I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 123

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When a faint groan escaped from Francois, Emilia immediately stood up and examined him.

Leopold tensely placed his hand on his sword hilt.

Though Francois had helped pregnant Regina greatly and they had become quite close, if Lazarus tried to resurrect through him, he would have to cut him down.

“Francois. Are you conscious?”

“…Emilia?”

His eyes, not yet fully focused, searched for Emilia.

Emilia pressed his forehead firmly with her hand bearing golden markings to check his condition.

“Brother-in-law. It’s okay. You’re safe.”

“Haa. Thank goodness.”

Leopold let out a sigh of relief.

Francois asked cautiously in a hoarse voice.

“What about Lilliana?”

“How’s your body? Does it hurt like you’re dying?”

“I asked how Lilliana is.”

“Seeing you say what you want to say, you don’t seem too bad. Lilliana is in a lot of pain right now.”

“Is she hurt? Where, how?”

Fear could be seen in his urgent, desperate questioning face.

Emilia pressed down on the forehead of Francois, who had bolted upright in bed, forcing him to lie back down.

“You have a high fever.”

“Why a fever… Don’t tell me the seal has been broken?”

Startled, Francois, whose worry came first, eventually sat up despite Emilia trying to stop him.

Though he frowned from the pain of his shoulder wound, such things didn’t matter.

“First, drink some water. Once your condition improves, let’s proceed with the sealing ritual.”

“Is Lilliana in a state where she can hold out until then?”

“Are you really in a state to perform the sealing ritual?”

“I can do it.”

“No. You can’t. Even when you were in good health, you gave us some trouble.”

“Is that important right now?”

“What if you make a mistake? Listen carefully. You’re a patient right now. A patient whose shoulder has been torn to shreds. You’re not in a state to concentrate properly.”

Emilia forcibly pressed a water glass into his hands.

“Not now. After you eat soup and take medicine, then we’ll proceed. The time will be this evening.”

“Alright.”

Francois nodded with determined eyes and gulped down the water.

Leopold watched him drink the soup while explaining the situation.

“…So His Majesty and Her Majesty the Empress confronted Lazarus.”

“That side must have been chaotic too.”

“I should go since it’s time for interrogation. Mr. Francois. I wish you a speedy recovery.”

“Hey, Leopold.”

“Yes?”

“Thank you for protecting the kids from me. Next time, don’t go easy and just kill me.”

“…I’ll be going.”

Leopold left with a hardened expression.

Thud.

As the door closed, only heavy silence remained between Emilia and Francois.

“The puppet of Lazarus that fought with big brother-in-law and big sister, it was Rebecca Marchione.”

“Really?”

“She must have made a contract with Lazarus.”

Emilia shared the information she knew.

“I didn’t know she had made such a contract. I heard she died before meeting Mr. Andrea, but I didn’t have the capacity to pay attention to it.”

“What happened to you? Even when I poured blessings on you, it didn’t work.”

“Lazarus made me drink black holy water.”

Emilia’s eyes narrowed.

Rebecca had drunk black holy water when her skin was damaged during the fight.

Both of them had part or all of their bodies bound by contract, yet using black holy water didn’t make sense.

But this wasn’t a good time to formally discuss these doubts with Francois.

Right now, recovering his body and sealing Lilliana’s ability was the priority.

“Just hurry up and take your medicine.”

The medicine Emilia gave was disgustingly bitter. Bitter enough to make him cough the moment he swallowed it.

“Gah! Cough!”

“Baby? Even our youngest takes medicine well.”

“You, you try drinking this, cough! stuff!”

“At 27 years old, you should know how to endure and take medicine. Geez. Really such a sunfish.”

“Hey!”

Getting worked up at the word sunfish seemed to have become an automatic reflex.

Francois glared at Emilia resentfully then gulped down water.

Emilia giggled and said.

“Even with that matted hair, looking at me with that face isn’t pretty, you know? When exactly will this flower boy potato become normal?”

“Stop it.”

“Stop what. Do you know how much I worried because of you? I need to pay back all that mental anguish.”

“…You worried?”

Francois looked at her with sparkling eyes.

He was clearly unaware of his slightly raised lip corners.

He looks like a flower deer, but at times like this, anyone can see he’s a puppy dog.

Maybe that’s why he looked a little, just a little like a cute potato…

“It’s not your fault this happened.”

“I know. I’m not blaming myself. I just worried, that’s all. And.”

“And?”

“I thought it was fortunate you didn’t die. I thought you might self-destruct if something happened, so I’m grateful you didn’t.”

“Do you know how that sounds to me right now?”

“That’s why I’m saying it.”

Francois’s eyes widened greatly. His surprised, trembling pupils scanned Emilia’s expression.

‘You don’t know how I felt when news of your condition reached me.’

It wasn’t simply a matter of her heart sinking.

Francois was the person she had been closest to since coming to the Empire these past few years.

Not just an acquaintance, but a friend and family-like relationship, and recently she had been feeling some attraction.

‘I don’t want my feelings to be trampled before they even begin.’

She slowly reached out and brushed back his matted silver hair covered in dust.

Since he was always someone who washed and groomed himself well, seeing him like this should make her think he looked dirty or unfamiliar first, but even his disheveled appearance seemed quite cute.

“Don’t get hurt. And don’t die either.”

“You…”

Whether he was moved by Emilia’s words, Francois’s voice was hoarse and shaking mercilessly.

Emilia mercilessly ruffled his hair.

“Hey, hey.”

“Ah, my taste is completely ruined. They say once you find someone cute, it’s over, so what should I do.”

“I’ll do well.”

“That’s a given.”

Francois closed his eyes tightly, unable to overcome his overwhelming emotions.

He wasn’t sure if this was appropriate given the current situation, but he sincerely thought he was fortunate to have survived.

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“Ah.”

As I opened my mouth, Liliana popped a piece of grilled salmon right into it.

I’m no longer a baby, but I kind of liked being treated like one.

“I want tomato and shrimp too.”

“Say ah.”

“Ahhh.”

When I woke up from being hurt, Liliana had suddenly become very kind.

Of course, Liliana was always kind, but normally she wasn’t the type to indulge my whining.

“Mmm. Delicious!”

When I shook my head and wiggled my body, Liliana let out a small laugh.

“But I heard you told Chris to break the seal?”

“Huh? I, I, I never said that?”

I was screwed. I glanced around nervously and started eating the shrimp with my own fork.

Liliana stared at me intently with tiger-like eyes.

My heart was pounding.

Chris had made a very small crack in the seal, and because I exploded my ability through that crack, the seal broke.

So Francois had to use magic the moment he woke up with his injured body.

‘I wonder if Uncle Francois is okay.’

Of course, I’m still angry at Uncle Francois.

But that doesn’t mean I’m not worried, so my heart feels heavy. More than anything….

“I’m glad you’re safe.”

Francois was covered in blood, but the moment he regained consciousness, he checked on my condition first.

There was no lie in that gesture. He truly worried about and cared for me.

“I’m forgiving you just this once. If you do it again, you’ll really get a spanking.”

“Yeah. I understand. But sister, how is Edgar?”

I tried to focus on spreading the clam meat while holding my fork and spoon.

Even so, I kept glancing at Liliana.

I knew he was badly injured in the arm because of me, but I hadn’t seen Marius even once since then.

It was because I had just gotten out of bed and didn’t have the courage to go see Marius myself.

“Edgar is fine. He’s eating well, sleeping well, and recovering smoothly.”

“That’s a relief.”

I let out a small sigh of relief.

Liliana stroked my head and carefully brought up a topic.

“Little one, something happened that you’ll be very happy to hear about.”

“Huh? What is it?”

“Brother is coming.”

“What?”

“Brother Andrea is coming to the Empire.”

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