I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 140

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“I like Lilliana, but liking her is painful.”

After hearing the news that Lilliana would be returning to her hometown, Edgar fled to find Chris as if running away.

“Edgar….”

“The more I like her, the more it hurts.”

Edgar roughly wiped his dampened eyes. After doing so, his nose started running a bit, so he had to sniff and swallow.

“She has too many friends.”

Lilliana has many friends. She’ll have even more in the future.

Her personality is so good that she can become friends with anyone she meets for the first time within ten minutes, and anyone who faces her sunshine-like smile will come to love Lilliana.

At first, Edgar found that aspect of Lilliana fascinating. Later, he envied it, and from some point on, it made him angry. As time passed, that emotion transformed into sadness.

‘Sometimes when I’m with you, I feel incredibly lonely.’

To Edgar, Lilliana was an irreplaceable, unique person, but it seemed like Lilliana could quickly fill the empty space even without him.

So he always had to suffer from the anxiety that Lilliana might suddenly disappear.

And finally, the day came when Edgar’s premonition became reality.

“Leo says that being far apart doesn’t mean you’re not friends anymore. But I know. We’ll eventually stop being friends.”

At first they might miss each other, but as time accumulates, they’ll later become strangers to each other and gradually grow distant.

Letters will become infrequent and filled with content they can’t understand about each other. Those moments will surely burn Edgar’s insides.

Lilliana would do fine even if their friendship cooled, but Edgar wasn’t confident he could do well.

He was already tormented seeing himself getting anxious about their growing distance, feeling hurt, and waiting for letters every day with a miserable heart.

“Lilliana will definitely miss you.”

“And she’ll forget quickly. When the seat next to her becomes empty, someone will fill that spot.”

Because she’s lovely enough to make anyone want to do that.

Edgar, who had buried his face between his knees, thought sadly.

‘I want to stop hurting now.’

The time spent worrying that Lilliana might leave for Trobancha, and all the time feeling lonely and anxious because of Lilliana was too painful.

But if he ends up waiting for a friend who has left….

‘I hate waiting without knowing when it will end.’

Even if he went to meet Lilliana himself, it would take too long.

Even if they met again someday, the awkward atmosphere would define their relationship. That they’re no longer friends.

So Edgar decided to turn away from everything.

If he turned away from memories, he could bury all the longing and sadness as the price.

Thanks to that, he was able to spend the past 6 years not entirely miserably.

But then this guy named Antonio appeared out of nowhere and started stirring up his insides.

“But why didn’t you reply? That was too much. Though I was glad you stepped aside on your own.”

When he was young, Edgar was curious about what kind of person Antonio was.

But the guy he actually confirmed was a pretty-looking boy, different from his imagination.

The bob cut was strange, but his languid eyes caught attention and actually gave off a unique atmosphere.

He was a bit shorter than Edgar, but his way of speaking—no, just his very existence was irritating.

“Just keep living like you do now.”

“What?”

The first thing he said upon meeting was to keep living like now.

What kind of guy is this?

“It would be even better if you didn’t appear before my eyes at all. You’re the type who’s worrying even when kept at a distance.”

Antonio made this ridiculous demand and then disappeared suddenly.

Edgar had been steadily ignoring the news that Lilliana came to the Empire, but absurdly, Antonio, who he’d had a lifelong competitive relationship with, provoked him.

Because of his rebellious feelings toward that guy, he wanted to confirm just how amazing and touching their relationship was.

And then it came to this.

The situation was a mess, but sparks had flown to his buried emotions, and it wasn’t easy to stomp them out with his feet to extinguish them.

“Were you guys really in a love triangle? Wow! I thought that only happened in novels.”

“Chris. Go sew up Luca’s mouth.”

“But it won’t be easy. Antonio isn’t ordinary. You should have seen him use his ability yesterday! It was really amazing! That’s why I decided to back out of this situation. The competitor is too strong—”

“Chris. Let’s bury just one person in your family’s garden.”

Edgar, unable to bear it anymore, finally punched Luca.

“Why did I do that? Someone please hit my head. So I wake up in six months.”

The more he thought about it, the more foolish he felt.

“The flower… suits you well.”

Why on earth did he say such a thing there!

‘She was pretty….’

The little girl who was sure to be loved by everyone had grown into a girl who couldn’t help but be loved by everyone.

Her eyes, nose, and lips were all pretty. Her curly hair was beautiful, and that girl with flowers in her hair….

His heart pounded violently. Edgar had to struggle desperately to swallow his breath without it showing.

Perhaps that’s why his words came out wrong.

‘I was trying to say anything because apologizing was difficult, and I ended up giving such a compliment.’

Edgar felt so foolish that he roughly tousled his hair and buried his face between his knees.

She’s going to leave again anyway. Why should he be like this because of such a girl?

It’s already been 6 years, so why is he still being swayed by Lilliana?

He knows well that apologizing to Lilliana is the right thing to do, but when he sees her being friendly with Antonio, he gets so angry that he can’t think of anything.

Still, he felt bad all day because he was sorry for making a hole in the girl’s hair.

“Chris. Help me. I need to apologize to Lilliana, but I don’t know how to do it.”

Maybe if he has nothing weighing on his mind, he can completely ignore her and live like he has been until now.

So let’s apologize quickly and end it. Edgar concluded that way.

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“Whatever my intention was, I’m sorry for messing up your hair. If you want compensation other than an apology, I’ll do anything.”

The apology script he came up with after racking his brains with Chris a few days ago felt more and more wrong the more he practiced it.

Edgar tilted his head and roughly dry-washed his face.

“I don’t know. When I see her face directly, some words will come out.”

He even skipped class and came to the middle school to apologize to Lilliana.

“Ah.”

The class bell rang. Not long after, Antonio came out of the music room and spotted Edgar.

Antonio frowned as soon as he saw Edgar.

“Why did you come here?”

“Where’s Lilliana?”

“I asked why you came here.”

“Just tell me where Lilliana is.”

This guy is really disgustingly annoying. Antonio crossed his arms and spoke crookedly.

“Ignore her like you’ve been doing. You’re good at pretending not to know.”

“I warned you to be careful last time. Know your limits.”

“That’s for me to decide.”

“If you’re acting cocky because you trust your ability, I’m not afraid of such power. So stop picking fights and—”

Edgar’s words couldn’t continue.

Thanks to Luca running over breathlessly, grabbing him, and shouting.

“Hey! Edgar! You’re in big trouble! Forget about apologizing, you won’t even be able to continue the love triangle!”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“Noah Ashtaff went to confess to Lilliana right now!”

“What?”

Edgar, shocked, froze on the spot, and Antonio opened his mouth wide and clutched his head.

“Where is Lilliana right now?”

“In front of the Music Room! Go quickly. Noah Ashtaff is the most handsome guy in our grade.”

“That… because of that bastard, my guard got loose, and now!”

Antonio, thoroughly enraged, ran down the corridor.

With his mind in a daze, Edgar had an instinct that he shouldn’t just stay still.

Edgar quickly chased after Antonio.

He was angrier than when Antonio would gnaw at his nerves, feeling like his chest would burst.

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This week’s Staff Lounge cleaning duty belonged to Selena, the math teacher.

Swish swish, she swept and emptied the trash cans.

Thanks to all the afternoon classes being over, she could leave work right after finishing the lounge cleanup.

‘I need to hurry up and go.’

After putting the randomly placed sofa cushions back in their proper places, she only had one last task: watering the potted plants by the window.

She filled up water and was watering them one by one when she frowned at one particular pot.

“What’s wrong with this one?”

The flowering tree that the literature teacher had been growing for three years was famous for its weed-like vitality.

It seemed fine just the day before yesterday, but overnight the leaves had turned black and died, leaving only the stem.

Even the originally sturdy stem wasn’t in good condition. From the looks of it, even the roots seemed completely dead.

“Did a Magic Department student play a prank?”

The math teacher felt somehow uneasy and threw the dead plant into the trash can.

She dumped all the soil from the pot into the Flower Garden, brushed off her arms, and left work.

The math teacher had no way of knowing that it wasn’t because a Magic Department student had played a prank, but because Lilliana had poured cold tea on it.

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