In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 105

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 105

I could feel Peres’s body temperature completely through the back of my hand.

“What, why are you doing this.”

I said as I smoothly pulled my hand away from his.

Then Peres straightened his bent waist and answered.

“The Impigra Housekeeper said this is how you’re supposed to greet at first?”

When I looked around at those words, everyone was exchanging first greetings with their cavaliers.

“It really is.”

Just as Peres said, everyone was politely bowing to the debutantes and giving the same greeting.

“But there’s no one kissing the back of hands like you did?”

“…That’s true.”

Rather, I was the one flustered by Peres’s very nonchalant reaction.

Did the other cavaliers skip the kissing part just because they were embarrassed?

That could be possible.

Unlike Peres and me, everyone else seemed to be meeting for the first time or barely acquainted.

“You didn’t say anything in the letter you sent a few days ago, but suddenly appearing like this?”

“I wanted to surprise you. Were you surprised?”

Peres asked, leaning his body slightly toward me.

“A little? When you suddenly entered as a cavalier, I was so…”

Unfamiliar.

It didn’t seem like the Peres I knew.

The Peres I encountered in the banquet hall was closer to the appearance I had seen mixed in the crowd in my previous life.

“So what?”

“Surprised.”

“Then it was a success.”

Peres smiled faintly.

“I had already finished writing the letter and was about to send it when the Impigra Housekeeper came to Poirak Palace. She asked if I wouldn’t become your cavalier. She said it would be a good opportunity to make an impression on the nobles.”

“I see.”

The Impigra Housekeeper was looking proudly at the young members of aristocratic society who were having awkward conversations.

Her words were right.

Could there be another occasion that could leave as strong an impression as the Imperial Debutante Ball where everyone’s attention was focused?

It was definitely a good opportunity for Peres.

But, why.

What was the Impigra Housekeeper’s intention?

Considering that she was the only person in the Imperial Palace who stood in opposition to the Empress, it didn’t seem like she would have ill intentions toward Peres.

“To think I’d be debuting with you, Peres.”

I really never dreamed of it.

In my previous life, Peres didn’t set foot in aristocratic society until he graduated from the Academy and returned.

He was someone completely forgotten in aristocratic society, to the extent that there was a comical incident where a banquet hall gatekeeper who didn’t recognize Peres refused him entry.

“Then who else were you planning to do it with besides me?”

Peres asked me, tilting his head.

“With who? Hmm…”

Come to think of it, that’s true.

We were already known to be close from being classmates, and choosing one of my twin cousins would somehow hurt my pride.

It would seem like I used the relative card because I had no one else to go with.

“Right, if we’re going to do it anyway, it would be best to do it with you.”

When I said that, Peres nodded again with a faint curl of his lips.

He looked very satisfied.

“Then, please take care of me.”

“It’s an honor, Lavinia Angenas.”

Peres bowed politely once more and smiled.

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“One, two, three… One, two, three…”

Pairs of men and women moved together to the commands shouted by the dance instructor brought by the Impigra Housekeeper.

The steps unique to the Imperial Debut Ball, which were close to a waltz, were very different from the social dances commonly performed in the Empire.

Perhaps because it didn’t come naturally to their bodies, groans could be heard from here and there.

“Aah! Sorry, sorry!”

“Ugh, my foot!”

Small commotions of men and women stepping on each other’s feet broke out everywhere.

“Look at Lavinia Angenas and His Highness the Second Prince over there…”

“How are both of them so skilled?”

Except for us.

Peres, who lightly held my waist, even showed the leisure of changing direction in advance to prevent me from bumping into other people.

“What can’t you do, really.”

Even cheat characters should have limits.

Smart, good at studying, drawing out aura at a young age, and handsome on top of that.

Now that I think about it, Peres was someone who would naturally make many enemies.

“Is this really your first time learning this dance today?”

Did the Impigra Housekeeper perhaps give you some preliminary education?

“This is my first time with dancing itself.”

“Then why are you so…”

Like a skilled instructor?

Even though he hadn’t officially debuted in aristocratic society, Peres was much more skilled than the other kids who had attended various types of banquets.

Even now, everyone couldn’t take their eyes off Peres as he leisurely stepped through the dance.

“What about you, Tia?”

Perhaps because his face was so close, I could hear Peres’s voice right next to my ear.

“Tia is dancing well too.”

“Me? Well, I…”

I didn’t have as much leisure as Peres, but I was keeping up with the lesson well.

“I didn’t know, but I’m surprisingly the aristocratic society type. With dancing and other things too.”

But I couldn’t compare to Peres.

“At this rate, everyone will be too busy looking at you rather than me, the one making her debut?”

Because Peres, with his black hair swaying with his movements, was really handsome even from my perspective.

Even now, when standing with other boys his age, it was like seeing a lone peacock standing among a flock of chickens.

Perhaps sensing that I was staring up at him blankly, Peres tilted his head slightly and looked at me.

That’s when it happened.

“Ah! I’m sorry, Lavinia Angenas!”

A couple dancing nearby suddenly turned in our direction, and the boy’s shoulder lightly bumped into my back.

“I, I was so distracted that I didn’t see…”

Perhaps because he was really struggling with the dance, his appearance of apologizing while sweating profusely made me laugh without realizing it.

“It was just a light bump. I’m fine. Are you alright, Lord Faillan?”

As if he hadn’t expected me to know his name, the boy’s eyes widened.

“Work hard, Lord Faillan.”

I saw earlier that he seemed to be getting his feet stepped on a lot.

I wanted to tell him that Estira ointment would be perfect for those kinds of bruises.

And I smiled slightly with encouragement, but the boy’s reaction was a bit strange.

He stared at me blankly, then his face, already red from dancing, became even redder.

Just as I was about to tell him to go rest, I heard Peres’s voice, slightly lowered.

“It would be better if they looked at me instead.”

“Huh? What did you say?”

“I said it would be better if people looked at me instead.”

“What kind of nonsense is that all of a sudden?”

Is he honestly confessing that he wants more attention than me, the debutante?

Instead of answering, Peres was glaring at someone.

It was the boy who had bumped into me earlier.

The boy, who had started practicing with his partner again, kept glancing nervously at Peres with a frightened face, looking precarious, and sure enough.

“Kyaa!”

He stumbled and ended up knocking down his partner as well.

“Hey, Peres?”

When I tapped his shoulder, Peres finally looked down at me and answered.

“It’s nothing. Let’s practice again.”

For the rest of the practice, I never bumped into anyone again.

* * *

“Everyone’s quite enthusiastic this year too.”

Emperor Yobanes said leisurely as he looked down at the banquet hall below.

Even so, his gaze constantly followed the couple of Pirenthia and Peres.

The banquet hall where the debutante ball practice was held had a two-story structure.

The second floor was rarely used, but it was accessible through outside stairs, and the Emperor and Empress had entered without telling anyone and were watching everything.

Until the cavaliers first appeared, Lavinia had been watching the practicing young ladies with quite an enjoyable mood.

Although the Lombardi girl was annoying, she thought she would show her place once she became part of the aristocratic circle.

But the problem was that Peres was mixed in among the cavaliers who entered late.

“Wh-what is that…?”

Empress Lavinia, startled, looked at Yobanes and realized at that moment.

The fact that the Emperor already knew Peres would become a cavalier.

To think that the reason for coming here after having lunch together was for that lowly thing!

All of this must be the scheme of Housekeeper Impigra, who always interferes with everything!

‘That senile old woman…!’

Lavinia immediately glared at Housekeeper Impigra.

And their eyes met.

The housekeeper had already noticed that the Emperor and Empress were watching the practice.

“Did you know the Second Prince could make such expressions?”

Emperor Yobanes said with interest as he leaned against the railing.

Peres, who had always shown only two expressions – expressionless and angry – was looking at Gallahan’s daughter with a gentle smile.

“Hmm, they suit each other quite well.”

Just like when they lined up together, they made a very well-matched pair.

“How old is Pirenthia Lombardi this year, Empress?”

“…”

Empress Lavinia said nothing.

Yobanes didn’t seem to expect an answer either, as he muttered to himself.

“Gallahan, Gallahan Lombardi…”

The Empress knew better than anyone that calculations were busily running through the Emperor’s mind right now.

Yobanes was calculating what he could gain from Gallahan Lombardi if Peres and Pirenthia were to become engaged.

Crack.

Empress Lavinia quietly ground her teeth.

Since Peres had already been selected as a cavalier, there was no way to stop him from appearing at the debutante ball.

However, she had to prevent him from becoming partners with the Lombardi girl.

If not only Emperor Yobanes but also the nobles of the aristocratic circle began to think of Peres and Pirenthia together, it would become uncontrollable.

If the Emperor really started coveting Gallahan Lombardi’s assets!

On the day he decided to arrange an engagement between the two, Peres would gain power.

The power of Gallahan Lombardi, who had already become too much of a big shot.

In this situation where Astana’s engagement hadn’t even been decided yet, she couldn’t just sit back and watch that lowly thing gain Gallahan Lombardi’s power.

“One, two, three… One, two, three…”

The sound of Lavinia grinding her teeth was drowned out by the distant sound of commands.

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