In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 240

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 240

There were a total of four types of meetings that led the Empire.

First was the bureaucratic meeting where officials from each department gathered.

Second was the nobility council where nobles gathered, third was the grand council where nobles and the Emperor met in one place to discuss major issues of the Empire.

However, what was held more frequently than the three mentioned meetings and discussed detailed agenda items was what was called the state affairs meeting.

It was a place where representatives from each department compiled the results of bureaucratic meetings to give a kind of work report to the Emperor, with seven noble representatives attending to add their opinions.

And today was the first state affairs meeting that Peres was hosting as the Emperor’s representative.

Chairman Killian and others who attended as noble representatives were sitting in their seats, waiting for Peres, the Second Prince who would soon become Crown Prince, to arrive with the officials.

“The Lombardi Deputy Lord is also running a bit late.”

Chairman Killian said while looking at the still empty chair.

Then he spoke to the Maimberte Lord sitting next to him.

“Today’s meeting doesn’t seem like it will end quickly?”

“I was thinking the same thing. How about we have a meal together after the meeting ends, hehe.”

“Let’s do that! How about everyone joining together?”

“That’s a good idea, hahaha.”

The nobles laughed leisurely and exchanged light conversation.

This was unimaginable even during the last meeting presided over by Emperor Yobanes.

There was a reason they were acting so relaxed.

“I hear His Highness the Second Prince handles his duties quite skillfully?”

“That’s what they say. My third son works in the finance department, doesn’t he?”

“Ah, I heard he got promoted recently! Congratulations!”

“Hehe, thank you. But that’s not the important part. Well, ever since His Highness the Crown Prince began working as His Majesty’s representative, all the officials’ faces have brightened up.”

“To that extent?”

Chairman Killian widened his eyes and joined the conversation.

“They say the work burden has been reduced by half.”

“Come on, surely it wasn’t really reduced by half!”

Then the person who brought up the topic spoke as if frustrated.

“It means working has become easy enough for such words to come out!”

Then he lowered his voice a bit and continued.

“My third son attended a bureaucratic meeting a few days ago, and it seemed like His Highness the Crown Prince could see through all the work.”

“See through?”

“Originally, most of the bureaucratic meetings involve explaining agenda items to His Majesty the Emperor and persuading him and such troublesome things. But His Highness the Crown Prince not only knew all the agenda items before the officials could inform him, but also readily provided solutions that the officials couldn’t think of.”

“Ooh, that’s quite remarkable.”

“And since he already gives separate instructions to resolve most things before they even come up as meeting agenda items, everyone is relieved that their work has become easier.”

Chairman Killian, who heard that story, leaned slightly toward the noble next to him and said.

“Didn’t we feel something like that yesterday too?”

“Come to think of it…”

Yesterday there was a nobility council.

It was a meeting held after quite a long time, so everyone had prepared themselves for a long meeting.

But the meeting time was less than half of usual.

“Wasn’t it all because the Lombardi Deputy Lord managed the traffic well?”

Chairman Killian honestly shared his thoughts.

Then everyone nodded in agreement.

“I felt the same way. It seemed like when the Lombardi Deputy Lord intervened at the right time and said a word or two, problems would be completely resolved.”

“That’s right. Of course, it might also be because Angenas, who used to muddy the waters, is no longer there.”

“Ahem.”

When Angenas was mentioned, the nobles each coughed awkwardly and made strange faces.

Angenas, which had been one of the families that commanded the Empire until recently, had now become one of the forbidden words that shouldn’t be mentioned.

“Anyway, today’s meeting is expected to end smoothly, Chairman.”

“That’s right. His Highness the Crown Prince will be here and the Lombardi Deputy Lord will attend too. Ah, there she comes.”

Just then, seeing Pirenthia entering the meeting room, Chairman Killian stood up from his seat and spoke.

“Everyone arrived before me.”

“Please sit here, Lombardi Deputy Lord.”

“It’s quite a distance from the Lombardi Estate. You must have had a hard time, Deputy Lord.”

The nobles’ attitude was completely different from when Pirenthia first became Deputy Lord.

Whether she was young or a woman.

It no longer mattered.

The Empire could not exist without Lombardi, and Pirenthia was perfectly fulfilling her role as Lombardi Deputy Lord.

A moment later.

“His Highness the Crown Prince is coming.”

Peres arrived at the meeting room and the state affairs meeting began.

‘As expected, our prediction was right.’

The nobles inwardly felt satisfied and nodded as the meeting flowed quickly and smoothly like a sail in favorable wind.

But as time passed, that satisfaction began to turn into amazement.

The same pattern was repeating for every agenda item.

First, an official would talk about what issue there was.

“In other words…”

The Second Prince would grasp the emerging problems more clearly than the official who was an expert in that field.

“For that point, the relevant department should…”

“No. Rather than the relevant department, seeking advice from trading companies that actually conduct business would be…”

Quick conversation would flow between Peres and Pirenthia.

Then, the official who had brought up the agenda item would nod with a face as if old indigestion had been relieved and say.

“That would really work! I’ll apply it right away and submit another report!”

As a result, the meeting had already ended in just a few hours.

Chairman Killian and the other nobles had literally finished without opening their mouths even once.

“Oh my, this is really…”

“This is quite embarrassing…”

The nobles laughed heartily, pretending to be pleased yet embarrassed.

They all had several years of experience as central nobles.

They knew how to read the situation at least that much.

“I have a prior engagement, so I’ll take my leave now.”

The Crown Prince who said that immediately stood up from his seat and left the meeting room.

Before leaving, Peres glanced at Pirenthia wanting to greet her, but she didn’t see him because Chairman Killian happened to approach her to speak.

“Lombardi Deputy Lord, do you have any schedule now?”

“No. Not yet.”

“Then how about having a meal with us? We sometimes gather like this after state affairs meetings end.”

Although Pirenthia was about the age of the granddaughter or child of the nobles gathered here, the nobles perked up their ears to hear her answer.

“Ah…”

But everyone felt dejected at Pirenthia’s hesitant response.

They wondered if she didn’t want to dine with older people like them.

“Have you decided on a place?”

Chairman Killian was a bit flustered by the question that came back instead of an answer and shook his head.

“Then let’s go to a place I know. The owner of Caramel Avenue opened a new restaurant recently and it’s getting good reviews.”

“I heard about it too. But I heard you have to wait several weeks to get a seat…”

“I have a personal connection there, so it should be fine. Let’s go there.”

“Ooh, as expected!”

The nobles influential enough to represent the nobility in state affairs meetings followed behind Pirenthia in a line.

No one was yet aware that the leadership of the group had already passed to Pirenthia.

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“I’m very much looking forward to it!”

“My wife was talking about that place just a few days ago. Oh dear, it looks like I’ll be resented for going there first. Haha!”

As I slowly walked out of the council chamber through the Imperial Palace, I could hear such conversations from behind.

Despite how they look, these were the same people who were at each other’s throats like mortal enemies during yesterday’s nobility council meeting.

Since they come from different family backgrounds, they maintain perfect opposition in official settings, but in private they’re quite friendly with each other.

As expected, Beit’s information is remarkably accurate.

Speaking of which, there’s no place better for gathering information than the one Beit operates, so I suddenly suggested we go there.

Since Caramel Avenue’s main clientele consists of noble ladies, there were limitations to the types of information that could be collected.

So this time, since he’s opening a high-end restaurant with rooms that also serves alcohol, I rented him another building.

I gave him free rent for life again this time too, so surely I won’t be turned away at the door just because he’s busy.

While I was walking with such thoughts, Chairman Killian casually struck up a conversation.

“I was truly relieved.”

“What do you mean?”

“About the Lombardi Regent and His Highness the Crown Prince.”

I roughly got the gist of what he was trying to say.

I smiled skillfully and pretended to listen to Chairman Killian’s words while looking ahead again.

“It wouldn’t be easy to maintain only an official relationship after having been engaged, would it?”

“That’s right.”

I answered mechanically.

“So I was secretly worried whether the two of you could work well together in the future as the Lombardi Family Head and Crown Prince. But today, that worry completely disappeared.”

I didn’t see it that way.

Chairman Killian, you’re quite the talkative person, aren’t you.

I nodded along and gave appropriate responses.

And the moment I spotted a pair of man and woman in the distance.

My heart sank.

Chairman Killian asked me.

“I suppose you’ve properly concluded the engagement as well?”

Right.

Did we actually settle our engagement?

Just then, the people walking behind me spotted the man and woman I had been looking at and said in surprise.

“Isn’t that His Highness the Second Prince and Brown Maiden over there?”

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