Manhwa/Chapter 4

## Chapter Guide

**Justice** is the 4th chapter of the **I Shall Master this Family!** (Manhwa).

## **Summary**

Florentia was angry. Her cousins had lied about what had happened. The only reliable option she had was grandfather. Rulac felt the bruised up Tia looking his way with an intense gaze.
Rulac firmly made Astaliu repeat what he said about the fight. Astaliu stumbled out words, not really being sure about them anymore. Bellezac screamed from the back interrupting, telling everyone how Florentia had always hated them.

This was a mistake. Rulac was well known to be strict when it came to manners and hated being interrupted when having a conversation with someone else. He got angry and glared at Bellezac reminding him of his manners. Bellezac flinched and clung closer to his father, crying.

Florentia knew how her grandfather felt about someone interrupting conversations, so she had kept silent and only spoke when her grandfather turned to her and asked her side of the story.
At first Tia was scared, in the first timeline, she would have avoided his gaze and ran away. Because that was how she was - a timid crybaby and illegitimate child.
She looked up at her father, gathering up courage and got off his lap facing the room. She simply said that she did nothing wrong.

Viese immediately started yelling at her attitude. He thought his son was in the right. He's yelling was cut short by Rulac, he had made the same mistake his son was reprimanded for.

Tia continued her explanation. She had been waiting for her father when Bellezac and Astaliu suddenly came up and teased her by calling her a half-breed, she told them to stop and then one of them hit her. Her grandfather asked which one of them hit her. She gathered up some air and very loudly proclaimed that it was Bellezac.
Bellezac and his father were shocked and scared at the little girls words.

Tia, now ready to expose the truth, added that Bellezac had said she was noting more than a gutter rat and that she should piss off to go live a commoners life. Gallahan was shocked when he heard his daughters words. Tia was sorry for her father, but couldn't hold it in anymore. She wanted to tell everyone just how terribly rotten they had been to her since childhood.

After hearing Tia out Rulac asked if that was the reason why she had raised her hand against Bellezac. Tia shook her head in a no. She explained the reason why she hit Bellezac was because he told her that she wasn't a Lombardi. She agreed that she was a daughter of a commoner, until the day her mother died she was denied the Lombardi name, she wasn't about to argue that, but even if she was a bastard child, she definitely still was a Lombardi. She was a Lombardi that her grandfather, Rulac, had recognized himself. To Tia that was not the only reason why she deserved the Lombardi name. In the first timeline she painfully realized the Lombardi name suits her a hundred times better than it does the fools who boast about having it. That alone proves that she deserved it as much as anyone else.

Rulac confirmed with her again the reasoning for the fight. Tia confirmed it, confidently. Rulac was silent and stared at her for awhile. He noticed her hurt knee and asked if it hurt. After conforming that it did hurt he asked why she was nor crying because he had heard that she is a crybaby. She answered that she will cry later in her room, but only after saying the things she needs to say. Rulac was surprised at her mature answer, he was so surprised he started laughing. Everyone else was startled by his sudden outburst. Gallahan told his father he wants to take Tia to treat her injuries. He agreed. Tia suddenly remembered about her book and skipped back where she had left it to get it.
Rulac recognized the book and asked if it was something she borrowed herself? She said that she did and apologized. Rulac was confused so Tia explained that she used it roughly and how she thought that a book is for spreading knowledge and not for harming them. He reminded her own words that she did nothing wrong. She quickly added that she thinks that it is also important to own up to your faults as soon as you've realized them. He laughed and agreed with her. Gallahan quickly took his daughter and left.

Viese interrupted their pleasant chat to complain, and demanded there to be punishment for Tia turning Bellezac ,the first grandson, into a mess. Rulac looked upon his eldest son with a cold gaze and asked if he really dared to question his judgment. Viese started fumbling around and begging for his father's forgiveness. Tia was frustrated at how this man still couldn't read the room.
Rulac announced that the discussion is done and everyone is dismissed, leaving back into his office.

Gallahan said his goodbyes and was leaving with Tia in his hands ,Viese tried to stop him, he stopped for a moment and looked back at his eldest brother asking him the words he had heard him say over and over again - "Aren't you fussing over a petty fight between children?".
Gallahan's brothers were stunned at the usually timid and shy brother's response.

Tia and Gallahan embraced each other as they walked away. She was happy to be in his arms and feel his familiar scent.

## **Quotes**

“If I were to be my past self, I would've avoided his gaze and run away. Because that was me, **a timid crybaby and illegitimate child.**”
—Florentia
## **Characters in Order of Appearance**

* Florentia Lombardi
* Rulac Lombardi
* Laurels Lombardi
* Gallahan Lombardi
* Bellezac Lombardi