In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 311

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head

Side Story Episode 53

He froze.

Gallahan’s movement stopped as he was tiredly rubbing his dry face.

At such a reaction, Biejie became even more triumphant and sneered.

“You’re living there like a parasite. But what should we do about this? That rat hole is now owned by Lombardi too. That lowly thing will have to wander around like a nomad again, looking for another place to stay.”

The sound of clicking his tongue echoed through the drawing room.

“Gallahan, Gallahan. You’re truly foolish.”

Pretending to be a brother worried about his younger sibling, Biejie rose from his seat and approached Gallahan step by step.

“With that soft personality of yours, you wouldn’t be getting close to that nomad wench for fun. Obviously, you’re keeping her around like caring for a stray dog you picked up from the street.”

It was as clear as fire.

Unlike himself and Lorels who had been obsessed with hunting since childhood, Gallahan would cry saying the wild beasts were pitiful.

Gallahan was rotten to the core to become a strong master leading the family.

“If you had been just a little smarter and conducted yourself properly, it would have been quite troublesome. Well, thanks to that, I was able to let the family members know that you’re in a relationship with that lowly wench. I’m very grateful, Gallahan.”

“You’re saying you’ll… spread rumors?”

“That’s right. Why, are you also afraid of rumors?”

Biejie giggled.

“If only that wench called Shan were at least the daughter of a declining noble family, like when Sister Shannet brought Bestian, then maybe there would be a chance.”

As Shan’s green eyes that had looked straight at him without knowing her place came to mind, a fishy expression appeared on Biejie’s face.

“A nomad who knows where and how she’s rolled around.”

Biejie deliberately leaned in so Gallahan could hear him clearly.

“Disgusting, really.”

Gallahan just kept his head down.

He must be scared.

He was very pleased with his younger brother’s reaction.

If he knelt down and begged with both hands clasped together, he might even consider reconsidering spreading the rumors.

Of course, he had absolutely no intention of throwing away this good opportunity to make Gallahan’s name disappear instantly among the vassal clan heads of Lombardi just for such petty pleasure.

“Brother.”

Sure enough, Gallahan began to slowly lower the hand that had been covering his face.

He was very much looking forward to the terrified expression that would soon be revealed.

However.

“I’m the one who should be relieved.”

Gallahan’s face when he raised his head was expressionless.

The green eyes revealed as the shadow of his hand lifted gleamed smoothly in the room’s light.

“If Brother had been even a little more intelligent, you wouldn’t have resorted to such a clumsy method as spreading rumors.”

“…What?”

“If I were Brother, I would have rather given me a large sum of money and told me to run away from Lombardi with my lover. Far, far away, where Father could never find me.”

Biejie’s shoulders flinched.

“You’ve wasted a good opportunity to remove me from Brother’s path. It can’t be helped. The eldest son of Lombardi isn’t that smart.”

“You, you bastard!”

Despite looking ready to rush forward and grab him by the collar at any moment, Biejie couldn’t take a single step from where he stood.

It was difficult to meet Gallahan’s cold eyes.

Instead, Biejie tried to act nonchalant and sneered.

“Hmph, what do you think will happen if the fact that you’re close to that lowly wench reaches Father’s ears? Do you think you’ll still be able to act so arrogant?”

No matter how much he pretended not to fear rumors, the reality must be different.

That’s what Biejie thought.

But on Gallahan’s expressionless face as he stared at him, even a hint of mockery seemed to pass.

“Didn’t you say that Lombardi purchased ‘Blue Wave’?”

“That’s right. I, who manage Lombardi’s real estate, bought it directly. The surrounding buildings will also become Lombardi’s property soon.”

“Then who was it that gave the order to do so?”

“That, that was…”

It was Rulak Lombardi, his father and clan head.

“There’s no way Father wouldn’t know what Brother knows.”

As if there was no longer any value in continuing the conversation, Gallahan turned around, leaving Biejie behind who was opening and closing his mouth like a goldfish.

And while holding the door handle of the drawing room, he said quietly.

“Please don’t speak about Shan in that manner again. I’m asking you.”

He clearly said “asking,” but why did it sound like an “order”?

In the end, Biejie, left alone, stood in his drawing room in a dazed state for a long time.

* * *

“I should just get up.”

Shan, who had been unable to sleep all night, got up from bed with a tired face.

It was inevitable to lose sleep when she had so many thoughts.

Eventually, Shan sat down heavily on the bed and muttered while looking outside where dawn was faintly breaking.

“Maybe I should just go back to the village.”

She had come this long, long way with the sole intention of meeting Gallahan and living the future her dream had shown her.

The man she met with such difficulty was kinder and more lovable than what she had seen in her dream.

Naturally, Shan came to love him.

And she could tell.

That Gallahan felt the same way about her.

But separate from that, Shan gradually became dejected.

“Because Gallahan is someone who can be perfectly happy without me.”

The still dark room felt particularly chilly, so Shan curled up her body.

And she muttered once more.

“Should I just go back?”

After staring out the window for a moment, Shan got up.

She wanted to walk a little.

Creak-

Shan’s door opened with a small noise.

“…Gallahan?”

At her call, the figure who had been crouched in the corridor in the same position Shan had been sitting in earlier raised his head.

“Are you awake, Shan?”

His clear face offering a greeting was covered with unmistakable signs of fatigue.

“What? Were you waiting for me? Since when?”

“…Not long ago.”

“Liar.”

Shan glared at Gallahan with narrowed eyes for a moment, then grabbed his arm and helped him stand up.

“Come inside first and let’s talk.”

“…Yes.”

The door closed again, and in the quiet room, Shan asked again.

“Is something wrong by any chance? If you had something urgent to say, you wouldn’t have knocked.”

“Because Shan was sleeping.”

Gallahan answered gently.

“I didn’t want to disturb Shan’s sleep, but I had something I really wanted to say.”

“What is it… that you want to say?”

“Well, you see.”

Gallahan looked at Shan with deep eyes and said.

“Don’t leave, Shan.”

“Leave?”

“I heard you have to leave ‘Blue Wave’. So I wondered if perhaps you might want to return to your hometown…”

Gallahan carefully took one of Shan’s hands.

“Please don’t go.”

“Gallahan…”

“Can’t you… not go?”

Gallahan’s large eyes, which always held a gentle light, were filled with fear.

It was the terror that he might never see Shan again, that he might lose her.

“Gallahan.”

“Yes, Shan.”

“Do you… need me?”

Their similar green eyes met each other.

“Yes.”

“Really?”

“I can’t do anything without you anymore, Shan.”

Gallahan put a little more strength into the hand he was holding.

Shan moved her fingers a few times within his large hand before answering.

“Alright. I won’t go.”

“…Really?”

“Yes. I’ll stay by your side, Gallahan.”

“Ah…”

Relief and joy spread across Gallahan’s pale face.

“If Gallahan wants me to, I’ll stay here. And…”

Shan smiled brightly.

“Actually, I don’t want to leave Lombardy either.”

It was when she answered like that.

With a feeling of being pulled, strong arms drew Shan into an embrace.

“I have something I really want to tell you, Shan. But I’m not fully prepared right now…”

Gallahan spoke while holding Shan tighter in both arms.

“Can you wait just a little longer?”

In that reliable embrace, Shan closed her eyes and smiled.

Instead of the dawn’s cold air, Gallahan’s body warmth seeped through her entire body.

“As long as you need, Gallahan.”

* * *

“You’ve truly accomplished something great, Lord Gallahan!”

Romasie Dillard said with a beaming smile.

When a major problem arose in the merchant guild while they were busy preparing for the Crown Prince’s wedding and festival, Romasie Dillard had felt dizzy.

He had been on the verge of trembling legs, thinking he might bring shame to the great Lombardy name.

But Gallahan had solved the problem safely with a method he came up with in an instant, and finally tomorrow was the Crown Prince’s wedding day.

“If it weren’t for Lord Gallahan, I really don’t know what would have happened. I don’t even want to think about it.”

“It wasn’t something I did alone. You’re giving me too much praise, Guild Master.”

Even before the sparkling eyes of Romasie Dillard and the merchant guild employees, Gallahan only spoke humbly.

“Excessive modesty can actually be rude, Gallahan.”

At the voice entering through the merchant guild office door, everyone’s attention was drawn.

At the familiar face that was rarely smiling, Romasie Dillard brightened and quickly bowed in greeting.

“Master! What brings you all the way here!”

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