I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 122

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Rebecca started screaming when a massive force exploded from one side of the Imperial Palace.

“No—!”

Rebecca’s skin turned red and began crumbling into ash, falling away piece by piece.

Edith didn’t miss the opportunity and threw a punch at Rebecca.

Marius, having lost too much blood, was catching his breath when his vision blurred and his body swayed greatly.

“Kugh!”

Rebecca, who had been sent flying by the punch, struggled and then got back up.

Thud. Thudthud.

The phenomenon of her skin turning to ash spread quickly from her face to her entire body.

“No, no! Aaaaah!”

Rebecca quickly pulled out the black holy water again, but Edith swiftly stopped her.

“Kek! Kuk!”

Edith grabbed Rebecca by the throat and lifted her up.

With her feet dangling in the air, Rebecca struggled and thrashed her legs in resistance.

She tried to use black magic, but as if her nerves had burned out, she couldn’t control anything properly.

Covered in wounds, Edith panted as she squeezed Rebecca’s throat.

“Where is the Ritualist?”

“Kuk! Keurk!”

“Lazarus. No matter what schemes you plot to appear in this world, you can’t do anything. Even if it kills me, I’ll stop you.”

While Edith interrogated Rebecca, Emilia had been sensing an aura from afar and swallowed nervously.

“This is…”

It was a sensation similar to divine power yet different in nature. She instinctively realized it was Lilliana’s ability.

“If it’s Lilliana’s ability, it should have been sealed…”

Something had definitely happened over there.

Thinking that Lilliana might have been attacked, Emilia grabbed her spear and tried to determine the direction.

She had to get to Lilliana quickly. If the seal broke, she would have seizures incomparable to anything before.

“Li, Lilliana.”

At that moment, Lilliana’s aura became even more intense.

Emilia hurriedly ran toward where Lilliana was.

Edith had already thrown Rebecca to the ground and was pressing her foot firmly against her chest.

Rebecca’s lower body had turned to ash and disappeared.

“Not bad for a little rat. But this is the only time I’ll retreat because of vermin like you.”

“You’d better abandon your plan to descend through Francois Cassel this time too. I have no intention of just watching it happen.”

“Let’s see who wins.”

Lazarus, wearing Rebecca’s skin, glared at Edith with malicious eyes until the very moment of disappearing.

Incomprehensible curses flowed through gritted teeth, but she didn’t care.

She had already seen more than enough things in her life that were more terrible than a demon’s curse.

When Edith brought down her fist, one side of Rebecca’s body scattered as ash.

It was right after Lazarus left that Rebecca’s soul returned.

“You are…”

Eyes clearly different from Lazarus’s looked at Edith.

With her hand turning to ash, she firmly grasped Edith’s wrist.

“Please tell Lilliana. I’m begging you.”

Edith replied in a tone that was neither particularly gentle nor blunt.

“Speak.”

“Being kind to Lilliana wasn’t out of pity or guilt. It was because I genuinely cared for her. I didn’t even know she was a victim of the Victoria Ship terror attack.”

Soon Rebecca’s hand turned to ash and disappeared.

Along with it, her entire body crumbled to pieces, leaving nothing below her neck.

Rebecca continued speaking urgently.

“Only after learning that Lilliana was a victim did I realize what I had done. I made a contract with Lazarus to try to undo my wrongs…”

“What were the terms of the contract?”

Edith asked coldly. She needed information about Lazarus.

Rebecca hurriedly replied as her chin was disappearing.

“If he turned back time, I would give him my body and soul—”

“My brother turned back time. It was a false contract.”

“Ah. I was foolish to the very end…”

Before Rebecca could finish her words, she completely turned to ash and blew away.

Edith looked at the floor where Rebecca had been with a tired expression, then belatedly remembered Marius.

Marius was still unconscious in the corner, clutching his arm that hadn’t stopped bleeding.

Though she disliked Marius, she couldn’t just let him die. She didn’t want to either.

Desperately carrying the unconscious man on her back, Edith shouted to the knights who came running late as the black magic was dispelled.

“Quickly bring a priest and a doctor!”

* * *

Edgar had been blaming himself ever since he woke up.

‘If I had been stronger, Lilliana wouldn’t have gotten hurt.’

To be precise, Lilliana wasn’t injured but was suffering from her ability that burst forth when the seal was broken.

But Edgar, who had evacuated Lilliana before collapsing, felt like this whole situation happened because he was inadequate.

‘What if she can’t wake up?’

With her fever burning so high, priests and doctors were constantly watching over her.

‘And Marius is badly injured too.’

Marius, whose arm had been pierced through, received proper treatment but had been in danger from excessive blood loss and would need to focus on rehabilitation after recovery.

He should have listened carefully when Lilliana was talking about Francois being the Demon King or whatever.

Edgar couldn’t hold back the tears that finally burst out and wiped them with his sleeve.

“Edgar. Lilliana will be fine.”

Regina, who had rushed over after hearing the news, hugged Edgar to comfort him.

Edith, covered in injuries, handled the situation in place of Marius, and Leopold was holed up in the interrogation room trying to find the Ritualist.

“Lady Regina. Will she really be okay? Lilliana fought the Demon King all by herself. She can’t even run fast and her punches are weak.”

“Lilliana is a brave hero. You know that, Edgar. You know how much Lilliana loves adventures.”

Regina stroked the head of Edgar, who was pressing his sleeve firmly against his eyes.

She was just as anxious about the poor situation, but she couldn’t show it and fuel a child’s sadness.

“Lilliana will jump right up and whine about wanting to eat something delicious. Think carefully about what you two will do and play later.”

“If she just wakes up, I’ll do anything for her. I’ll give up on all the games I want to play from now on, and if she wants to win, I’ll let her win everything.”

Regina hugged Edgar tightly, touched by his wish for his friend’s recovery.

Edgar must have been terribly frightened by Lazarus too, but it was pitiful how he tried not to show it.

No matter how mature he was, Edgar was still at an age where he should be running around and playing.

‘At least my brother-in-law should get better soon.’

Regina held back the sigh that was rising and comforted the crying Edgar.

* * *

Leopold, who had taken time from interrogating the Lazarus Sect followers to check on Marius, couldn’t hide his troubled heart.

The palace was half-destroyed by Lazarus’s attack and the Emperor was injured.

He was the knight who should have faced Lazarus, but instead Marius and Edith had fought with all their might.

Moreover, the one who defeated Lazarus this time was neither Marius nor Edith, nor himself, but young Lilliana.

‘How pathetic.’

To let such a small child fight Lazarus was a failure as an adult.

‘Recover quickly, Marius.’

Though he had many duties as Emperor, he needed to recover quickly for the children’s sake as well.

Edgar especially must be tremendously shocked by this incident.

“Haah.”

Leopold let out an uncharacteristically heavy sigh and moved to check on Francois.

Francois, whose shoulder had been pierced by his hand, lay in the center of a sealing formation overlaid with divine magic.

Emilia had arranged this, fearing that when he regained consciousness, Lazarus might take over his body again.

“Ah, brother-in-law. You’re here?”

“How is Francois doing?”

“Same as before. How does Lilliana look? When I saw her this morning, she was getting ice treatment.”

“Her fever still hasn’t broken, so Lady Edith is very worried.”

“This guy needs to wake up soon so we can seal his ability.”

Emilia squeezed her eyes shut and pressed her forehead firmly.

It wasn’t just Marius who was in danger from excessive blood loss. Though not as severe as Marius, Francois’s injuries were also quite serious.

“Brother-in-law. This isn’t anyone’s fault, so don’t make that face. Who could have imagined the Deputy Knight Captain would be taken down like that?”

“I’ll work harder to find the Ritualist as soon as possible so we can dismantle the Sect.”

“They’ll probably focus on laying low and building their forces for the next few years, so it won’t be easy.”

“Even so, we have to succeed. I can’t stand by and watch Edgar and Lilliana be threatened again.”

But I keep telling you to speak more casually…

Just as Emilia was grumbling inappropriately for the situation, Francois’s fingers twitched.

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