I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 137

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The afternoon classes were boring and drowsy as always.

Luca, who was stealthily yawning, caught sight of the exchange students sitting in the next row.

The two were giggling while doodling in their textbooks, avoiding the teacher’s eyes.

Then his gaze met with Lilliana’s.

‘Ah.’

Lilliana grinned mischievously and waved her finger at him.

With her blue eyes crinkling playfully and sunlight touching her face, Lilliana seemed to sparkle even while sitting still.

Luca was half-dazedly staring at her when Antonio threw a note that hit his forehead, finally snapping him back to reality.

「Did you fall for me?」

Antonio even gave him a sly wink.

Ugh. When Luca scowled, Antonio laughed silently.

Despite his pretty features, the guy had a mischievous side.

‘He’s good at kicking the ball too.’

Though he wasn’t used to the swaying short hair, the guy was definitely cool.

Soon the class bell rang.

Since it was the bell signaling the end of school, Luca jumped up and grabbed his bag as soon as the teacher left.

Lilliana was already surrounded by friends.

“Lilliana. Want to go see a play at the theater together? I have an extra ticket.”

“A play? What play?”

“It’s a romance.”

Sebastian looked at Lilliana with expectant eyes. Then Antonio put his arm around Lilliana’s shoulder.

“No way. She’s supposed to hang out with me today.”

“It’s not today, the performance is the day after tomorrow.”

“Still no. She’s supposed to go look at the costume shop with Annamaria the day after tomorrow.”

Those two are really suspicious. Luca narrowed his eyes.

Who on earth keeps track of a friend’s schedule like that?

“Sorry, Sebastian. Actually, this week is completely booked.”

“Really? Can’t be helped then.”

Sebastian shrugged and turned away. Antonio asked Lilliana.

“Let’s go see a play on the weekend.”

“I’m supposed to hang out with Isabel and Joana.”

“Hey. That’s Saturday with them. Sunday is with me. Besides, weekends are originally for spending time with family.”

“If you put it that way.”

When Lilliana nodded, Antonio happily linked arms with her.

His gently curved eyes held genuine happiness.

What’s with those two? And Antonio is definitely…

Luca, who had been watching from the side, remembered Edgar’s prickly reaction whenever Lilliana was mentioned and shook his head.

Even so, it couldn’t be a love triangle. That kind of relationship only exists in romance novels.

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The reason Luca included Lilliana in his regular ball-kicking gatherings with friends was out of curiosity about the exchange student.

But the real catch wasn’t Lilliana, but Antonio who came along with her.

Antonio was on par with Edgar, who was the most athletic person around Luca.

So Jamie’s group from the ball sports club approached and suggested.

“Let’s have a match with us.”

Jamie and his friends were the guys who had gotten thoroughly beaten after teasing Antonio recently.

Since they weren’t confident about winning in a physical fight, they planned to humble him this way.

“Oh. Sounds good.”

Antonio eagerly accepted the proposal.

“But leave her out. She’s a girl.”

“So what?”

“How can you call that—”

“Don’t underestimate our Oliver. If Lilliana’s out, I’m not playing either.”

Jamie glared at Antonio, then nodded reluctantly.

There was nothing good about fighting with a girl, but Jamie’s target was Antonio.

So he planned to beat Antonio’s team and thoroughly mock and ridicule them.

“You’re going to regret this.”

“You’re the one who’ll regret underestimating our Oliver.”

Antonio tied his short hair tightly with the hair tie on his wrist and exchanged glances with Lilliana.

And fifteen minutes later.

“Lilliana!”

Lilliana used her smaller body compared to the boys to slip through between them and ran toward the goal.

“Huff. Gasp.”

“You’re pretty good?”

“Gasp. I’m, huff, pretty good.”

Lilliana glared at the boy who was a full head taller than her.

At sixteen or seventeen, the physical differences between boys and girls become pronounced.

Stamina, build, strength. Outmatched in every aspect, Lilliana quickly passed the ball backward.

“Antonio!”

Antonio, receiving the ball from Lilliana, dodged Jamie and his friends who were marking him and scored a goal.

The match ended simultaneously.

Lilliana and Antonio high-fived, expressing their joy of victory.

Jamie, who had been glaring at them with a scowl, sneered.

“How nice, winning while hiding behind a girl.”

“What did you say?”

Lilliana, who had been laughing while bumping fists with Luca, immediately turned serious.

Lilliana, who only knew that Jamie’s group had been picking fights countless times but didn’t know that Antonio had beaten them up, got heated and confronted them.

“Did you go easy on me because I’m a girl? Who was the one desperately trying to win?”

“What?”

“Why do you keep picking fights with Antonio? If you couldn’t score because you lack skill, then practice hard.”

Jamie pushed Lilliana and an incident occurred instantly.

Lilliana jumped into the pond to find Antonio’s ring, and Edgar’s face turned pale as he ran toward the pond next to the playground.

It had already been 15 seconds since she went in. Did Lilliana even know how to swim?

No, even if she could swim well, wasn’t it dangerous not knowing what might be in the pond?

“Ugh! Hey, you guys hit first! This is self-defense!”

Antonio, whose lip was split from being hit by Jamie, shouted. The air around Antonio began to turn cold.

After checking on Antonio, Edgar turned his gaze back to the lake.

This guy or that guy, none of them were his concern.

‘Why isn’t she coming up…’

Though not even 30 seconds had passed, Edgar, filled with worry up to his throat, took off his shoes and threw himself into the pond.

The pond was deep enough that one had to dive down quite a bit.

Going straight down, he saw Lilliana flailing her arms at the bottom of the pond.

‘She came in without even knowing how to swim?’

What’s so important about a mere ring? He knew she was reckless, but to think she’d still be like this even after growing up.

Edgar went behind Lilliana, grabbed her hair, and swam upward.

There was the characteristic flailing resistance of someone drowning, but it didn’t interfere with swimming.

“Gasp. Whew.”

Edgar surfaced and grabbed Lilliana from behind under her arms, smoothly pulling her up onto the playground.

Then Lilliana, who had landed with a thud on the playground floor, bolted upright and shouted.

“Who is it!”

“Puhaha. Lily, is your scalp okay?”

Antonio, who had been threatening Jamie while emitting powerful cold air, looked back at Lilliana and chuckled.

“It’s not okay! I already lost a handful. What if I get a bald spot on my head.”

It would be normal to be gasping for breath after being underwater for so long, but Lilliana was surprisingly fine.

“Are you, are you okay? You didn’t swallow water or feel short of breath?”

“I’m from Trobancha. Swimming in the sea is my hobby and I can dive for over 10 minutes.”

Lilliana, soaked through, swept back the hair covering her eyes and frowned when she spotted Edgar standing in front of her.

Those blue eyes she used to see every day long ago now held terrible discomfort.

“Ah…”

At the awkward voice, emotions that were hard to define spread deep in her chest.

She couldn’t tell if it was disappointment or resignation that she should have expected this.

Maybe it was regret. Regret that she came here for nothing.

‘I did something pointless.’

As Edgar was chewing his lips, crack, thud. Crack-crack. Hail suddenly began falling from the sky.

“Gasp!”

Lilliana gasped and hurriedly got up, running to Antonio.

“Mon, monster!”

As soon as Jamie threw a punch at Antonio, ice shot up from the ground.

Jamie’s ankle was frozen solid by the ice and he couldn’t move at all.

Lilliana grabbed Antonio and forcibly put a ring on his finger.

Then the hail pouring from the sky stopped abruptly.

“That must be a supernatural ability.”

“It seems like he can’t control it. Kind of scary.”

“It’s quite different from magic.”

As the students from the Empire murmured, Lilliana gritted her teeth.

In Trobancha, they would just accept this level of ability and move on…

Jamie, with his ankle trapped, shouted in terror.

“Do you, do you know what kind of family our house is? Just wait! I’ll have you both exiled from the Empire!”

Antonio picked his ear and pretended not to hear. Lilliana approached angrily and kicked near Jamie’s ankle.

Crack-crack, as the ice shattered, Jamie lost his balance and fell flat on his bottom with a thud.

“Our family won’t bow down to anyone either! Let’s summon our guardians and properly determine who was more in the wrong! For reference, my primary guardian is Leopold Baltrahen, the Knight Captain!”

“Ba, Duke Baltrahen?”

“That’s right. He’s our brother-in-law!”

At the retort that the Knight Captain with power second only to the Emperor was her brother-in-law, Jamie’s group turned pale.

Lilliana, who had spoken so boldly, finally noticed that a whole handful of her hair had fallen out.

This… my hair!

Lilliana was so angry she shouted at Edgar’s back as he was leaving the scene.

“Edgar! Where are you going!”

Edgar’s footsteps stopped.

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