I Shall Master This Family's
74

Chapter 74

"Hello, Perez..."

I'm appalled.

"Why are you so tall?... Are you usually this big?"

Perez was convicted of self-introspection for his irresponsible behavior by leaving the palace alone in the middle of the night.

Thanks to that, we have not met for a while.

We just exchanged letters just like before.

"Towment time."

Yes, this is a time of growth.

That's why he grew up.

But even more amazing, she who originally had an adult attitude when she was a child, was now entering a period of full growth.

his 14th birthday is coming up, but he is 13.

In terms of height, he was as tall as the twins and their comrades.

"You dropped this."

Perez returned the handkerchief, I looked at him blankly.

"This isn't mine. It's his."

"...Ah, really?"

Perez looked at the boy he was pointing at.

"Pa, Second Prince... Uhh!"

The boy who lowered his head looked at Perez and was frightened.

For some reason, I wanted to see Perez's face, but I couldn't see well because his black hair was covered in sunlight.

"Take it."

"No! No, thank you!"

The boy, who refused to accept his handkerchief, turned blue and fled.

"What's wrong with him?"

"...i don't know."

"Does he want to go to the bathroom?"

Sorry if we bother you in a hurry.

I tilted my head when I heard Mayron muttering next to me.

"She wanted to go to the bathroom, it seemed for a different reason."

"...who?"

Perez asked when he saw Mayron standing right next to me.

But the atmosphere is a bit strange.

His red eyes seemed to be a little darker.

Maybe because I haven't seen him in a long time.

Or maybe because it's in the shade.

If I wasn't familiar with Perez's personality, I would probably have thought it was a 'hostile' gaze'.

"I'm Tia's cousin. Mayron Lombardy's. And this."

"Gilliu Lombardy."

"Oh... Hi." Hey."

As expected, I just misunderstood.

He's just shy.

Perez's face is back as I know it.

When I looked up at the sky, the sun, which was slightly covered in clouds, shone again.

"I'm Perez."

"I know."

But this time, the atmosphere of the twins was strange.

It was the disapproving face that was staring at Perez.

"What's wrong with you two?"

The shy man gathered his courage and introduced himself first!

"You're not trying to make a bad impression, are you?"

"Well, that's not it!"

"We're just!"

The twins raised their voices as if they were falsely accused.

"It's okay, Tia. Maybe they're embarrassed. Like me."

Perez spoke with advice.

"Well!"

"Huh, that's bullshit!"

I glanced at them once and introduced Perez to another cousin.

"It's Larane. He's Belsach's sister."

"...Belsach?"

"You've met my brother."

"Yes, a few times."

When Perez replied with a tilt of his head, Larane smiled bitterly.

"And this... Crane, have you seen him?"

Crane was hiding behind me before I knew it.

Well, it's worth it to be scared.

The last time he met Perez, he was cutting down the tree.

"Is that so?"

Perez doesn't seem to remember Crane.

I sighed softly and patted Crane's round little head, explaining.

"He's Astalliu's brother. He eavesdropped on our story last time."

"...Astalliu?"

"Well, the big one next to Belsach."

"Ah."

Only then did Perez nod, staring at Crane.

"Oh."

Crane dug further behind me and hid.

"Hello, nice to meet you. Sorry about that time."

Perez was a little humbling himself.

Crane is still afraid and wary of Perez.

"Well, let's eat something good. Sweet, and delicious."

I said while pointing to the brown fountain in the distance.

Wouldn't this awkward atmosphere be relieved if something sweet entered their mouths?

Thinking so, I continued with the twins, Larane, Perez, and Crane, who were holding onto my skirt.

* * *

Gallahan was talking to the nobles around him and suddenly looked at his daughter.

The boy, who had wandered around the banquet hall alone a moment ago, was surrounded by his cousin and the Second Prince.

They're headed to the chocolate fountain.

He prepared it carefully for Tia, who liked chocolate.

A fierce voice that broke the atmosphere spoke.

"You're still amazing."

"...Brother." brother."

Viese and Gallahan met face to face after a long time.

"I can't believe you're celebrating your 11th birthday just for a girl."

Viese clicked her tongue as she looked back at the banquet hall with a smiling face.

"Isn't that too much waste?"

"The Lombardy Balai is the only one I borrowed today. Everything with my personal expenses."

"...If that's the case. But even if it's your money, isn't it too much. You're spending too much money."

"It's okay."

What's the point of making so much money if you don't spend it on your beloved daughter.

"It's okay?. Money should be spent on bigger things."

He was patient in front of a lot of people.

Error patience has now run out with Viese's continued offensive remarks.

"How to spend money depends on the person who makes it."

"What?"

"I don't think I should get advice from my brother about money."

Viese realized that there were many eyes around him that saw his anger.

"i almost died once, so I can see it."

"Yes." Yeah."

Gallahan smiled, but he did not hide his hostility towards Viese.

"Because I was bedridden with a deadly disease, I saw clearly who was a colleague and who was an enemy."

After recovering, Gallahan was the first to investigate who leaked the secret to Angelas.

Consequently, Dr. O'Malley, who diagnosed Gallahan, opened his mouth on condition he would not be accused, and his testimony pointed to Viese.

When he heard that Gallahan had Tlenbrew disease, he laughed so cheerfully.

"Thanks to you, I feel like my eyes are open."

Gallahan created a ready-to-wear business to protect Tia.

And receive the inheritance to be handed over to Tia.

He thought with satisfaction that it was enough for now.

As soon as Viese learns that she has an incurable disease, she tries to ruin everything.

No, he took the apparel business from his bedridden brother, and offered it to Angelas.

There was no more affection left as before in Gallahan's eyes towards Viese.

Although it takes a long time to distinguish between enemies and friends.

Gallahan is not gentle enough to have compassion for those who once turned to the enemy.

Gallahan was the son of Lulak, inheriting many of his mother's figures.

He had no intention of forgiving, and he had no intention of retreating like before

"This, that..." Viese said after coughing loudly.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"I'm sure you did."

Gallahan's tone was filled with a faint grin.

"This is a birthday party I'm hosting for my daughter. If you have something you don't like, you can come back."

"What's? Gallahan, you talk too much!"

Viese is upset, but Gallahan lets it go.

And with a smile, he added.

"Goodbye, brother."

The nobles around him laughed softly.

They simply could not laugh out loud in front of Viese.

It was a fact that all the nobles of the capital knew that Viese, the eldest son of the Lombardy family, was a fool somewhere.

However, he did not publicly ignore Lombardy because he had a wife from Angelas.

Viese, who stood there and looked at Gallahan, turned around and left the banquet hall, but Gallahan did not even look back.

* * *

The atmosphere of the banquet had reached its peak.

The music became more interesting, and more and more people danced in the middle of the banquet hall.

There are times when adults fill the tide in pairs, and immature children divide men and women and dance in groups.

The twins and Larane, who were looking after me, joined in, and Crane was called to his parents.

"Why are you standing so far away?"

Perez, the only man, was four or five steps away from me.

"I've said that before. I don't seem to be too close to you."

"Oh that."

I was worried that I would get involved in the middle of a confrontation between the Empress and grandfather, and the First and Second Princes.

"That's no problem."

"What do you mean?"

"I've been your supporter, and if that's not enough, rumors have spread that you saved my father."

After all, Angelas tried to rob my father's apparel business.

My father, the Empress, and Angelas were already at odds.

Grandpa seems to be very angry about it.

Maybe that's why my grandfather went back to the noble meeting because of Angenas.

Now that I looked around the banquet hall, I could barely see the people from the Empress's family, Angenas.

and finally, the nobles slowly began to set the direction they were heading.

One good thing was that Emperor Jovanes balanced the balance by weighing from side to side in the middle.

That's kind of complicated.

Because we will have a bad relationship with Angenas one day.

"I can't help it now because ......."

I stopped talking and looked at Perez, who was next to me.

"what's wrong?"

As I glanced, Perez tilted his head with a slightly brash face.

"You'll regret it later. You're in trouble if there's a rumor that you're more than just friends with me."

"... how can it be?"

"Because..."

Only once in my previous life, when I saw Perez mixed among the people watching.

Perez is not alone.

Behind the horse that Perez was riding with a cold face that greeted everyone, there was a carriage that the woman was riding on.

"Just don't do anything you'll regret."

I patted Perez's body.

No, I tried to push him away.

But Perez was not pushed out and, frowning somewhere.