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<Episode 6>

Looking at Abellard, my brother, his demeanor seemed strange.

My hair was red. Although we were siblings, my adult brother had pink hair. It was fluffy and pretty like cotton candy. The only thing we had in common was our blue eyes.

“Brother?”

“Eve.”

As he approached, the unfamiliar feeling didn’t dissipate.

My brother was an omega with the looks. Yes, his beauty remained unchanged.

However, he was both a beauty and a fragile omega. He was slightly shorter than me and maintained a lean physique.

But now?

Now, I couldn’t find any traces of the fragile omega.

Moreover, what happened to his height? How could he grow so much in just one day?

It was an absurd height difference, like when Elkais de Robein stood by him. The difference was as much as the size of a head.

But how did his height change like this? Could someone grow this much in just one day?

It was a height difference as drastic as when Elkais de Robein stood beside him. The difference was as much as a head.

But an omega with pink hair in the Croppers Empire was unique. Furthermore, it wasn’t a mixture of pink and other colors; it was pure pink. There was only one person with such hair color, Abellard Wilden.

“Brother…?”

“Yeah.”

As he cheerfully answered and approached, I kept stepping back.

“Are you my brother Abellard Wilden?”

“Yeah, my Eve.”

Abellard never called me so confidently. He was always the one being bullied and crying.

Moreover, his hair and eye colors were the same, but his outward appearance had completely changed.

A knight-like figure on a beautiful face.

And…

“Why are you wearing a wedding dress? And why are you wearing someone else’s coat?”

“Ah…”

For a moment, the Elkais’ sword that I had been holding against my chest felt cold.

Who could have done such a thing?

Even in the original story, the detailed process of how the two fell in love wasn’t covered.

However, the romance of Abellard and Elkais, who happened to be shipwrecked on a deserted island, developed into a heartwarming romance. In the end, they had a child, and around the time the child was born, they were rescued—a typical romantic comedy.

“Why did Brother remove the choker from around his neck?”

“Oh, that?”

Abellard touched his neck with his hand. It was certainly similar in size to mine, but now it looked much larger, as if it could belong to someone else.

“I don’t need that anymore, so I threw it away.”

“Ah…”

As Abellard approached, for the first time, he had to look up enough for his chin to be noticed.

“Eve.”

“…Yes.”

As he raised his hand to touch my hair, I stepped back again.

“Why are you trying to distance yourself again?”

“…”

He was approaching as closely as I was moving back.

Abellard Wilden, whom I had never felt threatening before, felt very threatening now.

If I threatened him with a knife or shot with a gun… then I would win.

But he couldn’t die.

There was no doctor here, and the chance of escape was a year away. If he got shot somewhere and lost consciousness, there would be no chance of survival.

My unconscious brother wouldn’t be able to treat himself.

Even though he had lived happily being born as a royal omega, compared to me as a beta, it wasn’t enough to make me hate him enough to want him dead.

It was just unfair that he had taken over a beta’s body, and it was despairing to realize that, despite being a noblewoman, there was nothing I could obtain.

Although it was unjust to be stuck in a beta’s body, Abellard hadn’t done anything so wrong that he deserved to die.

He wasn’t such a bad person as to shoot threateningly.

“Eve.”

“…”

“Eveline.”

However, if he continued to approach like this, I felt like I might shoot him. His eyes seemed too abnormal.

“Actually, I was sad because you seemed indifferent to me.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“You never came out of the Duke’s mansion, had meals only in your room…”

“…”

“It was sad to see you run away from me whenever you saw me.”

Behind was a waterfall. If I fell into this waterfall, I might be able to flow down to where the cabin was.

Ah, how did I climb up here, and now I had to descend again…

Looking down at the island from above, it seemed like planning how to survive for a year would become a futile endeavor.

Besides, I was hungry.

“What did I do wrong?”

“…”

“Why aren’t you cursing and hitting me like you used to?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Eve.”

Seeing no other option, I drew my sword.

If I had known this would happen, I should have learned swordsmanship. I only learned boxing and shooting, as swordsmanship didn’t suit my temperament.

“What are you doing, Eve?”

“If you get closer, I can’t help it either.”

“Eve.”

As if he didn’t care about the sword, he continued to approach.

Apparently, Abellard seemed undeterred by the blood he must have shed yesterday, tearing his formal wear apart and plunging a dagger into his chest.

“Are you crazy?”

“Yeah. You hate me too much.”

If he got any closer, the handle of the sword might touch my chest. Holding the sword that was pointing forward, I faced upward. When the blunt side touched his chest, Abellard smiled cheerfully, locked eyes with me, and pulled his body closer.

With his firm arms wrapped around my waist, a sword was between us.

“Curse me.”

“…”

“And educate me again. I’ll listen well.”

In the original work, our relationship didn’t seem like this, but was I going mad because of the things I had experienced?

“Ugh…!”

Surprised by his attempt to bite me, I struck his shoulder with the handle of the sword.

“Oh, right. An Omega with a Beta. they cant mark each other…! Hahaha.”

The question Abellard asked seemed to sizzle as if touched by fire.

“Let’s imprint, Eve.”

“You’re insane.”

He embraced me more tightly, and the blade of the knife seemed about to touch my cheek. So, when I turned my body, he cooperated effortlessly.

“Huh? Let’s mark.”

I looked at Abellard without responding to his words as if pleading.

“Brother.”

“Don’t call me that. We’re not real siblings.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Oh, I see. So that’s it.”

He released the arm he had been wrapping around, covered the back of my hand that was holding the knife with his own, and looked at me.

His deep blue eyes were so beautiful, distracting me from the seriousness of the situation.

“Yeah, Duke Wilden adopted you after finding out you were a Beta.”

It seemed dangerous to fall for it.

Should I just push Abellard away?

As I thought about it, an idea came to mind.

In the current situation, even if I fell into the waterfall, he might follow me.

If I pushed him down, he might not know about the cabin below, and he would come out of the water before flowing down to the cabin.

There was no other way in the current situation.

Abellard, who had never seemed threatening before, now felt very menacing.

“What is this…?”

I was surprised by his words, but it wasn’t shocking enough to be shocked. However, to pretend to be shocked by his words, I lowered my gaze and took a step back, and he gently took my hand.

“So, don’t worry.”

“Okay.”

That’s when I pushed him with all my strength.

“Eve!”

“Let go!”

The thought of dropping Abellard into the waterfall only succeeded halfway because he grabbed my negligee.

“Ugh…!”

He clung to the edge, but I had a knife.

“Eve. Why would you…!”

“Never… see you again…!”

I succeeded in cutting off the negligee with his weight, and as I cut the fabric, Abellard’s weight, which had pulled me like gravity, completely disappeared.

“Eveline!”

Splash!

Hearing the sound of someone falling into the water, I sighed with relief. My pounding chest hadn’t calmed down yet.

Rumbling and crashing!

“Ah, darn it…”

The sun was about to set.

Due to Abellard’s delay, I had to abandon my plan to go higher and descend from the mountain.

The descent was not too difficult. My shoes had almost turned into sandals, and Lady Eveline Wilden’s body, even without exercise, had well-toned muscles. With a little exercise, body fat disappeared, and muscles adhered well—a blessed body.

Therefore, after moving a bit yesterday, my stamina had returned considerably.

Rumbling!

“Oh dear.”

On the way down, I slipped on the mud.

The once pristine negligee was now torn on one side and covered in dirt on the other, becoming a mess. Moreover, holding the knife made it challenging to maintain balance.

Flash!

I momentarily flinched at a sudden bright light.

Rumbling!

“Ugh…”

Perhaps a lightning strike nearby, the piercing noise shocked me into a standstill.

“As expected.”

“Ah…”

The voice was still Elkais de Robein, looking at me pitifully in his neat attire.

“Your Grace.”

“Do not get wet. I already mentioned it.”

“…Yes.”

“Then excuse me.”

“…Ugh…”

He began moving around me, lifting me, who was sitting on the ground, like a bundle.

His arm was swinging near his back, shaking a bit.

For some reason, my body had no strength.

Closing my eyes, I recalled the unpleasant memory of Abellard trying to mark me, and my mood soured.

Alpha and Omega. They can imprint on each other by biting their necks while sharing love, allowing them to smell each other’s pheromones and stay together for a lifetime.

But Abellard is an Omega, and I am a Beta.

On this island, Elkais de Robein was the only Alpha.

“Your Grace.”

“…Ugh…”

“Walking quickly is good, but my stomach is uncomfortable.”

Every time he took a step, my stomach hurt, and I carefully mentioned it.

“Just endure a bit longer.”

“Yes.”

He walked hurriedly, descending from the mountain.

* * *

In front of me, the cabin that I thought had gotten farther away during my entire uphill journey revealed itself quite easily.

“Aren’t you going in?”

“I can smell another Alpha’s pheromones inside.”

Rumbling!

“Ugh…”

Did Abellard really flow down from that waterfall to the lake behind the cabin?