Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 222

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“Oh my, goodness…….”

“Haa, Duke Paeraton……. Isn’t he too handsome?”

“He rarely attends parties without the youngest Princess, but to see him so dressed up…….”

“Look at Prince Zeon. Wow, I understand why the young ladies scream when they see only Prince Zeon.”

“Kyaaaa!”

“……It wasn’t just the young ladies screaming.”

“Haa, that smile of Prince Ares. Just looking at it is mesmerizing……. A devilish beauty that makes you keep looking even knowing there’s poison!”

“Prince Ixion is there with that displeased face as usual. He always looks like that, but he only smiles playfully when he sees the youngest Princess. Thinking about that drives me crazy, you know?”

“And what about Marquis Tarenka? He’s truly the ideal of a mature man. My husband is 10 years younger, but why does he look older?”

Handsome men always please women just by existing.

The noble ladies gathered at the evening party chattered excitedly, acting foolish.

“……Did they install more lighting only on that side?”

“Why only flowers over there一. Ah, there are some in front of me too.”

Baron Badryu, who had been complaining, muttered awkwardly.

Clearly, they were in the same place, but it seemed like there was a halo shining only on the Paeraton men and Marquis Tarenka.

“People who already attract attention dress up like that, so…….”

It was as he said.

The Paeraton men and Marquis Tarenka were dressed up from head to toe, unlike usual.

It wasn’t that people shone because of the light of the jewels, but that the jewels shone because of the light of the Paeraton men and Marquis Tarenka.

“But why did they attend? This is a party that the Paeraton Princess doesn’t attend, so I thought they wouldn’t come either.”

“That’s what I’m saying. They haven’t done anything in particular since they came, just sitting there.”

Anyone would think they were having a photoshoot.

In a way, it was truly amazing.

Without exchanging a single word with anyone, without doing anything, they were attracting all the attention.

Baron Badryu clicked his tongue.

* * *

The next day, the private room of the Pasis main store on Fussen Street.

Baron Badryu looked at the brooch that the employee introduced with a displeased face.

“No, not like this. You know, the one that looks like this…….”

Baron Badryu explained with gestures, but the employee only bowed his head.

“I’m sorry, Baron. The brooch designs we have at Pasis are all that I’ve shown you. If you would like to place an order一.”

“No, I saw it!”

“I’m sorry. There really isn’t anything else一.”

“Huh, there must be something else? Are you ignoring me by not showing it?”

It was the moment Baron Badryu frowned.

“Aigo, Baron!”
The door of the private room burst open, and Landwell, the representative of Pasis, approached, rubbing his hands together.

“Ahem, it’s been a while.”

“You guys should have told me as soon as the Baron arrived! Why were you attending to him! Baron, from now on, I will serve you directly.”

The employees were dumbfounded by Landwell’s scolding.

‘No, you originally said that Baron Badryu wasn’t high enough to even be allowed into the private room, right?’

You said to only allow customers who fit Pasis’s standards into the private room, so why are you acting like this now.

“So, Baron Badryu, what are you trying to buy today?”

“I came up to the capital after a long time for the social season, and the trends have changed quite a bit.”

“Ah, yes, that’s right. We at Pasis only have the best products that will satisfy the Baron. Now, what do you like?”

Landwell politely pointed to the brooches filling the velvet boxes.

But.

“Is this all?”

“……Pardon?”

“No, this is a bit……. Isn’t it? You could say it’s outdated. My eyes are so high and sensitive, you see.”

What?

Landwell gritted his teeth.

‘This nouveau riche bastard…….’

Baron Badryu originally had no territory and no ability, so he couldn’t advance to the center.

He was a noble that no one knew existed until a copper mine was discovered on land his father had bought, and he hit the jackpot.

He was furious to hear these words from someone he had always ignored as a nouveau riche [a newly rich person].

But now he had no choice but to endure it.

‘This nouveau riche bastard’s money is still money.’

“……If you tell me exactly what you want, I will prepare it right away.”

At those words, Baron Badryu rolled his eyes and cleared his throat.

“Ahem, why, the one Duke Paeraton was wearing…….”

He trailed off, smiling awkwardly as if he was a little embarrassed.

“You know what I’m talking about, right? You should be checking all that.”

Of course, he knew what he was talking about.

‘……Idium’s brooch!’

There was a commotion because the Paeraton men and Marquis Tarenka wore Iridium and Bulea’s accessories, how could he not know!

He heard that not only men but also their wives and lovers wanted something similar, so it was crowded with people.

“……I know what you mean. But as you can see, this brooch is much more一.”

“Are you ignoring me now?”

Baron Badryu jumped up.

“You haven’t shown me what I’m looking for since earlier and only brought out this shabby stuff!”

“Sha, shabby?”

“Yes, shabby! Who wears this these days! I was the only one wearing this kind of thing at the last evening party! Do you know how embarrassed I was?!”

‘A nobody who wouldn’t even be allowed into the private room in the first place……!’

Landwell’s eyes turned red.

But he endured it and rubbed his hands together.

“How could I ignore you? Please don’t be like this一.”

“Baron.”

At that time, the door opened and a man came in.

“The new brooch worn by Duke Paeraton is not a Pasis product. Neither are the ones worn by the Paeraton Princes and Marquis Tarenka.”

“What?”

“They changed their place of purchase this year. It was a widespread rumor in the capital…….”

“Aish, you should have said that sooner. You’ve ruined my excellent eyes, tsk.”

Baron Badryu clicked his tongue and pushed Landwell’s shoulder as he left the private room.

“Ba, Baron! Baron! Just a moment, Baron!”

Landwell followed Baron Badryu with a bewildered face.

“Ha, why don’t you try to make good products by working hard instead of begging to buy them like this?”

But all that came back was ridicule.

‘……How did I fall so low?’

He felt miserable and devastated.

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“Welcome back?”

As my family entered the mansion, they all rushed over at my greeting.

“My granddaughter comes out to greet me like this, so this grandpa feels like he’s rejuvenating every day. You are my joy and happiness.”

“Did you have a good day? The place I return to is by my sister’s side.”

“Pet me.”

“Did you take good care of the house by yourself?”

“Ixion, really. Am I a child?”

As I stroked Zeon and grumbled, Ixion poked my cheek.

“Then are you a child or an adult?”

What is he saying.

“Lulu, is dinner ready?”

Dad asked, pressing down on my head.

“Not yet.”

“Okay.”

Dad smiled faintly.

‘He must have hurried back because he wanted to have dinner with me.’

Hehe, I laughed.

“I’ll go change.”

“Yes.”

I nodded and took another look at my family.

‘Have they all gotten into dressing up these days?’

Thanks to their excellent height, solid muscles, and perfect faces, they shone even if they didn’t dress up and just wore shirts and pants, but dressing up so splendidly made it feel like several suns had risen inside the mansion.

‘Why suddenly? Did my brothers perhaps get someone they like?’

The desire to look better to someone you like is the same for both men and women.

‘Hmm? But even Dad and Grandpa?’

“Why are you looking like that?”

“It’s just that you’ve been attending a lot of parties these days and seem to be paying attention to your clothes.”

“Is it strange?”

“Why, does it not suit me?”

Zeon asked, drooping like a puppy looking at me, and Ixion asked with a face that showed he was pretending not to care but was actually very concerned.

Other family members were also subtly waiting for what I would say.

“No?!”

What are these people saying!

Don’t they know their own beauty?

My family members were handsome men who would sublimate even a plastic bag into a work of art.

“You’re too handsome!”

Just by saying that one word, Dad suddenly hugged me tightly and started taking my hand to the dining room.

“Dad? You said you were going to change?”

“……Eat first.”

“……?”

Is he very hungry?

I tilted my head and had a pleasant meal with my family.

“Cotton ball, let’s take a walk.”

“Yeah, that sounds good……. Aren’t you going to change? Aren’t you uncomfortable?”

“I’m comfortable like this.”

“……?”

He’s comfortable like that?

I still took a walk with my family who were dressed up.

“It’s time to sleep now.”

“Okay, sleep well.”

“……Dad, are you going to sleep in those clothes? Grandpa and brothers too?”

At my question, my family answered indifferently and chicly.

“It’s comfortable like this.”

There’s no way that’s true!

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The representatives of Iridium and Bulea both smiled with haggard faces.

“You must be very busy.”

“You too, Representative…….”

“I’m barely holding on with medicine.”

“Me too. I don’t know how I would have survived without Gongjindan [a type of Korean herbal medicine]…….”

The two laughed heartily.

It was a good thing to have unprecedented prosperity, but it was really right before death.

At that time, the door opened, and the Paeraton men and Marquis Tarenka came in.

The two representatives jumped up from their seats and bowed their heads.

“Welcome.”

“We’ve been waiting.”

The Duke of Paeraton sat languidly in his seat and got straight to the point.

“The goods?”

“Here it is.”

“Hmm, it’s not bad. But it still can’t keep up with my daughter’s loveliness.”

“The ones on display in the hall also look good, so let’s buy those as well. But they don’t match my granddaughter’s beauty.”

“A, again?”

At the question of the flustered Bulea representative, the eyes of the Paeraton men and Marquis Tarenka shone sharply.

“Any complaints?”

“Ah, no. It’s a grateful thing. It’s an honor that Princess Paeraton will be the owner of our work.”

The Bulea representative bowed his head sharply.

‘Just the ones you’ve bought so far are enough to wear a different one every day for a year…….’

‘It seems like Princess Paeraton needs five necks and fifty fingers…….’

But he couldn’t dare say that.

However, there was a problem…….

“I’m very sorry, Marquis. Actually, one of them has already been sold…….”

“What did you say?”

Flash.

The Bulea representative felt like his heart would shrivel at the gazes of the five men.

‘If I had known this would happen, I would have told them to greet them at the Iridium main store instead of our main store……. I’m so scared.’

“Which one was sold?”

At Ares’s question, the employee who was waiting hurriedly brought the Parure [a matching set of jewelry] set that was on display.

“This one was the prettiest.”

The Bulea representative nodded at Ixion’s casual words.

“As expected, you have excellent taste. All the works on display are our masterpieces, but if you were to pick the best, it would definitely be this one.”

Of course, the price was also the most expensive.

“But it’s sold?”

“Yes.”

“……Who?”

“Th, that’s…….”

The Bulea representative swallowed hard.

“We’ll find out who wore it anyway. Wouldn’t it be better for each other to tell us now?”

At Marquis Tarenka’s words with a smile, the Bulea representative finally confessed.

‘Since it seems like you bought it as a gift for the Princess anyway, you’ll calm down if you know who it is.’

“It’s Prince Sidrian.”

“Wha, what?”

“Prince Sidrian……?”

Crack!

“Hi, hiik……!”

The faces of the two representatives turned white as they saw the marble armrest break.

Did they misunderstand that he was giving it to the Saintess?

“Pl, pl, please calm down. After all, it seems like the Prince will give it to the Princess一.”

Crash!

“Hiik!”

“……Listen.”

“Ye, yes?”

“Make something much more beautiful, sophisticated, gorgeous, lovely, pretty, and cute than this, no matter what. To suit my daughter!”

“When is Prince Sidrian scheduled to pick up this Parure?”

“I, it’s in a week, but.”

“5 days!”

“Yes?”

“I’ll give you 5 days! Make a Parure set that suits my daughter more than this by the day after tomorrow.”

“Th, that’s, I’m really sorry, Your Excellency. But we also have a backlog of orders, and we can’t handle the order volume even if we work overtime every day……. It’s impossible even if you give us a month, let alone five days.”
The gazes of Duke Paeraton, the Princes, and Marquis Tarenka were too scary, but still, what was impossible was impossible.

It wasn’t that he was refusing because he wanted to refuse, but it was really physically impossible.

Duke Paeraton said nothing.

He stared at the representative quietly and flicked his finger.

Then the footmen with stiff expressions who were standing behind him walked out in unison.

‘Ugh, ugh……. Honey, son, this incompetent head of the family says goodbye to the world like this…….’

Thud!

The footmen simultaneously placed large bags on the table.

And they opened them at the same time with a disciplined attitude.

Shine!

There’s no way there could be lights in the bag, but it’s like it’s shining.

This is the majesty of a wad of cash!

“Th, this is…….”

“It’s the down payment.”

At those words, the Bulea representative’s mouth dropped open.

He soon came to his senses and closed his jaw.

“Ahem, it seems like we can do it somehow if we collaborate with Iridium. What do you think, Representative?”

“Haha, I’ve always been looking forward to collaborating with Bulea, Representative.”

The representatives of the competing companies looked at each other and smiled sincerely.

It was worth that much money.

“Didn’t you say earlier that you can’t handle the current order volume even if you work overtime? It’ll be a problem if you take on the job and can’t meet the deadline.”

“Haha, it’s okay. Don’t worry about that.”

“We can sleep when we die. Hahaha!”

Loyalty, loyalty.

The two representatives smiled brightly.

“That’s good.”

Marquis Tarenka added with a smirk.

“Then make some accessories that we can wear too. Perfectly grasping my granddaughter’s taste.”

“…….”

Sweat dripped from the curved eyes of the representatives of Iridium and Bulea.

It really looked like they were going to sleep when they died.