Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 206

☆ Chapter 206 ☆

Nike’s innocent question echoed between the two people who were getting closer.

“Maybe… Bald Papa?”

“Yeah! Nike has one Mama but two Papas! Blond Papa and Black-haired Papa!”

“…….”

Cidrihan’s gaze turned to Ruatisha. It was a very, very strange look.

Ruatisha avoided his gaze.

‘It actually means the same person.’

But saying that with her own mouth felt a little embarrassing.

“The… the child is still young and doesn’t know much.”

“No! Nike knows well. Nike’s Papa is the person Mama likes!”

“Really?”

Cidrihan asked Nike in a very gentle voice.

“So, there are two people Mommy likes?”

“Yes! Papa and Black-haired Papa!”

Nike smiled brightly. Then, narrowing her eyes, she chattered.

“Papa has to try harder, right?”

“…….”

It was clearly an innocent remark from someone who didn’t know anything, but it felt very strange to those who were listening.

“There are so, so many more people who like Mama! But Mama has, has… what was it? Fidelity? Mama has fidelity, so she doesn’t give her heart to just anyone, and everyone gets rejected.”

“I see. Mommy has fidelity [faithfulness; loyalty]. So, she likes two people at the same time.”

Cidrihan smiled, folding his eyes. It was a smile that would have made anyone else clutch their heart and collapse, but Ruatisha just swallowed nervously with a tense face.

“So, who is that black-haired Papa? What’s his name, where does he live, what kind of dog… ahem, what kind of person is he?”

“Woong?”

“I’m definitely not going to find him. I’m not going to harm him either. I’m just happy as a father. Because he’s Nike’s father too.”

Cidrihan smiled even brighter. It was so bright that it seemed like radiance was momentarily emitted from his sparkling blonde hair.

“Wooum, Black-haired Papa is—”

“Nike.”

Ruatisha hugged Nike again and patted her bottom.

“It’s time for Nike to go to sleep now. Let’s go to sleep.”

“But Nike’s Papa came. And Nike waited so patiently today.”

“Mommy knows that our Nike waited nicely. But you have to sleep well. So, you can grow up quickly, right?”

Nike puffed out her chest as if dissatisfied but eventually nodded.

“Nike will grow up quickly and become a wonderful mythical creature! So, I’ll beat up everyone who bothers Mama!”

“…I don’t think Mommy ever taught you that, so why are you saying that…”

Ruatisha awkwardly stroked Nike’s fur and put her down.

Nike walked to the bedroom with a confident gait. And just before completely entering the bedroom.

“Nike has a sense of things. I’m deliberately giving you space. So Mama and Papa can talk.”

“Huh?”

“Because Nike wants a sibling!”

Huh?

What?

Ruatisha, who was flustered, tried to ask again, but Nike had already entered the bedroom, wagging her abundant tail.

“O-our child is… our innocent Nike…”

Cidrihan approached Ruatisha, who was stuttering in shock while looking at the closed door.

“Our child wants a sibling. So, let’s hurry up and get married—”

“What are you talking about!”

Nancy shouted.

Not only Nancy but also Tilda and Laura, and even Anna, who usually stopped them, came out and shouted.

“Marriage! Our young lady is only sixteen!”

“Marriage is 10 years, no, 100 years too early!”

“Let alone marriage, dating is too early!”

He was a prince, so they couldn’t dare to speak to him carelessly, but they had nothing to fear right now.

Protect her! Our young lady!

Their eyes were burning like that.

Ruatisha sighed as she watched them.

“Please give us some space for now. I need to talk to Sid alone.”

“But, Miss…”

Tilda hesitated, stammering.

On the other hand, Laura held Ruatisha’s hand tightly and said.

“If anything happens, just tell me. They say you’re supposed to bury your loved ones in the ground.”

“…Not in your heart?”

“What are you talking about? Land is expensive. Of course, you have to bury them in expensive land. That will be a much more memorable thing than burying them in your heart.”

Well, it would be an unforgettable memory. Burying someone in the ground.

It was truly a statement worthy of a husband’s burial advocate.

“Don’t worry.”

Honestly… if you’re going to worry, you should worry about Sid.

‘Because I was the one who kissed him first earlier.’

Because inside me is trapped the soul of a romance novel reader who loves 15-rated content [content suitable for viewers 15 years and older].

Ruatisha laughed, hiding her true feelings.

* * *

Once even the maids left, only Ruatisha and Cidrihan remained in the room.

‘Okay, now for some serious talk—.’

“Who is that black-haired man?”

“Huh?”

“Is that man why my master abandoned me?”

Cidrihan tilted his head. His sparkling blonde hair scattered.

A slender gaze.

The purple eyes, quietly settled in his long eyes, seemed to suck you in like a universe.

Ruatisha couldn’t make eye contact any longer and averted her gaze.

“Just kidding… More than that, we have something to talk about.”

“There’s nothing more important than that.”

“Sid, how did you come back?”

“…….”

Cidrihan was silent for a moment.

Silence settled shallowly in the room.

Cidrihan showed a sign that he didn’t really want to answer, but he couldn’t win against Ruatisha’s gaze and opened his mouth.

“Just. I came back well.”

“Sid.”

“…….”

“I kept looking into it. What I had to do to open the gate and bring you back. I kept failing, but I never gave up.”

“…….”

“Opening a gate to the Demon Realm requires fraud. So, either a demon opens it, or.”

Ruatisha paused for a moment.

“Someone related to Kiyas Edel opens it.”

Like Muriel.

“Sid, whoever’s help you received, it doesn’t matter at all. I’m satisfied just with you coming back. But.”

Ruatisha grabbed Sid’s hand.

It was originally a much larger hand than hers, but now Cidrihan’s hand was much larger than she remembered.

A rough hand full of hard calluses.

How did he endure alone in that hellish place while this hand grew so big?

“Are you okay? Did you pay any price as a condition for opening the gate…”

There was nothing wrong with Cidrihan’s health.

But Ruatisha knew very well that she couldn’t rest assured just because of that.

“…There’s nothing for you to worry about.”

“Just tell me. I’m really worried to death.”

Cidrihan’s hand cupped Ruatisha’s cheek.

He looked at Ruatisha’s face like that for a long time.

The blue eyes that he had always drawn were looking at him with all sorts of emotions.

Worried, affectionate, longing, pitiful, sorry…

All of Ruatisha’s emotions were directed solely at him.

‘…….’

That you think of me this much—.

“I’m happy.”

Ruatisha looked at Cidrihan with puzzled eyes.

“Because you might worry, because you might wait, because you might be heartbroken.”

He was smiling with a face she had never seen before.

“I couldn’t even say that I would come back carelessly.”

A quiet whisper.

“Actually, I wanted to tell you to wait for me, that I would definitely return to your side.”

It was a strange thing.

The day Ruatisha released him, Cidrihan decided to live as he pleased.

And he lived like that all along.

He didn’t care about anyone’s words, feelings, or thoughts.

That was the same for Ruatisha, so he thought he would keep her by his side no matter how much she hated it.

But.

‘When that moment actually came. It didn’t work out.’

Thinking about how Ruatisha, who thought so fondly of her family, would be crying alone.

He just wanted to sacrifice himself to send Ruatisha back to her family.

Not by his side, but by her family’s side.

At the same time, he couldn’t even tell her to wait because he was afraid that Ruatisha would wait for him and cry in a place where he wasn’t.

“But after coming back and seeing how much you’ve thought of me during that long time.”

Cidrihan’s hand, which was cupping Ruatisha’s cheek, slipped down.

His fingertips brushed against her long neck and flowing soft hair.

“I’m happy.”

Cidrihan’s body leaned.

Thud.

His head touched Ruatisha’s shoulder.

His sparkling blonde hair tickled her skin.

“I don’t even know my own heart.”

He was always firm.

He never reversed what he had decided.

Since his life had been ruined by the hands of others since he was young, no one could have any influence on Cidrihan.

But there was someone who naturally created ripples in that calm and solid heart like raindrops.

“Sid…”

Just one person, Ruatisha Paeraton.

“I promise. There’s really nothing for you to worry about.”

Cidrihan raised his head as he was, still touching Ruatisha’s shoulder.

Gazes crossed at a very close distance.

Ruatisha’s tense breaths tickled his skin.

Cidrihan smiled.

If even her breath felt sweet, was this a disease?

“My body isn’t mine, it’s my master’s. I wouldn’t recklessly run around.”

“…What is that.”

Ruatisha laughed.

Cidrihan stared at that face, forgetting to even blink.

Ruatisha is alive and breathing in front of him, responding to what he said.

That was enough for now.

“…But who is that black-haired dog…?”

It’s enough, but. It’s real.

But I need to know this for sure.

“Huh? Who is it? Don’t worry. I wouldn’t do anything bad to someone you lik…”

No. I think you would.

I think you’re going to do something so bad that you can’t undo it.

Ruatisha, who was looking down at Cidrihan with narrowed eyes, asked in a suspicious voice.

“What do you know to do?”

“No, I won’t do anything bad. I’m just curious about what kind of person that dog… is.”

That dog is you?!

‘But how can I say this, I’m so embarrassed.’

When I think about it, I even gave Cidrihan love advice about Cidrihan.

‘Ugh, I should be glad that I transformed when I met Echen. He doesn’t even know that I’m Sur— Wait a minute.’

“Come to think of it, you said I was a playboy before. Now I see why.”

I was so distracted earlier that I just let it go, but isn’t this strange?

‘I only told Echen that I was a playboy.’

Could it be…”

Ruatisha’s eyes began to shake violently as she looked at Cidrihan.

‘Did Sur know that I was Sur?!

Thinking about it, the pieces fit perfectly.

‘But he knew and pretended not to know?’

Even now, he doesn’t tell me how he came back from the Demon Realm.

“Huh? Who is it? Don’t worry. I wouldn’t do anything bad to someone you lik…”

“…….”

“If you don’t want to tell me where he lives, just tell me his favorite places and his appearance.”

“I don’t know!”

Ruatisha sulked and turned her body away.

‘I’m not going to tell you!’

I hate you so much!

* * *

I could feel a gaze even while I was sleeping.

Ruatisha slowly opened her eyes.

There was a dark shadow on the bed, which was covered with a canopy and full of darkness.

But Ruatisha wasn’t surprised.

“Dad?”

“Yes, it’s Dad. Sleep more.”

A patting touch.

It was like going back to my childhood.

Ruatisha smiled at the reassuring touch and fell back into a deep sleep.

As I felt the regular breaths, Duke Paeraton opened his mouth.

“Marriage is bad. Marriage is bad. Marriage is something you shouldn’t do. Marriage is a grave. Marriage is a grave. Single is the best. I want to live with Dad forever. I want to live with Dad forever…”

A quiet whisper continued endlessly like a spell.

Until dawn.

* * *

“Umm…”

I rubbed my eyes as I got up.

‘I think I had an amazing dream, but I can’t remember it…’

I can’t remember it, but the feeling was still vivid.

“I feel like I shouldn’t get married…”

Did I have a dream about suffering from marriage?

I tilted my head and got up.

At that time, the door burst open and Nike jumped in.

“Mama!”

“Ogu, our Nike! Did you sleep well? Did you have a pretty dream?”

“Yeah! Nike had a pretty dream! Because I dreamed of Mama!”

“Is Mommy’s dream a pretty dream?”

“Yeah! Nike thinks Mama is the prettiest in the world!”

“Ogu ogu, you’re the only one for me, Nike.”

While I was hugging Nike and giggling, Anna prepared the washing water.

‘I have to prepare thoroughly today.’

Because I’m going to the Imperial Palace with Sid.

It’s the return of the prince who had been missing for a whopping 5 years.

‘As soon as Sid shows himself, the power struggles will begin.’

Most people thought Sid was dead.

There were many rumors that the Empress had used her tricks, but everyone eventually became silent about Sid’s whereabouts, which were unknown whether he had soared into the sky or disappeared into the ground.

After Sid disappeared, there was only one child of the Emperor left in the Empire.

It was Esteban, the Empress’s son.

It was clear that Esteban would be the next emperor, so there was no need to say anything behind the Empress’s back and risk being kicked out.

‘…In fact, Esteban was appointed as the Crown Prince.’

Esteban is now an adult.

The Emperor eventually appointed him because he could no longer leave the position of Crown Prince vacant.

“Mama!”

“Huh?”

“Did Nike get a sibling? Where is Nike’s sibling?”

“Uh, uh? S-sibling is…”

There’s no way I’d have one.

What should I do?

While I was flustered with my face turning red, Nike ran around the bedroom.

After a while, she went up to the side table where I always left the mythical creature’s egg and became sullen.

“Umm, why can’t I see it? I was going to hug Nike’s sibling.”

“Hug?”

“Yeah. You can feel everything even if it’s an egg. Mama stroked Nike a lot.”

“…….”

I was silent for a moment and looked at Nike.

“Nike, do you know how siblings are born?”

“Of course! Mama and Papa like each other and then a baby is born! I’m sure an egg will pop out!”

Nike proudly said, sticking out her belly.

‘Ah… That’s not entirely wrong…’

I see.

Nike is still our innocent baby.

‘The dirty one was me…’

My dirty heart, which was happy to be able to summon 15-rated novels, misunderstood this innocent baby.