I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 65
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“I wish 6 o’clock would come quickly.”
“Do you think the brothers will like the chocolate syrup-covered cake?”
“Of course they will. No one dislikes chocolate.”
Having escaped to the cabin to avoid Demon Grandmother, we lay down and sucked on candy.
Then suddenly Edgar thrust something out at me.
“Here. This is yours! We have to give letters to the adults at dinner, so I’m giving it to you early.”
“I’m not Edgar’s mom, so why are you giving it to me…”
Edgar flicked my forehead.
“Ow! Why did you hit me!”
“It’s your birthday today!”
“Huh?”
I jumped up and checked the calendar that had been thrown in one corner of the cabin.
So this month is July and today is…
“It was my birthday?”
My birthday was around the time when the heat intensifies, but the Empire wasn’t as hot as Trobancha, so I had completely forgotten.
“Whoa! It was my birthday! Birthday! It was the day I get presents like my sisters!”
“So hurry up and take it.”
Edgar’s gift was a small envelope.
When I checked the contents, a piece of paper made from stiff letter paper came out.
[Coupon to Grant Any Wish]
“There’s no legendary wizard’s staff. If you use the coupon, I’ll grant anything I can.”
“If I tell you to become my subordinate, you’ll become one?”
“Hey, that’s…!”
Edgar hesitated to answer with wavering eyes.
I said with anticipation.
“You said you’d grant anything. Is that a lie?”
“Ah, fine. If you tell me to become your subordinate, I’ll do it!”
“Great! Then I’ll use this coupon next time.”
I carefully put the coupon in my pocket. That’s when it happened.
Knock. Knock.
“Lord Edgar. Lady Lilliana. Her Majesty the Empress is looking for you.”
“Edith is? What should I do! She must want to give me a birthday present!”
“Then let’s take the cake and letters with us too!”
So the two of us gathered our supplies and went to Edith…
Pop!
Pop!
As fireworks burst, Helene and Chris, who were standing with Edith, shouted.
“Lily, happy birthday!”
The adults each offered their congratulations too.
I thought we’d all celebrate together in the evening, but I was a little surprised that there was a surprise party like this.
Meanwhile, the Maid Sisters brought the cake that Edgar and I had prepared and placed it on the table.
Only then coming to our senses, we shouted simultaneously.
“Thank you for raising Lilliana with the sisters and brother-in-law!”
“Brothers, Lady Edith. Thank you.”
The adults fell into silence.
It wasn’t that they couldn’t say anything because they were displeased, but they seemed to be at a loss for words from surprise because they couldn’t believe it.
“Today is Parents’ Day!”
“The brothers are like my parents…”
“The sisters are Lilliana’s mom and dad too.”
Just as I hadn’t expected a birthday party, the adults seemed not to have thought about Parents’ Day either.
“You made this yourselves?”
Marius’s voice was trembling slightly. He couldn’t take his eyes off the cake.
“Just the two of you?”
“Yes! Edgar and I worked hard spreading cream yesterday.”
“We used an existing sheet and only did the decoration ourselves. The green tea powder sprinkled on one side there… I said not to put it on because you don’t like it, but Lilliana really wanted to put it on— Ugh!”
“Ughhh! I can’t breathe!”
Without any time to prepare mentally, Marius hugged us so tight we couldn’t breathe.
I wanted to grumble and ask him to let go because it was stuffy, but Marius was trembling slightly, so I decided not to say anything.
“…Brother?”
“When you were just born, you were only the size of a fingernail, but now you can even make cakes.”
“I, I probably wasn’t fingernail-sized!”
Marius swallowed. There was moisture in his breathing.
He released his arms and messed up Edgar’s hair.
“Waah!”
As soon as Edgar screamed to be let go, Leopold rushed over and lifted Edgar upside down.
“Ahhhhh! Br, brother. Why are you doing this!”
Unlike Edgar who was suffering because of Marius and Leopold, I obediently gave kisses to my sisters.
“Edith. I love you. I love Liliana a lot too.”
“Emilia should be here for this.”
“This is a letter filled with my heart. I worked hard to write ten whole lines.”
“My goodness. Lilliana. When did you grow up so much…”
Edith kissed my forehead five times in a row.
That wasn’t enough, so she showered kisses on both my cheeks too.
“Our youngest. Liliana loves you very much. You know that, right?”
Liliana sniffled and lightly pinched my cheek.
I also went to Marius and handed him a letter.
“I’m getting one too?”
“Mm-hmm. Pupu is family now too.”
Still, my sisters are the best, so I only wrote five lines for Marius.
“Leo uncle. This is my heart.”
“I’m not sure if I should accept it.”
“Nope. You can’t refuse. We’re best friends.”
“Thank you.”
Leopold, who was completely excited, patted my head more roughly than usual.
Only after delivering all the letters could Edgar and I become free.
Chris and Helene giggled and whispered.
“We did it this morning.”
“Oh, mother and father were very pleased.”
“Right. Chris’s mother cried.”
“Li, Lily. This is my gift.”
Chris held out a box wrapped in green.
What came out was a cup with sunflowers drawn on it.
Helene’s gift was a thread bracelet twisted into flower shapes.
I was continuing to scream while unwrapping gifts from my sisters and Leopold when.
“Ahem. Hmm.”
Demon Grandmother appeared.
I pulled Edgar behind me to hide him.
Villains always appear on the happiest days to steal away precious things.
Hmph. I lost the snowball fight earlier, but I’ll win this time.
“N-no! We won’t give you our Edgar! He’s my friend, so he’ll stay here and play with me every day!”
“What if Edgar says he doesn’t want to play with you?”
“Huh, what?”
Edgar doesn’t like me?
I turned around to look at Edgar.
“I like playing with Lilliana.”
“I heard this child dislikes playing house with you.”
“Even if I don’t like playing house, it’s fun drawing and playing together in the cabin!”
I know Edgar doesn’t enjoy the house games I play.
Edgar likes running around, but I’m weak so he always accommodates me.
If he doesn’t want to play with me because of that and follows the demon grandmother…
“Edgar. I want to use my wish coupon.”
“Huh?”
“Stay here and keep playing with me… I’ll make it more fun for you.”
I took out the wish coupon Edgar had given me as a gift earlier.
Helene is good because she’s also a girl and likes playing house and observing ant hills like me.
Chris is good because he’s kind and tells me it’s okay when I make mistakes.
And Edgar is… just good. Because.
“We’re soulmate friends. Don’t go anywhere.”
I’m already sad about growing apart from my Trobancha friends, and I really don’t want to part with Edgar too.
Edgar stared at me with a flustered expression as he received the coupon.
He’s not really thinking of leaving, is he?
“Edgar.”
The demon grandmother called Edgar’s name menacingly.
“Nobles must keep their word once spoken. That’s our honor and pride, so there’s no choice.”
Huh?
“You’ll stay and have fun playing with your friends.”
What?
* * *
In truth, the Duchess had no intention of attending Lilliana’s birthday party.
She would be taking Edgar away in a few days, so there was no point in seeing a child she’d never meet again.
“Lord Edgar made a cake for His Majesty.”
For His Majesty, not Leopold? It was hard to believe.
Rumors of Edgar being distant with the Emperor had spread even to the neighboring country where she’d been staying.
‘I should have received some reports about the Emperor and Leopold being clumsy at child-rearing.’
The Duchess assumed the maid was mistaken and dismissed it.
Then Edith came to visit.
“My youngest sister’s birthday party is coming up soon.”
“What does that have to do with me?”
“Lilliana and Edgar’s friends are coming to play. Don’t you want to see Edgar playing with his friends?”
“…”
“Just come at 3 o’clock.”
She could have refused, but the Duchess wanted to see with her own eyes how well Edgar got along with his friends and what they did when they played.
So reluctantly, she prepared a small gift and set off for the party venue.
Then she encountered some noble ladies near the party venue.
“Oh my. Isn’t that Duchess Ecroyd?”
“It’s been a while. Viscount Eldridge, Countess Ruman. So Edgar’s friends were Helene and Chris.”
Countess Ruman and Viscount Eldridge were there as the children’s guardians.
House of Ruman and House of Viscount Eldridge…
They were families with history and tradition, so it wasn’t bad.
Edgar had made good friends.
I wish my brother would develop better judgment about women too.
“Our Edgar isn’t very social, so I was worried, but I’m glad he made friends.”
“They get along so well together, you can’t imagine how lovely they look.”
“They should continue to get along well. I’m always worried about Edgar.”
“I understand. After what happened.”
The Duchess stopped walking at Viscount Eldridge’s words.
“What do you mean, what happened?”
“The Hans Obitz incident. Wasn’t that why you came up here?”
“Tell me in detail. What happened to Edgar?”
The flustered Viscount Eldridge hesitated for a moment before explaining the incident from a few months ago.
After hearing all the facts, the Duchess raised her voice, forgetting even the etiquette she usually maintained strictly.
“My sons went through such a thing and wrote me casual letters as if nothing happened!”
“His Majesty punished everyone involved.”
“What good is punishment! Edgar must have already been hurt!”
The Duchess suppressed her rising anger and headed to the party venue.
She was full of thoughts to reproach Leopold and Marius for failing to protect Edgar, but an unexpected scene was unfolding at the party venue.
“This is…”
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