Gerald did not take good care of Louella when the Duke was sick. So he had to level up his game when he found out that Arthur, Louella’s father, and Louella got sick. He had to invent the medicine to cure it.
In other words, the first hurdle has been crossed.
Gerald recognized that he, himself, was a difficult man to warm up.
He was born with it, so he was trying to fix it.
The second hurdle was under way.
Another one.
Louella’s disease. Louella had been sick and it only got worse when she became pregnant.
In his second past life, she didn’t get the disease at that time, so now no one knew when Louella would have the sickness.
This was also one of the obstacles Gerald had to cross.
And there must be more reasons for all of the questions he had…
Gerald was still looking for answers.
“Gerald…”
“What if Louella rejects my sincerity?” Gerald uttered his sincerity in a low voice. “It could be my last chance, mother. I can’t just let it slip away.”
Lois sighed.
“I can’t live without Louella, Mother.”
Before Lois knew it, she saw Gerald’s face as that of a man who loved a woman. He had become an adult who loved someone passionately.
Lois wanted Gerald’s heart to be happy, and the answer was Louella.
The Logan family men only knew one woman in their lifetime. Just as Teilon only knew about Lois.
Lois clasped Gerald’s hand. “I support you, Gerald. I’m sure you’ll do well. I will tell you about the Tree of Life—-.”
“Can I be designated a book?”
“It’s impossible for you to get invited to it, but it’s possible for me to do it for you.”
“Thank you so much, Mother.”
“Yes…”
Lois patted Gerald on the back of his hand.
“I’ll send a letter to the chairman right away. It might arrive tomorrow. You’ll be able to attend this meeting from now on. For Louella… I’ll take it as though I had already been given a present, by allowing you to go there on my behalf.”
“Thank you.”
Gerald kissed the back of his mother’s hand. Lois swept her hand across the face of her son, who was blunt and did not smile that much.
The only one that could make Gerald laugh was Louella. She didn’t know why Louella turned away from Gerald, but she had hoped that it would work out between them.
“Yes, Gerald. You’re going to help your father with his work now, right?”
“Yes.”
Lois kissed the back of Gerald’s hand in return. “My son, may the road be full of happiness.”
Gerald smiled bitterly.
Happiness.
Louella was absolutely necessary to define his happiness. That was the only ingredient for Gerald to be happy.
* * *
After a long time, I was called by my mother and was called Louxid.
Louxid. It was a combination of my name and Alexid’s.
It was so cute and simple.
My mom pulled my hand and said, “Louella, what do you think of this silk? Do you think this outfit will go well and is somehow trendy?”
Merchants from Turantot stood holding the silk with nervous faces. Today was the day that would determine their whole year’s earnings.
This year’s fashionable clothes.
Romantic styles had been the mainstream this year, apparently. It was a bit fancier, and there was a lot of lace.
Should I say that I wanted them to find something like that?
I was learning about my mother’s work in selecting and distributing the silk of Turantot, so I carefully examined the silk.
“Mom, how about this and this?”
My mother nodded. “That’s good. You have a sense of this.”
Did I just get complimented? Hoot.
Sure, sure.
I actually had a rough idea about what clothes would be in fashion for the next 10 years!
After this year’s trend, a casual style will begin to trend next year. Reducing the volume of the dress and lace would be great as well.
What if I choose to lead the trend?
It is actually possible, now that I think of it.
“Mom, this silk and this silk.”
“Lulu? That doesn’t fit the trend.”
“What if we lead the trend?”
“Is that possible?”
It’s possible. And you have me, mom.
I’ve just made my social debut. Fortunately, my debut was successful.
I wasn’t the type to be hated anywhere. I used to look good here and there, kinda popular.
Even now I had a group of acquaintances, and most of them are nobles. The ladies had a good opinion of me as well.
Usually, people who emerged from social gatherings led the trend. I used to wear new clothes because I was asked to wear something a few times.
“It’s possible.”
“Well, if that’s the case. All right, Lulu, I will go with you. Then will you take charge of this?”
“Uh. I can’t do it alone.”
“Of course, you’ve just come of age. Whose help do you want? As expected, would you want Gerald to help you?”
“Veronica! After Veronica and Alexid get married, we’re going to help each other out. I’m telling you, it’s Veronica!”
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T/N: Tree of Life: It’s a book that symbolizes the origin and structure of the universe and the origin of life. Tree of life can also be referred to as Yggdrasil. It is the tree of life in Norse mythology. Yggdrasil is an eternal green ash tree in Norse mythology.
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