I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 82

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It seemed like the adults had talked about many things while I was asleep.

 

From the issue of Francois living next door to our school.

 

During breakfast, Liliana made a suggestion.

 

“I met with your teacher yesterday, and it seems the current studies are too easy for Edgar. So I wanted to ask about this. How would you feel about skipping a grade? What do you think, Edgar?”

 

“Skipping a grade?”

 

Edgar briefly glanced at Liliana. Leopold added,

 

“If you skip a grade, you might meet friends who think on your level, don’t you think?”

 

“…I don’t know. Even if we can communicate well, they might still dislike me. I just hate school. It’s full of crybabies and idiots…”

 

Edgar glanced at me, then continued in a small voice with his face turning reddish.

 

“I know my personality is strange too.”

 

“No. There’s nothing wrong with Edgar.”

 

Though Liliana denied it, Edgar shook his head.

 

Edgar began to confess in a slightly trembling voice.

 

“I can’t easily become friends with kids like Lilliana does. I feel lonely when I’m alone, but I also don’t want to force myself to hang out with other kids… I don’t even know what I want. I just hate myself.”

 

“It must have been really hard thinking about all that by yourself. Edgar, that’s—”

 

While Liliana was comforting Edgar, Leopold ruffled Edgar’s hair messily.

 

“You think all these things because you’re sensitive. Edgar. You’re not strange or wrong. It’s just your personality, so there’s nothing to be ashamed of.”

 

Leopold’s words were exactly right.

 

Edgar was good at anything physical and had a sensitive, delicate personality.

 

Though he might not know whether twin braids or loose hair suited him better, he could recognize things like someone’s mood or physical condition faster than anyone.

 

So even when playing with friends, if I was having a hard time, he would notice before I did and suggest taking a break.

 

‘Edgar was more mature than I thought.’

 

Honestly, I wasn’t even sure if Edgar’s worries were the kind an eight-year-old should have.

 

I hugged Edgar tightly, thinking about how hard it must have been for him alone.

 

“Edgar is like a grandpa by himself. We’re only one year apart…”

 

“You’re just an idiot.”

 

“I’m not an idiot!”

 

Even though I get 30 points on dictation every day and have to sneakily use my fingers when doing addition and subtraction, I’m not an idiot.

 

“Edgar. If you want, we can put you in a different class. The one with Lilliana or Helene.”

 

“No. I want to try skipping a grade. Not because I dislike my current friends, but because I want to take classes at a level that suits me.”

 

“That’s right. The classes were too easy for our Edgar. Perfect scores on dictation, perfect scores on math quizzes. You did well in everything.”

 

At Liliana’s praise, Edgar’s earlobes turned completely red.

 

“How about Lilliana goes to the school where the friends from Trobancha attend? It’s called an international school, a place with foreign students.”

 

“An international school? So Lilliana would transfer to a different school?”

 

“Yes. Lilliana would take Trobancha-style classes.”

 

“I want to go! I’ll go! I want to play with the Trobancha friends!”

 

“You, you, you’re okay with going to a different school from me?”

 

Edgar shouted with his mouth wide open.

 

“Edgar, you’re skipping a grade!”

 

“That’s a different matter!”

 

“We see each other at home every day. Edgar can skip grades and make new friends. I’ll make friends with the Trobancha kids.”

 

“This, this…”

 

At his glaring look, I stuck out my tongue and said “bleh.” Then I quickly got up and ran to Liliana’s study.

 

Otherwise, it felt like we’d fight to death again.

 

“Ehhhh. Edgar is such a spoiled baby.”

 

Saying he can’t do without me. I don’t know how he plans to become a hero acting like that.

 

Clicking my tongue, I rummaged through the bookshelf looking for a fairy tale book.

 

One difficult book, two books, three books just from looking… Liliana must dream of becoming a library director.

 

Since there was nothing I could read, I took out a pen and paper from the drawer to at least draw something.

 

“Huh?”

 

What’s this?

 

Even though I’m still clumsy at reading, I can skillfully recognize my sisters’ names… Liliana and Francois’s names were written side by side.

 

“Marriage certificate?”

 

Huh?

 

I must have read it wrong. I rubbed my eyes and read it again.

 

[Marriage Certificate]

 

Bride – Emilia Berchio

 

Groom – Francois Cassel

 

Wh-wh-what is this!

 

Our Liliana married Francois?

 

With that crazy wizard suffering from madness?

 

“Sis, sis, sisterrrrrr!”

 

I ran to the adults holding the certificate.

 

At my shout, Leopold and Liliana, who were comforting Edgar, turned around.

 

Liliana, who saw the certificate in my hand, came running in shock.

 

Even so, she couldn’t stop my mouth.

 

“Liliana got married! I’ll never forgive Uncle Francois!”

 

* * *

 

Marius quietly watched as Edith checked the card with a dazed expression.

 

Two months had passed since Lilliana and Edgar went to the ducal house after Leopold’s wedding. Edith seemed to have lost much of her energy.

 

To cheer up Edith, he spoke more cheerfully than usual.

 

“Oh, Miss Edith. Isn’t that from your younger sister-in-law?”

 

“Ah. Right. She says she finished decorating the house and will invite us in a week. Regina and the kids are planning to come too.”

 

“How many days?”

 

“Are you going too? Don’t you have a lot of work?”

 

“We’re family.”

 

Though he didn’t spell it out in words, Edith made a blunt expression that seemed to say ‘We’re not really family though.’

 

Marius hid his disappointment and added in his characteristic smooth tone.

 

“Then I’ll go as a friend tagging along. Close friends join each other’s family parties, right?”

 

“Mm. I just meant to ask if you weren’t busy. Anyway, that’s fine. I’ll tell them we’re going together.”

 

“Good. And Miss Edith, you seem to have lost some weight.”

 

“I’ve been busy with the foundation launch and school establishment.”

 

“That’s not what I mean…”

 

You haven’t been eating at all.

 

Marius swallowed his words.

 

He belatedly remembered that since Lilliana and Regina left, Trobancha food had never been on Edith’s meal list.

 

Most of the Trobancha food the sisters ate was prepared by Regina.

 

The school construction was just finished and the children were gone too. He realized what had come.

 

It was homesickness.

 

‘Even if Miss Edith is a strong person, she can’t prevent homesickness.’

 

She came in spring and now it was winter, so it was time for thoughts of home to arise.

 

“Are you free tomorrow?”

 

“I have time. What’s the matter?”

 

“There’s going to be a launching ceremony for a newly built ship. You used to work on ships, Edith. I’d really like you to come with me.”

 

“If that’s what it is, I’ll decline.”

 

Marius naturally thought Edith would accept.

 

She was a police inspector with the Marine Police Security Bureau, after all.

 

He thought she’d want to go see the sea, even just to refresh her mood…

 

“Are you serious?”

 

He asked back, flustered in an uncharacteristic way.

 

“Yes. If it’s not an essential schedule, I don’t want to go. Go alone tomorrow.”

 

“Well, if that’s how it is, there’s nothing I can do.”

 

It seemed like there was a separate reason, but it would be better to ask about it another day.

 

So Marius attended the launching ceremony alone the next day.

 

Leopold also came to the launching ceremony. He attended not just as the Knight Commander, but as the head of a ducal house that had protected the Empire for generations.

 

Since they met, the two exchanged stories about the children.

 

“How are Edgar and your little sister-in-law doing?”

 

“They’re doing well.”

 

“Edgar doesn’t cry saying he misses me?”

 

Marius asking the question was filled with a bit of expectation.

 

Hadn’t he and Edgar grown quite close before Edgar went to the Waldrafen Estate?

 

“He asks about you sometimes, but at that age, friends are important. Brothers-in-law come third, don’t they?”

 

“…Edgar will still think I’m the number one brother-in-law to Lilliana, at least.”

 

“I wonder about that. I think I’ll reclaim that position soon too. I’m practicing braiding pigtails.”

 

Smirk.

 

Leopold slyly raised one corner of his mouth.

 

Marius glared at Leopold subtly.

 

He didn’t seem to be like this before, but lately he’d been getting equally childish.

 

On top of that, he was eyeing the number one brother-in-law position. He really didn’t like it.

 

“Oh, speaking of which, Regina probably went to see Her Majesty the Empress today.”

 

“Is something wrong?”

 

“Lilliana did dictation and the teacher…”

 

Like Edith who had fallen into homesickness, Lilliana had also run into cultural differences.

 

Both sisters would have a hard time adapting to the unfamiliar environment, but the people having the hardest time would be Edith, who was the Empress, and young Lilliana.

 

When he returned to the Imperial Palace, Edith was in an even more troubled state than expected, worse than when she was too busy to breathe while establishing the school.

 

“Edith. Pants are fine too, so change into the most comfortable clothes you have and let’s go out.”

 

“Suddenly?”

 

“Yes.”

 

The place he took Edith, who had changed into light clothing, was a restaurant near the port run by a merchant from Trobancha.

 

Edith checked the menu packed with home-style dishes and buried her face in her palms.

 

“Huh? No way, right? Edith, don’t tell me you’re crying?”

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