Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 199

☆ Chapter 199 ☆

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The Pelloman Plains, more commonly known as the Shyren Plains, were a vast expanse of land adorned with countless Shyren flowers.

“Wow…….”

The beautiful and idyllic scenery naturally evoked admiration.

“It’s so pretty, right?”

I looked back at my family, but instead of being captivated by the scenery, they seemed to be…….

“The painter! Where’s the painter?”

“We need to paint at least ten, no, a hundred pictures with the plains as the background…….”

“……Zeon, what are you doing? Why are you looking like that?”

“Imprinting it on my cornea.”

“Uh-huh, okay…….”

I don’t know how you’re doing that, but good luck.

I won’t mind.

Feeling awkward, I turned my head, and Dad suddenly lifted me up.

And Laura, holding a video stone [a magical recording device], followed closely beside Dad.

Dad, you seem to be cooperating with Laura while pretending not to…….

No, more than that, isn’t Laura’s job supposed to be video recording?

“I should have prepared a picnic. I should have captured the image of my granddaughter enjoying a picnic in this scenery.”

Grandfather stroked his chin and said regretfully.

Um, we’re not exactly here for fun, though.

Even though we were invited by Actsheraken, the guardian spirit who rules these plains, aren’t you being too carefree?

The reason why this vast land is not being utilized at all and is just being left unattended is all because of the guardian spirit.

“What are you going to do if the guardian spirit suddenly appears?”

“Isn’t he the one who told us to come anyway?”

The only one Actsheraken told to come was me; he didn’t invite my family.

“Sigh…….”

How did it end up becoming such a large-scale family outing?

As soon as I announced my outing schedule, my family went wild.

“Where are you going?”

“You’re going that far?”

“There’s a guardian spirit there, too, right? Actsheraken, who’s notorious for not allowing anyone to approach his territory.”

“That terrifying guardian spirit might一.”

“Ah, it’s okay. He won’t attack me…….”

“一not let you go because you’re too cute.”

Excuse me?

“……No, I don’t know about other things, but that kind of thing will never happen.”

I said more firmly than a butternut squash, but no one listened to me.

“This is a disaster. My daughter’s loveliness is enough to captivate even a guardian spirit.”

“……He won’t send you home, asking you to stroke his head.”

“Well, seeing that mystical beast sticking to her like glue…….”

“……He’s only like that because he thinks of me as his mom.”

But as always, my rational and cool-headed rebuttals didn’t reach any of my family’s ears.

Usually, when you enter a guardian spirit’s territory, shouldn’t you worry about dying or getting hurt?

You’re worried about it being dangerous, so you’re deliberately mixing in light jokes, right?

“You don’t have to worry too much. Actsheraken helped me when I went through the gate.”

“Helped you?”

“Why would the guardian spirit do that?”

“He’s after my daughter…….”

“He’s trying to kidnap my granddaughter because she’s cute!”

No, even though he helped me, why are you being so wary?

No one is after me like that.

“It’s because I hatched the mystical beast that I got help. The baby cries a lot.”

“That’s just an excuse!”

“He’s probably been watching you from before.”

“There’s no way a guardian spirit wouldn’t have noticed her cuteness!”

Well, if you want to know which one it is, it’s true that he’s been watching me.

“Anyway, he told me to come visit him as a reward for helping me. It seems like it’s because of the mystical beast一.”

“I knew it!”

“I knew it would be like this.”

“He’s going to use that as an excuse to see my little fluffball in person, daringly.”

“……I’ll kill him.”

“The Pelloman Plains have become my daughter’s land, so it would be good to take this opportunity to get rid of the guardian spirit and increase the value of the land.”

“My granddaughter can’t resist expensive land with high added value.”

“It’s true that I like expensive land, but it’s not like I can’t resist it to that extent…….”

“Don’t worry. After your dad gets rid of the guardian spirit, I’ll inflate the price of the land to 100 times the current market price. Urban planning is my specialty. How dare he covet my granddaughter without knowing his place?”

“…….”

I was wrong.

These people weren’t joking; they were serious.

I can’t reason with them.

“……What’s wrong?”

Dad asked, examining my face.

“It’s nothing.”

It’s just that I remembered what happened before coming here, and my eyes started to water…….

I got down from Dad’s arms.

And with my hands on my hips, I said in a firm tone.

“I’ll say it again. We’re not here to fight.”

“…….”

“Answer.”

When I glared at them, my family reluctantly nodded.

“Yes.”

“If the guardian spirit and I talk?”

“We’ll watch.”

“If the guardian spirit approaches me?”

“We’ll watch…….”

“If the guardian spirit shows affection to me?”

“……We’ll……watch.”

“Your voice is too quiet.”

“……We’ll watch, grind! watch.”

No, why are you grinding your teeth so much?

“No matter what happens between the guardian spirit and me, you can only watch. Got it?”

“…….”

“Got it?”

“……But if that guardian spirit tries to take away this cute little fluffball, saying, ‘What a cute fluffball,’ then.”

“That won’t happen. Never.”

“Well, I have my own tastes, too.”

I was startled and turned around at the voice suddenly heard from behind.

There, a huge and mysterious creature stood silently.

“You’ve come.”

Actsheraken slowly moved.

It was as if a huge mountain was walking towards me.

But even though such a large body was moving, not a single sound was heard.

Each time he took a step, the Shyren flowers at his feet glowed blue as if resonating with him.

‘Wow…….’

I was naturally captivated by the beautiful and mysterious sight.

Soon, he stopped in front of me.

I had to crane my neck as much as possible to barely see the guardian spirit’s face.

“Flower thief.”

“……Flower thief, you say.”

I pouted.

I may have lowered the price a bit, but I’m not someone who has ever stolen anything.

“Don’t tell me you’re going to deny it. I clearly saw you with the Shyren flowers.”

Actsheraken lightly stomped his foot. It was only ‘lightly’ from the guardian spirit’s perspective, but it felt like an earthquake.

“Every time I opened my eyes, my flowers were disappearing, so I wondered which daring human was stealing them.”

“Well, first of all, I’m also the owner of this land now. I worked hard to get this land.”

“That’s what humans decided among themselves.”

“Humans have their own order. It seems like there’s a dispute over ownership because we’re different species. How about we understand each other’s species differences and move on?”

“Hmph……. You speak very well. You’re the first human I’ve ever seen who can say everything they want to say so frankly in front of me.”

“There’s no reason why I can’t. It’s not like I’m saying anything wrong.”

“Hmph…….”

“And I’m seeing the guardian spirit for the first time, too. I have my baby, but he’s still a baby.”

“Hmph, really.”

“Anyway, let’s be considerate and get along well since it’s our first time meeting each other? I’ll generously understand that you’re living on my land.”

Actsheraken, who had been staring at me, muttered.

– Aptaness chose a contractor well.

Unlike before, it was a voice that resonated directly in my head.

‘……I think I chose the wrong person to contract with.’

Hoping for the best, I said in my mind, and Actsheraken laughed.

Is it just my family, or can everyone except me read minds?

– Haha! You’re the only one who regrets contracting with Aptaness. No, you’re the only one who contracted with him in the first place.

‘Well, who would contract with him if it wasn’t such a scam contract? No one would want to contract with him.’

– It’s the opposite.

‘Huh?’

– Everyone wanted to contract with him.

……Really?

The face of the demon who was whining and running away in my head came to mind.

Also, the quest messages that greatly helped raise my blood pressure.

I’ve never seen Aptaness in person, but everyone wanted to contract with that god or scammer who calls such things his subordinates?

When I looked at him with suspicious eyes, Actsheraken chuckled.

“Interesting.”

He bent his front legs and lowered his posture. It became easier to make eye contact.

“I call you a flower thief because you took the flowers. If you think that’s unfair.”

It’s not that I think it’s unfair.

I’m just worried about what he’ll ask for in return for stealing the flowers.

And I’ll need the Shyren flowers of the Pelloman Plains to make black gold in the future.

“Wouldn’t it be enough to prove that you are a flower?”

Excuse me?

What does that suddenly mean?

“It’s not flower theft for a human to take flowers, but it’s not theft for a flower to be with flowers.”

“……?”

“You do it a lot.”

Actsheraken coughed when he noticed that I didn’t understand.

“You’re a flower.”

“……?”

“To your family.”

……Ah, could it be?

No, this can’t be happening, right?

When I looked at Actsheraken with shaking eyes, he coughed again and avoided my gaze.

“Th-th-that!”

“He was after my sister after all.”

“The youngest should be with me.”

“Tsk, this has become troublesome. Even the guardian spirit is smitten.”

“It’s definitely possible with my granddaughter’s cuteness.”

“…….”

I looked at my family, who looked like they were about to beat up Actsheraken right away.

Ah, I have to stop them.

I have to stop them, but.

Why don’t I want to stop them?

“How dare a mere human. You’re incredibly presumptuous!”

Sparks flew between Actsheraken and my family.

“Haa…….”

My head hurt.

‘Should I just tell them to fight or bicker as they please and call me when it’s over?’

No. Then all the Shyren flowers will be damaged.

My money, no, my flowers!

I took a step forward with a jerk.

As things have come to this, there is only one thing that can resolve this explosive situation.

“Everyone, stop.”

I raised my hand with force.

I felt everyone’s attention focused on me.

I put my raised hand under my chin and made a flower 받침 [flower support, a cute pose].

“Lulu flower isn’t a flower thief. Lulu flower was just playing with her friends.”

With teary eyes. Sparkling.

I never thought I would ever act cute in front of a guardian spirit.

Moreover, Actsheraken was backing away from me.

No, he’s the one who told me to do it!

Isn’t it me who wants to run away from here?!?

In the meantime, Laura wasn’t even scared of the guardian spirit and was filming me with the video stone.

Sniff.

Everyone get out!

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“It’s just as he said.”

“If you look at this video here…….”

‘Why did they get so close?’

I narrowed my eyes.

While I was waking up the mystical beast, who was sleeping soundly in the carriage, and bringing him out, the atmosphere between Actsheraken and my family had changed a lot.

Ixion had even climbed onto Actsheraken’s back and was riding him.

‘……That looks kind of fun.’

At that moment, Actsheraken looked at the mystical beast in my arms and nodded.

“You’re feeding him well.”

“Of course. Look how many jewels he ate today.”

I’m literally putting the saying “born from the heart, raised by the wallet” into practice.

“That’s not what I’m talking about.”

“Yes?”

“Mystical beasts don’t grow on that. No matter how much you feed them, it has nothing to do with their growth. ‘Feeding him well’ has a different meaning.”

“……Then what should I feed him? But I haven’t fed him anything other than jewels.”

“‘Feeding him well’ is just a figure of speech. I don’t know what gave the baby a sense of fullness. Mystical beasts are so violent…… cough, special, so.”

I think I just heard the word ‘violent’.

Actsheraken seemed very startled and embarrassed and changed his words.

It’s like he’s watching someone’s face.

I looked down at the mystical beast in my arms.

Kyu.

Innocent and big eyes.

‘That can’t be. There’s a difference in size. Above all, my baby is very cute.’

“Anyway, he’s very satisfied, so you can just keep raising him as he is now.”

With those words, he stared at the mystical beast in silence for a long time.

“……Hope has arisen, really.”

The emotion in that voice was so deep that even I felt solemn.

“I didn’t have high expectations even when you appeared.”

Actsheraken’s gaze reached me.

It was an indescribably complex gaze.

I intuitively felt that he was thinking much more about me than I had expected.

“Why did you call me?”

“There was a reason…… It’s okay now.”

His expression was too profound for me to ask again.

“I just…… Yes, I wanted to see you in person. A human carrying the world on their shoulders.”

“What are you trying to make my daughter do?”

Dad, who had been watching quietly, stepped in, blocking me as if to protect me.

“This child has enough to do just thinking about her own happiness. But you’re saying she’s carrying the world on her shoulders.”

My brothers and grandfather all came in front of me and glared at Actsheraken.

Actsheraken looked at my family and sighed deeply.

The guardian spirit closed his eyes.

Then the horn that had been growing long on his forehead shone. It was a fantastical sight.

And the next moment, in front of my eyes…….

“Huh?”

There stood a handsome long-haired man.

“Where are Dad, my brothers, and Grandfather?”

“Calm down. You’re the one who moved.”

The long-haired man waited for me to calm down and then opened his mouth.

“This world has been slowly approaching destruction, step by step, since long ago.”

“…….”

“And you are the only one who can stop it.”

Me?

I’ve heard it a few times from the demon or through quests, but it felt different when this seemingly sacred handsome man, no, being, said it.

“Contractor of Aptaness and pioneer who can escape the laws of causality.”

“Um, I’ve been wondering about this for a while, but why can I escape those laws?”

“That’s because you’ve lived in so many worlds that ordinary souls can’t withstand. Your soul has escaped causality.”

What does that mean?

“I’ve reincarnated, but this life is only my second…….”

“Only the second? What are you talking about?”

He asked me.

“Haven’t you experienced thousands of worlds?”