I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 151

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Military training began just a few days later, without even time to recover from travel fatigue.

Edith was assigned as one of the supervisors, and unfortunately ended up in charge of night training.

At least the fortunate thing was that she had sent the child directly to Andrea through someone else.

‘If he stayed in the barracks, word would definitely leak to the Empire side, so this is right.’

Dressed in military uniform, she headed straight down to the dining hall.

Empire soldiers and Trowance troops were mixed together having dinner.

Then someone spotted Edith standing in line to get food and approached her.

“It’s been a while.”

Edith confirmed who it was and offered a light greeting.

“Duke Douwenen. Have you been well?”

“Of course. But over the past few years…”

Duke Douwenen blatantly looked Edith up and down.

“You’ve changed quite a bit.”

“Have I?”

“How does it feel to return to such a life after living as an empress?”

“Such a life?”

“A life of wandering training grounds covered in dust, working up a sweat.”

“Hmm.”

She had already prepared for this kind of provocation, so she could brush it off without batting an eye.

Even in Trowance, she had received considerable mockery for retiring to get married only to return again.

Of course, she had silenced them all with her skills alone.

“I like it. Very much.”

“You’re as brazen as ever.”

“Is this brazen? In Trowance, I could just throw arrogant bastards into the sea, but the Empire had too many restrictions. So it’s refreshing. Now I can drop them to my heart’s content.”

As she said this while looking Duke Douwenen up and down, he flinched in surprise with a tense expression.

Edith let out a small snort and raised the corner of her mouth crookedly as she greeted him.

“Well, it’s my turn so I’ll be going. Take care.”

Edith passed Duke Douwenen, got her food, and went to an empty seat to start eating.

Then the dining hall suddenly became noisy.

Thinking some high-ranking person must have arrived, she was hurriedly shoving food in her mouth when someone plopped down in front of her. It was Marius.

“Ha, haha. Good evening… well.”

“…Yes. A peaceful evening.”

“May I sit?”

“It’s fine.”

Marius smiled awkwardly and began eating.

Somehow the hand holding his spoon was stiff.

His lips chewing food were overly rigid, and his eyes kept stealing glances at Edith sitting across from him.

Every now and then he would move his lips trying to say something, but all attempts ended in failure.

Each time, Marius’s eyes would shake restlessly.

“Ah.”

Marius, who had checked Edith’s tray, quickly spoke up.

“Want more roasted duck? You like this, don’t you. I’ll get you more. Oh, or even mine… I haven’t touched it.”

Eyes that curved up like a cat’s gazed steadily at Marius.

As Edith’s silence grew longer, he gradually couldn’t hide his anxious expression.

Then she swallowed a low sigh and replied.

“It’s fine.”

“Sorry if I made you uncomfortable.”

“You didn’t.”

“I missed you, I missed you so much. Seeing your face made me miss you even more… When I came to my senses, I was already here.”

“…”

He had thought he just wanted to see her face once, but now that they were face to face, he became greedy.

Marius nervously fidgeted with his fingers before hiding them under the table.

“I’m not saying let’s start over. How could I do that? It’s just… I like you so much.”

It was a forlorn smile that seemed like it would collapse at the slightest breeze.

Edith tensed her face to keep her expression from crumbling and abruptly stood up.

“I’ll be going now. I hope you have a pleasant meal.”

It was fortunate that her next schedule was night training.

If she had been alone in the barracks, it would have been hard to endure these restless emotions.

Edith firmly held back the sigh that was rising up.

* * *

Though they shared nothing in common except black hair, Lilliana and Antonio were definitely relatives.

They had exactly the same personality of loving to wander around and behavioral patterns of being unable to stay still like beagles.

“How did you even get backstage? Do you know how much I wandered around looking for you two?”

“That’s why I got an autograph for you too.”

“I don’t need it.”

Edgar pressed his temples hard, feeling a headache coming on.

Lilliana, who was diligently eating a chicken skewer, held out her bag to Edgar.

Edgar naturally took the bag and pulled out a handkerchief.

“You got some on your mouth.”

“Mm-hmm. Wait a moment. Let me finish eating this.”

“Aren’t you thirsty?”

“Not really.”

Antonio, who had been listening to their conversation, narrowed his eyes and subtly pulled Lilliana closer.

Knowing what feelings Antonio had for Lilliana, Edgar didn’t even snort anymore.

He just nagged with a face that said ‘there he goes again.’

“The Order hasn’t been completely rooted out so it’s dangerous, so go home early. It’s dangerous if you two go poking around everywhere.”

“It’s only 3 o’clock, so servants should be quiet. We’re going to look around the nearby general store before going home.”

“Liliana will buy a pin, and I decided to buy a hair tie.”

Edgar inwardly clicked his tongue and followed the two as they searched for the general store.

With each step, the small doll hanging from Lilliana’s bag swayed.

It was an orange doll with its fist clenched tight.

He thought she always bought things just like that. You know, cute and eye-catching…

When they arrived at the general store, the two beagles excitedly began hurriedly picking out items.

“Isn’t that the Empire’s traditional pattern? I should buy it as a souvenir to give to my friends.”

Lilliana discovered a hand mirror engraved with the Empire’s traditional pattern and rushed to a display far away.

Antonio was beside her, looking at mirrors while wearing some random glasses.

“Don’t I look cool?”

“Not at all, considering you’ll be struggling later saying you spent all your allowance.”

Antonio rolled his eyes, but Edgar ignored him as usual. That’s when it happened.

“It’s mom’s birthday soon so I need to pick out a gift, but I don’t know what would be good.”

“Wouldn’t a pendant be nice? I heard it’s trendy among ladies these days.”

At the conversation between two male students at the next display, Antonio visibly flinched.

His expression gradually hardened and his brow furrowed stiffly.

Lilliana was already at the display across the way and seemed unaware of the situation.

“I’m going to look over there for a bit.”

Antonio put down the glasses and moved to the opposite side.

It seemed like something had touched a nerve with him.

But since he didn’t know what it was, Edgar quietly observed from a distance instead of chasing after him to ask if he was okay.

After buying things from the general store and coming out, the sky had turned yellowish as if sunset would soon roll in.

‘What happened with Antonio?’

‘I don’t know either.’

‘Why is he acting like that?’

Lilliana asked silently, but there was no way Edgar would know.

Antonio, who had been looking gloomy the whole time, suddenly spoke up.

“…I don’t want to go home.”

“Then should we go sleep at Edgar’s house?”

“Huh, what? Our house?”

“Today’s Friday, so it should be fine to stay one night and go back tomorrow, right? The coachman also said to come visit again.”

“Well, um… Yeah. Come sleep over. I’ll feed you five meals a day.”

Was this right?

He couldn’t understand why the situation was flowing this way, but since he had given up thinking when it came to Antonio Benichka, Edgar decided to just go along with it.

* * *

As soon as Edgar arrived at the Imperial Palace, he had a servant contact Liliana first.

Whatever was on his mind, Antonio went gloomily to the guest room by himself.

“You really don’t know what’s wrong?”

“Of course I don’t know. I’ll go check, so you go to the dining hall and eat first.”

Edgar chased me away to the dining hall.

While trudging toward the dining hall, I ran into Marius at the end of the corridor.

He also looked as gloomy as Antonio.

“Lilliana?”

Marius, who spotted me, immediately brightened up and came running over.

“What brings you here? Did you come to visit?”

“Yes. I’m planning to stay the night.”

“Good, you did well coming! Have you eaten?”

“I was just about to eat.”

“Then we can eat together. Let’s hurry and go.”

Marius was unusually dressed in military uniform.

His cape, which fluttered with every movement, was permeated with the scent of sea breeze.

“Did you come back from joint training?”

“How did you know?”

“I can smell the sea.”

“You’re smart. You were quite airheaded when you were little, but you’ve grown up.”

“Did you meet our sister?”

“Yeah. She’s still as impressive as ever.”

Like most divorces probably are, Edith and Marius also parted on quite bad terms, they say.

So that’s probably why Edith secretly had a child without Marius knowing.

‘But is it really okay to hide it so recklessly?’

My head was getting complicated for no reason. And…

“Um.”

“Yeah. Lilliana, what is it?”

“Well…”

My mouth just wouldn’t open.

I couldn’t remember most of my life in the Empire, but there was a moment I simply couldn’t forget no matter how hard I tried.

“Speak comfortably. It’s okay.”

“…Is your arm okay?”

I still remember it. The sight of blood dripping from Marius’s arm after he saved me.

That arm had been a thorn stuck deep in my heart for a very long time.

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