Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 19

Runs the Romance Fantasy with Baby’s Cash – Episode 19

☆ Chapter 19 ☆

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“……You don’t know her name.”

Father’s voice was strange. It was a voice that seemed to scrape the bottom of a deep swamp.

Just then, the vassal asked.

“Um, do you really not know her name? Or her age?”

I only whispered to Father, how did he know?

I’m embarrassed.

“Yes…….”

As I nodded, trying to hide my embarrassment, the vassals began to murmur.

“No, then what have they been calling the young lady at the Tarenka estate all this time…….”

“What did the Marquis Tarenka’s family call you, Miss?”

“…….”

I was speechless.

……No one ever called me anything.

Hey, you, there.

They did call me that.

But that wasn’t calling ‘me’.

It’s the same as kicking a stone on the side of the road.

It wasn’t a word that recognized me or called me.

‘Ah, there was a time when they called ‘me’.’

Useless thing, lacking thing, discarded trash.

Parasite, evidence of adultery, disgrace to the family, illegitimate child.

“No need to think about it.”

A cool voice cut off the trailing thoughts.

I gasped, came to my senses, and looked up at the owner of the voice.

Father was glaring at the vassals with sharp eyes.

‘It’s the same as then.’

When I said I didn’t receive child support.

At that time, Father wrapped up the situation, saying, “No need to say more.”

I thought Father was grilling me then…….

‘That wasn’t it.’

He was telling me that I didn’t need to recall painful memories.

He didn’t grill me from the start.

“I, I don’t even know my name, I don’t know my age, but still…….”

I fidgeted with my hands.

I didn’t have the courage to look up.

“I’m not ashamed. I’m not pathetic.”

I tried to be confident.

Because一.

“Because I have Father.”

When I looked up at Father, he hugged me tightly.

“Yes.”

The hand pressing down on my head was a bit rough.

But now I know.

That’s how Father strokes me.

“Hehe.”

When I smiled at Father, he flicked my cheek with his finger.

“If they value their lives, they wouldn’t even think of such a thing.”

His eyes, sweeping over the vassals with a low voice, held a sharp edge.

I hugged Father’s neck tightly.

Just because I was a reincarnator didn’t mean I could immediately understand all the surrounding circumstances as soon as I was born.

It took a long time to develop clear cognitive abilities, and the time I was awake was also short.

By the time I started to understand words, there was no one calling me.

By the time I knew the date, I was already in a situation where I didn’t know how old I was.

I lived like that, not knowing my name or age.

But I’m not an unhappy child.

At least, not in this life.

“Luatisha.”

Father spat out, looking at me.

“……?”

“That’s your name.”

At that moment, a very old voice surfaced from the deepest part of my memory.

“Luatisha.”

I had heard that name before.

“I love you.”

A sweet voice.

“Be happy, no matter what.”

A gentle touch.

“Ah…….”

Memory is so mysterious.

Even if time adds weight and it sinks as if it will never resurface.

Even if the years pile up like dust on top of it.

With just a small trigger, it suddenly soars and springs up like a fountain.

Truly warm memories are never forgotten.

Luatisha.

Yes, that was my name.

That’s how she called me.

Hugging me dearly and kissing my cheek.

‘Mom.’

My eyes grew hot.

“Again, please call me again.”

It was a familiar yet still strange and awkward name.

But, no, that’s why I wanted to keep hearing it.

“Luatisha.”

“Yes!”

I smiled brightly.

Father stroked my head and said.

“You will be five years old when the new year comes.”

I see.

So, I’m four years old now.

Is it because this world was made after watching K-Romance Fantasy [Korean Romance Fantasy novels] that I get a year older on New Year’s Day instead of my birthday?

“Your birthday is October 11th.”

My eyes widened.

“It’s passed.”

“Yes, it’s passed this year. But it will come again next year.”

“Yes!”

To have a day to look forward to!

It’s so exciting and wonderful!

“Luatisha, you will never forget your name again.”

Father said, looking me in the eye seriously.

“Because I will call your name every day.”

“Yes!”

“And when the new year dawns, I will celebrate you turning five years old.”

“Wow一!”

“On your birthday, I will throw a party more magnificent than the imperial family’s.”

I fidgeted with my fingers.

“I’m happy just celebrating with Father.”

At those words, Father froze and stared at me for a long time.

Did I say something wrong?

Was it an inappropriate thing to say for someone in the position of Lady Paeraton?

Just as I was about to lose confidence, Father raised his head and asked the vassals.

“Did you hear that?”

“…….”

After a moment of silence.

“Yes, yes! We heard you loud and clear!”

“It seems like the youngest lady thinks of Your Excellency as a gift!”

“My son doesn’t care about me and only asks me to buy him gifts. I’m so jealous!”

The corner of Father’s mouth twisted upward.

I stared at the sight in amazement.

I feel like the cold reason of a reincarnator who had left home is returning because it’s too much of a mood breaker [ruining the atmosphere].

“Father, did you perhaps send dresses every year for my birthday?”

“Yes.”

“The dresses that Clatie wore every birthday were originally mine?”

“Yes. That ignorant father and daughter stole what was yours. How dare they.”

I see.

Father had been taking care of my birthday every year.

Even though he must have been having a hard time on the battlefield.

“……I thought Father hated my birthday.”

Reason warned me to only say that much, but my mouth was already open.

“Because the day I was born was the day Mom…… became a star in the sky.”

In an instant, the air in the office turned cold.

See? I knew this would happen.

I regretted it.

But the words I had spat out couldn’t be taken back, and rather, my reason was becoming increasingly blurred.

I had never dared to ask about Mom.

“You were born from an affair and even took your mother’s life!”

“You committed two sins from the moment you were born! That’s why the Duke abandoned you!”

No matter how curious I was, no matter how much I wanted to know, how could I ask?

But I said that he was my father no matter what.

Because I’m Father’s daughter.

Now…….

“Who said that?”

Father’s voice was cold. I swallowed my breath at the anger I felt within it.

“Uncle…….”

Crash.

The desk collapsed and crumbled.

I flinched.

But Father’s arms holding me remained the same.

Rather, Father stroked my head and cupped my cheeks with a very soft and gentle touch.

“Your mother didn’t die that day…… she didn’t become a star.”

It was a clear voice, as if engraving it in my head.

“She breastfed you and named you herself.”

“……Really?”

“Yes.”

Mom didn’t pass away because of me.

I wasn’t born killing Mom.

“Luatisha. I love you. Be happy.”

Those words weren’t left behind as she was dying because of me.

A name given by Mom.

I liked my name even more.

Because it’s a connection with Mom.

“Mom must have liked me a lot.”

“Yes, she really loved you. So much that she wouldn’t let you out of her arms.”

Hehe.

I didn’t even have to look to know that my face was flushed.

“Luatisha, your birthday is a day to be celebrated.”

Father said, looking me in the eye.

“From now on, there will be no more birthdays that are simply passed over.”

“Yes!”

It would have been so nice if Mom were alive.

How did Mom pass away?

But I didn’t dare ask that question.

‘But because I have Father.’

For me, who had nothing, that alone was a miracle.

“Father.”

“Yes.”

“Call my name.”

“Luatisha.”

“Yes!”

“Luatisha.”

“Yes.”

“Lulu.”

“Yes…….”

The touch of stroking my hair calmly felt good.

A slightly rough hand.

But it was the biggest and warmest hand in the world.

Feeling that touch, I soon fell fast asleep.

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“The Marquis Tarenka’s tyranny has gone too far.”

“I felt it during the last child support incident, but this is really too much!”

“To think that the young lady didn’t even know her own name or age!”

The vassals spat and passionately argued.

Duke Paeraton was silent.

“Your Excellency, no matter how much they are the Duchess’s family, this is an issue we cannot overlook.”

Tap, tap.

The Duke’s fingertips, which had been tapping on the armrest, stopped.

“What is Tarenka’s situation?”

“The order to cut off their funding has already been carried out. The companies the Marquis is running have had their transactions cut off, and we are recovering the investments in the mana stone mine.”

“Is there a possibility that the previous Marquis will lend a hand?”

“The Marquis is struggling because he doesn’t want the previous Marquis to know.”

“I see.”

Duke Paeraton leaned deeply into his chair and placed his clasped hands on his smoothly crossed legs.

The Marquis Tarenka was already completely cornered economically.

Now is the era of money.

It is an era where wealthy bourgeois [middle class] are superior to poor nobles.

Losing one thing at a time, the Marquis Tarenka will feel an unprecedented misery.

Eventually, when the previous Marquis learns of this fact, he will even take back the title.

‘But it’s not enough.’

The Duke Paeraton’s eyes shone blue.

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Ding!

Ding ding!

“Noisy…….”

I rolled around, blocking my ears with a pillow.

But the notification sound didn’t stop. Rather, it got worse.

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!

“Let me sleep!”

In the end, I flared up and jumped up.

The alarm was ringing in my head, so I couldn’t help but hear it no matter how much I blocked my ears.

“Babies need to sleep a lot! I’m four years old! I’m a baby! If I don’t grow, will you take responsibility!”

[A new quest has arrived.]

No matter how much I huffed and puffed, the notification window was just pushed closer to my face.

I roughly swept my hair and looked around.

It was my room before I knew it.

I seemed to have fallen asleep on Father’s lap, so he must have moved me.

‘A quest?’

〈Revenge with My Own Hands! (1)〉

Dear Reader,

Now is not the time to be lazing around like this!

Right now, Duke Paeraton is planning to punish Marquis Tarenka!

Oh oh.

Father’s going to take care of that Marquis Tarenka, who I wouldn’t even have enough of if I chewed him up?

My father is the best!

I read the next sentence with glee.

You’re not happy about that, are you?

What is cider that someone else feeds you?

Flat cider [unexciting or disappointing]!

What is cider that you pour yourself?

Yes, real cider [exciting and satisfying]!

First you entrusted Clatie’s expulsion to Duke Paeraton, and now you’re going to entrust the revenge on Marquis Tarenka to him too?

Revenge with your own hands!

Punishment with your own will!

Let’s do our own work!

Doing it all by myself, a self-sufficient child♪

– Condition: Recover the assets that Marquis Tarenka embezzled from the child support to purchase

1. Ownership of the mana stone mine

2. Mana stone mining rights

– Reward: 3000 Cash Gacha Ticket, Increased Influence within the Paeraton Ducal Family, Linked Quest 〈???〉 Progress

– Quest Refusal Penalty: The random probability of the penalty 〈Flat Cider〉 increases.

– Quest Failure Penalty: Decrease in Influence within the Paeraton Ducal Family.

‘No…….’

It was too absurd.

Of course, while watching the novel, I wanted the heroine to take revenge herself.

Not the male lead or someone else solving it for her, but directly with the heroine’s own hands!

‘But!’

It was different because this was my story.

‘I’m a baby!’

How can a four-year-old baby snatch assets from Marquis Tarenka!

But the ‘Refusal Penalty’ was too big.

‘If the probability of being more of a baby increases here, won’t I just keep being a baby forever?’

I already lose my reason if I’m not careful.

“Isn’t this too much? What if I become a baby while talking to Marquis Tarenka!”

Then I’ll fail the quest right away!

“I won’t do it! I’ll just take the penalty!”

As I lay down and struggled, letters were added to the bottom of the quest window as if they couldn’t help it.

– Quest Acceptance Benefit: The penalty is lifted while the quest is in progress.

As if asking, ‘Is that good enough now?’

‘Should I try to push it more?’

That thought crossed my mind, but I gave up.

‘I know this guy’s temper, if I hold out any longer, he’ll take away the benefits he gave me.’

“Ah, geez.”

I sighed deeply.

Honestly, now that I’ve even heard the sound of flat cider, I didn’t want to back down.

I hate flat cider.

All Romance Fantasy readers would!

“Okay, let’s do it!”

[You have accepted the quest.]

[As a benefit, the penalty is lifted while the quest is in progress.]

Good.

I crawled on the bed towards the side table.

And took out a book from the drawer.

That book that had been reborn and become pretty.

Akithus, the heirloom of the Duke’s family.

[Would you like to summon the 〈Novel〉 using the 〈Novel Rental Ticket〉? It can be rented for 3 days from the date of summoning.]

I nodded at the rising notification.

‘I’ll summon a Romance Fantasy and take the heroine’s abilities!’

[Please tell me the 〈Novel〉 you want to summon.]

After careful consideration, I opened my mouth.

“〈I seduced ten men in a reverse harem world〉.”