Return， Control， and Eat 228

Chapter 228 – Step-Brother

Alpha uttered a groan while expressing tremendous anger.

The guy showed his anger for a while, wriggling his tentacles, fins, and legs all over his body.

Unexpectedly, he went straight into the water.

Colder than you think I thought he would attack me with a torso headbutt right away.

Seda had previously defeated an ancient beast single-handedly.

There’s no way he knows that, but it means that no matter how hateful the power in front of her is, he’s aware of her extraordinary strength and has enough intelligence to be wary of her.

But, of course, he didn’t just quietly walk away.

– Aaaaa!

It must have been several tens of seconds since he hid himself.

A lot smaller than that guy, but still enough to be several meters to several tens of meters, monsters began to land on the shore.

The number exceeded several hundred.

Generally, it is rare for more than 50 of them to appear in a single raid, and in such cases, it is called a full ship, sarcastically.

So what should I do now? Chomansun?

Feeling the chills, Rudy shivered.

“Oh, I’m sorry.”
“I agree.”

It looked like a scene where the sea was giving birth to monsters, and I felt ridiculously dirty.

Sea turtles bury hundreds of eggs in the sand during spawning season. After about a couple of months, the baby turtles hatch all at once and head to the sea. Seeing them crawling on and off while being devoured by all kinds of predators is a sight to behold, but also a strange feeling of awe.

Wouldn’t it be like this if you pour disgust at the sight with a 10-ton truck?

Just like the mother, creatures that are terribly shaped like songpyeon made like rice cakes crawl endlessly.

However, their strength was never as cute as that of a baby sea turtle.

As well as the beast’s unique attack method of capturing humans and injecting miasma.

The strength and agility that came from its huge body, and its exoskeleton, which had undergone evolution to withstand the water pressure of the deep sea, were all menacing.

It would be threatening even if these guys ran rampant and ran amok, but they were controlled by their mother and moved with leadership, and they didn’t even feel fear or fear, so there was no need to mention the danger.

Even veteran hunters and people with thick bones in the Siberian Territory would be daunted by this sight.

“Your Highness, I think this moment is rather an opportunity.”

However, he is not at all agitated and warns Se-da not to miss the right time.

My women are not to be intimidated by this spectacle. They were not afraid even when they challenged the former emperor.

What are those in the first place?

The ancient beasts were all amazingly powerful, but in the end, all the individuals who did not run away and hide were subdued.

On average, two imperial nobles, or two strategic wizards, could reliably defeat one ancient beast.

It has already been proven that a person as talented as Elroy can do it alone.

They are nothing but defeated soldiers who have already lost and fled the war against mankind a long time ago.

“I know.”

What Seda said is right. This moment was truly a golden opportunity.

Even though they wanted to subjugate them, the two beasts became troublemakers for the territory by hiding in the deep sea.

The guys who couldn’t be pulled out no matter how hard they tried, finally came out to a distance close to the shore. Hundreds of years were a tedious battle of attrition for them as well as for humans.

The bastard has finally caught his guard after hundreds of years. The Siberian family has been waiting for this moment for a long time.

“He’s gone below the surface, but he’s not backing down yet. He could be done now.”
“But not yet.”

Still, it’s too early.

Anyone living in Siberia knows this. The tenacious tenacity and cunning of the two beasts, ‘Alpha and Beta’.

However, having glimpsed the scene from a thousand years ago with Doki, I’m probably a human who knows them better than anyone else.

It was because, in a fleeting memory, I saw a chart that Seda’s ancestors thoroughly studied, organized, and summarized what would later be called ancient beasts.

They are now called Alpha and Beta, but by chance or fate, she too gave the twenty-four beasts names with Greek letters.

Naturally, ‘Alpha and Beta’ was written on that chart as well. Although the names at this time were not Alpha and Beta, but Delta and Epsilon.

There it was written:

‘Delta and Epsilon. This is an extremely unusual case in which identical twins develop and mutate at the same time. Dozens of genes were found in the somatic cells of both individuals. Most of them are genes of aquatic organisms such as fish and cephalopods, and are currently evolving at a rate that cannot be scientifically explained. Unlike modern creatures such as whales, it is possible to be active on land even though it has a large body unique to marine creatures…’

As expected of a scientist’s report, many things were written, but the important thing is the contents written in the last half.

‘Significant. Delta and Epsilon have brainwaves of very similar wavelengths and are observed to share each other’s intentions regardless of distance. In fact, after isolating the two objects, when a stimulus such as pain was applied to Delta, Epsilon also showed exactly the same reaction. Twins telepathy is a scientifically unproven phenomenon, but the obvious results cannot be denied. These two entities are two and one, which explains their strong attachment to each other.’

… Simply put, the two beasts are linked, and if one is attacked, the other will immediately notice.

If the battle is prolonged, the other side will immediately start a diversionary operation, and even if he is killed instantly in one blow, the remaining one will be more scared and hide in the depths of the deep sea.

To subdue them, you must gather both of them in one place.

As I explained this quickly, Seda sighed.

“They’re intimidating enough just by looking at their size, but they’re relentlessly self-sacrificing and have to hunt two at the same time. They’re not enough to be considered the worst beasts.”
“So it’s better not to show your strength for now. If they think they’re in even the slightest danger, they’ll hide right away.”
“Then what are you going to do with those guys? You can drive them away, but if you do, the people who have lost their target may attack the house.”

Seda picks up the sword she had draped beside his body and uses her finger to gently stroke the blade.

If I say a single word, he will cut me down with a single knife.

“No.”
“Sir, stability is good, but in this case…”
“It’s okay. I haven’t had sex with Liliana yet.”
“…”

Seda shuts her mouth with a complicated expression. It seems that he is not used to resting as much as he has always been the first to come out at times like this.

Anyway, as she said from the beginning, she had no intention of letting her pregnant fight.

For the same reason, Jia, Rudy, and Wolf Dance cannot be allowed to fight either.

If he needed help, he was thinking of borrowing the power of Eunseo or Liliana.

“Liliana, have you ever hunted a beast?”
“To the point of getting sick of it. It was a magical girl’s job.”

Liliana muttered calmly.

She grew up in an age of beast disease, so she must be a more seasoned hunter than I am.

“How about it? Can I leave those?”
“Of course. I’ll kill them all.”
“Hey, what kind of vocabulary does a magical girl use?”
“Yes?”

He looks at me as if he is talking about something.

I thought she only had black bridges in her hair, but her disposition has also changed slightly.

Since she is a pure Liliana, she must have been affected by the miasma a little too hard…

She laughs, but the sky suddenly brightens.

The surroundings, which were quite cloudy and dark, turn red as if flowers are blooming.

Startled, she turned her head and saw her blazing pillar of fire in her eyes.

Had she walked a little further, she might have been caught in a pillar of fire.

A sharp needle-like pillar of fire soared into the sky, then began to droop like butter on bread.

Soon, the wall of flames, which became grand enough to cover the entire coast, became a huge curtain and confined all the beasts that landed on the sandy beach.

It was done in an instant.

“This.”

With very few exceptions, magic of this magnitude is difficult to use individually.

It is strategic magic.

“This is the magic of the lute.”

I recognized it at once.

Lute must have used magic wielding a sword made of fire.

Apparently, the sharp pillar of fire that I saw earlier was not a needle, but a sword.

-Aaaaa!

The sound of meat sizzling and the stench of boiling oil.

A terrible scream that cannot be described as the sound of some beast.

The fire curtain tightens without any obstruction and burns away all the beasts.

All attempts to escape the prison have failed.

It is not easy to approach with overwhelming firepower, and even if you risk your life to drill a hole, it will return to its original form in just a few seconds.

I would have no choice but to burn to death.

The little guy is in an instant. The older one suffered a little more, and the sight of him turning to ashes unfolded in front of his eyes.

It took less than a few minutes for hundreds of wild beasts gathered on the sandy beach to degenerate into a barbecue.

Ancient beast.
Regardless of whether his name was Alpha or Delta, he didn’t lose his temper when he saw Seda, but at least his judgment was unmistakably clouded.

The strength of the young beasts lies in irregular raids that are difficult to defend in advance, but they dare to gather more troops than usual and charge them so that they can be burned at once.

I don’t know how Carol and Lute were waiting here at just the right time, but in the end, it was a pointless waste of miasma.

-Sueuuu…

As you often see in fishing grounds where large catfish roam, a heavy jolt was felt below the surface of the water.

It seems that the enraged beast wriggled its body, but because of its enormous size, it wasn’t just that the water flowed, but the entire coastal sea was rocking and creating quite large waves.

As menacing as they may be, tantrums in the water can do us no harm on land.

– Growl

“Yes. Next time, prepare more thoroughly and come with the two of them. You don’t know when your mother will return, so you should do it as soon as possible, right?”

As if answering my words.

Slowly, with the feeling that the island is moving, he moves away.

I watched him closely until I no longer felt the presence of him, promising revenge.

“Please calm down, princess.”
“Can you calm down? My sister and I are trying so hard to reduce even one victim, but this time we almost burned someone with our own hands! The road along the coast is dangerous, so we warned them not to use it at all…!”
“I think so too. I’ll give you a warning myself. So, to calm down the excitement a little. There are many eyes to see.”
“I can’t stand it! Even if it’s not a severe punishment, I, the acting Grand Duke of Siberia, will warn you face-to-face and make you numb. Only when you’re severely scolded will you truly show your reflection.”

A familiar voice brings the two closer.

Lute, a Knight of Ratel who was once a servant of Seda, but now swears allegiance to me, and her cute step-sister Carol.

It was a voice and tone that was firmly angry.

Lute tries to calm her down, but Carol, who resembles her mother and has a fiery personality, doesn’t let go. It was so loud that I could hear it from here.

“Perhaps he was overly obsessed with the news.”
“I really hope that’s the case! If I didn’t know about the road control but ignored it, I might end up increasing the number of victims with my own hands!”
“Princess…”

The reclaimed land spread out on the other side of the coast centered on the road we are on.

Two people appear in a field where windmills and small fields are often seen.

I saw Lute walking upright with a wry smile and Carol gnashing her teeth with red earlobes from being disgraced.

Carol opened her eyes wide as if they had spotted us too.

“There, you guys!!”
“Hi, Carol. Long time no see.”
“Hello, how are you…?”

Carol’s bulging eyes turn round as they are.

Then.

“Oppaaaaa!! It’s an oppa!”

Carol threw herself into her arms.

It’s a shame that I took it well. How can you throw your body without hesitation like a cannonball?

“How have you been doing?”
“It was hard because I missed you! I knew you could do it, you have no idea how happy I am to see you again!”
“It looks like you’re angry because of me. I took a shortcut because I wanted to come back as soon as possible. I’m sorry.”
“Yeah, it’s okay. I’m not angry at all. Anyway, the result was good. I don’t care!”

Carol rubbing her cheeks while telling lies, thinking she might not be my sister.

If anyone sees it, it will be like a family reunion that has been separated for years, not weeks.

“Hello Lute.”
“It is most fortunate that your lord and your majesty are all well. Besides, I heard that you accomplished your goal well. Congratulations.”

The lute fell on one knee to me with a controlled movement.

“Thank you. It’s thanks to you and Carol for protecting this place.”
“This is an undeserved word. My lack of ability prevented the victim from flying.”
“From now on, let’s make sure there’s no one. Because I’m here too.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”

He didn’t deny Lute’s modesty, since it wouldn’t be much of a consolation. Making up for mistakes in the past with better results will be the greatest consolation.

When I put Carol down on the ground, I greet the women standing behind me.

Then, encountering her Eunseo, she tilted her head.

“Brother. Who is this? I haven’t met you at the mansion.”
“Because I didn’t have one back then. Eunseo is my younger sister.”
“Even… Younger brother?”

Carol looks at Eunseo’s bright purple hair.

He seems to be worried about whether he looks too different from me. While that kind of person was also caught on fire.

In the first place, my mother has no children other than me. Carol would know that too.

That’s why I put Eunseo’s mouth in preparation for introducing her to her mother and Carol.

“I’m your step-brother. Shin Eun-seo.”
“Ah… My stepbrother. That’s why he has a different last name.”

Eunseo introduced herself.

She still thought of herself as my biological sister, but she was mistaken that she couldn’t reveal that due to the complicated circumstances of her aristocratic family.

Exactly, I made it that way by suggestion.

Without such treatment, there is no point in having sex with Eunseo according to social norms. I don’t care, but because I have a mother.

Anyway, the moment when the two sisters meet face-to-face has finally arrived. As an older brother, I have a wish for the two of them to be close.

I don’t worry too much.

We’ve only been together for a few days, but I remember that Carol is her cute little sister and she was just fine with the rest of the girls.

Eun-seo is also a caring person, so she will be nice to her.

While watching the reaction of the two, Carol came out and looked at Eunseo with a puzzled expression.

“Sister-in-law… Brother-in-law.”
“It was a little sudden to say it, right? It’s a little twisted.”
“No. Not that.”

She opens her mouth as if she doesn’t understand.

It was the next moment that I realized that Carol’s eyes were very cold.

“Why do you need that? My brother and sister have me.”
“Something like that? You’re a kid who talks a lot? After all, you’re also a stepbrother.”

Before I had time to say anything, Eunseo replied in a low voice.