Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 23

Baby Runs the Romance Fantasy with Cash – Episode 23

☆ Chapter 23 ☆

“You look so affectionate and cozy. Just like a family.”

With a hand gripping the wide-open carriage door, Father smiled languidly.

“Y-Your, Y-Your Excellency…….”

The vassal lord trembled, breaking out in a cold sweat.

“Hm? Vassal Ajeossi [a respectful Korean term for ‘uncle’], why are you shaking? Did you want to stroke my cheek that badly? Ah, I’m sorry. I won’t tease you anymore.”

I took the vassal lord’s hand and placed it on my cheek.

However, the vassal lord remained frozen like a stone, showing no movement at all.

“Here, pat, pat!”

Feeling frustrated, I rubbed my cheek against the vassal lord’s palm.

“Now it’s done! I’m a good kid who keeps promises!”

I confidently put my hands on my hips, but the vassal lord’s expression wasn’t good at all.

Like he was about to foam at the mouth…….

Just then, I heard Father’s voice from behind.

“Ho, a promise…….”

Turning around, I saw Father glaring at the vassal lord as if he wanted to devour him.

“I’m very curious about what kind of promise it is.”

Um, you’re curious about the content of the promise, right?

You’re not wondering how much a person can endure, or something like that, right?

I was suspicious, but I couldn’t know for sure.

Because Father dragged the vassal lord away somewhere.

It happened so quickly that I couldn’t even stop him.

Jumping down from the carriage, I saw Butler smiling at me.

“Welcome back, youngest young lady.”

Ah.

Yes, I had a home to return to.

There were people who welcomed me.

My home.

“Yeah, I’m back!”

I smiled brightly.

* * *

Duke Paeraton stared at his young daughter with a serious face.

This child is truly a dangerous being.

She possesses the ability to control the bodies of others, but the problem is that it has nothing to do with the child’s own will.

Even now, watching her munching on a chocolate cake made his hands twitch.

He wanted to stroke that fluffy hair like crazy.

‘It seems to awaken violence, too.’

Seeing her chubby cheeks shaking as she ate made him suddenly want to break down a wall.

That wasn’t all.

‘That’s strange.’

Duke Paeraton stroked his chin and observed his youngest daughter.

‘Why do I feel full just by watching her?’

He hadn’t touched any tea or refreshments since entering the tearoom.

That’s because he was giving his daughter serious education.

But for some reason, he felt full.

‘Is she even controlling people’s physical reactions? Truly dangerous.’

This is the first time Paeraton has been without Magi [magical energy].

‘There’s no precedent, so I don’t know what this ability is.’

In any case, it’s definitely a dangerous ability.

After a brief moment of contemplation, he opened his mouth.

“Lulu.”

“Huh?”

The child looked up with her face covered in chocolate.

In an instant, his hand was about to reach out again, so Duke Paeraton clenched his fist tightly.

“Did you really understand what I said?”

“Ung!” [A babyish way of saying ‘응’ which means ‘yes’ in Korean]

The child smiled brightly and nodded.

‘……Just now, I had an incredibly violent impulse again.’

He wanted to destroy not just the wall but the entire mansion.

‘My daughter’s smile has tremendous destructive power.’

He endured it because it was him, but if it were someone else, they would have screamed ‘Aaaaaah!’ and destroyed all the furniture.

“Then let’s check.”

This is a really important issue.

Duke Paeraton’s eyes gleamed sharply.

“If someone else strokes your head?”

“No way!”

“If they poke your cheek?”

“I don’t like it!”

“Shall we go eat snacks?”

“No!”

“What about a kiss on the cheek?”

“No!”

“If they try to pick you up?”

“Kidnapper!”

The child swung her fist like a cotton ball in the air.

“As expected, she’s smart like me.”

Duke Paeraton nodded.

But there was just one thing that bothered him.

‘The words are too weak.’

Stop right there. Do you want your wrist to fly off?

Wouldn’t that be more appropriate?

Anna told him to ‘only use kind and correct words with children,’ so he taught her that way, but he wasn’t satisfied.

‘I’m giving a kind warning without immediately cutting off their wrist. Isn’t that a kind word?’

Duke Paeraton seriously pondered and reached out to his daughter.

With what he taught her now, the other person wouldn’t be particularly shocked一.

“No!”

Twitch.

Duke Paeraton’s hand stopped in mid-air.

“I don’t like it!”

At the following words, Duke Paeraton’s complexion turned pale.

Luatisha raised her hand and pointed at Duke Paeraton.

“Kidnapper!”

“……!”

Duke Paeraton’s eyes shook with extreme shock.

The killer of the battlefield.

The black slaughter demon.

He, who had never wavered in any terrible situation, stopped breathing at his daughter’s words.

Weak? What a joke.

The effect is too strong, that’s the problem.

“L-Lulu…….”

Duke Paeraton reached out to his youngest again, but all that came back was a firm refusal.

“No!”

Luatisha slapped the Duke’s hand.

It couldn’t hurt Duke Paeraton.

However, the Duke felt extreme pain.

For the first time in his life, he realized what it meant to have a nail hammered into his chest.

Blood was flowing profusely.

His daughter, unaware of that, smiled brightly and refreshingly.

As if asking if she did well.

* * *

Klatier bit her nails.

Her nails, which had always been pink and glossy without a single blemish, were now a mess as if gnawed by rats.

But Klatier couldn’t afford to care about that.

‘Why?’

Why did it turn out like this?

She looked around the dim room.

The room, which had been decorated like a fairy’s room in a fairy tale, had become messy.

The flowers in the vase were withered, and there was dust in the corners.

‘What, I’m already tired of that doll. Why is it in my room?’

Come to think of it, she used to buy new dolls almost every day, but that was a long time ago.

The employees were largely dismissed, and even the few remaining employees weren’t doing their jobs properly.

People came every day and shouted at her father.

Her mother kept fighting with her father and eventually left home, saying she would go to her parents’ house for a while.

She asked her if she would like to go with her, but Klatier shook her head.

‘Well, Mom is from a Baron family.’

Leave this Marquis and live in a Baron?

‘That half-wit bastard is living in the Paeraton Duke, even though she is a bastard!’

She could never do that.

‘It’s all because of her!’

Everything changed after that child came.

Klatier recalled Luatisha’s appearance when she came to the Tarenka Marquis.

The child who put her hands in a fluffy silver muff with a glossy sheen and walked with small steps.

Everything from head to toe was luxurious and precious.

‘She’s still pretending to be a Paeraton Duchess.’

That’s why she enjoys such luxury.

The child strode across the hallway with confident steps.

How dare she do that?

She used to be the one who was flat on the floor, scrubbing the floor in that hallway.

That was her true self.

But now, her expression, posture, and walk were completely different from what she remembered. Like a different person.

‘What nerve does she have to come here with such a brazen face?’

As she thought, Klatier realized.

‘She came to apologize to me.’

Hmph, as if I’d accept it.

Dad will kick her out.

But the situation went completely differently from Klatier’s expectations.

That idiot didn’t come to apologize to her, and even her father greeted her in the greenhouse.

‘What on earth is going on?’

That question reached its peak when she saw Duke Delbartren, Duke Iskamil, and Marquis Sherodel.

That child, despite being a bastard, brazenly mingled with those great nobles without hesitation.

What was even more surprising was that the three people were kind to her.

In particular, Duke Delbartren was originally someone who didn’t like children very much.

Klatier, who had always been loved and adored, was not hesitant to approach someone first.

The wall she felt for the first time was Duke Delbartren.

But that man—

“Shall I give you a snack? I have delicious snacks at Grandpa’s house.”

This doesn’t make sense.

So are the other nobles.

How can they adore a child they’ve only seen once like that?

‘She used to be hated by everyone!’

It can’t be.

‘She’s not originally like that. It’s all a lie!’

I have to let them know!

With that thought, she went out in front of the three, but all that came back was a cold gaze.

Even the kind-hearted Asukamil hardened his face and turned away from her.

‘It’s all because of that fake!’

Thinking so, she ran to her father.

But her father was busy and wouldn’t even listen to her.

And from that day on, the nightmare began.

‘That bad thing made it like this. I’ve raised her until now, but she doesn’t even know the grace!’

Klatier sobbed and looked down at her dress.

She didn’t like it.

It was lacking compared to what she was wearing.

“Dad said he would buy me a new dress.”

She was sad because the dress she wore on her birthday party was completely ruined, so he said he would buy her a new one.

‘Come to think of it, that dress was ruined because of her.’

Klatier bit her lip tightly and jumped up.

“Just you wait! I’m going to buy a new muff, earmuffs, and dress too. I’ll look better in them, won’t I?”

Hmph, Klatier snorted and strode away.

Towards the Tarenka Marquis’s room.

‘Huh?’

Klatier, who came out into the hallway, felt something was wrong.

The air was different.

It was natural that there were no people because the employees had been fired, but something was strange.

Somehow the air is dry and rough.

Klatier hesitated for a moment, then moved her steps as if she had made up her mind.

She wanted a new dress quickly.

It was when she entered the corridor where the Marquis’s office was located.

“Ah……!”

Klatier encountered an intruder.

It was an impudent group who dared to set foot in the Marquis without permission.

But.

Dressed in all black, they were as elegant and beautiful as beasts melted into the darkness of the night.

Klatier unknowingly stared at them blankly.

At that moment, she saw the face of the man at the head, standing in the moonlight.

A face so perfect and arrogant that it was questionable whether he was human.

Red eyes that directly revealed his cruel and vicious nature.

“U-Uncle…….”

Slowly, Duke Paeraton’s eyes moved and captured Klatier.

But that was all.

His gaze returned to the front.

“Ah, ah…….”

Only after Duke Paeraton disappeared into the Marquis’s room did Klatier let out the breath she had been holding back.

Tears welled up.

How could a person’s eyes be so cold?

She felt like she had become a bug crawling on the ground.

Trash that was a luxury to even breathe in this world.

Klatier trembled, pale with fright.

That short gaze was more violent than any words.

Klatier, unable to get up and lying down, looked more miserable than her cousin, whom she had so despised and ignored.

* * *

“D-Duke Paeraton!”

Marquis Tarenka screamed in horror at the intruder.

He was amazed that he had invaded the Marquis without covering his face.

But at the same time, he was afraid.

“What are you doing! If you go back now, I won’t make an issue of this!”

Even if he shouted strongly on purpose, Duke Paeraton didn’t bat an eye.

Rather, black and murky energy swirled around him.

An ominous energy that eats away at the light and swells in size.

Magi [magical energy].

Marquis Tarenka’s face turned white.

“N-No matter how much it’s you, you can’t just break in like this and harm me!”

A crooked smile lazily hung on Duke Paeraton’s lips.

“Really?”

“T-Tarenka Marquis is a meritorious family! How are you going to fix this! If His Majesty the Emperor and other nobles find out……!”

“So what.”

“E-Even if my father, the late Marquis, didn’t like me, I’m his child! If he finds out about this, he won’t stand still!”

“It’s none of your business.”
The Magi that had been circling around Duke Paeraton swelled up.

“Because it will be after you die.”

Seeing the Magi rushing towards him in an instant, Marquis Tarenka hurriedly opened his mouth.

“Brother-in-law!”

Kugung!

The black energy that had been moving silently tore through the wall.

Red blood formed on Marquis Tarenka’s cheek. It was because the Magi had slightly grazed him.

“Why are you doing this!”

Extreme fear makes you forget your fear.

“Yes, that’s right! It’s my fault for oppressing the Paeraton Duchess. I touched the pride of the Duke!”

The Marquis shouted in anger.

“But isn’t she just a Duchess in name only anyway!”

“……In name?”

“Isn’t that child not the Duke’s biological child! Your sister had an affair with another man and gave birth一.”

Kwaaaang一!!