I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 105

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Derek thought the inspectors from Trobancha would be similar to the knight order.

Judging by their knowledge and manner of speaking, they clearly seemed to be of noble birth or had received elite education like knights.

“…Your Majesty the Empress. This is….”

Edith pulled him back, signaling him to be quiet.

Enzo had started going through the list of smuggled goods that had been seized by the imperial smuggling department a few days ago.

He found folk medicine that was supposedly good for blood circulation and tracked down the prison where the corresponding smuggler was held.

“This guy is just an ordinary smuggler.”

“Hmm. We’ll see about that.”

Marco began mixing the powder with water. Then Enzo massaged the smuggler’s shoulders, telling him to relax.

“Don’t be nervous.”

“What, what are you trying to do? Why all of a sudden….”

“You look pale, so we’re giving you medicine to make you healthy.”

“I, I, I don’t, ack!”

Enzo pressed the smuggler’s jaw firmly and forced his mouth open.

Marco tried to pour the powder-mixed water into his mouth, but failed due to the violent resistance.

“Oh my. Spilling such expensive stuff. Marco. You should have pushed it in properly.”

“It would’ve worked if you had held him properly.”

While Marco mixed the powder medicine again, Enzo massaged the smuggler’s arms firmly to calm him down.

“Acting like that powder is poison or something. You said it was a health supplement. Then you should eat it yourself to prove it.”

“I’m, I’m, I’m sorry! I’ll tell you everything, so please spare my life! I’ll tell you everything!”

“What? What could a lowly smuggler like you possibly know. Hey, Marco. Hold this guy tight with telekinesis. I’ll feed him this time.”

When Marco gave a look, the smuggler couldn’t move a single finger below his neck.

The terrified smuggler shed tears and confessed.

“I know everything you knights want! I can call the dark mages I know! I, I also know a bit about the Razas Order!”

“He says he knows, Edith?”

Enzo and Marco both turned to look at Edith simultaneously.

When Edith nodded, Enzo grinned and patted the smuggler’s head.

“Smart guy. No need to use logic.”

The two dragged the smuggler to an interrogation room blocked on all sides.

Derek, bewildered, asked Dalia who was beside him.

“Was that powder some fake health supplement made from mouse droppings?”

“It’s black holy water.”

“Excuse me? Black holy water?”

“When that powder is dissolved in water, it becomes a drug enchanted with dark magic. The effect is… if released into the sea, it pollutes the water and kills marine life, and if a person drinks it, they become a puppet. They become beings that obey the commands of whoever created the black holy water.”

“Then… why didn’t we know about this?”

“Not many people know the true nature of that powder. We decided to keep it secret, judging that revealing it to the public would plunge society into terror.”

Edith spoke to Leopold, who had been watching silently until now.

“That’s what they’re trying to create through terrorism. Creating black holy water requires the blessing of death.”

“Then the terrorism that occurred in the Empire was also….”

“To make that stuff.”

“How does the Razas Order plan to use the black holy water?”

“Edith, I mean, Her Majesty the Empress and we don’t know much about that part either. The ones we captured in Trobancha were people from the order’s branch. The branch members didn’t know anything… What’s certain is that they definitely weren’t planning to use it for good.”

Right on cue, Marco came out of the interrogation room.

“The order’s gathering is tomorrow at 2:30 AM.”

Leopold swallowed a sigh after checking the note with the location written on it.

“The forest in the suburbs.”

“Captain. These guys seem to be planning to create dark mages in the forest tomorrow.”

“I, Lorenzo, Dalia, and Leopold will go.”

“What? It’s dangerous for Your Majesty the Empress to go.”

“That’s the most terrible joke I’ve heard all year.”

Dalia grinned and high-fived Marco.

“Is it my turn for the next logic lesson?”

“Today’s student wasn’t great, but next time will definitely be fun.”

Derek trembled as he watched the inspectors who called threats and torture “logic lessons.”

When they were joking around and drinking coffee, he had just thought of them as amusing foreigners, but now it seemed he shouldn’t treat them carelessly.

‘I should be respectful from now on.’

And he resolved never to be insolent to Her Majesty the Empress, who seemed no different from them, just as he had for the past three years.

‘I must have been crazy to underestimate Her Majesty the Empress’s swordsmanship skills in the past.’

Derek slightly hunched his massive muscular body and resolved to be humble, and humble again.

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Emilia refused even her favorite veal and shook her legs nervously.

“I think it’s right to confess honestly. Our big sister has good intuition.”

“Then confess everything.”

“Isn’t it too cruel to just worry her when we can’t even return to Trobancha?”

“Then don’t tell her.”

“Hey! When I’m in such life-threatening anguish, you should listen seriously and help me come up with wisdom together!”

Francois was fed up with the “repeating the same thing” that had been going on for days, so he put down his fork and knife and buried his face in his palms.

“I’m sick of you.”

“This bastard… We’re bound by fate. We’re already in the same boat!”

“Only at times like this are we ‘we.'”

When Francois glared at her as if she were annoying, Emilia subtly averted her gaze.

For some reason, those yellow eyes that used to look irritating now seemed quite warm today.

‘Somehow he looks a bit sulky too.’

Just like an adolescent girl.

“How about confessing during summer vacation? As you said, we can’t hide it forever, so we can gather detailed information about Andrea’s health until then and reassure her.”

“Good idea. You’re right. If I could, I’d want to cross over to Trobancha and bestow some divine power on him.”

“You said your divine power didn’t have much effect during the Victoria ship terror incident either.”

“I can have a supporting effect, but I can’t heal. Fundamentally, it requires paying a price, so brother has to bear it entirely himself.”

“Even that much would be a great help to Andrea. Don’t you really have any thoughts of returning?”

“I don’t know. I’m troubled too.”

Since Regina was too busy with childcare to think straight, if Emilia returned, Edith would inevitably become very lonely.

But she felt she couldn’t continue neglecting her sick brother either.

Feeling troubled, Emilia pressed her forehead firmly with her palm.

“By the way, I promised to go see a mime performance with Lilliana, could you tell Lady Edith for me? I think she’d feel sorry if I went myself.”

“So after all that whining, you ended up asking me. If you do everything she asks like that, the child will get spoiled.”

“What can I do. I want to do everything for her.”

Having done what she did, she ended up being good to her out of guilt if nothing else.

But the child was lovable beyond just guilt.

“If uncle gets sick, I’ll be too sad. Don’t get sick and play with me for a long, long time.”

A child who, despite vaguely sensing that a demon slept within him, worried rather than feared.

If Emilia was salvation, then Lilliana was like the sun. As if telling him it was okay to be under the sunlight.

Seeing Francois’s completely dejected shoulders, Emilia felt sorry for him and playfully lightened the mood as usual.

“Sunfish. Don’t be scared of a future that hasn’t happened yet.”

“I told you not to call me that.”

Seeing him not just jump but tremble, it was a very appropriate choice.

“Right. Lord Sunfish.”

Francois quietly bit down on his lower lip. The area around where his teeth pressed turned redder than usual.

Combined with the deep gaze that had seduced countless women in the capital, it created a strangely sensual atmosphere.

‘This bastard isn’t making that expression on purpose, is he? Otherwise, there’s no way he’d look like that when he’s not even my type.’

It all started that day.

“If I change to suit you, will you make room for me in your life?”

Ever since that day when he acted like a deer trying to stay strong despite being hurt, Francois Cassel keeps not looking like Francois Cassel.

“I’m coming with you to the mime performance. I’m worried because dark mages have been rampant lately.”

“Do I look like someone who can’t even handle dark mages?”

“I’m worried you might be affected. The erosion hasn’t completely stopped progressing, has it?”

“…You’re right, I really am a sunfish.”

Francois frowned as if displeased.

He might not care about others, but he wanted to look strong and cool to Emilia, and it seemed like the opposite was happening.

Well, considering how we got entangled from the start, what can you do.

“Don’t blame yourself too much. You may be a bit of a sunfish, but um, you’re tall, good at magic, and pretty handsome, right? You have many good points.”

“Handsome?”

When Francois’s expression instantly brightened, Emilia answered with slight confusion.

“Huh? Yeah. Objectively handsome.”

After saying that, Francois’s face looked different to her.

Before, she had only thought he wasn’t her type, but looking at him again like this, he really was handsome.

A little—no, very much so.

So much that it was damn annoying.

‘Huh? Huhhh?’

Emilia couldn’t believe her own thoughts and pulled her body back with her mouth agape.

Suddenly, the flower boy sunfish appeared to be a beautiful creature with a halo shining behind him.

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