I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 111

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Since I had stayed at Liliana’s house and gone back and forth several times, Francois’ mansion wasn’t unfamiliar to me.

I opened the door and entered the manor together with Edgar, who was following behind me.

The inside of the manor wasn’t the scenery we knew.

All the fascinating magical items that had sparked our curiosity whenever we visited were broken and rolling around on the floor, and the stairs were damaged in places, requiring repair work.

“It looks like thieves broke in. I’ll go look for the coachman, so you go call Lady Emilia.”

“Uncle will be fine. He’s the Marquis after all.”

“Still, let’s prepare for any possible danger.”

“Then you can go instead.”

“Haa.”

Edgar let out a big sigh and pulled me behind him.

“Stay behind me. Got it?”

“Got it.”

Edgar took the lead, silently looking around the interior.

“The coachman doesn’t seem to be home. If he were here, he wouldn’t have left the house like this.”

Just then, we heard creaking sounds from the end of the corridor.

Edgar and I held our breath and quickly hid under the stairs.

Edgar’s hand gripping mine tightened with force.

“It might be Uncle Francois.”

“It could be thieves too.”

As the footsteps grew closer, Edgar whispered.

“You stay here. I’ll go check who it is.”

After saying that, Edgar rushed out from under the stairs.

I anxiously waited for Edgar to return.

If thieves had really broken in, it would obviously be dangerous without any adults around.

‘Why isn’t he coming back? Nothing happened to him, right?’

It felt like Edgar had been gone for less than a minute, but it already seemed like a month had passed.

Just as I was about to either follow him or quickly return home to wake up Liliana.

“Lilliana! You can come out!”

Edgar appeared with Francois, shouting loud enough to echo through the corridor.

“He said the house exploded a little because an experiment failed yesterday. Thank goodness it wasn’t thieves.”

“Edgar, come here quickly!”

I quickly jumped out from hiding under the stairs and pulled Edgar away from Francois.

My sisters had already been used, but Edgar was off-limits.

I tried to protect Edgar by shielding him with my body.

“Hey, Lilliana. What’s wrong?”

“Uncle. Edgar is off-limits. If you approached Edgar too, I’ll never forgive you.”

Francois made a troubled face and forced a smile, then knelt on one knee to meet my eye level.

“Lilliana. You have a lot to say to Uncle, don’t you?”

“A lot! Uncle, why didn’t you come apologize to me? I have no intention of forgiving you, but you should be crying and apologizing to me.”

Seeing his face brought back vividly the emotions I thought had been mostly processed.

Edgar grabbed my sleeve and shook it in confusion, but I didn’t care.

“You were nice to me on purpose, right? You actually found me annoying and disliked me, but you wanted to be friends because you wanted something. I know everything now.”

Tears welled up in my eyes. Sniff. I swallowed and continued speaking.

“You think I don’t know anything because I’m only ten years old? But I only don’t know because you didn’t explain! I understand and grasp everything too!”

Edgar, realizing the situation was serious, quietly moved from behind me to the side.

Francois, who had lost his words, anxiously bit his lips for a while before opening his mouth.

“Uncle didn’t come to you because he thought you’d hate his apology. Uncle did something terribly wrong, but you’re so kind that you might forgive him even if you didn’t want to. But seeing you now, Uncle’s thinking was wrong.”

“….”

“Uncle will explain everything to you. I got permission, so I can tell you everything now. After that, I want to apologize.”

I thought for a moment and then nodded.

“Fine. Edgar. Go tell Liliana that I’m talking with Uncle Francois and will come back later.”

“Will you be okay alone? If it’s dangerous, I’ll stay with you.”

“I’ll be fine. Please, Edgar.”

Edgar looked back and forth between me and Francois before leaving the manor.

With just us remaining, Francois led me to the drawing room.

Click.

I didn’t even glance at the blueberry strawberry chocolate cake and white milk that Francois brought out.

‘How cunning!’

If he thought he could smooth things over with such bribes, he was mistaken.

Now that I’m an aunt, I’m no longer the same old Lilliana.

“Lilliana. Uncle heard about the situation from Liliana. You remembered it as a book, right?”

“Now I know that wasn’t a book.”

“Right. It’s not a book. That’s the past.”

Francois slowly confessed while gauging my mood.

His meeting with Rebecca Marchione, using her worship of his power to delay the erosion, and his journey to Trobancha to find abilities.

“Uncle’s kidnapping of Lilliana back then was an unforgivable act. I was on the verge of losing my mind and committed beastly acts.”

Francois couldn’t even lift his head in front of me, his face full of self-loathing.

Meanwhile, I became dizzy from the explanation that the original novel was actually memories from a previous life, and began aggressively devouring the cake I had been ignoring.

I couldn’t taste the blueberry or cream flavors. I hoped the cake’s insanely sweet taste would make me happy as usual.

Because of my strange behavior, Francois anxiously bit his lips and apologized.

“…Uncle is very sorry.”

Instead of answering, I chewed the blueberry that was on top of the cake.

When I drank the milk, the blueberry taste was washed away.

Clank.

I put down my fork and glass and spoke.

“Uncle. You didn’t explain how you turned back time.”

“That’s….”

“Why are you trying to keep it secret? You said you’d explain everything.”

When I answered sharply rather than sensitively, Francois let out a deep sigh. Then my eyes narrowed too.

“If you don’t explain properly, that’s not an explanation but an excuse. Uncle. Explain properly.”

“Where on earth did you learn to say such things… Fine, I understand. I’ll tell you. So stop glaring at me.”

I’ve lived as the youngest of my sisters for 10 years now, and if I can’t be this sharp, I should give up the youngest title.

“Turning back time was the power of a certain ability user. I won’t tell you who that person is. That’s not something I should reveal.”

“Fine. I understand. Then tell me honestly now. You approached our Liliana on purpose, didn’t you?”

“The beginning was impure, but I’m sincere about Emilia. The same goes for you, Lilliana.”

“That’s not the fact I want to know!”

Since they’ve even written marriage vows, regardless of how it started, there must be some sincerity.

But knowing Francois’ sincerity doesn’t change the past.

“I was hurt because of Uncle.”

Francois’ shoulders flinched. He swallowed his breath with a face that had turned pale as if he might vomit immediately.

“If you did that to me in the past life, you shouldn’t have approached me on purpose this time. I thought we were friends, but we shared a friendship built on sand.”

At first, I was afraid of Francois. He was a terrifying wizard in the original story.

But the Francois I saw up close was kind and considerate, someone who liked children like me and Edgar.

So I forgot about my intention to monitor him and liked him like a friend, thinking of him like family, but that wasn’t the case.

“Thank you for explaining today. But I don’t want to see Uncle anymore.”

Not wanting to be in the same space anymore, I got up from my seat and immediately left the manor.

Francois watched me enter through the gate of Liliana’s house with a gloomy expression.

Bang!

After closing the gate, I let the tears I had been holding back fall.

‘I hate everyone…’

I felt strange. Really strange.

I was depressed but relieved, and though relieved, the sadness was much greater.

I wanted to go home and cry my heart out.

I frequently go back and forth between the Imperial Palace and the Waldrafen Estate, so I don’t know which is really my home.

Liliana and Edgar, who had been sitting side by side in front of the entrance, ran to me as soon as they saw me.

“Sister…”

I ran to Liliana while crying pitifully.

Though Liliana held me tightly in her arms, the sorrow didn’t disappear.

Instead, my crying grew louder.

Before my regression, Liliana risked her life to stop Francois in order to help me escape.

‘That dream was real.’

The same goes for Edgar.

Even if time was turned back, the fact that Liliana and Edgar sacrificed themselves for me doesn’t disappear.

Just like the wrongs Francois did to me don’t disappear.

What has already happened cannot be undone.

Because that fact was so heartbreaking, I cried until my eyes were swollen.

* * *

Edith had a private meeting with the Order’s maid that Leopold had rescued.

She looked quite haggard from her hardships at the Order, but she was a woman with striking red hair.

“Miss Rebecca. You say you have no memory.”

“Yes? Yes. I don’t remember anything. One day I opened my eyes and found myself captured by the Order.”

Since the examination showed she wasn’t under dark magic, there was a high possibility she had lost her memory due to head trauma from assault or an accident.

“What did you do at the Order?”

“If, if I tell you everything, can you help me? I want to go home. I want to see my family too.”

“We’ll do our best to help find your family, Miss Rebecca.”

Perhaps believing that proving her usefulness would improve her situation, Rebecca squeezed her eyes shut and confessed.

“I was a maid serving the Ritualist!”

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