Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 184

After crying for a long while, I lifted my head.

My mouth and throat stung, and my vision was blurry.

My whole body was swollen and feverish.

But my mind was clearer than ever.

I wouldn’t dwell on what I couldn’t do, lost in pain and despair.

I couldn’t regret the time Lady Aizelle hadn’t regretted.

I couldn’t say that it was a mistake for Lady Aizelle to meet me, to be with me, when she said she was glad she had.

I couldn’t dismiss the life Lady Aizelle was proud of.

Flit, flit. Hermes Jjak, who had flown to my hand, pecked his beak at me when he saw me.

“Now you look like someone alive, Jjak! I thought I was seeing a living corpse, Jjak!”

“I probably look more like a corpse now, cough!”

My voice was a mess.

It hurt as if my throat was being scratched every time I spoke.

“You’re so ugly that I wondered if you were even human, Jjak!”

“……”

“So don’t cry anymore, Jjak! I’ve been dying of worry, unable to rest.”

“Were you worried about me?”

At those words, Hermes Jjak turned away, twitching his tail feathers.

He couldn’t be honest.

“Lady Aizelle left more words, Jjak!”

“What words?”

“Words for Lady Aizelle’s parents, Jjak!”

“……Should I be hearing this?”

“Lady Aizelle didn’t really think I would deliver her last words, Jjak! She just needed someone to listen to her last words.”

Hermes Jjak lowered his gaze, then looked up and stared at me.

“She probably wanted you to listen, not me. Maybe she saw you in me. No, she definitely did.”

It was strange.

This little titmouse felt like a very large being at this moment.

“So she would have wanted you to deliver her last words to her parents.”

It felt like a vast, transcendent being was speaking to me.

The tiny black eyes looked like the eyes of someone who oversees the world.

“Lady Aizelle entrusted her last words to you, and no one else.”

Perhaps that’s why.

Those words struck my heart strongly, like an undeniable truth.

“……”

The hesitation was short.

I nodded and looked at Hermes Jjak.

Did I really deserve this?

There was no need to think about that.

It wasn’t for me to decide.

Hadn’t I heard Lady Aizelle’s last words?

As Hermes Jjak said, Lady Aizelle would have wanted to entrust her last words to me.

I took out a piece of paper.

“Tell me. I will definitely deliver those words to Lady Aizelle’s parents.”

Hermes Jjak spread his wings again and flew up.

Soon, a familiar voice echoed.

* * *

I looked at the paper with Lady Aizelle’s words and fell into thought.

“……”

It contained much more serious content than I had expected.

“……What do you think?”

“You still have to tell them, Jjak!”

Hermes Jjak, who had been diligently pecking at cookies, raised his head and said.

“Of course, I’ll tell them. But will they believe it?”

“……”

Hermes Jjak had no answer.

[A new quest has arrived.]

〈Carry Out the Will! (1)〉

Dear Reader!

You’ve finally broken out of your coffin!

Damn it, I believed in you!

I never, ever doubted that you, dear Reader, might spend the rest of your life in that coffin.

As expected, a romance fantasy reader wouldn’t fall so easily!

‘……This guy completely doubted me.’

I narrowed my eyes and read the rest of the message.

Now it’s time for some payback!

We can’t leave Muriel Chavonne, who harmed Lady Aizelle, as she is!

To do that, there’s a gateway we must first pass through.

According to Lady Aizelle’s will, please deliver her last words to Count and Countess Aizelle.

Even if you face opposition, don’t give in and make sure to fulfill the Lady’s last words.

For the truth lies there.

– Condition: Persuade Count and Countess Aizelle to fulfill Lady Aizelle’s will

– Reward: 5000-cash gacha ticket, linked quest 〈???〉 progress, increased influence within the Empire

“I was going to do it even if you didn’t rush me like this. I’ve dawdled enough.”

[Quest accepted.]

I looked at the paper again.

“Haa……”

A sigh escaped me.

But if it was something Lady Aizelle had entrusted to me as her last wish, I had to accomplish it no matter what.

I took out a Zippo lighter and burned the paper.

All the lamps in the Duke’s residence were magic lamps, so a Zippo lighter was provided to melt sealing wax.

Watching the paper burn, I fell into thought.

‘I guess the next linked quest will be to annihilate Muriel Chavonne.’

Could I do it?

I looked down at my hands.

Small and delicate hands.

I clenched my fist tightly.

‘I have to do it.’

It was something I had to do, even if it wasn’t a quest.

And.

– Summoning Novel: 〈The Princess Hides Her Power〉

– Equipped Abilities: 〈Ugh, Did I Want to Live Quietly?〉, 〈Socially Blind〉, 〈Am I Back?〉

There were ups and downs in getting rid of Socially Blind, but anyway, I had obtained the Sword Master’s ability.

‘Certainly, Muriel Chavonne was flustered when we faced off that day.’

Even for her, who had unusual powers, a Sword Master was a burden.

‘……I was a bit taken aback by the black aura that came out. But it didn’t seem to make a difference in power.’

The heroine in 〈The Princess Hides Her Power〉 had an aura like golden radiance.

You could say it was a very heroine-like aura.

But when I used the ability, a black aura came out, and I wondered, ‘Is this okay?’

‘Is the aura that color because I made a deal with the devil?’

But I liked that it was the same color as the magic used by Dad and my brothers.

‘Okay. I don’t know with just this, so let’s summon other abilities later.’

First, one step at a time.

Starting with delivering the will to Count and Countess Aizelle.

I washed my face with cold water, completely washing away the traces of tears.

My face in the mirror was haggard, but my eyes were sharper than ever.

It was the moment I was about to open the door wide and take a brisk step forward.

“Dad?”

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Dad’s face.

It wasn’t just Dad.

“Why are my brothers and Grandpa here too……”

I looked at my family in a row and closed my mouth.

Behind my family, Anna and Nancy, Laura and Tilda, as well as Orca and the other employees, were lined up.

“If you’re here, why don’t you come in?”

“That’s……”

Dad rarely chose his words.

“Are you worried about me?”

“That’s not it.”

“……”

I stared at Dad.

“Actually, Lulu is right. I was worried and waiting.”

Dad knelt on one knee and met my eyes.

“But that’s not because I don’t trust you. It’s not ignoring your desire to show your family only a good side. It’s just……”

“I know.”

I held Dad’s hand tightly and smiled.

“Even if you know I’ll do well, you’re worried, even if you know I’ll overcome it, you’re anxious, and even if you know I’ll smile, sometimes your heart drops.”

“I feel that way too. When I think about Dad, my brothers, and Grandpa.”

“……”

At my words, my family looked at me with very strange eyes.

The smile that Ares always wore disappeared from his face.

He stared at me for a long time with a blank face and muttered.

“……You really do love me.”

What kind of words are those?

“Did you think I didn’t love you, then?”

“No, it’s not that一. I sometimes couldn’t understand what this feeling was.”

Ares smiled and pinched my cheek.

“Love is supposed to cherish and care for someone. But sometimes I feel an unbearable urge to destroy.”

Ares’s thumb gently stroked my cheek. As if I were precious and dear.

“So I wondered if this was really love. But hearing those feelings from my sister, this is love. Isn’t it?”

“Well, that doesn’t mean you should break the walls like Ixion.”

Ares laughed, a strangely dry laugh.

“I’ll try.”

“Huh?”

“When you were crying alone in your room, I really wanted to kill everyone. No, actually一.”

Ares hugged me.

“一I wanted to kill myself the most.”

I couldn’t think for a moment at the whispered words.

“What kind of一.”

“We all felt the same way.”

“Pardon?”

“The fact that we couldn’t do anything when you were so sad and in pain……”

“Hell would be better.”

“I’ve never felt so powerless.”

I looked at each of my family members’ faces one by one.

‘These people really……’

Why are they so dejected?

It breaks my heart.

“It’s not that you didn’t do anything.”

“……”

“Dad lent me his arms, Grandpa held my hand, Zeon stroked my head, Ares smiled at me, Ixion pinched my cheek……”

“Lulu.”

“Those things gave me so much strength.”

I straightened my body and looked at my family with determined eyes.

“No matter how much I wander, no matter how much I lose my center and waver, the fact that there’s a place for me that remains unchanged一.”

I tried to speak calmly, but tears welled up.

But I tightened my throat.

So that my voice wouldn’t tremble.

“The fact that there are people who believe in me and wait for me more than I do一. I really…… liked it.”

In my past life, there was no place for me.

Even the small basement room that was just enough for my body to lie down in didn’t end up being my place.

I wanted to have my own place, even if it was a very small space.

“So it’s not that you didn’t do anything. You gave me great strength.”

Because you showed me my place.

“I really like that my place is next to Dad, Grandpa, and my brothers.”

I hugged Dad tightly.

Dad’s hands hugged me tightly.

Grandpa, Ares, Ixion, Zeon一. Several layers of hands hugged and supported me.

‘I’m happy.’

I no longer resisted the relief and happiness that filled my heart.

‘Right? Is this what you wanted?’

一Yes, that’s right. You must be happy. Just like I was proud of my life, I hope you live a proud life too, Princess.

Lady Aizelle’s voice echoed in my ears.

I smiled.

Suddenly, when I opened my tear-filled eyes, I saw the maids, Orca, my aides, and the employees.

They were smiling quietly at me with the sunlight on their heads.

Chapter 30.

“What?”

I widened my eyes at the unexpected news.

“Count and Countess Aizelle wish to see you, Miss.”

My dedicated butler, Orca, said, handing me a letter.

“……”

I had many thoughts.

As Lady Aizelle and I had no public friendship, as Lady Aizelle’s mother had said at the funeral, this was unexpected.

But an invitation?

“Was there anything special said?”

“They said it was to express their gratitude for your sincere condolences at the funeral.”

“Is that so?”

I first tore open the letter with a letter opener.

The content was very conventional.

Greetings, thanks for attending the funeral, and an invitation asking if I would be willing to visit.

I pondered and nodded.

“I should accept the invitation. I was thinking of meeting the Count and Countess anyway.”

“Understood.”

When I thought about it, it wasn’t that strange.

‘My dad already knew about my friendship with Lady Aizelle.’

I had met Lady Aizelle at the Duke’s family’s villa, and with WBD [World Best Daughter] and SSS [Super Supportive Sibling], I thought he would naturally know.

But didn’t Count and Countess Aizelle not do such crazy things…… no, such foolish things?

At the funeral, they didn’t seem to know about my friendship with Lady Aizelle…….

‘Maybe they guessed from my attitude that day.’

They were able to tell who was sincerely mourning and who wasn’t, and they even expressed their gratitude to me separately.

It’s natural for parents to want to meet someone who was close to their dead daughter.

I wrote a reply stating that I would adjust the date as they wished and handed it to Orca.

“I will deliver it immediately.”

“Yes, thank you.”

After Orca left, I leaned back in my chair for a moment and organized my thoughts.

How could I best convey Lady Aizelle’s will?

How could I minimize the shock to Lady Aizelle’s parents?

“……In the end, I have to face it head-on.”