Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 278

I was dumbfounded.

“Hey, I have eyes, you know?”

The man didn’t react to my words.

No, he became even more confident.

‘…Why is he so confident?’

“I mean, I don’t like you.”

The man was still standing still, but I saw it.

His eyes flickered slightly.

‘What, is he the one with the crush, not me?’

“And I have a bunny-like child and a fox-like boyfriend.”

The man tilted his head as if he didn’t like me.

Somehow, seeing that subtly annoying expression, I remembered where I had seen this man before.

“Ah, that jerk……!”

It was the same man I had met in front of my holy image in Terarkne Square before.

‘I asked if he wanted an autograph and got laughed at by that devilish guy.’

Honestly, I don’t really want to remember it, but the devilish guy keeps bringing it up whenever his cooldown is over, so I’m forced to remember it.

He brings up that story every time people ask me for an autograph.

“Jerk?”

“……Um, a lucky person?”

Even though he’s a weirdo who suddenly asks if I’m hitting on him.

Anyway, as a cultured modern person, I couldn’t call someone I barely know a jerk, so I vaguely changed the subject.

Of course, the man couldn’t believe my words and suspiciously raised his eyebrows.

Why. What. Why.

What are you going to do if you don’t believe me?

When I confidently met his eyes, the man also stared at me intently.

As we were staring at each other without saying a word, High Priest Abor introduced the man to me with a flustered expression.

“Your Holiness, this is Lord Crescentio. I mentioned him to you before一.”

“Ah, the one with amazing divine power?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

He’s much younger than I thought.

Compared to the old days, the current priests have almost no divine power.

That’s why when I examined the evil spirit in Shuela’s body before, it was difficult even though several people joined forces.

They barely have healing abilities, which are basic abilities of priests in romance fantasy novels.

‘But they said this man is different.’

He was said to possess great divine power, even by the standards of the old priests, not just the current ones.

‘I wondered why someone with that much power wasn’t a cardinal. Was it because he was so young?’

Even if he wasn’t a cardinal, he seemed to be in a special position.

Judging by how politely High Priest Abor was acting.

About a month ago, High Priest Abor told me about Crescentio, saying that he was returning from a pilgrimage to a distant continent to uphold the will of God.

“Is the pilgrimage over?”

“Yes, he returned to the Empire a few days ago and is greeting the Holy Maiden after recovering from his journey.”

A few days ago?

‘That’s strange.’

I saw that man on the street quite a while ago.

‘……I couldn’t be mistaken一.’

The man didn’t have a face you could mistake.

A tall height and broad shoulders.

A physique that stands out not only among the generally weak priests but also among ordinary people.

Despite his good physique, he had a graceful and elegant atmosphere rather than a wild one.

It was a rare type.

‘The man I saw back then is definitely him.’

But he returned to the Empire a few days ago?

‘Suspicious.’

“But it’s a bit strange. If there’s a priest with such great divine power, I think there would have been a lot of rumors. Why didn’t I know before?”

I blinked my eyes, pretending to feel pure curiosity without any special meaning, and tilted my head.

“Ah, you might be curious. In fact, Lord Crescentio’s divine power wasn’t this strong from the beginning.”

“Really?”

“He gained enlightenment during his pilgrimage of several years and received God’s grace. He is truly an example for all priests.”

“I see. That’s amazing.”

“Now that he has returned from his pilgrimage, he plans to engage in external activities. There are no vacancies in the cardinal positions right now, but we are considering exceptionally recommending him.”

I nodded.

However, the question of why the man who was said to be on a pilgrimage was in the capital a few months ago was not resolved.

‘High Priest Abor doesn’t seem like he would lie to me.’

That’s how he reacted when I asked him with pure curiosity earlier.

‘But if I ask that man if he didn’t run into me back then, he’ll probably say nonsense again.’

“To think that such a possessor of vast and pure divine power would appear at this time when the Holy Maiden has arrived……!”

High Priest Abor trembled, overwhelmed with emotion as he looked at the two of us.

“The temple will enter a new era of revival! This is a blessing for the world beyond the temple.”

He must have had a lot of secretly sad memories.

“I believe that the two of you will join forces to lead this world well.”

“Um, not really. Is there a need to join forces? I think it would be better for each of us to do our own thing.”

It’s better to draw a line from the beginning than to be vaguely tied together and cause trouble later.

‘Above all, the situation is suspicious.’

At that time, Crescentio, who had frowned, spat out.

“I hate it more.”

What?

“I hate it even more.”

“I hate it even more一.”

Crescentio stopped talking.

Then, he elegantly turned his head and muttered with a deep sigh.

“……Why am I having this childish fight.”

Even if he pretends to be dignified now, it doesn’t erase the fact that he was saying ‘even more, even more’.

“You have a talent for making others stoop to your level.”

Huh.

I was dumbfounded by Crescentio’s words.

‘Isn’t that an insult to me?’

Why is he blaming me when he was the one who acted childish first?

Sparks flew from my eyes.

High Priest Abor, who had come to know my temper well while working with me over the past few months, noticed my expression and began to back away.

“Haha, I’ll be leaving now because of other business.”

“Other business, what?”

“Hahaha! Please, you two, have a comfortable conversation. Hahahaha!”

Then, before I could stop him, he quickly left the room.

Geez.

Like I’m going to eat him alive.

* * *

I sat on the sofa and crossed my arms.

High Priest Abor is overreacting, I didn’t have any intention of doing anything to Crescentio.

‘I’m an adult now. I’m all grown up.’

I don’t think he’ll tell me why someone who wasn’t supposed to be in the Empire ran into me in Terarkne Square, but there was something else I wanted to confirm.

“About the story from earlier. The part about it not being like that originally. What does that mean?”

“It means exactly what it says.”

“It wasn’t written like this originally?”

Silence was as good as an affirmation.

“But High Priest Abor said he copied the original as it was. And that there were no traces of it being erased or modified in the original.”

“Could a mere human recognize those traces?”

Crescentio slightly raised his chin arrogantly.

“The Bible is not a story of humans but of God.”

“…….”

“When that God disappears, naturally, the name also disappears.”

“……!”

‘God disappeared……?’

“No, should I say that God disappeared because the name disappeared?”

I felt like I knew what Crescentio was talking about.

The power of God comes from influence, faith, and the size of the church.

The current situation is like believers following ‘God, God’ without even knowing their name.

No matter how much there is a holy war and priests to worship him, what use is it?

If even the divine name is not being passed down, can that God have a great influence?

And is it just a matter of not knowing the name?

If even the name is not left behind, there is a high possibility that nothing else is left behind either.

People are just tracing the remaining traces of God.

‘Moreover, no one was questioning it.’

Only after I questioned that there was no name of God anywhere did there come a reaction.

‘……But this man is different from other priests.’

Did he find some clue during his pilgrimage that took several years?

Or一.

“Then what was the original name of God?”

“Don’t you know that better than I do?”

Crescentio’s answer gave me certainty.

‘It’s Aftanes after all.’

I have no divine power at all.

But I was promoted to Holy Maiden because I possessed the power of Pasa.

The power of Pasa is the power of Aftanes.

‘The fact that I am the Holy Maiden is proof that Aftanes is the God that the temple serves.’

Why did Aftanes lose his name?

And.

‘Why does this man know such things?’

I raised my head and looked straight at the man.

He didn’t avoid my gaze.

Silver-gray eyes with a strange light stared at me.

“……Who are you?”

“It seems you’ve finally become interested in me.”

“…….”

“Well, who could I be.”

Crescentio elegantly crossed his long legs.

He’s not even giving me a proper answer, so he seems arrogant and really annoying.

‘Do you think you’re the only one who can cross your legs?’

I leaned back on the sofa and crossed my legs as elegantly and gracefully as my dad.

A moment of silence came.

“……Aren’t you going to ask more?”

“Do I have to ask?”

“…….”

“If you want to tell me so badly, why don’t you say it first?”

“……I never wanted to say it.”

“Then I’ll ask.”

I straightened my body, which had been leaning against the backrest.

As I leaned my upper body towards Crescentio, his gaze followed me.

I could feel him subtly concentrating and waiting for my question, pretending not to.

To meet that expectation, I opened my mouth.

“But why have you been speaking informally since earlier?”

“……?!”

Crescentio looked like he had been hit.

As if he never expected to hear such words from me.

Seeing his noble and arrogant face turn stupid in an instant, a sense of exhilaration surged from my stomach.

“Ah~ Haven’t you heard my rumors yet?”

I abandoned my aristocratic posture and leaned back in a rebellious and crooked manner.

Crescentio flinched.

“I’m different from the kind, benevolent, gentle, and benevolent old Holy Maidens.”

I tilted my head to the side and looked up at Crescentio in a cocky manner.

“Let’s be clear? I’m using polite language because I think you’re older. But that doesn’t mean you can naturally speak informally to me.”

I was just being polite as a K-Confucian girl, so why are you speaking informally?

“I’m the Holy Maiden, the Holy Maiden. Huh?”

“What kind of Holy Maiden is this…….”

Crescentio seemed quite shocked by my brazen attitude.

“I’m on a similar level to the Pope. The authority is different, but if you really want to compare, even the Pope bows to me. You know? I’m God’s representative.”

“…….”

“You can’t treat me like this just because you have a little bit of divine power. Are you higher than the Pope, really? You’re not even a cardinal.”

“…….”

I got up from my seat, stood with my legs apart, and approached Crescentio.

“Let’s do well in the future? Take care of your manners.”

Tap tap.

I dusted off Crescentio’s clothes and swaggered out of the room.

“Hoo…….”

I heard a dumbfounded sigh from behind as I closed the door, but who cares?

Hmph!

* * *

High Priest Abor was standing anxiously in front of the door.

“Why are you here?”

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

“Why? Are you afraid I’ll beat that guy up?”

“Haha, no. Surely our Holy Maiden wouldn’t use such violence…… wouldn’t she?”

High Priest Abor asked me anxiously.

“I didn’t. And the reason I beat that guy up back then was because he embezzled disaster relief funds.”

There was a terrible guy who embezzled the donations that were supposed to go to the children who were starving due to the severe damage from the earthquake.

As soon as it was revealed that it was because of him, I couldn’t stand it and punched him in the face.

“That was an exceptional situation. I’m a non-violent pacifist.”

“Y-Yes, that’s right.”

“Your answer is a bit ambiguous?”

“That’s right! The Holy Maiden is a pacifist who doesn’t even know the ‘meaning’ of violence!”

Good.

I nodded and left the temple.

And headed straight to Sid’s palace.

* * *

“I smell something bad.”

Cain frowned as soon as he saw me.

The moment he tried to get close to me and sniff, ice shattered.

“Get away.”

“No, I really smell something bad.”

“You’re more unpleasant.”

Sid hit Cain.

Um, how can he hit so well?

“Does it really smell bad?”

I was startled and raised my arm to smell myself.

I don’t think I smell anything.

The moment I raised my head, Sid’s face was right in front of me.

‘Close.’

The distance was so close that it was like we were about to kiss.

I was so surprised that my body stiffened一.

Sid’s lips, which were so close that they almost touched, grazed my lips.

The tip of his sharp nose lightly brushed my cheeks and neck.

His breath touched my ears and neck.

Goosebumps rose for some reason.