I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 23

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When someone is too shocked, they can’t even speak—that’s exactly my situation right now.

Among all the friends from the Lemon Class, Olive Class, Grape Class, and Pomegranate Class at the National Kindergarten, not a single one said they didn’t want to be friends with me…

“Huuung.”

Tears were about to fall, so I unconsciously looked up at Leopold.

He hurriedly tried to comfort me while scolding Edgar.

“Lilliana. Edgar was just joking. Edgar, you can’t say things like that to a friend.”

“Then are you telling me to lie? I can’t help it if I don’t want to be friends.”

That’s ridiculous. Why doesn’t he want to play with me?

I don’t look boring. I’m not ugly either…

I pressed both palms against my cheeks and squished them around.

Were all those times my sisters called me cute just because I’m their little sister?

“Huuuung. Coachman, am I ugly?”

“N-no. Lilliana is so c-cute.”

He stuttered! He stuttered when he spoke!

I plopped down on the floor and glared at that Edgar kid.

Even though I was glaring fiercely at him, Edgar just snorted dismissively.

His expression seemed to say ‘I was just telling the truth.’ That made me angry to the tips of my hair.

“…You look as boring as asparagus. So I don’t want to play with you either.”

“Wh-what?”

“You! Look like you’d swim like soggy seaweed!”

“S-s-soggy seaweed?”

“Yes! Soggy seaweed! Bleh! Hmph!”

When I stuck my tongue out, Edgar’s face turned bright red.

He huffed angrily and charged at me. But Leopold was faster.

“Brother! She called me soggy seaweed!”

Edgar, caught by the scruff of his neck by Leopold, struggled and got angry, demanding to be let go.

But Leopold shook his head and held him firmly. I teased him even more excitedly.

“Asparagus! Soggy seaweed! Nyah nyah!”

“You, you! Let go, brother! I’m going to turn that pumpkin into a watermelon today!”

“Bleh bleh! Bleh bleh!”

When I stuck my tongue out, Edgar got so excited his whole body turned red as he flailed his arms and legs desperately.

Leopold looked at me reproachfully, but I didn’t care.

Instead, I giggled and ran all the way to my room, hugging Cookie.

Behind me, the sound of shouting to be let go echoed through the halls.

Hehe. My sisters said you should let friends win, but he’s not my friend, so it’s okay if I win.

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“Edgar? You met Edgar?”

“Yeah! I turned the soggy seaweed into angry seaweed.”

Liliana tilted her head as if she didn’t understand what I said.

I didn’t feel the need to explain, so I jumped onto the bed in Liliana’s room.

Wow. It’s so fluffy!

“Edgar is Leo’s cousin.”

“Cousin?”

“Yeah. He’s the son born from the marriage between Emperor Marius’s aunt and Leo’s uncle.”

“I see. But why is he in the Imperial Palace?”

“Because he goes back and forth between the Imperial Palace and Leo’s house. I heard he’s been staying at Leo’s house lately.”

“Aha. But it’s okay. He’s angry seaweed now anyway.”

Whether he’s royalty or whatever, what does it matter? I won, so that’s all that counts.

I bounced on the bed because the bouncy feeling was nice, but Liliana caught me and put me down on the floor.

“The bed will break. You can’t jump on it.”

“Aww. But it’s fun. Where’s Liliana? When I went to her room earlier, she wasn’t there.”

“She really seems to be thinking about working in the Empire. From the first day we arrived, she left the Imperial Palace and went straight to the Magic Tower.”

As expected, people need to have skills.

Then fear disappears and courage springs up, so you go looking for work before even unpacking, I suppose.

“Do you like your room?”

“Yeah! There’s a flower garden in front, and I can play in front of the garden too. And it’s next to my sisters’ rooms and much bigger than my old room. I think more than ten friends could fit in here.”

“Wow. That sounds great.”

“I’m going to make lots of friends here. But when do we eat? Lilliana is hungry.”

“Dinner? We should go now.”

When I held my stomach and whined, Liliana took my hand and spoke to a maid.

“Please guide us to the dining hall.”

“Isn’t Edith coming?”

“Edith will come right after her audience with His Majesty the Emperor.”

“What’s an audience?”

“Meeting. Meeting His Majesty the Emperor is called an audience.”

“That’s hard.”

“It’s still difficult for children.”

I chatted with Liliana while admiring the Imperial Palace.

The long corridor was paved with white marble, and the ceiling was painted with angels blowing horns.

Art pieces were displayed throughout the corridor, and everything from window frames to door handles was specially crafted.

If Trowance decorates with brilliant colors in a rainbow of hues, the Empire seemed to ornately decorate everything from sculptures to paintings to goldwork.

“Woooow! Liliana, look at the ceiling! It’s so sparkly!”

I walked through the corridor with my mouth agape, and after passing through a large door, the dining hall appeared.

As Liliana and I entered the dining hall, servants who had been waiting came over to pull out chairs for us.

I looked around the dining hall full of servants and maids while hugging Cookie tightly.

‘Come to think of it, dining etiquette must be very different too.’

Under the watching gazes, I naturally felt intimidated and just fidgeted with Cookie’s ears.

Just then, the door opened and Marius appeared with Edith.

“Edith!”

“Huh. I don’t see the coachman?”

“Hello, coachman.”

Gasp!

All the surrounding servants held their breath without exception.

Why are they doing that?

“Lilliana. Not coachman, but—”

Just as Edith was about to correct my form of address, Marius waved his hand at her and drew my attention.

“I thought we were best friends, but you like Edith more than me? That’s hurtful.”

“We’re not friends yet. You’re just a coachman.”

“Aw. Not even friends?”

“Hmm… Then should I call you ‘friman’?”

“Friman? Wahaha. You combined friend and coachman?”

“Mm-hmm. That’s right, but… I’m hungry.”

“Wait just a moment. There’s someone coming with Leo.”

“Who?”

“Lilliana’s friend?”

“I don’t have any friends here.”

Friends? Who would there be?

I was racking my brain when Leopold appeared, holding Edgar’s hand.

Edgar and I made eye contact. We simultaneously pointed at each other and shouted.

“Seaweed!”

“Hey, you pumpkin!”

“Hmph!”

I lifted my chin and turned my head away sharply. Seaweed is not my friend.

“Oh? You two already met?”

“I took her briefly during the day to introduce them, but as you can see, this is how it turned out.”

“Did you fight? Who won?”

“Of course Lilliana won.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Who beat who!”

“Wahaha. So Lilliana won?”

Edgar stared at Marius who was being friendly with me, then turned his head away sharply.

Marius introduced our family to Edgar.

“Edgar, say hello. This is Miss Edith who’s going to marry me, and next to her is her sister Miss Regina. I heard Miss Emilia went to the Magic Tower, so I guess that’s true. And this is Lilliana.”

“…It’s an honor to meet you. I’m Edgar Runtvolenu.”

Edgar greeted my sisters politely even while fuming because of me.

Leopold patted Edgar’s head approvingly. Edgar’s cheeks turned red.

As soon as the introductions were finished, Marius, Leopold, and seaweed sat down in a row, and across from them sat big sister, little sister, and me.

Thanks to that, Edgar and I ended up facing each other.

Soon the meal was served, and Leopold took little sister’s plate to cut her meat.

“I’m fine.”

Marius also tried to switch plates with big sister like Leopold did, but Edith drew a perfect line.

So Marius switched plates with me instead. I accepted without refusing.

Edgar watched Marius and me again. His face looked somehow upset.

“You all must be tired from the long journey. Since you must be very fatigued, I think it would be good to rest well this week without thinking about anything and recover from travel fatigue first.”

Starting with Marius, the adults began chatting.

Meanwhile, Edgar and I stuck our tongues out at each other and entered into a silent battle.

Edgar slyly threw a cherry tomato at me.

Plop! The cherry tomato fell onto my plate, splashing sauce.

The sauce got on my dress hem of all places. It was a dress I treasured…

I got angry and threw a carrot. Edgar quickly ducked to avoid the carrot.

My carrot didn’t deal any damage and just dropped to the floor with a thud.

I was breathing heavily in annoyance at Edgar when I made eye contact with Leopold.

I pretended not to notice and lowered my head.

Then when Leopold’s attention was focused on little sister, I flicked lemon juice at Edgar.

Hehehe. Success! Seeing Edgar frown made me giggle.

Edgar gritted his teeth and wiped his face with his sleeve.

‘Kehehehe.’

I grinned widely at Edgar who was glaring. His face turned even redder.

Then Edgar grabbed the edge of the table and slid in his chair, stretching his leg under the table to tap my knee.

“Ugh!”

Surprised by the unexpected attack, I accidentally bit my tongue.

Little sister next to me looked puzzled, but if I tattled to the adults now that Edgar kicked my leg, I would lose.

I also stretched my leg to return the favor.

‘Huh?’

I couldn’t reach. My foot just swished through empty air.

‘What is this! Was I really that short?’

Edgar is just as short as me, but does he have long legs or what?

As I puffed my cheeks from the crushing sense of defeat, Edgar smiled silently. It was a smile drunk on victory.

‘So annoying…’

I lost. Huuung.

Feeling dejected, I deliberately ignored Edgar and ate the grilled trout with seasoning sauce.

Then Leopold, who hadn’t been able to take his eyes off little sister, spoke to me kindly.

“Eat a lot.”

“Uncle Leo. Can you play with me tomorrow?”

“Why would my brother play with you?”

“Seaweed, go away.”

“Says the pumpkin.”

At Edgar’s nasty words, Leopold called him sternly as a warning.

“Edgar.”

And big sister also glared at me and gave me a warning.

“Lilliana. Is it okay to call your friend seaweed? Is it okay or not?”

“…Not okay.”

“You did wrong, didn’t you?”

“Mm-hmm.”

“Well then. You need to apologize.”

Apologize to Edgar? This is humiliating!

The words “I’m sorry” just wouldn’t come out.

I stuck out my lips and scraped my plate with my fork. Then big sister warned me firmly.

“Lilliana.”

“Hiiing. Sorry. I’ll call you asparagus from now on.”

“What? Hey! If I’m asparagus, then you’re spinach!”

“Then you’re eggplant? Hmph!”

“You’re spinach and corn!”

Eventually when we started pointing fingers and arguing, Leopold and little sister grabbed us and stopped us.

“Edgar!”

“Lilliana, stop it!”

I was so angry that my breathing became rough.

Calling me spinach… and corn! When he looks like a potato!

I glared back at Edgar who was glaring at me, not backing down.

I will never lose to Edgar. Never!

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