Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 274

The Joys of Raising a Baby in a Romance Fantasy – Episode 274

“Heeing, Mama.”

At the whining voice, I reflexively patted Nike.

“Yes, yes, you had a hard time. Our Nike’s feelings are all hurt.”

“Do you… do you even know what it means for a Phantasmal Beast to awaken?”

“Of course, I know.”

Isn’t it that my cute baby has evolved into a magnificent, wonderful, adorable, and lovely being, who basically has everything good all to himself?

“Oguogu. That’s right, that’s right. Our Nike came running right away when Mommy called? And even made a grand entrance by spreading his energy?”

When I went “Ureung ureung, peek-a-boo,” Nike giggled.

“No, seeing how he’s acting, it doesn’t seem like you know at all. And you’re just going along with it.”

‘That’ to my baby.

“He’s all grown up.”

“What are you talking about? Look at what he’s doing. He’s still a baby.”

Nike nodded and blinked his big, innocent eyes.

“Baby, my foot. It’s the same as a grown human making baby noises and acting cute.”

“Acting cute? Nike isn’t acting cute, he is cute.”

“Yeah, why are you picking on our cute baby?”

Sid said, stroking Nike’s mane.

“Papa!”

“Yes, Papa. Our Nike’s eyes look just like his Papa’s. And he got his cuteness from his Mama.”

Sid said with a tender smile.

This was a new side of Sid, and it made my toes tingle.

‘Sid… he’s going to be a good father.’

[Just because he smiled once, you think he’ll be a good father.]

[Tone it down a bit, will you?]

‘Why are you suddenly butting in? Are you jealous that Sid is handsome?’

[Ha, really! Ha! Jealous? Ha!]

He’s overreacting, so he must be feeling guilty.

Aktrakhen looked at the three of us with a gloomy face and sighed deeply.

“It’s better to see it for myself.”

The long horns on Aktrakhen’s head glowed.

A sight I had seen before.

‘Could this be…?’

As expected, the next moment, a handsome, long-haired man stood before me.

“Now then一.”

“Oh, you’re still handsome.”

“Ugh…”

When I complimented him purely, Aktrakhen, who had been trying to maintain his composure, blushed in embarrassment.

“Don’t misunderstand—I’m just stating an objective fact like I did back then. You remember I said you’re not my type, right?”

“Haa, how could I forget? You’re the only human—being—who has ever said such a thing to me.”

Why hasn’t everyone been praising him?

Thanks to my family and Sid, he looks handsome even to my picky eyes.

“And your head is still a flower garden.”

“……”

“It’s not an insult. You know it’s just the truth, right? This is your head, isn’t it? And it’s a flower garden. Your head is really a flower garden.”

“……Haa, before, you said I ordered Lulu flowers and you were holding a grudge, but why are you doing this today?”

You don’t know why?

You insulted my baby.

I turned my head away with a ‘hmph’一.

‘Hmm?’

I wasn’t the only one here with Aktrakhen.

A handsome, long-haired man was standing behind me.

If Aktrakhen was a delicate and cold beauty with the mystical and ethereal atmosphere of the Moon God, this man was a beauty with the scent of the sun.

Broad shoulders and a firm chest.

A firmly set jawline, a high nose, and deeply carved eyes.

Violet eyes just like Sid’s.

His black hair was tinged with gold and red, as if the ends were burning.

‘…Could it be?’

The man flinched as his eyes met mine.

He hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“Nike一.”

“……?!”

“……!”

Both the man and I were startled by the unexpected deep voice.

“Nike?”

“Ma,”

Nike immediately shut his mouth at the repeated deep voice.

“Now, you understand, right? So, get a grip and一.”

Aktrakhen stopped speaking, startled.

He couldn’t meet Nike’s eyes and avoided his gaze.

‘Why is he doing that?’

I looked at Nike, but there was nothing wrong.

Although he was in the form of an adult man, our Nike’s innocent eyes were still the same.

‘…I’ve been thinking this for a while, but Aktrakhen seems to be subtly afraid of Nike.’

Even the first day I saw Nike, I felt like he was being cautious.

‘Our Nike is kind and cute. Is it a racial instinct? He doesn’t have to be afraid.’

“Nike, why are you making that face?”

“Mama……”

Nike looked like he was about to cry.

“You don’t like the grown-up Nike?”

“Of course not. I told you before. No matter what you look like, Nike is the most wonderful and cutest in the world to Mommy.”

“……This voice doesn’t suit me.”

“No, Mommy likes it.”

The low voice felt good, like a summer night breeze.

‘…It’s true that it doesn’t really suit his baby talk.’

I understand why Aktrakhen looked at Nike with such a disgusted expression.

From his perspective, it must have looked like an adult acting like a baby, making baby noises, and acting cute.

“Now you know how I feel, right?”

I nodded at Aktrakhen’s question.

“Yes, well. But still, to me, Nike is always一.”

“So, the grown-up Nike isn’t cute!”

Nike shouted in a deep voice and clenched his fist.

And一.

“Nike?”

“Mama!”

Nike, who was getting smaller and smaller until he looked about three or four years old, jumped into my arms.

“That’s possible?”

Aktrakhen’s voice sounded flustered.

The cute little boy with chubby, plump cheeks was definitely cute enough to pinch一.

“Don’t tell me he’s gone back to before he awakened?”

That won’t do!

“That’s not it, he just changed his appearance.”

“That’s possible?”

“……Normally, it’s impossible. But Phantasmal Beasts change according to their environment.”

I quietly looked at Nike.

“His eyes look just like Sid’s when he was young.”

I couldn’t help but smile, thinking of Sid when I first met him.

“It’s not strange that they resemble each other. Phantasmal Beasts don’t have genetic information about their appearance. Since he recognizes you as his mother and follows you, he grows into the appearance that you find most appealing.”

Doesn’t that mean that Nike is proof and a confession of my heart?

“……Please keep that a secret from Sid.”

“So, there are times when you’re embarrassed?”

“Of course!”

What does Aktrakhen think of me?

“Nike recognizing Sidrian as his father is also because you like him.”

“Then if I like another man, will Nike think of that other man as his father?”

“That’s right.”

“Is it okay for Nike to have his father change like that?”

“The person Mama likes is Nike’s Papa. Nike is always on Mama’s side!”

“Ogu ogu, my baby!”

When I rubbed my face against Nike’s plump, soft, mochi cheeks, Nike giggled.

Aktrakhen looked at us with cloudy eyes.

* * *

“Hey.”

Aktrakhen flinched and looked at Nike.

Even after Ruatisha had left the spiritual realm, Nike was still in the form of a child.

However, the look and expression in his eyes as he looked at Aktrakhen were by no means those of a child.

It was a completely different attitude from when he was with Ruatisha.

“Don’t tell my mom unnecessary things.”

“……The end of the world is approaching this world. How are you going to prepare while remaining a child nestled in your mother’s arms?”

“I’ll take care of it myself.”

“You are a Phantasmal Beast. From birth, you are different from other divine beasts. You must know that great power comes with great responsibility.”

“I said I’ll take care of it myself. Anyway, the time I can spend with Mom is only fleeting in my life.”

The moment other emotions besides anger flashed in Nike’s eyes, kwarrreung!

With a thunderclap, the ground beneath Nike’s feet began to collapse.

And the next moment, Nike disappeared without a trace.

“Ha. Even though this is my mind, he treats it like his own home.”

Is this a Phantasmal Beast?

Aktrakhen swept back his hair.

‘…Will he be okay?’

Nike was the only Phantasmal Beast raised by a human.

This means that Nike is the first Phantasmal Beast to be so heavily influenced by humans.

Originally, unlike other divine beasts, Phantasmal Beasts do not have parents.

But looking at Nike, it really seemed like he regarded Ruatisha as his mother.

‘Can a spoiled child nestled in his mother’s arms become strong?’

But on the other hand一.

‘That deep bond might make him stronger.’

Which one it will be remains to be seen.

Chapter 37.

“Oh my, Lady Tyriel!”

“Are you alright now?”

Tyriel was somewhat surprised by the sight of the young ladies welcoming her.

“I heard. That monster who dared to pretend to be a Saintess dragged the Lady away and threatened her? Asking her to tell her what Princess Paeraton’s weaknesses were.”

“Using fraud, too!”

It wasn’t entirely wrong.

The important fact that Tyriel had been steeped in fraud since birth was missing.

‘Lulu must have told them.’

Honestly, she expected that there would be many people who would feel uneasy about her and avoid her.

But she thought she had to be brave to continue living as ‘Tyriel Adenrsen.’

‘Above all, I really wanted to attend the coronation today.’

“My father said he saw what happened then in a video, and he heard that Lady Tyriel’s courage was amazing.”

But she didn’t expect to be welcomed like this.

“See? I told you not to worry? You’re a victim. Why were you so worried?”

Jasmine whispered next to her.

“Yeah, I guess so.”

Only now could Tyriel smile fully.

It was then.

“The Saintess is entering!”

The doors that reached the ceiling opened, and light poured into the Parmanas Hall.

And in the middle of it一.

“Wow……”

“Oh my…….”

People forgot that they were supposed to be solemn and unknowingly exclaimed in admiration.

Ruatisha Paeraton, wearing a pure white Saintess robe, entered like a painting.

The pouring light shone on her as if it were a sacred halo.

‘Ah.’

Although there was a happening at Liliel’s coronation and it was revealed that she was a fake Saintess, her appearance in the Saintess robe had not been completely erased from people’s minds.

That’s how impressive Liliel’s appearance was that day.

But at this moment.

‘This is the real Saintess…….’

Liliel’s appearance at the coronation was completely forgotten from everyone’s minds.

* * *

I went through the coronation with a slightly awkward feeling.

‘Me, a Saintess…….’

As a romance fantasy reader, I have mixed feelings about this.

I glanced around, but for some reason, my dad and grandpa’s eyes were moist.

Baron Dier was crying altogether.

“Our young lady is so sacred, beautiful, and pretty, she does it all by herself. Sniff……”

“……”

I hope I don’t look like that when I’m simping over Nike.

I won’t.

Please.

“That’s my daughter.”

“That’s my granddaughter.”

My dad and grandpa proudly puffed out their chests at Baron Dier’s words.

My brothers were no different.

I received the sacred object from the Pope and turned around.

Now I just have to go out to the balcony and show myself to the crowd.

‘Liliel had to look down at an empty square last time.’

I wonder what it’s like now?

Since there’s no one who would pull strings like I did, people would have come to see it, but I was still worried.

‘Honestly, I don’t think I’m as great as the heroines who are Saintesses.’

If I think rationally, I think they would have come anyway, even if it was just for a festival-like atmosphere.

‘Ugh, now that it’s my job…….’

While I was thinking that, I had already reached the balcony.

Soon, the doors of the balcony opened, and,

“Waaah!!”

“Long live the Saintess!”

“It’s the real Saintess!!!”

The shouts of countless people rang in my ears like celebratory gunshots.

People were packed so tightly that I couldn’t see the ground.

They were waving their hands enthusiastically and smiling at me.

“Our Chicken Church has always followed the Saintess!”

“……”

No, that’s not the right thing to say in this situation.

But before I knew it, a smile was on my face.

For some reason, it felt like these people were acknowledging me, even though I didn’t even acknowledge myself.

When I raised my hand, the shouts of the people grew louder.

* * *

Amidst the deafening shouts of the people, a person wearing a deep hood remained silent.

When she raised her head, sparkling blonde hair flowed down.

‘Ruatisha.’

She glared at the smiling Ruatisha with sharp eyes.