In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 251

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 251

 

“Tia!”

 

Larane embraced me with a smile.

 

The force of her pull and her voice were incomparably brighter and more energetic than before.

 

“Hello, Larane.”

 

I also hugged Larane back as I spoke.

 

Then I looked at Avinox standing behind Larane.

 

“Welcome, Lord Avinox.”

 

“Thank you for welcoming me, Master Lombardi.”

 

Avinox’s face still seemed to sparkle with light, and his face was full of beaming smiles.

 

“It’s been a while, everyone.”

 

After hugging me, Larane soon greeted the twins as well.

 

“You look much healthier than before.”

 

“That’s good.”

 

The twins also welcomed Larane.

 

It wasn’t just me and the twins who came out to greet them in front of the manor.

 

“Welcome, Lady Larane.”

 

“Have you been well?”

 

The employees who had worked at the manor for a long time also took time out of their busy schedules to come see Larane.

 

“I missed everyone.”

 

Larane looked at each familiar face one by one and teared up.

 

It was a completely different scene from when she had secretly fled the manor in the middle of the night.

 

Everyone had gathered in one place to welcome Larane.

 

And finally, Larane stood before Grandfather.

 

“You must have had a hard time traveling such a long way, Larane.”

 

Grandfather spoke first in an affectionate voice.

 

“Lord Avinox, could you please bring that from the carriage?”

 

“That thing… Ah!”

 

Avinox clapped his hands softly and hurried to the carriage.

 

What he brought out after struggling through the employees who were busy unloading luggage was a bouquet of flowers.

 

It was so huge that even the sturdy Avinox frowned slightly.

 

“Oh my! Flowers in this winter!”

 

“Goodness, there must be hundreds of them!”

 

People opened their eyes wide in surprise.

 

Understandably so, as the bouquet was fresh enough to make one momentarily forget it was winter.

 

“I wanted to bring this as a gift for Grandfather and the people of Lombardi.”

 

Larane said with a shy smile.

 

“Lilies… are they?”

 

Grandfather asked with a bewildered expression as he looked at the bouquet.

 

“Yes, that’s right.”

 

“But how did you get so many lilies in this winter?”

 

“The Eastern Region isn’t that cold even in the middle of winter. I built a greenhouse and grew them, and they’re growing very well.”

 

When Larane spoke lightly as if it were nothing, Avinox quickly added an explanation from beside her.

 

“Originally, lilies are flowers that don’t exist in the Eastern Region. Lady Larane is working on improving plants that don’t naturally grow in the Eastern Region, like lilies, to suit the eastern soil, Grandfather.”

 

“Oh, is that so?”

 

“Yes. Recently, she started researching wheat that doesn’t grow well in the Eastern Region, and the results are very good.”

 

“You’re doing very good work, Larane.”

 

Larane’s face reddened at Grandfather’s praise.

 

“Please leave the bouquet to us.”

 

Johan came with two sturdy employees and said.

 

“Ah, then please take care of it.”

 

When the grinning Avinox handed over the lily bouquet, I could see the two employees stagger for a moment.

 

“You must be tired from traveling so far, so let’s go inside somewhere warm.”

 

Grandfather said as he led Larane into the manor first.

 

“And you.”

 

“Yes. G-Grandfather.”

 

Avinox, who had been naturally following behind Larane with a smiling face, froze at Grandfather’s call.

 

He probably only now realized his situation.

 

Whatever the reason, Avinox was the person who had taken Larane away to the Eastern Region in a midnight escape.

 

He wasn’t in a position to be so confident in front of Grandfather.

 

Even from my perspective, watching from a step back, I could see the cold sweat that must be streaming down Avinox’s back right now.

 

“…Hmm.”

 

Grandfather looked at Avinox for a moment without saying anything.

 

Gulp.

 

I could see Avinox’s Adam’s apple move greatly with tension.

 

“Come in for now.”

 

Grandfather said that, patted Avinox’s shoulder once, then turned around and walked inside first.

 

That was all.

 

But Avinox’s face brightened instantly as if a light had been lit.

 

“Th-thank you!”

 

Avinox’s booming voice echoed loudly as he quickly followed behind Grandfather.

 

I watched that scene and then looked at the bouquet the employee was struggling to hold.

 

“Lilies.”

 

Could this also be a coincidence?

 

“They are the flowers that suit Larane best, though.”

 

As I quietly gazed at the lilies, memories from my previous life came to mind.

 

The white lilies that had filled Larane’s funeral hall.

 

“The Eastern Region’s climate must suit them. Seeing how large and fresh they’ve bloomed.”

 

I turned around and said to Johan.

 

“It would be good to decorate various parts of the Lombardi manor with these. Tonight’s banquet as well.”

 

“Yes, Master.”

 

Butler Johan said with a bright smile.

 

“Ugh, it’s cold. Now, everyone go inside quickly. Don’t catch a cold.”

 

I said that to everyone and went into the warm manor, shivering my shoulders slightly.

 

Winter is still cold.

 

* * *

 

To welcome Larane’s return, all the people of Lombardi gathered.

 

Father too, Shannet too, and even people from the vassal families.

 

Everyone gathered in one place for a bustling banquet.

 

Nominally, it was a party to welcome Larane’s return, but if you looked at the splendid interior of the banquet hall even a little, you could tell that wasn’t all.

 

No matter how wealthy Lombardi was, they wouldn’t hold an ordinary banquet this grandly.

 

“It’s in place of an engagement party.”

 

This banquet was something Grandfather had prepared for Larane.

 

Therefore, it contained Grandfather’s heart wanting to make up for his granddaughter’s engagement banquet that he couldn’t hold for her before.

 

“…Sob!”

 

That was also why Larane started crying as soon as she entered the banquet hall.

 

But they weren’t tears of sadness.

 

“Congratulations, Larane.”

 

“Lady Larane, congratulations!”

 

The enormous banquet hall was filled with people celebrating Larane and Avinox’s engagement.

 

As the banquet began, Larane and Avinox started dancing together.

 

“What a picture-perfect pair.”

 

I muttered without realizing it, but everyone around me nodded in agreement.

 

Larane and Avinox truly complemented each other well.

 

Avinox, bright as the sun, and Larane, blooming even more vibrantly in his light.

 

They were a pair that naturally brought smiles to those watching.

 

“Pirenthia.”

 

Grandmother approached me as I watched the dance.

 

Grandmother and the tribe members, who had been staying at the manor continuously since my inauguration banquet, had been earnestly touring back and forth to the Imperial Capital these past few days.

 

Even Onta, Grandmother’s physician who had initially grumbled, seemed to enjoy learning and experiencing new things daily, as his complaints about the cold weather had completely disappeared.

 

“What a lovely pair to behold.”

 

Grandmother said, watching Larane and Avinox now spinning around.

 

“There are flowers that grow better when planted somewhere other than where they were originally born and took root.”

 

“That’s right. Larane will live happily in the Eastern Region.”

 

Though I don’t possess the foresight that Grandmother or Mother had, I could instinctively tell that happiness would fill Larane’s future.

 

“Come to think of it, when Shan left the village, she took a bundle of flowers in a pot, roots and all. She said she would let those flowers take root wherever she settled.”

 

“Mother took flowers?”

 

“What kind of flower was it… Ah, yes, Bomnia. It was a Bomnia flower tree.”

 

“What did you just say?”

 

I was so shocked I nearly dropped the glass I was holding.

 

Bomnia?

 

“Bomnia is a flower that blooms across the fields in spring where we live…”

 

“A red wildflower that only grows naturally in the Southern Region.”

 

I had read about it in Peres’s letter.

 

Bomnia was a flower that originally only grew in the south.

 

And it was also the herb that played the most important role in curing Father’s incurable disease.

 

“Just how far…”

 

If she were standing before me now, I would want to ask.

 

Mother, just how far into the future did you see?

 

I was so shocked that my mind became tangled, and as I quietly sipped my wine, Grandmother spoke to me.

 

“I have a favor to ask of you, Pirenthia.”

 

“…Yes, please tell me.”

 

Setting aside my heavy heart for the moment, I answered in as calm a voice as possible.

 

“In the future, if I send some tribe members to Lombardy, could you take good care of them?”

 

“Tribe members?”

 

I had heard that Mother’s hometown people had a very closed culture.

 

The grandmother and two people I had experienced over the past few days were the same.

 

They rarely spoke about tribal matters, and occasionally conversed in a tribal language I didn’t understand.

 

As if reading my expression, Grandmother said:

 

“We cannot hide in the jungle forever, can we? When the time comes, one must break out of the shell.”

 

Though Grandmother’s gaze looked at the brilliant lights of this banquet hall, it seemed to be looking somewhere much farther away.

 

“Please do so. The tribe members are no different from relatives to me.”

 

At my words, Grandmother smiled gently.

 

“Pirenthia, just a moment.”

 

Grandmother, who had grabbed my arm, stepped closer.

 

Then, in a voice so small that no one around could hear, she whispered:

 

“Soon, someone around you will die.”

 

Grandmother’s cloudy eyes were looking straight at me.

 

But I didn’t feel fear or get goosebumps.

 

Rather, I could feel her genuine concern for me, and my momentarily startled heart settled calmly.

 

Even the warning about ‘death’ wasn’t frightening.

 

Though I couldn’t properly describe it in words, I instinctively had a feeling that it wouldn’t be such a bad thing for me.

 

“Yes, you are indeed Shan’s child.”

 

Though she probably couldn’t see well, Grandmother, who had been looking directly at my face, was now smiling gently.

 

And patting my hand, she said:

 

“I’m glad you weren’t born in the tribe. You might have been born with abilities as excessively outstanding as Shan’s. I’m relieved that at least you escaped those shackles.”

 

Grandmother said this while holding my hand tightly for a long time without letting go.

 

* * *

 

On the day of the signing ceremony for the Crown Prince appointment consent.

 

I left the Lombardy Estate early in the morning.

 

In case of any unforeseen circumstances, my carriage was escorted by the Lombardi Knights, including the twins.

 

Thanks to the carriage that ran to the Imperial Palace like a ship with favorable winds, never stopping once, I was able to arrive at the council chamber where the signing ceremony would be held with plenty of time to spare.

 

But the large council chamber was already bustling with people.

 

And at the large round table prepared in the very center, a total of five chairs were ready.

 

As I entered, stepping on the soft carpet, those who had been standing around the round table conversing greeted me.

 

“Have you arrived, Lombardi Clan Head.”

 

Luman of the East, Brown of the West, Aivan of the North, and Sersheu of the South.

 

The clan heads from each region who would sign the Crown Prince appointment document had finally gathered in one place.

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