Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 281

Running the Romance Fantasy with Baby Cash – Episode 281

☆ Chapter 281 ☆

He said it so naturally, but it was something I really hadn’t expected.

“What…?”

“Everyone was already talking about it at the tea party today.”

“Asking if I’d been to the temple service.”

“High Priest Crescentio doesn’t show his face often. You can only see him from afar during the grand service.”

“Lulu wouldn’t know since she doesn’t come to the service.”

“Yeah…”

The Saintess didn’t have an obligation to attend the service.

The purpose was for her to offer prayers and cultivate herself in solitude during that time, building a deep and close bond with the divine.

In my opinion, it seemed like a strategy by the temple to give the Saintess a sense of mystery and rarity.

Anyway, I was very fortunate since I already had a lot to do.

‘…Am I so lacking in faith that I don’t have divine power?’

But since he’s the god that the demon guy serves, even the faith I had is disappearing.

“Haa, now I’m really just waiting for the service day to come, you know?”

Jasmine, who falls in love easily, said with a dreamy look.

Being handsome is important.

You can tell just by how much she likes Sid, but I also really appreciate a good face.

But.

“He’s good-looking without being too edgy, but is he really that handsome?”

“You’re so spoiled!”

“It’s because you have your family and Prince Sidrian around you!”

“Raphael is honestly handsome too, and you hate it, but His Highness the Crown Prince is really dignified, right?”

“And then there’s Azl, the Deputy Leader of Ansur, and Count Kaishen, the White Rose’s Nobleman.”

“…Felix would hate it if he heard that nickname.”

He was furious that he was still being called the White Rose’s Nobleman even though he became a Count a while ago.

“Hmm, now that I think about it, there are a lot of beautiful people around me, regardless of gender.”

The men didn’t realize it, probably because they were so used to the beauty of their family and Sid.

‘Certainly, the girls all look pretty without that.’

Claudia, Jasmine, and Tiriel, who are with me now, were beauties who could appear in a classic movie right away.

Like the romance fantasy young ladies in my imagination.

It was refreshing to see them, and my eyes were happy.

“That’s right? And now we even have Kain and Crescentio.”

“Haa, both of them have a kind of unattainable charm. It’s not just that they’re handsome, but they have a strange atmosphere. Like they’re in a different dimension…”

“They’re similar in that respect, but in reality, they’re completely different. Like oil and water, they have contrasting charms?”

“…Your analysis is sharp.”

“Of course!”

Jasmine and Tiriel proudly puffed out their chests.

I knew what they were talking about at the tea party without even hearing it.

“If you like them that much, should I introduce you?”

Kain is a demon, so absolutely not, but I thought Felix was a good person.

“Ah, I don’t really want to get involved.”

“I’m the type who hates it the moment it becomes reality.”

Jasmine and Tiriel firmly refused.

Come to think of it, it’s always been like that since I was horrified by other people’s relationships when I was young.

“Anyway, although it’s a chaotic time with continuous anomalies, the temple’s reputation is higher than ever thanks to the Saintess’s inauguration and the appearance of a priest with unprecedentedly powerful divine power.”

Claudia summarized the situation and looked at me.

“Originally, the temple wasn’t that strong in terms of its religious influence. If it weren’t for the two of you, the temple would have rapidly lost its power. They’d be asked what they were doing while the disaster was happening.”

“Instead of cults operating in the shadows like now, they would have come out into the open.”

I nodded at those words.

“Still, gather as much information as you can about those cults from the social circles.”

If Claudia shows interest, there will be quite a few people who will ask for information to gain her favor.

“Maybe they’ll try to recruit Claudia.”

Claudia was at the center of unmarried young ladies and had a lot of influence.

‘Since Claudia is my person who moves at my request, Claudia’s influence becomes mine as it is.’

It feels a bit like a pyramid scheme when I say it like this.

“Claudia can approach them more easily than I, the Saintess, can.”

“Okay. Then we won’t see each other for a while. To give the cults an opening.”

As expected of Claudia.

She immediately understood exactly how I wanted her to move.

“Yeah, and please tell Marquis Micheloen just one thing.”

“To my father?”

“Tell him to prepare in case we might have to use the ‘Knowledge Repository’ [a highly restricted archive of the Micheloen family’s accumulated knowledge].”

“…!”

Claudia’s eyes shook.

The Micheloen family’s ‘Knowledge Repository’.

As I said before, this didn’t simply mean a study, treasure house, library, or academy.

It was the foundation of Micheloen and a sacred object that was a family heirloom.

A treasure among treasures that even the head of Micheloen couldn’t use carelessly because of restrictions.

Back when I saved Claudia from a crisis in the finals of the Dawn Festival.

The Marquis of Micheloen promised to let me use the ‘Knowledge Repository’ once when I wanted.

Claudia’s face became serious.

“…The way you say that makes me think it’s not just a simple cult. I naively thought that darkness would soon disappear since the light is stronger than ever.”

“The stronger the light, the more prominent the shadows.”

“I’ll cooperate as much as I can on my end.”

“Thank you.”

It was then.

“Oh my?”

Jasmine’s eyes widened, and she covered her lips.

“It’s the White Rose’s Nobleman!”

When I turned around at those words, Felix Kaishen was indeed crossing the garden.

He stopped and looked this way, as if he had heard the words ‘White Rose’s Nobleman’.

A prickly expression.

I chuckled and waved my hand.

* * *

I walked alongside Felix.

Since I was thinking of leaving the Imperial Palace now that I had finished my business, Felix offered to escort me.

“Felix, your eyes are dark [showing signs of fatigue].”

“I haven’t been able to return home for days because of the major tsunami in the southwest, and I’m only going now.”

“That must be tough.”

Felix, who is the same age as Zeon, has been called ‘Kaishen’s young genius’ since I was eleven years old, and he was said to be the future who would lead the empire.

As expected, he was being worn out leading the empire.

I became acquainted with him at Metis and became close while dealing with Muriel together.

He’s a bit prickly, but he’s strangely cooperative with me.

“…How is High Priest Crescentio?”

I tilted my head at the sudden question.

It was the first time Felix had asked about someone else like this.

‘Is he worried?’

Come to think of it, Felix and Crescentio had a bit of an overlapping image.

Both were elegant and dignified, so you could say they had aristocratic qualities.

They also seemed similarly obsessive about cleanliness.

‘Felix pretends to dislike it on the outside, but he’s subtly conscious of his popularity among the young ladies, huh?’

This is a little cute?

‘Still, we have a connection, so of course, I’m on Felix’s side.’

He’s also Big Brother’s friend—Zeon said he wasn’t at all—.

In the first place, there’s something fishy about Crescentio, and more than anything,

‘He’s annoying.’

I smiled brightly and gave Felix a thumbs up.

“I think Felix is much more handsome and cool! Don’t worry about Crescentio or anything!”

“No, that’s not what I meant—”

“Felix is cool! Handsome! Heartwarming!”

“Haa, never mind.”

Felix covered his forehead and let out a big sigh, as if he couldn’t help it, at my clearly teasing words.

But I saw it.

The corners of his lips were subtly rising.

* * *

As soon as Esteban heard the whisper from the attendant that Princess Paeraton had come to the outer palace, he got up from his seat and headed to the outer palace.

“Your Highness! The agenda right now is…!”

“Take care of it yourself. Can’t you even do that much?”

Anyway, the ministers were all useless.

Luatisha hadn’t been coming to social gatherings recently and was mostly going back and forth between the temple and the duchy.

The only reason she came to the Imperial Palace was occasionally for meetings about the water management project.

Even if I went to see her then,

“She’s in a meeting. Please leave, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

I could only see her say that with a blank face.

Seeing her face once was like finding a needle in the desert, and seeing her smile once was like picking a star from the sky.

‘She’s busy, so I have no choice but to understand.’

If it’s Luatisha, not anyone else, it’s okay for her to act like that.

Either way, Luatisha will be my woman anyway.

Esteban thought generously.

But.

“I think Felix is much more handsome and cool! Don’t worry about Crescentio or anything!”

Luatisha shouted that while smiling brightly.

It was a playful, friendly smile that she had never shown Esteban even once.

“Felix is cool! Handsome! Heartwarming!”

Abruptly.

Esteban stopped in his tracks.

He knew that Luatisha was close to Sidrian.

‘But that’s because she knows I hate Sidrian and is deliberately trying to provoke jealousy.’

But what’s with her flirting with Felix Kaishen?

And Crescentio.

Esteban had also heard many rumors about that man.

He was famous for his perfect appearance, as impossible to think of as a human, as much as his powerful divine power.

How could women go to service just to feast their eyes?

‘…Could it be that Luatisha goes to the temple often because of that man Crescentio?’

Clench.

Esteban’s fist tightened.

Come to think of it, Luatisha even brought a man named Kain from another continent.

‘…I misjudged.’

Just in time, Luatisha and Felix, who had left the garden, arrived in front of the carriage waiting area.

The Kaishen family’s carriage was waiting there.

Luatisha smiled playfully and held out her hand.

“Here, take it.”

“I’ll wait a little longer and send you off first.”

“It’s okay. Felix looks more tired than I do.”

Luatisha shook her hand as if telling him to hurry and take it.

“To think I’d ever receive an escort.”

“Consider it an honor?”

Felix didn’t answer those words, but in the end, he took Luatisha’s hand and got on the carriage.

There was a smile on his lips as he got into the carriage.

Luatisha waved her hand and saw the carriage off.

Esteban moved his steps after confirming that Luatisha was left alone, except for the palace servant in the waiting area.

“How many men are there?”

Luatisha turned around in disgust at the familiar voice that suddenly rang in her ears.

As expected, it was Crown Prince Esteban.

“What did you say?”

“I knew you were close to Felix Kaishen, but was it to this extent? And recently, you’ve been playing around with a guy named Kain and High Priest Crescentio? How many men do you need to gather to be satisfied?”

What is he talking about.

Luatisha was dumbfounded.

When it came to people she was close to, excluding family, the proportion of women was overwhelmingly large.

‘No, that’s not the problem.’

“Even if I have ten men or a hundred men, what does that have to do with Your Highness the Crown Prince?”

“…”

“What’s certain is that even if I play around with a hundred men, Your Highness the Crown Prince won’t be among them.”

“So, it’s true that you have many men?”

Huh.

‘How did he hear my words to come up with that question?’

“I’ve spoiled you badly.”

Spoiled?

It was absurd.

Even Sidrian, who was her lover, didn’t try to control Luatisha in this way.

“I thought it would be cute to play around a bit before marriage, so I wouldn’t interfere.”

Step, step.

Esteban approached Luatisha. To the point where their clothes brushed against each other.

The moment he leaned toward Luatisha,

“Hey.”

A low murmur rang in Esteban’s eardrums.

Luatisha, who spoke without inflection, raised her head with a swish.

The Paraiba-colored eyes were so cold that he flinched.

“Keep it moderate.”

“…”

“Before I just beat you up and go to jail, no matter if you’re the Crown Prince or whatever.”

Esteban, who had been looking at Luatisha with a surprised face for a moment, had a crooked smile on his lips.

“This side of you is quite nice too?”

Esteban’s hand lifted Luatisha’s chin.

At that moment.

Thwack!

“Ugh…!”

Esteban groaned, clutching his hand.

Something had struck the back of his hand.

It was so strong that his wrist began to swell.

Esteban gritted his teeth.

Pain was pain, but he was more angry that he had been humiliated like this in front of Luatisha.

“Who is it! How dare you harm me, the Crown Prince of the Empire…!”

“If you wanted to commit suicide, you should have just said so nicely, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

Slowly, a person walked out from the garden.

Ares Paeraton smiled warmly like the spring sun.

“I would have sent you off as painfully as possible, as you wished.”

“Duke Paeraton! How dare you harm the body of the imperial family—”

“Ah, for reference, that’s not what I did.”

“What?”

“It’s a pity. If my attack had gone out first, your hand would have been completely cut off.”

Ares shook his head with genuine regret.

A figure walked out from behind him.

“That wouldn’t do. I don’t care if that trash’s hand is cut off, but my Luatisha’s sacred face would be splattered with dirty blood.”

“Sidrian…!”

Esteban squeezed his throat, distorting his face at the sight of his hateful half-brother.