Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 213

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“Cotton ball.”

At the low voice, Ruatisha and Sheila looked up.

Ixion was peeking out the window, looking this way.

“Ixion.”

“What are you doing?”

“Nothing, just.”

At Ruatisha’s answer, Ixion hummed and suddenly jumped out of the window.

“Eek?!”

Sheila screamed in surprise as a person suddenly jumped from the third floor.

However, Ixion landed lightly and pressed down on Ruatisha’s head.

Ruatisha sighed, as if used to it.

“If you keep doing that, your knees will wear out later.”

“You sometimes talk like an old man. Did you catch it from Grandpa Kandor?”

Ixion chuckled and brushed Ruatisha’s hair back.

At that moment,

“Get away from my sister.”

With a chilly voice, another person fell from above.

Right on top of Ixion.

“You crazy bastard!”

No matter what Ixion said, Ares swept Ruatisha’s hair with a sweet smile.

“You have something dirty on you.”

He said.

“You son of a bitch, what does that mean!”

“I just said something dirty was dirty?”

“You’re dead, really.”

“Can you kill me?”

Caught between the furious Ixion and the sunnily smiling Ares, Ruatisha sighed deeply.

‘What a mess.’

Then, Sheila opened her mouth with a bright smile.

“Greetings, Young Masters. I heard you had ‘urgent business’—”

Sheila’s gaze flickered towards Ruatisha before returning to the Phaeton Young Masters.

“It seems to be resolved. That’s a relief.”

She smiled sweetly, but Ixion and Ares were not looking at Sheila.

“Who is she? She’s not one of the kids who always hang out with Cotton ball.”

“I told you, today is the day Zion’s marriage prospect is coming. And ‘kid’? Show some respect, Phaeton Young Master. This is Lady Prussian.”

Ruatisha scolded, and Ixion chuckled.

“You little runt, do you think I’ll find you cute if you glare at me?”

“It should be ‘do you think I’ll be scared?’ not ‘do you think I’ll find you cute?'”

Ruatisha shook her head.

“Zion’s marriage prospect?”

At Ares’ question, Ruatisha nodded, saying, “Yes.”

As if he had never ignored Sheila, Ares immediately turned to her.

“Nice to meet you, Lady Prussian.”

“Ah… Yes, nice to meet you, Young Master Ares.”

Sheila’s face flushed at Ares’ meltingly enchanting smile.

“I sincerely hope this marriage will be successful.”

“Yeah, take that guy away. As a son-in-law, if possible.”

“Son-in-law. That’s a great idea. It would be good to keep him from ever setting foot in Phaeton again.”

‘They only get along at times like this.’

Ruatisha swallowed a sigh.

“Yes, yes! I will definitely marry Zion! Thank you, Young Masters.”

Sheila replied with a flushed face.

Ruatisha escorted Sheila to the carriage.

After exchanging final greetings, Ruatisha instructed.

“Lady Prussian, I trust you haven’t forgotten what I said earlier.”

“Oh, of course. I was too eager. I’ll be careful from now on.”

“Furthermore, Phaeton has no intention of becoming Empress Dowager’s chess piece.”

“Of course! A chess piece? Such a scary thought! Although the Empress Dowager pushed for this marriage, my heart is different from hers. I really like Zion.”

“That’s a relief then.”

Ruatisha smiled and took a step back, and Sheila bowed her head before getting into the carriage.

* * *

Clack.

“Ugh, seriously. Does she think she’s our Zion’s mom or something? She’s so much younger than me, yet she’s so critical.”

As soon as the carriage door closed, Sheila, having changed her expression, grumbled.

“I’ve heard that the Phaeton Princess’s personality is so formidable that even the Emperor can’t win against her, but I didn’t know she would say it to my face.”

“She’s ignoring me and my family.”

Ruatisha said it wasn’t, but what else could it be?

It was the opposite conclusion from the earlier statement that her personality was ‘unmatched even by the Emperor,’ but neither Sheila nor the maid cared.

“You saw how the Young Masters wanted me as their sister-in-law, right?”

“Of course! Who is our Lady? It’s only natural. The Phaeton Young Masters have excellent taste.”

“The Phaeton Princess knew that and deliberately kept me from meeting them.”

Sheila gnawed at her fingernails.

“Ares and Ixion said they couldn’t come because of urgent business. They couldn’t have looked any more free.”

“Come to think of it, it seemed like she was hearing for the first time that you came because of the marriage proposal.”

“Exactly! That bitch must have deliberately not told them! The internal affairs are probably being managed by the Phaeton Princess.”

“Oh my! I didn’t think so, but the Phaeton Princess is going too far! Does she want to monopolize her brothers?”

“Everyone in the country knows that the Phaeton Young Masters are crazy about their youngest sister. Of course, she wouldn’t want to lose that attention.”

“Goodness, so that’s why she kept making excuses to discourage our Lady?”

“Zion said he wants to get married. Since I’m going to marry him anyway, what’s wrong with getting involved in the Phaeton household in advance? It’s better to adjust from the start, right?”

“That’s right. We need to coordinate from now on so it will be easier after the marriage.”

“Hmph, it doesn’t matter if the Phaeton Princess hates it. Zion wants to marry me anyway.”

The image of Zion rejecting her touch flashed through her mind, and she paused for a moment, but Sheila steeled herself again.

‘I’m different. I’m the only one who can heal Zion’s wounds.’

* * *

Ruatisha checked the departing carriage and turned around abruptly.

“Ixion, Ares. Why would you say you hope the marriage will be successful? Lady Prussian will think you’re serious.”

“I am serious.”

“Yeah. We need to get rid of Zion quickly.”

“Haa. If you were so interested, why didn’t you come to the tearoom? I clearly told you to come on time today because Lady Prussian was coming. Zion didn’t even come down to the tearoom, so do you know how much I struggled to drag him out?”

“I don’t remember. I don’t even know why I have to meet that woman in the first place.”

“If I knew my sister was going to be there, I would have gone.”

“Ah, me too.”

“Instead of that, will you go with me to get spring clothes? It’ll be warm soon.”

“Instead of shopping, let’s go eat something delicious with me.”

That’s it.

Ruatisha shouldn’t have said anything.

Ruatisha wondered about Ares and Ixion’s brain structure.

Ruatisha stomped into the lobby. Ares and Ixion followed, talking to her.

“Are you angry? Hey, what does it matter? Zion isn’t really going to marry that woman.”

“Still, we have to save the Empress Dowager’s face.”

“Letting her into the mansion was enough. We don’t even reply to marriage proposals from other places.”

Ruatisha shook her head and went to the tearoom.

Zion was still leaning languidly on the tearoom sofa.

Seeing Ruatisha, Zion’s eyes sparkled, and he asked.

“When are we having the wedding?”

At those words, Ixion and Ares were startled.

“What, what? Are you really getting married?”

“Hmph, I’m fine with it.”

At Ares’ words, Zion even smiled rarely and hugged Ruatisha.

“Did you hear? Ares is also blessing our marriage.”

“What? What are you—”

“You crazy bastard! You meant with Cotton ball? You seemed serious, so it’s creepy!”

“My sister is going to marry me.”

“No, I’m going to marry her?”

You said earlier that Zion seemed serious, so it’s creepy.

But why is Ixion saying he’s going to marry me too?

At that moment, the tearoom door burst open.

“My daughter will marry me.”

“My granddaughter will live with this grandpa for the rest of her life.”

Ruatisha’s dad and grandpa, who had suddenly barged in, spoke with serious faces.

Haha.

Ruatisha didn’t know anymore.

‘Please, anyone, take these men away.’

Ruatisha prayed more earnestly than ever.

Ruatisha looked at her family, who were seriously fighting, and quietly stepped back.

‘I should go to my room and write a rejection letter about the marriage proposal.’

Since I saw her face once, sending a reply would save the Empress Dowager’s face.

‘I never want to create a situation where I have to see this again.’

* * *

“So, that’s how it ended?”

“Yeah.”

As Ruatisha nodded, Sid chuckled.

“You’ve suffered.”

“Ugh, it’s a real headache how to get him married off.”

“I know. He needs to get married soon……”

“Huh? I couldn’t hear you well.”

“It’s nothing.”

Sid shook his head and asked Ruatisha.

“What did the Empress Dowager say?”

“She said she understood, what else could she say?”

“She withdrew surprisingly cleanly?”

“What else could she do? Zion doesn’t want to marry Lady Prussian. If she clings on, she might even be humiliated.”

“I guess that’s true. I heard the Empress was thoroughly humiliated when she tried to pair Lady Aphelia with the Duke before?”

“Yeah, that was really funny. Aphelia at least had the excuse of meeting for work, but Lady Prussian had no other excuse besides the marriage proposal, so she had no choice but to withdraw quickly.”

“You seem happy, even though you said it’s a headache how to get him married off.”

“That’s because Lady Prussian wasn’t very good.”

“Really?”

“I wouldn’t have particularly opposed it if Zion liked Lady Prussian, but she just wanted to interfere with Phaeton’s internal affairs from the first meeting.”

“Hmm.”

“Besides, the Empress Dowager’s intention in putting a marriage proposal into Phaeton was too transparent.”

As Ruatisha pouted with a sullen face, Sid smiled.

Then he tilted his head slightly towards her.

“It’s good to hear about other people’s marriages, but—”

His purple eyes, shaded by long eyelashes, narrowed slightly.

“I want to start talking about my own marriage soon.”

Uh……

“What do you think?”

‘C-close.’

Ruatisha’s face flushed.

The sound of her pounding heart beat like a drum in a march.

Ruatisha couldn’t bring herself to meet his gaze and turned her head.

But.

‘H-Her Majesty the Empress?!’

The Empress was hiding in the bushes, staring intently at them.

With a pleased smile that showed her gums.

‘How long has she been watching?!’

“I, I, I have urgent business!”

Ruatisha jumped up and quickly left the spot.

“I’ll take you.”

“Ah, no! It’s okay! I’ll go alone!”

Ruatisha ran away.

* * *

‘Ugh, embarrassing. Ashamed.’

As Ruatisha cooled her flushed cheeks and crossed the Imperial Palace, she saw someone she didn’t want to see in the distance.

‘Ugh, Prince Esteban!’

Let’s go another way.

Ruatisha quickly tried to turn around, but at that moment, Esteban and Ruatisha made eye contact.

‘Um, I didn’t see him.’

Ruatisha turned around as if nothing had happened, but she heard a voice calling her.

“Ruatisha.”

Haa.

Seriously, please know when to butt in and when to stay out.

“Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

Having no choice but to turn back and greet him, Esteban approached her with a smile on his face.

‘Why is that unlucky smile considered handsome?’

Are my standards different from the kids these days?

Ruatisha couldn’t understand why Esteban was so popular among the young ladies.

‘Seeing how I say my brothers and Sid are handsome, it doesn’t seem like my taste is that different.’

Esteban took Ruatisha’s hand and helped her up himself.

“I told you, you don’t have to be so formal with me.”

“That’s what I’m comfortable with.”

“I knew you’d say that.”

But there was a lady standing next to him whom Ruatisha hadn’t seen before.

Feeling Ruatisha’s gaze, Esteban introduced her to her.

“This is my mother’s guest. Her name is Liliel. Liliel, this is Princess Phaeton.”

At those words, Liliel’s eyes widened.

“It’s an honor to meet the renowned Princess Phaeton. My name is Liliel.”

Liliel bowed her head and greeted Ruatisha.

‘Wait, Liliel?’

“Liliel? Could you be the famous Saintess of the South?”

“I’m ashamed, but I’ve heard such false praise.”

Liliel smiled and replied.

She was humble, but not in a servile or ashamed manner.

Her eyes shone with confidence.

‘Oh, indeed a Saintess.’

She didn’t give off a bad vibe.

“Actually, I was hoping that I might meet Princess Phaeton while coming to the capital.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, from solving the Black Death to pushing out and stabilizing the local powerful forces in the West. Also, the Gongjindan [a traditional Korean medicine] and physical therapy device. There were so many things I was curious about. And the paper you published through 〈Metis〉 this time was also impressive.”

“I’m embarrassed. To hear such praise from a Saintess who practices miracles and good deeds.”

“Your Highness has also done no small amount of good deeds.”

They looked at each other and smiled.

Esteban looked at the two of them and chuckled.

“It seems the two of you get along better than I do with the Princess, and I’ve known her for a long time.”