I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 61

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“I’ve never seen such a child in all my life.”

The Duchess Ecroyd gulped down her drink, feeling suffocated.

The Countess of Berg patted her hand consolingly.

“She said she’d pay the amount I proposed herself and told me to appease Leopold!”

“Oh my. Goodness. To think she believes Duke Valtrahein can be bought with a few coins…”

“What should we do? If we carelessly mess with such reckless children, they’ll turn our households upside down.”

“Exactly. She probably knows that once she marries Duke Valtrahein, that money will be nothing but pocket change.”

When the Countess of Berg subtly cursed, the Duchess Ecroyd shook her head.

“Their family does have a lot of money, it’s true. We should have tried to persuade them with other conditions, not money.”

“What does Duke Valtrahein say?”

“Don’t even ask. He told me never to do this again and we fought terribly!”

“Goodness… with his gentle personality…”

“He’s completely bewitched. Foreigners won’t do, but what can we do about this situation?”

“How about pressuring Regina Berchio again? You said it doesn’t seem like she’s told Duke Valtrahein yet.”

“If we act carelessly, we’ll only provoke them.”

“Then I have a good method.”

The Countess of Berg put strength in the corners of her mouth to avoid smiling broadly.

Then she had a maid bring out a sealed box.

“What is this?”

“Check it out.”

The Duchess Ecroyd opened the box and examined the documents inside.

It was Lilliana Berchio’s birth certificate.

“The birthplace is listed as Trobancha Security Forces. And the Empress worked at the Security Forces during that time.”

“Don’t tell me…”

“We can’t have him marry the sister of a fraud, can we? I’m gathering signatures from the noble ladies I know.”

Baron Gresli had fled to the countryside and Count Ruman had been ignoring Duke Berg for months.

As a result, other nobles who had followed him began to fall apart as well.

The Countess of Berg intended to step forward herself and attack the Empress.

Since it would be something the ladies were doing without knowing better, even if it went wrong, they’d just receive some glares and it would end there, but if it went well, they could seize power triumphantly.

“I’ll help you. Let’s do this together.”

The Duchess Ecroyd didn’t reject the consoling, tightly grasping hand.

* * *

I’m going to make cookies with Edgar.

I want to give some to big brother too but I can’t, so I’m sad.

Don’t get sick, Liliana. Okay?

I want to see big brother a lot.

I love you!

From Liliana who loves big brother

I carefully folded the letter to send to big brother and put it in an envelope.

I was planning to send it with my sisters this week.

“Did you finish writing your letter?”

“Mm-hmm. I’m done.”

Liliana took the envelope from me and put it away.

There was a faint but sweet smell coming from Liliana.

“Liliana. Did you make cake today?”

“No. I didn’t make any.”

“That’s not right. You did make some.”

The day after tomorrow is Parents’ Day.

I’m thinking of making a big cake so that Edith, Liliana, and even youngest sister can all eat it.

But if Liliana made one too…

‘Is Liliana also making a cake for Edith?’

Hmm. There doesn’t seem to be any reason for Liliana to commemorate Parents’ Day for Edith. Maybe for big brother though.

Then I heard Edgar’s sigh from beside me.

“Leo hyung. I guess I don’t have talent for drawing.”

Edgar grumbled while looking at the picture he drew.

He had decided to draw the cat that Helene was raising, but no matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t a cat.

“…Did you draw an ant?”

“It’s a cat!”

“Sorry…”

Leopold, who had picked up crayons saying he’d help color the cat I had left half-colored, wasn’t in a much different situation.

“Hyung. Is this a ladybug?”

“…I was coloring a flower.”

“Sorry.”

It’s my ruined drawing, so why are you apologizing to Edgar?

The drawing wasn’t important, so I didn’t really care.

When Liliana giggled, Leopold’s face turned bright red.

The two, who had somehow become close again, were together almost every day.

Moreover, when they occasionally went on dates, they would take me and Edgar along to show us interesting sights.

‘Seeing the parrot at the arboretum last time was the best.’

And that day, Leopold had quietly asked me.

Whether Liliana mainly wore square rings or round rings.

He’s probably planning to make couple rings.

“Ahem. At least Miss Regina is smiling, so that’s a relief.”

Leopold kept glancing at Liliana more than usual today.

Earlier when Edgar and I were playing in one corner of the room, he even apologized saying he was sorry.

“I’m truly sorry about my great-aunt’s matter. I spoke to her properly, so there won’t be such incidents in the future.”

At a glance, it was a situation where he felt very sorry toward Liliana.

Whatever it was about, Liliana quickly forgave Leopold.

“I didn’t exactly behave well either. I was so angry that day…”

Stories about Marius and Edith came up here and there, but I don’t know the details.

‘Still, I’m glad the two of them didn’t break up.’

I don’t want to see Liliana being depressed again.

I hope Liliana is always happy.

“Edgar. Let’s go to the cabin and play making sand cakes.”

“Okay. Let’s go quickly.”

When I gave the signal, Edgar put down his crayons and stood up.

Now I need to start making a cake for Parents’ Day.

When the two of us went to the kitchen, the maid sisters greeted us.

“Lady Lilliana. Lord Edgar, you’re here?”

The kitchen was full of sweet smells.

No matter how I thought about it, it seemed like Liliana had used the kitchen.

“Did our Liliana come by earlier?”

“Lady Regina hasn’t been here.”

Ah. It was just my misunderstanding.

“What are you thinking about? Let’s hurry and make the cake first.”

Edgar dragged me over to the table.

For today, we had already looked up books and written down how to make cake sheets.

“Let’s separate the egg yolks and whites first.”

“Okay.”

We cracked the eggs that the maid sisters had given us.

“Ugh!”

I must have used too much force. The egg burst in all directions and splattered all over my clothes.

On the other hand, Edgar used too little force and only cracked the shell slightly.

“The recipe said three eggs would be enough, so we’ll need ten, right? There are four people eating: Edith, Regina, and the brothers.”

“Liliana is here too!”

“Then let’s use twelve.”

“Okay.”

I cracked the eggs one by one.

A few times the shells fell in too, and once it dropped on the floor so I couldn’t pick it up and put it back.

I couldn’t help but sigh at the waste.

After finishing cracking the eggs, my hands were all slippery.

“We’ll help you.”

“We want to do it ourselves, so you can leave.”

The maid sisters looked restless and watched us nervously.

Then Edgar shooed the maid sisters away.

When I opened the recipe with my egg-covered hands, the ink smeared.

“Oh no… what do we do? I can’t see the next step.”

“We separate the whites and yolks and then… what were we supposed to mix?”

“Flour maybe?”

“Probably? But why do we need to separate the eggs? They’re all the same egg anyway.”

“Hmm. It’s difficult. Let’s just mix everything together!”

We poured flour into the eggs.

After haphazardly guessing the recipe and making the batter, we asked the maid sisters to bake it in the oven.

Then we sat in one corner of the kitchen and searched around for snacks.

“Hmm. I don’t see anything to eat. There are only ingredients. I’m hungry.”

“Same here. Huh?”

“What? What is it?”

I hurried over to where Edgar was and saw a perfectly baked cake sheet.

“Whoooa!”

It was a huge cake. So big that I’d have to spread both my arms wide.

“Who made this?”

“Maybe one of the maid sisters made it for Parents’ Day like us?”

“That must be it. But don’t you want anything? I mean, that… adults have what they need, but you don’t. Toys or something like that…”

“I do! There’s something I really want!”

“What is it?”

Green eyes sparkled between his flour-covered face.

“A legendary wizard’s staff that grants wishes!”

“What? There’s no such thing as a legendary wizard’s staff.”

“You asked me to say what I wanted.”

“Hmm…”

While Edgar was at a loss for words, the oven chimed to signal it was done baking.

Edgar and I rushed over to the oven.

The maid sisters who were taking the sheet out of the oven flinched.

“Um… Lady Lilliana. Lord Edgar.”

“Is there something wrong with the sheet?”

Below the maid sisters’ awkward smiles, I could see a cake sheet as hard as a rock.

“Whoa.”

“Oh…”

As we both froze with our mouths agape, one of the maid sisters hurriedly stepped forward.

“It’s, it’s okay! There’s a cake sheet left over there!”

“Huh?”

“Earlier, Regi— I mean, we made several cake sheets and there’s one left over. We’ll give you that one. Just come tomorrow and add the whipped cream!”

“Really? You’ll give us something that wonderful?”

I clasped my hands together as if praying.

“Of course. Regi— I mean, we would be really happy if you two used it.”

“I’ll be good from now on!”

“Get a grip…”

Edgar poked my side as I was excitedly sparkling with enthusiasm and summarized the situation.

“Then we’ll use that tomorrow, so prepare whipped cream and fruit.”

“Chocolate cream too!”

I was excitedly suggesting we put candy on top of the cake too when it happened.

“Edgar. Why are you cooking? That’s something you should have the maids do!”

A stern voice like a tutor’s came from behind us.

Startled, I turned around to see a grandmother with sharp eyes glaring at us.

Without thinking, I grabbed Edgar’s hand tightly. Edgar looked shocked too, his face pale.

“Aunt Grandmother?”

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