Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 177

☆ Chapter 177 ☆

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Luatisha subtly smoothed her hair.

Instead of the short bob that ended at her shoulders, long, abundant hair now cascaded around her fingertips.

Duke Dier had been eyeing it so intently. This hair, which her family had kept hidden from him, was exceedingly soft.

Luatisha carefully examined her face reflected in the carriage window.

“Is something bothering you?”

At Anna’s question, Luatisha startled and turned away from the window.

“No? Why do you ask?”

“You’ve been fidgeting for a while now. Smoothing your dress, then touching your hair.”

“I have? I didn’t realize.”

Seeing Luatisha’s wide eyes and feigned innocence, Anna chuckled.

She always acted so smart, but at times like this, she was unmistakably a little girl.

Luatisha hesitated for a moment before cautiously asking, “Anna, do I look strange?”

“You do seem a bit different today.”

“Where? Where?”

Anna’s eyes narrowed at Luatisha’s startled question.

“I meant it’s strange that you can’t stay still and keep fidgeting… but it seems like you were asking something else?”

“Huh?”

Blink, blink.

Luatisha blinked a few times before her face flushed red.

“No. I just… I meant that I was fidgeting.”

Watching the hesitant child, Anna felt a tickle in her heart.

Anna hugged Luatisha tightly and patted her back. “Our young lady is always perfect, lovely, cute, and beautiful.”

“…Really?”

Her glancing eyes clearly showed her inner thoughts.

Anna smiled and brushed Luatisha’s hair back. “But why would our young lady ask such a thing? Could it be that someone has caught your eye?”

“No!”

The way she shouted made it obvious she was hiding something.

“Hmm? If not, then why are you shouting like that?”

In the meantime, the carriage came to a stop.

They had arrived at the Imperial Palace.

Luatisha jumped up as if fleeing from Anna’s gaze.

And she leaped out of the carriage before the footman could even set down the footstool.

Glancing back, Luatisha pouted at Anna.

“I really don’t have a crush.”

Her cheeks were flushed bright red.

She ran off, then quickly returned to peek inside the carriage.

“Anna is perfect, lovely, cute, and beautiful too.”

“Oh my.”

Anna couldn’t help but laugh.

She must have thought Anna was angry because she had shouted, so she came back to say such a thing.

Looking up, she saw pink hair fluttering as it moved away.

Anna smiled as she watched.

‘She was so worried about it. She’ll mess it all up if she runs like that.’

Anna slowly stepped out of the carriage.

The summer sunlight brightly colored the child’s flushed cheeks.

‘It’s about time our young lady started having a little crush.’

Anna didn’t particularly dislike it.

Her wish was for Luatisha to have various experiences and naturally feel various emotions as the years passed.

Whether it was friendship or love.

However.

‘Hmm, the Duke is going to make a fuss if he finds out…’

The doting fool was the problem.

‘Not just His Excellency, but also the Marquis and the young master.’

Anna’s smile faded as she moved her feet.

‘Duke Dier is going to cry, I think. Laura, Nancy, and Tilda will make a huge fuss.’

With each step, her face became more serious.

‘Count Kandor pretends not to care, but he’s serious too. And Orca and…’

Stop.

Anna stopped walking with a stiff face as the number of people continued to increase.

Won’t our young lady ever get to have a proper relationship?

No, won’t she even be able to get married?

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Luatisha, completely unaware that her life might end as a solo act since her first life, was suppressing her pounding heart.

Thump, thump.

“It’s been a while, Princess.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Luatisha walked gracefully and sat on the sofa.

Sidrian narrowed his eyes at her dangling feet.

‘Why is she so excited?’

She was trying to act calm, but Luatisha was definitely excited.

She was drinking iced chocolate and glancing at him, making him wonder if she had something to say, but she wasn’t saying anything.

If it were the usual Luatisha, she would have cut to the chase.

“…….”

Luatisha picked up a macaron and peeked at Sidrian without getting caught.

‘……His fingers are much longer than I thought.’

‘They must be very different from my hands.’

‘His legs are long, and his feet are big too.’

‘How much bigger will he get in the future?’

Imagining Sidrian growing taller and taller was so much fun.

‘He unexpectedly likes sweets. Iced chocolate and macarons.’

Imagining him eating sweets with such a neat and cool face made her laugh.

“……Sha.”

‘Hmm, he seems a little cute, too.’

But why isn’t he eating now?

He doesn’t seem to want to touch the drinks or the desserts.

Only Luatisha was eating.

“……Tisha.”

‘Is he perhaps shy? Is he the type to pretend to be an adult by drinking bitter tea in front of others? Sid is still a kid.’

His face is so perfect—.

His face…….

‘Huh?’

Why is his face so close?

Luatisha’s eyes widened.

Swoosh—.

A long finger brushed past her lips.

“You had something on your face.”

“Oh, oh?”

“Cream.”

“Th, thank you.”

Luatisha lowered her head and quickly wiped her mouth.

Thanks to Sidrian wiping it off, there was nothing left.

“……You could have just told me.”

“You weren’t answering when I called you.”

Sidrian narrowed his eyes and looked at Luatisha.

Something similar had happened before.

‘It’s different from then.’

Luatisha’s reaction was similar, but distinctly different.

His eyes narrowed.

“All you have to do is captivate Surah’s heart enough to make her forget all the rattlesnakes.”

It was time to put those words into practice.

“…….”

Luatisha swallowed hard, still looking down.

Even after wiping it off, Sidrian didn’t move away.

No, rather…

“It’s messed up.”

Sidrian’s hand delved into her hair. The hair that had fallen down went behind her ear.

“Master.”

His voice was slightly lower.

“I told you not to call me that.”

When Luatisha protested, Sidrian raised the corner of his lips.

“What does it matter? It’s just the two of us.”

“…….”

Luatisha’s face was bright red.

‘She looks like she’s about to explode if I touch her.’

Sidrian smiled and moved away.

Then, he politely extended his hand.

“Would you like to take a walk, Princess?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Luatisha sighed in relief and took his hand.

But it was too early to relax.

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“Seduce her.”

“Seduce Surah and make her a prisoner of the Commander.”

“So that she won’t even look at other men!”

“So that Surah will only think about the Commander all day long!”

Sidrian was a hard worker and learned quickly.

He had no choice but to grow up that way to survive.

He immediately gathered information on how to best capture Luatisha’s heart.

And…

“Did you hear? The technique that made Zeon Paeraton go crazy!”

“There’s such a thing? No, more than that, has Young Master Zeon ever been crazy? Except for his youngest sibling…….”

“My friend’s in-law’s cousin’s nephew’s friend heard Zeon begging someone to do a ‘wall-slam’ on him. He also asked them to stroke his hair.”

“Oh my? Oh my my? That Young Master Zeon?”

“I know, right! Isn’t it amazing?”

“Who was the other person?”

“They said they couldn’t see their face because they were separated by a wall.”

‘Wall-slam, huh…….’

Honestly, he couldn’t understand why such a thing was good.

But Zeon Paeraton and Luatisha shared the same blood, so wouldn’t their tastes be similar?

Sidrian walked beside Luatisha, trying to find the most natural timing.

After researching wall-slams, he found out that the more artificial it was, the more annoying it became, and it had to be natural to be exciting.

‘Naturally…….’

But there was no opportunity to do so.

For some reason, Luatisha was keeping her distance from him,

“Ha, ha, ha. The weather is so… nice. The flowers are… blooming… too.”

—while averting her gaze.

“…….”

Even if he did a wall-slam or whatever now, it didn’t seem like it would have any effect.

Sidrian sighed.

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Luatisha was walking as naturally as possible and talking as naturally as possible.

‘Phew, at this rate…….’

She thought she was acting well without being awkward.

‘My right hand and right foot are going out at the same time?!’

Luatisha startled and corrected her steps.

Left foot out, right hand! Right foot out, left hand!

She suddenly felt like an idiot.

‘B, b, b, but it’s the first time I’m meeting him after realizing I l, l, l……like him!’

It wasn’t that she suddenly developed feelings, but that she realized the affection she had been building up from before. But for some reason, everything felt conscious.

Sidrian’s touch as he brushed her hair back, and his close face…….

She thought Echen looked handsome because she was wearing rose-colored glasses [seeing things in an overly optimistic way].

‘Sid is different after all.’

Luatisha peeked at Sidrian’s face.

He was frowning slightly, as if he was worried about something.

As expected, he was the one who caused a stir in society with his beauty upon his debut.

When Sid is in front of her, Sid is the most handsome, and when Echen is in front of her, Echen is attractive again.

‘Ugh, this playboy tendency…….’

It was the moment when Luatisha was feeling embarrassed.

Thud.

“Huh?”

Luatisha raised her head at the ominous sound above her.

The summer sunlight was shining through the branches.

And the branch was shaking precariously—.

Crack!

“Eek?!”

Just before the branch fell, a firm hand grabbed Luatisha’s wrist.

With a fluid movement, her body was instantly pushed against the wall.

Thump!

A shadow covered Luatisha’s small body.

The breath felt right in front of her.

A bittersweet yet cool scent.

A large hand bracing next to her face.

And.

Thump, thump, thump—.

The mysterious, luminous purple eyes right in front of her.

“Are you okay?”

At the whisper, Luatisha let out a shallow breath.

The shallow breath traveled from her lungs, up her throat, and out through her lips, tickling her chest.

‘Ah…….’

Her vision was filled with only Sidrian.

At that moment.

[Ability is activated.]

‘No, here?’

At the same time as the notification window appeared in front of her, her limbs moved on their own.

Luatisha’s hand grabbed Sidrian’s shoulder and turned his body around.

Thump!

Sidrian was trapped between Luatisha’s arms and the wall.

His purple eyes wavered.

Seeing Sidrian’s bewildered face, Luatisha moved her lips.

‘Oh, so, this is…….’

It wasn’t her will, but she couldn’t help it because of her ability.

But she couldn’t say that.

‘Ugh, whatever!’

“Are you okay? You almost got hurt.”

Honestly, Sidrian would be fine even if a tree fell on him, not just a branch.

But Luatisha tried her best to speak firmly.

“Be careful. I won’t forgive you for getting hurt without my permission.”

Luatisha lowered her hand from the wall and turned around coolly.

‘Ugh, I’m so embarrassed!’

Of course, her inner thoughts weren’t cool.

Sidrian, leaning against the wall, covered his face.

“Ha…….”

His ears, which were briefly visible, were flushed red.

‘So this is what it was.’

He was foolish for not knowing why wall-slams were good.

He covered his mouth and looked up.

The paraiba-colored [bluish-green] eyes that had pushed him against the wall with force and stared straight at him vividly came to mind.

“This is a problem.”

He could continue to like her even more here.

He tried to seduce her, but he was seduced instead.

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“Aaaargh!”

I pounded the pillow.

‘I’m crazy, I’m crazy!’

Why did my ability activate there!

‘Isn’t this random, but someone is watching and deliberately activating it at the right time?!’

How can it only activate at times like this?

After pounding the pillow for a while, I hugged the hamster doll tightly and rolled around on the bed.

‘……He was cool.’

Sid’s figure, blocking the falling branch with his body, kept floating around.

‘Do I like Sid after all?’

—Hmph, I’m sad.

When I turned my head at the sudden voice, Echen was looking at me with his chin resting on his hand.

With his unique languid smile.

‘H, handsome.’

Ugh.

I’m really crazy!

I jumped up from the bed and frantically swatted away the illusions of Echen and Sid that were floating on either side of me.

Oh my god.

Oh my god!

I have a playboy tendency.

I’m so shocked!

I was that kind of woman who easily gives her heart away!

A playboy who holds two men in her heart at once!

It was when I was stomping my feet.

“What’s wrong? Your face has gotten uglier.”

Ixion picked me up with a playful smile.