I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 5

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If I had known I’d meet all three male leads at once, I wouldn’t have begged to go out this morning saying I was bored.

Even though our neighborhood was in a busy district, it wasn’t the kind of place where male leads would all show up together like this.

“I came early because of business. What about you two? Why are you already in Trobancha?”

“We came a few days early to do some sightseeing while we were at it.”

“Ah. Well, at least finish your meal.”

Francois, who had been trying to pass by coldly, noticed me staring at him with my mouth agape.

“Hello there, little miss.”

“…Hic!”

I was genuinely terrified of Francois Cassel.

In the original story, he not only imprisoned the female lead in his tower, but also shoved me into the tower as the female lead’s maid when I was brought to the Empire as a prisoner.

When the female lead wouldn’t eat properly, he even fed me a poison that would cause me to die painfully if I didn’t regularly take the antidote.

Then he would only give me enough antidote to last half a day if the female lead ate her meals properly.

The female lead had to force herself to eat even while retching from nausea, all to save innocent me.

“H-hello.”

My shoulders unconsciously hunched up.

I put down my fork and grabbed onto Liliana’s sleeve, making her raise an eyebrow.

“Hello. Nice to meet you.”

Liliana gave Francois Cassel a gentle greeting.

“You seem to know our youngest?”

“Youngest? So you’re the older sister? Then you must be sisters with Emilia Berchio?”

“Emilia is my twin younger sister. We don’t look alike, do we? We hear that a lot. Hohoho. But how do you know Lilliana?”

“Little sister…”

I gently shook Liliana’s sleeve to signal her to stop.

Liliana, who was a bit tense, had hidden her wariness behind a deep smile.

Francois Cassel naturally sat down at our table.

Marius watched us with interest while Leopold stared at me.

“Doesn’t Emilia tell you? I made a contract with her because of her youngest sister’s health.”

“A contract? What kind of contract?”

“I can’t really talk about the contract details since I shouldn’t go around blabbing about them.”

“Is that so? Then I’ll have to ask Emilia about it.”

Even though the conversation had ended, Francois Cassel didn’t get up from his seat.

Since he came alone anyway, it seemed he was subtly trying to join us for the meal.

According to his original personality, he wasn’t someone who took interest in others, so was he doing this because of the male leads?

“But how do you three know each other?”

“We know each other a little through work.”

“I see. Little one, let’s eat first.”

Liliana urged me to eat first and placed a fork in my hand.

I glanced at Francois Cassel and reluctantly started eating.

It was definitely the children’s meal I usually loved, but maybe because I was nervous, my mouth felt dry and scratchy.

Because of that, I lost my appetite and couldn’t eat well.

Francois Cassel watched me intently. Liliana noticed his gaze and spoke to him.

“Our little one is cute, isn’t she?”

“She’s cute. When she grows up, she’ll make all the boys in the neighborhood cry.”

“That’s right…! When she grows up, she’ll become the number one fighter in the neighborhood and make everyone cry!”

At my words, Marius, who had been eating quietly, burst out laughing.

He covered his mouth with his hand so food didn’t spray, but I still glared at him because it looked messy.

“Mister. That’s gross.”

“Hahaha. Number one fighter, she says. Your little fists will only be tiny bean fists.”

“I don’t have bean fists.”

“You do have bean fists.”

“No! I’m going to have hammer fists!”

Why does someone who’s an emperor keep teasing me every time he sees me?

I was glaring at him with my lips pouted when Leopold interjected.

“If you finish all your food without leaving any, you’ll get hammer fists.”

I quickly stuffed food into my mouth, chomping away.

Francois Cassel looked at me and smiled brightly.

“What do you want to be when you grow up, little one?”

Ugh. He called me little one. I’m already grown up at six years old.

“I want to become a sister like my sister.”

“Which sister? Liliana?”

Liliana’s eyes sparkled. Her eyes rolled around.

Of course, Liliana was kind, pretty, cool, and confident, but for me, Edith was always first.

“Um… What do you want to be, mister?”

“I’m not a mister. Those guys might be misters, but I’m an oppa.”

Francois Cassel, drawing a line between himself and Marius and Leopold, continued talking while twirling the freshly served pasta around his fork.

“Sister?”

“Regina. Regina Berchio.”

“Miss Regina. Go home and get a good explanation from Emilia. It seems like your sisters are your guardians, but if Emilia pushes forward with this decision alone, she’s going to get in big trouble.”

“Hmm. Alright. Mr. Francois.”

Somehow Liliana’s smile didn’t look normal.

It was as bright as usual, but as family, I could see that she was very angry.

‘Sister Emilia is dead now…’

Without even bothering to read Francois Cassel’s mood, I was so busy watching Liliana’s expression that I didn’t know if the food was going into my mouth or my nose.

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“Ugh.”

When I opened my eyes, I was on Leopold’s back.

As I thought about how this happened, the situation from a few hours ago came to mind.

After finishing our meal at the Dining Hall, Francois Cassel left saying he had business, and we went to the nearby beach.

I ran around playing on the sandy beach, then plopped down next to Marius and eyed the grape juice he was sipping.

I had grape juice in the morning too, but seeing someone else drink it made it look more delicious.

“Want some?”

“Mm-hmm. I like grape juice too…”

“If you admit that this mister is more handsome than Uncle Leo, I’ll give you a sip.”

“But that would be a lie… My sisters said I shouldn’t tell lies.”

I quickly turned my head away from the grape juice. Saliva kept going down my throat.

“Wahaha. Then this mister will just give you a sip.”

“Mm-hmm. No. I’ll pass on the pity.”

I imitated Liliana and lifted my chin with a “Hmph!”

But the grape juice kept floating around in my head.

“Pfft! She said pity!”

I could hear Marius covering his mouth and holding back laughter.

In the distance, Liliana was walking along the beach side by side with Leopold.

The two really looked good together.

Liliana was constantly chatting with Leopold with her characteristic friendliness.

The waves kept rolling in and receding.

Whoosh. The sound of the waves was like a lullaby, and I suddenly had that thought.

‘I’ll rest a little until my sister comes.’

I flopped down on the sandy beach.

My sisters had told me not to lie down just anywhere, but the sand was so fine and soft that it felt nice.

That was my last memory.

‘Gasp! I drooled!’

When I came to my senses, I saw a round drool stain on Leopold’s back.

I wanted to check what kind of expression Leopold had, but I couldn’t see since I was being carried on his back.

Feeling sorry, I rubbed the drool stain vigorously with my hand, but it only seemed to make it smell more like drool.

‘What should I do? He’s not going to be upset and angry, is he?’

I tried pressing my sleeve against his back to absorb the drool into my clothes, but that was futile too.

‘Sob. What do I do? It’s Leopold, not Francois Cassel, so he won’t get angry, right?’

As I was rolling my head around, Leopold slightly turned his head and spoke to me.

“Are you bored?”

“Huh?”

It seemed like he thought I was awake and playing around since I kept pressing on his back.

“Our youngest is awake. Mr. Leopold, you must be tired, so you can put Lilliana down now.”

“No, it’s fine.”

“She must be heavy.”

“Far from being heavy, she’s so light that I’m worried. I have a cousin sister around the same age, but the weight is completely different.”

“Mister, I’m sorry.”

I couldn’t pretend not to know about the drool stain spread on his back, so I apologized voluntarily.

“What for?”

What? He doesn’t know I drooled? Then it would be better to just pretend and let it slide?

“Mmm. Nothing. Never mind.”

As I covered my escaping laughter with my hand, I heard small giggling sounds from the side.

When I quickly turned my head, Marius was there with a face that said he knew everything.

Ugh. The emperor really doesn’t miss anything.

Thinking I’d been caught, I buried my face deep into Leopold’s back when I heard my little sister’s voice.

“We’re almost there now. We’ll walk by ourselves from here.”

“I’ll escort you all the way to your house.”

“Um, no. It’s a house where only women live, so if you come nearby, my sister and younger sister will feel uncomfortable.”

“Ah, I see. I was being thoughtless.”

Leopold put me down.

It felt strange coming down to the ground after being up high enough to see my little sister’s head. The air up there was really nice…

“Um… Miss Regina. Could you possibly guide us another day?”

Leopold asked tensely in a way that didn’t suit him, while Marius whistled from the side.

Then Leopold’s nape became even redder.

Knowing that Marius was teasing him, I sneakily stepped on his foot.

I put some weight into stepping on it, but it probably didn’t even hurt.

Far from showing any sign of pain, he pressed down on my head with his large hand and messed up my hair.

“Don’t do that!”

“Don’t do that.”

“Don’t copy me!”

“Don’t copy me.”

“You…!”

Annoyed, I left Leopold and my little sister to their conversation and lunged at Marius to grab and bite his hand.

But Marius caught my hands and lifted me up dangling. My feet left the ground as if I were hanging from a pull-up bar.

“Put me down!”

I twisted my body because I was scared of my feet floating in the air, but Marius didn’t loosen his grip.

This is really… I’m totally being made fun of, aren’t I?

“Mister, you’re annoying!”

“The mister is the most handsome, right?”

“No! Mister is a goat-pig!”

“There’s no such thing as a goat-pig.”

“You’re a lizard!”

“Do you know what a lizard is?”

“I know. You think I wouldn’t know that?”

“Wow. Pretty impressive for a little kid.”

“I’m not a little kid!”

“Anyone who can’t admit they’re a little kid is definitely a little kid.”

“I, I… waaahhh!”

Unable to overcome my anger, I burst into tears.

Oh no. I’m so frustrated I could die! I’m so wronged!

“…Ah, our youngest is crying so I have to go. Then let’s just meet again at that cafe in three days at 2 o’clock.”

My little sister quickly wrapped up the situation, then grabbed crying me and returned home.

My little sister kept comforting me.

But once my anger subsided, irritation rose up from being defeated by the childish Marius, so I had to cry again.

It really was a day when nothing went right.

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