I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 118

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From early morning, the Imperial Palace was turned upside down.

The knights on night duty had been found collapsed, and the Empress’s youngest sister had been attacked.

To be precise, Lilliana had suffered no harm.

Though the blankets and bed had been slashed to pieces, Lilliana had slept in Edgar’s room that night and was safe.

Upon grasping the situation, Edith’s eyes blazed with fury as she headed straight to the interrogation room.

“The corrupted black mages are not the culprits since we conducted interrogations throughout dawn yesterday.”

“So there are sect members or sympathizers within the Imperial Palace.”

Edith looked down at the blood-covered black mages.

“I too will do my best to kill your younger sibling.”

Razas’s voice echoed vividly in her mind.

If Lilliana hadn’t complained of feeling unwell yesterday and moved to Edgar’s room…

Edith bit her lip until it bled, then kicked the corrupted black mage to wake him up.

“Get up.”

“Ugh… Hnngh.”

The black mage opened his eyes with difficulty.

“Those with corruption suffer as their consciousness is stolen whenever the moon is full, right?”

Right now was not the full moon period.

Edith drew the sword that the support team had found when they raided the sect’s branch the day before.

It was a sword imbued with Razas’s power that emitted evil energy when blood touched its blade.

She plunged the sword directly into the black mage’s thigh.

“Aaaahhh! Aaaahhh-!”

The sword, having absorbed the black mage’s blood, unleashed Razas’s power. The black mage began trembling violently.

His pain-filled eyes grew hazy and his screaming lips hung open like a fool’s.

“You can’t resist the corruption.”

Though they had both gained power through contracts, perhaps because the subjects offered as sacrifices were different, unlike Francois, the black mage was instantly possessed.

“What a pleasant face to look at.”

Razas smiled mockingly.

“How does it feel to have failed at killing my sister?”

“If I had just a little more time, I would have found her and slaughtered her in the end.”

“It was quite a clumsy attempt. If you couldn’t use magic, you should have infiltrated with more reliable information.”

“You’re trying to test me.”

Edith burst into laughter. Razas had chosen a sword rather than black magic.

She needed to determine whether it was because he feared Lilliana’s ability or because the assassin who received orders was someone who couldn’t use magic.

Only then could she be certain whether the one roaming within the Imperial Palace was a corrupted mage or a sect member.

Razas noticed Edith’s intention and sneered.

“Well, I’ll admit it. I haven’t properly narrowed down the suspects yet. But if I can’t find the culprit, I’ll just sweep away all the suspects.”

“Work hard at it.”

“Yes. Farewell.”

When Edith bid farewell, Razas snapped the black mage’s neck and disappeared.

She looked down at the corpse and asked Marco, who had just entered the interrogation room.

“Where’s Emilia?”

“She’s arrived.”

Moving to the conference room, they saw Emilia, pale as a sheet.

“Is Lilliana okay?”

“She’s fine. She doesn’t even know she was threatened. I told everyone around to watch their mouths since finding out would only frighten her.”

This wasn’t just any problem—it was a death threat. It wasn’t something to tell a child who was only ten years old.

An adult’s duty is to protect children.

That protection is only complete when the situation is resolved without the child knowing they were protected.

“Explain the situation first. Everything suspicious, everything questionable.”

Edith laid out all the information—the circumstances revealed during the attempted crime, suspects, and her own speculations.

“And the culprit broke into the sacred relic storage.”

“The sacred relic storage?”

“Several bottles of black holy water stored there have disappeared. We deliberately kept them in the sacred relic storage to reduce the cursed energy of the holy water.”

“Were they trying to attack Lilliana using the black holy water?”

“If that were the case, they would have used it more meticulously to kill Lilliana.”

“To risk danger while seeking black holy water… it means they needed it quite badly.”

Emilia swept her hair back and stood up from her seat.

“Let’s check the suspects first.”

* * *

The Acolyte was utterly shocked to learn that one of the Empress’s sisters who had appeared in Trowance was the Holy Maiden.

“It’s, it’s an honor!”

“Not at all. The honor is mine. Ah, brother-in-law. Are these all the suspects?”

“Yes.”

Emilia rubbed the black holy water in the jar with her hands to examine it.

Having fully recognized the energy, she examined each suspect to find traces of the holy water’s presence.

“I don’t sense black holy water or Razas’s energy from the corrupted mages. Did you check if there are any powerless sect members among the palace maids?”

“Since there’s no way to distinguish whether they’re Razas sect members or not, we’re using other means as much as possible.”

“That makes sense too.”

Edith, who had been examining the suspects, suddenly frowned.

“Enzo. Where’s Rebecca? Why isn’t that woman here?”

“That woman was locked in her room yesterday. The door was locked from outside too.”

“What do you mean?”

“Lilliana locked her up. She said she’s been using her as her personal maid for a few days— Edith!”

Sensing an ominous sign, Edith immediately rushed out of the Knight Order.

* * *

After running a low fever all night, by morning my body began aching in earnest.

I wrapped myself tightly in blankets and swallowed medicine.

“Edgar. It’s too noisy outside.”

“Even though I told them to be quiet… just wait a moment.”

Edgar went outside to tell them to be careful.

I curled up inside the blankets.

‘Is Edith working?’

Liliana would be watching the children, and Emilia would have gone to the Magic Tower.

Being sick made me feel a little sorry for myself. In Trowance, when I was sick, my sisters would take turns nursing me.

In the Empire…

‘I hate Marius, but I miss him.’

When I was sick, he would take over nursing duties from Edith, claiming that as a man, he had better stamina.

When I had no appetite and skipped meals, he would secretly make Emilia-style spiced pasta for me without Edith knowing.

Each time, the courtiers would faint in shock that the Emperor was cooking himself.

When I recovered, Marius would smile even brighter than me, giving me piggyback rides and personally running around the playground to play with me.

That’s why I love Marius so much, but I hate him.

Both Marius and I had become a real family during that time, but he ruined our bond.

“I don’t even want to see his face.”

It was when I pulled the blanket over my head.

Creak.

When the sound of the door opening came and I peeked my face out from under the blanket, I saw Rebecca.

“Rebecca? Why did you come out of the room? I told you to stay inside.”

“I was worried about Lady Lilliana.”

“I’m fine, so don’t take even one step outside the room.”

“I don’t want to.”

Rebecca knelt down under the bed, lowering her body. She brushed the curly hair away from my cheek and said.

“Lilliana. Do you remember me?”

“…Rebecca?”

“Miss Rebecca.”

She smiled faintly as she corrected how I addressed her.

I pushed my body to the edge of the bed.

My memories from before regression are hazy, but sad emotions like betrayal come back vividly.

“You said you couldn’t remember anything.”

“Seeing you made me remember everything. You must have felt hurt by me a lot, right?”

“How did you recover your memories?”

“Well.”

What on earth is going on here?

In the midst of confusion, I asked a question I had harbored for a long time.

“Miss Rebecca. Why were you kind to me?”

“Because I pitied you. You were captured as a prisoner at such a young age. Let’s say it was sympathy.”

“Weren’t you sorry?”

Rebecca shrugged her shoulders. Looking at her made my anger flare up.

The reason I was angry at Marius was because I truly considered Marius family.

Even if he couldn’t replace Andrea, he meant something like my closest uncle or older brother.

But Rebecca is different. She is nothing to me. She can’t be anything.

“It was a country that deserved to fall. Because of what my father did, they terribly blamed me and my mother. Thanks to that, we had to move around and wander to all sorts of places.”

“Then what about me? Because of your father, I lost my parents and my sister too.”

Rebecca didn’t even pretend to listen to my words. Instead, she rubbed her arms and let out an annoyed sigh.

“You’re not even human.”

“If you hate me, feel free to resent and hate me. That’s fine, isn’t it.”

“I’m going to call my sisters. My sisters know everything now.”

“Even your older sister?”

Gasp.

I unconsciously swallowed my breath.

“What kind of face would she make if she knew the secret that her husband was the person who killed her sister in a past life? Would she be able to fully love the children born between them?”

My hands hidden under the blanket began to tremble.

Rebecca smiled a cruel smile that was even more vicious because it looked so innocent.

“Wh-what do you want?”

Rebecca’s gaze turned toward my neck.

The moment I was scared and gripped the blanket tightly like a shield.

“Lilliana. It’s dangerous, so come behind me.”

Marius was standing at the bedroom entrance with his sword drawn and a terrifying expression, though I didn’t know when he had arrived.

Rebecca checked on Marius and greeted him in a sweet voice.

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