In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 209

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 209

“Acting clan head…”

Chairman Killian said in bewilderment.

“Has something happened to the Lombardi clan head by any chance?”

I could feel many people perking up their ears at the chairman’s question.

I knew this question would come, but it wouldn’t be good for them to know that Grandfather is unwell in this situation.

Given the confrontational structure between Lombardi and Angenas, we had to avoid dampening our team’s morale before the battle called the nobility council.

I deliberately spoke coldly with a smiling face.

“You have many questions, Chairman Killian.”

I watched the chairman’s expression stiffen slightly and added another question.

“Do you ask my grandfather this many questions too?”

“That’s not it, I just didn’t receive any advance notice…”

Oh, really. Why is someone who should know better acting like this?

No matter how much I was enjoying this thrilling moment, I was getting increasingly annoyed by the attitude of nobles steeped in useless procedures and bureaucracy.

I looked straight at Chairman Killian and asked.

“Are you saying that my grandfather needs your permission to send an acting clan head instead?”

“Th-that’s not it, but…”

“Then there’s no problem at all. Right?”

“Hmm, that’s… right.”

Chairman Killian’s tone changed after hesitating for a moment.

Since I attended as the Lombardi acting clan head, he had to treat me with the same respect as the Lombardi clan head.

“Good.”

I smiled once at Chairman Killian and then turned my head away completely.

It meant not to argue about this matter any further.

Then someone entered through the opened council chamber door.

“Empress…?”

The old noble who had just complained to me saying “what are you” when I entered the council chamber quickly stepped back and bowed his head upon seeing Empress Lavinia.

That gentleman was unconditionally loyal to Angenas without receiving anything in return in my previous life too, and it seems the same this time.

I shook my head slightly and looked at Empress Lavinia.

She appeared so confident that one couldn’t think her son was imprisoned for the crime of attempting to assassinate the Emperor.

The Empress, who had held her head high and leisurely looked around the interior of the council chamber, spotted me sitting in the seats.

At first she seemed a little surprised, but then she began glaring at me.

Even though we were quite far apart, I could feel those blazing eyes completely.

Unlike other nobles, I didn’t stand up from my seat to greet her.

But the Empress couldn’t say anything about that.

Because I’m currently the Lombardi acting clan head.

The Lombardi clan head doesn’t bow to anyone except the Emperor.

Instead, I kept my face looking straight at the Empress and just raised the corners of my mouth to smile.

Grin.

Then I saw the Empress glare at me with eyes about ten times colder before turning her head sharply and taking a seat in the gallery.

This is the nobility council.

Empress Lavinia, who had already abandoned her noble status and become one of the imperial family, has no right to speak.

She can only sit in the gallery and watch the meeting.

Yet the fact that she came this far was proof of how important today’s meeting was to the Empress and Angenas.

And a little later.

“My, there are many spectators from the Imperial Palace today.”

I deliberately spoke cheekily to the person sitting next to me.

“Hehe, indeed there are.”

Lord Bern, who sits right next to Grandfather and is one of Lombardi’s closest allies, nodded and played along.

“We greet Second Prince.”

This time it was Peres.

And just like the Empress had done earlier, Peres hesitated when he spotted me in the seats.

I deliberately didn’t contact Peres in advance.

To let him be a little surprised.

“…”

Peres, who had been looking at me for a moment, nodded his head in greeting to me.

Just like he would do when meeting our grandfather.

Instantly, the attention of the council chamber focused on us.

Although we’re publicly engaged, in this place we’re a prince and the Lombardi acting clan head.

It was a situation that couldn’t help but arouse curiosity.

Nod.

I likewise greeted Peres lightly, then started a conversation with the person next to me.

As if it really wasn’t a big deal.

“I don’t see the Angenas clan head?”

“Hehe, that person is always late.”

Glancing sideways, I saw Peres receiving greetings from several nobles and taking a seat in the gallery opposite from where the Empress was sitting.

And there was one person who entered following Peres.

“Lord Brown has come.”

At my words, the nobles sitting around quickly turned their heads in that direction.

Lord Brown, who entered the meeting room with a clearly complex expression, thought for a moment then sat next to Peres.

“That person is the rumored…”

“He looks exactly like the previous Lord Brown I saw in his youth.”

Lord Brown’s choice to quietly take a seat in the gallery was excellent.

The reaction of nobles who hadn’t come to the hunting competition wasn’t too bad.

If Lord Brown had tried to take a seat directly in the seats where only nobles could sit, it would have caused great resentment.

Since he was trying to regain his rights as a noble through this meeting, it was important not to get on the nerves of those attending the meeting as much as possible.

The Angenas clan head appeared belatedly.

“The Angenas clan head and the people around him don’t look very good.”

“He’s probably not in his right mind right now.”

This time a young noble sitting behind me spoke.

“Not in his right mind?”

“Duke Duiji Angenas is weak-hearted, so he can’t stay sober before important meetings like this. So there’s a rumor that he drinks strong liquor before meetings.”

“Hmm.”

Come to think of it, his face does seem strangely red.

But the Angenas clan head wasn’t alone.

Next to the Angenas clan head, who had taken a seat directly opposite from me, was the Sercheu Marquis.

Honestly, he had such a massive presence that he completely overshadowed the weak-spirited Angenas clan head.

“Ahem.”

There were quite a few people around me clearing their throats quietly.

It meant that the Sercheu Marquis’s presence was uncomfortable for people in the pro-Lombardi camp.

And at that moment I saw it.

The Sercheu Marquis and Peres’s gazes quietly meeting.

It was really just a moment when their eyes happened to meet while turning their heads, like a chance encounter.

But somehow I felt like laughing.

“If only it weren’t for that Chanton Seosseou…”

Lord Bern muttered.

“Half of the Angenas family’s power comes from Chanton Seosseou, right?”

When I spoke, Lord Bern and the people around him opened their eyes wide.

“The Lombardi young lady… no, does the acting clan head know such things too?”

Ha, this grandfather really.

He’s looking at people so dismissively.

But people’s preconceptions about a young lady are just the beginning.

From now on, I’ll face countless such gazes and prejudices.

I can’t get tired already.

I shrugged my shoulders and answered.

“There must be a reason why my grandfather made me deputy lord, Lord Bern.”

“Yes, that’s right. My thinking was short-sighted…”

Fortunately, Lord Bern quickly nodded and acknowledged it.

And I was thinking of giving him some pointed words saying ‘don’t worry too much.’

If only there wasn’t that gaze piercing into the side of my face.

I turned my head to face the person staring at me.

“Lord Bern.”

“Please speak.”

“Why is Lord Sersheu looking at me like that?”

At my words, the people around looked at Chanton Seosseou.

But even so, Lord Sersheu didn’t withdraw his persistent gaze directed at me.

“Should I yell at him to look away?”

Lord Bern leaned slightly closer and asked quietly.

“…Is that okay?”

The meeting hasn’t even started yet?

No, but he’s still Lord Sersheu, isn’t he?

The people around answered my question.

“Well, what’s wrong with that.”

“Usually before important meetings like this, we yell at each other to pump ourselves up.”

“That’s right. That’s how we liven up the atmosphere.”

…Is this a pep rally?

“No, it’s fine.”

I waved one hand back and forth, declining because I didn’t want to see elderly people raising their voices and shouting in front of me.

But why does everyone look disappointed?

“The meeting time has passed and everyone seems to be present, so I’ll close the meeting room doors.”

Chairman Killian stood up from his seat and spoke.

“Ahem.”

Then he cleared his throat a couple of times and declared in a solemn voice.

“Now then, let’s begin the Nobility Council meeting.”

Bang, bang, bang.

The gavel rang out cheerfully three times.

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