Reborn As Villain's
Chapter 4: Handling the Bitter Memories and Sadness of Firalet.
Dylan was currently meditating in his room alone.
He was trying to examine, remember and take what action to solve Philaret's problem.
Filaret van Arcadia is one of the 15 female characters who fall in love with the heroine named Reiner fou Stanley.
Despite being one of the love interests, in fact he is often shunned by fellow girls who are the love interest of the Hero and he is less getting the attention of the Hero.
Filaret is the younger half-sister of the villain Dylan van Arcadia.
Well, how could she be Dylan's half-sister?
In his game Filaret has an extraordinary magic talent, he is very good at using 3 attribute magic namely Fire, Light and Lightning.
However, unfortunately he always gets ridicule and insults from his 2 older sisters, Bianca van Pillos and Lisa van Pillos. They were jealous of the talent Philaret had.
Then an incident happened. At that time Filaret was humiliated in a social event by his 2nd Brother. When Philaret was grieved by what had happened to him.
Without him realizing it he activated his magic which resulted in attacking everyone on the show including his 2 Big Sister.
As a result, he received punishment from his family for expulsion.
Even his Father and Mother called Filaret Monster.
Somehow Pavline, Dylan's mother declares out loud that she will take care of Filaret.
Well, during his stay with the Arcadia family, Filaret and Dylan almost never berserked. Firalet decided to stay away from Dylan and Dylan himself there was no initiative to try to get closer to Filaret.
Filaret found happiness after meeting the hero Reiner fou Stanley.
With Reiner always encouraging her, making Filaret very happy.
And even willing to do anything for the Hero.
Back to Dylan who was currently still thinking.
(Actually... I want to avoid that girl.... But, if I'm honest.... Among all the characters love interest girl Hero... Only Filaret seems to me to be the most beautiful, kind and type of me than anyone else.... However, he has always been a character wasted on Heroes.... If remembering her background and how she was so desperate..... I feel very sorry for him..... Continues,..... What should I do.).
Dylan kept trying to think hard. And after a while he finally managed to find a solution.
(Oh, yeah.... The reason why Philaret was still right was next to the Hero, though he was constantly ignored... It is because of his loneliness... And if I can overcome that loneliness... So, he would never rely on Pahlwan.... And I can avoid dealing with him as well.... But, uh,.... It means indirectly.... I'm dealing instead with one of his love interest targets, dong?..... Well, that's what I've been thinking lately.... Means now.... I have to behave like an older brother who cares for his younger sister).
After deciding what to take, Dylan broke down and began to fall asleep.
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Next morning.
After breakfast Dylan immediately went to the room that had been prepared for Filaret, when he got to the door he immediately knocked on her.
"Filaret, are you inside? Is this me Dylan? I'm in, huh?".
"Ah, yes... Please enter".
Getting permission from Filaret, Dylan immediately turned the doorknob and went inside. Filaret was standing facing the window.
"Good morning, Filaret".
"Good morning too, Mr. Dylan".
"By the way, why don't you have breakfast with us?".
"Sorry, Mr Dylan!? I'm still tired from yesterday's trip".
"Is that so!?.... Oh yeah, do you want to go around looking at this Mansion? Don't worry, let me guide you".
"I-it's not necessary, Mr Dylan!? It would be better if I was alone!? Anyways,.... I'm just... The one who broke up lives in this house!? It felt.... It is very insolent when.... People like me ask.... You to accompany me".
Hearing Filaret's reply made Dylan exhale deeply. Then he's Dylan talking again.
"Who says you're a "passenger"?.... I never thought you were like that".
Filaret gasped when she heard Dylan's words.
".......Have you forgotten!? That from today on you are part of the Arcadia family!? Which means you and I are brothers!? And fellow brothers, we need to look up to each other!? Then even though we're the same age, but I'm 5 months older than you!? So, from today on you can call me Nii-san!? And to get closer I'll call you Fila, how about".
"Am I really allowed?"
Filaret asked again with a trembling body and Dylan smiled even though his face remained flat as usual. Then Dylan stroked Philaret's head.
"Not adulterated anymore...... But, you should call me that..... We are brothers now".
"Alright sir-no... Dylan Nii-san's".
With an awkward expression Filaret began to call out to Dylan with the call of Nii-san.
And Dylan was so happy to be called that.
"Yosh, yeah,.... Since all your doubts are gone now, let me take you around the Mansion and introduce you to everyone who works here!? Go, Fila!?".
Dylan took Filaret by the hand and took her away. On one hand Filaret felt that Dylan's hand was warm and strong but not painful. Without Filaret realizing, she slowly began to smile.
From that day on they always spend time together like Brother and Sister.
Almost every day Dylan helped Filaret in noble etiquette lessons, became a dance panther, piano and violin practice and sometimes he taught Filaret how to control his magic.
While Filaret himself, he often participated in several Dylan activities such as morning sports, sword training, training in hand-to-hand combat techniques, learning magic together, helping him in developing BMF methods.
In addition they have other activities such as walking in the city together, going fishing on the beach and others.
Why did Filaret, a witch, join Dylan in sports? The answer is 2.
First, because Dylan once said "a magician must have a strong physique so that when he runs out of magic energy, he can still fight enemies and protect himself even without magic".
Second, because he really wants to be close to his brother, Dylan.
And their closeness is getting closer every day.
Then a small incident made Filaret's beautiful smile disappear for a moment.
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Some day.
Dylan invites Filaret to go to a forest close to the city.
Well, the reason why Dylan took her there was to see the results of Filaret's training and lessons in controlling her magic.
"alright,... Well, Fira now please show me the results of your training".
"Please pay attention, huh!? Nii-san's".
Firalet began to concentrate and gather all the magic energy into a ball form, the magic that Filaret practiced was light magic.
However, unfortunately the ball was unstable and eventually exploded.
"Yeah".
".... Fila, are you okay?".
Dylan reached out and helped Filaret to stand up.
"I'm fine, Nii-san!? Well, it looks like I failed again".
Filaret was now used to calling Dylan with Nii-san's call. Looking at Filaret's sad face, Dylan placed his left hand on Philaret's head and stroked her slowly.
".....Who said that it failed...... That's good, really".
"really?".
"... Ja,.....You just have to concentrate more and more and imagine the concept".
"That's so hard".
"I know that........ No need to rush!?.... Just relax!?..... After all, if you rush it will only interfere with concentration and mess with your mind....
Well, try to calm your mind, then try to control your magic energy with meditation as I teach".
"Alright, Nii-san sensei".
Filaret immediately meditated to control her magic energy. This proved to be very effective considering that it was difficult for him to control his magic energy.
".... Yosh, good Fila.... Keep it that way".
While Filaret was meditating, Dylan continued to watch her from the side. While continuing to give instructions.
"..... Well, now try to synchronize your magic energy with the magic energy from around you......".
But it is also synchronizing its magic energy with the magic energy of nature.
".... Don't block.... Let the energy in.... Stabilize...... And stay focused....".
Dylan kept giving his instructions and Filaret kept following him.
However, a moment later Dylan felt that something was wrong with Filaret. A few minutes ago his magic energy seemed to be very stable.
But, for some reason his magic energy was slowly starting to go awry. Early Dylan thought that Filaret lacked the concentration or body of natural magic energy that entered his body.
However, after careful attention.
Dylan could see Filaret's calm expression turning into an expression of fear, cold sweat began to pour out, and he began to concoct something vague.
*Why are you doing this to me? Wh why?*.
"Fila?".
*What's my fault? Why do you hate me so much*.
Dylan who faintly heard what Filaret muttered, was immediately startled because he knew what caused it.
(Watch!? His mind is muddled and experiences a flashback to his traumatic past).
*Stop...... Stop that..... Nee-san's chat..... I'm begging.... Stop*.
Dylan immediately ran towards Filaret who was still mumbling along with his increasingly unstable magic construction.
"STOP....... THE FILAAA... ".
Dylan ran over while extending his right hand to grab Filaret.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME........!!!!!".
Then when their distance suddenly occurred a huge explosion of magic energy with Filaret as the center of the explosion.
The explosion was Philaret's unstable magic energy in the form of a combination of the 3 elements he mastered, namely, Fire, Light and Lightning.
The powerful horn of the explosion made all the trees around burned and the ground exploded.
While Dylan himself was thrown several meters and suffered a fatal wound.
Even so, Dylan was still trying to stand up and look towards Fila who was currently cowering like a magical energy-protected fetus that continued to radiate endlessly.
"Philippines.....Ughhh".
Dylan vomited blood as a result of being bounced from the explosion. After vomiting blood several times. Dylan stood up and looked at Filaret.
(Damn it, I'm hurt pretty bad!? I didn't expect that girl to have this much magic!? Shit, even though I approached her so that I could survive in the future!? After all, in the end he will be a candidate of love interest Hero..... Uh?).
Dylan was suddenly startled, not by the power of Philaret or by fear.
(Eh?..... Woi, what the fuck is this?..... Why are my feet stepping on their own?...... What the hell is going on?.....Wouldn't it be better to run...... Why am I trying to get close..... If I come closer...... I could be hurt worse than this......Shit, don't want to stop.).
Although contrary to what he had in mind, his body automatically continued to walk around trying to get close to Filaret.
But, a lightning magic instantly struck his body.
An extremely strong electric shock ran through his body and knocked Dylan back down.
(Tuh, right?.... What did I say too?.... Better to escape..... Uh?).
Once again, Dylan stood up again and tried to walk closer to Filaret, limping.
(Woi, woi, woi,..... What am I doing, anyway?..... Am I not in my right mind?.... The lightning bolt was very painful........ It could even kill me to know.... Then why?.... Why can't I control this body?..).
Then a peg-shaped magic created from light magic immediately shot towards Dylan.
The pegs were immediately stuck in Dylan's body. But that did not stop him from approaching Filaret.
Then along with that a huge and hot burst of fire led to him.
The heat, the surrounding land began to turn red and of course Dylan also burned.
However, Dylan still tried to walk while dispelling the burst of fire with both hands.
With his body scarred, bloodied, burning and limping, he continued to stride to reach Filaret.
(Why?.... Why won't this body listen to my orders?..... Why do you keep moving forward?..... You could die to know?..... You could have left it here...!?...... But, uh,....... But, uh,........ I don't know why..... I'm feeling....... This is...your original self....Dylan).
The young man finally realized that Dylan van Arcadia was not only a character in the Game, now also part of him.
The young man had always mistaken Dylan for a careless character and did not care about anything other than himself.
In fact, he was now trying his hardest, with a body full of injuries and limping through bursts of fire, withstanding the rain of pegs of light, and the sting of lightning.
And why did Dylan keep stepping forward into danger? Because there is something in the bottom of his heart and subconscious.
The strong desire, the desire to save someone and that person was his half-sister Filaret.
After a long, exhausting, and painful struggle, Dylan reached for Filaret and hugged her tightly.
".... Already Fila.... Be calm.... There I am.... You're gonna be fine..... I will definitely protect you..... Because you're my sister.....".
Dylan tried to calm down Filaret who was crying in fear by saying everything would be fine.
Feeling Dylan's warm embrace and his gentle words. Making Filaret calm again and slowly his magic energy that was out of control became stable again.
".......Nii-san's".
Filaret slowly regained consciousness and called out to Dylan.
Dylan immediately let go of his embrace and looked at Filaret's face.
".... Thankfully,.... Now you're calm...".
Wiping away her tears, Filaret was immediately shocked to see Dylan's body full of stab wounds and burns.
"cw-san,.... You're.... Hurt pretty bad!?.... What the.... I've done".
"Hey, hey.... It wasn't your fault!? What matters.... Now..... You're doing fine".
Dylan tried to win over the panicked Filaret after seeing wounds almost all over his body as a result of him being unable to control his magic energy.
".... Well, because it's late afternoon..... Come.... We're... Pu's.... "
Not yet able to finish his words Dylan immediately abruk because of the lack of blood.
"Nii-san is? Nii-san?...... DYLAN NII-SAAN!!!".
Filaret panicked when she saw Dylan passing out in front of her. Realize that no one can help him. Filaret painstakingly carried Dylan himself back to the Arcadia Mansion.
Luckily, when he reached the gate the guards swiftly helped him and took them.
Arriving at the Mansion the team of doctors immediately treated Dylan both by Medical means and by healing magic.
Filaret decided to lock herself up in her dark room.
He was constantly regretting what had happened.
And began to think that what Father, Mother and her two sisters said was true, that Filaret was a Monster.
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2 Days later.
Dylan finally realized from his stupor, he tried to sit down and began to check his body condition.
No puncture scars or burn scars. This is all thanks to the existence of healing magic in this world, so that any wound can be healed without dying a scar.
The door opened and when Dylan turned to look at him, Sonia was his personal servant.
"Thank God Mr. Dylan finally regained consciousness".
"Sonia-san's chat...... How long.... I fainted?".
"About 2 days".
"Is that so? What about Fila? Is she okay?".
"Miss Filaret is fine, the doctors have examined her as well".
".... Thank God, if he's okay".
"just... ".
Sonia's face suddenly became clouded and Dylan who saw it raised one of her eyebrows and began to wonder.
"..... Miss Fila keeps confining herself in her room".
Sonia tells Dylan that Filaret locked herself in her room from the moment they got home, which means she didn't leave for 2 days.
The atmosphere became silent, Dylan's expression was still flat and calm upon hearing the news.
Then suddenly, Dylan tried to get down and walked slowly towards the exit. Sonia who saw that panicked and immediately tried to prevent it.
"Sir Dylan!? Where you going? Your condition is still not fully recovered!? You better rest".
"I'm fine, Sonia-san!?.....
Anyway, I have to go to Fila's room now".
"What did you say? Don't force yourself!? Let's get back soon.... ".
"SONYA-SAN......".
Sonia flinched and fell silent as Dylan called out her name with an intimidating aura so intense that she was dripping with cold sweat.
This was the first time he had seen his usually expressionless and calm Master let out a terrifying Aura.
Without caring about Sonia's fear, Dylan continued his words.
"...... I will still go to Filaret's room!? Be allowed or banned..... I don't care".
In the end Dylan kept walking out of the room towards Fila's room while enduring the pain.
Sonia's consciousness finally returned, and when she saw her Master walking out she immediately followed him from behind.
In front of Filaret's room, Dylan saw 2 servants standing at the door of his room.
They were constantly knocking on the door of Philaret's room but there was no answer.
When the 2 maids saw that Dylan was already there, they were shocked.
Ignoring their shock Dylan told them to step aside. And when he's at Dyla's door trying to knock him out.
"Philippines... You're inside... It's me your brother, Dylan".
Hearing Dylan's voice, Filaret who was daryitadi sat down crying while holding her knees raised her head.
"Yes, yeah,.... I'm inside".
".... Yosh, can you open the door!? ..... I'm so worried!?..... You haven't eaten in 2 days either".
"..... Sorry, but I can't!?.....You better stay away from me..... I don't want to hurt anyone else".
"uh? Fila, what are you talking about? Who did you hurt? Come on, open the door let me in".
"I SAID GO".
Filaret shouted out loud, leaving everyone shocked.
"PLEASE PLEASE!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!! I DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYONE ANYMORE!!!! I JUST WANT TO BE HAPPY!!!! BUT WHY CAN'T I WHILE OTHERS ARE HAPPY!!!! THEY CALLED ME "MONSTER"!!! I KEEP GOING AND KEEP TRYING TO DENY IT!!! BUT, NOW I REALIZE!!! THEY'RE RIGHT!!! MOM AND DAD ARE RIGHT!!! BIANCA NEE-SAN AND LISA NEE-SAN ARE RIGHT!!! I AM A HUMAN-SKINNED "MONSTER!!! I HURT THE PEOPLE AROUND ME!!! SO STAY AWAY FROM ME!!! I BEG YOU!!!!!....... I beg!?".
Sambli wept bitterly Filaret let out all his grievances during this time.
And the servants who heard put on complicated expressions, not knowing what to do.
But not with Dylan.
"..... Fila....!? If you're behind the door now I suggest you shift".
Hearing Dylan's warning, Filaret who had been behind the door immediately dodged.
"Impact"
Dylan cast a magic spell that blew the door of Filaret's room. It makes everyone surprised.
Without waiting any longer, Dylan walked into the room and stood in front of Filaret who was sitting in that.
The silence continued for a moment, and Dylan began to squat and watch Filaret and began to hug her tightly.
".... Nii-san is?".
The bewildered Filaret began to ask Dylan who immediately took off his embrace.
"Who said you were a monster?..... You never hurt anyone?..... Look, I'm okay now?..... You have great potential.... All you need to do is learn how to control it.... And if anyone calls you a "Monster".... I'll beat up that guy.... Even if they are your own parents..... Because that,.... Don't cry anymore, yeah".
Filaret immediately flinched, she recalled the day she had just come to the Arcadia Mansion.
He had thought Dylan was a cold and difficult figure to approach because he always had a flat expression.
But, it's all wrong.
It was precisely Dylan who was the first time, introduced himself and even constantly accompanied him.
Not only that, he also took a lot of time to teach him various things that he did not know, especially about magic.
Realizing this fact, and then Filaret cried out of sorrow.
But, because he knew that there were still people out there who would accept him.
Dylan who saw Filaret crying again smiled and hugged her while continuing to wait until she finished crying.
And for the second time, Dylan was unaware that what he was doing would bring change for himself and the World.
Once more.