I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 139

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Dinner time was terrible from the seating arrangement. I was assigned to the very end of the dining table, with Edgar sitting directly across from me.

The fortunate thing was that Antonio sat next to me. Because next to Antonio was my older brother, so nagging followed throughout the entire meal.

“Isn’t it a bit much to summon a guardian in less than a month?”

“Hey, hyung. They were wrong first.”

“Right. That’s why only that kid Jamie got community service. If that kid hadn’t taken your ring without permission, you would have had to do community service too for excessive response.”

No one comforted me about the bald spot on my head.

I was pushed by Jamie and even went into the pond to find my ring.

On top of that, Edgar was calmly eating as if nothing had happened.

“By the way, Marius, why did you come?”

“It’s not like I came somewhere I shouldn’t. Your face looks much better? That’s a relief.”

“I have a kid to raise, so I ate everything that’s supposed to be good for the body.”

“Really? I should have sent you some health supplements too. Lilliana. How’s your ability?”

“Huh? Yes? My ability?”

The awakening fever I experienced right after unsealing was painful like a harsh initiation.

Antonio happened to be sick around the same time, so all the adults around mobilized to take care of us.

After suffering for a while, my body no longer hurt even without sealing my ability.

“It doesn’t hurt at all now. I unsealed it too. Um… but I’m still clumsy at handling my ability. Still, my older brother says I’ll naturally learn to handle it once my growth is complete.”

“That’s a relief. I’m really glad you’re healthy.”

Marius sighing in relief like a father felt a bit burdensome, so I shifted my gaze.

Then Edgar, who was silently eating, came into view.

‘How can you swallow food right now?’

The protagonist of letters ignored for 4 years is right in front of me, and I have a coin-sized bald spot on my head?

I was so angry I couldn’t just sit still.

So I stretched out my leg and tapped his knee.

Only then did Edgar lift his face to look at me.

He glared at me with a stiffly hardened face, as if I was the one who had ignored letters. Then.

“Ow.”

He kicked my knee back the same way.

He seemed to have tapped lightly, but it hurt so much that tears welled up in my eyes.

He also seemed surprised that more force went into it than expected, briefly gasping.

“Oh right. I heard there’s going to be joint training between the Imperial Navy and Trowance Maritime Police soon.”

“It’s only a few weeks away.”

“Edith is scheduled to attend too, so don’t be too flustered when you meet her.”

Marius, who was cutting meat, stopped his movements.

Unresolved emotions crossed his face that had turned pale.

However, he soon skillfully smiled and continued the conversation.

“Is Edith doing well?”

“Much better than you.”

While the two continued their bickering conversation, I stretched out my leg again to kick his shin with force. …I tried to.

‘I feel like this has happened before.’

I felt déjà vu in this situation where I could only kick air even when stretching my foot. Heat rose and my breathing became rough.

Antonio, who had roughly caught on, piled a lot of meat on my plate.

“Eat a lot and calm down your irritation.”

Marius, who noticed Antonio, asked.

“What’s your relationship with Lilliana, student?”

“Friends. For now.”

Antonio, speaking curtly, was staring intently at Edgar.

“For now?”

“Because we’re going to become siblings soon— Ow!”

“Sisters, you mean.”

Antonio rubbed his pinched side and whined something, but everyone ignored it.

“Why don’t you two come visit the Imperial Palace after school?”

“What would kids do at the Imperial Palace? Especially at their ‘former’ brother-in-law’s house.”

“As a ‘former niece,’ I can’t help but be especially caring. Lilliana. Edgar will guide you, so don’t worry and come anytime.”

“What? Why would I— Ugh.”

Marius, sitting next to him, grabbed Edgar’s arm tightly and smiled wickedly.

“You’re friends. You should catch up after meeting for the first time in a while.”

Since Marius was now an uncomfortable adult, I couldn’t bring myself to say it.

That we’re not friends anymore.

So I had no choice but to nod and say I would.

* * *

“Older brother. Can’t I just do homeschooling? It’s too embarrassing.”

“I told you it doesn’t show at all.”

“No. It shows everything even if I move a little.”

As I crouched in front of the manor entrance looking in the mirror, my older brother shook his head.

Liliana, who couldn’t stand watching, stepped forward.

“Baby. It looks more prominent because you’re paying attention to it.”

“The hole is the size of a coin!”

My nose stung. I was sighing deeply because I didn’t want to go to school when Filippo, who had finished breakfast, approached.

Filippo poked the bald spot with his finger.

“Aunt, are you going bald now?”

“Hey! Filippo!”

As punishment for making me angry, I grabbed Filippo and bit his hand hard.

“Ahhh! Gross! That hurts!”

“Who told you to tease your aunt?”

“Let go! Ahhh!”

I restrained the struggling Filippo with my arms and legs and attacked him with kisses.

“Save me! Mom! Help me!”

“Filippo. How many times has mom told you not to tease your youngest aunt?”

“Ahhh!”

“Aunt!”

Unlike the mischievous and ill-tempered Filippo, Yosiyas, who was kind, gentle, and cute, only causing trouble following his brother, came running with a large flower.

“Aunt. I’ll give you this. Please forgive my brother.”

“Yosiyas.”

How could there be such an angelic, cute, and lovable child?

I released Filippo and hugged Yosiyas tightly, making Filippo grumble.

“Tch. You attack me with teeth every day but only treat Yosiyas well.”

I ignored Filippo’s words and put the flower in my hair, looking at it from various angles with a hand mirror.

Antonio, who had just finished preparing for school, exclaimed in admiration.

“Doing it like that, you can’t see it at all.”

“That means it was showing until now!”

“Let’s go quickly. We’ll be late!”

When Antonio dragged me to school by force, gazes poured on us.

Attention was bound to focus on us because of our abilities. Antonio whispered to me.

“Everyone must be captivated by my beauty.”

“I don’t think so. It’s probably my beauty. I even put on a flower today.”

Even if Antonio is pretty, I don’t have a face that would lose to that guy.

I flipped my hair back over my shoulder and headed to the classroom.

“Huh?”

An unexpected figure was standing in front of the classroom.

“Isn’t that Duke Runtvolenu?”

“I thought he was a university student, so why is he here?”

“Maybe he came to see a friend.”

Edgar, who had been leaning against the wall with a sullen face, spotted us and approached.

His green eyes fixed on me. I avoided his gaze and only glanced behind Edgar.

“Oh. We meet again after seeing each other yesterday. Nice to see you?”

It was Antonio who greeted Edgar.

I likewise looked up at Edgar with a grumpy expression.

‘Why is this guy so tall.’

It hurts my pride. I think he was taller than me even when we were kids.

Edgar, whom I met again after 6 years, was now standing at the boundary between adolescence and adulthood.

His build had grown as much as his height, which now matched the adults, and it seemed like in just a few years he’d become as big as Leopold.

However, the baby fat still remaining on his cheeks proved that Edgar was my age.

“Take this.”

Edgar held out a small pass to us.

“It’s an Imperial Palace entry pass. My brother said to come whenever you’re free, so do as you like.”

“Wow. So you really were going to give it to us. But we don’t have time to visit the Imperial Palace, so what should we do.”

At Antonio’s blunt response, Edgar’s eyelid twitched.

From what I could tell, it seemed like something had happened between the two of them.

But that was a problem for those two to solve, and what I wanted to know was something else.

I asked Edgar, who had become awkward to the point of feeling like a stranger after our long reunion.

“Don’t you have something to say to me?”

“I said I wouldn’t apologize.”

“There’s something else you should apologize for besides my hair.”

If he had any conscience, he should feel very sorry about ignoring my letters for 4 whole years.

If apologizing was difficult, it would be nice if he at least explained why he did it.

But Edgar just kept his mouth shut. I didn’t want to deal with Edgar anymore.

“Let’s go, Antonio.”

Just as I was passing Edgar to enter the classroom, Edgar muttered behind us.

“The flower… suits you well.”

Ha.

It wasn’t even funny, so I slammed the classroom door shut.

* * *

When we returned after school ended, Edgar was there as expected.

Edgar, who had been lying face down on the bed in the empty room, looked very depressed.

Chris carefully poked Edgar with gentle taps.

“Are you dead?”

“I want to die.”

“Chris, why is he acting like that?”

Luca whispered loudly enough for everyone to hear.

“I think it’s because of Lilliana.”

“Ah. Come to think of it, she came with a flower in her hair. Edgar, why on earth did you do that.”

Edgar made a groaning sound and wriggled under the blanket.

“She’s got nothing to do with me. It’s a finished relationship, so don’t bring her up.”

“What? Edgar, you seem suspicious.”

“It’s because Edgar likes Lilliana.”

“What?”

“What? No! When did I ever!”

Edgar bolted upright and shrieked, startling Luca who made a snorting sound.

“You said it before. That you were struggling as much as you liked Lilliana.”

So aren’t you struggling because of Lilliana now too?

At this pointed observation, Edgar couldn’t say anything.

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