I Shall Master This Family's
90

Chapter 90

The necklace?

Did someone remove Shananet's necklace?

The maid, who could not lift her head now, was the one who had worked in the Lombardy house for decades.

He had a strong personality, so he would not do such a foolish thing as stealing his master's necklace.

"Gee! We can find the waitress who cleaned the bedroom this morning..."

"Here we go."

Shananet, who was standing still with her back facing, said.

His voice was monotonous when he spoke to others.

But even with that small voice, the servant became stiff.

"No, Miss Shananet. I would do anything to catch that criminal..."

"Nely."

Shananet called the maid's name.

"I think I lost my necklace."

"...Yea?"

"In hindsight, I went out a few days ago wearing that necklace. I must have lost it outside."

Lies.

Shananet appreciates the necklace, which is a memento of her mother.

Anyone who lived in the mansion knew he wasn't wearing it unless it was a very special day.

The servant seemed to be unable to find anything to say.

"Huh, but..."

"So don't make people suffer."

This kind of thing was not something that could be easily covered.

Like the Lombardy family, high-ranking nobles responded to this sort of thing very strictly.

When an employee touches the owner's belongings, the employee's accommodation is completely reversed on the day.

But if they don't get what they're looking for, they'll have to take some of the servants who have the strongest suspicions and torture them into confessing.

Maybe the waiter was sober for such a future.

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Shananet, who still did not show her face, asked in a stern voice.

"Yes, all right, Mrs Shananet."

"T, thank you....!"

The maid, who was probably cleaning the room this morning, said, barely holding onto her trembling body.

"Let me rest."

The servants and other employees all went outside on Shananet's orders.

I wonder if I should go too.

Somehow it doesn't feel right to leave Shananet alone.

The door closed with a clattering sound.

That time.

Shananet's body, which stood upright, collapsed.

"...Huh!"

He looked very small from behind, sat there and covered his mouth.

"Eh..."

Crane saw it and tried to approach it, but I shook my head and did not let it go.

"Mother..."

It was because Gilliu and Mayron, who were watching the situation inside the room, approached Shananet.

After hesitating for a moment, the twins carefully touched Shananet's shoulder.

Maybe because of his sons, Shananet tried to get up, but it didn't seem easy.

"Ugh..."

Crane had already shed tears just by looking at Shananet and the twins.

"Let's come next time."

I said in a small voice, pulling Crane's hand slightly.

And turning.

"Grandfather...?"

Grandfather looked at Shananet with sad eyes.

Looking at the back of Shananet, who had been falling for some time, grandfather quietly turned around.

He didn't say anything, but I think it meant an order to follow him.

I took Crane's hand and went out to the park with Grandpa.

We followed the grandfather who was walking on the same street, as was his custom every day,.

For Crane, grandfather walked slower than usual.

Crane walked calmly without saying, maybe he was aware of grandpa's feelings.

And finally, we arrived at the spruce forest.

It was the place where the memories of grandparents were.

Grandfather stopped and said, gently touching the big tree.

"Do you know why Shananet was so sad when he lost the necklace?"

"I heard it's Grandma's memento."

I answered carefully.

"That's a valuable thing. I'd be so sad if something so precious disappeared."

My grandfather, who touched a pine tree as if he was remembering someone, smiled back at me.

And he stroked my head.

It was a slightly uninspired touch.

"Yes, I can't believe you understand Shananet's feelings. Tia we're very good."

And grandfather spoke muttering.

"Shananet is very close to Natalia. She was the first and only daughter among her brothers. Natalia gave it to Shananet herself before she closed her eyes."

That necklace is more special than I thought.

Now that he lost such a memento, how great a sense of loss it was.

"If it's something very valuable, he'll have to find it at all costs ..."

"Aunt Shananet is a peace-loving man in Lombardy."

"...What's?"

"Just, I think he's like that."

That was the conclusion I came to after I thought about why Shananet divorced in his previous life, and lost so much.

Shananet did not want to ruin Lombardy's peace because of his personal problems.

He never imagined that Vestian had another woman, and he sacrificed everything for Lombardy and the twins.

Shananet thought, that was a very good choice. 

I thought for a moment, and carefully patted grandfather's sleeve and asked.

"To be careful, Grandpa."

"Hmm?"

"Do you have anything left by my grandmother? Things she could always carry, like a necklace."

"Well, there's some rings left by Natalia."

"Then why don't you give it to Aunt Shananet? Maybe not as much as a necklace, but I guess it could fill up a little bit of empty space."

"Oh, that's a great way! Yeah, gotta!"

Grandfather's face, which remained bitter, was wide open.

"Yes God! Smart girl!"

My grandfather even hugged me so tightly that his thorny beard stung my face.

Crane sees his grandfather laughing loudly for the first time and then sneaks in to get a pat on the head.

"Yes, yeah. I'm gonna go find Natalia's jewelry box."

Patting Crane's round head, Grandpa continued to laugh cheerfully.

* * *

Caramel Avenue, a dessert shop, has marked its third day of work this week.

Today is the day that Clerivan meets Vestian again, and I stopped by for something sweet.

I had no doubt that Clerivan would do as well as I instructed, so I felt light on the way to the dessert shop.

Some of this time, I ate cake on the 2nd floor of this store more than just buying it .

"Um! It's delicious!"

The sweet and savory taste of the soft cream filled with forks made me stomp my feet.

Bate, the waiter, smiled slightly, putting the dishes and other desserts in front of me.

"You really like our cake."

"Because it's delicious! And I feel comfortable when I come here."

"Comfortable?"

"Yes! Hm. I feel like I'm in my hiding place where no one knows."

Hearing my words, Bate stopped moving and looked at me.

Her mysterious yellow eyes made me feel as if I was looking at a real gem.

"I just said that."

I avoided his eyes and shifted the subject.

"Today, I want two boxes of desserts for adults. I'll give it as a gift."

This is a dessert that adults love, so I'll take it to Shananet, who's been moody ever since she lost her necklace.

"Then, please send one of them to the Pellet Company."

It was a snack gift for Clerivan and Violet who worked hard lately.

"Yes, Miss. I'll take him if you wait a minute."

Bate nodded politely and went downstairs.

Leaving me alone again, I enjoyed the new dessert that Bate brought me a while back.

"Ha ha ha!"

"Miss, you're good at kidding!"

A group of women across the same second floor laughed out loud.

Aky looked back because there was a loud noise.

My eyes met a woman in the crowd.

It was Maria Patron who was smiling with her face covered with a fan.

"Oh, that's so disgusting."

The happiness I felt a moment ago seemed to fly away in an instant.

I can't believe I met that woman here.

Even worse, Maria Patron and her friend whispered a few words and came up to me.

Oh come. Don't come...

"Hello, Miss. Are you Florentia Lombardy?"

He boldly came and spoke to me.

"Yes that's right."

I deserve the Most Friendly Child of the Year award because I didn't rip that woman's hair here

"I, I saw you at the Pellet Company banquet last time ..."

Maria Patron, who seemed a little embarrassed by my cold reaction, smiled forcefully and pretended to be close.

"That's how."

"Whoa, the party's a little crowded for a little kid, right? Seeing you don't remember me... That day, I greeted Lord Lombardy separately..."

Maria Patron shrugged and said, realizing the girls who were with her, we were deliberately listening.

"Ah, at that time..."

As I pretended to remember, Maria Patron put on a 'Sure' face'.

"A low-ranking noble who spoke to my grandfather without knowing the subject."

The women laughed out loud, and Maria Patron's face flushed red.

How foolish.

I think he only has eyes for men, he doesn't have eyes to judge people.

No matter how young I was, he didn't even realize that he was treating me like a fool.

A person with such common sense was simply a joke in the bloody social circle of the Imperial Capital.

The women, who laugh at Maria Patron as much as possible, are like that.

The people who made fun of the low-class nobles from the countryside.

Finally, it was time to turn my head, I looked at Maria Patron coldly.

Then I looked.

Something he shouldn't have.

Did I see it wrong?

I blinked but the thing didn't go away.

"That canyon..."

The necklace is a sapphire round shape with unique cutting and high purity, although it does not have much decoration.

It was clearly Shananet's necklace.