The Sickly Youngest Member of the Villainous Family

‘I thought I was the only one with a time limit, but it turns out everyone has one.’

 

Quite surprising.

 

Anyway, my plans haven’t changed much. If I’m going to die, I might as well be healthy while I’m at it.

 

I need to build up my strength so I can grab the Grim Reaper and give him a good beating after I die.

 

After all, my number one goal is to get rid of my sickly body!

 

“…….”

 

And the second goal I set this time is to find where Phersetos is hiding. Even Evan doesn’t seem to know where he is yet.

 

We’ll have to put our heads together but given Evan’s condition…… that might not be easy.

 

‘Who are you? How do you know about me?’

 

A reader…… No, he wouldn’t understand if I said that.

 

It’s natural to be suspicious, right? …His gaze has changed a bit from the first time we met.

 

Feeling the pressure, I had opted to end the conversation quickly and get out.

 

“Anyway, Phersetos,” I muttered to myself.

 

Phersetos, it was said, was the embodiment of a powerful evil sealed away by the Great Dragon.

 

An evil being so powerful that it could bring about the world’s destruction.

 

And it seems that as long as Phersetos is in a human body, Evan, the munchkin male lead character, has the power to defeat him.

 

The problem is that we can’t predict whose body Phersetos will be resurrected in, so we can’t get rid of him and he keeps coming back.

 

And Evan is not very friendly towards me at the moment.

 

‘When I consider the possibilities, I guess waiting is the only way.’

 

At times like this, it would be great if the system could inform me about Phersetos’s true identity, but frustratingly, it doesn’t even twitch.

 

“Sasha.”

 

“Brother?”

 

Inside the library, Jin was walking towards me.

 

I wonder when my short legs will grow longer. I wish I could be as tall as Jin soon.

 

“I have a favor to ask,” I said, pasting a winning ‘please help your little sister’ smile on my face.

 

Hector Winchester left the mansion without a set return date, and Recardo had been in Rosento for three days to attend the monthly meeting of the Four Families.

 

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

 

So, it was the perfect time to do something that would be difficult to do in the presence of adults.

 

Something a bit risky.

 

“……?”

 

Jin just looked at me with a puzzled expression, furrowing his eyebrows.

 

* * *

 

As the guards left their positions for a moment, a blue light appeared in Evan’s hands.

 

Then, the seal cuffs on both his wrists clicked open.

 

Placing his unlocked handcuffs on a nearby table, Evan sat with his back to the cold stone wall.

 

For a month now, he’d been locked in the dungeons of Winchester and hadn’t seen the sun.

 

During this time, spies sent from Taylors had often stopped by his cell.

 

The plan was to turn the tables at Verus (the monthly meeting), and the order from Chenoa Taylors was for him to weaken himself through self-mutilation.

 

Maybe his father wanted him to die.

 

It was the sixth time that he made it clear to Evan that he was a tool to him.

 

Then Evan remembered the kid who’d visited him a few days ago and bit his lip.

 

The one who had turned the empire’s affairs upside down, the one who had dared to invade his <Square>, and the one who possessed the mystical ability to reawaken the clearlight that hadn’t manifested this time around.

 

If he wanted to kill her, he would have twisted her neck.

 

Evan was not in this cell because he couldn’t get out. He was wearing the cuffs that sealed his powers, but his strength and skill exceeded them.

 

‘You’re trapped by Phersetos.’

 

And…….

 

“…….”

 

That voice, knowing his past, seeing through him.

 

Evan furrowed his brow.

 

‘The ‘me’ you’re trying to kill is seven years old.’

 

A pair of deeply glowing green eyes came to mind.

 

It was not unpleasant.

 

After Phersetos had inevitably possessed someone in every timeline and slit the throats of every living creature, he’d become dull to the sensation of killing.

 

Evan didn’t look away as an old man and a child died.

 

But the moment the little girl spoke those words, it was as if an extra stab had been buried deep in his chest.

 

What was he going back for? Why did he want to regress in the first place?

 

The colors he’d forgotten began to come back to him.

 

Evan looked up at the barren ceiling.

 

“As expected,…….it’s a good thing you came.”

 

A hushed voice escaped his mouth.

 

Darkness settled into Evan’s cold blue eyes.

 

* * *

[View People]

 

[1. Recardo Winchester

 

Title: Master of Black Flame

 

Causality: 18%]

 

[2. Jin Winchester

 

Title: None

 

Causality: 18%]

 

[3. Othello Winchester

 

Title: None

 

Causality: 19%]

 

[4. Chenoa Taylor

 

Title: Master of Clear Light

 

Causality: N/A]

 

[5. Evan Taylor

 

Title: 28th Regressor

 

Causality: 13%]

 

[6. Permetis Winchester

 

Title: None

 

Causality: N/A]

 

[7. Hector Winchester

 

Title: Guardian of Black Flame

 

Causality: N/A]

 

I had a feeling that Causality was largely related to people’s affinity for me, and while I couldn’t figure out why Grandpa Hector, with whom I was close, would show up as “N/A,” there had to be a reason, just as only some of the people I met showed up in the View People feature.

 

Anyway, when I have a higher causality rate, people are more favorable to me and more likely to do me favors.

 

(T/N: So, in other words, it’s like a dating sim. Does that mean she could date her father? I mean I don’t think he is the real dad xD)

 

(E/N: But she has his exact eye color and hair color!! I think he is her real dad… In which case, he is not a dating sim option xD)

 

But like a double-edged sword, causality could also lead to a bad ending, such as …… the teaser versions I’d had in my dreams.

 

The interesting thing is that even after going to Taylors mansion, Othello’s causality rating kept going up, not down.

 

In addition, despite arguing with Evan in the dungeon, his causality rating has increased significantly.

 

“Sasha.”

 

Anyway, what I’m about to do is worth considering to further increase Jin’s percentage of causality.

 

I wanted to be able to move around this mansion more freely, and I wanted to be safer.

 

“I can smell you everywhere, there’s no point in hiding.”

 

My heart pounded.

 

I was crouching, hiding, and Jin was coming down the corridor. His long shadow loomed over me, and I could feel his black flame radiating.

 

“I keep my favorite things on display for myself.”

 

‘Will you play hide-and-seek with me?!’

 

It was my suggestion in the first place.

 

I’d hide, and he’d seek.

 

“I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. You’d fit perfectly in the center, just as I thought.”

 

‘I know, I asked him to act authentic, but he doesn’t have to be this scary.’

 

“I’m going to shackle you, that way the little one won’t run away.”

 

I felt like I was being chased by a murderer, and my heart pounded in fear.

 

I used my small feet to move quickly and started running away.

 

“Of course, your current appearance is cute, too, but the adult version will be even more lovable.”

 

‘Maybe instead of being a villain, he can become a theater actor later.’

 

Ah…… But, is this an act?

 

What if it’s real……?

 

Just thinking about it sent chills down my spine. I ran away from Jin with all my might.

 

I imagined being stuffed and taxidermied if I got caught.

 

And when I turned the corner, what I had been waiting for was there. A black dog with three heads. It resembled a Doberman as it exposed its menacing teeth, drooling.

 

‘Found it.’

 

It approached me, and I instinctively cowered.

 

Recardo had shown me this one day and warned me not to wander around the mansion carelessly.

 

Grrrr-

 

The dog growled in a low voice.

 

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

 

I had found information about this dog in a book in the library.

 

The dog’s name was Kather, a trained demon used as a guard dog in the family. It was skilled in tearing apart intruders and usually hid in this space. It showed absolute loyalty to its owner and considered anyone being chased or frightened by it as excellent prey.

 

Grrr-

 

Kather shows considerable hostility to anyone other than its master. This also applied to employees, and those who knew about Kather refrained from doing anything that might provoke it.

 

For instance, hiding in the mansion while playing hide-and-seek.

 

Grrrr…

 

Its three heads stared at me fiercely, as if contemplating how to tear me apart.

 

And then, all three pairs of Kather’s eyes glinted.

 

Grrrr… Grrrrrrrrr!

 

As Kather leapt to attack me, I activated the skill.

 

[Using Skill ‘Black Dominion (SS/LV.4)’]

 

Kather stopped in front of me, baring his teeth.

 

He looked like he wanted to tear me apart at any moment, but I stared at him with all my might.

 

There was only one way to be recognized as his master: to bring him to submission by my own power alone.

 

While Jin and Othello had already accomplished it and were freely moving around the mansion, I was still struggling.

 

Kather growled, baring his teeth, but he couldn’t come any closer to me.

 

‘I’m definitely stronger.’

 

As my skill level increased, I felt less mentally drained.

 

‘So, I can do it.’

 

Kather ‘s strength was said to be comparable to that of a well-trained knight.

 

If I could stop a Kaisa-possessed assassin when I was at skill level one, I judged that now, being stronger than before, I could do the same with Kather.

 

It’s a bit of a gamble, but I need to secure Kather for my own safety. …….

 

“Kather!!!”

 

I spoke to Kather.

 

“I am Sasha Winchester, daughter of Recardo Winchester.”

 

I could sense that Kather was putting all his strength into trying to bite my neck.

 

I also started to break a sweat and felt my strength draining, but I didn’t hesitate and shouted.

 

“You obey me!”

 

Grrrr… Grrr…!

 

Kather ‘s growl echoed through the corridor.

 

If my focus wavered even a little here, I would end up dead.

 

“I am Sasha Winchester,” I repeated firmly.

 

I knew from the beginning that it was a somewhat reckless challenge, but in the end, if it was a battle of willpower…

 

Krrr… Thud… Clang… Clang…

 

Kather’s growling mixed with the sounds of his metal collar clanking as he tried to shake off my will.

 

“You. Obey. ME!”

 

‘I win.’