In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 76

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 76

“How long have you been saving this up?”

Loril approached and lifted my allowance pouch, weighing it as she asked.

Well. Everything since I regressed?

“Most of my allowance is in Lombardi Bank, this is just a portion.”

“That makes sense. Considering Young Lady’s allowance…”

Loril’s voice trailed off as she untied the pouch strings and saw the contents.

“Young Lady?”

“Yes?”

“Are you planning to take all this money?”

Loril let out a small sigh.

She probably thought I, who didn’t know much about the outside world, had packed an absurd amount of money.

“Even if you took half of half of what’s in this pouch…”

“No, I need all of it.”

“But Young Lady, with this much money…”

“I know, with that much money I could buy a building in Lombardi City. I know.”

Loril’s expression went blank at my words.

“How did you know that?”

“I have my ways of knowing.”

I may look like this, but I have years of experience living on my own outside the estate.

“Anyway, I’m taking it all because I need it all.”

“If you’re buying dresses and jewelry, why don’t you just write a promissory note to Lombardi Estate? There’s no need to carry this much cash…”

“I never said I was buying dresses and jewelry.”

I smiled reassuringly at Loril, who was still tilting her head, unable to guess my intentions.

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“Finally going out.”

I got into the carriage wearing simple ready-made clothes from Gallahan Clothing Store without any special styling.

I had occasionally ridden in carriages to the Imperial Palace with Father and Grandfather, but this was my first time going out alone like this.

No, not alone.

“To think the day would come when I’d go out with Young Lady!”

Since I’m with Loril, who’s even more excited than I am.

“Let’s go to Lombardi Square first.”

When Loril relayed my words to the coachman, the carriage slowly began to move.

Familiar scenery flashed by outside the window.

Not long after racing straight down the main road from Lombardi Estate, we arrived at the square.

“Young Lady, please step down carefully!”

Loril got out first and took my hand to help me.

“Wow.”

The feeling of walking through the square after so long was more amazing than I expected.

“Magnificent.”

Both the square with various people busily coming and going, and the statue of the first Lombardi family head standing in the center felt much larger than in my memory.

Honestly, compared to the always quiet and neat Lombardi Estate, it wasn’t particularly beautiful scenery.

But there was definitely something invigorating about the dust kicked up by passing carriages and the noisy chatter of people.

I took a deep breath of the busy air in the square and said,

“Let’s go that way.”

I grabbed Loril’s hand and pulled her toward one side of the square.

“What’s over there, Young Lady?”

“Yes, the most delicious bakery in the world.”

We left the main road and walked through familiar winding alleys.

Loril said this was her first time in this area too, constantly looking around in wonder.

When we turned the corner, I could see the building where I used to rent a room in the distance.

That shabby building’s second floor small room was my sanctuary.

Probably now someone else lays their tired body down every night and finds comfort to live another day.

And in front of it was the bakery where I used to buy fresh bread every morning.

Unable to resist the fragrant smell of bread any longer, I let go of Loril’s hand and ran ahead.

I could see Aunt Peri, who was just displaying freshly baked bread.

Her face was younger than in my memory, but her characteristic warm and kind expression was the same.

“Hello, Auntie!”

“Hmm? Oh, hello. You’re a child I haven’t seen before. Did you move to the neighborhood?”

Even when I was kicked out of Lombardi Estate and came to move in with just one bag, Aunt Peri welcomed me with these same words.

Smiling happily as if she had met someone who would be a long-time neighbor.

“I’m Tia!”

“I see, Tia. Just call me Aunt Peri comfortably. What kind of bread shall I give you today?”

Ah, I can finally eat that!

My heart was pounding.

“Two baguette sandwiches, please!”

“Oh my, you must have heard somewhere that our house’s special menu is delicious?”

I had missed this sandwich so much over the past few years – it wasn’t on the menu board, so only regular customers who knew about it would buy it.

“Young Lady! How can you run off alone like that!”

Loril, who had followed behind, said while panting.

“Young Lady…?”

Aunt Peri looked back and forth between me and Loril with round eyes.

Oh no.

“She’s my new sister! I have an older brother with a big age gap… haha. Even though I tell her to call me by name comfortably, oh dear.”

“Oh my, you’re the baby of the family! No wonder you have the look of someone who’s received lots of love! Here you go.”

A sandwich made from yesterday’s leftover short, plump baguette split in half and filled with common ham and cheese from the nearby market was in both my hands.

“Ah, it smells good.”

It was a cheap sandwich that couldn’t compare to the food at Lombardi Estate, but I had missed this so much.

“Goodbye!”

“Yes, come again!”

Aunt Peri waved with a smile.

After walking a few steps away, Loril whispered in my ear.

“Young Lady, what if you get a stomachache from eating such food?”

“There’s no need to worry about that. Try it once, Loril. It’s really delicious.”

I opened my mouth wide and took a greedy bite.

“Yes, this is the taste.”

Aunt Peri’s sandwich eaten while walking down the street!

I missed this!

Loril, a precious young lady of the Dillard Family, hesitated as if she couldn’t understand my behavior.

Well, for typical noble young ladies, eating food on the street would be unthinkable.

Even for the relatively free-spirited Loril, this would be something she’d never done before.

“If you’re not going to eat it, give it to me.”

Chomp, chomp.

At my words, Loril checked that there were no people passing by and timidly took a bite.

“…Oh my!”

“It’s delicious, right?”

“Yes! Wow, it’s really delicious!”

She continues eating two, three more bites in surprise.

Watching her with satisfaction, I also started eating my sandwich again.

Ah, that salty and savory taste! Delicious!

“We should become regulars there!”

Loril said with sparkling eyes.

I naturally walked toward our next destination while Loril was distracted by her sandwich.

It was the bustling Lombardi City Market, crowded with people.

I didn’t go to the busy central area where people were buying and selling all sorts of things like fruits, food, and household goods.

I turned slightly and arrived at the new district that had been built nearby.

On a street that felt a bit more organized than the market, I could see a dark green building.

It was the second branch of Gallahan Clothing Store in Lombardy, which had recently opened.

“Are you planning to visit the clothing store?”

“Yes, since it’s a new place, I want to take a look around.”

While watching people continuously entering and leaving the clothing store, I gave Loril instructions.

“I have something to check, so let’s go in separately. And unless people recognize me first, don’t mention my name. Understood?”

“Yes, Young Lady…”

When I opened the door and entered, I could see the well-organized interior of the clothing store.

So this is what it looks like.

I had only heard about it from Cleribane, but this was my first time visiting in person.

The clothing store had a similar atmosphere to the ‘clothing shops’ I knew.

The first floor was for women’s clothing, and the second floor was for men’s clothing.

I was directly checking each of the things I had only received reports about in writing.

A store employee immediately attended to Loril, who was obviously a noble young lady at first glance, but no one paid attention to me, a child who came alone.

“Hello, customer. Did you come alone?”

Just when I was about to be a little disappointed in Gallahan Clothing Store’s customer service skills.

A gentle voice spoke to me.

It was a woman with black hair and purple eyes.

“I didn’t come alone, I’m waiting for my dad.”

“Ah, I see. Then please call me anytime if you need anything.”

The woman smiled brightly at me, then went to another customer and began chatting with a kind smile.

I was watching her and the other employees working in the clothing store while pretending to look at clothes.

That’s when I heard shouting.

“No, I’m telling you these are clothes I bought recently!”

A middle-aged man was angrily arguing with an employee about something.

“Why can’t you trust what people say?”

In front of the man were about ten neat navy blue dresses stacked up.

He seemed to be someone returning clothes.

“Are you daring to make a person from the Rivatin Family out to be a liar right now? Is that it?”

The middle-aged man spoke arrogantly, lifting his chin.

As the surrounding attention gathered, the clothing store employee’s face turned red and had no choice but to bow his head.

“That’s not it… I’m sorry, I’ll process the refund.”

“You should have done that from the start!”

The smiling man’s face somehow felt a bit fishy to me.

Something’s strange.

Just when the employee was about to create a promissory note worth the price of the clothes to give to the man.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

The woman who had spoken to me gently blocked the employee’s path and smiled.

“Hello. I’m Violet, and I oversee the Lombardy branch. You said you’re from the Rivatin Family?”

“Y-yes, but so what?”

“Then are you a butler of the Rivatin Family?”

“Ahem, I wasn’t going to reveal it, but yes.”

The man spoke reluctantly and frowned.

“At our Gallahan Clothing Store, we create a document called a ‘receipt’ for every transaction. Even if you buy a single pair of gloves. You said you purchased 40 of these clothes recently and want to return 10 of them, so you should have brought the receipt for those 40 pieces.”

“I’ve never heard of such a thing…”

“As a butler, you would naturally know about this.”

Though she still had a smiling face, Violet’s smile was cold.

The man, realizing his mistake, quickly made excuses.

“O-our family is doing business with a clothing store for the first time…”

“The Rivatin Family you mentioned has had three transactions with us, not here but at our Lombardy headquarters. I was present each time, but I’m sorry to say I don’t think I’ve ever seen your face. Excuse me, but may I know your name?”

“I-I am, well… Tsk!”

The man gritted his teeth, glared at Violet, and ran out of the clothing store.

“Phew…”

Violet let out a small sigh, quickly regained her smiling face, and apologized to the customers.

“Store Manager, I’m sorry…”

The employee who had almost been fooled into giving the man money approached Violet.

“It’s okay. But from now on, make sure to check receipts. And you should remember information about families we frequently deal with. Did you forget that the Rivatin Family was robbed recently?”

“Ah! That’s right, there was such an incident…”

Watching Violet pat the shoulders of the dejected employee, I smiled inwardly.

Good, that person will do.

Just when I was feeling satisfied.

At the sound of a carriage stopping, Violet checked outside the window, then approached me, bent down to match my eye level, and said.

“Lord Gallahan has arrived, Young Lady Pirenthia.”

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