I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 133

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Knock. Knock.

Marius gave a halfhearted knock before pushing the door open and entering.

Edgar, who was on vacation, was once again lying blankly on his bed just like last year.

At this rate, he would definitely stay cooped up in the palace until vacation ended.

Edgar seemed too lazy to even sit up, just rolling his eyes while lying down.

“What?”

“Sigh. Edgar. When your brother comes, greet him warmly. What’s with ‘what?’ Have you eaten?”

“Not yet.”

“You skipped another meal because you were lying around. Tsk. Go out and have some fun. Why are you acting like this when you’re at the perfect age to play?”

“Brother. I just finished summer semester classes yesterday. Let me rest a bit.”

Edgar, who had graduated from intermediate school in 2 years and advanced school in 2 years, was currently attending a university where the Imperial Family served as foundation board chairman.

As soon as vacation started, he took summer semester courses, attending a whole semester’s worth of classes at once.

Then when even the summer semester ended, he just lounged around doing nothing.

“You should play during vacation. What are you trying to accomplish by studying so desperately to graduate early?”

“It’s better than doing nothing.”

Don’t kids that age usually love hanging out and playing with friends the most?

Marius briefly reflected on the past, wondering if he had raised Edgar wrong.

Edgar wasn’t the type to joke around and play like his peers.

Especially after the mischievous Lilliana left for Trowance, he became a surprisingly well-behaved child.

‘Rather than being mature, it seems more like a personality trait.’

However, Marius always felt concerned that Edgar seemed to have become an adult too quickly.

“Go out and buy delicious food with friends and make embarrassing memories that will last a lifetime.”

“You should stop bothering me and go on vacation to a villa or something.”

“It wouldn’t be fun going alone.”

“Then date someone.”

“Are you teasing your brother now that you’ve grown up a bit?”

“Ow!”

Marius knocked him on the head and forcibly pulled Edgar up.

If he didn’t do this, Edgar would stay holed up in his room lying down for the next week.

“I heard Lilliana is coming to Imperial Comprehensive School as an exchange student.”

Edgar, who had been grumbling while changing clothes, paused for a moment.

But he adjusted his clothes as if he wasn’t particularly interested.

“Brother. I’m 17 years old. She’s just a friend I briefly hung out with when we were kids.”

“Is that so.”

Marius couldn’t hide his bitter expression.

He could still vividly see them running around the Imperial Palace like it was their playground, fighting every day but always sticking together.

Why did he, an adult, feel so wistful about the friendship of little kids?

Marius stuffed money into Edgar’s wallet while forcibly trying to lighten the mood.

“Don’t come back until you’ve spent all of this.”

“Then can I stay at a villa with friends until the semester starts?”

“Do whatever you want. Just report which friends you’re going with.”

Edgar, pushed out of his room by Marius, had no choice but to sigh deeply while pondering his destination.

* * *

Click.

As soon as he opened the door and entered, complaints poured out.

“Hey! When it’s vacation, you should come show your face right away. What have you been doing all by yourself?”

“Edgar. Luca and I have been waiting for you so much…”

Edgar let out a hollow laugh seeing Luca occupying Chris’s room like it was his own home.

Chris sent him a desperate look asking for help, but Edgar passed by his friends and flopped down on the bed.

“Edgar. What are you going to do for the rest of vacation?”

“Who knows.”

“What were you doing without even making plans before summer semester started? Chris and I have been going around to restaurants since vacation began.”

“Mm.”

He seems a bit depressed today for some reason.

Luca gave Chris a look asking why he was acting like that. Chris pressed his lips together and shook his head slightly.

“Oh right. Did you hear about that? Next semester, an exchange student is coming from Trowance.”

“Exchange student?”

When Chris’s eyes widened, Luca excitedly started talking.

“It’s starting this year so not many people know about it. From our side, Daniel and Ian decided to go, so they’re probably on a ship to Trowance by now, right?”

“It would be nice if magic schools had something like that too. Since our school’s founder was Her Majesty the Empress, I’d also like to go there and study abilities—”

“Ugh. Are you talking about studying again?”

Chris glared at Luca, who cringed as soon as he opened his mouth.

Edgar, who had been lying on the bed like a corpse, spoke up.

“Anyone want to go to a countryside villa from next week until the semester starts?”

“Villa? Don’t tell me the Imperial Villa?”

“Yeah. I got permission from my brother. Contact the other kids too.”

“Great! Hey, Chris! Hurry up and prepare the communication magic!”

While Chris was being hassled by Luca to prepare letters, Edgar crawled under the blankets with a more tired face than usual.

One week until Lilliana arrived. Edgar was not in a very good mood.

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“B-brother. I can’t remember what Liliana looks like.”

“Regina won’t remember you either, so don’t worry too much.”

“I’m asking you to give me proper comfort.”

I thumped my brother’s knee and buried myself deep into the carriage seat.

I got annoyed at Antonio, who was sitting across from me sleeping like he had fainted, so I stepped on his foot hard for no reason.

Still, the guy didn’t wake up. How irritating.

“You two have been exchanging letters every week.”

“Even so. It’s been 6 years since we’ve seen each other’s faces. At times like this, it would be nice to have Liliana with me, but she’s going straight to the Magic Tower as soon as she arrives in the Empire. That’s too much.”

Liliana, Leopold, and the twins – it’s been 6 years since I’ve seen them all.

The last time I saw them was when I was 10, and no teenager remembers their tiny childhood days.

My heart was pounding so hard I could barely breathe, yet the carriage ran frustratingly fast and quickly arrived at Liliana’s house.

“Hey! Wake up!”

“Huh! D-did we arrive?”

“Wipe your drool. It’s disgusting.”

“It’s fine. When you’re as beautiful as me, that kind of flaw just becomes a charming point.”

“I can’t even hit this guy.”

When I jumped down from the carriage, I saw a familiar mansion.

I thought I had forgotten everything, but seeing it now, it wasn’t entirely unfamiliar, so I felt like my shyness would quickly disappear once I met Liliana too.

I stuck close behind my brother and entered the ducal residence, where I saw Liliana and her husband.

“Brother! Lilliana!”

Liliana ran over in one breath and hugged my brother tightly.

I was startled and grabbed onto Antonio tightly.

“Brother. Your complexion looks so much better! You’re feeling okay, right?”

“Yeah. I’m fine. Thank you for sending health supplements every year. Thanks to you, I recovered quickly.”

In truth, my brother had regained his health because the regression penalty was nullified, not because he got better from eating health supplements.

But he was lying out of gratitude to my older sister and her husband who had cared for him from a distant foreign country.

“Brother-in-law. I’m glad to meet you again in good health.”

“You’re still looking great, Leopold.”

While the adults exchanged greetings, I observed my older sister and Leopold.

In my memory, my older sister seemed like an adult because she had two babies, but seeing her like this, she didn’t look much different from my youngest sister.

‘Though the atmosphere is quite different.’

And Leopold was taller and bigger than I remembered. As I stared intently at Leopold, our eyes met.

He couldn’t hide his surprise after confirming it was me. My older sister also covered her mouth when she saw me.

“Are you Lilliana?”

“Yes? Yes. I’m Lilliana.”

“My goodness. Baby girl. When did you grow up so much? You’re practically an adult now. Leo. She’s as tall as me now, so I can’t even call her baby anymore.”

“Yes. Really… children seem to grow up too fast.”

Even though we exchanged letters frequently, meeting in person was quite awkward.

When I quietly hid behind my brother’s back, they both looked disappointed.

“Lilliana. Do you remember your brother-in-law? When you were little, I gave you piggyback rides and pushed you on the swing often.”

“Uh, uh. A, a little?”

“Speak comfortably. You used to follow me around calling me ‘little sister, little sister.'”

“Yes, yes. I mean, mm-hmm.”

Just as I was rolling my eyes around, Antonio interrupted.

“Hello. I’m Antonio. Do you remember me? I remember you just a little bit.”

“Antonio? You’re that Antonio?”

“Yes. The crybaby Antonio from next door. I grew up pretty well, didn’t I?”

When Antonio flicked his short bob cut with the back of his hand, my older sister burst into laughter.

“Are you growing your hair out?”

“I want to make wigs for sick children. My hair quality is so good that I thought it would make a really nice wig, so I made a big decision.”

“Oh my. Antonio, you really grew up wonderfully.”

Eventually, we followed the adults and were shown to our rooms.

After checking our respective rooms, we gathered in the living room.

“I want to meet the twins quickly too.”

“They’re napping right now. They ran around all morning and fell asleep as soon as they finished lunch.”

While Antonio was chatting with my older sister, Leopold quietly approached and carefully started a conversation.

“Have you been well?”

“Yes.”

“…”

“…”

“Ahem. Do you… happen to remember when I tied your hair when you were little?”

“Huh? Um… a little.”

The past I completely remember would probably be around the incident that happened at the Imperial Palace due to the demons’ appearance.

Everything else is patchy.

Life in the Empire was definitely fun and good. But I could only remember bits and pieces of how I actually lived.

Isn’t that how all childhood memories are anyway?

You only remember a few characteristic episodes, and the rest of childhood is kept as vague impressions.

“We were… best friends.”

“Me? Oh, with Edgar?”

At my question, Leopold opened and closed his lips, unable to find words, then fell silent.

“I’m glad you seem to remember Edgar. Edgar entered university now. He’s studying politics.”

“Wow. He already went to university! Wasn’t he smart even when he was little?”

“He was. The Imperial Comprehensive School you’ll attend shares campus grounds with the university, so you might run into each other.”

“Hmm. Is that so? But I don’t think I’d recognize him even if I ran into him. It’s been 6 years.”

I can tell we were very close friends, but he was just a childhood friend.

I don’t know if meeting again would have any meaning beyond being awkward.

‘In my previous life, it seemed like we had feelings for each other.’

But that was the relationship from before I went back in time, and contact had already been cut off long ago.

In the first place, it was Edgar who ignored the countless letters sent from Trowance.

‘I don’t want to talk about this topic anymore.’

Feeling uncomfortable, I changed the subject to the twins.

So until then, I never dreamed I would reunite with Edgar in such a way.

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