Roxana - How to Protect the Heroine's Older Brother

This story begins with my esteemed father kidnapping a young boy.

"Father, who is this? He looks different than the toys we've seen before." I said.

"Just some smug bastard's kid, that's who." my father replied. "He's here for a much-needed lesson."

In truth, I knew exactly who he was the moment I laid eyes on him. With his presence and charisma, there was no doubt the kid was destined to play a star role in this world.

"Then may I play with him? I've become fairly good at training others, you know."

"Me too!" "Yeah, me too!"

My younger siblings—each of them as hopeless as our father—began to squawk like hungry chicks.

"Throw him in the dungeon until he becomes more docile." My father commanded, at which point some underlings dragged the boy away by his hair. Not only was he gagged, he was also wearing magical cuffs around his wrists and ankles. Those were instruments normally used for detaining monsters.

Yet, despite being trapped all alone in this lion's den, the confidence and aura he exuded was breathtaking. Even as he was being pushed down toward the dungeon, the boy never took his scornful gaze away from our sorry family. It was a gaze so fierce that it nearly made me wince in fright.

"Oho, looks like we got us a lively one."

"Can't I play with it now?"

As I said before, I recognized him immediately. He was none other than the heroine's older brother— Cassis Pedelian.

While my overexcited siblings continued to bicker amongst themselves, a single thought swirled around in my head.

Wow... We are so screwed!

My idiot father has finally gone overboard. He basically just signed our death warrants.