I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 64

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What could possibly make the great Francois Cassel, a mage so remarkable that he would be recorded in history books, seal himself?

 

I had been watching him ever since I noticed that Francois had layered sealing magic throughout his house.

 

His actions, habits, lifestyle, and so on.

 

“Do you know what the prerequisite is for sealing an ability? The mage himself must be able to sense the existence of the ability.”

 

“….”

 

“Lilliana doesn’t use her ability. It’s an intangible force that leaks out. Even if the power expressed outwardly is strong, as long as she doesn’t use it, it’s not easy for me to perceive the ability.”

 

Thanks to sharing the same research lab with Francois, Emilia was able to quickly understand that guy.

 

“Hey. Sunfish. Are you listening?”

 

Snap. Snap.

 

When Francois snapped his fingers in front of her, Emilia quickly swatted his hand away.

 

“Why can’t a great mage like you do that?”

 

“What did you say?”

 

“Abilities are also intangible forces. Try to read them like divine power.”

 

“…Abilities are different from mana or divine power – each ability has different density, form, and properties, making it difficult for mages to read traces. This should be basic knowledge that even undergraduates would know.”

 

“Since it’s basic, go ahead and do it.”

 

Francois frowned and rolled his chair backward with a scraping sound.

 

He crossed one ankle over his knee and rested his arm on his leg, propping his chin.

 

“What’s your complaint? Do you need my affection?”

 

“Didn’t you know? How disappointing.”

 

He twisted his lips as if he had heard a bad joke.

 

Emilia said.

 

“Lilliana needs your affection.”

 

“That sounds like you’re saying I’m slacking off.”

 

“You are slacking off. You take time off every two weeks to go on dates with women.”

 

“Are you kidding? I have the right to rest too.”

 

“Even when there were experiments that needed to be completed straight through, you went home at 8 PM and left me to work alone until dawn? And that wasn’t just once or twice.”

 

“Why are you suddenly picking a fight? If it’s because of housing, I’ll give you money so move out.”

 

Emilia put down her pen and leaned back deeply in her chair.

 

She just stared at him silently, without a trace of anger in her eyes.

 

As if she believed she could pierce through Francois with her gaze alone.

 

“Aren’t you going to say you’re sorry?”

 

“Unfortunately, I didn’t receive proper home education.”

 

“Ha. You’re really insane.”

 

To give such an answer that left no room for rebuttal.

 

Annoyed, Emilia began stuffing documents into her bag.

 

“If you take an ability rampage drug, you’ll be able to perceive abilities temporarily. Then there’s no problem, right?”

 

“If an error occurs during the sealing process, I can’t guarantee how much or in what way Lilliana will suffer.”

 

“You’re there to cast magic without such variables. Don’t you have confidence? If you don’t have that level of ability, tell me in advance. I’ll look for another mage.”

 

Nothing was more unpleasant to him, the youngest Mage Tower master and genius mage, than having his abilities doubted.

 

A fierce expression that looked like it belonged in hellfire appeared over his angelically beautiful face.

 

Emilia snorted and left the Magic Tower.

 

* * *

 

Marius really got grabbed by the collar by Emilia over Regina’s hearing incident.

 

If Edith hadn’t intervened and Regina hadn’t stopped her, saying she was grateful because it helped things work out well with Leopold, it might have turned into a big commotion.

 

“Sister had no choice but to make a soul oath restricting her abilities because she’s the Empress. But Regina’s situation is different!”

 

“That’s right. That’s why I have no face to show my sisters-in-law and Miss Edith.”

 

Having committed a sin, Marius had to listen to nagging all night and beg forgiveness from his young sister-in-law.

 

Thanks to that, the two quickly became close.

 

Even if they weren’t like real siblings, they began to show the appearance of a family with a somewhat narrowed distance.

 

“Brother-in-law. If I die someday, the culprit will be Francois Cassel, so just catch him and throw him in prison for murder.”

 

Emilia, sprawled on the sofa, said listlessly.

 

Emilia had barged in without an appointment carrying research materials, gave a long speech about the drawbacks of ability rampage drugs, then proposed sealing magic.

 

Then she suddenly ran out of energy and collapsed sideways, ending up in her current state.

 

“Little sister-in-law. Did you fight with him?”

 

“Fighting is what amateurs do. I just scratched him.”

 

“Why?”

 

“He has no enthusiasm for work. While someone else is burning up inside.”

 

“Emilia. Sit up and eat. You’re spilling crumbs everywhere lying down like that.”

 

As soon as Edith tried to pull her up, Emilia lay back down on the sofa.

 

Still, she didn’t completely ignore the nagging and stuffed all the cookies she was holding into her mouth.

 

“Your under-eyes are black. Do you even sleep?”

 

“I do sleep. About three hours a day. From 5 to 7 in the morning.”

 

“Sister-in-law. That’s only two hours?”

 

“The other hour is napping in the research lab. Oh, don’t worry because I’m not overworking myself.”

 

“I don’t know what it is, but Francois isn’t lacking enthusiasm for treating Lilliana.”

 

“Come on, we’re family now, so at least pretend to take my side. Don’t you want to be treated as a brother-in-law?”

 

In her eyes that closed heavily and opened with difficulty, devotion to her family could be glimpsed.

 

Marius confessed honestly as family, without a trace of falsehood.

 

“No. He’s more serious about this work than you are, little sister-in-law.”

 

Emilia said to Edith in a voice full of drowsiness.

 

“Sister. Look how he’s covering for his friend… This is why we can’t get along….”

 

The grumbling that grew quieter and quieter couldn’t be finished as she succumbed to sleepiness.

 

Marius smiled affectionately while looking at his exhausted sister-in-law.

 

“Leopold and Miss Edith are my only friends, so what are you talking about.”

 

Marius’s muttering was heard by Edith, who was wiping the sleeping girl’s hands.

 

“…We were friends?”

 

“Aren’t we friends?”

 

His tone asking back ‘aren’t we friends?’ sounded quite hurt, so Marius unintentionally showed a serious attitude.

 

“We’re family. We eat together, take walks, and share what happened during the day.”

 

“And we’re raising a child together.”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“We’re definitely not ordinary friends. We’re kind of like a middle-aged couple.”

 

“That’s quite an amusing joke.”

 

He watched with his eyes as Edith picked up Emilia and carried her to the guest room.

 

Usually people feel attraction, date, and eventually marry, but in their case the order was reversed.

 

Of course, they didn’t love each other passionately like Regina and Leopold.

 

Still, we’re not just family, are we?

 

As much as we worry together about the children’s problems, I thought we exchanged friendship through our child-rearing community.

 

Marius felt somewhat complicated.

 

* * *

 

Duchess Ecroyd was like a demon grandmother.

 

The demon grandmothers in fairy tales at least let you eat gingerbread houses, but the Duchess didn’t even have that.

 

When we picked up cookies, she said our teeth would rot and wouldn’t let us eat them, and at dinner yesterday she forced us to eat carrots.

 

“Can’t you eat carrots at your age.”

 

It’s not that I can’t eat carrots. I just don’t eat them.

 

So to show that I eat everything well, I ate asparagus and celery too.

 

I couldn’t breathe for about three seconds while chewing, but that’s definitely not because I didn’t want to eat it!

 

Anyway, the Duchess watched us with disapproving eyes all day long.

 

So we gathered in the kitchen, conducting espionage operations to secretly make a cake.

 

‘Phew. It was hard work, but making the cake was fun.’

 

Since the sheet was large, we designated areas—this side for blueberries, that side for chocolate—and piled on whatever we wanted to eat.

 

“Lilliana. Hurry up and finish eating so we can go out and play.”

 

Edgar and I signaled each other under the table.

 

We planned to bring the cake and letter during dinner to present them as gifts to the adults.

 

But things in this world don’t go as planned.

 

During lunch, the Demon Grandmother was being mean to Liliana.

 

“If you love Leopold, wouldn’t it be better to stop here?”

 

“That’s not something for you to interfere with, Lady.”

 

“As that child’s grandmother, I can at least offer my opinion. For your sake and Leopold’s sake, you should break up. You two don’t suit each other.”

 

“I don’t want to argue with you, Lady, so please stop here. This is our matter.”

 

“Miss Regina would do well to stop while I’m being this lenient.”

 

Liliana trembled with anger.

 

Her hand that had dropped under the table was pale white.

 

I interlaced my fingers with Liliana’s hand beside me.

 

“Don’t say mean things to our sister.”

 

“Little one. I was giving your sister advice for her own good.”

 

“Our sister never asked for your advice!”

 

“Lilliana. Sister is fine.”

 

“I’m not fine. I’m sad because Liliana is hearing bad things.”

 

The Demon Grandmother made a strange expression.

 

Then Edgar placed his favorite strawberry on my plate and whispered silently.

 

‘You need to endure.’

 

Liliana, who read Edgar’s words along with me, smiled softly.

 

Then the Demon Grandmother warned.

 

“You shouldn’t fool around during meals. Edgar.”

 

If he follows that grandmother, Edgar will waste away and die within a month.

 

For Liliana and Edgar’s sake, I have to step up.

 

‘Hmph! I won’t lose!’

 

I put strength in my eyes and glared back just the same.

 

Liliana tried to stop the fight by picking up a piece of meat with her fork and tapping my lips.

 

I couldn’t turn away from meat, so I just opened my mouth wide and accepted the food.

 

Then without realizing it, my concentration broke and I blinked.

 

‘Ugh… I lost…’

 

What’s so special about a piece of meat.

 

I was supposed to fight in Liliana’s place and win for her!

 

“Liliana. Just trust me.”

 

They say fights are originally long-term battles.

 

So I should eat well and stay full to wait for the next opportunity.

 

And so I ate lunch very combatively.

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