I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 138

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“So you’re saying you were trying to save me after pulling out all my hair?”

If she were a 10-year-old child or a 20-year-old adult, it might be different. But a bald spot had appeared on the head of a teenage girl who had just turned 16 and was at the height of caring about her appearance.

This was a fatal accident for Lilliana.

Edgar’s fingertips strangely tingled at the voice calling ‘Edgar.’ Edgar, who had stopped walking, clenched and unclenched his fists.

Lilliana asked irritably.

“Aren’t you even going to say sorry?”

They had only been close friends briefly when they were very young, so why did he keep getting swayed by her?

Just hearing her name made his nerves stand on edge, and hearing her voice made him feel like he couldn’t breathe.

Edgar, feeling wronged, turned around to glare straight at Lilliana. Or at least, he tried to.

‘Why am I really acting like this?’

His chest was churning so much he felt like he might vomit at any moment.

“What’s all this commotion!”

If it hadn’t been for the teacher who came running out to the courtyard at just the right time, Edgar might have shown Lilliana the most foolish side of himself he’d ever displayed.

* * *

After we were all thoroughly scolded by the teacher, we sat in the faculty lounge waiting for the conversation between the hastily summoned guardians to end.

“Ugh. It’s cold.”

Even after washing up in the school shower room and changing into gym clothes, my body was still shivering.

Just then, one of the faculty members brought us warm tea and left.

Just as I was about to take a sip of the steaming tea, the door burst open and Edgar entered.

Edgar looked a bit surprised when he saw us, then sat down at a spot far away.

‘He’s not even greeting us.’

I glared at Edgar and then turned my head away sharply.

Antonio looked back and forth between Edgar and me, then suddenly started smoothing down my hair.

“What should we do? You have a bald spot on your head.”

“What? Really? Is it big?”

“About the size of a coin. You won’t be able to tie your hair up for a while. But if you cover it well, it won’t be noticeable.”

“No way!”

I was genuinely devastated. It would take years for the hair that was pulled out to grow back long.

I glared at Edgar, who was flinching, once more.

“Achoo!”

The moment I coughed, Edgar checked on me.

Just as our eyes were about to meet, Antonio placed his palm on my forehead, making my eyes close.

“No fever. But are we going to get expelled?”

“Come on. They threw your ring into the pond. You even warned them last time not to touch your ring.”

Since Trobancha had so many children with abilities, once fights broke out, they inevitably became rough.

That’s why they put forward strict punishment and management regulations regarding violence.

The problem was that since Antonio possessed strong abilities, he was still clumsy at controlling his strength.

I was the same way, but my power didn’t harm other people. Antonio, on the other hand, had a higher level of danger than me.

As a result, Antonio carried around a ring that restricted his abilities, and whenever trouble seemed likely, he put the ring on first.

“Thanks for retrieving my ring.”

“Of course. If you had gone in, the pond would have frozen and you wouldn’t have been able to get out of the water. Achoo!”

When I coughed again, Edgar suddenly stood up and approached us. He took off what was clearly a borrowed cardigan and held it out to me.

“…Wear this.”

I ignored Edgar’s words, pretending not to hear them. I didn’t even give him a glance.

After not replying to a single letter for six years, suddenly acting like he knows me isn’t even funny.

It was Antonio who took the cardigan instead.

“Thanks. I’ll make sure she wears it.”

Antonio took the cardigan and draped it over my shoulders.

When I glared at him, he gave his usual sly eye-smile and replied to Edgar.

“Oliver is a bit shy.”

This guy, really!

Heat rushed to my head and I clenched my fists. Just then, it became noisy outside and an unexpected figure appeared.

It was Marius, whose fine golden hair was as attractive as Edgar’s.

“Huh?”

Marius, upon seeing me, was so surprised his eyes went wide. Then he rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and looked at me again.

“I, I am Lilliana.”

At my words, Marius greeted me with an almost burdensome level of joy.

“Little chestnut has grown this much? You’re almost an adult now. But you’re still a weakling, right?”

Every adult I meet has the same reaction. Apparently, I was a very small child when I was young.

“I’m, I’m not a weakling!”

“Haha! Just like when you were little. Even when you were this tiny, you’d chatter every day saying ‘I’m not little chestnut!'”

Despite his hearty voice, his blue eyes fixed on me were moistly wet and sparkling.

Do adults get that overwhelmed when they see a small child who has grown up so much?

It had been over a week since I’d been in the Empire, but Leopold still looked overwhelmed every time he saw me.

When I glanced sideways, I could see Edgar sighing with his head hung low, apparently embarrassed.

“But, but why did you come here? Edgar isn’t even a student at our school, he just got caught up in this.”

Perhaps because I spoke formally, Marius’s eyebrows drooped disappointedly.

Soon he answered with a bitter expression.

“He’s an exchange student. As long as Trobancha and the Empire maintain friendly relations, minor students should naturally be protected.”

“What about my brother and brother-in-law?”

“Those two will be here soon too.”

While Antonio and I disposed of the cold tea by pouring it into a plant pot, just as Marius said, my brother and Leopold soon arrived.

Seeing my brother’s menacing expression, Antonio flinched. Leopold, on the other hand, looked pleased.

“It’s an honor to be called as the number one guardian. Lilliana.”

“Oh, no. That’s…”

Jamie was trying to suppress me with his status, so I summoned Leopold, who had the highest status among the Empire people I knew.

“Let’s talk about the details when we get home. You don’t look well. Oh, Edgar. Since we’ve met, how about having dinner together?”

Instead of answering, Edgar quietly observed me.

“Well—”

Just as he was about to answer, Antonio, who had been getting scolded by my brother, grabbed my shoulder and positioned me in front of himself.

“Hyung! Calm down! I really didn’t let them take my ring on purpose! I was focused on Lilliana— Ow!”

“…I’ll go. Let’s have dinner together.”

It seems tonight’s dinner time is going to be incredibly chaotic.

* * *

As soon as I arrived at Liliana’s residence, I ran up to my room on the 2nd floor.

The bald spot I confirmed directly in the mirror was more horrible than I had imagined.

There was a hole the size of a coin, and if even a breeze blew, my bare scalp would definitely be exposed.

“No way. Sob.”

It would be fall soon, but there was no way my hair would grow long by then.

I tried styling my hair this way and that with all sorts of accessories I brought from Trobancha – pins, ribbons, and such.

But once I’d seen it with my own eyes, I kept worrying about it and it was driving me crazy.

“I’m ruined. Waaaaah!”

I flopped down on the carpet and shed tears.

Knock knock.

Opening the door right after making a knocking sound—it’s definitely Antonio.

“Come down for dinner— are you crying?”

“What about my hair. What should I do. *sniff* Waahhh! Do you know how hard it was to grow it to my waist!”

“Uh, um.”

Hearing an unfamiliar voice, I looked up to see Edgar standing awkwardly behind Antonio.

I jumped up and slammed the door shut. I didn’t even want to look at him.

As I lay face down on the bed, Antonio quietly opened the door and came in.

“He says he wants to apologize.”

“Tell him forget it.”

“He didn’t know you couldn’t swim and was trying to help, so cheer up. You look really petty.”

“Hey! Whose side are you on?”

“Of course I’m on your side! But he was trying to save you. I’m very grateful to him just for that.”

Somehow Antonio seems more hateful than Edgar.

When I glared at Antonio with fierce eyes, he hurriedly tried to fix my hair.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. You’re pretty even with holes in your hair.”

“I don’t want to go to school. I’m too embarrassed to go anywhere with this hair. Now I can’t even go sightseeing. I can’t meet my friends.”

“Then should I give you my hair? You and I have the same hair color, so if you wear a partial wig made from my hair, it won’t be noticeable.”

“I have curly hair and you have straight hair.”

“I’ll curl my hair every day starting today to make it curly.”

“Pfft!”

I was so depressed I wanted to bury myself under the covers forever, but hearing Antonio’s playful words made me giggle.

“Let’s go eat. The adults are waiting.”

When I reluctantly got up, I made eye contact with Edgar who was standing by the door.

For some reason, Edgar had been glaring at me since a moment ago.

Edgar looked back and forth between me and Antonio, then twisted his lips in a sneer.

“I’m not going to apologize. You should be thanking me instead.”

Whip. Edgar turned around and went downstairs first. Antonio grabbed me from the side and pleaded.

“Please bear with it, Oliver. If you start fighting too, we’re really done for.”

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