"But..." She raised her head in a daze, Lynn's relaxed expression reflected in her eyes, and said:
"There's so much..."
Lynn's expression froze.
But almost instantly, Lynn regained his relaxed expression, wiped her clean with lightning speed, and patted her head. He said:
"Didn't I already tell you? This is perfectly normal. Besides, it only happened because you accidentally touched it, Alice. Don't let it bother you. You just did what I was planning to do anyway!"
Lynn felt as though he was on the verge of falling apart.
Alice looked at her hand in bewilderment and said:
"R-really?"
Drenched in sweat, Lynn explained, "Of course! So don't let it bother you at all, Alice. It's really nothing that extraordinary. It's actually a cursed object I've been suppressing. It's just that the enormous drain on my mental power let it start showing signs of breaking through the seal, and you simply helped me suppress it again."
Alice asked in bewilderment, "A cursed object?"
Lynn adjusted the Monocle and explained, "Y-yes. It's a kind of cursed object that needs to release its malice at regular intervals..."
"You know how a cup overflows when it's full, right?"
Alice nodded blankly.
Lynn raised a finger and closed his eyes. "It's the same principle. You just accidentally touched the mechanism and happened to help your big brother pour some water out of that full cup!"
"You could say you were actually a huge help, Alice!"
He felt an urge to drop dead on the spot.
After listening to Lynn's explanation in bewilderment, Alice said, "I-is that how it works?"
Lynn smiled and placed his large hand on her head. "Of course. So don't think you did anything wrong, Alice. And if you didn't do anything wrong, how could I blame you? I'm far too