The Sickly Youngest Member of the Villainous Family

I naturally tried to ignore that message.

 

After all, I hadn’t forgotten the threatening letter written by the owner of the special area.

 

But fate had a funny way of playing tricks on me, and I had to contemplate the next window that appeared before me.

 

[The item ‘Secret of the Blue Falcon’ reacts to the special area].

 

That item was given to me by the system in exchange for solving Hector’s quest. The Secret of the Blue Falcon came with no description, unfortunately.

 

But…… is there a clue to this mysterious item in there?

 

Although it felt somewhat dangerous, sometimes you can’t just let things pass without investigating.

 

After hesitating for a moment, I finally decided to take on the challenge.

 

After all, the capacity of the special area is one person, so there’s no chance of me running into the owner of the room.

 

I gathered my courage and entered the special area.

 

‘It feels nostalgic.’

 

The room I hadn’t visited in years remained the same as before.

 

The structure and size were no different from Othello’s and Jin’s rooms, with bookshelves filled with books commonly seen in libraries.

 

The desk and chair were also unchanged.

 

The only difference was that I had grown taller, making it easier for me to sit on the chair.

 

After briefly surveying the room, I sat down on the chair.

 

I felt a bit proud of my longer legs compared to before.

 

The ‘Secret of the Blue Falcon’ in my inventory sparkled and reacted.

 

I picked it up and held it in my hand. I wondered if it had something to do with this room.

 

I touched and examined it, but it was still just an ordinary brooch with no special features.

 

“Hmmm…… I don’t know.”

 

In the end, I failed to find anything distinctive about the brooch and sighed in frustration. But then, something caught my eye.

 

“…..What’s this?”

 

A carved groove on the desk. I noticed it for the first time today.

 

It was an ordinary desk that you could find anywhere, but there was a concave part with engraved characters at the bottom.

 

And to my surprise, the shape was exactly the same as the brooch I had.

 

“Oooh! It’s the same!”

 

I lightly touched the groove on the desk with my index finger.

 

With a trembling heart, I placed the brooch I had into the groove.

 

And then, with a click sound, the brooch began to shine, and in that moment, I thought, ‘This is it,’ as my heart began to race.

 

“……?”

 

However, as the light grew stronger, I felt something odd.

 

Wait a minute… is this thing going to explode?

 

Startled, I tried to get off the chair, but the dazzling light filled my vision.

 

I was no longer in that same room.

 

‘Was it a memento that held memories, like Eshir’s golden ball?’

 

No, it was slightly different.

 

Here… it felt like a movie theater.

 

Instead of a desk, there was a giant screen-like display in front of me, and I was just sitting there as an observer.

 

“Is….. someone there?” I called out, but no one answered.

 

I was the only one here.

 

In Eshir’s golden ball, I was able to prepare myself because there was something predictable about it, but now I was in an unfamiliar situation, and I felt uneasy.

 

“It’s not dangerous, is it……?”

 

What was this ‘secret of the blue falcon’ that I would eventually learn?

 

I was curious and nervous at the same time.

 

The screen displayed the number ‘1’.

 

The video quickly passed by, showing only key scenes, but I was able to grasp the content of the screen immediately.

 

“Is that him……?”

~ Translations by Lurelia | Editing by Valpal | Read only at moonlightnovels.com ~

 

A boy with jet-black hair was staring at the screen with a sharp expression.

 

It was the appearance of a child around the age of seven or eight.

 

Then the screen switched, and the boy grew older.

 

He looked similar to Evan as he stepped out of the Taylor’s carriage.

 

“Evan?”

 

‘Purify evil with the power of the Clearlight.’

 

The boy’s voice became deeper and more mature.

 

The blue-eyed boy had grown into a frighteningly strong young man, and he was on his way to find Taylor’s people, kidnapped by the evil Winchester family.

 

That’s the original story.

 

And soon, Evan’s expression turned into anger as he witnessed the sacrifice of Taylor’s people at the hands of the wicked Winchester twins.

 

His body and hands glowed with a blueish, almost clear energy.

 

It was as intense as the aura I had seen from Chenoa Taylor before.

 

‘Vanish into history, Winchester.’

 

A little oddly, the mansion’s aura was not the one I knew. It was dark in nature, but more eerie and decrepit than usual.

 

It wasn’t the place where I currently resided; it was the Winchester Mansion that I had imagined while reading the original.

 

Othello’s face, half-mad, was so beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off him, but his dark flame mercilessly massacred Evan’s men, regardless of their age or gender.

 

“Ugh…… maniac…….”

 

People dying miserably, blood flowing, without distinguishing between friend and foe, as if being swept away by a demon.

 

‘Please kill me.’

 

Evan casually passed by Sasha Winchester, who pleaded to be killed, just as I had read in the book.

 

Evan was advancing, destroying the Winchester Mansion with the power of light.

 

Sweat was forming on my palm from Evan’s chilling gaze.

 

“……What the heck is that?”

 

And then, as if on cue, the ending.

 

Othello was dead, killed by the betrayal of Permetis, and Evan Taylor was taking on Recardo Winchester, my father.

 

Recardo’s dark flame was as intense and indescribable as what I had witnessed during the dark feast.

 

But Evan’s strength was more than a match for his.

 

It was a spine-chilling showdown between two of the most powerful men in the world.

 

And Recardo, with a somewhat uneasy expression, began to falter.

 

“No!”

 

I screamed as Evan’s blade pierced through Recardo’s heart.

 

It was a horrible, shocking scene.

 

Seeing Recardo die felt as if a knife was being plunged into my own heart, causing excruciating pain.

 

My heart was pounding.

 

And just like that, <Taylor’s Home> ended with a sense of peace.

 

But like a post-credits scene in a movie… something tremendous awaited afterwards.

 

Jin, whom I thought was dead, had his eyes turn red, and suddenly an immense black aura poured out from his body.

 

It was undoubtedly not the dark flame.

 

Although it was black like the dark flame, it exuded an otherworldly and chilling aura, as if it didn’t belong to this world.

 

It covered the entire sky in an apocalyptic atmosphere.

 

The shadow-like tentacles that stretched out had substance. As they emerged from the ground, people screamed and fled.

 

Monstrous creatures emerged from the black entity, revealing their physical forms as they poured out.

 

Evan struck Jin, but the black aura emanating from Jin’s body engulfed Evan.

 

With eyes that seemed unbelieving, Evan watched his own body turning into ashes.

 

‘I am Phersetos, destroyer of all things mortal. Fear me, descendants of Mechius.’

 

Jin’s voice sounded delighted, with five overlapping voices.

 

Mechius, the great dragon, Phersetos, the embodiment of evil. I had heard and seen this story from historical books and Eshir’s memories.

 

It was a dreadfully horrifying name.

 

The world was being engulfed by darkness. Monsters made of evil, and shadows were devouring people. The land turned into a black void, and all the plants withered away in an instant, creating a chillingly realistic scene.

 

The word “apocalypse” immediately came to mind.

 

And amidst Evan’s body turning to ashes, a bright blue light radiated intensely.

 

In the flickering light, Jin’s face was reflected. Soon, I heard Evan’s voice.

 

‘Clarity, I confine my body within the shackles of time.’

 

It was undoubtedly content that I hadn’t seen in the original story.

 

‘I will turn the world back and prevent its destruction. And…… will surely destroy you.’

 

And in the next scene, I doubted my own eyes.

 

***

 

“Miss, please regain your senses. The doctor will be here soon.”

 

She pressed a wet towel to my fiery forehead.

 

The maids were bustling around, preparing more towels. Outside the window, it was pitch black, and my head felt heavy.

 

It wasn’t long after I left the special area that I began to feel feverish.

 

“Miss…… your body is like a ball of fire. Oh, Black Dragon…….”

 

I couldn’t even put anything in my mouth. Not even water. This was the first time I felt such pain.

 

“Ugh…”

 

Perhaps it was due to psychological shock.

 

While witnessing Evan’s past, the number ‘2’ appeared, and not long after, I saw Evan, who was the same age as me.

 

He was young but had eyes that knew everything.

 

Evan Taylor had ‘regressed’.

 

~ Translations by Lurelia | Editing by Valpal | Read only at moonlightnovels.com ~

 

Before the world’s destruction, and before Phersetos awakened inside Jin’s body.

 

As I stared at the screen in astonishment, a message popped up.

 

[The owner of the special area is entering.]

 

[Automatically exiting due to exceeding capacity.]

 

I was instantly forced to leave. I was worried about leaving behind the “Secret of the Blue Falcon,” but fortunately, when I opened my inventory, it was still there.

 

It seemed to have been automatically retrieved.

 

[The item ‘Secret of the Blue Falcon’ reacts to the special area].

 

The message was still there.

 

This means I can re-enter the special area if I want, though I doubt I’ll ever go back to see it because of the aftermath.

 

Anyway, one thing became clear.

 

The owner of the ‘special area’…… It’s Evan Taylor, who has been reassigned to share the same hallway as me, and he has returned to prevent the end of the world.

 

And I had to be careful of Jin.