The Regressor's Younger Brother's Insanity-Chapter 46: The child within the mysteries Orb

After Aether talked with Lucy and his nanny, he went to bed. But at midnight, he had nightmares about his past.

In the nightmare, his comrades were laughing happily together. But in the next moment, they betrayed him.

The laugh was the same, yet the latter one felt eerie.

Suddenly, in a burst of rage, his Abyssal energy spiked and engulfed his body.

Ding!

[Offspring of Julius von Legolant: Detected]

[Inject Abyssal energy to break the seal]

The mysterious orb, which might contain the child of Aether’s regressor brother, was in that room.

As Aether was having a nightmare, he unknowingly released his Abyssal energy.

The room became saturated with the dark energy, and some of it came into contact with the mysterious orb. As a result, the system detected it and began the process of unsealing it.

Ding’

[Place your palm at the centre to break the seal]

Ding’

[Place your palm at the centre to break the seal]

Dibg’

[User unresponsive]

Ding’

[No response detected....]

Ding’

[ Warning: Initiating automatic procedure...]

The Abyssal energy filling the room spiraled and was sucked toward the mysterious orb.

As Aether slept, he jolted awake. Blood flowed from his mouth and eyes.

Cough cough.

As he was coughing, his eyes fell into the mysterious orb absorbing his Abyssal energy.

!!! Aether eyes went wide in shock.

He had planned to inject it with Abyssal energy tomorrow, so for it to begin absorbing at midnight was completely unexpected.

Aether quickly sat cross-legged and allowed the Abyssal energy to flow freely toward the mysterious orb.

Ding’

[Unsealing Progress: 79%]

Beads of sweat rolled down his face, and his veins bulged, turning black.

Dibg’

[Unsealing Progress: 80%]

Dibg’

[Unsealing Progress: 81%]

As the absorption was faster than before, the time needed to unseal it also became shorter.

Ding’

[Unsealing Progress: 82%]

Aether gritted his teeth in pain. His vision blurred red, and his internal organs felt damaged.

’Activate regeneration.’ Aether commanded the system.

[Failed to process regeneration]

Damnit. Aether clicked his tongue.

After enduring the pain for ten to twelve minutes, the absorption finally stopped.

The mysterious orb began to glow a deep, ominous Red.

Slowly, it shattered into particles, and from within emerged a small girl, around three years old.

She had a tail and a pair of small wings on her back.

Aether’s eyes became teary, for this was his regressor brother’s daughter.

Then, from the vanishing orb, a sound echoed.

"I’m leaving my daughter to my most trusted soul-bound brother."

"Brother...!!"

Upon hearing this, Aether’s eyes went wide. The voice was deep, but it was undoubtedly his brother’s.

He was momentarily shocked. Just then,

Fshhh! Spluurt!

A torrent of blood poured from his nose, staining his lips and chin.

"Hmm..." He suddenly felt his vision blur and his body weaken.

Thud!

He fell to the floor, unconscious.

***

The morning sun streamed through the window, casting a bright light.

Unconscious Aether began twitching his eyes.

Then he slowly opened them, but felt a weight on his chest. He looked down and saw a girl sleeping on him.

Suddenly, Aether shook in realization.

She is..

That girl was the one who had emerged from the mysterious orb.

That meant she was Julius von Legolant’s daughter and Aether’s niece.

It seemed that after he lost consciousness because his Abyssal energy had been drained and his body was weak, she had come and slept on him.

Just then, the girl woke up and started rubbing her eyes.

It seemed that she had woken up because of his shaking.

"Uhmm... Papa, is it morning already?" she asked, rubbing her eyes.

Papa? Aether felt confused. Had she mistaken me for Julius?

"Uhm... Hello... good morning..." Aether didn’t know what to say, so he awkwardly said the first thing that came to mind.

"Papa, I love you." the little girl said and again fell asleep.

Aether was confused about what to do, but he felt a strange warmth. So he lay down properly and watched her sleep peacefully.

’So this is my niece.’ Aether was happy to have her by his side. It felt like having a living memory of his brother.

Aether then noticed that her mana was the same as Abyssal energy.

Does she have this energy because she absorbed mine?

Anyway, Aether placed a hand on her back and patted her slowly. Then he gently patted her red hair.

Her eyes and hair were dark red, and her wings and tail were blackish red.

Hmm... what’s this? Ahh!

She had small black horns on her head

Now that he thought about it, what kind of species was she?

As he pondered, a system window appeared.

Ding!

[Solmira von Legolant: Half Dragon]

Half dragon? Aether was surprised to learn that she was a dragon.

[Solmira von Legolant currently has 11 seals placed on her.]

[She can unlock those seals by finding the 11 relics left behind by Julius von Legolant]

Upon seeing the system window, Aether’s eyes went wide.

In this world, Aether’s older brother had left 11 relics. All of them were celestial relics, each possessing immense power. Aether planned to collect them on his journey for revenge.

And one of these 11 relics was The Sunless Sword, which was in the Noctvain estate. Today, Aether would go to claim this relic.

So, she had 11 seals placed on her, and 11 relics could remove them. But the question was: what was sealed? Was it her power or something else? Aether wondered.

Just then, someone knocked at the door and slowly opened it.

Creak!

Aether couldn’t move because he didn’t want her to wake up. But he couldn’t let anyone see her either.

Before he could tell them not to come in or hide the little girl, the door opened wide.

And the one who opened it was none other than Thalia von Ravenfall. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"What are you doing here?" Aether asked angrily, as she had entered without permission.

"Do you think you can enter my room without permission..." Aether stopped mid-sentence.

The reason was clear: Thalia’s eyes were filled with tears.

Then something unexpected came out of her mouth:

"Aether, please help my brother. He is in critical condition."