In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 1

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 1

Prologue

‘You cannot gamble away the clan’s real estate as you please. This is already the third time…’

Smack!

With the unpleasant sound of impact, Pirenthia’s head snapped violently to the side.

‘Who do you think you are to dare lecture me!’

A terrible stench of alcohol wafted from the man who shoved her shoulder with his rough hands while berating her.

‘Now, now. Calm down, Astaliou. Go over there. And you…’

Belesack, who had gently pacified his drunken, staggering younger cousin, turned toward Pirenthia.

And then.

Crack—!

With an even louder sound than before, a large handprint appeared on the other side of her face.

‘Just because you’ve been handling the clan’s money, do you think it belongs to you?’

Belesack sneered at Pirenthia, who was trembling while covering her struck face.

‘Don’t be mistaken. Though you and we share the same surname, with your lowly mixed blood, you can never become a true member of the clan. You should just live as a servant at our beck and call, as you do now.’

No matter how many times she heard it, those cruel words pierced her heart like a dagger.

‘If you tell grandfather about today’s events, I won’t let you off with my own hands.’

After his low warning, Belesack spat on the ground and turned away. Soon, the sound of the carriage she had arrived in grew distant. Left alone in the dim Entertainment District Alley, Pirenthia clenched her fists tight.

A drop of red blood trickled down from her split lip.

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Clatter.

“Whoa—. Whoa.”

As the carriage shook slightly with the coachman’s soothing sounds to the horses, Pirenthia awakened from her very old memories. She lifted the curtain draped over the window slightly to look outside, and saw soldiers of the Imperial Palace.

“We’ve arrived.”

Pirenthia lowered the curtain again and straightened her back even more as she faced forward. After adjusting her briefly disheveled hair and clothing, she looked like an elegant painting.

Meanwhile, the carriage carrying her passed through the main gate of the Imperial Palace and reached Lambru Palace. The afternoon’s brilliant sunlight struck the curved surface of the large World Tree carving decorating the carriage, and the sculpture’s original gold displayed its dazzling luster.

“We have arrived.”

As the carriage stopped, the coachman announced respectfully.

“Pirenthia.”

Soon the carriage door opened and a beautiful man greeted her.

“Peres.”

He gave a long kiss to the back of Pirenthia’s hand as she stepped down from the carriage with his escort. It was an intense kiss that didn’t hide the desire in his heart.

“Peres!”

Though Pirenthia called his name reproachfully, Peres only smiled, his long-lashed eyes crinkling beautifully.

“Let’s go quickly, everyone must be waiting.”

She withdrew her hand from his and stepped toward the Grand Banquet Hall first. Seeing Pirenthia’s slightly reddened ear tips, Peres smiled even more deeply before following behind her with his hands clasped behind his back.

“In this Lambru Empire, there’s no one who would complain about being kept waiting by you, my Tia. We can go a little slowly.”

The two had traveled a very long road to reach this day.

“Having come this far with such difficulty, we should enjoy this moment.”

After painstaking patience and effort, today was the time to claim that sweet fruit.

“Yes, it was absolutely hellish.”

Pirenthia acknowledged plainly.

I’ve come back from very far away. Farther than you could probably imagine.

She added in a small voice that couldn’t be heard.

“But that doesn’t mean we need to commit any rudeness.”

It was a firm answer. From the first moment he saw her, the woman who had made him fall in love instantly was wonderful in just that way. Peres laughed with pleasure again.

Before long, the two stood before the closed doors of the Grand Banquet Hall.

“Ready?”

At Peres’s question, Pirenthia nodded briefly.

“Shall we enter then, Head of Clan Lombardi?”

He extended his hand toward her.

“Let’s go, Crown Prince.”

A white, delicate hand clasped his.

“Open the doors.”

Peres gave a brief command to the attendant standing before them.

“Crown Prince and Pirenthia, Head of Clan Lombardi, enter!”

A voice announcing their entrance could be heard from beyond the doors. That sound was like sweet music to her ears, and Pirenthia smiled.

The doors slowly opened as if splitting apart, and bright light from the Grand Banquet Hall poured through the gap.

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