In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 73

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 73

My eleventh birthday party had begun.

Lombardi’s banquet hall was packed full of guests.

Though my eighth birthday party had been quite grand, this time the scale seemed to be double that.

The difference was that back then, Grandfather had deliberately gathered people, but this time many people wanted to come, so the party naturally grew larger.

They were all Father’s and Grandfather’s guests, but I didn’t mind much.

“Ah! It’s Lady Pirenthia Lombardi!”

“That dress, is it going to be released as a limited edition?”

“Happy birthday, my lady! You look so beautiful today too!”

The number of people who recognized me had increased accordingly.

“Hello, thank you for coming!”

I skillfully smiled at them while looking around the party venue.

A large fountain was flowing in the garden attached to the banquet hall.

And beside it, I could see Father having a lively conversation with other people.

“Hahaha! What a brilliant idea!”

He looked even more active than before he fell ill.

His green eyes moved keenly and sparkled as if observing his conversation partners.

He also seemed very skilled at dealing with people while laughing leisurely.

Perhaps because of this, people were crowded around Father.

Everyone was listening intently to Father’s every word and joke.

“Happy birthday!”

“Oh my!”

Suddenly something white and fluffy popped out right next to my face.

“Giliou! Meylon! You startled me!”

It was the twins holding a large white teddy bear and grinning mischievously.

“Hehe.”

“Why would you be surprised by something like this, Tia.”

Now that they had entered their proper growth period, the two were growing taller by the day.

“It’s been a while. Did you return after a month?”

“Yeah. About that long.”

“I thought I’d die of boredom.”

For the past month, the two had been at the Shuls family estate.

It was to spend time at their paternal family’s home, following Father Bestian who had gone on vacation.

“There’s nothing around.”

“And the atmosphere is so tense.”

“The atmosphere is tense?”

At my question, the twins simultaneously stuck out their tongues and answered.

“I thought Father had a strict personality, but he didn’t.”

“Compared to those relatives, our father is really gentle.”

“It’s really unbelievable.”

“Especially during meal times, you only hear the clinking of utensils. Ten people were eating together!”

“I thought I’d suffocate to death.”

Having accumulated much to complain about, the two kept pouring out their grievances.

“If it was that difficult, you should have come back midway. There was no need to stay for a whole month.”

The Shuls family wasn’t that far away anyway, so it wasn’t too difficult a distance for the twins, who had recently turned fifteen, to travel by carriage.

But Giliou and Meylon’s reaction was a bit strange.

They glanced at each other, then changed the subject.

“Come on, hurry up and receive your birthday present!”

“It’s a teddy bear we specially bought from a craftsman in the Shuls territory!”

“Hmm.”

It’s very suspicious, but I’ll play along.

I took the teddy bear.

It was soft and fluffy, but I wasn’t particularly moved by it.

The twins knew I wasn’t originally interested in dolls.

Why would they give me such a gift?

As I quietly examined the bear doll, Meylon asked in a mischievous voice.

“How is it? Do you like the teddy bear?”

“Yeah, well… Thank you.”

I’m not rude enough to complain about a gift they gave me.

But Giliou tapped Meylon’s shoulder and said.

“See! I told you Tia wouldn’t say anything! She’s too kind for that!”

“Ah, I thought she’d definitely throw the bear doll away! You’re too kind, Tia!”

Giliou kept laughing, while Meylon held his head in disappointment.

It seems the two made a bet about my reaction to receiving the teddy bear.

Meylon sighed and said.

“Tia, you need to clearly say when you don’t like something. You always think too much about other people’s feelings, and that’s your problem.”

Me?

What part of me exactly?

“You’re too kind.”

Now even Giliou joined in.

“This can’t be our real gift!”

“You should expect something bigger!”

“What’s the bigger thing?”

They don’t answer my question and just grin.

“What does Tia want to have?”

“Me?”

If you ask me to name what I want, I could stay up all night.

But I looked at Father, who was having pleasant conversations with people around him.

“I don’t think I should wish for more today.”

Just having Father alive on my eleventh birthday.

And being able to spend today so joyfully, when I had spent it alone in my previous life, was already enough.

“How can that be!”

Meylon gently patted my head and smiled.

“We’ll buy you a real gift soon, so let’s go out with us.”

“Right, there are quite a few fun places in Lombardi city too.”

“But it’s dangerous for Tia to go out alone, so definitely come with us!”

How do they know I’m planning to wander around alone frequently from now on?

“Tia?”

Meylon narrowed his eyes and called me.

Ah, right.

These guys have surprisingly sharp instincts.

I quickly nodded.

“Just in case, you absolutely must not go around alone.”

Giliou spoke to me with the air of a much older cousin.

“How were you two doing?”

A quiet voice asked the twins.

“Hello, Larane.”

“Happy birthday, Tia. I put my gift over there with the other presents. It’s a pretty tiara.”

“Thank you, I’ll use it well!”

“And Giliou, Meylon. I don’t think you two are the right people to give Tia that kind of advice.”

Larane said soothingly.

“No, why?”

“Who were the ones who couldn’t stay at the manor because they were out riding horses in the meadows from sunrise for months right after their eleventh birthday party?”

“Ugh…”

Though she hadn’t scolded them harshly or raised her voice reproachfully, the twins couldn’t argue back against Larane.

I smiled slightly and changed the subject of conversation.

“Larane is getting prettier and prettier. I’m really envious.”

It wasn’t empty flattery.

Larane, who had barely two years left until adulthood, was truly blooming day by day.

Even now, the boys her age who attended my birthday party couldn’t take their eyes off Larane.

With both their earlobes turning red, they were clearly smitten with Larane.

Like a pure white lily, perhaps.

She was so clean and delicate that looking at her made me suddenly fearful, and at the same time made me want to protect her.

“Everyone around me keeps saying that… but I really don’t know.”

Larane’s white face turned slightly pink.

A Lombardi with no immunity to this level of praise.

This was definitely a matter of innate personality.

“But I’m happy that you say so, Tia. You’re the one who’s getting prettier and prettier.”

“That’s right! Tia is the best!”

A small face popped out from behind Larane.

A young face full of freckles with red carrot-like hair – it was Creny, Astaliou’s seven-year-old younger brother.

Ever since he got in big trouble for hiding behind the flower bed and eavesdropping on Peres and my conversation, Creny had somehow become my fan.

“Tia is the best!”

Creny rushed over and hugged my waist.

And looking up at me with bright eyes, it seemed like he was waving several internal glow sticks.

“Creny, you shouldn’t do that to Tia. There are guests here too.”

Larane gently scolded Creny and made him step away from me.

“Ugh… But Tia is so busy that I only saw her today after a whole week?”

The face with teary eyes looked strangely familiar.

I’ve seen that face somewhere many times.

But then the twins next to Creny started grumbling together.

“That’s right, Tia is too busy these days.”

“She’s only in the study every day. We can’t see her face at all.”

Ah, it was you guys.

I wondered where I’d seen it, but suddenly it was identical to the twins who used to follow me around.

I sighed quietly to myself and said to Creny.

“Creny, are you reading one book a week as promised?”

“Yes! I finished all the books Tia lent me then! Can I come borrow more?”

“Good, I’ll allow you to come to my study to borrow books from now on.”

“Wow, I’m so excited! I’ll read lots of books!”

Above all, education – early education is the best.

I gently patted Creny’s head.

Creny was surprisingly bright, hard to believe he was the brother of Astaliou who seemed to have muscles even in his head.

Before my regression, the last news I heard was that he was making quite a mark after entering the Imperial Academy.

If only he hadn’t wasted time following Astaliou around with Belesack when he was young, he could have entered the Academy in a more prepared state – that was my regret.

But in this life, Creny had somehow started following me around instead of his own brother Astaliou, and since things turned out this way, I decided to help Creny a little.

When I’m thinking of changing the future of complete strangers, there’s no reason to ignore Creny who’s my cousin and follows me well.

The face that laughs ‘hehe’ happily when I pat his head is quite cute.

Then I suddenly looked up.

“Huh?”

I saw a boy passing by me drop his handkerchief without noticing and continue walking.

“Hey there!”

The boy turned around at my call.

“You dropped this.”

The boy, who looked about the twins’ age, alternately looked at me and his handkerchief I was holding, then his face turned bright red.

“Th-thank you, Lady Pirenthia Lombardi.”

The boys who were interested in Larane earlier did the same, and this one’s face is turning red too.

I smiled gently with the feeling of ‘don’t worry, I don’t bite’ and held out the handkerchief.

Then the tips of my fingers and the boy’s lightly touched.

“Ah!”

The startled boy dropped the handkerchief, and as it fluttered down to the ground, I was unconsciously following it with my eyes when.

A hand that appeared from somewhere snatched the white handkerchief.

It was a rough hand with many calluses, uncommon among nobles.

“Here.”

Downcast red eyes and black hair that looked darker under the sunlight.

“Hello, Tia.”

It was Peres.

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