Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 288

☆ Chapter 288 ☆

“Wh, what are you talking about…”

“It’s true that His Highness Crown Prince Esteban showed some interest in the Paeraton Princess for a while, but it was all in the past, and it wasn’t really even interest.”

“Um… He chased after her for almost ten years, and you’re saying that’s ‘for a while’ and ‘not even interest’?”

Luatisha tilted her head, genuinely puzzled by the ladies’ words.

“You shouldn’t lie. I know you’re trying to cover up because you were caught ganging up to tease Princess Shuriel.”

What are you talking about!

We were just bragging that Shuriel would become the Crown Princess!

Of course, a ‘Crown Princess’ is much higher in status than a ‘Princess’.

“Everyone, please be considerate. After all, Princess Shuriel is a state guest invited by His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Luatisha scolded the ladies with a serious attitude.

Yes, she looked like she was sincerely telling them not to mistreat a foreign princess.

‘Are you kidding me?’

Is she clueless?

Or is she doing this on purpose?

But Luatisha’s face was full of sincerity, as if she wasn’t doing it on purpose.

‘Who knew that the Paeraton Princess, who demands everything in front of the Emperor, could have such a pure expression without any ulterior motives?’ they were surprised.

But they couldn’t say anything here.

Saying, “We were trying to put you down,” would only make them look foolish.

Shuriel realized.

A clueless person is much harder to deal with than a quick-witted one.

Because they don’t understand even when you’re subtly mocking them, only making you frustrated.

‘…It’s better to change the subject.’

Shuriel cleared her throat, picked up her teacup, and smiled.

“By the way, who escorted the Princess today? I didn’t see…”

“I didn’t see either, but wouldn’t it have been His Highness Sidrian?”

“Oh my. It seems the Princess and His Highness Sidrian are very close.”

Shuriel pretended to be surprised and watched Luatisha’s expression.

Most people already knew that Sidrian couldn’t come out of the palace due to Esteban’s restraint.

This was as good as saying:

Too bad.

You didn’t even get an escort today, did you?

Because my boyfriend pushed your boyfriend out, and he can’t even come out of the palace. Heh!

But Luatisha opened her mouth with a strangely proud and boastful attitude.

“Oh, we’re not that close. Well, are we a little close?”

“Yes…?”

“Not much. Just enough that Sid can’t live without me, no more, no less?”

“Excuse me?”

Something was going in a strange direction.

But it was already too late to turn back.

Thus began Luatisha’s hellish boyfriend bragging.

“Well, there was this time he tried to give me a surprise gift but failed and was so flustered? It was cute.”

Luatisha giggled after talking for a while.

Of course, she was the only one laughing at this table.

One of the ladies, unable to watch any longer, opened her mouth with a stiff face.

“It’s nothing special. His Highness the Crown Prince could also一.”

“Oh, really? Did the Princess receive such a gift?”

“….”

“No, even if you did, how could it compare to our Sid?”

“Your words are a bit harsh. His Highness the Crown Prince’s abilities一.”

“Sid is cute even when he succeeds in a surprise gift, and even cuter when he fails.”

“….”

“The face he makes when he’s caught and doesn’t know what to do is the best.”

“….”

“When I imagine him planning it all by himself, my inner violence is awakened. I feel like destroying everything.”

Luatisha stared into the distance with a dazed face.

Crack.

The armrest of the chair made a painful sound in her hand.

The Paeraton blood was definitely not going anywhere.

Silence fell on the table.

The ladies realized what Luatisha wanted to brag about.

Not expensive gifts or romantic gestures.

Only one thing!

My boyfriend is super handsome!

‘This… I lost.’

‘I have no choice but to lose….’

‘It’s not even anything else, it’s his face….’

‘Is it just his face? His body is a sculpture too….’

The ladies had all grown up seeing only the best, so their aesthetic standards were strict.

And of course, Sidrian, who had passed Luatisha’s harsh aesthetic sense, which had been honed by her family since childhood, was nothing short of a divine grace and blessing in their eyes.

They thought Crown Prince Esteban was handsome too, but Sidrian was on a different level.

Here, their pride wouldn’t allow them to shout, ‘His Highness Esteban is just as handsome as His Highness Sidrian!’

A political enemy is a political enemy, and standards for beauty must always be strict.

‘…She seemed strangely triumphant as soon as His Highness Sidrian’s story came up.’

It was the aura emanating from someone who had won a handsome man.

‘…Scary girl!’

The ladies looked at Luatisha with tense faces.

Shuriel was dumbfounded by the sight.

‘What are you admiring again!’

How did the story flow like this?

She couldn’t understand why her boyfriend bragging came out when she clearly asked to humiliate her.

Anyway, she couldn’t just stand by and watch.

“Oh my, I’ve never seen His Highness Sidrian in person, so I’m curious. If he escorted the Princess today, will I be able to see him later?”

“Ah, no. Zeon escorted me today.”

I caught you.

Shuriel smiled triumphantly.

“Oh, not His Highness Sidrian? Zeon is the Young Duke of Paeraton, right?”

“My family usually escorts me a lot.”

“Ah, your family usually does~.”

Pfft.

Shuriel’s lips curled up.

“Is it an imperial tradition? In Torencia, it’s common to be escorted by a gentleman who isn’t a family member.”

“That’s not the case in the Empire either. Maybe when you’re very young.”

“At your age….”

The ladies narrowed their eyes and looked at Luatisha.

How old are you that you’re still holding your dad’s and brothers’ hands to enter?

Luatisha’s expression stiffened slightly, as if she finally understood.

Shuriel smiled deeply and bit her lip.

“Young Duke Zeon must cherish his youngest sister very much.”

“Yes, well.”

“I guess that’s why he’s still escorting you at this age? Surely it’s not because the Princess doesn’t have anyone to escort her.”

Like my boyfriend is locking up your boyfriend or something.

“That’s right.”

“Then doesn’t Young Duke Zeon have a lover or another escort? Is he just going to take care of his sister forever一.”

“Princess Shuriel.”

Luatisha tilted her head and asked.

“Are you perhaps interested in Zeon?”

“Excuse me…?”

Shuriel’s lips gaped stupidly at the unexpected question.

“Oh my.”

Luatisha covered her lips, exclaiming.

‘I knew it.’

She looked like someone who had made that judgment.

“Ah, no! Why would you think that…? I would never一.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m pretty good at noticing these things.”

Luatisha said with a proud face.

As if her specialty had come out.

“I’ve been drawing love lines amazingly since I was young. Honestly, it wouldn’t be strange to fall in love with someone like our Zeon at first sight.”

“I’m not interested in the Young Duke一.”

“But what should I do?”

Luatisha looked at Shuriel with a pitiful face.

“Princess Shuriel isn’t exactly Zeon’s type.”

“Yes?”

“No, it’s not just not his type… um.”

Luatisha hesitated for a long time as if choosing her words, and eventually gave up and smiled.

“I can’t bring myself to say it… It’s better for the Princess to give up cleanly. The world is wide, and there are plenty of men, right?”

What is this?

Did I get rejected before I even liked him?

Shuriel was dumbfounded, suffering an inexplicable defeat.

Of course, she had thought that it would be nice if someone like Zeon was her brother.

That she, who was more outstanding than the lacking Luatisha, would be a much better fit as his sister.

But that was all in the past.

Now, if she could only destroy Luatisha, she would strangle all of Paeraton’s precious sons to death.

Including her grandfather, who had turned his back on her!

“Ah, of course, there aren’t many men like my brothers….”

Luatisha muttered, narrowing her eyes slightly as she looked at Shuriel.

“But weren’t you the Crown Prince’s lover?”

“Yes, I have a special relationship with His Highness Esteban, so I wouldn’t一.”

“Um, then it’s better to be clear about your attitude.”

“What do you mean?”

“It doesn’t look good to be curious about and eyeing other men when you have a lover.”

“Huh…!”

Is this what it feels like to be so dumbfounded that your head turns white?

“I’m not interested in the Young Duke!”

“Um… I’m sure. You kept asking about Zeon so persistently, but of course, the Princess has no interest at all.”

Luatisha’s gaze towards Shuriel was pitiful.

That’s not acting.

It’s genuine.

“Then I’ll be going.”

Luatisha got up from her seat with an impeccable and light attitude.

“I hope you don’t look elsewhere and have a beautiful and good love with your current relationship. Fighting!” [A Korean expression of encouragement.]

And she clenched her fist and left her seat, leaving behind her support.

“….”

Shuriel’s fist on the table trembled.

It was then.

“Puhuh…!”

Shuriel turned her head to the side at the sudden burst of laughter.

At the surrounding tables, the ladies were covering their mouths and managing their expressions, coughing, “Ahem, ahem!”

They weren’t laughing openly, but it was clear how they saw Shuriel.

‘To completely make me a laughingstock…!’

Shuriel gritted her teeth.

How did this happen?

She never thought it would end like this, even when Luatisha first came this way.

Luatisha was in a disadvantageous situation now.

Of course, the ladies were more favorable to Luatisha, but with the Emperor collapsing, power would inevitably gather to Crown Prince Esteban.

And high society has a very close relationship with political power.

Even Michellouin, who was like Luatisha’s right-hand man, had joined hands with her.

‘…I thought Luatisha would be much more calculating.’

But it wasn’t at all.

As if she couldn’t read the hidden meaning in the words and the surrounding atmosphere at all一.

‘It doesn’t matter. This is the only time she can laugh like that.’

Although Luatisha reaffirmed her position in high society and firmly pressed Shuriel’s nose.

In the end, the reality that Esteban had seized power and Sidrian was being monitored did not change.

If Sidrian moved even a little, they would accuse him of treason, claiming that he was taking advantage of the Emperor’s collapse to dare to rebel against the Crown Prince, who was no different from the Emperor’s proxy.

And.

‘Why don’t you take care of the person next to you first?’

Shuriel’s gaze turned to Claudia.

Claudia, who had been quietly silent, felt the gaze and smiled slightly.

A similar smile appeared on Shuriel’s lips.

The person next to Luatisha that she was thinking of was not just Claudia.

‘That man.’

A tall, elegant man came to her mind.

‘I’m curious to see how you’ll react to that man. My lovely cousin.’

* * *

I strolled through the garden attached to Javier Hall.

An alert window moved along with me.

[Skill 〈Clueless〉 has been activated.]

I narrowed my eyes as I looked at the large letters on the alert window.

‘I don’t think I did anything particularly clueless this time.’

No, rather, I showed tremendous awareness, didn’t I?

Frankly speaking, I pride myself on being quite perceptive when it comes to romance.

‘It’s not for nothing that I’m a romance novel reader!’

The secret glances and gestures exchanged between the ladies and gentlemen.

My awareness catches them all!

It’s like watching a romance novel in 3D right in front of me.

For reference, I was a professional best commenter, so I’m very good at tracking down clues.

‘To be so perceptive even when I’m clueless.’

I’m even scared of myself.

‘Hoo, I don’t need to be this perceptive.’

It was when I was admiring my demonic talent for a moment.

I felt a shadow cast over me.

I lifted my head and saw a welcome face.

“Sid?”

Why is he here?

To be exact一.

“Ah, should I call you Echen now?”

It was in Echen’s form, but.

“As my master wishes.”

“I’ll call you Echen so no one can hear.”

I said that and glanced to the side.

Skill 〈Clueless〉 was still activated.

Hmm.

‘Will it be okay?’

Because I’m so perceptive that I can even block skills?