In This Life, I Will Be The Lord

Chapter 21

The mansion was noisy early in the morning.

Employees were also busy earlier than usual, looking out the window, there were dozens of wagons parked by customers on a straight road leading from the front door to the main building.

I was staring at the scenery outside the window, and someone called me.

"Florentia."

It was Clerivan dressed in a cool navy blue tunic today.

"Larane just said that the most valuable property for a merchant is 'trust'."

"Yapp?."

I forgot for a moment.

I was taking classes now.

To take classes without exceptions on a day like today, was truly a Clerivan style.

"What do you think?"

As I looked at myself farther, Clerivan asked again.

What do you think?

"I think it's correct."

A trustworthy customer for a trader is life-saving.

And it was certainly an important asset because it wasn't readily available.

"Then, does Florentia agree with Larane's opinion? The most valuable property for a trader is a trusted business partner?"

"Hmm. That's not it. The answer I've been thinking of is similar, but a little different."

"This is Florentia's turn, so can you tell me the answer to your homework?"

I got surprised and scratched my cheek.

There is no fixed answer to this problem.

Each person has different values.

"I think the most valuable property for a merchant is 'people'."

It may be stereotypical, but I think this is the correct answer.

"After all, everything is done by people. Any important decision or difficult choice is made by people."

As I watched my father work this time, I felt refreshed.

As before, the coroi textile business had been badly damaged and caused quite a blow to Lombardy.

Of course, for Lombardy, the loss was at a level that could be quickly recovered, but there was a bigger loss.

It was the credit of those who believed in the name of top Lombardy and bought the coroi fabric for the first time.

My grandfather compensated for all the damage he suffered from unsold fabrics, in Lombardy's name, and that caused more damage to the family.

But this time I intervened. However, I am not an expert in textiles, so I only changed one thing.

There was only one change that caused a tremendous change.

"And the more a merchant earns more and more money, the more he can't do all the work alone. So, wouldn't the person whom I can trust and entrust to me become more precious?"

In fact, it wasn't just commerce. The same was true for the Emperor and Lombardy.

The Emperor made an academy until he got the money he didn't have and made the people of the Imperial family marry the influential nobles.

It is to make their side thoroughly. The same was the reason why my grandfather was so keen on collecting talent.

In addition, my grandfather runs a scholarship system in which talented people are created by bringing outstanding talents to Lombardy.

All of these investments are ultimately meant to win people.

So I thought to walk a similar path.

The only difference between my grandfather and me was the probability.

The probability that the talented people who have been invested will not be able to fulfill their roles, and the probability that they will not become Lombardy's people.

Since the scholarship system was not a slave contract, there were quite a few people who finished their studies and worked for families other than Lombardy.

Grandpa doesn't have much to say about it, but every time he does, he'll feel pretty sick.

But I am different.

The people I will make friends with and invest in are those who will play a tremendous role in the future.

Besides, I know exactly what they want and what they need, so when the time comes they will be my people.

Neither Lombardy nor the Second Prince, but mine.

The faces of the people to be recruited floated before my eyes.

It was only a pity that the radius of action was still limited, so I could not reach all of them.

I sighed inside and asked, looking at the first person I would make my own.

"What do you think, Mr. Clerivan?"

The commercial genius who started empty-handed in just a few years and created one of the best companies in the empire, Clerivan Pellets I will persuade and recruit him.

I showed the smile of a cute and smart child, a kind of recruitment appeal.

"That's a good idea."

"Hehehe. Thank you."

He wants to teach someone smart, cute, polite and can learn quickly.

"Hmm."

Just as expected.

The right corner of Clerivan's mouth lifted, covered his mouth with his fist, and coughed, loosening up.

As if to focus on class again, Clerivan turned to the blackboard and suddenly shaken his hand and said.

"Then, will it be like this today? I will finish it early than usual "

"Wow! That's it!"

"It's freedom!"

Gilliu and Mayron jumped up from their seats and running to me.

I don't like it much.

But, for some reason, Clerivan also organized his books without saying anything.

"Then, we'll see you in the banquet in a moment."

As soon as Clerivan had finished speaking, the twins grabbed my arms one by one on each side and dragged them.

"Tia, let's go! Let's go!"

"I'm hungry! Let's go quickly before everything delicious gone!"

Nothing to eat at an event hosted by the Lombardy family?.

But the hungry 10-year-olds were like snotting bison.

I told them to calm down.

"The food doesn't come out until I go, the main character!"

"Ah, is that so? Then we have to go faster!"

"Yes! Go and eat delicious food We have to eat it all!"

"Ugh."

I was eventually led by the two and started running halfway.

As I start to breathe little by little, my heart beats and I feel better.

As a child, I laughed without knowing as I ran through the hallway of the Lombardy mansion, who felt even bigger.

Mayron and Gilliu said aloud to me.

"Happy birthday, Tia!"

Yes.

Today is my 8th birthday.

* * *

The Eleanor Hall, used for banquets in the mansion, was crowded with people.

The band was already playing cheerful songs, and the smell of delicious food being cooked hard in the kitchen stimulated the sense of smell.

From carpets on the floor, long curtains on windows, to centerpieces on each table.

None of them are of the highest quality.

Among those who attended my birthday party, the first people to visit the Lombardy family's banquet are distinguished.

It was because I couldn't take my eyes off the colorful paintings and sculptures that filled the ceiling of the high hall.

As I entered the banquet hall with the twins, I looked around for a while as if it was the first time I hear, and I muttered without knowing.

"I'm sure Lombardy is awesome...."

What kind of family in this world can hold such a magnificent and splendid banquet?

It's also for an eight-year-old child.

On my 8th birthday, Patty from a previous life was extremely normal.

During the day, I had fun with my father, and in the evening, I ate dinner with other family members.

And when I got back to the room, I found some birthday presents.

Of course, the gifts were more expensive than other homes, but they passed quietly that way anyway.

"Wow, that's exciting!"

"There's also a clown over there!"

It was because it was not a regular banquet, but because it was a child's birthday party, there were many children from other noble families, and as the twins said, there were also clowns who would entertain the children.

"By the way, how many people have come this way?"

Not all of these people could have come purely to celebrate my life.

Even though many people want to participate in a banquet hosted by Lombardy, it is not an important place to come by the ass-heavy aristocrats mobilizing their young children.

I was looking around the banquet hall to find out why, and someone tapped me on the shoulder.

"Tia, happy birthday."

"Larane."

She rolled her hair beautifully, so she was prettier today.

"The family is up there. Go."

Eleven-year-old Larane grabbed my hand and started walking towards the point I pointed out a little while ago.

"We go together!"

As I waited for the banquet to begin, the twins, who were eating the provided fruit, quickly caught up behind me.

However, it didn't seem easy for four children to get through the gap between these crowded people.

"Huh?"

But something strange happened.

Apparently, the people who seemed to be in a hurry to laugh and chat among themselves, when we start to move, the sea moves like a splitting point and opens the way.

After all, everyone was conscious of us.

Unlike me, who was a little surprised, Larane and the twins seemed familiar with this situation.

Because of my father, who is not good at social activities, I seldom participated in a banquet of nobles.

But the other cousins didn't.

Following my parents, I often attended these banquets.

Just like Belsach did the last time.

As I walked forward, receiving the attention of the people, I saw Lombardy's family as Larane said.

Shananet, Viese, and Laurels' families were all gathered in one place.

Everyone looks good like this.

Anyway, when I looked at it from such a distance, the people of Lombardy gathered in one place were enough to be admired by other nobles.

Should I say that I feel a force that cannot be explained well in words?

"Florentia, come here."

Grandpa found me and said, laughing.

Larane first let go of her hand, and I laughed wide and ran to my grandfather.

"How do you like your birthday banquet?"

Don't be honest with this.

But since I was a good granddaughter, I chose a choice.

"I was surprised. I didn't know there were so many people coming to my birthday banquet, Grandpa."

"haha ...."

Grandpa said, smiling and stroking my head.

"This grandfather summoned some acquaintances. Come and congratulate us on the birthday of Florentia."

"Wow, that's it!"

"You don't know yet because Florentia is young, but there are times when it's more about who comes to celebrate than the joy itself among adults."

I don't know why Grandpa.

I looked at the people in the banquet hall with fresh eyes.

Certainly, most of them are high-ranking nobles.

It meant that the status of the people who came here was the social status of me and Lombardy.

"And also, there are as many people as your father's guests as the ones this grandfather called."

Apart from the innocent children, it seemed that many of them are those who want to put a string on my father.

My father's textile business hit a big, so it must be the aftermath.

"But where is Dad, Grandpa?"

My grandfather was slightly embarrassed by my question and answered.

"That's a little bit late. He stopped by the textile workshop and said he was coming right away, so he'll come right away."

"Yes, got it."

It is a hundred times better for my father's business to flourish than for such a birthday party.

Grandpa laughed at me and lifted the cup in front of me.

The buzzing banquet hall was curiously quiet.

"Now, then the birthday's main character has arrived, so let's start the banquet... ... ."

It was when my grandfather focused his attention and tried to announce the start of the banquet.

The door of the banquet hall that I had entered and closed, opened and someone came in.

At first, I wondered if my father had come, but it wasn't my father to walk on the carpet with everyone's attention.

"What...."

I muttered in embarrassment.

As if he was very accustomed to having hundreds of eyes on him, he slowly walked up to me and said hello first.

"Hello, Florentia."

Grandpa said that it was more important who came to celebrate than the joy itself.

I looked up at my grandfather and wanted to ask.

'Hey, grandpa.'

Then what will happen if the first Prince who hasn't been called comes as a guest?