I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 3

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In fact, each of the male leads in the original story had their own twisted side.

Emperor Marius showed insane obsession and would stop at nothing to win the female lead’s heart.

Leopold, the strongest one, was insanely devoted and would give his liver and gallbladder for her.

While those two showed their obsession through romantic narratives, Magic Tower Master Francois suffered from genuine madness.

There was an unfortunate family history behind it, but…

The important thing wasn’t that, but the fact that his madness was dangerous like a time bomb that could explode at any moment.

He was someone who could suddenly snap and sweep everything away even while enjoying a meal, and while I might be excused for being young, my youngest sister wasn’t particularly powerful either, so this meeting felt as dangerous as walking on thin ice.

“Uh, sister.”

I quietly tried to pull my youngest sister back. But she didn’t budge.

“That’s right. I’m Francois Cassel. Then you must be Emilia Berkio.”

Even without looking in a mirror, I could imagine what my face looked like right now. My pupils must be shaking as if hit by an earthquake.

‘How on earth do these two know each other?’

Unaware of my feelings, my youngest sister pulled out a chair and sat down in front of Francois Cassel.

“You received the letter, right? The thesis on the relationship between ancient magic and abilities, and the materials to support it. As the Magic Tower Master, you know better than anyone that such things aren’t easily obtained.”

“Of course. It’s already surprising that relics related to ancient magic remain, but if abilities are added to that, it’s like a gold mine for magicians.”

“Exactly. Especially since abilities are a field that can’t even be touched outside of Trobancha, right?”

Abilities are special powers that only appear in Trobancha people.

Because of this, many continental people want to study abilities, but the problem is that Trobancha maintains a strong isolationist policy.

As a result, it’s hard to even see them directly, let alone research them, so magicians are desperate for even a single thesis on abilities.

‘Even if he’s the Magic Tower Master, how did he get into Trobancha? The Maritime Guard isn’t a place that can be breached so easily, is it?’

I sat next to my youngest sister and glared at Francois Cassel.

If he threatened our sister, I was ready to pounce and bite his arm at any moment.

“So, what does Miss Berkio want?”

Francois Cassel swept back his brilliant silver hair and smiled sweetly.

I stared at him with my mouth agape at his divinely gorgeous smile.

Meanwhile, my youngest sister, as if she couldn’t see that appearance, patted my head with a stoic expression.

“How old does she look to you?”

“Well. Four years old? Five years old? She’s not your daughter, so your sister?”

“That’s right, she’s my sister. My sister is a bit sick. She was born premature at seven months, so her body is quite weak. She gets a fever from the slightest shock, and if she coughs once from cold wind, it can turn into pneumonia. Oh, and don’t call me Miss Berkio, just call me Emilia.”

“So you want me to use healing magic on her?”

“I read the thesis you wrote. You said that drinking a mana potion with mana structures arranged similarly to divine magic increases healing effects by five times. Even if there’s no specific illness, for a growing child, I think it would induce cell division and acceleration to make the body healthy. Isn’t that right?”

My youngest sister rattled off difficult words without even taking a breath.

While I listened quietly with my head spinning, Francois Cassel chuckled as if amused.

“I heard you’re not a magician, but you’re quite good.”

“I’m not ignorant enough about this field to deserve being called ‘quite good.'”

It was a statement that revealed the pride befitting Trobancha’s top magical research scholar.

I felt my shoulders rise with pride, but then remembered that I was the main reason my youngest sister was meeting Francois Cassel and quickly spoke up.

“Sister. Can’t we go? I feel stuffy.”

Nothing good would come from getting involved with Francois Cassel.

But instead of answering, my youngest sister caught a passing waiter to order orange juice and continued the conversation.

‘This is really dangerous…’

Unable to bear it any longer, I pretended to drink the orange juice and poured it all over my clothes.

“Ah!”

My youngest sister took out a handkerchief and hurriedly wiped my clothes.

But I had spilled so much that a handkerchief wasn’t enough.

My hands became sticky, but if I could avoid Francois Cassel, this much was nothing.

But why was Francois Cassel looking at me with that expression?

He was resting his chin on his hand, watching me and my youngest sister with apparent interest.

“…Anyway, I’ll contact you separately about the specific date and location. I should go now.”

“Alright. Go ahead.”

My youngest sister took me, soaked with juice, and returned home.

I had tried to interfere in my own way, but it seemed all the important conversation was finished, which was quite unsettling.

“Sister. Are you going to see that man again? I don’t like him.”

“You couldn’t take your eyes off him because he was handsome.”

“Mmm. He was handsome… But I still don’t like him!”

“Still, you have to keep seeing him to get healthy. Do you know how hard it was for sister to call him here?”

Perhaps because of her charismatic tone, I lost the energy to throw a tantrum about not liking it and just pouted.

“Hmph…”

It was my own small rebellion, but my youngest sister wasn’t one to pay attention to such behavior.

In the end, it ended with only my clothes being ruined.

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After Rebecca drowned in the sea, I suffered from fever for a while.

My body hurt because I couldn’t bear the shock.

When I became so sick that I couldn’t go out, I had no choice but to quit kindergarten as well.

Thanks to that, now that my body had recovered, I had the problem of being extremely bored all day.

“I miss my friends! Francesca! Martina! Antonio! I want to see Antonio!”

Unable to bear it any longer, I lay down on the floor and started protesting.

My brother had moved south alone, saying he was done raising his siblings, and my eldest sister was busy with work.

Therefore, my targets were my second sister, who was a freelancer and stayed home, and my youngest sister, who was resting on vacation.

“I’m bored!”

“Princess, shall we play hospital?”

“No! Second sister will just lie down and sleep again!”

“Hehe. You caught me.”

My second sister made a nasal sound and giggled.

I clung to her legs.

“Second sister. Let’s go to the playground. Please?”

“No way. It would be terrible if you caught a cold there.”

“Ah. Sister!”

I rubbed my forehead against her legs, wrestling with her for ten minutes, begging to go.

My second sister ignored my stubbornness with her characteristic smooth smile.

Then the door slammed open and my youngest sister, who had been sleeping in, came out stumbling.

“Just let her go dig in the sand or something! She doesn’t even go to kindergarten, how bored must she be alone at home.”

Having just woken up, my youngest sister looked very grumpy.

As my second sister described, our family’s troublemaker youngest sister sometimes exploded when she lacked sleep. And this seemed to be the beginning stage of that.

“Can’t be helped. Little one, go quickly change your clothes.”

“Okay!”

I excitedly went and changed into outdoor clothes.

Holding my second sister’s hand on the way to the playground, I felt so good I could fly.

“Little one, are you that happy?”

“Yes! I’m so, so happy!”

I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve been to a playground.

Even though I know the original story, I don’t remember my past life, and my mental age is just slightly higher than my peers.

So you don’t know how suffocating and depressing it was to be confined at home.

‘Plus, I was stressed worrying that my sisters might meet the original male leads.’

Although my second sister had refused the job of being a secret banquet chef, my eldest sister would definitely be assigned to escort Trobancha government officials.

My youngest sister seemed to be in contact with Francois Cassel because of me…

There’s nothing good about getting involved with the male leads, so I’m worried. Really worried.

“Ehhhh.”

When I let out a deep sigh, my older sister smiled softly, probably thinking I was having strange fantasies again.

In the meantime, we arrived at the playground.

I pulled my hand free from my older sister’s and excitedly ran toward the playground.

Seeing the sand and colorful swings at the playground made my heart pound with excitement.

“Little one, play safely!”

I couldn’t even hear my older sister’s words.

I climbed the stairs to go down the slide first.

“Kyahahaha!”

I had missed this sensation of whooshing down the slide.

After going down the slide about five times in a row, I got on the swing, and my older sister sat on a bench at one side of the playground doing her knitting.

“Uhyahyahaha!”

As I was happily swinging, someone pushed my back.

It was probably the mom or dad of one of the children at the playground.

“Kyaahahaha!”

“Is it fun? Want to go higher?”

“Yes! I want to go higher!”

I nodded at the voice of the adult man who was pushing my back.

The swing flew higher and higher. It felt like I was flying through the sky.

My laughter grew louder and the sunlight sparkled brilliantly.

I was so excited that I didn’t notice the strength leaving my hands.

My body falling from the swing that had bent almost ninety degrees happened in an instant.

I could see my older sister’s face, sitting across from me, turn completely pale.

The world seemed to move very slowly and the blue sky filled my entire vision.

I squeezed my eyes shut at the sensation of my body falling.

“…Huh?”

I had expected terrible pain, but instead felt something firm and warm.

Bewildered, I carefully opened my eyes to see some muscular man holding me tightly in his arms.

“Huh?”

Before I could even be surprised, my older sister came running over, screaming.

“Lilliana!”

My older sister snatched me away from the stranger and checked my body.

She was so shocked that my usually lively sister’s face was blue as if she was about to die.

“Are you okay? Does anything hurt?”

“Mm-hmm. I’m fine.”

“Oh my goodness, dear lord…”

My older sister suddenly pulled me into a tight hug. I could feel her body trembling violently.

“Hey, little girl!”

Just then, some man came running toward me, his brilliant blonde hair flowing.

He seemed to be the person who had been pushing me.

The man was remarkably handsome but looked just as shocked as my sister.

“Your head’s not cracked, right? No broken arms or legs? You suddenly just went plop and fell, I thought you were going to die.”

“Your Majesty, Marius. Don’t worry. The child is safe.”

“Leo, she’s alive thanks to you catching her. I thought this little one was done for.”

I was horrified to hear the brilliant blonde-haired man called Marius and the black-haired man who caught me called Leo. And for good reason, because their identities were.

‘They’re the male leads from the original story!’

It was Emperor Marius von Zemelhofen and Knight Commander Leopold von Waldrafen.

“Lilliana?”

My eyes shook violently. This situation was too confusing.

So… why are they here with me…?

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