In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 135

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 135

“What do you mean by that…?”

I smiled brightly and looked at Cleribane standing beside me.

“I asked Cleribane to join us just in case, and fortunately so.”

Cleribane also looked at me and smiled back.

“Lady Pirenthia always gets everything right as if she can see the future, so I’m not even surprised anymore.”

Romasie Dillard looked back and forth between me and Cleribane with puzzled eyes as we conversed amicably.

We were clearly in a teacher-student relationship.

But the atmosphere of our conversation was the complete opposite, so he must be very confused.

To end the guild master’s confusion, I called him in a calm voice.

“Lord Romasie Dillard.”

“Yes…?”

“Do you happen to remember Pellet Trading Company’s diamond mine business?”

“Of course… I do.”

Romasie Dillard nodded and answered.

“I understand you were at the mine auction site at that time. What did you think?”

“I thought our Lombardi Guild, which had become complacent, properly learned a lesson from the newcomer Pellet Trading Company. After that, we also regained our original intentions and renewed our determination.”

Although he was answering obediently to my questions, he still had a bewildered expression, unable to connect me with that business that made today’s Pellet Trading Company possible.

I said to such a guild master.

“That diamond mine business was my first business venture.”

“First business venture…”

Romasie Dillard, who had been blankly repeating my last words, shook his head.

“I’m sorry. I don’t quite understand what you’re saying. Could you please say it once more?”

“You said I couldn’t be trusted because I lack experience. Experience is important. I somewhat agree with that statement. So let me tell you a secret.”

I spoke in a quiet voice.

“The real owner of Pellet Trading Company is me, Pirenthia Lombardi.”

“Real… owner?”

The guild master’s eyes, trembling as if an earthquake had occurred, turned toward Cleribane.

“Is what the Young Lady just said really true?”

Cleribane answered immediately.

“The world believes that I teach Lady Pirenthia, but in fact, it’s the opposite. Every single day, I learn a great deal from Lady Pirenthia.”

“But, but how could the Young Lady, who is still so young…”

The shock was so great that Romasie Dillard even began to stutter.

However, Cleribane spoke firmly, almost coldly enough to sound harsh.

“For Lady Pirenthia, age is merely a number. I, Cleribane Pellet, guarantee it.”

“Perhaps the Young Lady merely assisted under the leadership of the Pellet Trading Company master…?”

To the guild master’s reasonable suspicion, Cleribane shook his head vigorously again.

“From the diamond mine and eastern great drought trade that made today’s Pellet Trading Company possible, to the Pellet Trading Company Academy scholarship program that started last year, everything is Lady Pirenthia’s work. She is Pellet Trading Company itself.”

“Hey, don’t praise me too much. After all, it was the practitioners Violet and Cleribane who built and led Pellet Trading Company to where it is today.”

“I am only speaking my sincere truth, Lady Pirenthia.”

Cleribane said this while looking at me with affectionate eyes and smiling.

Wow, handsome people really do stay cool even as they age.

Beauty never fades!

And I turned my eyes away from Cleribane and asked Romasie Dillard, who was still dumbfounded.

“How about it, Lord Dillard. Don’t you think I have quite a bit of experience now?”

Gallahan’s only daughter, Pirenthia, resembled her father Gallahan so much that it was obvious even when seen separately.

Her large green eyes and the shape of her smiling mouth were particularly similar.

But her confident gaze and bold temperament were completely different from Gallahan, who had timid aspects.

‘Rather…’

It was when Romasie Dillard was unconsciously trying to recall someone who resembled Pirenthia.

“Lord Lombardi Guild Master.”

“…Yes.”

“No matter how much experience I have, it would be difficult to immediately trust me and jump into a new business together. However.”

Her green eyes, sparkling with confidence in success, had a charisma that could captivate even someone like Romasie Dillard who had been through many trials.

“Although I came up with the delivery method, it’s ultimately Lombardi who will lead this business. It’s the Debon family who has been responsible for Lombardi Guild’s commerce, and the Heringga family who has raised numerous talents. If you can’t trust me, trust them.”

Romasie Dillard, who had been listening blankly to what Pirenthia was saying, unconsciously nodded his head.

There wasn’t a single wrong word in what she said.

However, he still felt dazed as if dreaming.

No matter how much you put an awl in your pocket, it always shows through.

Had he failed to recognize such a person who was right before his eyes all this time?

He felt ashamed of having prided himself on being quite good at judging people.

“I will visit you again soon with Lombardi Guild’s detailed proposal.”

Romasie Dillard said this while bowing politely.

It was quite a different attitude from when he had entered the drawing room.

Cleribane also followed behind him and came out.

Click.

As soon as the sound of the door closing behind them was heard, Romasie looked around, confirmed no one was there, and grabbed Cleribane’s shoulder, leading him to a corner.

“Really, is it really true?”

His voice was kept very low, worried it might be heard inside.

“Do you still not believe Lady Pirenthia?”

As if very displeased, Cleribane coldly brushed off the hand on his shoulder and asked back.

At this first-time sight of someone he had always thought was calm and cold, the Lombardi Guild Master was once again at a loss for words.

Moreover, Cleribane went further and spoke as if warning him.

“Lady Pirenthia revealed her secret because she trusts you, Guild Master. Do not betray her trust.”

Romasie Dillard slowly nodded his head.

To think that Gallahan’s daughter, who was only eighteen years old, was actually the real owner of Pellet Trading Company.

Who would believe such a thing?

“For your reference, she already knows about the relationship between you and me as well.”

“Did you tell her directly?”

Romasie Dillard was genuinely surprised.

The fact that Cleribane was his illegitimate child was kept strictly secret.

Above all, it was because Cleribane himself strongly wanted it that way.

But to think his trust in Pirenthia was so high that he would reveal all of his shameful secrets.

The head of the Dillard family silently nodded.

He could gauge the extent of the strong trust between Cleribane and Pirenthia.

After that, Cleribane escorted Romasie to his carriage.

And while several servants of the manor were busily moving about, dusting off the inside of the carriage, he suddenly spoke up.

“The Guild Master once told me about the day when, in his youth, during the successor competition, he learned about the current Lombardi family head’s abilities and ambitions.”

At Cleribane’s words, Romasie turned to look at him.

“You said you wanted to move forward with that person even if it meant dedicating everything.”

“…Yes, I did.”

“The day I learned what kind of person Lady Pirenthia is, I finally understood what kind of feelings you had at that time, Guild Master.”

A gentle and deep smile appeared on Cleribane’s face.

“That’s why I’m using the excuse of being her teacher to quickly stick by her side and not leave.”

The small laugh that followed those words seemed quite joyful.

It was the first time seeing Cleribane like this, so Romasie opened his eyes a little wider.

“From now on, Lady Pirenthia will make Lombardi even greater, one step at a time.”

Cleribane’s blue eyes, speaking thus, were filled with the same conviction as Pirenthia’s just moments before.

“If the Dillard Family doesn’t want to fall behind this trend, they’d better seize this opportunity properly.”

Cleribane spoke as if giving advice, then stepped back and gave a brief bow.

Watching that straight back walking away without any lingering attachment to either the Dillard Family or Romashie, a smile spread across Romashie’s lips as well.

“Yes, I had days like that too.”

Romashie recalled the memory of that day he had told Cleribane about.

With equally sparkling eyes, the image of Rulak listing out the dreams and goals of Lombardy that he held in his heart was still vivid before his eyes.

Yes, he resembles him.

Romashie thought of the grandfather and granddaughter who were so remarkably alike and muttered happily.

“I should seize this opportunity properly.”

As if Cleribane’s passion had infected him too, his heart, which had stopped bothering Romashie as he aged, was now beating pleasantly with excitement.

* * *

Taking advantage of a rare free moment, I was spending time with Larane.

A place filled with all kinds of rich flower fragrances and fresh grass scents.

These days, Larane spent most of her time in a small greenhouse set up in one corner of the manor.

Located in a secluded spot with few visitors, this place was entirely Larane’s own space.

Moreover, she put so much care into it that the blooming flowers seemed to gleam with luster.

“Here, take this. Today I’ll give you lilies as a gift, Tia.”

Larane handed me a beautiful bouquet of lilies tied prettily with a yellow ribbon.

“Wow, thank you! Thanks to Larane, the flower fragrance in my room never fades, you know?”

“I’m happy that I can help even in this small way.”

Larane said this while smiling more beautifully than the flowers.

But the way that smile wilted quickly at the end, like a lily with a broken stem, was quite concerning.

“Is something wrong, Larane?”

“Huh? Oh, no…”

But even those words quickly trailed off.

“If you talk about it, wouldn’t you feel a little better?”

At my words, Larane slowly blinked her large eyes and spoke in a small voice.

“It’s just that I’m a little envious of you, Tia.”

“Of me?”

Larane nodded weakly with a powerless smile.

“It’s embarrassing to say, but lately I sometimes feel frustrated with myself. So I sometimes think, what would it be like if I could magnificently accomplish big things like Tia does?”

“Big things… you mean business?”

“Yes, I really think it’s wonderful.”

“Do you have a business you’d like to do too, Larane?”

At my question, Larane thought for a moment then shook her head.

Her fine bangs that had fallen forward trembled as they swayed.

“No, I don’t think that’s it. I’m happy just taking care of flowers like this. But our parents…”

Ah, Biejie and Ceral. How was Larane ever born between those two?

It was truly one of Lombardy’s mysteries.

“Our parents, as you know, Tia…”

Larane couldn’t bring herself to continue and smiled bitterly.

“So I think that’s why I had such thoughts. What would it have been like if I were someone who knew how to do business?”

Seeing Larane smile while saying this, looking so fragile today.

I took Larane’s hands, which had a little soil on them.

“If there’s anything you want to do, just tell me, Larane. I’ll help you. But not everyone has to do things like business. Larane just needs to find work that makes herself happy.”

“…Work that makes me happy.”

But as Larane murmured this, a faint but truly joyful smile appeared on her lips.

Then our eyes met.

Larane blushed slightly as if somewhat embarrassed and said.

“…I’ll tell you later.”

Then she changed the subject somewhat flustered.

“It’s tomorrow already, isn’t it? I’ll attend too, Tia.”

“I heard none of your family members are coming. Will that be okay?”

At my question, Larane nodded.

“If I just go briefly, Mother won’t know. It’s fine. It’s Tia’s first business presentation, so I really want to attend.”

“It would be an honor if you came.”

I said this while breathing in the fragrance of the lilies Larane had given me.

Now on this summer day when the heat was in full swing.

Lombardi Transportation’s new business presentation was just one day away.

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