I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 4

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All I knew was the original story’s content. So I had no knowledge about the protagonists’ movements before the original story began.

Even so, thanks to my sisters, I was able to learn that two of the male leads would visit Trobancha and roughly when they were expected to arrive.

‘They’re supposed to arrive in a week…’

Why are they already in Trobancha?

And at the playground in front of our house, no less!

“Mister. Look at this child’s size. How could you push such a small child so hard?”

Liliana scolded the blonde man, Marius.

Liliana was always gentle like a spring breeze, but now she was very angry.

My heart was pounding and my body was trembling.

Marius was usually carefree, but once crossed, he could become cruel at any moment – that kind of male lead.

So I worried he might get angry because of Liliana.

“Li, Liliana…”

Stop, stop it. Sister. I’m so scared of that man!

“If it weren’t for that gentleman, my little sister would have been in serious trouble – cracked head or broken leg.”

As my sister methodically scolded him, saying I almost got seriously hurt because of him, the cruel emperor from the original story—

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”

He kept bowing his head and apologizing to Liliana.

‘Huh? But he’s an emperor?’

He had a humble personality in the original too, but I didn’t know he would apologize so politely.

“Our youngest. Look how she’s trembling from shock.”

Liliana thought I was still terrified and rubbed my back, but the reason I was trembling was because of the male leads.

“I’m okay.”

Despite my words, my sister seemed to think I was acting mature beyond my years to reassure her.

Liliana looked at me with a worried face again, then offered thanks to Leopold.

“Thank you for catching my sister. Thanks to you, it didn’t turn into a major accident.”

“Not at all.”

Leopold’s voice was more blunt than I expected.

I peeked my head out from my sister’s embrace to check on Leopold.

He was a man with good enough reflexes to catch me mid-fall from the high swing.

Leopold was a sword master who had trained his body to the extreme in the original story, and also the commander who led Trobancha and the Empire to victory in war.

‘He’s really huge…’

All the male leads were much taller than average, but Leopold was exceptional.

His build and height seemed bigger than our house door.

And those hard muscles I felt when he held me earlier.

“Mister. Thank you.”

Being scared of the male lead is one thing, but manners are manners.

When I gave him a deep bow, Leopold looked at me with slight surprise, then faintly raised the corners of his mouth.

Marius, who was beside him, covered his mouth and made a fuss.

“Wow, what should we do with this little one. She’s so cute.”

“I’d like to offer some thanks…”

“Not at all. I’m just glad the child wasn’t hurt—”

Marius interrupted Leopold’s words and butted in.

“Then could you be our travel guide?”

“Huh?”

That strange sound came from me. What kind of nonsense is that!

“Do you know how hard it is to travel to Trobancha? We really, really struggled to enter the country, but we need to know things. Could you do it, miss?”

Sister, please don’t fall for that trick!

I shook my sister’s hand to signal that it wasn’t okay.

My sister snorted and waved her hand dismissively.

“Hmph. What are you saying? If you had any conscience, you shouldn’t say such things.”

Subtly telling someone off with a smile was Liliana’s specialty.

Marius nudged Leo with a sly tone.

“Hey. Leo wanted a guide more than anyone. Right?”

“That’s right. If it’s possible, I would shamelessly ask for your help.”

“Hmm…”

Hearing Leo’s request, my sister pondered, and I fell into contemplation too.

Nothing good would come from getting involved with the broken male leads, but Liliana and Edith were already destined to meet them.

In that case, wouldn’t it be better to build a somewhat good relationship?

Maybe this was an opportunity sent from heaven.

Before my sister could answer, I grabbed Leopold’s hand and shouted.

“Good!”

Since it’s come to this, my strategy is for the male leads and our family to become friends.

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Liliana became a travel guide in the confusion of my insistence.

But that didn’t mean she would run around introducing all of Trobancha.

Since I was young, weak, and short with very slow steps, Liliana decided to just show them local restaurants.

“There aren’t many accommodations for travelers in Trobancha, so I can’t guess where you’re staying.”

Liliana, who had been ready to fight with the emperor Marius, had already returned to her usual gentle tone. It was a sign her anger had subsided.

“We’re using a small guesthouse by the coast. Over there, near the Tobanne Coast.”

“Oh my. That area! I know that place well. I worked nearby for a while before.”

“Isn’t there anything to sightsee around the Tobanne Coast?”

“Oh right. Leo, have you tried Trobancha’s traditional food? There’s a really delicious place nearby.”

Liliana completely ignored Marius’s words and only conversed with Leopold.

Marius didn’t mind the blatantly dismissive attitude and tried to join in occasionally, but Liliana was one step ahead.

At least fortunately, he wasn’t the type to go crazy without warning like Francois Cassel.

“Phew.”

As soon as I sat at the restaurant table Liliana brought us to, I let out a deep sigh.

My feet hurt, and fatigue hit me after being on edge around the male leads.

“Ahaha. The little one even knows how to sigh? Hey kid, how old are you?”

“I’m six years old! …Huh? I’m not a little kid!”

“Right, right. If you’ve only been born for six years, you’re really a baby. A baby.”

“Then… how old are you, mister?”

“Me? How old do I look?”

Marius cupped his chin and leaned his head toward me sitting across from him.

Then my heart dropped with a thud. A male lead is a male lead, I guess. He was amazingly handsome.

If Leopold was masculinity itself, Francois was the embodiment of beauty. And Marius had sculpture-like handsome features.

His brilliant blonde hair was eye-catching, but the bridge of his nose continuing from his forehead, his sharp nose tip, and the lips and chin below were so wonderful…

He wasn’t even a statue, but could a person really look like that? It was to that degree.

My heart was pounding, but since his blue eyes were full of mischief, I boldly answered to tease him back.

“You look five hundred and fifty years old!”

I momentarily felt comfortable with him and spoke informally, then belatedly added formal speech.

“…sir!”

“Five hundred and fifty? Kid. Look again. This face can’t be that age. And if formal speech is difficult, you can speak comfortably.”

Huh. I don’t know if it’s okay to speak informally to an emperor.

But one thing is certain – opportunities like this don’t come often.

So I decided to just speak comfortably.

If things go south, I can always go back to using formal speech then.

“Then five thousand five hundred fifty!”

“Hmm… Five thousand years old. The little one has no eye for beauty, huh? Even if uncle is five thousand years old, he’s still really handsome, right?”

When he smiled mischievously, his handsome eyes crinkled cheerfully and his white teeth showed.

It was a hearty laugh that made even the observer feel good, but when I gaped at him, it turned into a silly giggling laugh.

Feeling embarrassed as if I’d been caught thinking he was cool, I became spiteful.

“No! Uncle Leo is more handsome!”

“Cough!”

At my words, Leopold, who had been drinking water beside me, started coughing violently.

He must have choked badly because his face quickly turned red as he covered his mouth.

I puffed out my chest and lifted my chin, emphasizing my point once more.

“Uncle Marius is not as good as Uncle Leo!”

Leopold continued coughing while Marius said incredulously to look again.

“Little one. Look carefully. There’s no way I’m uglier than him!”

“No. Uncle Leo is the best!”

“Marius. Calm down. The little one says so.”

Leopold said this while faintly lifting one corner of his mouth. Marius asked again.

“Still, uncle must be the most handsome among five thousand five hundred fifty year olds. Right?”

“No no. That’s not it. Uncle Leo is the best!”

Unable to watch anymore, my little sister intervened and patted my head.

“Our youngest has good taste.”

When my little sister added that comment, Leopold’s face turned red beyond his face to his neck.

I wondered if being called handsome was really a situation to be that embarrassed about, but thinking about it, in the original story he was a shy romantic type.

Moreover, our little sister is one of the renowned beauties in Trobancha. When such a beauty gives a compliment, even a male lead would have no choice but to be shy.

“Th… thank you. Little one.”

“My name isn’t little one.”

“If you’re not little one, are you chestnut?”

When I tilted my head, not understanding Marius’s question, he explained.

“You’re so short and tiny. If not chestnut, then shorty?”

“I’m not shorty!”

“Wahahahaha! Originally shorties never admit they’re shorties!”

“My, my name is Lilliana!”

“Then your full name must be Lilliana Chestnut Shorty.”

“No no! I’m not chestnut or shorty!”

Ugh, he’s teasing again, teasing again! So annoying!

When I burst with frustration and flopped down on the chair, Marius giggled.

Leopold told him to stop teasing, but even his face had a faint smile.

Even my trusted little sister was holding back laughter.

Oh my. People of the world. I’m so upset I could die!

“Liliana. Our Lily may be a little short, but she’s cute and lovable instead.”

“Sniff. I want to be tall like my sisters too.”

“If you eat all your bell peppers, spinach, and carrots without leaving any, you’ll grow tall.”

“I don’t like all three.”

The food arrived just in time.

The food my sister ordered was Barolo Brasato, beef slowly simmered with wine, and Carbonara Vitellone, beef marinated in spices and wine then cooked.

“I heard Empire people eat meat-centered meals rather than vegetables, so I ordered mostly meat dishes.”

My food was the children’s lunch special that I order every time I come to this restaurant.

Just as I was about to pick up my fork and take a bite, drawn by the delicious smell.

Leopold spotted a customer who had just entered the restaurant and was being seated, then called out to him.

“Francois, what are you doing here?”

At the unexpected name, I was about to twirl pasta and put it in my mouth when I whipped my head around.

Am I some kind of magnet that attracts male protagonists?

My mouth gaped even wider at Francois’s appearance.

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