Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 64

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“Hidden condition…?”

What’s that now?

[Special item 〈Pioneer’s Will〉 has been granted!]

[〈Celestial Realm〉 has recognized your existence!]

[〈Spirit Beast Realm〉 has recognized your existence!]

[〈Demon Realm〉 has recognized your existence!]

[They show different reactions to the appearance of the Pioneer.]

[Whether this will be a boon, a bane, or nothing at all for the Reader, we cannot know.]

[They have only recognized you; they are not yet watching you.]

[If you wish to avoid attention, you must act carefully in the future.]

[On the other hand, attracting attention could also be a method.]

[Fate lies solely in the hands of the Pioneer.]

I was silent for a moment, processing the countless messages that appeared.

There was much talk about the Celestial Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Spirit Beast Realm – things I couldn’t understand for now.

But one thing was certain: my decision had caused a significant change.

I swallowed hard.

‘First, let’s check the item.’

〈Pioneer’s Will〉

A treasure born from the embodiment of the will to seize fate.

Only those who have persisted on their own path, despite the countless warnings of the guide, can be the owner of this treasure.

Whether there will be foolish regret or abundant joy at the end of that path remains to be seen.

Those with the Pioneer’s Will do not succumb to random probabilities and number games.

You can directly choose whatever you want according to your will.

The opportunity is only once.

The ambiguous words made me doubtful, but soon I understood what it meant.

‘It means I can choose directly instead of being randomly selected!’

In other words, instead of randomly getting Cash from the 10,000 Cash Gacha Ticket, I get to choose the Cash amount I receive.

‘Amazing?!’

How much I had suffered because of random draws.

5,000 Cash would sometimes turn into a measly 100 Cash, and I nearly vomited blood from the frustration.

But if I use this, nothing like that will happen!

‘Using this on a Cash Gacha Ticket would be foolish.’

The opportunity is only once.

‘Then…’

I decided where to use it.

“I’ll check the additional rewards first.”

[Checking additional rewards.]

[There is an item available to check rewards. Would you like to use it?]

It’s asking if I want to use 〈Pioneer’s Will〉.

I shook my head firmly.

“No.”

[Calculating additional rewards…calculation complete.]

[〈Potion of Luck〉 has been granted.]

[〈20,000 Cash Gacha Ticket〉 has been granted.]

[〈30,000 Cash Gacha Ticket〉 has been granted.]

[〈20,000 Cash Gacha Ticket〉 has been granted.]

No unique items like Hermes’s Jjak [a particularly desirable item] came out, but this was better for me right now.

I’m going to unequip the equipped ability and summon a new novel.

‘Plus, a Potion of Luck and Cash Gacha. The combination is good.’

I’m lucky.

I should use the Potion of Luck first.

[Using 〈Potion of Luck〉.]

A window appeared with Hermes’s Jjak and the Potion of Luck drawn on it.

As I reached for the Potion of Luck, the potion bottle materialized and was held in my hand.

Green potion!

Just looking at it made my mouth water.

I drank the potion without hesitation.

This taste that refreshingly finishes the sweet mouth!

Indeed, the best taste created by the British royal family!

Satisfied, I used all the remaining Cash Gacha Tickets, including the ones I just received.

After checking my 보유 Cash [possessed Cash], I had:

– 보유 Cash: 72800 Cash

I had become an incredibly rich Cash owner.

Good. This is enough.

“Unequip ability.”

[Please state the ability you wish to unequip.]

“〈It Wasn’t There, But It Was〉.”

[Using 5,000 Cash to unequip the ability 〈It Wasn’t There, But It Was〉.]

Then, one of the crystal hearts in the heart on Akirtus’s cover slid out.

I stored it in the ability storage.

Good, I’ve secured an empty space with this.

“Summon novel!”

[Please state the 〈Novel〉 you wish to summon.]

“〈Lady Baby〉!”

[Using Cash to summon the novel 〈Lady Baby〉.]

The pages of Akirtus turned, the existing letters disappeared, and new letters began to be engraved.

[Using the trait 〈Rush and Cash〉 to extract the female lead’s ability from the 〈Novel〉.]

[There is an item available to use for ability extraction. Would you like to use it?]

“Use it.”

[Using the item 〈Pioneer’s Will〉.]

[Stopping random extraction.]

[You can extract the desired ability with the effect of 〈Pioneer’s Will〉.]

With that message, light flickered and rose from the book.

Unlike usual, the light did not merge and become a crystal.

It simply fluttered around me like butterflies.

White butterflies, black butterflies, silver butterflies, golden butterflies…

Countless groups of light.

Although there were no phrases written about what kind of ability it was, I could intuitively know what was what.

When I found what I wanted among them, I reached out without hesitation.

The butterfly of light caught in my hand turned into a heart crystal.

[You have selected the ability 〈With Such Singing Skills, Only〉.]

Hmm.

No matter how I look at it, the naming sense is terrible…

[Equipping ability.]

〈With Such Singing Skills, Only〉

– Empathy Phrase:

“Why is Ether coming out of Calliope Rustichel’s song!”

As the High Priest said.

Ether, the mother and origin of Aura, Mana, and Divine Power.

Ether, the source of all life, flowed out on Calliope’s song.

The vibrations created by Calliope’s voice enveloped people.

It moistened the hearts of wounded people like sweet rain falling on barren land.

Not only mages who manipulate mana, knights who manipulate aura, and priests who manipulate divine power, but even ordinary people could not help but feel the immense power.

The song containing that power had a definite sense of mass and awakened the people held captive by the saintess’s song.

This is the moment when the female lead of 〈Lady Baby〉 awakened her ability.

She has the ability to generate Ether through song.

With such singing skills, you can only create miracles.

How to use this ability is entirely up to the Reader.

– Ability Effect: Generates massive amounts of Ether through song.

– Uses Available: 0/3

‘This is it.’

Obtaining the 〈Pioneer’s Will〉 in a situation where there was only one ability left to extract was incredibly lucky.

Without it, the ability would have been equipped as it was extracted without a chance to choose.

I summoned the status window and examined it.

– Extractable Abilities: 5/5

Three abilities currently equipped and two abilities in storage.

The number of abilities that can be extracted is full.

This means that I cannot draw new abilities unless I completely use the abilities or discard the unequipped abilities.

I clenched my fist tightly.

‘I hope my hypothesis is correct.’

* * *

Endless pain consumed the child’s body and mind.

It felt as if a worm with sharp teeth was crawling through his head, eating away at his brain.

In the seething pain, the child had to face even more agonizing memories.

“I will offer this child to His Majesty! So please save me and let me live without any shortages! I will live quietly.”

“Let’s see. Indeed, indeed. Is this the monster?”

“Here is your mother’s head.”

“She ran to me to sell you out to save her own life, and you’re still sad? It’s ridiculous.”

“Hmm? He’s naturally resilient, so he’s holding up well. It seems we can draw the picture the Empress wants.”

“Kill, kill, kill, kill!”

“It is a sin for a lowly being to be born with the power of a monarch.”

“Please save me! Hyung [older brother], hyung, save me!”

“I look forward to seeing you wriggle like a worm and suffer eternally.”

All sorts of people came out and spat on the child, criticizing him.

Memories that do not disappear.

He cannot escape even if he wants to.

The cursed Geumje [a type of curse or magical restriction] continues to show the worst memories.

He no longer knew whether this was a real event or just an illusion.

The eternal nightmare was more vivid than reality.

Even at this moment, the memories shown by the Geumje filled his eyes and ears.

Just, like this—.

‘I want to die.’

The moment he thought that,

Flickering pink hair appeared at the end of his vision.

Blue eyes that seemed like an unreachable sky.

The girl’s face instantly drove away the illusion and appeared before his eyes.

‘Is this a dream?’

There’s no way this girl would be here.

But when the Geumje is activated, he can’t dream any dreams other than nightmares.

The child soon understood after contemplating.

In a way, this girl was a more terrible nightmare than anything he had ever seen.

The girl reached out her hand to him.

She gently brushed his hair back and opened her mouth.

He couldn’t hear what she was saying because of the pain.

The child focused all his nerves to hear the girl’s voice.

Only then could he hear it.

It was a song.

She was diligently humming something similar to a melody, patting her chest to keep the beat.

‘…She’s really bad at singing.’

But why?

Little by little, the blocked chest became comfortable.

The suffocation disappeared, and even breathing became easier.

Like rubbing a cool towel on a feverish area, so gradually.

As a little mental 余裕 [leeway/composure] returned, an intense desire arose more than ever.

That desire made his parched lips move.

“Kill…me.”

A strong desire for death arose.

When he was unconscious, he couldn’t even properly think about wanting to die.

But now, he finally had the freedom to think.

That freedom was beckoning towards death.

He wanted to end his breath like this.

If possible, by this girl’s hand.

Knowing that the girl in front of him was just a dream, he pleaded in a desperate voice.

The girl lowered her head and looked down at him.

Her face was completely shadowed, and her expression was not visible.

“It’s okay.”

A very kind and gentle voice.

And a drop of cold water touched his cheek, drop by drop.

It was raindrops falling from the girl’s face.

“You don’t have to die.”

Those words could never be salvation.

But why?

His eyes slowly closed.

“Live.”

The child fell into a deep sleep without realizing it.

A small song guarded him so that bad nightmares could not disturb the child’s rest.

* * *

‘It’s working.’

I clenched my fist tightly.

The number of red lines wriggling clearly on the child’s body decreased.

There are still far more lines left, but it was still a meaningful change.

‘The answer is to help him overcome the Geumje with his innate power.’

To do that, it’s important to generate Ether and support him from the side, but.

‘Eating well is also important!’

I packed a lot of food and went to his room.

After he collapsed, they moved him from the prison to an empty room.

‘Sorry, Dad, brothers.’

I promised not to go near him, but I can’t help it.

And surprisingly, I even discovered a secret passage.

Rather than discovering it, I secretly searched my dad’s office and found a part of the map.

Anyway, if there’s a secret passage, I should use it, right?

I pulled the handle of the passage.

Then, the wall opened silently.

The child was groaning in bed.

“Grandma’s here. Let’s eat.”

I spoke cheerfully on purpose, but there was no reply.

He didn’t have the mental capacity to be aware of his surroundings due to the fever and pain.

As I got closer, he looked at me with a blank expression as if trying to grasp the situation for a moment, then frowned.

“Don’t come.”

“It’s okay.”

“Don’t touch—.”

“It’s okay. It’s not contagious at all.”

I held his hand tightly.

The red lines were wriggling on the back of his hand, but they didn’t spread to me at all.

He looked at my hand holding his tightly, then slowly raised his head.

The gaze looking at me was strange, as if looking at a bizarre creature.

“You, want to touch something like this?”

“What can’t I touch? And calling your grandma ‘you.’ That’s more of a problem, you rascal.”

“…Is it a dream after all.”

No, it’s not a dream.

It doesn’t matter what he thinks.

If he realizes it’s reality, he’ll try to push me away again, so I didn’t deny it and pulled up a chair.

I took out a hot soup from the basket and held it out to him.

“Let’s eat even a little. You need to get better.”

“Eating something like that—.”

“I guess it’s hard to eat alone. Grandma will feed you.”

“No, ugh….”

He bent over, trying to get up.

“Are you, are you in a lot of pain?”

I was startled and supported him.

It ended with a slight stagger, as if it wasn’t too painful.

‘Phew, that’s a relief.’

At that moment, I felt hot breaths above my hair.

When I raised my head, he was looking down at me.

His lowered eyelashes cast a shadow on his eyes, creating a strange color.

The moment I thought he was pretty, our eyes met.