I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 190

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Since it was an arts school, there were many children with rich imaginations.

Because of that, we often witnessed eccentric behavior that was hard to see elsewhere, and there were many false rumors circulating.

But it was only enjoyable when it was other people’s business – when it happened to me, it was a different problem entirely.

This was more absurd than when Nicole said she would make clothes from fabric made of hair.

Who? Antonio and I.

What? Love rivals.

For whom? For Edgar.

Was this rumor supposed to make sense?

My mouth fell open and I raised my hand to barely stop the scream that was about to burst out.

“Are you crazy?”

Since it was me, it ended with asking if I was crazy, but if Antonio had heard this, he would definitely have dry heaved.

“That’s what I’m saying. I’ve been competing with Damiano alone all this time.”

“Damiano has nothing to do with anything.”

“I can’t help but worry. Because even if you say you don’t like Damiano, you’re the most sparkling person I know. So I have no choice but to compete with everyone in the world.”

“Why do you think like that? Is that why you threw a tantrum at me that day?”

Edgar expressed his affirmation through silence.

I fiddled with the large bouquet Edgar had given me and confessed with a reddened face.

“You don’t know my heart at all.”

“What heart?”

“You sparkle too. Sometimes I worry that you might come to your senses and regret your choice to come all the way to Trobancha because of me.”

I deliberately avoided his gaze out of embarrassment.

I could feel his green eyes examining me as if he couldn’t believe it.

“From my perspective, you’re the one who’s perfect…”

My sisters and Protagonist’s Older Brother were all good at studying and excellent at everything, but I was the only one who wasn’t particularly good at anything.

Moreover, I wasn’t as elegant as the people around Edgar.

Edgar was handsome, smart, and even had a sense of refinement, so I didn’t understand why such a person was always anxious.

“You don’t know that I’m always worried too?”

“You?”

“Mm-hmm…”

Edgar, his cheeks flushed as if embarrassed, smiled faintly.

If I had known he would react like that, I would have spoken honestly from the beginning.

My chest tightened with a tingling sensation.

“More importantly, Edgar.”

“Yeah?”

I didn’t want to talk about such problems anymore during such a pleasant moment.

What I wanted to talk about was something else.

“It’s my birthday today, aren’t you going to give me a birthday present?”

“Huh? Oh yeah. What do you want? If there’s something specific you want, I’ll buy it for you.”

“Really?”

“Of course. Anything is fine.”

Rustle, rustle.

My fingers made noise as they rubbed against the bouquet wrapping paper. My palms became slightly sweaty.

I took a step closer to Edgar.

The misunderstanding was cleared up, or rather, actually I hadn’t properly explained about Fantasy Park yet.

But in the current atmosphere, such trivial problems weren’t very important.

Today was my birthday, and I had just safely finished my recital, so I was in a very excited state.

So from all the excitement, I felt like my head was going to explode.

Most of all, I was happy to see Edgar after such a long time.

I firmly grabbed Edgar’s arms. His puzzled face came into view up close.

I grinned and lifted my heels. Then without hesitation, I pressed my lips to his.

Edgar couldn’t hide his surprise, his eyes wide open.

Heat rose to my face and I felt like I might burst.

For some reason, the murmuring sounds I had heard on stage seemed to buzz in my ears.

I separated our faces again and put my heels back on the ground.

“You said anything was fine.”

I knew what Edgar had been thinking and how he had been treating me all this time.

Even without saying anything separately, I could tell enough from his conservative personality and the behavior he had shown so far.

The reason I had respected Edgar was because he was an Empire person with a different way of thinking from us, and he was a diplomat.

I wanted to avoid any potentially unpleasant situations.

But from today, I’m an adult too.

Kissing him on my own like this wouldn’t be a problem at all.

Seeing his dazed expression made me burst into laughter.

Edgar’s cheeks seemed to redden slightly…

“You started it first.”

His finely rippling green eyes curved beautifully.

Before I could say “Huh?”, my arms were caught by Edgar and in an instant our lips met.

Edgar’s lips were softer than I had imagined and a little rougher.

We were both each other’s first so we were clumsy, but sometimes being clumsy made it even hotter.

We had met when we were very young, constantly fighting and running around holding hands every day.

Would six-year-old me have known that a future would come where I’d be craning my neck up because of the height difference to kiss that Edgar?

The bouquet between Edgar and me rustled and got terribly crumpled.

Friends had various opinions about first kisses – that bells would ring or that you’d feel nothing at all – but the truth was a sweet floral fragrance.

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Edgar thought his reflection in the mirror looked more foolish than ever.

His flushed face and swollen lips seemed to tell what he had been doing until just moments ago.

‘I can’t appear in front of adults like this.’

It wasn’t like he had done anything shameful, but he didn’t know why he felt so embarrassed.

When the soft sensation that had touched his lips came to mind, his face heated up again.

It might be nothing to someone else, but for Edgar it was a completely unexpected situation, so his stomach was twisted in knots and his chest felt so full it might burst.

He was washing his face with cold water to cool the heat in his head.

A handsome blonde male student entered the bathroom.

Though it was a face he’d never seen before, Edgar could recognize who that kid was at a glance.

‘Damiano, that damn bastard.’

First, the hostile look directed at him.

Second was the shocked face after witnessing the scene of him kissing Lilliana.

Third…

‘He looks exactly like what Antonio described.’

He was tall with hair grown long to his jawline, and though he didn’t want to admit it, his green eyes were attractive.

But the current Edgar could be magnanimous.

He had learned that Lilliana had been secretly anxious just like him, and he was confident that the seat next to Lilliana was his even if there were ten Damianos around.

So Edgar even felt a little sorry for Damiano who had been rejected before even starting.

However, Edgar, who was trying to pass by Damiano and leave, soon had to stop walking.

“Since you got confessed to anyway, why don’t you try meeting Antonio.”

Has this bastard gone crazy? Even if he got rejected, there are things you should say and things you shouldn’t say.

Edgar gritted his teeth to suppress his irritation.

“I understand how you feel, but choose your words carefully.”

“I’ve liked Lilliana for 3 years.”

“I’ve been devoted to her since I was 6, so shut your mouth.”

Damiano glared at him through the mirror.

Looking closely, his eyes were red and bloodshot as if he had been crying.

“Was the rumor false?”

“Wouldn’t it be stranger if it were true?”

“Haa.”

Damiano let out a painful sigh, sniffled, and roughly wiped around his eyes with tissue.

“I shouldn’t have trusted Gemma and Natalia. I was only waiting for today…”

Gemma? Natalia? Ha!

They say enemies are always close by, and those words were exactly right.

I’ll make them pay dearly for this someday.

Anyway, since Damiano seemed to have been sincere about Lilliana, Edgar felt sorry for him and gently patted his back.

“You’ll meet someone better.”

“There’s no one like that. Do you think people like Lilliana are common?”

“That’s true.”

Damiano shed tears like chicken droppings and went into a bathroom stall.

Since he had succeeded in securing the seat next to Lilliana, he had achieved something more amazing than winning the lottery.

No, this kind of self-praise should only be done after everything was completely finished.

If he brought it up now, he might just jinx it.

Edgar, who came out of the bathroom, quickly spotted Lilliana surrounded by her family.

“Our youngest. When did you grow up so much? I can’t even call you youngest anymore.”

His sister-in-law was wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

“Who would have known that an artist like Lilliana would come from our family? I’m so proud of you.”

Andrea was already bright red up to his neck, as if he had been crying hard.

“Brother, stop crying already. Are you really going through menopause?”

“How can you talk to your brother like that? Do you know how much your brother suffered raising you?”

When Emilia glared at her, Lilliana quietly pulled Francois in front of her and hid behind him.

“I see youngest aunt in a new light.”

“Right, brother. I was worried about youngest aunt, but now I won’t worry anymore.”

“You guys are complimenting me right now, right?”

Everyone was sincerely celebrating Lilliana’s birthday and graduation recital.

And a little distance away, he could see Antonio being congratulated by his father, stepmother, and stepsister.

“I told you to buy a narcissus bouquet. Narcissus suits me best.”

“Just use whatever. Bouquets are all the same anyway.”

“Do narcissus and lilies look the same to you?”

Antonio, who had wanted to get close to his stepsister, looked quite like family as they bickered.

Antonio was loved and Lilliana was happy.

And Edgar was with Lilliana. They had just shared their first kiss.

Everything was perfect.

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Yeah. Everything was perfect until then…

“Those days when I was worrying about the proposal were good.”

Drunk Edgar buried his face on the table.

Even in this situation, he was going crazy missing Lilliana.

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