Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 135

The air in the tea room instantly froze at the Emperor’s words.

“…To say I could gain a granddaughter like my own daughter, what does that mean?”

“A granddaughter like your granddaughter… Haha, surely you’re not implying anything with the princes in mind. Of course, Your Majesty wouldn’t do that.”

A fierce energy emanated from Dad and Grandpa.

The Emperor, having caused this commotion with a single joke, gave an awkward laugh.

“H-hoho! Why are you both like this! I simply meant that the Princess—”

“The Princess?”

“What about my sister?”

“What does Her Majesty’s granddaughter have to do with our youngest?”

Even my brothers joined in, causing the Emperor to shake his head.

“I just meant I envy you all! Is that enough!”

“Hmm, well, there’s reason to be envious.”

“But she’s my daughter.”

“She’s my granddaughter.”

“My youngest.”

“My sister.”

“My little fluffball.”

“Goodness! Enough, enough!”

The Emperor waved his hands in exasperation, then looked at me—.

‘I knew your family was overprotective, but this is serious!’

That was exactly the look he had.

I avoided the Emperor’s gaze.

‘Still, I’m glad I don’t have to stop them from embarrassing themselves with dramatic outbursts today.’

If the Emperor had been oblivious, I would have had to put on another tearful, dramatic show in front of him.

The Emperor took a sip of his tea, his expression changing.

Just a moment ago, he had seemed like a meddling old man, but now he wore the serious face of an Emperor.

I straightened my posture as well.

“If the Princess hadn’t told me in advance, I would have been in serious trouble.”

“Are you saying Ruatisha told you beforehand?”

“Yes, she sent me a note.”

The Emperor pulled out a folded note from his pocket.

On it were letters carefully written by a child.

‘Emperor Elissiana’

“Elissiana? The Emperor of the long-fallen Nitar Empire.”

“Yes, one of the most famous Emperors of the Nitar Empire. Even more famous is her brother, the deposed Emperor Aldehyde.”

The decisive figure who dethroned Aldehyde was his consort, the deposed Empress Bianca.

Aldehyde was cruel and suspicious, but he trusted Bianca implicitly and protected her to the end.

However, Bianca had been working with Elissiana from the start, approaching Aldehyde intentionally for revenge!

Aldehyde was the enemy who had killed her family.

‘Isn’t this a complete regression revenge romance [a story where someone relives their life to exact vengeance]!’

My heart raced as I read the history books.

As a result of Aldehyde never letting go of Bianca’s hand, her revenge was successful, and Aldehyde was executed.

Here’s where it gets interesting.

Later, Aldehyde’s daughter plots to oust her aunt, Elissiana, to become Emperor.

And one of those tactics was to seduce Antonio, Emperor Elissiana’s husband and her own uncle.

Yes, she literally seduced her uncle.

The height of depravity!

Even more, the Emperor was caught in the same trap for two generations!

However, Elissiana suspected her husband and quickly cut ties the moment she caught evidence…

‘In the end, the story is that she brought in another man and lived happily ever after.’

Personally, I was more curious about what happened to Bianca, who filmed a regression revenge romance, but it wasn’t written in the history books, which was a shame.

In short, my note was that.

Don’t end up like the deposed Emperor Aldehyde by protecting the Empress, and cut ties quickly like Emperor Elissiana!

“I knew my Princess was clever, but to use such an old story to inform me like this is truly remarkable.”

Quoting history was a very sophisticated political and social skill.

“The Princess came to the capital for the Dawn Festival and hasn’t really participated in any other social gatherings…”

‘When did she learn such sophisticated political and social skills? It couldn’t have been from the Duke.’

“You flatter me, Your Majesty.”

That was just me trying to make ‘cut ties ASAP’ sound impressive.

“If I had tried to quietly pass this matter over for the sake of the Imperial Family’s dignity, I would have suffered a backlash.”

The Emperor frowned.

“To think the Empress’s maids would become internal whistleblowers. And with such substantial evidence. How has the Empress been treating her subordinates?”

No, that’s not it.

From the start, the maids had no intention of betraying the Empress, and the destruction of evidence was proceeding smoothly.

‘If I hadn’t intervened.’

However, the Emperor couldn’t possibly imagine that I had won over the maids and gathered evidence.

‘Hehe, being young is so convenient at times like this!’

If I were an adult, I would have been suspected once I showed up with evidence and led the maids as witnesses.

I need to drive in the wedge so they never suspect me!

“I was really surprised too. I wanted to help Miss Michellin, so I kept an eye on the maids’ movements, just in case. Then, I saw them talking with documents that looked like evidence. I guess I was too small to be seen.”

“I see, I see.”

“While I was relieved, I also thought of Your Majesty.”

“You thought of me there?”

“Of course, Your Majesty is fair and just, but I’ve heard that in the position of Emperor, you sometimes have to pretend not to know for the sake of the greater good.”

“That’s right.”

“So, I quickly wrote a note in case Your Majesty might protect the Empress and be misunderstood by others. Your Majesty is doing it for the greater good.”

The Emperor laughed heartily at my words.

“Haha, how could such a small body do such a brave thing! Admirable, admirable!”

“I also heard that Count Fermain stepped forward and shouted when Prince Sidrian was checking the evidence for any problems. I was worried, but I’m so glad everything turned out well.”

“Yes, the hyenas of the Northwest were trying to seize the opportunity and tear at the Imperial Family. I almost got caught up in it myself.”

The Emperor nodded repeatedly and said to me.

“You’ve done such a commendable thing, I can’t not reward my Princess. Is there anything you want?”

Yes.

I’ve been waiting for those words.

The Emperor is a very calculating person.

In other words, he’s not the type to receive help and then wash his hands of it.

“Something I want?”

“Yes, tell me.”

“Then I want land! They say a land tycoon is the real deal!”

The Emperor laughed in disbelief as I raised my hand and shouted.

“Well, that’s not wrong. Traditionally, those who owned land became landlords, lords, and kings.”

“I heard the young ladies talking about it, and they said land investment is the best!”

“The young ladies said that?”

“Yes! I’ll invest in land and make lots and lots of money to buy Dad gloves and Grandpa a scarf!”

“Hoh?”

The Emperor turned to look at Dad and Grandpa.

They both arrogantly raised their chins.

“What about me?!”

At my brothers’ shouts, I smiled.

“I’ll buy Zeon a soft plushie, Ares a fluffy fur coat, and Ixion a bunny ear headband.”

“…Bunny ears?”

Ixion’s expression turned strange.

“You don’t like it?”

“…No, who said I didn’t?”

Ixion grumbled.

“Haha, the Princess will have to make a lot of money. To buy all that for her family.”

“Of course!”

“Then where would be good? Let’s see, the land owned by the Imperial Family…”

I could hear the sound of the Emperor calculating in his head.

I made the first move.

“There’s a place I want!”

“…Really? Where is it?”

The Emperor asked a little reluctantly.

He was worried I would ask for prime real estate.

Don’t worry, Emperor.

“I want the Pelloan Plains!”

“The Pelloan Plains? Are you talking about the Shireen Plains?”

The Emperor looked at me with surprised eyes at the unexpected request.

That’s because the Spirit Beast Acte Seraken lives in the Pelloan Plains.

Even when the Spirit Beast was asleep, they left the vast plains untouched for fear of it waking up, and now it’s even awake.

Because of that, people can’t even approach it.

“The Spirit Beast Acte Seraken is there. I don’t think the Princess wouldn’t know that.”

“Yes, I know!”

“But you still want that place?”

Suspicion clouded the Emperor’s eyes.

“What’s the reason? Even if you take it, it will be difficult to buy gifts for your family.”

Why else? Because my flower garden is there.

I continued to need Shireen flowers for the production of black gold.

So, since Acte Seraken woke up, I had been commissioning the Echesis Mercenary Group to collect them.

It’s been almost a year since the mercenary group started going back and forth to the Pelloan Plains.

It wouldn’t be strange if someone started wondering why the Echesis Mercenary Group kept going into the Pelloan Plains.

What if someone followed them and found out that they weren’t subjugating but only collecting flowers?

‘Then it’s better to make the entire plains my land and control it thoroughly.’

Hiding my sinister intentions, I fidgeted and glanced at the Emperor.

“This is a secret…”

“A secret?”

“After you hear it, you can’t say you’re going to keep the land!”

“Why would you say that?”

“Um, the Echesis Mercenary Group, there’s a super strong mercenary group. That mercenary group is going to defeat Acte Seraken!”

It’s not true at all, but that rumor has been circulating.

Because the mercenary group keeps hanging around, people are saying that they are preparing to subjugate Acte Seraken.

“Hoh, really?”

“Yes! After that, the land will be worth a lot! The young ladies said that’s a successful land investment!”

I blinked innocently and shouted.

“Well, it would be really nice if it turned out that way!”

The Emperor smiled.

He seemed to understand why I wanted the plains.

“If you make a lot of money thanks to this land, will you give me a gift too?”

“Hmm, that depends.”

“Haha, I’ll have to be on my best behavior to get even a candy from the Princess!”

The Emperor laughed heartily.

Then he ordered Count Chezia to bring the land documents.

The Emperor seemed to think that the probability of defeating Acte Seraken was extremely low.

‘I think so too. I have no intention of defeating it at all.’

From the Emperor’s point of view, it was a completely winning deal.

‘Yeah, yeah, you have to keep thinking that way to keep giving me things.’

Because he’s the type of person who becomes stingy the moment he thinks he’s losing out.

I smiled brightly, and my eyes met Dad’s.

“…Dad has a lot of land too. I can give it to you.”

“…”

“…Was the land Grandpa gave you last time not enough?”

Put it away, put it away.

* * *

“How much have I done for them, and they dare betray me!”

The Empress, flushed red with anger, shrieked.

Clang!

Starting with the expensive vase, all sorts of objects spilled onto the floor from the table.

The broken objects crunched under the Empress’s shoes.

“I won’t let them get away with this!”

Crimson blood flowed from the Empress’s hand as she clutched a shard of broken pottery.

“Y-Your Majesty, please calm down. You must remain steadfast at times like this. I’m worried about your health.”

The only remaining confidante, after the traitors were driven out, tried to calm the Empress.

The Empress’s gaze turned to her.

“…I only have you now.”

I thought she was foolish compared to the other quick-witted maids, but perhaps that’s why she hasn’t wavered.

“To think you would have such loyalty.”

“I’m honored, Your Majesty. I was just doing what I had to do.”

“Can I trust you?”

At the Empress’s words, the maid lowered her head in dismay.

“Yes, yes, Your Majesty. I am only Your Majesty’s person.”

“Good, then—”

It was then.

The door burst open, and the Imperial Concubine entered.

The Imperial Concubine frowned as she looked around the chaotic room.

“The Empress must calm her temper. What kind of disgrace is this?”

“Ha! Does it seem like your world has come? Not only do you enter as you please, but how dare you speak such nonsense to me, the Empress!”

“The Empress should refrain from such remarks. I am the Imperial Concubine.”

“Drag that woman out of my palace immediately!”

The Empress shouted outside in a frenzy.

The soldiers rushed in, but they couldn’t dare to grab the Imperial Concubine.

“What are you doing?! Are my words meaningless?”

“By what authority does the Empress command them?”

“What?”

The Imperial Concubine asked the captain of the ten-man guard.

“I’ll ask you. Can you command the Imperial Guard without the Empress’s seal?”

“Impossible.”

“Then what about the authority to control the palace staff?”

“None.”

“Good. Everyone, leave.”

“Yes, Your Highness the Imperial Concubine.”

At the Imperial Concubine’s words, all the soldiers and palace staff retreated like the tide.

There wasn’t even a hint of hesitation.

The Empress watched the scene in astonishment.

How could this be happening while she was watching with her own two eyes!

‘I am the Empress of this country!’

The only remaining confidante of the Empress was still disobeying the Imperial Concubine.

“I told you to leave.”

The Imperial Concubine said to the maid in a cold voice.

The maid only knelt down and prostrated herself, not leaving.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

The Imperial Concubine didn’t care and strode towards the Empress.

Then she whispered in the Empress’s ear.

“Now, it seems like it’s time to pay for the sin of killing my child. Don’t you think so?”