Rachel looked up at me with a frightened face.

I spoke with a slightly embarrassed expression. “No, he’s not weird. Here, look. He really looks like you. That fire ···.”

“Fire….”

Rachel began to cry. Ugh. Fire is a forbidden word from now on!

I kept my mouth shut. Rachel threw herself into my arms as if she didn’t want to hear it anymore.

Then, she peeped out her eyes and looked at Zion.

“That’s right, Sister. He’s so suspicious!”

As if he had read the unspoken glance, Zion followed Rachel and struck him.

My brother, what’s wrong with you?

I looked at him sitting in front of me with a puzzled look on his face. Noelier was looking at Rachel in my arms with a mixed expression. I felt uncomfortable.

It doesn’t matter that he tried to kill me, he did it to protect his younger sister.

If I had Zion held by a dragon…

‘I would have cut and froze my hair in such a large ball it could be mistaken for a frozen watermelon, not the apple.’

I could understand his mind to some extent. I was still alive and he had not found out I was a wolf.

… For now.

“Guys, you shouldn’t say things like that.”

I spoke in a stern voice.

However, the sprout of hatred by the children seemed to have settled quite deeply.

“I saw it. Brother–no, that person harassed Sister. He must be a bad person.”

“That’s right! That brother harassed my sister! That person is bad!”

“He’s too big and I’m scared.”

“Yes! He’s too big!”

“The eyes are too red.”

“That’s right! The eyes too…… Uh, so are  Ruby’s…?”

_{^{(T/n: Zion noo lmao)}}

The conversation between the two children, which continued like pingpong, ended with Rachel beating Zion for once. Zion shut his mouth like an ordered puppy.

“Ha ….”

He let out a breath of sighs.

“… I don’t know what to do. My sister is so wary of me.”

“She’ll be back to normal one day. Don’t worry too much.”

“But ….”

Noelier slowly blurted out his words and reached for Rachel.

Then Rachel curled up more and more like a sensitive cat.

“No, I’m going to live with my sister.”

What, what? Rachel didn’t seem to have any intention of getting away from me.

This was unexpected. I can’t believe we’re going to live together. She is trying to bleed me dry!

^{_{(PR/n – to bleed someone dry means to take any and all resources that person may have, this expression is usually about money but here Noelier is saying Rachel will wear him out since she keeps rejecting him)}}

“….”

“….”

The eyes of the Dragon siblings met. The two, who remained silent, had been staring at each other for a while.

“… I can’t do it.”

Noelier looked at me saying so.

The life that was overflowing in his red eyes was gone.

That’s a relief. Rachel liked me very much, so I felt a little weight off my shoulders. Yeah, that’s a great development. All he had left to do was take Rachel back to the South.

‘What would you do if you cried and cried? If I was in this situation with my brother, I would take him with me no matter what.’

Even if I saved Rachel, it was impossible to live in this small house together in the north.

All right. No more. Let me go back to my peaceful daily life.

I carefully removed Rachel from my arms. Rachel’s bewildered eyes met mine. She clung to me to ensure  she wouldn’t fall off and shook her head.

“I will go with you if you take her with us!”

Rachel grabbed my arm with a face of desperation.

What are you talking about, mouse dropping? How can I go to the South? What do you want me to do? That was ridiculous.

Rachel, I’m so sorry, but I think it’s time to get out of the little red riding hood’s route.

You were such a lovely and cute kid. I’ll never forget you. It was time to say goodbye.

The man, with the most beautiful face, asked in a very serious voice.

“For the time being, can I bother you?”

“… What?”

“Only until my sister releases her vigilance against me. It won’t last long.”

His words made my mouth water.

What? Who, where, what? I opened my mouth with an incredible look.

“You’re not taking them together …?”

It was the same with Rachel who was in my arms. She too had a rather shocked face.

As you say, I’m sick and tired. When I couldn’t say anything with a stiff mouth, he added with a serious look.

“I’m not saying I’ll live with you. I will come to see you often.”

“No, wait a minute .…”

“Please.”

Noelier begged.

I was speechless when I saw a breathtakingly handsome face. It’s cheating to coax me with that face.

‘His appearance is exactly my taste …!’

But I managed to gather my thoughts.

I wasn’t so weak that I was so easily swayed by this man’s appearance. I didn’t know when my identity would be revealed.

‘The death endings are a no-no.’

Yeah, I’m not weak! I’m not weak!

I was going to say no firmly, but he looked at me with a pathetic face.

“I know that there are many mistakes I have made, and it’s a shameless request.”

The moment I saw those red eyes, I didn’t think about the words I was trying to spit out. I stuttered and opened my mouth.

“Oh, no matter how hard it is, this isn’t it. I almost got hit!”

“Of course, I’ll give you plenty of compensation for this favour.”

“… Compensation?”

“Yes.”

“… Can I get some money?”

“Of course.”

He knows how to make a good proposal.

When I was told that I would give compensation, my worries about Rachel’s staying disappeared.

‘You’re a wolf, you don’t have to get caught!’

He’s still a dragon with burning flames, even if he’s got water to cool him off. I was still keeping my life undetected. It takes a while for Zion, but it seemed to be hiding well when I saw Rachel saying nothing so far.

Okay. Let’s stay by the bay until Rachel lets down her guard. As a person with a younger sibling, it’s a little sad to turn a blind eye to their distress.

Besides, I already met the dragon. There’s nowhere else to back down from here.

It is said that you only get one chance at life. Now that we’re here, we’re going to risk our lives for a fortune.

I made up my voice pretending to be in trouble.

“How much can you give me?”

So I changed my plan, like flipping my palm. Because of the money that was the source of all troubles.

* * *

“It was so easy….”

Rachel came out with an absurd face and looked at me alternately.

I felt her sense of betrayal, too. I pretended not to know.

But Rachel, I have my position. How do you mean to send back the child who hangs from tears even if she reaches out his hand?

I wasn’t so desperate. It’s not about money at all. I’m not such a snob.

That’s really not it.

“I’ll try to do it soon….”

At that time, I heard a muttering voice in my arms.

Rachel mumbled with a serious face, as if when she cried.

“But this isn’t it.”

“Rachel?”

“My goal was to bring them together. If you give her money, I would rather .…”

Rachel, who was lost in thought, couldn’t hear my voice.

That’s understandable. She doesn’t remember anything, but how scary it must be to have you spewing fire.

I stroked Rachel’s head as if comforting her.

Then I raised my head when I suddenly felt a gaze.

“….”

Noelier was gazing at me.

“… Is there something on my face?”

With a strange face, he smiled at my question as if he had never been looking in the first place.

“No, I’ve never seen Rachel like this with anyone else.”

“Ah.”

“It’s nice to see, so I do it without realizing it.”

Noelier smiled shyly saying so. The tail of his eyes bent gently.

“Thank you very much ….”

“What?”

“Oh, nothing.”

My heart sprang out at will.

I shook my head in a hurry.