Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 233

I stared blankly at Zeon.

Thick drops of tears were falling from Zeon’s eyes without a break.

The red pupils were wet with tears, shining transparently like rubies.

“Zeon?”

Is he really my brother?

Zeon nodded and then hugged me tightly.

I stayed in Zeon’s arms for a while.

A familiar embrace.

‘This is my brother’s embrace……’

My eyes slowly closed.

I missed this natural and familiar embrace so much.

‘It was only a few days.’

That time felt so long and distant to me.

My shoulder was silently getting wet with Zeon’s tears.

Zeon’s hands, which were holding me, were clenched tightly.

As if he would never let go again.

“I’m sorry.”

A soft whisper.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

Zeon kept saying sorry in my ear.

I knew Zeon very well.

This was the first time he had ever apologized to anyone in his life.

‘……He didn’t even apologize when he ruined the pudding Dad made for him.’

“I’m sorry, my youngest. It was my fault.”

Yes, it was Zeon’s fault.

A very big fault.

“So don’t cry.”

Zeon is the one crying, not me.

Who are you comforting when you’re crying so much that your voice is hoarse?

“Idiot…….”

Stupid, mutt.

My brother and I hugged each other like that for a long time.

A large hand stroked my hair and then cupped my cheek.

Zeon’s hands were trembling as if he was afraid I would break or disappear.

The heart is clearly invisible, but Zeon’s desperate heart was clearly visible to me.

A deep emotion that made my heart sink.

Zeon’s face, which I faced again, was full of tears.

My nose and eyes must be as red as Zeon’s.

Zeon looked at my face quietly and then hugged me tightly again.

And then he stepped back a little again and looked at my face quietly.

And then hugged me tightly once more.

He tried to check my face again and hug me again, so I subtly stepped back.

‘I’m still angry!’

After my heart calmed down to some extent, anger slowly rose again.

Zeon flinched and looked at me.

His pupils were trembling finely, perhaps because the shock of me avoiding Zeon was so great.

I ignored his eyes, pretending not to know.

“My youngest…….”

“…….”

Zeon cautiously approached me when I stubbornly refused to make eye contact.

I took another step back.

I could feel Zeon’s shock even though I wasn’t looking.

“My youngest一.”

Zeon, who was approaching me again, stopped.

Then he stared at my necklace and earrings and asked.

“Why are you wearing that?”

I immediately understood what Zeon was saying.

Because I am wearing the Sid-gifted parure [a complete set of matching jewelry], not the Zeon and family-gifted parure set.

Yes, that parure that Zeon cried over because I said I liked Sid’s better.

“Because I hate Zeon.”

A ripple arose in Zeon’s eyes as if the world had collapsed.

I turned my body away.

“I’m going.”

Zeon quickly followed me.

Whether he did or not, I didn’t even look at him.

As I was about to get on the carriage, Zeon held out his hand.

I ignored his hand and got on the carriage myself.

And I blocked the front before Zeon stepped on the footstool.

“This is my carriage. Zeon, take the carriage you came in.”

“I want to ride with my youngest一.”

“Anyway, Zeon came to pick up the Prussian Young Lady, right?”

Zeon became speechless when I said it in a sulky tone.

“Ride separately.”

At my gesture, the footman, who was watching, quickly closed the carriage door.

Thud!

Zeon was looking at me with an anxious gaze through the carriage window.

I swished the curtains.

Then, as I sat down, I tapped on the window that connected to the driver’s seat.

The coachman, who understood, quickly started the carriage.

Clatter, clatter.

The carriage began to move with a cheerful rhythm.

I secretly opened the curtain and looked outside.

Zeon was standing there blankly with a shocked face, looking at the carriage I was in.

Endlessly, endlessly.

Even though the carriage was getting further and further away, he didn’t move like a stone statue.

Seeing that, I felt a little sorry…….

‘No, no.’

I swished the curtains again.

‘Not yet, hmph!’

* * *

Liriel smiled and drank her tea.

‘Should I kill her?’

I knew very well how chaotic a murder case would be among humans.

Even if I kill her, I shouldn’t kill her in my residence.

‘But I just want to kill her right away.’

Shuela, who had no idea that Liriel was thinking that, continued to dab at her tears.

“Hic, so Zeon, Zeon followed that nasty Paeraton Princess, and…… All the other young ladies are watching, hic, how much I…….”

Liriel was still smiling, but the veins were bulging on her hand holding the teacup.

“Hic, Saintess, are you listening to me?”

“Of course.”

Liriel smiled brightly.

“Really, I was so shocked…… My hands and feet were trembling, I couldn’t breathe well, hic. C, clearly Zeon loves me.”

“…….”

“After that, Zeon won’t meet me, but this is clearly not Zeon’s intention! Zeon didn’t directly tell me that he didn’t want to see me, did he? It must be the Paeraton Princess trying to interfere out of jealousy between me and Zeon!”

Was Zeon Paeraton someone who could be stopped by others?

Liriel thought so and took another sip of tea.

“That’s right, he was always obsessively attached to his family! What dirty trick did the Paeraton Princess use on my Zeon?! Otherwise, why would Zeon suddenly avoid me?!”

It was a funny thing.

In fact, Shuela herself would know better than anyone else.

Zeon Paeraton’s behavior towards her suddenly changed after receiving the ‘blessing’.

‘Even if she ignores the truth because she likes the situation where Zeon Paeraton cherishes her, she usually thinks that she is the one who used the trick in her heart.’

How can humans be so foolish, dull, and pathetic?

Shuela got off the chair and knelt in front of Liriel.

“P, please help me, Saintess. I can’t live without Zeon. So, like last time, give me a blessing…….”

Liriel looked down at Shuela’s hand holding the hem of her dress.

‘It’s unpleasant.’

I wanted to cut off that hand as it was, but一.

“The blessing I gave to the Prussian Young Lady still has a lot left.”

Liriel held the Prussian Young Lady’s hand tightly.

“So don’t give in. If you are a Young Lady, you will surely be able to get true love without giving in to dirty tricks.”

“Not that, give me a stronger blessing一.”

Shuela, who was about to argue, stopped talking and stared blankly at Liriel.

It seemed like a halo was shining behind her benevolent smile.

I felt like I had to follow this person’s words.

“Come on, don’t cry. Let’s meet Zeon again.”

Liriel wiped Shuela’s tears.

“Yes, Saintess.”

Shuela nodded and got up from her seat.

“And.”

Liriel called out to her as she was leaving.

“I clearly told you not to come.”

It was a different voice from the kind voice she had had until now.

Shuela trembled at the low, oppressive feeling.

“S, S, Saintess…….”

Liriel smiled brightly.

“I hope this never happens again.”

“Yes, yes! I will never disobey the Saintess’s words!”

Shuela, who answered with a pale face, quickly left the room.

Thud.

As soon as Shuela left the room, someone walked out from inside the partitioned area.

“Did you see it?”

Liriel said without even looking at him.

“How can humans be so foolish and pathetic?”

“I hope Your Highness will soon save the foolish humans.”

The follower prostrated himself before Liriel.

Liriel was silent for a while, drinking tea.

Soon her lips opened.

“It’s an absolutely unbreakable contract, so how did you break it?”

Unlike the Geis [a type of magical compulsion or taboo] placed on Sidrian, this was a curse contract that Liriel had directly cast.

Moreover, the power of the ancient demon she had absorbed was completely included.

“The little power of the sacred object that the playful Princess has is not enough. Even if Zeon Paeraton’s mental strength is strong, it’s useless.”

Liriel put down her teacup and got up from the sofa.

“That curse was a contract that would make you lose everything you cherish the most.”

It erases all memories, recollections, and thoughts.

Only one thing remains, only emotion.

And that emotion is exchanged for emotions towards other people.

It is difficult to create emotions that did not exist, but it is easy to twist existing emotions.

So there is no recalling memories, no questioning whether they match the memories, and not even feeling that something is wrong.

The emotions Zeon feels are not created emotions, but true emotions, even more so.

“……But he came to his senses.”

Even if he is completely changed, he is drawn to his bloodline again, which was not something to be convinced of.

If Zeon came to his senses on his own without the intervention of any other being一.

“It can only be seen as a miracle.”

A miracle created by the heart for his youngest sister.

Liriel’s lips twisted.

“When I think about it, it’s really funny. All the actions Zeon Paeraton did to Ruu were originally actions he would have done to Shuela Prussian.”

The emotions Zeon felt while looking at Ruatisha while under the curse were originally emotions for Shuela.

Conversely, all the actions Zeon did to Shuela were actions he would have done for Ruatisha.

“But she’s happy, saying it’s good for her.”

Liriel stroked the petals of the flowers in the vase.

“What should we do, Your Highness?”

“Leave it alone. Anyway, the contract has been established and is being maintained.”

The moment Shuela answered yes to Liriel’s question of whether she could endure anything to gain Zeon Paeraton’s love, the contract was concluded.

Shuela would have to endure anything as she had answered.

‘Yes, whatever it is.’

Liriel smiled benevolently.

“Whether Zeon Paeraton will fall under the curse again or not is not my concern. Anyway, my purpose has been achieved.”

Of course, it was a shame that I couldn’t enjoy Ruatisha’s hurt and suffering for a long time.

But anyway, this was a contract with a time limit.

There was no need to get angry because the contract ended sooner than expected.

“The public competition is tomorrow. There won’t be any problems, right?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“What is the situation with the Paeraton Princess?”

Liriel also had eyes on Ruatisha.

“She hasn’t been able to do anything in the meantime. Of course, she hasn’t contacted ‘that place’ either.”

“I guess so. She must have been so busy worrying about her suddenly changed brother that she didn’t care about the competition.”

Liriel smiled contentedly.

With this, tomorrow’s competition will be completely concluded with her victory.

As planned, the Paeraton Princess will become the nourishment for Liriel’s influence.

‘Thank you so much for increasing your influence for me.’

Liriel’s face, smiling as she smelled the flowers, was holiness itself.

But the next moment, the flowers withered and withered in her hands in an instant.

* * *

At the same time, Paeraton’s mansion, Ruatisha’s office.

“So, you met Liriel.”

Frees nodded at my words.

“Yes, Princess. But I couldn’t hear what they were talking about. I’m sorry.”

“You hide well, don’t you?”

“It’s easy to hide my appearance…… But there was a strange energy in the residence. I didn’t even go inside because I felt like something was watching me.”

I nodded without asking more.

Anyway, Frees was a great person that the grandfather trusted.

It was right to trust such a person’s senses.

“Good job. It’s better than getting caught. And I can guess what you said.”

“Thank you.”

“You’ve worked hard, so have a company dinner with the squad at Kochon Chicken. Eat as much as you want.”

“Thank you!”

Um, the tone is so different from when you said thank you earlier?

It’s full of sincerity.

‘As expected, Chicken God is great.’

I took out an envelope from the drawer.

“And this.”

Frees took the envelope with tension, wondering if I was giving another order.

Frees opened the envelope and his eyes widened.

“This is…….”

“It’s an opera ticket. It’s also a box seat ticket that Paeraton has.”

“Why would you give me such a precious thing…….”

“Go see it.”

“……Why? Is there anything to investigate in this opera?”

Frees looked at me with wary eyes.

“You suspect even when someone is kind.”

“I don’t really like opera.”

“Sandra will like it.”

Frees’s face turned bright red at the words I said casually.

“W, w, what does that have to do with me!”

“Wow, Frees. Are you an intelligence agent? If you show it all like that, you’re likely to have information taken away from you rather than getting it.”

“W, w, since when!”

“Um, from the beginning?”

I smiled.

“Do well.”

I got up from my seat and passed by Frees, who was stiff.

“If it’s from the beginning, the Princess was a complete toddler…… To a toddler…….”

I heard Frees’s voice muttering in shock behind my back.

You underestimate toddlers too much.

Even if I’m young, I’m a 2nd rounder who knows everything!

As soon as I left the office, I saw Zeon.

“My youngest.”

I blocked him from entering the office, so he must have been waiting in front of the door all the time I was working.

I turned around and walked quickly down the hallway as if a cold wind was blowing.

A dejected Zeon followed me, trailing behind.