In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 89

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 89

“I’m also planning to gradually become independent from Lombardi, and I was hoping Cleribane could help me a little.”

“Independence, you mean…”

“I need to separate from Shannet and return to Shultz. I’m getting sick and tired of the Lombardi bunch.”

“But divorcing Lombardi without just cause won’t be easy. The alimony would be considerable.”

“Ah, I have a method in mind for that, so it’s fine. I’ve suffered so much mental anguish dealing with Lombardi all this time that I should be the one receiving alimony. Anyway, don’t worry.”

Worry? Why would I worry about a shameless adulterer?

Cleribane became displeased.

Bestian’s behavior, acting as if they were comrades, was disgusting.

“So what exactly can I help you with?”

“Well, it’s about the Lira Mine—no, the diamond mine. How about entrusting the mining rights of that mine to our Shultz family?”

This was exactly the second reason Pirenthia had predicted.

‘Ah, as expected of Lady Pirenthia.’

Cleribane gained strength to deal with the trash before him by thinking of her, Lombardi’s hope and light.

“Hmm. That’s something I’ll need to think about.”

At Cleribane’s words, Bestian couldn’t hide his disappointment and tried to persuade him with various words, but Cleribane maintained his attitude of “I’ll think about it.”

It was half true, anyway.

He had to follow Pirenthia’s will.

“I understand. Please consider it carefully.”

Bestian withdrew obediently for now.

Instead, he arranged to meet with Cleribane again in a few days.

He planned to adjust the contract terms then, such as lowering the mining fees.

But since the deal hadn’t been concluded immediately, he was irritated, so his actions of throwing off his coat upon arriving at the Lombardi estate were rough.

‘I need to secure the diamond mine’s mining rights to leave this detestable Lombardi.’

Then a familiar voice spoke from behind him.

“When did you get back, Bestian?”

It was his wife, Shannet.

Bestian cursed inwardly with a twisted face before turning around.

“Shannet.”

His face showed only the gentle smile of Bestian Shultz that the world knew.

However, Shannet’s expression wasn’t very bright.

Standing before Bestian with some bundle of documents in her hands, Shannet’s face was heavily shadowed.

“Let’s talk for a moment.”

At Shannet’s cold words, Bestian clicked his tongue inwardly.

For the past few months, their marital conversations had always been like this.

It started happening as soon as Maria left the Schulz estate and moved nearby.

Shannet suddenly began questioning Bestian about his overnight stays, something she’d never cared about before, and started putting a stop to his socializing with her brother Biejie.

And she gradually began showing interest in the Lombardi Mining Company’s affairs, which had been entirely Bestian’s domain.

As if she knew something.

“What is it this time, Shannet?”

Bestian hid his irritation and spoke with a weak smile.

“If it’s about not coming home last night, work was busy so I couldn’t help…”

Thud.

Bestian stopped speaking when he saw the documents Shannet placed on the dressing table.

“Why do you have the mining company’s transaction records?”

Bestian’s words also became sharp.

They had to.

These were records containing traces of money he’d been siphoning from Lombardi.

“Bestian.”

Shannet’s calm voice echoed in the bedroom.

“I’m sorry for interfering in your work without permission. I know you must be displeased.”

Shannet apologized first, matter-of-factly.

“But I absolutely had to confirm this.”

Ever since accidentally overhearing the conversation between Bestian and the Durak Caravan Leader, Shannet hadn’t had a single peaceful day.

At first, she thought she must have misheard, but when she heard that Lombardi had failed in the Lira Mine auction, she fell into despair.

Without the variable of Pellet Trading Company, the Lira Mine would have gone entirely to Angenas.

Shannet had to accept it.

The fact that her husband was collaborating with Lombardi’s enemy family.

Slowly, she began investigating what her husband had been doing.

And the documents before her were the result.

“Explain this to me, Bestian. What exactly is going on here?”

Even so, Shannet truly wanted to believe.

That Bestian would have his own reasons.

“…How did you get this? These are all confidential matters.”

However, her husband was only curious about how she had obtained the documents.

“You shouldn’t be able to access the mining company’s confidential information without my consent. How…”

Bestian, who had been rambling in confusion, found the answer himself.

“Right, of course. You’re a Lombardi.”

Direct descendants of the Lombardi family head had the authority to intervene in any Lombardi business whenever they wanted.

It didn’t matter who the original person in charge was.

The moment they wished it, they gained authority superior to the person in charge.

It was absolute power not granted to those who became Lombardi through marriage.

“So what do you want to say, Shannet?”

“How can you be so brazen, Bestian?”

Shannet shook her head.

“You’ve been siphoning a lot of money from Lombardi. And now I’ve found out about it. How can you…”

“It was all for our sake.”

“For… our sake?”

Bestian put on a rather sad expression.

Shannet was soft-hearted.

He decided to exploit that.

“Shannet, I loved you so much that I married you despite enduring the humiliation of not being able to pass my surname to my children as a man.”

It seemed his theft of Lombardi’s money had been discovered, but there was still a way out.

“But your family members continued to look down on me. And the Shultz family too.”

It was mainly Biejie and Lorels who had looked down on Bestian and the Shultz family.

However, they were also the two people he had grown closest to out of necessity.

But Bestian conveniently omitted that fact and continued speaking.

“So I had no choice. I wanted to make the Shultz family at least somewhat worthy of Lombardi.”

“By siphoning Lombardi’s assets?”

“Do you think my heart was at ease having to do that?”

Bestian continued appealing to Shannet’s sympathy.

“There’s support money that Lombardi gives to the Shultz family. Couldn’t you have been satisfied with that money?”

Thousands of gold are provided to Shultz every year.

It was Rulak’s consideration for his in-laws.

Hit where it hurt, Bestian sighed as if frustrated.

“Yes. It’s true that I arbitrarily gave Lombardi’s money to Shultz. But that amount of money is nothing to Lombardi, isn’t it? It was all my own effort to find a way for us as a couple to be happy.”

It didn’t matter.

Whatever the amount, it was Lombardi’s property.

It wasn’t money that Bestian could freely give to his family as he pleased.

Shannet knew this fact.

However, she couldn’t pour out such words to Bestian.

Shannet loved her husband too much to do that.

At those words ‘it was all for us,’ Shannet felt rather sad.

“For all these years, the fact that no one noticed even when this much money disappeared is proof of that. It’s money that means nothing to Lombardi, but it was something Shultz desperately needed.”

Shannet wanted to cry.

She had accepted countless things as inevitable fate since being born a Lombardi.

But it seemed like even her beloved husband was being sacrificed to her birth.

She felt heavy guilt.

Finally, Shannet shook her head and said.

“I won’t tell Father about this matter right away.”

As expected!

Bestian cheered inwardly.

“But no more. And the money that went to Shultz so far… Let’s say Shultz borrowed it from Lombardi. Even if it takes a long time, we’ll return it all to Lombardi.”

Naturally, Bestian had no intention of doing so.

But he nodded his head enthusiastically.

Shannet left the bedroom with an extremely tired face and said to Bestian one last time.

“The children want to see their father. I know you’re busy with work, but show your face a little more, even if it’s for the twins’ sake, Bestian.”

Shannet left and the bedroom door closed.

Left alone, Bestian twisted his face.

“Acting superior until the very end.”

He was utterly disgusted by how she always pretended to be noble by herself.

It gave him chills how inhuman it seemed for her to maintain a calm face no matter what happened.

Then an object on the dressing table caught Bestian’s eye.

It was Shannet’s most cherished memento of her mother.

He had already been annoyed by how she pathetically polished and wiped that shabby necklace that wasn’t even special.

“I wonder if she can still stay so calm even after this?”

Bestian smiled bitterly and put it in his pocket.

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“What should we play today?”

“That’s what I’m wondering… Sigh.”

Damn kid.

Creny must have infinite stamina or something, as he never gets tired no matter how much I play with him.

Larane, who had been forcing herself to play with Creny, finally fell ill with body aches, and when Astaliou tried to take the crying Creny hunting because he didn’t want to, I had no choice but to bring him along.

This is a kid who collects bread crumbs to give to the mice living in the kitchen because he thinks they’re cute, so what was he thinking taking such a child to a hunting ground?

“Should we go read books? Or make flower crowns and play like last time?”

“I’m going to the twins.”

Since today is a holiday.

The twins wouldn’t be going to training either and would be at home.

Among the people I know, they’re the only ones who can handle Creny’s foal-like stamina.

If I go and dump Creny on them, they’ll have fun playing together on their own.

While listening to Creny’s chattering beside me as we walked, we quickly arrived near the twins’ house.

“But why is the atmosphere like this?”

The front door is wide open, and the atmosphere is chaotic.

“Oh my, what should we do…”

“Who on earth…?”

I can hear several employees murmuring while looking toward the open door.

“Creny, come here.”

I took Creny’s hand and carefully entered inside.

“We’re sorry, we’re sorry!”

“We’ve committed a mortal sin!”

The first thing I heard was someone’s loud voice.

When I went inside the drawing room, I could see two maids who seemed to be the owners of the voices bowing their heads.

The two people were apologizing for something with pale faces.

“We’re sorry, Lady Shannet!”

One of them was one of the maid supervisors responsible for the main building.

Shannet, who was receiving the apology, was standing with her back turned to the two people, so I couldn’t see her face.

The maid supervisor looked up at Shannet’s back in despair, then closed her eyes tightly once more and shouted.

“The, the necklace! We will find it by any means necessary!”

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