I Shall Master This Family's
48

Chapter 48

"What are you doing here."

He held back the furrow of his brows, but a trembling voice came out.

Emperor Jovanes hurriedly coughed and corrected his words.

"I mean, why did you come to this place?"

"Like that."

Lulak said with a smile, making a frown around his eyes.

"It's been 3 years, isn't it?"

Lord Lombardy never left Lombardy.

That's a good thing for Jovanes, but it's also annoying.

The old man knew all the things that were happening in the Imperial Palace, but the Emperor himself knew very little of what was happening inside Lombardy.

"That's it."

Jovanes calmed down again and replied, of course, sitting on a chair.

"You're so desperate."

But that was also for a while. Hearing Lulak's words, Jovanes' thick brows wriggled once.

It was incredible that he treated the Emperor as if he had met a city boy after such a long time.

"How many times did this old man want to come to the Imperial Palace. The last time I met you, I remembered His Majesty's words and turned in front of the gates of the Imperial Palace."

"...... What do you hear, I think I have considered Mr. Lombardy as my uncle."

" 'I don't have the confidence to lead this Empire from the Imperial Palace where Lombardy can enter and exit as if it were your home. If you want to get me out of the throne, speak at the meeting' .... "

"Hmmm…."

Jovanes said nothing.

It was a reasonable reaction because it was exactly what Joan told Lulak.

“At that time, I was struggling with hard work....”.

Lulak smiled and looked at Jovanes, who made a condescending excuse, saying.

“Although I have endured so much, today I cannot help but look at His Majesty. Please forgive me."

".... What happened at dawn."

Jovanes was also curious and could not bear it.

he came to the room and waited like this without telling her in advance, unlike Lulak.

"It's shocking, but do you know what happened to Second Prince Perez?"

"Perez?"

It was a strange name to call.

It took him a few seconds to realize that it was his son's name, which he had forgotten.

“If it's the child, the Empress is taking good care of him. Are you saying that the reason you came today was because of that kid?"

Unexpectedly, Jovanes tilted his head.

"I want to ask Your Majesty one thing. Do you really believe that the Empress will take good care of the Second Prince and you entrust her to take care of Perez?"

Lulak honored the Emperor, but not the Empress.

It was their typical way of saying that Lombardy was no match for him.

Jovanes responded strangely to Lulak's words, which seemed to punish him.

"Are you trying to interfere with the affairs of the Imperial Family right now?"

Unlike the late Emperor, Jovanes was a relatively quiet Emperor who never openly hostile towards Lombardy, but he was quite squirming in terms of heirs.

"I'm not telling Your Majesty about the responsibility for your children. What use would such a thing be for the Imperial Family? But...."

Lulak shook his head sadly.

"The seed sown by His Majesty is no excuse for His Majesty's pleasure right?"

"You're mocking me...?"

Jovanes' attitude became quite serious.

"What do you mean now? Explain it correctly."

To the already impatient Jovanes, Lulak smiled casually and said.

But the words that came out of his mouth were not light at all.

"Angenas reported that this year's plantation income was cut in half."

"Half?"

The fact that Angenas, the Queen's Family, did tax evasion to some extent, was also not new to Jovanes.

However, the fact that it was half upset him.

"But there is something else that Your Majesty should pay more attention to."

"What's that?"

"People who found something strange in the tax report reported it, but strangely, there was no action."

As Lulak said.

The expression disappeared from the Emperor's shocked face.

Lulak poured oil regardless of the Emperor's reaction.

"Aren't there some people from Angenas who work in finance?"

That too is poured out.

“Didn't paying taxes matter? You can't see it as easy and close your eyes. Even the officials from the imperial family were cooperating on this matter...... Isn't that clearly a scratch on His Majesty's circle?"

"that's...."

The Emperor rubbed his forehead as if he was having a headache.

Watching it as if playing, Lulak threw the second stone he carried.

This time, expect bigger ripples in the lake.

“I apologize to Your Majesty. Do you remember the mine that was located off the coast of the Serve River?"

"...i remember."

“The iron mines left by the previous Emperor to Lombardy in an emergency were sold to the Baraport Family by my son.”

"Baraport....?"

"They are one of the subordinate family members of the Angenas."

they place their assets little by little and do so in secret.

externally, this is known as a 'small and invisible mine', but in fact, a mine with quite a lot of iron.

"Although the document has a Baraport stamp on it, it is very clear who the real owner of the mine is."

"Angenas may not know what kind of mine it was, but the cave was already large enough to reach the iron ore."

Iron ore is a very important military resource.

Iron, which was a weapon material, was a resource possessed by very few families, including the Imperial Family and Lombardy.

And needless to say that they were just a family that had long been loyal to the Imperial Family.

Although the Angenas were the Empress Family, they were originally more aristocratic than the Imperial Family.

Iron ore is not a property allowed to them.

"And it was His Majesty who made them dream arrogant dreams."

"This is my fault?! That doesn't make any sense! i just....!"

“Did you not give too much power to Angenas? You don't even care about your first son and throw the second son to the Empress. Rabini Angenas did not even care to kill or save the maid's child.”.

"Did he leave her or kill her?"

Jovanes was not a stupid emperor.

First of all, in Lulak's evaluation.

He was intelligent, and quickly read people's lines and words.

Just like now.

"Then did you say that the Empress hurt Perez ...... Second Prince?"

"Fortunately, he's alive. I think he has given the second prince poison.

"Hhhh!"

Jovanes lost his words and laughed out loud.

There was no affection for the son of a servant whom he could not even remember his name for sure.

Instead, it was caused by hatred and anger towards the empress, who dared to touch her veins.

Lulak said as he pushed the water glass in front of the Emperor.

“Of course, it was a very nice act to empower Angelas with words to go against me, Your Majesty.”

Jovanes who read the meaning jolted, but Lulak smiled happily when he saw it.

It was like the look of a well-bred teacher disciple.

"You give too much. That's the problem.Even if you're a beast, if you're too pampered you'll forget your position."

"Yet...."

"Your Majesty doesn't have to do anything."

Jovanes' hand, pressing down hard on his greasy forehead, stopped.

Lulak laughed at the Emperor.

And he made an offer that the Emperor would never refuse.

"I'll be the villain."

* * *

Me and Perez were sitting face to face in bed.

That one sofa was filled with dust, and the floor was like cold bones, so it was an unavoidable choice.

Black hair still covered the nape, white skin, and eyes as red as lips looked at me.

"Perez, you ..."

His long eyelashes trembled slightly in a single blink.

"Are you a little taller?"

"I thought..."

Perez replied, nodding his head with a grim face.

"Because..... Your head is bigger than the others."

I muttered, recalling the appearance of that man in my previous life.

Standing amidst a crowd crowded with words that the new Prince had delivered, that was all I saw from a distance.

The figure of Perez, who was looking down on everything with his cold eyes, swung his robe with a more angled body than the surrounding knights, luring the crowd all at once.

"Tia?"

"Huh? Oh, no."

But it was hard to imagine the man in front of me growing up.

Compared to Prince Perez, who was like a big wolf with black fur and a gloss, this person.

"Who are you thinking now?"

They were both expressionless, but now Perez is a little more......

"Puppy puppy?"

He tilted his head at my unexpected words.

Look at that, like a real dog... No, that's really a Puppy.

"Do you have a puppy?"

"Eh, no. I'll raise her now."

"Do you like puppies? I like her too. I haven't seen it, but I'll definitely like it because you like it."

It was Perez who muttered words of unknown meaning.

"Are you doing the homework I gave you well?"

"Eat food, take medicine when the servant comes to lie down, and practice swordsmanship."

He immediately replied while sticking out his fingers one by one.

"OK......"

"I did. Like you told me, everyone!!"

Is it my imagination that she has a dark tail fluttering behind her bright face?.

"Should I show you?"

Perez asked as if he wanted to take a wooden sword and swing it now.

"No. That's not important now. You should get a gift because you do your homework well. Aren't you?"

"Gift?"

While I was taking my bag, I laughed.

I didn't know Perez's gaze would follow my hand as I removed the knot on the lid of the tied bag.

“Now, I will give a gift to a good child.”

Am I a Santa?

I said as I opened my bag.