Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 290

I stared at Akitus, his heart brimming with emotion.

‘Good.’

The preparation was perfect.

Above all, the novel I’d summoned while hitting the jackpot…

– Novel being summoned: 〈I Stole the Tyrant’s First Night and Ran Away〉

Hehehe.

Hahahahaha!

Looking at the proudly displayed title, I grinned.

Then, I tightened the leather armor across my chest once more.

It was light armor, but quite effective.

‘Because I stole it from Paeraton’s treasury.’

Well, I’m a direct descendant of Paeraton, so entering and taking things isn’t really stealing, is it?

Finally, with one last tap, a crisp sound resonated from the leather.

I leaned against the wall and quietly chanted.

[Skill 〈Stealth〉 is activated.]

Then, a strange sensation settled over my body.

A strangely lighter feeling, as if my presence was fading.

‘As expected of our great thief unnie [term of endearment for an older sister or female friend].’

The female lead in the novel I summoned this time was a master thief who stole the tyrant’s first night.

A great thief comparable to the gentleman thief Lupin or the angel girl Netti.

If she could sneak into the tyrant’s bedroom, you can imagine how amazing her skills are, right?

‘This unnie is also a super strong sword master.’

Although she accidentally went to the tyrant’s bedroom instead of the imperial treasury because she has no sense of direction.

‘But she stole what she needed to steal.’

Isn’t a handsome man the most precious treasure of a country?

‘In that sense, unnie was a true master thief.’

Nodding, I moved my feet.

Crescentio and Clatie were walking a little ahead of me.

I quietly followed them.

‘They’re going around in circles.’

I didn’t know exactly where their destination was, but they weren’t going in a straight line, instead turning left and right.

‘Did they notice I was following them?’

No way. Our female lead unnie’s ability is the best.

And if they had noticed, there would have been a different reaction.

‘Maybe they’re preparing for a possible tail.’

I increased the distance between us slightly and continued to follow.

How long had it been?

“……?!”

Suddenly, the two disappeared from before my eyes.

‘Teleport?’

But the other people on the street didn’t seem to notice anything strange and were walking around without any reaction.

I moved towards the spot where they vanished.

And the moment I stepped onto it.

“……!”

I was greeted by a completely different space.

I finally realized why they had been going around in circles to get here.

‘It was a formation!’

The circuitous route was a necessary preparation to activate this formation.

You had to approach it in that specific way to enter.

‘……As expected.’

I reaffirmed that Sid’s reasoning was correct.

This scale…

This wasn’t something that Clatie, consumed by revenge, could accomplish alone.

Also, the cult following Kiyas Edel was more deeply rooted than I thought.

‘Perhaps it didn’t start after I was crowned as a saintess and natural disasters continued—’

Perhaps it had been coiling and lurking in the deep darkness of the empire long before that.

* * *

The stone wall closed behind me with a heavy thud.

Crescentio frowned.

The energy of Kiyas Edel permeated the air.

A thick and heavy aura.

It felt suffocating.

“I didn’t know you would lead me to a place like this.”

“It would be troublesome if Crescentio, the hope of the temple, attracted attention. This place is secret and cozy. Perfect for sharing secret stories.”

Shuriel, removing her robe, smiled thinly and placed her hand intimately on Crescentio’s arm.

“Also, if the saintess knew that I was so close to you, she would be quite sad, wouldn’t she?”

“Hmph.”

Crescentio snorted and turned his head.

Would that child even care?

‘No, she would care.’

She would be dumbfounded that a priest was having a secret meeting with a heretic.

“Oh my. Did my words make the priest uncomfortable?”

The face of the woman smiling with narrowed eyes overlapped with the face of that child.

‘I know they’re cousins.’

They don’t look alike at all.

This woman was like a snake.

A cunning gaze, constantly searching for opportunities.

On the other hand, that child—

Soft pink hair like clouds scattered in his vision like an illusion.

A confident gaze.

A slightly mischievous smile.

A voice that nags him to work quickly.

‘……Certainly, she’s not entirely kind either.’

But.

The clear smile he sometimes shows.

The sight of him silently wiping away a nosebleed without saying anything.

He couldn’t help but worry about her—

‘I feel bad.’

Crescentio’s brow furrowed with displeasure.

He removed Shuriel’s hand and sat down.

“……Is it okay to tell me all the paths like this? Or does the ‘opening path’ change from time to time?”

“Oh my, are you testing me?”

“…….”

“Well, it doesn’t matter. I guided you here as a sign of my sincerity.”

“Sincerity.”

“Now, I hope you will show your sincerity.”

Shuriel, sitting across from him, leaned towards Crescentio with her arms on the table.

Crescentio stared at her for a moment and took something out of his arms, placing it on the table.

“It’s a relic of Aptanes.”

“Heung…….”

Shuriel picked up the relic and examined it, smiling with an unpleasant expression.

“Certainly. I can feel the dirty and unpleasant traces of Aptanes.”

“…….”

“If we use this to reverse the power of Aptanes, we can do something very interesting. How surprised would people be if the saintess did something terrible that she couldn’t even explain?”

“Are you going to use that to plot a conspiracy and frame the saintess?”

“Hehe, who knows. Anyway, this is enough proof that the priest’s heart to join hands with me is sincere.”

“That’s a relief.”

“But it’s strange. That you, who has the highest divine power in history, are joining hands with me.”

“……Rather, at this point, I can see what others can’t. To survive, you have to grab the right lifeline.”

“Oh my, that’s a really good judgment.”

The world has been heading towards destruction for a long time.

Even if left alone, it would inevitably perish according to its own inertia.

Moreover, it’s not just being left alone.

Shuriel is actively accelerating the process.

“No matter how hard Aptanes’ agent tries to stop it, it’s like trying to block a hole in a dam with the palm of your hand.”

The hole will grow bigger and bigger, unable to withstand the strong current, and eventually—

“In the end, the dam will collapse, and the person who sacrificed his whole body to block the hole will die.”

Shuriel put the relic in her arms and got up from her seat.

“Anyway, it’s good. I hope the priest will also be helpful to Kiyas Edel.”

A red aura formed in Shuriel’s hand.

“I can grant that wish!”

The aura stretched out towards Crescentio, and at that moment, a bright light burst out from Crescentio’s body.

Clang!

A great roar echoed as the condensed divine power and aura collided.

The eardrums were muffled, and the space shook.

Neither force had the property of purifying or crushing the opponent.

A pure battle of strength against strength.

The result was a stalemate.

“Heum.”

Shuriel smiled strangely.

She was surprised that he reacted so quickly to the surprise attack.

“Did you know this would happen? I thought we were in a good mood.”

“I’d rather believe that guy who said he’d let me go home early today than believe in Kiyas Edel.”

“I see. You never intended to join hands with me from the beginning? I’m disappointed.”

“I don’t want to hear the word ‘disappointment’ from someone who attacked me while pretending to join hands.”

“Attack? I was just trying to grant your wish.”

Shuriel smiled brightly. She seemed quite relaxed.

It was understandable.

‘……This is troublesome.’

One of Crescentio’s eyes narrowed.

Even in this place, the aura was strong, putting the other side in a favorable situation.

Moreover, he was even affected by the law of causality [the principle that every event has a cause].

‘The longer I drag this out, the more disadvantageous it will be for me.’

Silver divine power began to gather on Crescentio’s hand.

However.

Koo-oong!

Crescentio’s body was dragged to the stone wall and slammed roughly.

“Cough!”

Before he could even unleash his divine power properly, the red aura that stretched out from the wall dragged him in.

Red lines were crawling and wriggling on the entire stone wall as if they were alive.

And it wasn’t just on the wall.

Red aura wriggled and crawled over Crescentio’s body, binding him.

“You……!”

Crescentio’s eyes widened.

She had cast a spell on the entire room from the beginning.

“Puhut!”

Shuriel laughed and walked towards Crescentio.

Ttok, ttock [sound of footsteps].

“It’s quite a plausible sight. Is it because he’s handsome? Or—”

Green eyes scanned Crescentio up and down as if admiring a work of art.

“—Is it because he’s a celestial being.”

“……!”

“Why are you so surprised? Did you think I was a fool? You didn’t really think I wouldn’t know you were a celestial being.”

Crescentio gritted his teeth and glared at Shuriel.

“If you had stayed quietly in the celestial realm without coming to the human realm in the first place, you would have died comfortably when the world perished. You came here for nothing because of that child.”

“…….”

“Blame that child.”

Shuriel, who was close to him, stroked Crescentio’s cheek with her fingertips.

“It’s a truly tearful sacrifice. Does that ignorant woman even know that you’re trying to help her by sacrificing yourself?”

Shuriel’s finger pressed down on Crescentio’s cheek.

The red aura climbed up his neck and crawled up to his cheek.

The moment Shuriel’s eyes turned yellow,

“Cough……!”

Fragments of the half-destroyed stone wall flowed down, and Crescentio’s body was buried deeper in the stone wall.

Intolerable pain caused pure white wings to stretch out from his back.

The red aura began to crawl over the flawless white wings.

The wings fluttered and tried to drive away the aura, but it was not enough.

“Oh my, how desperate.”

Shuriel sighed sadly.

“The last struggle of a dying life is more beautiful than anything else. I guess that’s true.”

She smiled as she picked up a fallen feather from the wing.

“I wonder what it will be like when that child dies and struggles. Haa, I’m already looking forward to it.”

“You……!”

Crescentio’s pupils narrowed, and divine power burst out.

Shuriel was startled and put up a barrier, but it was a little late.

Red blood droplets formed on her cheek.

Shuriel touched her cut cheek and chuckled.

“I didn’t know you still had that much power left. This is a spell that I made with a lot of effort by killing so many humans.”

There’s no way she would have made a sloppy spell formation to catch a celestial being.

She poured in the lives of countless humans who died in disasters.

Shuriel shook her head as she watched the divine power try to push away the aura that bound her body.

“Why are you wasting your energy on useless things when you know it’s useless?”

Shuriel pressed down on Crescentio’s cheek.

Sharp nails scratched his smooth cheek.

It was the same spot where Shuriel was hurt.

“You can’t cut it with divine power. You’re going to die here.”

Shuriel smiled deeply at the eyes that were burning more fiercely and staring at her.

“I have a good idea. That child cares a lot about the people around her. I think she’s self-centered and selfish, only knowing herself. Well, anyway, Liliel said so?”

“……Don’t tell me!”

“It’s a pretty good shell, so it’s a shame to just absorb the power and disappear. I’ll use the body with only the shell left well. I think that child will like it, right?”

Shuriel’s fingertips began to draw strange patterns.

Crescentio gritted his teeth and struggled, but the aura only tightened more strongly.

The aura swirled and gathered unpleasantly towards the center as the pattern was completed.

It was the moment when the pattern was completed and about to be branded on Crescentio.

Kwaang!

The thick stone wall completely collapsed.

‘What……?’

But it was too early to be surprised.

In an instant, the aura formed in the pattern scattered.

No, it’s not scattering; it’s completely fading.

‘This is……!’

The power of dispelling evil!

Shuriel’s eyes widened.

“I think you’re the one who’s going to die?”

Tooe [sound of spitting].

Luatisha spat and hung her sword crookedly over her shoulder.