I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 92
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Since Liliana was already at the Imperial Palace, she decided to stay for dinner.
“…So Julie and I decided to have a swimming competition to see who’s better.”
I was chattering to Marius about how I’d dominate school next semester.
“I’m a bit hesitant about that school since it’s a boarding system.”
Edgar was discussing with Edith and Liliana about the school he’d attend after graduation.
Even after skipping grades, he scored perfect marks on every test, so the school had suggested several times that he receive gifted education.
‘Fortunately, no one compared Edgar and me.’
Even when I brought home a 20 on my math test, Edith just said doing your best in everything was enough.
As for Marius…
“Oh my. Our youngest sister-in-law is bad at studying, what to do. This won’t work. Your number one brother-in-law will have to support you for life!”
He emphasized while saying that.
“Just grow up healthy!”
He’d take care of everything else himself.
Anyway, thanks to that, I’m currently practicing ‘just grow up healthy!’ with my whole body.
Every day I secretly hunt for snacks behind Edith’s back and cause new trouble.
“Can’t Uncle come to the villa with us too?”
When I casually brought it up, the adults’ attention focused on Francois.
Francois pretended not to know about our promise and widened his eyes innocently.
“You want Uncle to come too?”
“Mm-hmm. He’s a prospective brother-in-law.”
“Little one. He’s a fake brother-in-law.”
“But he’s still friends with Liliana. Edith and I have brothers-in-law, but Emilia is all alone, so I’m worried about her.”
“Haa. Our youngest sister-in-law is so kind. Even worrying about that guy.”
“Marius.”
Edith immediately scolded him, but Marius pretended not to hear.
At first he seemed to watch Edith’s reactions, but at some point Marius had learned the skill of ignoring nagging like me.
“Francois. If you can come with us, please do. The kids like you too, and I think it would be nice if we could spend the vacation together.”
“If you need eye candy, my face should be enough.”
This time Edith ignored Marius’s complaint. Francois answered with a gentle smile.
“It would be my honor.”
And so Francois ended up joining our summer vacation in August.
* * *
“Marius. I told you to watch your mouth in front of the kids.”
“Ah, sorry. Sorry.”
“Why do you dislike Francois so much anyway?”
From Edith’s perspective, Francois had been really good to them.
Though he owed Emilia a debt, he looked after the sisters like real family and cherished the children like his own nephews and nieces.
From birthdays to the kids’ sports festivals to helping Regina with childcare.
“Edith. Aren’t you being too indifferent to me?”
Marius no longer called her Miss Edith.
He couldn’t remember exactly when the way they addressed each other had changed.
At some point, they had started calling each other comfortably.
“When was I ever indifferent?”
“You are indifferent. I’ve been saying I don’t like that guy for three years, but you don’t even listen with one ear.”
“Why don’t you like Francois anyway?”
“I don’t know. I don’t like how he looks.”
“Childish.”
Edith shook her head dismissively and checked the documents in her hand.
It was a schedule for welcoming the Trofancha Delegation that would arrive in a week.
After coming to the Empire, she had unknowingly suffered from homesickness, but now she had become quite accustomed to her position as Empress.
Marius glared at Edith with a displeased expression when she didn’t give him a proper glance.
“It’s more appropriate for me to check than you. Just think about how to tell Lilliana that her brother isn’t coming with the delegation.”
“Ah, what should we really do? She’s so excited about it.”
“I’m not confident. She’ll definitely cry her heart out, but how can I watch our pig squirrel crying?”
Marius squeezed his eyes shut, feeling exhausted just imagining it.
Haa. Edith sighed and rested her forehead against the desk.
Glancing at her, Marius propped his chin and asked.
“The kids are on vacation now, want to go to the lake near the capital tomorrow? It might be okay to tell her when she’s in a good mood.”
“Just us?”
“Yeah. Just our family. Ah. Do you want to go just the two of us?”
Marius gazed at her seductively with a suggestive smile. Edith blushed slightly and turned her head away sharply.
“Isn’t that what you want?”
“That’s true too. There’s no way I wouldn’t have ulterior motives with you.”
“How do you even say such things… No.”
Edith, red even to her earlobes, buried her face in her palms and tried to calm her racing heart.
Three years. Since the day she reached out to Marius, he had been consistently appealing to her.
‘I do like it, but I can’t keep up with the pace.’
She knew Marius looked at her differently, but feeling lonely in Empire life, she had reached out without thinking of the consequences.
‘I hadn’t planned on a casual romance, but I never expected such a heavy love either.’
Marius was sincere about her. Almost excessively so.
The affection wasn’t burdensome. But since their temperatures were different, she felt sorry for not being able to match his pace.
“Can’t a husband say such things to his wife?”
“Ah, please. Marius. I don’t have the ability to handle such words.”
When Edith pleaded, Marius chuckled and stopped teasing.
Though they were lovers, they were also friends and family.
When raising their siblings together, they seemed like an old married couple, and when they had light skinship while being conscious of gazes during official duties, their hearts raced like newly dating lovers.
And when thinking about their feelings for each other…
“Fine. I’ll wait a bit longer. We have plenty of time.”
Marius smiled sweetly and tore up the documents that had come to him before shoving them into the trash.
The documents he threw away were statements from nobles urging them to produce an heir quickly.
* * *
Edgar was finishing his vacation homework from the first day of break.
Chris was sitting next to Edgar, reading magic books and muttering incantations.
“I guess all boys become weird when they turn ten.”
When I flopped down on the cabin floor, Helena nagged.
“You got in trouble last time for not finishing your vacation homework. Do it now with Edgar.”
I didn’t want to hear nagging, so I took out the tongue candy I’d gotten from Francois.
“Anyone want to eat tongue candy with me?”
“Wow! You got tongue candy?”
“I got it from Uncle Francois.”
“Lilliana is so lucky. I wish I had an uncle like Uncle Francois too.”
When I took out two tongue candies, Edgar and Chris, who had been concentrating on vacation homework and magic, looked up.
“We’re splitting them in half.”
When I tossed one each to Edgar and Chris, they skillfully broke the candies.
Since the candy was flat-shaped, Edgar broke it with his hands while Chris cut it with magic.
As we dissolved and ate half pieces of the candy, I sneakily glanced at Chris’s book.
Just the title “Fundamentals and Dispelling of Sealing Magic” was enough to make me dizzy.
“Chris. Doesn’t your head hurt when you read stuff like this?”
“There are many times I don’t understand what it means, but it’s interesting so it’s fine.”
Chris smiled bashfully.
Chris who finds studying fun, and Edgar who finds studying easiest – they’re really strange kids.
It seems like Helene is the only one on my side.
‘No. Helene is smart too.’
In the Empire, women rarely inherit titles, but Helene’s family was different.
I heard that Helene, being an only daughter, is scheduled to inherit House of Viscount Eldridge and is separately learning about managing a family estate.
‘I feel like I’m the only one falling behind.’
We live in different worlds to begin with.
I’m clearly Trobancha, yet I keep viewing myself by Imperial standards.
As my sisters say, I just need to grow up healthy and find what I want to do.
Chris, who no longer stuttered after learning magic, asked in smooth speech.
“Edgar. Have you decided which middle school to attend?”
“Not yet. I’ll probably go to the boarding school Father attended, but I’m not sure.”
“I’m going to the middle school in Trobancha where Father and Mother graduated.”
When I quietly listened and added a comment, everyone’s eyes widened as they focused on me.
Helene asked urgently.
“Are you returning to Trobancha?”
“The delegation from Trobancha is visiting this time, right? My brother will come too, so wouldn’t he want to return with me?”
“So you’re saying you’ll go back with your brother now?”
Edgar’s tone became sharp. Anyway, since Edgar has few friends, he depends on me too much. It’s problematic because he wants to do everything with me.
“That’s originally my home.”
“But Edith is here.”
“Edith is the Empress so she has to live here, but my brother lives alone in Trobancha. And why are you angry when a Trobancha person says they want to live in Trobancha?”
“Your home is here!”
“Our house is 42 Franco Street, Molikita Richione District, Trobancha, 117-2.”
When I seriously retorted, Edgar’s face turned pale. Then he pressed his lips shut and stuffed his book into his bag.
“Edgar!”
Edgar ran straight out of the cabin.
At the same time, Chris abandoned his book and frantically chased after Edgar.
Helene clicked her tongue, which had turned blue, and shook her head beside me.
“Just when will you and Edgar get along well?”
“Edgar needs to learn how to get by on his own. I’m someone who will return someday.”
“Can’t you live in the Empire? I don’t want to part with you.”
“No. I can’t even remember my brother’s voice anymore…”
Clearly, until I came to Trobancha, I could vividly recall my brother’s face and voice, but now I can only hazily remember his face.
My longing for him and my affection toward my brother remain the same, so why do the memories keep fading?
“If I grow up more, I might become forever distant from my brother.”
The five hundred nights Marius talked about seem to have passed long ago, so wouldn’t it be okay to return home now?
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