In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 52

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 52

[To Pirenthia.

How are you doing?

I think I’ve gotten used to the new palace now.

Since it’s on the eastern side, the sunlight comes in very well.

Perhaps because of that, there are also many good medicinal herbs.

Yesterday, while taking a walk, I discovered a cluster of bomnia flowers.

I could recognize them because they bloomed a lot where I used to live.

The bomnia flowers will bloom soon.

They’re red flowers with sweet petals.

When the bomnia blooms, would it be okay if I send some to you?

(Omitted)

Starting tomorrow, sword lessons will begin.

I’m looking forward to it.

Yesterday, I ate a fruit sandwich for the first time.

The white cream was sweet and delicious, but not as much as the candy you gave me.

Tomorrow, Kaileus said he would request chocolate cookies from the head chef.

But I don’t think they’ll taste as good as the ones I ate with you, so I’m not really expecting much.

(Omitted)

If it’s okay with you, please send me a reply.

If you don’t want to, you don’t have to.

Really.

See you again.

From Peres.

P.S., I think you’ll like the bomnia flowers too, Tia Pirenthia.]

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[To Peres

Sorry for the late reply.

I’ve been a bit busy lately.

The horses Father bought me as a birthday gift have finally arrived, and I’ve been busy taking care of them.

They’re really gentle and pretty.

I named the mother horse Bailey and the baby horse Blanc.

I’ve never heard of a flower called bomnia before.

Well then, I’ll be looking forward to the flower gift.

Take care.

From Tia.

P.S., How about you stop eating grass now?]

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[To Tia.

The bomnia flowers have finally bloomed.

This year, autumn came slowly, so they bloomed late.

I looked it up in books, and apparently bomnia flowers are originally wildflowers that grow naturally only in the Southern Empire.

I think someone who missed their hometown secretly planted them in the Imperial Palace.

I’ll send bomnia petals through Kaitlin.

I don’t eat grass anymore.

(Omitted)

Something a bit strange happened today.

During sword lessons, I created something called an ‘aura,’ and because of that, the Training Ground floor got dug up.

Of course, I wasn’t that surprised, but especially the sword instructor’s reaction was strange.

After that, he made me create aura several times before leaving.

And when evening came, His Majesty the Emperor came to visit my palace.

It was the first time seeing him in person, and he really didn’t have many parts that resembled me.

But His Majesty laughed, saying my talent resembled him.

(Omitted)

How are Bailey and Blanc?

They’re not bothering you, are they?

I hope they aren’t.

You shouldn’t have too much trouble.

See you again.

From Peres.]

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[To Peres.

Happy thirteenth birthday.

I wanted to give you a new sword as a birthday gift.

But there are limits to what Kaitlin can secretly bring in, so a sword was impossible.

So I’ll send a pouch with some gold coins and a ruby brooch.

This is something I… picked up while passing by.

Anyway, happy birthday.

From Tia.]

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[To Tia.

I wore the ruby brooch you gave me to last month’s evening banquet.

The Empress glared at me so I couldn’t eat properly, but I felt good.

(Omitted)

I heard through Kaitlin that Biphace, which I gave you as a gift for your tenth birthday, got into an accident with Bailey, whom you cherish.

I’ll apologize on behalf of Biphace.

(Omitted)

By any chance.

By any chance, when might we be able to meet?

It’s not for any other reason, but it’s already been 2 years and 6 months since I last saw you.

When can we see each other?

From Peres.]

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[To Peres.

If I see any good ruby accessories in the future, I’ll give them to you as gifts.

Hearing that the Empress was furious makes me feel so good!

And don’t worry about Bailey.

Having a new family is a happy thing for both Bailey and Blanc.

Biphace is doing a wonderful job as a father.

And to think so much time has passed since we started exchanging letters.

You asked when we could meet?

We’ll see each other soon.

Perhaps even sooner than you think.

We’ll meet soon.

From Tia.]

“Young Lady, what are you doing?”

Just as I was putting down my pen, I heard a voice calling me and looked up.

A woman with light brown hair close to wheat color entered the study, taking off her outer coat and smiling at me.

“Oh, Loril. You’re early today?”

Loril is a companion and maid that Father hired when I turned ten.

She’s nineteen this year and has a kind, bright personality.

“Can’t you just give me a room in the manor? Commuting back and forth is so troublesome, Young Lady.”

“No. If you don’t go home, Mrs. Dillard will be disappointed, won’t she?”

She’s the youngest daughter of the Romasie Dillard couple and their precious daughter who could do no wrong.

Being the youngest with three older brothers with quite an age gap, she’s especially cherished.

“Mother is starting to hint that I should look for a decent husband. I want to date too, but it’s difficult since there are no men around… You wrote a letter?”

Loril naturally sat beside me and asked.

“You only use that nice stationery occasionally.”

At first, I used any paper, but as time went on, the stationery Peres sent became quite high quality.

When the other person uses good paper, I can’t just scribble on the back of practice sheets and send it.

I had no choice but to use good stationery too.

Come to think of it, it’s been almost three years since I got that guy into Poirak Palace.

In that time, I’ve turned ten, and Peres recently had his birthday and turned thirteen.

Though we’ve never met face to face, I occasionally exchanged letters asking about his well-being whenever Kaitlin came to the manor.

“Who is the recipient?”

“I can’t tell you yet. You know that.”

The fact that I’m exchanging letters with Peres is still something that shouldn’t be known.

Lombardy and Angenas.

It’s not time to get involved in the power struggle between the Crown Prince and Second Prince.

When I folded the letter and put it in an envelope to hand to Loril, she skillfully dropped wax to seal it.

“Hmph… You have to tell me later, right?”

“Yes, later.”

Though Loril was slightly disappointed, she soon forgot about the letter and cheerfully watered the flower pot.

“What was the name of this flower again, Young Lady?”

“Bomnia.”

“Right, bomnia. It’s such a pretty flower. It’s a shame we can only see it for a few days in spring.”

“That might make it look even prettier. Because it’s precious.”

At my casual remark, Loril stopped watering and said,

“Sometimes you say things that are quite mature for your age, Young Lady.”

“I’m pretty smart, you know. That’s why.”

“True. That’s right. When I think of your cousins, oh my. There’s no one as smart as our Young Lady Tia.”

“That’s obvious.”

Loril rolled up both sleeves and began opening all the windows to ventilate the room.

As the precious daughter of the Dillard family, she wouldn’t need to work.

The fact that she volunteered to be my maid shows that Loril has quite a unique personality too.

“Well, since you’re so smart, Young Lady, that’s probably why Brother Cleribane decided to become your dedicated tutor.”

Not long after becoming my person, Cleribane announced he would resign from his succession education position and become my exclusive teacher.

Thanks to that, the household was in complete chaos.

Thinking back to that time, how satisfying it was.

Remembering Ceral’s disbelieving face still makes me laugh even after all these years.

Knock knock.

With a polite knocking sound, the study door opened.

It was Cleribane, who couldn’t be called a gentleman.

“Brother!”

Loril, who was arranging the curtains, brightened up and ran toward Cleribane.

“…Greetings, Lady Dillard.”

However, Cleribane took exactly half a step back and treated Loril completely like a stranger.

“Sigh. When will you treat me like a sister? There’s no one else here anyway.”

Loril pouted and looked hurt.

After coming of age and hearing about Cleribane’s existence from her father, Loril always got excited whenever she saw Cleribane like this.

“I don’t use the surname Dillard. So why do you call me brother? Your real brothers would be quite hurt if they heard this.”

“…You’re really too much.”

Loril dejectedly dropped her shoulders and went outside.

When Cleribane comes and lessons begin, even Loril can’t enter my study.

Cleribane’s eyes followed Loril’s retreating figure for quite a long time as she disappeared outside the door.

Seeing that, it seems Loril isn’t completely nothing to Cleribane either.

But because I could somewhat understand his heart, having been born as an illegitimate child and grown up without recognition, I didn’t bring up the topic.

Soon Cleribane took his seat and the report continued.

“The results of the children’s clothing line that started as you suggested are remarkable. We’re seeing immediate reactions just like when we first launched men’s clothing. Here.”

Cleribane handed me a well-organized report.

Truly, Cleribane Pellet was a person worthy of being called a genius.

When we first started the ready-made clothing business, there were several mistakes.

But he never repeated the same mistake twice.

And now, after almost three years, ‘Gallahan Clothing Store’ was expanding throughout the entire Empire.

Nobles from neighboring regions who learned about the ‘ready-made clothing’ system that successfully established itself in Lombardy competed with each other to request branches of Gallahan Clothing Store in their territories.

Of course, behind this was the fact that Father was Rulak Lombardi’s son and that a certain portion of the clothing store’s profits was paid to the lords as taxes.

As a result, among the commoners who could now wear quality clothes at low prices, there was no one who didn’t know the name Gallahan.

I also heard that the health of commoners who now wore clean, seasonally appropriate clothes had greatly improved.

To put it simply, our father had become very, very wealthy in just three years.

And with the recently launched children’s clothing line, he was set to become an even more tremendously wealthy man.

After receiving the full report on the clothing store, I spoke to Cleribane as he got up to pack his things.

“Cleribane, prepare to write your resignation letter soon.”

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