In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 153

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 153

I brushed off the dirt that had piled up on the seat beside me and spoke.

“Lombardi Young Lady.”

Migente Aivan looked at me with pitying eyes, as if he thought I was denying reality.

But I shook my head.

And I lifted up the part where my bottom was touching.

It was a hidden compartment containing simple food and drinks that could be consumed inside the carriage.

Cleribane had specially made it for me, since I couldn’t stand having nothing to snack on.

Fortunately, I could see a couple of full water bottles, some edible bread, and chocolate cookies.

That bread was a gift Violet had given me a few days ago, and the chocolate cookies were something Peres had put in there.

Thinking of my precious people made my throat choke up, but I didn’t cry.

I couldn’t waste the moisture and energy in my body like that.

I spoke to Migente Aivan, who was still looking at me with anxious eyes, in a nonchalant voice.

“I’m sorry to say this to Lord Aivan, but yes, if Lord Aivan were trapped alone in this carriage, it would be difficult.”

In that case, only Aivan’s people would be trying to get this carriage out at best.

“But I’m also in here with you. That means countless people will be moving outside to get this carriage out. Because I’m a Lombardi.”

“Ah…”

“The Lombardi family will mobilize every possible resource to rescue me. Oh, and the Second Prince too.”

I couldn’t tell Migente Aivan, but Cleribane and the Pellet Trading House were included as well.

Yes, everyone will move for me.

“So we just need to stay alive until all those people clear away all that dirt and rocks.”

Actually, these weren’t words for Migente Aivan.

They were words for myself, who kept getting anxious.

Fortunately, it seemed to have an effect as my heart settled calmly.

In my now clear mind, I recalled the slightly rough, warm hands that had held mine.

He’ll come to rescue me.

I thought this while gripping the cold neck of the water bottle tightly.

* * *

Yohan, the butler of the Lombardi clan head, removed a red paper from the ankle of a messenger bird that had flown into the manor with a dark expression.

Red paper meant urgent.

Moreover, the type of messenger bird was a large hawk.

Though incomparably faster than ordinary birds, it was very rare and not used unless it was a matter of split seconds.

Yohan, who urgently opened the message to check its contents, immediately moved his feet.

Step, step, step.

His initially slightly quick walking pace gradually became faster.

When he reached the Head Family’s Office, Yohan was running completely.

Slam.

Today was the third day of the week.

The clan head and his four children, gathered in one place for the first time in a very long while, all looked at Yohan simultaneously.

“What’s the matter?”

Interrupting a meeting was completely unlike Yohan, so Rulak asked, sensing something had happened.

“Huff, Pi, Pirenthia Young Lady has… in, in a landslide…”

“What?”

Rulak couldn’t wait and jumped up, snatching the red paper from Yohan’s hand to read it.

“…Father?”

Gallahan, who had heard Pirenthia’s name, also strode over.

Father and son checked the contents written on the paper simultaneously.

Stagger.

Gallahan swayed as if about to collapse, his face turning pale.

“Gallahan.”

Shannet quickly approached to support Gallahan and asked Rulak.

“What happened, Father?”

“Tia… was caught in a landslide, according to a message from the Aivan clan head.”

“…What did you just say?”

Shannet doubted her ears and quickly read through the letter.

“That’s, impossible. Tia, why…”

Gallahan muttered in a daze, unable to breathe properly.

Shannet’s hand supporting Gallahan’s shoulder also trembled.

Rulak read the letter again as if confirming, then said.

“Nowhere here does it say anything happened to Tia. It only says the carriage was swept away by debris.”

And he immediately grabbed Gallahan’s clothes tightly, forcing him to stand up.

“Pull yourself together, Gallahan! You’re Tia’s father. What will happen if you lose your mind?”

At Rulak’s loud, scolding voice, focus returned to Gallahan’s previously unfocused eyes.

“Father’s words… are right. Our Tia might still be safe inside. Yes, that’s right…”

The trembling in Gallahan’s body, which had been shaking like an aspen leaf, gradually stopped.

And Gallahan, straightening his body, clenched his fists and said.

“I’ll go to Aivan. Please assign me Lombardi’s knight orders.”

Rulak nodded.

“Take both the 1st and 2nd knight orders.”

It meant to leave only the minimum forces to guard the Lombardi estate.

“The twins ride horses fast and well, so they’ll be helpful. I’ll arrange to see if there’s any equipment at the Lombardi mines in Aivan that could help with the rescue.”

Shannet said.

“We’ll take care of organizing the follow-up forces. We’ll also relay news from Aivan by messenger bird, so Gallahan, you leave immediately.”

“I’m counting on you, Father.”

Gallahan, as if he had never staggered, rushed out of the Head Family’s Office.

Rulak then said to Yohan.

“Yohan, have a carriage prepared.”

“Yes, Clan Head.”

Yohan also ran out, and Rulak took a moment to catch his breath and prepare.

But because of his trembling hands, he had to fumble several times.

Shannet, unable to watch, approached to help him dress and asked.

“Where are you going?”

“To the Imperial Palace. I’m thinking of asking Yobanes to issue an imperial decree.”

“An imperial decree…”

“An order for all the lords of castles on the route from Lombardi to Aivan to allow Lombardi’s knight orders to pass without inspection and to keep the castle gates open even at night instead of closing them.”

“Father’s thinking is right. Having an imperial decree would be faster.”

Lorels, who had been watching the entire scene with wide eyes, scratched his head and muttered quietly.

“But if she was caught in a landslide, already…”

Bang!

A loud noise echoed in the study.

Rulak had pushed over a heavy coat rack that was in front of him.

“Lorels.”

Rulak called his son warningly, his eyes filled with fierce anger.

Lorels’ shoulders flinched greatly.

“Today I don’t have the capacity to overlook any more of your mistakes. Watch your words.”

Lorels quickly nodded.

“Tia will be fine, Father.”

Shannet spoke gently.

Rulak nodded his head.

“Yes, she’ll be fine. That child is the granddaughter of this Rulak. She’s a very strong child, so she’ll be fine.”

Rulak, who muttered to himself several times as if casting a spell, left the study with a small gust of wind.

Shannet, who let out a small sigh, also tried to quickly tidy up and move.

“Where are you going, sister?”

It was Biejie with a perfectly calm face, as if all this storm was someone else’s business.

“I’m going to get Dr. Estira. Tia might be injured, so we need to prepare.”

Biejie frowned for a moment, but didn’t say anything more.

Shannet, who could guess what he wanted to say, looked at Biejie coldly once and hurriedly moved her steps.

However, the place Shannet was heading to was not the building where Estira’s research lab was located.

Shannet, who headed to her own study, hurriedly took out paper and scribbled a short message.

There was one more person who absolutely needed to know that something big had happened to Pirenthia.

Shannet, who carefully sealed the letter envelope, called a young servant and said.

“Deliver this letter to Pellet Trading Company right now.”

And she emphasized once more.

“It must be delivered to Cleribane Pellet himself, no one else.”

* * *

Two days had already passed since the accident occurred.

When it became known that Migente Aivan was also riding in Lombardi’s carriage, another great shock swept through Aivan.

Even the workers who had been repairing the castle walls were all mobilized for the rescue operation.

But unfortunately, progress was slow and people let out tired sighs.

However, there was someone who moved without caring about any of that.

Clang, claaang!

A desperate metallic sound rang out.

The blue aura that had been flashing on Peres’s sword was gradually losing its light.

He had been swinging his sword for two days without properly eating or sleeping, so it was already a miracle that his aura was still manifesting.

“Huff, huff…!”

Peres caught his breath roughly and gripped his sword again.

“Second Prince.”

The Captain of Aivan’s Guards, who couldn’t bear to watch anymore, grabbed Peres’s arm.

“Please take even a little rest.”

“Let go.”

“You know well that if you overuse your aura like this, you might never be able to hold a sword again.”

“Let go.”

Peres said that and shook off the guard captain’s hand.

And with half-unfocused eyes, he stared at a certain point underground.

As if he could instinctively know that the carriage carrying Pirenthia was buried there.

Peres roughly wiped the sweat that had flowed into his eyes and muttered.

“Without Tia, there’s no reason to hold a sword anymore.”

Peres, who recalled that brightly smiling face, gripped the sword handle once more.

From the torn wounds on his barely healed grip, blood oozed out with a surge.

But without caring about such pain, a blue light appeared on Peres’s sword once again.

Crash, clang!

An even louder sound echoed through the collapsed forest.

The Captain of Aivan’s Guards looked up resentfully at the rain-pouring sky and said.

“Damn it, if only we had more manpower…”

Other territories in the north had sent people after hearing the news, but it was truly just a handful.

It couldn’t be helped since everyone’s priority was restoring their own territories and preventing additional landslides.

Then someone shouted loudly.

“People are coming over there! They look like soldiers from other regions!”

The surprised guard captain jumped up to a high place and looked where the soldier was pointing.

“That emblem is…”

In the large group that appeared to be dozens of people, a total of four flags were prominently raised.

They were all flags of central Empire region clans located further south from Aivan.

As the group gradually approached, the knight who had ridden at the very front came before the Aivan guard captain and said.

“We are people from Pashent, Biltz, Banafe, and Enparia. We have come under Imperial orders to assist in the rescue operation for the Lombardi young lady.”

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