Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 145

“Gong~nyeo~nim!”

“Gongnyeo-nim!”

The moment I arrived at Asheltein Manor, the twins latched onto me, linking arms on either side.

“Welcome!”

“Do you know how much we missed you?”

They probably missed my hair and nails, not me personally.

With my arms linked, I barely felt my feet touch the ground as they practically dragged me along.

It felt more like being taken into custody than being given a ride.

“Do you still have your baby teeth that fell out?”

“Haven’t your molars fallen out yet?”

“If they do, can you give them to us?”

‘If I give them to you, something even worse than publishing a kissing illustration on the front page of the newspaper will happen.’

I didn’t say anything, but the twins chattered away as they escorted me, clearly excited about something.

Mostly, they were talking about wanting parts of my body.

The two of them set me down in the middle of the lab, their eyes wide.

“Oh my! Why are you so tired?”

“Your face is a mess.”

Why do you think?

Because I indirectly experienced being a lab rat!

“We have news that will blow away Gongnyeo-nim’s fatigue!”

“Ta-da!”

The Asheltein heir dramatically swept away a cloth covering one side of the lab.

There stood the ancient weapon I had entrusted to them… no, a device from Earth, standing tall and proud.

“No way! You got it working?”

“Of course! Who do you think I am?”

“Wow! That’s amazing!”

“We had to do it to get your fingernails.”

“And your hair.”

“……”

Let’s pretend I didn’t hear that.

“A normal magician, alchemist, or sorcerer wouldn’t have been able to activate it. You have to be a little crazy like us to make it possible.”

Oh, so you know you’re crazy.

Surprisingly objective self-reflection.

“Who else would think of putting Gongnyeo-nim’s hair in there?”

“……Huh?”

Putting what in?

“Your hair, Gongnyeo-nim.”

“……”

You crazy bastards!

‘A little crazy? You’re completely out of your minds! What are you doing with my hair!’

Objective self-reflection, my foot!

I swallowed hard and stared at the result of these crazy people’s crazy짓 [짓 (jit) is a Korean word referring to an action or behavior, often used to describe something negative or foolish].

A machine that works when you put human hair in it.

‘Is this when the genre changes to horror?!’

My face paled as I took a step back from the machines.

“Haha, to be exact, we imitated and inputted the energy pattern that appears in Gongnyeo-nim’s hair.”

“You didn’t put my hair in directly? As a battery……”

No, instead of black gold, you put my hair in…….

The two twins stared at me with wide eyes.

“Why would you put that in there?”

“How could you think of that……”

“Gongnyeo-nim, you’re really unique.”

I don’t want to hear that from you guys!

“Hmm… I’m a little curious about what would happen if we put it in.”

No, don’t mutter that with a serious face.

“Anyway! Thanks for your hard work. Thank you.”

I quickly changed the subject.

But one question arose.

“What exactly is imitating the energy pattern that appears in my hair?”

“People know that everyone is born with their own unique energy, right?”

“Yes. They say it’s called Ether.”

“That’s right. Hair contains a very minute amount of that energy – Ether pattern. It naturally disappears after a long time, though.”

“Other people don’t even know how to check the Ether pattern.”

“But since we’ve been quite interested in hair and nails for a long time, we accidentally developed a way to detect the pattern.”

“……Why are you looking at me like I’m a pervert?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

I was startled and shook my head.

I guess my inner thoughts were too obvious.

“So, this time, we received your hair and sensed the Ether pattern and put it in for fun –”

“Ta-da! It started working!”

“……”

They say the development of science is a gift of chance.

‘Just for fun, they detect the Ether pattern from someone else’s hair, and they deliberately imitate it and put it into their research……’

‘Aren’t these guys really perverts?!’

At that moment, the twins suddenly pushed their faces close to mine.

The identical eyes were flickering with a strange desire.

“But do you know what’s amazing?”

“If you imitate and input someone else’s energy pattern, it doesn’t work.”

……What?

“It only reacts to Gongnyeo-nim’s energy pattern. Isn’t that interesting?”

“Hehe, I knew from the beginning that there must be something special about the Gongnyeo-nim!”

The twins were chattering excitedly, but I couldn’t hear them well.

What on earth does this mean?

Ether is an innate power.

Just because I made a contract with a demon or awakened my abilities doesn’t mean the pattern itself would have changed in any special way.

‘Then does that mean the power I was born with was special from the start?’

Isn’t that something that only applies to Dad and my brothers?

Those who possess magic are born with a special power that is different from others.

‘Come to think of it.’

“Magic is too powerful for a human to possess. Because of that, the possessors have some kind of distorted sense.”

“But Ruru seems to be able to stabilize that distorted sense.”

“You are the first Paeraton born without magic. There’s no telling what other powers might be hidden.”

I had the power to stabilize magic.

Thanks to that, my family, especially Zion, became much more stable.

Above all, even if I directly injected magic into myself, it wasn’t hard at all.

It’s already been 5 years… almost 6 years ago.

During that time, I had a strong feeling that I was summoning and ‘borrowing’ the abilities of the novel’s heroine, so I didn’t pay much attention to the power I was born with.

When Zion asked me to stabilize him, I just nodded, thinking, ‘Oh, I have that ability?’

I forgot that my power might be able to do something else special, as Dad said.

I had expected it for the first year or two, but no other power appeared, no matter how much time passed.

‘Come to think of it, the demon said that too.’

“Wasn’t I just an ordinary kid born without magic? What exactly is my ability?”

“Why do you think the Reader was born into that family?”

“Why do you think the Reader can summon novels and borrow the heroine’s abilities?”

“If the Reader was really an ordinary person without any abilities, you wouldn’t have been able to awaken.”

“Are you saying that I was able to awaken my power because I’m from the Paeraton bloodline?”

“That’s right.”

“Then is it not a coincidence that I was born into this family?”

“A coincidence? Everything is an inevitability derived from karma, Reader.”

“……”

“The only exception is the path the Reader walks.”

What power do I possess?

I thought it would appear soon, but it’s been quiet for almost 6 years, and it’s reappearing just when I’d almost forgotten about it.

“Asheltein Young一.”

The Asheltein Youngae [Youngae is a noble title, similar to ‘Lady’ or ‘Young Miss’] was startled and quickly took her hand off my hair.

“……Youngae.”

“Haha! I thought you were deep in thought, so I thought I could succeed.”

The Asheltein Youngae stuck out her tongue and smiled mischievously.

I shook my head.

“You should stop. When you go home, your family will be there to greet you, and the moment they realize that your hair has been cut outside the house, it’ll be chaos一.”

“Huh?”

“Ah, it’s nothing!”

What am I even saying?

“Ahem, anyway, even I have a hard time getting my own hair and nails.

“Is this related to this?”

The Asheltein heir asked, flipping open a research journal.

“The drawing came out really well.”

“……”

Scrapped in the research journal was a drawing of me taking turns kissing my family members, “Eumjjo [Eumjjo refers to the act of giving kisses in turn to multiple people, often family members, in a playful or affectionate manner].”

Yes, it was that drawing that my family had paid billions to publish in all the major newspapers.

“……Did you know about this?”

“I don’t think there’s anyone who doesn’t know about this?”

“Everyone reads the newspaper, right?”

No, shouldn’t kids be outside playing? Why are they reading the newspaper?

This is seriously wrong.

‘I’m so glad that Zion pinning me against the wall wasn’t published.’

It was worth risking my life to stop it. I protected my minimum dignity as a human being.

“There’s an interview here saying that they won’t tolerate anyone who targets my daughter’s hair.”

“And that they will consider anyone who cuts her nails an enemy of the family.”

“……”

I didn’t know there was such content.

I didn’t even read the interview.

“……But it says ‘Research Journal’ on the cover. Why is something like this scrapped in here?”

“Huh? Haha! I must have written it wrong. It’s a mistake, a mistake.”

“That’s right. Do you think we would consider the Gongnyeo-nim a test subject?”

No, I think that ‘maybe’ is actually the truth.

“Hoo, it’s okay to do research. As long as you keep it to a reasonable level.”

“Wow, really?”

“Really? You’re allowing it?”

“Keep it to a! Reasonable! Level.”

“Of course.”

“We are also excellent alchemists who consider human rights and ethics.”

Hmm, I’m uneasy.

“I’ll gradually bring you my hair and nails little by little. Instead, after you play with… no, research my hair and nails, please be sure to tell me the results.”

“That’s not a difficult task. Okay.”

“But is there really no way to get my baby teeth that fell out?”

“……”

Is it okay?

Even if I entrust it to these crazy perverts.

I’m a little uneasy, but their skills are definitely certain.

‘Just the fact that they activated a product from a completely different civilization.’

I stroked the machine that had revealed its appearance proudly.

The cold touch of plastic was very welcome.

‘Okay. Shall we have some fun with this?’

* * *

“What?!”

Ariel screamed, her face contorted in dismay.

Before her, dozens of butterflies emitting a sacred white light were fluttering.

Each butterfly uttered a word.

“Bitch……”

“Acquired ancient artifact……”

“Successful activation……”

“Presentation scheduled……”

“Demonstration……”

Ariel bit her lip tightly.

With the power she could use now, she could only say this much, but it was enough to understand.

“What is that ancient artifact?”

“Treatment device……”

“Treatment device?”

Bang! Ariel slammed the table.

The startled butterflies fluttered up, but she didn’t care.

“Calm down. We’re going to make the elixir look better anyway. We have a chance.”

Huien’s wife calmed Ariel down.

“You said we can make it more effective, right?”

“Yes, that’s right……”

If she used the newly granted power, it would be possible enough.

“We’re going to release something with significantly improved effects in just two or three weeks. People will naturally be tempted.”

“It will be more effective than that Gongjindan [a type of traditional Korean medicine] or whatever it is.”

“That’s right. Besides, they’ll think there’s a good chance we’ll create a real elixir. It’s the Paeraton Gongnyeo who will be ignored this time.”

At those words, the strength drained from Ariel’s hands.

She felt good thinking about the Paeraton Gongnyeo standing alone with a desolate face.

This time, she would stomp on the Gongjindan rolling on the floor!

But.

“That’s not enough.”

Ariel’s eyes flashed fiercely.

“We were careless last time. We didn’t expect the Paeraton Gongnyeo to have Gongjindan.”

“……”

“But she brought a new ancient artifact and succeeded in activating it. And it’s a treatment-related artifact. What if that tempts people again?”

“But whatever it is, it can only be weaker than the elixir一.”

“We haven’t even reproduced the real elixir yet.”

Huien’s wife nodded. She had to admit that she had thought too easily.

No, rather than thinking too easily一.

“That bitch is probably full of dreams right now. Why wouldn’t she be? She not only excavated an ancient artifact but even activated it.”

“……”

“She’s probably thinking she can flatten my nose.”

Ariel gritted her teeth.

“I don’t particularly need people’s attention. You take it.”

“What?”

“Ah, can’t you take it?”

That face that dared to laugh at her, a mere lowly human.

The elixir bottle that rolled and broke.

That white and clear face surrounded by people and laughing.

Pasasak.

One of the captured butterflies was crushed mercilessly in Ariel’s hand.

“I can’t let that happen. I can’t let that happen.”

Ariel, who muttered with a strangely raised lip, gestured towards the air.

The butterflies that had fled began to descend slowly.

“Where is that presentation venue?”