Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 218

I wanted to rush out, declaring myself a dangerous beast, but I had to check the quest conditions first.

〈You Must Be the Best (1)〉

Dear Reader!

I tried to bear with it, but I just can’t!

How dare they push you out of high society and try to become the May Queen [a symbolic title often associated with springtime festivals and beauty contests]?!

This is a clear challenge to all romance fantasy readers!

The top spot in high society is naturally for romance fantasy readers!

‘Seriously…….’

Why is it choosing these words?

Has it only read romance fantasy?

The romance fantasy heroine is always the best in high society!

That’s not always the case.

I don’t acknowledge the cases where it isn’t!

Indeed, high society is a brutal battlefield filled with the thick scent of blood and the screams of losers!

The only one who can stand tall here is the conqueror who has brought their enemies to their knees and dominated high society!

Losers!

Kneel before the great conqueror!

“……”

When you think about it, it’s not entirely wrong…….

I stared at the quest window with hazy eyes.

Let’s show that reckless upstart just how ruthless a conqueror can be!

You must be the best!

You must be the best and fight all the time, beating everyone up!

Don’t forget your childish dreams!

What is it even saying!

I never had dreams like that, okay?

……Though I did think about beating people up a lot.

This can’t be helped.

I’m Paeraton, after all.

The ruthlessness engraved in the blood of the Northern Grand Duke in the romance fantasy world is inevitable, right?

Trampling on challengers to prevent them from climbing up is the beauty of being the best!

Please quickly show the dignity of being the best in high society!

– Condition: Change the flow of the Imperial Palace party

– Reward: 3000 Cash Gacha Ticket [a ticket for a random draw of items or characters], Increase in Influence within the Empire, Proceed with Linked Quest 〈???〉

I’ve been holding back, wanting to beat them up, so of course, I have to do it.

[Quest Accepted.]

‘I thought it would give me some difficult condition since it was giving me something that someone who can’t stand frustrating situations would hate.’

The condition was better than I thought.

I was worried about what to do if it told me to grab Liliel by the hair.

[You know very well why the quest was delayed!]

[It’s the same reason as you.]

‘So you can come up with strategies. I thought you were only good at scamming.’

[That’s too much!]

[And scams originally require strategic tactics, you know? That’s how they succeed!]

How ridiculous.

What strategy or tactics are there in taking advantage of others?

[Then what about the reader who got scammed without any strategy or tactics?]

“……”

[Puhahaha!]

It was quite a talent to laugh so annoyingly through text.

[Anyway, I feel like I’m going to die from frustration.]

[Hurry up and defeat the villain who’s hitting on him and save the Prince!]

It’s not like I’m supposed to save a princess.

‘But didn’t you oppose me getting involved with Sid so much?’

[That was…… for your growth?]

It doesn’t seem like it at all.

[Whether you like it or not, you can’t let them take what’s yours!]

[Hurry up and deploy!]

I ignored the devil’s words and grabbed Raphael’s arm.

‘It’ll only make me look foolish if I go between Liliel and Sid and say something.’

Whether I seduce Sid or screw over Liliel, in the end一.

‘It just means I’m keeping Liliel in check and dealing with her, right?’

Rushing over to interfere is something only minor villains do.

Our cider-type [refreshing or satisfying] female lead 언니s [older sister or female friend, used as a term of endearment or respect] never did that!

“Why?”

I scanned Raphael, who was staring blankly at me.

Everything’s good, but一.

“Raphael, why don’t you have black hair?”

“What?”

Raphael looked at me with a disgruntled expression, as if I were saying something nonsensical.

“It would have been nice if you had black hair.”

Too bad.

I smiled brightly and moved closer to Raphael.

“……Why are you smiling like that?”

Raphael stepped back slightly, asking with a suspicious look.

“What?”

“You don’t usually smile like that.”

He’s complaining even when I smile nicely.

“Hey, don’t smile like that. You look really scary right now.”

“Stop moving back, okay?”

Raphael stopped abruptly when I spoke through gritted teeth.

I nodded in satisfaction and grabbed Raphael’s forearm.

‘This guy, he must have held a sword a lot, his forearm is so hard.’

“Raphael, you know, would you like to dance with me?”

Slightly blushing as if shy, I put a hand to my mouth and tilted my head.

Everyone, please look at me quickly.

Doesn’t it look like Raphael and I are having a good time? Right?

Raphael’s lips were blankly parted as I looked up at him.

This reaction is?!

“You…….”

Hehe, you fool. You’ll be in trouble if you fall for this 누나 [older sister, used affectionately by younger males]一.

“Are you sick somewhere?”

What?

“You’ve been acting weird since you smiled earlier……. Do you feel sick? Or do you have a headache? Should we go to the lounge?”

“……No.”

“What do you mean no? People say that when someone does something they don’t usually do, it means they’re about to die. Is it a serious illness that’s hard to talk about here? It’s not too late to give up yet. You can get treatment一.”

“I’m not sick.”

Raphael closed his mouth when I spoke through gritted teeth again.

He stared at me for a while, then asked again with a suspicious look.

“Are you really not sick?”

“I’m not.”

I would have hit him if it were normal.

It was hard to keep smiling.

Raphael looked at me with a serious face and asked.

“Then did I make a big mistake with you? Is that why you’re trying to assassinate me?”

“Hey.”

How does asking for a dance with a smile turn into an assassination threat?

“That’s right. The Duke will kill me if he finds out.”

“None of our family members came today.”

“Do you think he wouldn’t know just because of that?”

“……”

No, he’d know very well.

So what, does that mean you won’t dance?

“Do you not want to?”

Raphael looked at me with a pout, then turned his head and sighed.

“……I didn’t say I didn’t want to.”

“Okay, okay. Then let’s go quickly and dance.”

We went to the dance floor holding hands.

There was no one dancing now that the party was in its mid-to-late stages.

As we faced each other in the center of the dance floor and bowed, the perceptive orchestra quickly changed the music.

Raphael’s hands wrapped around my hand and waist.

Honestly, I was so confident in social dancing that I was sick of it.

‘Because I had to dance with my dad, brothers, and even grandpa once I started.’

I can’t not dance well after dancing that much.

Raphael, who was catching me as I twirled around, frowned slightly with dissatisfaction.

As we got closer again, Raphael whispered in my ear.

“But don’t smile like that. It’s scary.”

“Everyone else says I look pretty when I smile like this.”

“I don’t like it.”

Raphael said firmly.

What is it.

If you don’t like it, why do you hate it so much?

Burning with revenge, I smiled even brighter.

* * *

“It’s been a while since we’ve seen Princess Paeraton dance. She doesn’t usually dance, does she?”

“It’s mesmerizing even after a long time. How can she dance so beautifully? It’s like a textbook.”

“Wow……. The Princess really suits Duke Delbartren.”

“Isn’t Duke Delbartren so cool? He has a different charm than the Princes and the Paeraton young masters.”

“I know, right? Honestly, I feel like I’d have to get involved in political strife if I dated one of the Princes, and the Paeraton young masters are cool but too scary. Duke Delbartren is just right.”

The eyes of the girl imagining herself becoming the Duchess of Delbartren became dreamy.

“Hmm, what if one of the Princes asked you to date them?”

“Then I’d have to kneel down and thank them.”

The girls giggled.

“Come to think of it, the connection between Duke Delbartren and Princess Paeraton isn’t ordinary, is it? I wish they would date.”

“What are you talking about! It’s Prince Sidrihan who has the extraordinary connection!”

“Do you not know the charm of childhood friends?”

“Prince Sidrihan, who had been missing, returned to the Princess’s arms. If this isn’t fate, what is?”

Spark.

Electricity crackled between the divided young ladies.

At that moment, a young lady who had been quietly watching shook her head.

“No, no. You can’t forget the Crown Prince. The two of them were no joke since the Dawn Festival!”

“……I don’t think that’s right.”

“……It’s so obvious that the Princess hates the Crown Prince.”

“I pity you for not knowing the charm of a hate relationship!”

“Ah, yes.”

“Okay.”

“Luatisha must become the Crown Princess!”

“Yeeees…….”

Even while fantasizing, there will always be someone who chooses a 망한 [ruined or hopeless] pick.

* * *

‘What the heck?’

Liliel bit the tender flesh inside her mouth.

‘All she did was dance, right?’

And it wasn’t even with Esteban, who will be the next Emperor, or Sidrihan, who threatens the Crown Prince’s position.

The opponent is just Raphael Delbartren.

Of course, no one would ignore the high reputation and status of the Delbartren family.

Above all, he was the youngest Sword Master.

‘But this reaction is not right!’

I entered the party with the escort of Crown Prince Esteban today, and I’m currently having a friendly conversation with Prince Sidrihan.

The gaze of the people who had been paying attention to this side was entirely focused on the dance floor.

‘……I thought Luatisha would interfere here and keep me in check.’

She was definitely a high-level player.

This won’t do.

‘Then I just have to dance with Sidrihan.’

I was already looking forward to seeing how Luatisha’s expression would change.

“Sid, I一.”

Hm?

Liliel, who was about to speak, paused.

Sidrihan was staring at Luatisha, who was smiling brightly and dancing with her childhood friend, without even blinking.

Even though that gaze wasn’t directed at her, Liliel was momentarily overwhelmed and swallowed her breath.

At that moment, the whispers of people brushed past Liliel’s ears.

“Come to think of it, wasn’t there a rumor that Princess Paeraton and Duke Delbartren were dating since the Dawn Festival?”

Liliel’s eyes widened.

A good way to drive a wedge between Luatisha and Sidrihan came to mind.

‘If I do well, I can take Sidrihan from Luatisha and put him in my hands?’

“Sid.”

“…….”

“Prince Sidrihan.”

No matter how many times she called him, Sidrihan didn’t respond.

As if he couldn’t see or hear anything other than Luatisha.

Eventually, Liliel grabbed Sidrihan’s arm.

“Prince Sidrihan.”

Only then did Sidrihan’s gaze turn to Liliel.

“What is it?”

“Use me.”

Sidrihan frowned.

Before he could say anything, Liliel hurriedly opened her mouth.

“Dance with me. Then Princess Paeraton will be jealous too.”

Liliel moved closer to Sidrihan.

“How about it?”

* * *

“Luatisha, it’s been a long time since you’ve danced.”

There was someone who spoke to me as soon as I came out of the dance floor.

I had expected both the person who spoke to me and who it was.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

As I greeted him, Esteban smiled brightly.

“Will you give me the honor of dancing with a noble lady?”

A polite gesture.

I would have refused outright if it were normal.

“Hmm, I don’t know. Your Highness already has a noble lady to dance with, right?”

As I opened my fan with a 착 [onomatopoeia for a snapping sound], and spoke coyly, Esteban drew a deep smile.

“I don’t know. The only lady I think is noble is the person in front of me right now.”

“Oh my? Your Highness’s partner would be very upset if she heard that.”

“There’s nothing to be upset about. I’m just being polite because she’s a guest of my mother.”

“Ah, she was just a guest of Her Majesty the Empress, then.”

I waved my fan and repeated those words once again.

Reactions immediately came from the galleries.

“What His Highness the Crown Prince said…… does that mean he’s just escorting her because the Empress told him to?”

“Huh? Then there’s nothing between His Highness the Crown Prince and the Saintess?”

I smiled as I listened to the murmuring voices.

Did you see that, Saintess?

No matter how much of a Saintess you are, you can’t beat a romance fantasy reader in high society.

There are dozens of high society scenes in one novel, and I’ve read thousands of them.

‘The high society 고인물 [term for someone highly experienced or skilled in a particular field] female lead 언니s are with me!’

“Then I don’t have to feel sorry for her.”

I placed my hand on Esteban’s outstretched hand.

“You’re not saying you have dizziness, a sore ankle, or a broken finger this time, so you can’t hold my hand.”

“I’m a person who’s sure of my calculations.”

“It seems I paid the price well just now.”

Esteban grinned and gripped my hand tightly.

That’s when it happened.

“Sorry, but I have a prior engagement.”

Sidrihan snatched my hand from Esteban.

“Sid?”

I looked at him in surprise.

Behind Sid, Liliel was glaring at this side with murderous eyes.

‘What happened to make her look like that?’