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"Now, I think we'll all remember that I had two wives. Narae, his rightful wife, was the daughter of the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Rameau, who became the adopted daughter of the Sawazier family, and married me. Me and Narae's eldest son died at an early age, and my second son, who had nominated him as his successor, died five years ago. He nominated his second eldest son, Zepus, as his next successor, but this also died last year, and he intended to nominate Zepus' brother, Dopus, as his successor, waiting for the mourning of the year to dawn. But three days ago, Dops died."
Here for a while Prado cut the words and took a moment before making a shocking statement.
"By poison needles."
There was a fuss. In it, Norma observed calmly. Who and who are you really surprised by, and who and who are you not surprised by.
"There it is, Xandria. I need to ask you something."
"Yes, sir"
"You came back to this vodka ten days ago with the third boy you gave birth to in your daughter-in-law to the Bordolins"
"Yes, sir"
"And I said unto him, Why not make the third boy of the House of Bordolin a trace of my Goncourt? Despite the fact that Dops was alive and well enough to be his next successor. Dops was healthy and had never had one cold and had not shown any signs of illness or anything at all. That's where I want to hear it, Xandria."
"Yes, sir"
"Who told you that Dops might die, etc.?
"Oh, that. But Father, I could hear that Dops was suffering from a severe illness, even in the town of Bantaroy."
"Who was it that blew that big lie into you?
"Oh, that's"
Xandria turned left. A squire behind left took control of it with Xandria on his shoulder.
The next thing Xandria saw was the upper seat at the back of the kinship seat.
The old man, sitting second from the top, opened his mouth, as if he had been nodded by that gaze.
"Dear Hall. Master Xandria also went out of his way to return home only if he wished the Goncourt family survival and peace. Besides, we have to get a successor to your house as soon as possible, more than Master Dops has died."
Before the noma is a paper with the names of the attendees of the kinship meetings in the order in which they are seated. It was a man named Sacrud Baim who just spoke. He is the husband of Prado's sister.
"Come on. Now that the town of Voca was in a bad state of development, let's get closer and closer to Bantaroy. Deepening our friendship with the Bordolins is a way forward for the Goncourt family."
It was a man named Hama Gaxt who just spoke. He is the head of the branch and grandson of Prado's brother.
Several relatives have since made statements defending Xandria. The interesting thing is that there were a few people who were eye-catching and prompted by them but still pierced the silence.
(Those who breathed in the Bordolins)
('Cause there's some in front of the Bordolins)
(I cannot fail to support Ms Xandria's opinion at once)
But among those who originally promised to cooperate with Lady Xandria,
(Some people seem to perceive the situation as subtle and not show a clear attitude)
Norma was calmly, more amused, listening to her relatives.
Prado opened his mouth again when a single opinion came out.
"Let's get back to it. Dops has also died. Speaking in turn, the next candidate for succession is the eldest son of the late Zeps, Guidos. But Gyps is five this year. Given that I am seventy-one years old, if I nominate Gaips as my successor, I risk my Lord's seat being blank until Gaips grows up after my death."
"If you become a pavilion, you will not receive an invitation from the god of the underworld for another decade or twenty years."
It was Don Cospez sitting at the top of the kinship seat on the side of Okinawa who described his misguided obedience. It is a heavy town of the clan that Norma was supposed to ask to be the guardian of Gaips if he refused to take over as his successor.
Following Don's words, many relatives made the oriented statement that they believed in Prado's long life.
"So shall I put my guardian in the Gaips?"
Here Prado cut the words, drank the water and moistened his throat before telling him the words to follow.
"I thought about nominating a successor to the relay"
"Successor to the relay?
"No way."
"Isn't the next lord, Lord Guides?"
Prado controlled the purposeful air with his hands and mouthed the words that followed.
"Now, my second wife, Roxona, came out of the Occult family of Bigo, to whom it originated, but the Occult family was cut off. Me and Roxona had a daughter named Corona."
Here Prado sent his gaze to Norma, who sat next to him on the left.
Norma, slightly dull, looks forward rather than anywhere, with a soft grin on her mouth.
"Corona married Master Thursfree of the Wazlov family and gave birth to Lord Norma. To my left is his lord Norma, who needless to say is my grandson. I'm going to nominate this lord Norma as my next successor, and I'm going to have him take an oath to give up our Lord's seat when Gaips grows up."
The Great Hall became noisy.
A lot of words flew by, but it was Don Cospez, a heavy town of the clan, that made the one word that summed it up.
"With all due respect, Master Hall. Although the name of this Don Cospez, the therapist Lord Norma, is known for the events of the month of September last year, I have never heard of such a thing as being from the Goncourt main house. It is also the first time that a marriage has been made between my Goncourt family and the Marquis Wazlov family of Mashajane. I wonder what this is all about."
That's a little bit of a lie, Norma thought.
There is no way that a person such as the clan's Heavy Town has not collected information about our Lord's daughter or grandson. You naturally knew Norma was Corona's daughter and Prado's grandson.
It should have been investigated that Corona's husband is a pharmacist and practitioner and researcher named Thursfree. He may also have even known that he had some connection to the Wazlov family. However, no further information could have been obtained. As for Corona, Norma's mother, because the Wazlov family should have had thorough information management.
"It would be nice if you could explain that from Lord Norma himself. Lord Norma."
Prado turned left and signaled with his eyes. Norma nodded in gaze with Prado and stood up.