I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 6

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“Marius. Did you really have to make the child cry like that?”

Leopold, who couldn’t take his eyes off Regina walking away and Lilliana still sobbing, glared resentfully at Marius once the two disappeared from view.

“She’s cute though.”

“What terrible taste.”

“But thanks to that, you got to make plans with Miss Regina, so why are you acting like this?”

Marius flashed his characteristic cheerful smile.

He was thoroughly enjoying this unexpected side of Leopold, who was both his friend and in-law.

This was ‘that’ Leopold. The blunt, principled, and shy Leopold von Waldrafen.

To see such a person trembling helplessly at the sight of a young lady he’d met by chance was endlessly amusing.

‘Anyone could see it was love at first sight.’

Regina seemed to have favorable feelings toward Leopold too, but Leopold’s passion for Regina burned even hotter.

If the knights working under Leopold saw this, they would have slapped their own cheeks, thinking they were dreaming.

“Getting lost and ending up at the playground was a heaven-sent opportunity. Don’t you think?”

“…I suppose so.”

The two had entered the country a bit earlier than scheduled to handle some personal matters before attending the meeting with Trobancha.

The Trobancha government seemed anxious about the two moving around without escorts, but Leopold was a sword master known as a human weapon in the Empire.

As for whether Marius became emperor solely through bloodline, that wasn’t the case either.

He was a cruel emperor who had claimed the throne after bloody conflicts with his brothers.

Since they had the skills to protect themselves easily, they fearlessly went about their business and sightseeing in Trobancha.

The problem was that while they had military prowess, they had no one to show them the way.

“But can we get back to our lodging?”

“I memorized the address, but I have no idea where we are now.”

It was supposed to be a free trip where they went wherever their feet took them, but entering a residential area after leaving the coast wasn’t intentional.

“Trobancha’s living standards are higher than I expected. I thought they’d be stagnant due to their isolationist policy. If the Empire went to war with Trobancha now, our losses would be enormous too. Don’t you think?”

“It seems so. Moreover, with thirty percent of the population being ability users, this is definitely a country that cannot be ignored.”

Trobancha was a warm island nation where the sun shone year-round. It was wealthy, peaceful, and beautiful.

Furthermore, this place’s mild climate and abundance would inevitably tempt any conqueror.

Instead of conquering Trobancha, simply establishing diplomatic relations would surely guarantee great wealth for the Empire.

That’s when it happened.

“Ahyahyahaha!”

A clear, refreshing laugh like Trobancha’s seawater reached the two men.

The sound came from a playground not far away.

Emperor Marius found the happy laughter pleasant to hear, even if it was from a foreign child, and unconsciously walked toward the playground.

There, a girl with jet-black curly hair was riding a swing, laughing and shrieking with joy.

“She looks happy.”

Leopold murmured quietly.

Marius’s blue eyes darkened as he spotted Lilliana.

“That’s a Berchio child.”

“A Berchio?”

“I looked into the Berchio family before coming to Trobancha. They have a youngest daughter born late in life.”

The Berchio family was such a prestigious political family representing Trobancha that their reputation had reached even the Empire, breaking through the isolationist policy.

So Marius had gathered information about the Berchio family members in preparation for this secret meeting.

“The Berchio family – isn’t that where Andrea Berchio is?”

“That’s right.”

“But why did Andrea Berchio go down to the countryside?”

He’s a promising politician at the prime of his career, yet he abandoned everything to go to the countryside – it’s completely incomprehensible.

Leaving Leopold to mutter what might have been a question or just talking to himself, Marius approached the little girl on the swing as if entranced.

“Marius?”

Marius waved his hand at Leopold, signaling him not to worry about it.

He immediately approached the girl, Lilliana, and began pushing her swing.

It was only a brief moment, but something piercingly complex flickered through Marius’s gaze as he watched Lilliana’s back.

Witnessing this, Leopold was seized by a strange sensation.

He couldn’t tell if it was because Marius was showing an expression he’d never seen before, or because of some nameless feeling rising lukewarmly within himself.

His stomach churned with this sensation of unknown origin.

Leopold shook his head to regain his composure and looked around for another Berchio who might be nearby.

That’s when he discovered Regina Berchio.

The moment he confirmed it was Regina, he experienced a phenomenon where the entire world turned black and white, and only one person entered his vision.

He felt overwhelmingly breathless. His chest grew hot and his mind went numb.

It was a feeling he’d never experienced in his life.

Sunlight shattered and fell upon her. No, his soul shattered and fell.

It was the moment Leopold von Waldrafen fell in love with Regina Berchio at first sight.

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“You made that kind of decision unilaterally by yourself? It’s about Lily of all things – how could you not say anything to me or our sister!”

“I’m sorry. I was so busy I forgot. Listen, Regina. This is a really good opportunity. A magician of Francois Cassel’s caliber—”

“I know Francois Cassel is a genius, but Lily isn’t a lab rat – we can’t just feed her something like that recklessly.”

“That can be proven through research papers. Do you think I wouldn’t have done that much calculation?”

I could hear my sisters arguing in the living room.

I swallowed a sigh and pulled the blanket up over my head.

My second sister and youngest sister were twins with completely different personalities.

While my second sister was meticulous and cautious, my youngest sister was cynical and fearless.

So the two often clashed over even trivial matters, and today they were fighting about my youngest sister taking me to see Francois Cassel.

‘If I were healthy, my sisters wouldn’t have to fight like this.’

I felt bad because it seemed like they were doing this because of me. My nose stung for no reason as I hugged Cookie tightly.

By the way, Cookie is my beloved rabbit doll. You can’t imagine how adorable her fluffy pink fur is.

“Cookie. I hope big sister comes home soon. Right?”

When big sister comes, my second sister and youngest sister will stop fighting too. Because Alice is the strongest woman in the world.

I waited for big sister to come home from work and dozed off.

When I opened my eyes again, Emilia was waking me up with puffy, swollen eyes.

“Little one. Wake up.”

“Mmm. I want to sleep a little more.”

“No. We have somewhere to go, so get up and go wash your face quickly.”

Emilia forcibly got me up and pushed me into the bathroom.

I was still so sleepy and wanted to sleep more, so I got into the empty bathtub and lay down.

But when Emilia burst through the door with fierce eyes, I had to get up with my lips pouting.

I washed my face with splashing sounds and put on the clothes Emilia had picked out for me.

While I ate breakfast with jam spread on bread, Emilia tied my hair into two pigtails.

“Sister. Where are we going?”

“Remember the pretty older brother we met before? The one with silver hair. We’re going to see that brother.”

We’re going to see Francois Cassel now? I stopped tearing my bread and gaped.

“Youngest sister… I think I have a stomachache and should stay home…”

“Little one. You know you get in trouble with sister for lying?”

“No no. I really hurt. I want to lie down in bed.”

Emilia stared at me intently as if checking whether I really had a stomachache.

Seeing her cat-like upturned eyes made me suddenly scared.

If I got caught lying, I’d obviously have to listen to an hour of nagging.

Francois Cassel, or an hour of nagging.

Between these difficult choices, I was defeated by my youngest sister’s intense gaze.

“I think I’m okay now…”

If Francois Cassel was one of the dangerous elements that might be risky in the future, lying was a dangerous element that would be exposed in a few hours.

After brushing my teeth like that, I took my youngest sister’s hand and left the house, coming to the cafe near home.

There, Francois was already waiting, displaying his unrealistically beautiful appearance as usual.

“Hello.”

Since my sisters raised me to be a polite child, I didn’t skip greetings even though Francois was scary.

“Hello. Little miss.”

“I’m Lilliana and I’m six years old.”

So call me Lilliana or Lilly, not little miss!

Of course, those last words were just my inner thoughts. I was too scared to add something like that.

“Youngest sister. I want to drink grape juice! Order me strawberry cream waffles too!”

Ever since I encountered Marius last time, I’d been wanting to drink grape juice.

My youngest sister ordered the waffles and juice I wanted and then had a conversation with Francois.

As difficult technical terms were exchanged, the conversation became more dizzying than listening to a foreign language, so I tore apart my waffle and ate it while blankly admiring Francois’s face.

Separate from being afraid of him, he was really devastatingly handsome.

‘If only he wasn’t obsessed, I’d make him my brother-in-law. What a shame.’

Family background, wealth, profession, looks. Nothing was lacking, so I wanted to set him up with one of my sisters.

Then Francois reached out his hand and rubbed my cheek.

“Eek?”

I made a strange sound and pulled my face away, but his fingertips were covered with cream.

He had wiped off the cream that got on my cheek.

Francois wiped his hands with a tissue and smiled gently. At that moment, the original story’s setting came to mind.

‘Brother-in-law my foot!’

Before becoming obsessed with the female protagonist Rebecca Marchione, this man was the ultimate playboy who spread all kinds of scandals with every woman in the Empire’s capital.

Absolutely, absolutely not! Francois must never become my brother-in-law.

Even if dirt got in my eyes… no, if dirt got in my eyes I might give permission, but before that, absolutely not.

As I made resolution upon resolution, Francois poured something into my grape juice with a splash.

“Lilliana. The taste might be a little strange. But it’s nothing weird, so just bear with it for a moment.”

“Huh?”

Just as I lifted my head to check on sister Emilia, a straw was pressed to my lips.

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