I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 120

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Francois struggled desperately not to lose consciousness.

If he went berserk in a place without sealing magic, it would be a disaster.

“You don’t know how much I missed seeing you resist. That damn Holy Maiden took away one of my entertainments, which was quite disappointing.”

Razas chuckled and followed him with light steps.

Francois, holding his head with both hands, panted as he opened the underground prison door.

The knights who should have been standing guard outside had all fainted due to the power that exploded from Razas in an instant as the descent spell ended.

“I’d rather die than let you take my body.”

Even though just maintaining his sanity was exhausting enough to make him gasp for breath, he recited an incantation and cast magic.

Once the simple sealing magic was complete, Francois pulled out a small sword hidden in his chest and gripped it tightly.

It was to stab himself the moment he was certain he couldn’t maintain his sanity.

“Huu.”

Francois closed his eyes and concentrated his mind.

He tried to center himself internally while ignoring the worms gnawing away at his brain, but he could barely endure the pain he was experiencing after so long.

Then someone’s face came to mind.

Emilia, who had faint dimples on her cheeks when she smiled and tucked her blonde hair behind her ears.

Her sharp yet meticulous gaze, confident way of speaking, and low voice for a woman… As he thought of her, Francois felt as if the sun was rising within him.

‘Emilia.’

Death had to be postponed.

No matter what happened, he wanted to live and be with Emilia.

He was just now subtly approaching her as a man, so he couldn’t fall so meaninglessly.

‘I want to spend many more days with you.’

At that moment, something hot filled the hole in his head.

The worm that had been gnawing at his mind stopped moving and curled up.

As light descended into the hole, Razas shouted.

“Damn Holy Maiden! You think I’ll just stand by and watch!”

Francois’s consciousness flowed into another hole connected to the first one.

“The Ritualist is nowhere to be seen…”

“Then we should elect a new Ritualist…”

“Loyalty to Lord Razas!”

The consciousness of other black mages brushed past, and everything they saw and said flowed in.

In a brief moment, people kept changing rapidly.

Francois confirmed the numerous holes of the black mages. They were holes that had taken root even larger and more roughly.

Then he entered someone’s hole.

In fact, having had their body and soul stolen, it couldn’t even be called a hole. It was closer to a large, deep swamp.

“Die!”

When Edith’s fist and black magic collided in mid-air, a strong explosive sound was created.

Marius snatched a sword from a fallen soldier’s arms and charged. Razas twisted his lips.

“Francois. Watch carefully. Today I will kill those bastards and deal with Lilliana Berchio.”

The power that rose from Razas’s fingertips began turning the surroundings to ash.

Deal with Lilliana? The moment he was consumed by anger, his consciousness bounced out and returned to his original body.

“Huk. Huk.”

Francois tried to regain his senses while catching his rough breath.

He had to quickly get up and go help Edith and Marius.

But having entered and exited Razas’s inner self with a human soul, just calming his heart that felt like it would burst immediately was killing him.

Razas aimed for exactly this moment.

Because he needed to subdue Francois Cassel even for just one moment.

“Agh!”

Razas didn’t hesitate to kick Francois.

“Kugh!”

Francois, hit in the solar plexus, tried to wiggle his fingers to cast magic, but Razas was faster.

Grabbing him by the collar, he forced black holy water into Francois’s mouth.

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As soon as I escaped the Imperial Palace, I grabbed a passing knight and shouted.

“Sir! Please help! My sister is in danger!”

It was strange that no one was looking into the chaos at the Imperial Palace when my eldest sister and Marius were fighting Rebecca.

It was as if black magic was covering up the commotion that occurred in the Imperial Palace.

“Little one!”

When I quickly turned my head, I could see my youngest sister running from the far end.

Leopold was also next to my youngest sister.

“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Youngest sister! Rebecca used black magic on eldest sister and brother-in-law, and then, then…”

“Rebecca? You don’t mean Rebecca Marchione?”

“Yes. We have to go quickly! Brother-in-law, hurry! Eldest sister is in danger!”

Leopold, having received the situation report, was about to leave us and head to the Imperial Palace.

But my youngest sister stopped him.

“Brother-in-law, take the children to a safe place. This problem is more suitable for me than for you.”

My youngest sister looked precisely in the direction where Rebecca was.

Golden patterns rose above the hand that passed me over.

“That’s Razas. Not a fragment planted in a hole, but Razas who has completely devoured a body.”

The Holy Maidens in books would cry pitifully or smile gently, but our youngest sister had a fierce expression as if she would strike down a demon.

“It would be good to be careful.”

When Leopold bowed, my youngest sister created a huge pattern above both palms and ran off.

Leopold picked me up and ran in the opposite direction.

“I should go get Edgar.”

“Where is Edgar?”

“In the greenhouse.”

The greenhouse wasn’t very far from the Imperial Palace.

Perhaps because he was so tall and had good athletic ability, Leopold quickly arrived at the greenhouse even while carrying me, who was now quite big.

Edgar was in one corner of the greenhouse, looking at a lemon tree and asking the caretaker various questions.

“I created an environment as similar to Trobancha as possible, so why aren’t the lemons growing in clusters? She said that eating lemon juice when sick would give her an appetite.”

“Edgar!”

“Brother? Huh? Lilliana. Are you okay?”

Edgar came running at full speed.

As soon as Leopold confirmed Edgar was safe, he quickly explained.

“Edgar. The Palace is dangerous right now, so you’ll have to stay at my house for a while. Let’s hurry and leave.”

“What? What on earth is happening?”

“I’ll explain that later.”

Leopold walked quickly and Edgar ran to match his pace as they went to the carriage storage.

The aura drifting from the direction of the Imperial Palace in the distance became more terrifying, making it hard to breathe.

“Brother-in-law. Will our sisters be okay?”

“Don’t worry. They can all defeat someone like Razas anytime.”

“But…”

It was when Leopold, who had roughly patted my head, was about to push me into the carriage.

“Lilliana.”

Francois stood blocking the entrance to the carriage storage.

“Francois. Did you hear about the situation?”

“Yes. Lazarus is active while wearing someone else’s skin.”

“Time is of the essence. Quickly—”

I grabbed my hem and pulled Leopold toward me.

“That’s not Uncle Francois.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Lilliana. Are you still angry? Uncle is sorry.”

The demon king who had taken over Francois’s body sparkled his eyes.

It was clearly the same smile as usual, but strangely I could distinctly feel it was a different person.

The smile Lazarus wore looked hollow and cruel.

‘It was only natural that Marius recognized Rebecca at first glance.’

Leopold drew his sword.

When the blade pointed toward him, Francois clicked his tongue as if it were ridiculous.

“Lilliana, Edgar. You know how to ride horses without adult help, right?”

“Don’t worry, brother. I’ll help Lilliana escape safely.”

“Leopold. Don’t get hurt. Understood?”

“Yes. Don’t worry.”

We ran toward the pony.

Bang! Behind us, an aura-infused sword and black magic collided.

The air roared so violently that for a moment our bodies swayed.

When I reflexively tried to look back, Edgar grabbed my hand and pulled me.

“Don’t look! Us hesitating won’t help at all!”

Crash! Bang!

Broken carriage pieces flew all the way to us.

Edgar opened the stable door. Edgar let me mount first.

I put my foot in the stirrup and climbed onto the pony.

Then just as Edgar was about to mount behind me.

Crash!

The stable roof separated from the wall as if cut by a knife and flew far away.

Francois, who had thrown Leopold far away, flew through the air and landed in front of us.

Thud.

The eerie sound of shoes hitting the ground gave me chills.

“Lilliana. Go.”

“Edgar, what about you?”

“Go first.”

How could he try to face Lazarus alone when he wasn’t even that tall and wasn’t holding a sword in his hand?

When I hurriedly tried to get down, Edgar kicked the horse’s flank hard. Then the pony neighed and started off.

“No, no! Stop!”

My horse never listened to me properly, and today too, excited, it couldn’t understand my command to stop.

Leopold, covered in blood, was running this way. And Edgar was…

“Edgar, no…”

Shadows that rose long from the ground grabbed Edgar and pulled him in both directions.

Even so, Edgar didn’t scream once and endured it.

He was surely worried I wouldn’t be able to escape. Because Edgar was that kind of person.

Prickly and selfish, but I was an exception, so he always thought of me first and showed consideration.

He had hated me but ultimately risked his life for my escape, just like back then.

So something in my head snapped and broke away.

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