I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 91
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06. Andrea’s Secret
Time flowed sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly.
As I turned ten, I grew more than a span taller.
It was remarkable growth, but unfortunately it wasn’t noticeable. Thanks to Edgar, who stuck by my side every day, growing even faster than me.
Oh, and the international school I transferred to three years ago was the best.
There were quite a few friends from Trowance, so I didn’t have time to feel any cultural differences.
“Lilliana. Pass it this way!”
I passed the ball to Pierre.
Pierre dribbled the ball and ran toward the goal, but Julie appeared and stole the ball, ruining the kick.
Julie scored a goal and our team lost today’s game.
“Argh! Julie. I asked you to go easy on us.”
“Sorry. I got competitive once we started playing.”
Julie handed me my bag as I lay sprawled on the ground.
After running under the blazing summer sun, I didn’t have the strength to move a finger.
“What are you doing for summer vacation, Lilliana? I think I’ll visit Trowance for a while.”
“Gasp. I’m so jealous. I don’t have any plans for this summer.”
Actually, my brother was coming in a few days, but I kept it secret from Julie.
When I was little, I used to talk about my brother carelessly, but thinking about it now, it didn’t seem like something to chatter about.
Having my sisters as guardians already drew attention, and it was embarrassing to reveal that the brother who raised me in place of our parents was turning away from me.
“Oh. Lilliana. Edgar’s here.”
When I turned my head, I saw Edgar getting out of the carriage and entering the playground through the school gate.
Edgar had skipped grades repeatedly and was scheduled to graduate from elementary school this year.
Maybe that’s why he suddenly started talking like an adult. Just like this.
“Stop lying on the dirt ground. Your clothes are getting dirty.”
“Argh. Stop nagging.”
As I covered my ears in annoyance, Edgar sighed deeply and pulled me up.
Edgar patted my shorts to dust off the dirt.
“Hi, Edgar.”
“Hi, Julie. You guys had your closing ceremony today, right?”
“Yeah. What about you?”
“Us too. Have a good vacation.”
After a brief greeting, Edgar and I rode the carriage home together.
“Edgar. Are tongue candies popular at your school too?”
“I don’t understand why that’s trendy at all. What’s so good about your tongue turning blue?”
“It’s fun! I want to buy tongue candy too! But to buy it, you have to line up in front of the candy store from dawn.”
Because they were so popular, tongue candies were sold out every time I went.
I thought about using my brother-in-law privilege since my brother-in-law was the Emperor, but the candy store owner was famous for making everyone line up, whether they were nobles or rich people.
“Let’s go to the Imperial Palace and finish our vacation homework first.”
“Edgar. Vacation homework is supposed to be done three days before school starts.”
“It’s more comfortable to finish everything and then play.”
Edgar frowned as if he couldn’t understand.
I was the one who couldn’t understand Edgar. I guess all smart kids are a bit weird.
Chris also started saying strange things like studying was fun after he began private tutoring with a magic teacher.
While we bickered about vacation homework, we arrived at the Imperial Palace.
“I’m here!”
As I hurried inside carrying my school bag, Marius, who was reading a newspaper, greeted us.
Marius turned thirty this year but was still handsome and youthful.
Still, he had become a somewhat reliable brother-in-law like Edith.
Even now, he took my bag and asked.
“You were supposed to have a soccer match with kids from the next class today. Did you win?”
“No, we lost. I’ll practice during vacation and win everything in the fall. I’m going to conquer our school.”
“Good. Now that you’re not sick anymore, hurry up and become a strong rabbit and devour the school.”
Sealing my abilities was a very wise prescription.
Since then, I haven’t been sickly like when I was little, nor have I suffered from fevers.
My stamina was a little worse than other kids, but I became healthy enough to play ball under the blazing sun.
“Where’s Edith?”
“She went out for a foundation inspection today.”
“Since brother-in-law isn’t working, it really seems like Edith is supporting all of us. Go out and do some work.”
Of course, Marius had been working until dawn this morning.
It felt awkward seeing him rest like this during the day, so I was just saying random things.
He looked like he had a headache and stretched my lips.
“Brother-in-law works so hard to support the strong rabbit!”
“Mmph mmph.”
“How was your closing ceremony, Edgar? Didn’t the older kids in your class try to hold onto you because they’ll miss you?”
“The older kids only talk about middle school. Luca kept pestering me to go to his countryside villa together during vacation, which was really annoying.”
Luca was the kid who used to fight with Edgar all the time when Edgar was in first grade.
For some reason, the two became friends after Edgar skipped grades.
“Countryside? That sounds fun. You can swim there, raise chickens, and see goats, right?”
“But there will be just as many bugs.”
Edgar disliked the countryside because of bugs, but having grown up rolling around on dirt floors in Trowance, I wanted to go play in the countryside.
“Hmm. Then should we go to a countryside villa as a family for this summer vacation?”
“Brother. Countryside where? Erbeiten where Paquason Castle is?”
“Should we visit Paquason Castle after a long time? It’s been the Imperial Family’s summer villa for generations, so it wouldn’t be bad.”
“All the sisters are coming too, right? Right?”
“I’ll ask your sisters about their schedules. We can only go together if our vacation periods match.”
“Wow. Great.”
Marius skillfully pushed sweaty me into the bathroom.
Francois and Liliana were scheduled to stop by around 3 o’clock for a regular checkup.
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Knock knock.
When I heard the knocking sound, I slightly opened the door and glared at the guests.
“What? Why are you acting like this? Did I do something wrong?”
I stood on my tiptoes to match eye level as much as possible.
“Liliana. Answer quickly. Are you going to the villa with me this summer or not?”
“Suddenly a villa?”
“Hurry up. If you don’t spend summer vacation with me, there’s no regular checkup today either? I’ll open the window and run away.”
The reaction I expected was ‘You can’t run away. Let’s go, let’s go!’ but Liliana said something I never expected.
“Hey. Did you see that? I’m this popular.”
She was showing off to Francois who was next to her.
“Ha.”
Francois let out a short sigh and pressed his temple firmly.
“Stop having weird competitive feelings just because you received a note during lunch.”
“It’s because you tease me every day about being forever single! What’s so great about you, you playboy.”
“Are you jealous of my long dating history?”
“A dog is barking.”
Before I could even urge her about the vacation plans, Liliana forcefully pushed the door open and entered.
Furious, I grabbed Liliana’s arm and shook it while shouting.
“Are you going on vacation with me or not! Don’t ruin my vacation plans.”
“Little one, what are your vacation plans?”
“All the family members gather together to roast marshmallows in the evening and sleep under the stars at night. Liliana, you’re sleeping next to me, so you can’t skip out. We need to drink cocoa together at night and share secrets.”
“Lilliana. Is there no spot for uncle?”
“I don’t know. Uncle can figure it out himself.”
At my indifferent response, Francois frowned as if hurt.
Making that expression with such a pretty face is cheating.
Just as my heart was softening and I was about to say ‘Uncle can come too,’ Liliana interrupted.
“Didn’t I tell you not to use face attacks on our little one? Are you trying to trick a child?”
In the end, Francois had to start his regular checkup after getting flicked on the forehead by Liliana’s fist.
Francois was a crazed male lead in the original story… but the only one who survived is the romantic Leopold.
“I can definitely feel your abilities have grown as much as your height. The sealing formula has become tight in just one month.”
Francois strengthened the sealing formula. The sight of ancient characters floating in the air was always fascinating to see.
Liliana looked over the previous examination results and said.
“Let’s release the seal when you turn fourteen. Even children with poor health start getting healthier around that age.”
“The seal might burst before then.”
“The seal will burst? What do you mean?”
“Fourteen is right in the middle of a growth spurt. If you suddenly grow so much between regular checkups that the seal cracks, it might just pop open one day without time to reinforce the sealing formula.”
“Will there be a backlash?”
“Well. Either way, you’ll suffer greatly from awakening fever.”
“It’s time for Edith to return from her inspection, so I’ll go report and come back.”
Before leaving, Liliana hesitated then gave me a warning.
“Don’t cause trouble and stay put. If you follow uncle into the men’s bathroom again talking about surveillance or whatever, you’ll be in big trouble.”
“Th-that was when I was eight! I was young then!”
“You’re still young now.”
I’m all grown up at ten!
Francois hurriedly changed the subject to cheer me up.
“You wanted to get tongue candy last time. Did you try it?”
“Uncle. Are you teasing me right now? I’m the only one who hasn’t tried it. It’s unfair.”
Francois was either a fake brother-in-law or prospective brother-in-law, so I couldn’t just call him brother-in-law normally.
When I called him mister, he was very hurt, saying it felt distant.
He asked me to call him oppa, but after Liliana scolded him for being shameless, we compromised on uncle.
“Don’t your brothers-in-law get it for you?”
“Edith said my teeth would rot, so I couldn’t accept it even if they brought it, or I’d get in trouble. But I want to try it too.”
Click click.
I knocked my teeth together to show off my strong teeth. Then I felt a strange sensation.
“Huh?”
I tilted my head and gently touched my tooth with my finger.
“Hmm?”
My tooth wiggled. It wasn’t my head shaking. It was definitely my tooth.
“Oh no.”
I covered my mouth with my palm. Like Helene, my front tooth was definitely about to fall out.
“Oh? Is your tooth loose right now?”
“Qu-quiet!”
I tapped Francois and shook my head.
When Helene’s tooth became loose, her nanny tied a string to it and pulled it right out.
Having heard plenty about how scary that process was, I didn’t want to tell my sisters.
“D-don’t tell my sisters,”
“Just words won’t do.”
“I’m a child! You shouldn’t expect anything from a child!”
“Hmm. How about asking your eldest brother-in-law if uncle can be invited to this summer vacation too?”
“Huh, what?”
“Uncle was going to give you tongue candy if Lilliana asked for him.”
Francois casually placed three tongue candies on the table.
Whoa!
I didn’t hesitate and stuck out my pinky finger.
“Promise quickly! These are mine now!”
How hard could making a request be!
Three tongue candies make it worth it!
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