In This Life, I Will Be The Lord - Chapter 96

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This Life, I Will Become the Clan Head Episode 96

Watching Beit flinch, I recalled events from my previous life.

I too had once bought information from 【Caramel Avenue】.

It was to find out about Peres.

But since it was such a secretive place and an information broker known only through whispered rumors among those in the know, I actually knew nothing about Beit.

What I said earlier about ‘knowing something’ was half bluff.

Apart from the fact that Beit ran an information business, I really knew absolutely nothing.

The same went for this building.

I didn’t know why he returned after 10 years to open a shop in the same location again.

I just guessed it must be a very meaningful place to Beit.

And seeing Beit’s very shaken reaction now, I could tell my guess was correct.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Beit seemed determined to play dumb to the end.

I shrugged my shoulders and said.

“You’re more bashful than I thought.”

“This isn’t bashfulness, it’s…”

Beit, who had gotten worked up and was about to retort, stopped speaking.

He was definitely much softer than the ‘that’ Beit I remembered.

To have such a transparent face like that.

And one thought crossed my mind.

Then what level was Beit’s information network currently at?

Information accumulates over time.

Moreover, 【Caramel Avenue】 was just now getting established.

I became curious to test his current abilities.

“The monthly rent must be quite a burden for running the shop, right?”

At my words, Beit looked at me as if asking ‘why are you asking something so obvious?’

He was still wary of me.

Then how about this?

“Try investigating me properly once. And if the results satisfy me, I won’t charge rent for a year.”

“O-one year…”

Beit’s eyes wavered as if he was calculating in his head.

“How about it? Quite a good proposal, isn’t it?”

He must be tempted.

Being able to save operating costs for a whole year.

But Beit shook his head slightly as if trying to regain his composure and said.

“Investigation? I’m just someone who runs a dessert shop, yet you keep saying things I don’t understand.”

Oh ho, so that’s how you’re going to play it?

“Fine then.”

I immediately got up from my seat as if I had no more lingering attachment.

“That’s too bad. It would have been a chance to save a lot of money for a year.”

“…Ugh.”

“But if you’re thinking of accepting my proposal, let’s meet again at this time in a week.”

Saying only that, I left the shop.

I could easily imagine what Beit’s face looked like, left alone.

I giggled and got into the carriage waiting outside.

* * *

“Tia! Are you ready?”

“Let’s hurry and go!”

Loril was tying my shoelaces one last time when the twins nagged from outside.

“If you keep being noisy, I’m not going!”

“Ah, okay…”

“Hiiing.”

When I showed annoyance, their voices immediately became dejected.

Loril, who had been listening to my verbal sparring with the twins, smiled softly and said.

“You three really get along well.”

“Loril.”

“Yes, Young Lady.”

“Are you teasing me?”

“No, I really mean it.”

“I’ve seen how Loril’s brothers treat Loril though?”

Born as the youngest sibling after three much older brothers, Loril had truly grown up receiving abundant love.

I had seen the Dillard family members gathered together once, and with their warmth and constant laughter, it was like seeing a textbook family.

That’s probably why Cleribane’s existence becomes an even bigger flaw.

I opened the dressing room door and went outside.

The twins who had been waiting brightened up and got up from their seats to approach me.

“Ooh, so cute!”

“So cute I want to bite you!”

The twins stomped their feet while looking at me.

“You seem to have gotten even cuter lately!”

“Stop being so pretty!”

Why are these kids like this?

But even Loril joined in.

She cupped my cheeks with both hands and shook her head while saying.

“It’s true. Young Lady has gotten so much cuter that it’s a problem…”

“R-really?”

Since even Loril was saying that, I wondered if it was really true and checked the mirror.

Strange.

To my eyes, there wasn’t much difference.

And the gazes of the three people visible through the mirror were quite burdensome.

“What are you doing? Aren’t we going?”

Then as if playing freeze tag, the twins suddenly started moving quickly.

“Let’s go! We have to go!”

“Tia will definitely love it too!”

The place Giliou and Meylon led us to, hopping excitedly, was the vast grasslands on the outskirts of Lombardy.

Of course, we didn’t go there just to look at land.

“Wow, the stables are huge!”

I couldn’t help but exclaim at the sight of several buildings housing dozens of horses.

“It’s where nobles living in the Imperial Capital keep their horses.”

“Everyone comes out often to ride horses and have competitions!”

I understood why these two had been coming here daily as soon as they turned eleven.

The vast grasslands felt refreshing and liberating just to look at.

“Since Tia doesn’t know how to ride yet, ride with me.”

Giliou extended his hand to me and said.

“No. I handle horses more safely than Giliou. Ride with me.”

This time Meylon interjected.

“You handle horses safely? Liar.”

“I’m much better than you. That’s not wrong, is it?”

They’re growling at each other, ready to fight again.

I looked at the two of them with pitying eyes, then grabbed Loril’s hand who was standing beside me and said.

“I’m going to ride with Loril.”

Loril is also a skilled rider at a professional level.

No, at least she’s better than those two troublemakers.

“Ugh.”

“Hiiing.”

The twins’ shoulders drooped at my decision, but I ignored them.

No. I won’t change my mind. Go away.

My choice was right.

Loril was someone who could ride horses both stably and quickly, and the experience of riding together with such a skilled rider was thrilling.

“Waah-!”

I loved the wind hitting my face, and I loved running together while feeling the horse’s powerful movements.

And the strong scent of grass rushing from the wide fields left the most intense impression in my mind.

Enough to make me want to learn how to ride horses myself.

“How was it? Fun, right?”

Meylon asked me with flushed red cheeks from the excitement.

“Yeah, it was good.”

“I knew it! I knew Tia would like it too!”

“Should we ride once more, us?”

Giliou said while patting the neck of his equally excited horse.

“Hmm. Once more?”

It was fun, but I wasn’t really in the mood for it.

From the unfamiliar horseback riding, my back, legs, and even my bottom were all stiff and aching.

But since riding the horse was fun, I was contemplating it.

“No, you can’t.”

Loril said firmly.

“Since it’s the Young Lady’s first time, you shouldn’t overdo it. Let’s stop here for today and come again next time.”

“Ooh, I guess so…”

“Right, we can’t have Tia getting hurt.”

The twins also nodded and quickly accepted.

“Then we’ll go return the horses to the stables and come back.”

“Wait here for a bit. When we come back, let’s go look at the autumn leaves over there.”

“Okay, go ahead.”

I waved to the two people who got off their horses and walked away holding the reins.

“Young Lady, I need to go to the restroom for a moment…”

Loril whispered quietly.

“Then I’ll go see Bailey and Blanc and come back.”

Bailey and Blanc were the mother horse and baby horse that Father had bought me as my eighth birthday present.

Originally they were in the manor’s stables, but as Blanc grew bigger, it seemed like a more spacious area would be needed, so we moved them here recently.

I was a bit sad that I couldn’t see them often, but seeing them today, it seemed like it was a good choice.

They could run around freely here.

Biphace, which Peres had given me as a gift, should be here too.

I wonder if the whole family is gathered together.

I began walking to find the stables where my horses were, following my vague memories.

“It should be somewhere around here…”

If I can’t find it after looking, I can just ask someone.

Thinking comfortably, I took this opportunity to look around various parts of the stables.

I walked from this stable to that stable, looking at the horses who were watching me with curious eyes.

Then I met a family of cats living in the stables and played with them for a while.

Then walked some more.

And suddenly I realized.

“Where am I?”

I hadn’t come to a completely random place.

I was still near the stables after all.

But I couldn’t gauge exactly which stable number this was.

“Hmm. Do you guys happen to know where this is?”

I asked the horses who were poking their heads out, but they just blinked their gentle eyes and obviously couldn’t answer.

“Should I try walking that way?”

I randomly walked toward what seemed like the place where I had first started.

But then, a group of children who happened to be coming out of a nearby stable called out to stop me.

“Hey, you there.”

Looking at them, they were about five or six kids who seemed to come from families with some money.

Their ages varied from around my age to about the twins’ age.

Among them, the one who spoke to me was the child walking at the front.

Young but acting like a leader – must be from a high-ranking family.

“I think I’ve seen you somewhere. Who are you?”

Right.

Of course, similar kids can speak casually to each other when meeting for the first time.

But even for that, isn’t the speech a bit too curt?

Especially the way he’s looking me up and down evaluatively is unpleasant.

“Who are you to ask?”

“What? Ha…”

When I didn’t back down submissively, the boy swept his bangs up as if incredulous and smirked.

“You don’t even know who I am. It’s obvious even without hearing your name.”

Well, it was a reasonable deduction.

Usually high nobles play and socialize among themselves from a young age, so they know each other well.

It’s just that I’m a special case, having grown up unusually with a father who has a somewhat unique personality for a noble.

“I’m Kase Angenas.”

Another Angenas.

At the same time, the Angenas family tree unfolded in my mind.

If it’s Kase Angenas, he would be the grandson of the Durak Caravan Leader.

That meant he was from a branch family, not the direct line of the clan head.

But if even the branch family acts so arrogantly, Angenas’s influence must be quite high these days.

Then I heard a familiar voice and turned around.

“There you are!”

Loril was running toward me.

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