Clerivan's frowned face looked as if he had received a breakup notification.4

"Sir, sir?"

"If I was not enough to support you, I'll do my best. Learn more and gain more experience. So please reconsider."

He is the same person in the past, but this was so different from the Clerivan I know.

Clerivan did not break his pride in front of anyone.

Even in front of my grandfather, he always maintained a stiff attitude that he thought would be okay.

Honestly, I'm embarrassed.

I couldn't believe it, so I asked as if to confirm.

“So you’re saying you’re going to help me?”

"No. I'm asking you to allow me to help you."

"Why…… ?"

My heart came out without my knowledge.

Have I ever done anything big enough for Clerivan to come out like this?

No.

Rather, it moved quietly and quietly, whether people noticed or I attracted attention.

But why does the Clerivan Pellet look like this?

Clerivan looked at me, muttering blankly, with a grimace, and replied.

"Because I saw the possibility in the lady."

“If it's possible, you mean the possibility that I'll be a smart adult later on?”

"No."

Clerivan shook his head.

"The possibility to save this Lombardy."3

It felt like I was stabbed.

In the future, I am running with a pledge to save this beautiful family that Viese is going to eat like a family member.

I have never spoken that thought out to anyone.

I barely took care of my facial expressions, and then came back with an innocent face and asked again.

"You are saying that our family is dying right now?"

At my question, Clerivan was ill and corrected his words.

"Not yet, because the Lord is firmly seated. But …."

Clerivan, trying to explain something long, suddenly shortened her words and stared at me.

Then he said with a little bleak smile.

"You're testing me again, lady."1

And he said to me in a tone that seemed to have no doubt.

“Don’t you already know, even my lady?”

Clerivan laughs quietly.

Oh, I'm not fooling him again.

I had no choice but to shrug once.

"You are saying that Viese Lombardy should not be the next Lord."

Instead of deliberately saying that he was 'uncle', I called the name Viese.

Anyway, except for Shananet, I didn't feel the kind of blood relationship with my father's brothers, so this was comfortable.

Clerivan didn't seem to care about that at all.

Rather, he was delighted to see what I was saying.

"You must be the future of Lombardy, my lady."

"What is the reason?"

"That's it, of course, Viese Lombardy is not suitable to be next Lord."

"No, not that one."

I cut off Clerivan's horseback.

“According to the teacher's words, it would be much better for me to take over the position of Lord when I grow up than for Viese to become Lord. That's not what I'm curious about.”

I smiled like a habit.

“I’m asking why you believe in me and stay by my side.”

"That's……”

For the first time, Clerivan showed hesitation.

I did not rush.

I just sat down and waited for Clerivan to clear up his thoughts.

“I’m originally from Dillard's family.”

It was the first words from a carefully opened mouth.

“My father is Romasie Dillard, who is currently in charge of top Lombardy.”

I knew it from my previous life.

However, only very few people really knew this.

So, it was all about the other families who had a deep connection to Lombardy.

Romasie Dillard never officially admitted that there was an outside marriage child, and the Clerivan did not say that he was the Romasie sons.

He was helping my grandfather with the job, and he only got to know it by accident.

Even then, my grandfather forced him to hold back.

Even though he knew that I wasn't the one who will tell the story to others, I asked him several times.

To that extent, the fact that he was an extramarital child raised in a shadow was a huge scar that could not be erased by his great pride.

But he was telling me his secret right now.

“When I grew up, my father wanted me to leave Lombardy to live independently. He will give me enough support, so he encourages me to become a bureaucrat in the Imperial Palace or go to other areas to make a living. That is the reason."

Clerivan's blue eyes looked straight at me.

"Because my loyalty to this Lombardy is great. More than anyone else in the Dillard family"

Then he added words like self-excuse.

"That doesn't mean that I have any regrets in Dillard's family. I also wanted to get out of the Dillard family and build my own territory, and I just want to contribute to Lombardy in my own way. But……."

Clerivan said, frowning his straight eyebrows, seeing what he really hated.

"It's true my respect for the Lord, but he's really bad about growing his children...."

I have no choice but to admit it.

The buds of his three sons are almost annihilated, and Shannanet, who can see the buds of Lord, is a daughter.

“Especially in the case of Viese, who pretends that he was already decided to be the next Lord, is his head filled with poop instead of brain…?”10

Clerivan, who was pouring out harsh words, noticed me and quickly turned away.

“So I was discouraged about whether I could work for Lombardy until Lord was alive. I was in charge of education because I wanted to, but the result is still the same. Then I see you."