quickly.

“I am Aren Sercia from Count Sercia. The only family is me and my father.”

“… What about your mother and other family members?”

“My mother was originally weak, so she died shortly after giving birth to me. There are no brothers or sisters.”

“……”

Casadine was silent. He seemed to be inclined to choose words carefully and spit them out. I stared at his silent face for a while, then opened my mouth.

“How old are you this year?”

“It’s eighteen.”

“I am two years older. So…”

I tried to pretend to be thinking about something, and then added the back word.

“What if you become my younger brother?”

At my words, Casadine’s fine brow was slightly crumpled. He tilted his head several times as if trying to make sure what he had heard was true, and he blinked his purple eyes.

“… Your younger brother?”

“Yes. Being my younger brother, completely free from slavery, and becoming part of our family.”

“…You mean a member of the Count Sercia?”

“Yeah.”

Until then, Casadine’s eyes, who had maintained his own composure, shook with bewilderment. I laughed and added several times to see if what he heard was correct.

“If that happens, you don’t have to live as miserable as before, you don’t have to kill others to live, and no one will ignore you.”

“……”

“Will you be my family, Casadine?”

I reached out one hand to him, with a tone that was as gentle as I could. Casadine looked at my face and my hand alternately. In fact, it wasn’t even necessary to worry.

“Whatever the master wants… ”

After answering, Casadine’s face became more comfortable. The empty pupils turned alive, and the stiff mouth turned into a curve. It was just that, and strangely, the whole room felt bright.

“I’ll introduce it again. I’m Aren Sercia of Count Sercia.”

It seemed that Casadine was wondering whether or not to hold my hand, so I reached out and wrapped his hand. At that moment, his eyes narrowed a little, but he opened his lips when he did it, and I immediately captured his expression.

“…Aren Sercia.”

“I have nothing to say again. We’re going to be a family in the future.”

“Family….a family…”

His voice, uttering the word family, was infinitely quiet, like the sound of the wind in a deep cave.

“Yes, family. So from now on, call me your sister. I am your sister from now on.”

“… sister.”

“Okay, Casadine.”

“Sister, sister….”

Casadin repeated the word from his mouth to see if he liked the word sister. Like a child trying to remember the first word he heard.

“Thank you, sister.”

“……”

“My sister is really a warmhearted person.”

Casadine, who had been reciting the word sister for a while, said with a gentle smile. I felt reluctant to know for some reason. Is it because of its excellent environmental adaptability? Or maybe it was because of his subtle facial changes that passed by instantly.

“It’s overcompliment. Please do good in the future.”

“Yes, sister.”

But, whatever he was thinking, it didn’t matter to me. Anyway, it’s not for Casadine that I try to force him to join our family as my younger brother. It’s just for me and my father. I considered taking him as an escort knight, but if that happens, he’s only a knight and not a member of our family, so it is my father who goes on the battlefield. However, if I accept Casadine as a family, the story is completely different. If he becomes a member of our family, even if the Prince looks at him, he will not be able to take him out, and will be a strong shield even if he meets Damian.

‘Of course that’s also the story when I tamed this guy well.’

When Casadine met my eyes, he folded his eyes and smiled. Yes, to deal with Damian, a smart fox is better than a stupid one. I also responded with a smile to him who

laughed.

“Now let’s go where you really should be.”

“Yes, sister.”

Casadine who previously hesitated, now gently wrapped my hand and answered.

My dear younger brother. The one who will be my sword and my shield, Casadine. Please make sure you use me too. Like I used you.

*****

When I came out of the inn, me and Casadine tried to ride the carriage of our family. While there were people murmuring right after we’re leaving the inn.

“Hey, there it is.”

As soon as I got out of the inn, people who had I never seen, surrounded me and Casadine. People ranged from young women and men to the elderly. For some reason, they shouted with an angry face.

“Where are you going to take that slave guy!”

I tilted my head and looked around. Looking at the outfit, it seems that not all of them are commoners, and they looked like nobles. Did people like nobles follow me from the stadium? Just one reason, because I took Casadine.

“What is it?”

Even though I asked calmly, people’s faces were full of dissatisfaction.

“Fuck! The gladiator was my only pleasure! If you take him away like that, how are we going to watch a gladiator match in the future!”

“Hey, blond hair. Are you talking about having a lot of money?”

Eventually, it was a kind of resentment for the disappearance of his entertainment. In every word of their words, I was able to see how ‘slave’ was treated. To satisfy your own fun.

“If you have any complaints, why didn’t you talk at the stadium earlier?”

“… … ”

“I don’t know what the hell are

you guys doing after secretly following me.”

I looked at the faces of the people that followed me, and all of them were only faces I hadn’t seen in my previous life. The nobles on the outskirts who can’t even receive an invitation to the Prince’s Birthday Banquet. So I’m sure you speak a cheap language like that.

“I don’t think young lady bought that nice guy anyway to have fun. I didn’t know that you would buy a slave for 5 billion gold…”

An old man suddenly appeared among those who were complaining. It was the old man who called for 500,000 gold to spend the night with Casadine in the gladiator arena.

“Please don’t treat someone like you. It’s very unpleasant.”

I felt the gaze of Casadine staring at me.

“Let’s Go.”

Whether the nobles complained or not, I took Casadine’s hand and ran through them. I wasn’t sure if I heard it right because I was only looking ahead, but it seemed that I could hear the low voice of Casadine in my ear. Having passed through a large crowd, I immediately rode the carriage of my family with Casadine.

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