I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 210

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#. 05

“Edgar. Come on, get up now. You’ve already slept for two hours. At this rate, you won’t be able to sleep a wink tonight.”

At the touch of hands shaking his body, Edgar woke up as if being pulled up from underwater.

His heart pounded wildly from suddenly regaining consciousness. His breathing was rough and his mind was in chaos.

Lilliana couldn’t hide her apologetic feelings, thinking that Edgar had been greatly startled because of her.

“Are you okay? Here, it’s water.”

“Uh, yeah.”

Edgar hastily gulped down the water Lilliana handed him.

As the cold water went down, his mind gradually cleared. He could also see Lilliana watching him with a face full of concern.

“Li, Lilliana?”

“Mm-hmm, it’s me.”

With his ears still ringing from his wildly beating heart, the pale Lilliana from his dream overlapped with the woman before his eyes.

Then his heart, which had been pounding violently, suddenly sank with a thud.

Edgar grabbed Lilliana’s shoulders with his large hands.

“You, are you okay?”

“Huh?”

“Any pain? Can you eat? Your stomach?”

“Me? I’m fine. My morning sickness ended ages ago. I don’t have any pain either. Just going out to play for a bit won’t cause any problems.”

Though Lilliana explained gently, Edgar, still captivated by the horrific scene from his dream, couldn’t easily feel at ease.

So he grabbed her soft cheeks and turned her face this way and that, and only after seeing her healthy complexion and hearing her lively voice did he calm his tension.

“Did you have a bad dream or something?”

“No. It wasn’t that.”

Still not completely at ease, Edgar pulled her small body into his arms and buried his face in her neck, grumbling.

“Why are you so thin?”

“Me? I’ve gained 6 kilograms since getting pregnant.”

“You’re still thin though.”

How can your shoulder bones still stick out even after gaining weight?

Even though he knew it was just her constitution and there was nothing wrong with Lilliana’s health, Edgar felt upset and clung to Lilliana while grumbling.

“Eat more and get a bit plumper. This won’t do. Want a late-night snack? How about drinking some soup?”

“I was feeling a bit peckish actually.”

“Perfect. I’ll make it with only things you like.”

Edgar jumped up from the bed and went to the kitchen, rolling up his sleeves and quickly starting to cook.

Lilliana, who ended up having a late-night snack unexpectedly, watched his cooking figure while swinging her legs under the chair.

“The people of the Empire would be shocked if they knew how you live. You’re royalty but you cook, do housework, and your house is so modest.”

“As someone whose home was the Imperial Palace for life, I think a house should be a reasonable size. And even in the Empire, I cleaned my own room. I hate having others handle my things.”

While the pot bubbled away, Edgar came to the dining table to check on Lilliana.

“There’s nothing uncomfortable about the house, but you’re really a severe case.”

“If you were as tall as Antonio, with a big frame and strong, I wouldn’t worry like this. Sigh. What should I do? It’ll be really hard when your belly gets bigger.”

“I told you to stop worrying, didn’t I? I’m healthy even now.”

“Do you remember when you were little? In summer, if you played around a bit, you’d collapse halfway from exhaustion, and in winter, if you had snowball fights, you’d always catch a fever and cold and suffer.”

Even that was better than the Lilliana in his dream.

Of course, what he saw in the dream wasn’t the real past, but just the fact that Lilliana had been sick in the space created by his subconscious made him feel bad. And he was a little curious.

“Um. Lily. There’s something I want to ask you.”

“Yeah. What is it?”

“Before turning back time. You said I liked you a lot.”

“Right. You helped me escape even knowing you could die at the hands of your eldest and youngest brothers-in-law.”

“Then…”

Edgar knows the ending of this story. After all, they even have a child and are thinking about names.

“How did you feel?”

“Huh?”

“How did you think of me?”

Lilliana blinked slowly.

Even though it was something from the past, his stomach twisted with nervousness while waiting for an answer.

His chest tightened and he became anxious, just like when he first confessed.

Lilliana stared at Edgar intently, then cupped her chin with both hands. Then she wrinkled her nose and asked cheerfully.

“Did that bother you?”

“I suddenly became curious. So how was it?”

When Edgar scolded her out of embarrassment, Lilliana asked back subtly.

“Try to imagine. What kind of feelings do you think I had?”

“I don’t know. Since it happened because of my brothers, you might have hated me…”

“Mm. I did hate you too.”

“You did hate me. It’s fortunate that you consider the past events as a story from a novel. Otherwise, you might have disliked me from the beginning and I wouldn’t have had a chance.”

When Edgar couldn’t hide his dejected expression, Lilliana kicked his leg under the table.

“You’re such a know-it-all.”

“Me?”

“I was thrown alone into a strange place with no one to rely on, so how could I not like a boy who was kind to me, especially a kind and handsome boy?”

“Huh?”

“Before leaving the palace, I asked you. Why you were so kind to me. Actually, I knew your feelings then, but I pretended not to know.”

“Why?”

“I wanted to hear you say you liked me directly. Because I liked you too.”

Even though he had no memories from before the regression, it felt like receiving an answer to a very old confession.

Unlike Edgar, who brightened at the unexpected answer, Lilliana slightly averted her gaze and blushed.

Edgar silently watched her being embarrassed for a long while.

His feelings were… strange. His heart fluttered in a different way than usual. His chest felt ticklish and a heavy emotion spread through him.

The Edgar in his dream had also heard such a question from Lilliana.

“Why were you kind to me? Why…?”

It might not have been a dream. Lilliana’s unique ability might have worked in a mysterious way, allowing him to glimpse forgotten memories.

Whatever the answer was, Edgar felt as happy as when they first held hands and kissed, thanks to Lilliana’s response.

His body felt like it would explode from his fluttering heart. His blood boiled and bubbled, and laughter burst out of him.

Unable to contain his joyful feelings, Edgar showered kisses on Lilliana’s hand while smiling brightly.

Just then, the pot boiled over and the lid rattled. At the loud noise, Edgar quickly got up to check the food.

“Eat plenty.”

The soup Edgar made was quite rich for something hastily prepared in the late evening.

It was because he had generously added meat and vegetables, as much as he loved them.

Lilliana checked the bowl and already shook her head as if overwhelmed.

“The portion is too big.”

Though she complained like that, Lilliana, who was hungry from eating at an awkward time, ate more deliciously than anyone else.

Edgar sat across from her and watched Lilliana eat.

The Lilliana before his eyes was completely different from the girl in his dream. She was healthy, full of vitality, and her eyes always sparkled beautifully even without acting.

“The kids said they never thought I’d actually marry you. They thought we’d meet briefly and break up. Isn’t that too much? Even when I was a student doing long-distance dating, I never once looked at another guy.”

“Right. That’s too much.”

“Right? And the three of them are planning to travel to Cobanu Kingdom. Without me. Of course I understand, but I felt a bit left out. So next time, let’s travel somewhere really fun too. Let’s take a cruise ship and visit the lake that’s said to be the prettiest in the Empire.”

“Sure, sure. If that’s Apodian Lake, I know a guy who has a villa there, so we can borrow it.”

Edgar indulged Lilliana’s whining and attended to her needs.

When her water glass was empty, he refilled it with fresh water, and when soup got on the corner of her mouth, he wiped it with a tissue.

Someone might find such things bothersome, but for Edgar, every moment with Lilliana was precious.

And when Lilliana’s eyes met his and she smiled bashfully, his chest would swell as if he had gained the whole world, trivial complaints would disappear like dust, and he would engrave the girl deep in his heart once again.

The best things, the prettiest things, the most delicious things… he wanted to gather all the happiness in the world and give it to Lilliana as a gift.

So that Lilliana would always smile. So that she would show him that smile forever.

“That’s great. It’ll be really fun traveling with Bambi and the three of us.”

Lilliana, full of anticipation, looked at him and smiled brightly.

As expected, his chest felt tight.

Edgar looked at her face and smiled just as brightly, the same way Lilliana had smiled carelessly during the day.

“I want to see you smile.”

The girl was healthy, smiled happily, and was with him.

Therefore, the wish that the boy from his forgotten past had harbored was being fulfilled in the best possible way, every day, every moment.

Now that Edgar knew this fact well, he could be even more overwhelmingly happy than yesterday.

– Special Side Story End –

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