I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 17

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I got scolded so badly by youngest sister that tears came to my eyes.

The playground was banned for three days, so I had to stay in my room playing with dolls by myself.

“I miss you. Francesca… Martina… Antonio… Vicky…”

Being stuck at home made me so bored that my whole body felt restless. But that didn’t mean my sisters would play with me either.

Right now our house had such a precarious atmosphere that it felt like bombs would go bang! bang! if anyone just touched something.

The tense atmosphere reached its peak the day before yesterday when big sister quit the Maritime Guard and came back.

Youngest sister demanded to know if she was really going through with that marriage, and unable to contain her anger, she screamed at the top of her lungs.

Little sister also glared at big sister for a long while before slamming the door shut and locking herself in her room. And I…

“Cookie. I really don’t know what to do.”

I had hoped little sister and Leopold would work out, but now big sister says she’s taking me to the Empire. I don’t care about the male leads anymore, I just want to keep living in Trobancha like this.

The four of us living peacefully together. It would be even better if brother Andrea came back…

I suddenly hugged Cookie and shouted at a solution that came to mind.

“Gasp! That method existed! Cookie! Let’s write a letter to brother Andrea!”

If I tell brother Andrea that the sisters are trying to marry strange men, maybe he’ll step in and stop them.

Why am I only thinking of this now?

I jumped up and brought paper, picking up a pen. I dipped the nib in ink and began writing carefully on the paper.

I couldn’t control the strength in my hand, so the nib kept tearing through the paper and my hands got covered in black ink, but I didn’t stop.

Brother Andrea! It’s me, Lilliana!

Don’t you miss me? I miss brother so much

The sisters are getting married! They say I have to go live in the Empire, but Trobancha is nice… Please stop the sisters!

Even though I could read well, writing was still very clumsy. But it didn’t matter as long as the meaning got across.

I put lots of glue on the envelope with the letter and sealed it so no one could open it, then put it in my hamster bag and prepared to go out.

I planned to hurry to the post office so it would reach brother Andrea in the Southern Region as quickly as possible.

Coming out of my room, I ran down the hallway and knocked on my sisters’ doors.

If I went out without saying anything, I might really get spanked until my bottom disappeared.

“Little sister! Let’s go to the post office together!”

“Sister is busy.”

When I opened the door, I could see little sister preparing for a date.

I gave little sister a thumbs up saying she looked pretty, then knocked on youngest sister’s door.

“Youngest sister! Let’s go to the post office—”

Before I could finish speaking, youngest sister flung open the door and came out.

For some reason, youngest sister was already ready to go out.

“Alright, let’s go! On the way back, sister will buy you something delicious.”

“Whoa! Really?”

“Of course. Have you ever seen sister lie?”

“Yeah! I’ve seen it lots!”

“You little!”

I ran like lightning to the front door, dodging youngest sister’s hand trying to pinch my cheek.

When I flung open the door, something bumped into it from outside with a thud.

“Huh?”

“Ow ow. That hurts.”

This voice is… Marius?

“Mister?”

Marius was sitting in front of me, clutching his nose.

“Ouch, that hurts. Mister’s nose might be broken. I think it would get better if the little one went ‘hoo hoo’ on it.”

“You want me to go ‘hoo hoo’?”

“Will you do it?”

Marius moved his hand away with a bright face.

Just looking at it, it seemed perfectly fine and didn’t look bumped at all… Rather, his palm was the red part.

It’s suspicious, but if he’s hurt because of me, I should take responsibility.

“Hoo. Hoo. May all the pain go awaaay!”

When I chanted the spell, Marius opened his eyes wide as if amazed, then grinned.

“Wow. The little one is amazing, isn’t she? Now it doesn’t hurt at all.”

“Right? I’m pretty amazing!”

When I shrugged my shoulders, Marius chuckled and got up from his spot.

While he patted my head, youngest sister came out. Instead of greeting him, youngest sister asked in a sharp tone.

“Why did you come here?”

“Is Edith here?”

“No.”

“Come on. I came knowing she’s here. Even if you don’t like me, let’s not lie.”

“If you know, why ask?”

“Because I want to get close to my sister-in-law?”

When Marius acted playful, youngest sister frowned.

Her lips twisted, showing she was quite annoyed.

Can’t be helped. I have no choice but to step in and direct traffic.

“Edith is sleeping, so mister, go away!”

“Huh? Then will you wake her up for me?”

“No! Mister, go home!”

“Hmm. Little one. If you lie, you won’t grow tall? Do you want to be a shorty forever?”

“Uh oh… That won’t do…”

When I covered both cheeks with my palms and opened my mouth wide, Marius’s lips twitched.

Then big sister came out, having heard our conversation.

“What brings you here?”

“Ah. I came to give you the engagement ring. Even though we skipped the engagement ceremony, I wanted to give you the ring in person. Let’s go out. Let’s have a meal somewhere nice and have a ring exchange ceremony.”

“Sister.”

Youngest sister glared at big sister with a stiffly hardened face and shook her head.

Big sister ignored youngest sister’s opposition with a calm expression.

“Lili. Where are you going? Should big sister come with you?”

“She has somewhere to go with me separately. Youngest, let’s go.”

Youngest sister grabbed my hand and deliberately bumped Marius’s shoulder as she passed.

I followed youngest sister with quick steps and turned back to wave at big sister.

“Big sister. Don’t play too much with the silly mister and come home quickly, okay? Got it?”

I warned her to come home early, but I don’t know how much it will work.

I’m a six-year-old kid and big sister is twenty-four, an adult.

After stopping by the post office to send a letter to brother Andrea, I went to a restaurant with youngest sister.

The children’s meal was so delicious that I got excited and hummed while swinging my legs under the chair.

But the moment the door jingled open and a customer appeared, everything stopped.

I even dropped the fork I was stabbing my steak with onto the table.

“Uh, uh oh… I want to go home!”

The customer who entered the restaurant was none other than Francois Cassel.

I had hoped it wouldn’t be, but Francois Cassel spotted us and approached this way.

He must have come to give me a drink mixed with magic like last time.

Youngest sister tricked me. When I tried to get down from my chair and run home, youngest sister firmly grabbed my arm and sat me back in the chair.

Meanwhile, Francois Cassel was still approaching with big steps.

My heart pounded violently. I hadn’t been this scared even before getting shots.

“Ugh. I, I want to go home. Let go!”

When I started to sniffle, youngest sister hurriedly made a promise.

“I’ll buy you mango pudding.”

“No! I don’t need pudding!”

“I’ll buy you jelly too. And a coupon to skip eating bell peppers.”

“J-just one?”

“Two.”

“…Four.”

“Fine. Three. Three jellies and one pudding, three bell pepper skip coupons. Deal?”

“Mm-hmm. Okay. Then I’ll try to endure it once.”

I swallowed my trembling while thinking about jelly and pudding.

Just then, Francois Cassel sitting across from me looked at me and smiled brightly.

“Hello. Little miss.”

I don’t like Francois Cassel.

He’s a dangerous person in the original work, and he always calls me little miss.

I glared at Francois Cassel and spoke sharply.

“I’m not a little miss.”

…That was sharp for me, anyway.

“Then should I call you Lilliana from now on?”

Actually, Francois Cassel was too scary for me to snap at him like a lion. But he reacted much more kindly than I expected.

For a moment, I thought maybe I had been misunderstanding Francois Cassel all along.

Even if Francois confined the female protagonist and used me in the original work, that was the original story, and in this real world different from the original, he might not be so dangerous.

So maybe I could treat him a little more comfortably?

I gathered my courage and said to him.

“Mm-hmm. Okay. Please call me Lilliana.”

“You’re here? Did you eat?”

“Not yet. Should I order too?”

“Do whatever.”

But something’s strange. No, suspicious.

I don’t think youngest sister and Francois Cassel had such a comfortable relationship before.

When I narrowed my eyes and looked back and forth between the two, I soon made eye contact with Francois Cassel.

Francois Cassel carefully examined my face.

“Is Lilliana scared of big brother?”

“N-no? I’m not scared?”

If I admit I’m scared, I lose.

I deliberately put strength in my eyes and looked at Francois, but instead of being intimidated, he just smiled brightly.

“Not big brother, but mister, right? If you got into trouble when you were young, you’d be old enough to have a daughter our youngest’s age.”

At little sister’s sarcasm, Francois forced a smile and poured a potion containing mana into water.

“Mana potions must be drunk within an hour of being made. Even if it tastes bad, you must endure it and drink it.”

Looking at the bad-tasting purple potion, my lips jutted out.

It smelled like something I wanted to refuse even if it meant not getting pudding and jelly.

As if reading my thoughts, Francois suddenly pulled out a small bear doll from a paper bag.

The pink fluffy fur was so cute that every time Francois shook the doll, my gaze followed it.

“If Lilliana endures well, I’ll give you this doll.”

“Really? …?”

“Of course. Naturally.”

He grinned and handed me the doll.

When I hugged the bear doll and rubbed the tip of my chin against its round belly, I felt the soft texture.

“Hehe. I can eat it well!”

I gathered courage and picked up the cup. I closed my eyes tightly and held my breath as I tilted the cup.

The potion touched my lips. I forced my mouth open and gulped it down.

Gasp! Even though I held my breath, the bitter taste rose up with each sip, making me feel like throwing up.

Each time that happened, I gripped the soft bear doll tightly with both hands.

If I drink all of this, this one will be mine. I just need to endure a little.

“Hueng. It tastes so bad.”

When I set down the empty cup with a thud, youngest sister clapped her hands.

“Waaah. You can even drink mana potions, our youngest has grown up!”

“That’s right. Lilliana is really a brave child, isn’t she?”

“Of course! Lilliana will become a brave warrior, so this much is fine!”

When I straightened my shoulders and puffed out my chest, Francois laughed silently.

I fiddled with the bear doll I got in exchange for drinking the worst-tasting beverage in the world.

“This one is Jelly now. Jelly, hello. Big sister will play with you every day from now on.”

Then youngest sister suddenly pushed food into my mouth.

I jutted out my lips at being treated like a child and picked up the fork myself.

“Am I a baby? I can eat by myself.”

“You little thing. You’re still a baby.”

I’m all grown up… I wanted to argue back, but youngest sister’s eyes were sparkling, so I quietly nodded and acknowledged it.

“Right. I’m a baby.”

Hmph. I need to hurry up and become an adult so I can become Mace Fist.

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