The SSS-rank Guide Doesn't Need Saving novel Chapter 66

Chapter 66: The Fine Arts of Twisting Necks

Irene hadn’t expected Aisha to grab her like this. The fingers digging into her arm were so tight it made her wince before she could stop herself. She tried to twist free, but Aisha’s hold didn’t budge an inch.

She couldn’t even fight back properly, not with Zenick standing right behind them. So instead she let her voice tremble and made her eyes go wide and glassy, the way she’d always done it in the past and made everyone side with her.

"Aisha, you’re hurting me. Please, let go."

She glanced past Aisha’s shoulder toward their brother, making sure he could see her face clearly, and see the fear in her face. "Don’t do this in front of our older brother. He just got back from such a long trip. He must be so tired already."

Aisha didn’t loosen her grip at all. If anything, her fingers tightened.

"Last chance," she said, voice flat and cold. "Tell me where you heard it or I will break things again."

Inside, Irene felt a small thrill of satisfaction rise up through the sting in her arm. A few days ago, Aisha had thrown a tantrum, smashing pots and glasses in front of their mother and Theon. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Though her scheme of turning Aisha into someone who could steal from her younger sister didn’t happen because her bracelet was not found in her room, her plan still worked out well for her then. Everyone had seen Aisha as volatile, dangerous, someone who couldn’t control her own temper.

Now a new witness was standing right there. It was their eldest brother, who had always seemed too soft and considerate of Aisha, too willing to overlook her faults and make excuses for her. If he saw this with his own eyes, if he watched Aisha threaten violence over something so trivial, surely even he would stop taking her side so easily.

Irene had been worried about this exact thing since he arrived. Zenick had always shown Aisha more patience than anyone else in the family. If he continued being partial toward her, it would only make things more difficult in the future.

But now, with this scene playing out right in front of him, he’d finally see what Irene had been trying to tell everyone all along.

She opened her mouth, ready to drag this out a little longer, to make Aisha look even more unreasonable the longer this continued.

"Aisha, I—"

She never got the chance to finish her words.

While Irene was still mid-word, Aisha’s hand left her arm and closed around her throat instead.

Irene’s eyes went wide.

This wasn’t what she expected at all. And for half a second, real fear cut through her and almost made her flinch.

But underneath that fear, something else was already stirring. A small, ugly kind of glee. She thought that Aisha was really stupid and blinded by rage for doing this in front of their brother.

Grabbing her by the throat... did she think their brother would allow it? Rather, this would be the end of whatever soft spot Zenick still had for her. He would see exactly what kind of person Aisha really was, and he would never look at her the same way again!

The corner of Irene’s mouth twitched, rising just slightly, so faint it should have been unnoticeable.

But before that small smile could fully form and before she could enjoy the moment of watching Aisha ruin herself so carelessly, she heard Aisha laugh. A low and short laugh devoid of any warmth.

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