Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 124

The Baby Runs the Romance Novel with Her Cash- Episode 124

☆ Chapter 124 ☆

At that moment, Sid’s hand gripped my waist tightly.

Huh?

My body was lifted into the air.

Sid’s face came into my wide eyes.

He smiled up at me.

It was a rather mischievous smile.

“You can’t step on me like this.”

Uh…….

Could he even make that expression?

Clap, clap, clap—!

I snapped back to reality at the sound of applause. The music had already ended.

“What a wonderful finale.”

“Such a cute little couple. So lovely.”

“Oh my, look at them holding hands and walking side by side. It’s definitely more fun to watch with a child.”

“Isn’t this the first time in the history of the Dawn Festival that a ten-year-old has advanced to the finals?”

“And yet, she achieved the best score… A Paeraton is a Paeraton, after all.”

I could hear people whispering as I left the dance hall.

The youngest participant with the best preliminary score.

Moreover, she was unfairly accused of cheating, but cleared her name herself.

I was in a position to attract attention.

People, and even newspapers, expected me to partner with Prince Esteban.

But suddenly, a new prince appeared, and I became his partner, so it was natural that all eyes were on us.

“L-Luatisha, Lady Luatisha!”

Just then, a loud, youthful voice called out.

I turned around to see Lady Pochet running towards me, her face full of excitement as she glared at me.

The child just panted for a while, staring at me, then raised her finger.

“N-Next time, I’ll show you something even better! Be prepared!”

Oh?

I just stared at her, feeling a little amused and embarrassed, and Lady Pochet awkwardly lowered her finger.

“It’s not that I feel wronged! It’s just that you did well this time, so it can’t be helped.”

Lady Pochet, who had been looking down in frustration, raised her head again and shouted.

“But don’t get me wrong! I’m a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times better than you!”

Lady Pochet roughly wiped away the tears welling up in her eyes with her fist and ran off.

The rolled-up red hair fluttered.

“I’m sorry. She kept begging to follow us, and I didn’t expect this.”

The Marquis Pochet gave me an embarrassed smile and apologized.

“It’s okay. It’s not something you need to apologize for, Marquis.”

“It’s been a while, Lady Luatisha. You’ve grown a lot.”

“I haven’t just grown taller since then, you know? How am I, quite mature, right?”

As I curtsied politely, Marquis Pochet chuckled.

“No matter how much you grow, you’re still a Lady. It’s nice to see you’re still the same.”

“Has your grandson, who is four years younger than me, also grown up well?”

The Marquis looked taken aback, then burst into laughter.

“I didn’t expect you to remember that.”

“How could I forget? You even suggested him as a potential groom when he was just a one-year-old baby.”

“It would have been nice if my grandson were just a little older. You don’t like younger men?”

“How old is he?”

“He’s four years younger than you.”

“…….”

“When you grow up, a four-year age difference is nothing.”

“Any guy with a grandpa who tries to push a one-year-old baby as a husband is definitely not good.”

“Oh dear, I’ve ruined my grandson’s future. But his granddaughter is exactly your age. I hope you two can meet and get along well later.”

“Hmph, we’ll see.”

“Haha, I was a bit out of line back then.”

Marquis Pochet cleared his throat, looking embarrassed.

Then, he whispered to me in a subtle voice.

“……How about now? Not just because he’s my grandson, but he’s smart and handsome—”

Marquis Pochet stopped talking abruptly.

His gaze was off to the side of me.

What is it?

I looked to the side, but Sid was just looking elsewhere.

He didn’t seem interested in this conversation, as he was looking around the party venue.

“I was being nosy again. It’s rude to bring up such a story in front of your partner.”

Marquis Pochet stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes.

“Looks like a lion cub has appeared.”

“A lion?”

“Yes, the king of the forest must be a lion, not a fox cub.”

Hmm, for some reason, Sid seems to have pleased Marquis Pochet.

Marquis Pochet greeted Sid first and struck up a conversation.

Following me, the Paeraton heiress, even the powerful Marquis Pochet.

Other nobles, who had been watching, slowly began to approach.

They must have been more curious than anyone about what kind of person Prince Sidrian was.

Of course, there were also those who were displeased.

“It’s ridiculous. A brat who wasn’t born, raised, or educated as a prince is trying to be treated like one.”

Esteban’s cold voice silenced the surroundings at once.

After all, Esteban was the only child of the Emperor who had solidified his position until now.

On the other hand, Sid was suddenly recognized by the Emperor and appeared almost for the first time.

Everyone knew that the Emperor was currently siding with Sid, but they didn’t know when that might change.

They hadn’t figured out whether the Emperor really considered Sid as his successor, or whether he was just using him as a pawn to check the Empress.

“Well, if being raised and educated as a prince results in that level, it doesn’t seem necessary.”

“What?”

Esteban’s face twisted as if he didn’t expect such a response.

“To dare, coming from a lowly womb! Judging by that language, it’s obvious where you’ve been rolling around while living outside the palace!”

Looking at his arrogant face, I was beyond dumbfounded and angry.

Naturally, the moment I first saw Sid came to mind.

The empty eyes.

He came to our house to die at that young age.

When I remembered the sight of him suffering from the writhing red seal, I really got angry.

“Your Highness.”

“Lady Paeraton. Leave that thing that you don’t even know what kind of filth is on him and befitting a noble—”

“Are you now saying that the people of the common folk are lowly and filthy, Your Highness?”

“What?”

I feigned a shocked expression.

“Oh my… I don’t know much, but my dad said that His Majesty the Emperor is always worried about how the people of the Empire can live safe and happy lives.”

Honestly, my dad had never said anything like that.

Even to me, the Emperor didn’t seem to care much about the people.

What the Emperor cared about was strengthening his imperial power, but what did I know?

To strengthen his imperial power, military power and the support of the people were essential, so he would care.

I glanced sideways and saw the Emperor, who had been subtly paying attention to us from afar, giving a subtle smile.

No ruler disliked hearing that they were working hard for the people.

“I thought Your Highness would naturally accept His Majesty’s will, but I was wrong.”

You grew up in the imperial palace for years, yet you’re going against the Emperor’s will?

Aren’t you in no position to say anything to Sid?

Esteban’s face turned red and blue as he read the meaning behind my words.

“You…….”

“How can Your Highness, who should embrace and cherish all the people of the Empire, speak so about the lives of commoners…? I’m so shocked. Or, is what I learned wrong?”

Looking around with a distressed face, kind-hearted noblewomen shook their heads at me, saying no.

Esteban seemed to have a lot to say to me, but he had no choice but to remain silent since the atmosphere had become like this.

“There’s an old saying that the people’s hearts are God’s heart.”

Honestly, I don’t even know if there’s such a saying here.

This was the basis of Joseon [Korean dynasty], which maintained the administrative system by grinding kings [criticizing the king’s actions to keep them in check].

There wasn’t really such a climate in the Western Middle Ages.

‘But this is a world made with reference to K-Romance Fantasy!’

I believe!

“I heard that the reason why His Majesty the Emperor sometimes goes on secret excursions is to take care of that public sentiment.”

“…….”

“May I dare to ask? Is Prince Sidrian’s journey, who has lived by the side of the people, truly a dirty life?”

Silence fell at my words.

Not all nobles were like that, but the more conservative they were, the more fastidious they were.

The heart to reject commoners.

Such nobles were tacitly agreeing with Esteban’s words that he ‘didn’t know where he had been rolling around.’

But when a child with unbiased eyes said this with a distressed face, those who knew shame lowered their heads.

My words had quite a political result, but I didn’t step out with that intention.

I was really angry.

“Let’s go, Sid.”

I grabbed Sid’s hand tightly and left the spot, huffing and puffing.

Our eyes briefly met as we passed Lady Michellin, Esteban’s partner, but I didn’t stop walking.

* * *

“Are you okay?”

As soon as we came out to the terrace and were alone, Luatisha asked Sidrian.

A face full of anger and sadness.

Sidrian couldn’t understand why this child was making such an expression.

“Seriously. That’s why you shouldn’t let a guy who grew up being pampered be?”

Luatisha muttered, feeling guilty, as Sidrian stared at her blankly.

“Well, I grew up being a little pampered too…….”

It wasn’t just a little pampered.

‘Hoo-ehng! I want the Ruru Empire!’

It was so pampered that a war would break out the moment she said it.

Luatisha stared at Sidrian, who had been silent since earlier, with a sad look and blurted out.

“Don’t be discouraged.”

How could this grandma raise you like this!

“I hate guys who mock other people’s weaknesses like that. You don’t need to pay any attention to him!”

Luatisha, who had been cursing Esteban, added with a ‘oops’ face.

“Ah, no, that’s not to say that’s your weakness. What weakness is growing up outside the imperial palace? And what you experienced wasn’t your fault either. This is just politically…….”

“I know.”

Sidrian nodded slowly.

A faint smile formed on his lips.

“I know everything.”

A never-before-seen expression.

Luatisha, who had been rambling, pursed her lips.

Swoosh—.

A gentle breeze blew, scattering the lush green branches and brushing Sidrian’s hair.

The fine golden hair rippled once.

Suddenly, Luatisha realized that Sidrian’s eyes, which were looking at her, were impeccably clear.

The tips of her fingers tingled.

“Sid, you’re not planning to harm me, are you?”

Instead of answering, Sidrian looked at Luatisha with a pathetic look.

Luatisha thought that look was a little similar to someone.

‘They look nothing alike.’

“Then that’s fine.”

Luatisha smiled brightly.

“As your former owner, and for myself and our family, I will cooperate with you.”

Luatisha held out her hand to Sidrian.

Sidrian shook the outstretched hand with a slightly new feeling.

“In the future, when you hear things like that again, don’t stay still. Never. Got it?”

“I got it.”

It seemed that Luatisha misunderstood that he was silent because he was hurt.

Not at all.

Nothing could hurt Sidrian.

Except for this little lady.

Esteban, who grew up pampered in the imperial palace, was not even worth a bite, no matter how much he whined in his ear.

‘I was just staying still because I liked it.’

Luatisha getting angry and taking his side was like a wonderful princess saving a prince in distress.

“Sigh, I’m worried, really. I should have raised you stronger…….”

Sidrian smiled as he watched Luatisha muttering to herself.

Unlike his clueless owner, he thought he knew a lot, but even he didn’t know something.

That he naturally smiled when he was with Luatisha.

* * *

Prince Sidrian, a splendid achievement with his appearance

No surprises, Lady Paeraton’s golden run

A lovely little couple is born?

The Paeraton family firmly denies it

If you were to pick the biggest topic at the Dawn Festival, it would definitely be Luatisha and Sidrian.

From the opening party to the tea party and even the salon.

Luatisha continued to receive good reviews and even hosted the salon herself.

Contrary to concerns that she would only break even if she did well and immediately lose points if she didn’t, Luatisha ran the salon perfectly.

The noblewomen who came to observe were tongue-tied.

“Is this what it means to be born with it?”

“Has she never attended a salon before? How is this possible?”

“Even though the Duchess isn’t here…….”

“But the situation is strange. Her Majesty the Empress is regrouping people again. She must be feeling a sense of crisis.”

“If she had partnered with Prince Esteban, things would have been easier for the Lady…….”

“Prince Sidrian is an outstanding person, so many people are impressed, but there is a foundation that has been built over the past years.”

The noblewomen, who had been whispering and talking, closed their mouths when they saw Luatisha approaching.

Luatisha moved on without showing any signs of noticing such noblewomen.

‘Hmm, everyone is weighing between Esteban and Sid.’

No matter how excellent her abilities are, there is a limit as long as multifaceted political situations are intertwined.

‘Then I have to add weight.’

“It’s an honor to meet the noblewomen. Thank you for coming to my salon.”

“It was a really interesting salon. If it wasn’t limited to the participants of the Dawn Festival, I would have almost given my opinion.”

“Wow, to receive praise from Mrs. Sherwin, I’m so honored! I’m so happy……!”

Luatisha smiled brightly, her plump cheeks flushed.

“Oh my? Do you know me?”

“Of course. I was deeply impressed by the article you published in the economic journal last time.”

“Ah, you mean the modern interpretation of the old tulip craze.”

Luatisha widened her eyes and tilted her head.

“Isn’t that an article written by Baron Aruso? I’m talking about ‘The Trade of Black Gold’ that you published in 〈Economia〉 last month. The content about the monopolistic occupation of resources was very impressive.”

Mrs. Sherwin’s eyes sparkled at the clear answer.