I Became the Youngest Sister-in-law of the Ruined Reverse Harem’s Male Leads - Chapter 97

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Lilliana’s hiding skills improved day by day.

As soon as Leopold spotted her, she would quickly disappear, and no matter how thoroughly they searched the banquet hall, she wouldn’t come out.

And Edgar’s skill at causing trouble while hanging around with Lilliana was also mysteriously improving.

“Regina was so angry that I thought bringing Lilliana might help start a conversation, but it failed.”

“How about telling Regina to rest for two days while you watch the child alone? That might calm her anger.”

Leopold shook his head skeptically at Edith’s advice.

“Regina is angry because I fed the child forbidden food while she was briefly out.”

“What did you feed him?”

“…The spiced pasta that my sister-in-law made.”

“Ah.”

After eating the pasta Emilia made some time ago, Leopold had awakened to the stimulating taste of spices.

Since Regina was a cook in Trobancha, she couldn’t let him eat the nutritionally unbalanced spiced pasta often, but very occasionally she would secretly make it following the recipe she received from Emilia.

“He was being fussy about food, so I only gave him one bite, but from that day on, Yosiyas refused all other food. My thinking was short-sighted.”

“Hmm. Lilliana also refuses to eat other food for three days after eating that pasta once.”

“I think winter training would be better. I thought it would be fine since I raised Edgar…”

Lilliana was raised together by Andrea and his sisters, and Edgar had Marius and several nannies mobilized.

Neither Leopold nor Regina knew that the difficulty of raising one child versus two was on a completely different level. The problem was.

“Who would have thought they’d be twins.”

After giving birth to twins, and male twins at that, the dark circles under the knight commander’s eyes never disappeared.

Even with hiring multiple nannies and mobilizing numerous maids, there was still a portion that the parents had to handle.

“I hope Lilliana and Edgar come to play soon. Then everyone in the mansion would be free for about three hours.”

After playing with his sons with his whole body for an hour, he was more exhausted than after returning from winter training.

The only beings who could handle such children were other little ones.

“Still, since the delegation came and Regina seems to be in a good mood, I think you might be forgiven by this evening.”

“You’ve had a hard time.”

“Not at all. It’s all my fault. Ah, Your Majesty the Empress. I’ve kept you too long. It’s a rare occasion to meet old colleagues.”

Leopold politely greeted and gave way to the delegation approaching Edith.

“Dalia! Marco! Enzo!”

“My goodness, you really did become Her Majesty the Empress.”

They exchanged Trobancha-style greetings by pretending to kiss each other’s cheeks, then bumped fists as was customary for those belonging to the Coast Guard.

“Dalia. Your fists are still formidable.”

“I’m still active. I’d win at arm wrestling now.”

“Did you all forget that you lost to me? To beat me, you would have had to train incredibly hard for 3 years.”

“You’ve become an old man while we weren’t looking.”

Edith burst into laughter at her old colleague’s teasing.

It was a simple and comfortable laugh that she couldn’t make when being the Empress.

Marius watched Edith from a distance while sipping champagne.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen sister laugh like that.”

“I think it’s my first time seeing it.”

“Brother-in-law, are you jealous right now?”

Since Marius’s voice was quite subdued, when she asked lightly, he shrugged his shoulders and answered.

“How could I not be jealous about something like this? I wish she would show me that kind of face only.”

Regina felt dizzy thanks to her peculiar brother-in-law, even though he was the Emperor.

She had only seen such answers in print, but Marius was the first person to shamelessly give a response that only a male protagonist would make without changing his expression.

“Right. Sister-in-law. Let’s go to the Imperial villa with Filippo and Yosiyas during summer vacation. We’ll leave the kids with the nannies and you can rest with the sisters.”

Filippo and Yosiyas were the twins’ names.

“You might want to do everything yourself since they’re your first children, but they’re twins. It’s hard for just Leopold and you to handle them.”

“I was already feeling bad about snapping at Leo this morning.”

“That was his fault. Edgar also refuses to eat when he comes back after eating only the pasta that little sister-in-law made.”

“Will Lilliana and Edgar come to the villa too?”

“Of course. Naturally. Where would I go without our kids.”

When he thought of Lilliana and Edgar, Marius felt his chest tighten again.

Yesterday evening and this morning, Edith and he had gone to see Lilliana.

Since Lilliana was greatly hurt by the fact that her brother wasn’t coming and didn’t want to see them, they had come out as if being kicked out, so he felt bad.

‘I’m worried she might be crying alone in her room.’

At this point, he would have to mobilize troops to secure safety and then go see the mime performance.

‘And Edith…’

How could he make her feel the same way as him?

No, that might be greed.

He just wished she would show him that brilliant smile every day too.

So that this heart’s sticky coloring would reflect and make even the shadows disappear.

“Your Majesty. It’s time for your private meeting with the delegation representative.”

Max informed Marius of the time.

“Let’s go.”

The delegation’s stay was only a week.

There were many issues to discuss with Trobancha within that week.

* * *

Delegation representative Elena conveyed the Trobancha government’s opinion to Marius.

“As you know, Trobancha succeeded in rooting out the Razas Order that had hidden within after the Victoria incident and punishing the dark mages.”

“Right. So our temple requested holy knights from Trobancha Temple.”

“The temple is a separate institution from the government, so we can’t interfere. We can tell you the method anytime as long as the Empire roots out the Razas Order and disposes of the dark mages.”

“Without any compensation?”

“There would be a few conditions attached, but they’d be reasonable. As you know, Trobancha has been fed up with the Order since the Victoria incident.”

The demon-worshipping Razas Order and dark mages, instead of going underground to resist oppression, had hidden in Trobancha.

Simone Marchione was also a dark mage who had fled the Empire and stolen someone else’s identity.

“Trobancha wants to open the country through exchanges with the Empire.”

“That makes sense. You closed the borders because of the Razas Order.”

Originally, Trobancha was a holy nation.

Countless saints and holy maidens had appeared, and it was the only country that produced holy knights.

So when the holy war broke out a hundred years ago, Trobancha locked its borders and fought against evil.

The Order and dark mages hiding in Trobancha was to destroy the center of holiness, prove their loyalty, and then borrow greater power from demons.

“If Trobancha helps us, we’ll provide tax reductions limited to Trobancha imports.”

Marius, who had been talking about the compensation the Empire could offer, paused for a moment.

“It’s nothing major, but there’s something I’d like Trobancha to permit.”

“What is it?”

Marius opened his mouth while thinking of someone.

* * *

“Is she sleeping?”

“She is.”

While I was pretending to sleep with my eyes closed, Edith and Marius, who had quietly entered my room, spoke in small voices.

“She came into the banquet hall with Edgar today, but I deliberately left her alone.”

“You did well. I hope that improved her mood.”

“She went to the library with Edgar in the afternoon. It seems the shock hasn’t completely worn off yet.”

Doesn’t that mean they see me as a child who doesn’t usually go to the library?

I read a lot of children’s novels too, even if not as much as Edgar!

I was about to angrily retort but realized I might get caught being awake.

I pretended to toss and turn, flipping my body around.

“When did she grow up so much. Edith, let’s find our sons-in-law.”

“Please get a grip. You said weird things to Regina today too.”

“I didn’t say anything strange.”

“Anyway. You’ll wake Lilliana. Let’s go.”

Click.

I heard the sound of Edith and Marius leaving the room.

Though stuffy, it wasn’t hot since the magical cooling device was running. But as my thoughts continued, I felt a bit warmer.

‘It’s natural that the Emperor knows Uncle Francois’s condition.’

A few years ago when I acted like I knew Francois’s condition, Marius showed signs of anxiety.

That part was suspicious.

It wasn’t the look of someone afraid that others might learn Francois’s secret because of me.

‘If that were the case, he would have told me to keep quiet or insisted I must have had a nightmare.’

Marius seemed to not want me to know about Francois’s condition.

“I might not be remembering everything completely.”

My memories about the original story suddenly came back one day.

To be precise, it was after I fell ill with a fever.

The original story’s behind-the-scenes memories surfaced after I went to the West Tower and suffered for a while.

The common factor in both situations was…

“I need to break the seal.”

After my abilities exploded, memories I never had before surfaced.

So if I break Francois’s seal, I’ll be able to know all the truth.

The reason our parents died, and all my questions about this world.

Then I’ll also know for certain why my brother went down to the countryside.

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