Lord Baby Runs A Romance Fantasy With Cash [EN]: Chapter 304

Baby Runs the Romance Fantasy with Cash – Episode 304

☆ Chapter 304 ☆

‘Why… how could this happen?’

Esteban stared blankly at the wedding hall, now a scene of utter chaos.

He couldn’t believe what he was seeing, even with his own eyes.

He had known from the start that Shuriel possessed a strange power.

Even knowing that, he had taken her hand.

No, rather, he had taken her hand precisely because he knew.

Unlike his incompetent aides who were of no help, Shuriel had sufficient power and knew exactly what she wanted.

His father, even after making him the Crown Prince, was not pleased with him.

After Sidrian returned, his gaze became even colder.

But even that Emperor had fallen at Shuriel’s hands.

Everything was going well, and now all that remained for him was to seize absolute power.

Luatisha, too, would eventually fall into his hands, starting today.

Because he was the only one who could embrace her, with her wings broken and having lost everything.

It was supposed to be like that—.

“Your Highness!”

With a great shout, an aura [a magical energy field] burst forth before Esteban’s eyes.

The monster’s arm, which was about to tear Esteban’s body in half, was sliced off.

‘……!’

Only after the monster’s arm fell to the ground did Esteban regain his senses.

‘I almost died just now.’

The smell of death, felt right in front of him, chilled his heart.

He never imagined they would attack him as well.

“Your Highness, pull yourself together!”

The one who had cleanly severed the monster’s limb roughly grabbed Esteban’s arm and pulled him away.

It was Duke Chaim Berg, Esteban’s fencing instructor.

“We, we must escape! Duke Chaim Berg, quickly escort me! We can escape through the secret passage. There won’t be anyone in the passage anyway, so no monsters either—”

Esteban, who was speaking incoherently, paused.

In this urgent situation, Duke Chaim Berg was simply staring at him without moving.

Esteban shouted, his face reddening.

“What are you doing! I am the Crown Prince of this empire and its future! The empire can only be maintained and its lineage continue if I am safe!”

Duke Chaim Berg stared at Esteban for a long time before nodding heavily.

“Understood. Just trust me, Your Highness.”

* * *

‘There’s no end to it.’

He was surprised when he received the list of cultists from Claudia, but facing them directly was truly overwhelming.

‘But the bigger problem is—’

Luatisha’s gaze flicked upwards.

There, a grotesque cocoon made of red membrane throbbed and pulsed.

However, among the evil energies connected to that cocoon, new ones were being added from the outside.

The fanatics were not only here.

‘There won’t be enough manpower to respond outside.’

Luatisha looked at the massive crystals decorating the walls of the hall.

The largest crystal showed the scene of the plaza right in front of the Akalantes Palace.

Numerous people had gathered to watch the Crown Prince’s wedding ceremony.

Other crystals were projecting images of central plazas from various parts of the empire.

These were two-way communication crystals installed to broadcast today’s wedding ceremony.

The crystals installed in the plaza were broadcasting the wedding ceremony live, and the crystals installed on the walls of the wedding hall were broadcasting the scenes of those plazas as a backdrop.

The intention was to create a scene of receiving blessings and congratulations from all the people of the empire.

And.

‘It must have been to vividly show the whole empire the scene of me being framed.’

Should she be thankful that she could see the situation in other places like a control tower thanks to that?

‘The monsterization has already begun in the plaza in front of Akalantes Palace.’

Whether it was fortunate or not, other places were still fine.

It seemed that the influence had not yet reached them because they were far from the cocooned Clatie.

But that meant, in other words,

‘As time passes, monsterization will begin in order from the closest places.’

The only safe place was the Paeraton Territory.

Luatisha’s influence was at its maximum in the Paeraton Territory, so there was no room for cults to intervene.

‘The longer I drag this out, the worse the situation will become.’

It wasn’t just that Clatie was continuing to absorb life force and grow stronger inside the cocoon.

People would fall into greater danger.

Black aura surged more sharply from the tip of Luatisha’s sword.

Kwaang—!

Monsters fell helplessly before the greatsword.

Even so, she felt rushed.

‘What should I do—’

Thud.

Luatisha turned her head at the touch on her shoulder.

“Raphael!”

“If you try to handle everything yourself like that, you’ll miss what’s right in front of you.”

The same composed attitude as always.

“Well, rely on me a little in times like these. What’s the point of having friends?”

Raphael grinned. A slightly mischievous smile.

He had grown up so much that the baby fat had disappeared from his face, and his body was thicker as befitting a swordsman, but that expression was the same as when he was young.

“……What.”

Raphael must have known.

Recently— no, even before that, that Luatisha was struggling with something.

But he never once pried. He didn’t even show that he was upset.

He had simply always been there silently. With a somewhat playful smile.

And he reaches out his hand when it’s needed like this.

“Thank you.”

“You giving such a greeting is a bit creepy.”

Raphael frowned as if he were hearing all sorts of nonsense.

“I do it a lot, you know?”

At Luatisha’s complaint, Raphael smiled and placed his right hand on his chest, bending his knee.

“Then, Your Holiness. I’ll see you later.”

Luatisha bit her lip and looked at him.

It’s not that she didn’t trust Raphael’s skills.

The youngest Sword Master.

It was a title that often appeared in novels, but she realized after being born into the romance fantasy world.

That title was by no means easily obtained.

It was a position that could not be easily obtained even with brilliant talent and bone-grinding effort.

But…….

Then, Raphael opened his mouth.

“Trust—”

“Me.”

How long had they been together?

Luatisha, who immediately knew what Raphael was trying to say and what he was feeling, interrupted him.

“……So you have to see me later. Got it?”

“Yeah.”

“And you trust me too.”

Raphael looked at Luatisha.

“I won’t leave you alone in that dangerous place. Never.”

Raphael smiled. It was the most wonderful smile among the smiles Luatisha had seen from him.

He turned his body and took a step towards the outside as it was.

* * *

“T, thank you, Young Master Delbatren!”

Raphael couldn’t even properly look at the face of the person who was greeting him.

Because another person about to be eaten by a monster came into view right next to him.

Facing monsters was not a difficult task for him.

‘But there are too many of them.’

Even if he drew out his aura to the maximum and defended as wide an area as possible, he only had one body.

On top of that, the monsters were entangled with people.

If he unleashed a wide-range attack, people would die.

Fighting while saving people, not just killing monsters, was not an easy task.

“Hwaaaaaang!”

At the cry of a child sitting down and crying, Raphael hurriedly threw himself.

Kaga gagak—!

The sword, filled with aura, instantly blocked the attacks of as many as three monsters.

Truly an incredible defense!

But.

‘This is……!’

Raphael sensed monsters rushing in from the left and behind.

However, if he removed his sword here, the child would die.

Raphael gritted his teeth.

“Trust.”

Luatisha’s eyes, looking straight at him, flashed before his eyes.

Raphael hadn’t exactly kept his promises with Luatisha.

Even though she told him not to joke around, he kept joking, and he did even more of what she told him not to do.

“……So you have to see me later. Got it?”

“Yeah.”

So wouldn’t she understand even if he couldn’t keep that promise?

Raphael wrapped the child’s body in aura.

His toes pressed firmly against the ground.

Giving up was naturally not an option. He would fight as much as he could.

However, fighting while sparing his body and not getting hurt was—.

Raphael’s hand, holding the hilt of the sword, was filled with strength.

‘Sorry.’

“Haaaaaaat!”

With a shout, aura soared on the sword.

He felt his meridians twisting due to the excessive aura manipulation, but he gritted his teeth and endured it.

Raphael cut down the three monsters that were pressing down on his sword as they were.

He also cut down the left side greatly with powerful force, but he had no choice but to allow the attack coming in from behind.

The monster opened its jaws as if it would tear off Raphael’s head and eat it whole.

It was then.

“Follow the will of the Successor!”

Peok!

With a great shout, the monster’s head exploded.

Raphael turned around.

Felix Kaishen, known as the White Rose Noble, was seen approaching this way with his weapon raised high.

People from the Kaishen family followed behind him.

In their hands were strange weapons of a type he had never seen before.

They resembled a magician’s staff but looked slightly different. Rather, they resembled a clergyman’s crook.

They moved in an orderly fashion as if they knew how to deal with monsters.

The pure white light that burst from the staff wrapped around the monsters like scattered flower petals and restricted their movements.

Raphael watched the scene with a somewhat bewildered feeling.

“I told you. Trust me.”

“I said I wouldn’t leave you alone in a dangerous place, didn’t I?”

It was as if he could hear Luatisha’s voice.

And the mischievous smile she always gave him.

Raphael raised his sword.

‘I can do it.’

He didn’t know why, but the people of the Kaishen family were professionally dealing with monsters.

If he was with them, before Shuriel expanded her territory further and more and more cultists turned into monsters, he could do it faster—.

‘I can stop it.’

It was the moment he thought so.

Kaddeudeuk!

He felt goosebumps.

It felt like he had heard a sound that shouldn’t be heard.

Keureuk, keureureureuk—.

‘What on earth is going on……?’

Raphael turned his head.

The situation inside the wedding hall was reflected in the huge crystal.

The grotesque membrane repeatedly swelled and contracted, gradually increasing in size.

Kwaddeuk!

Hideous lines, like blood vessels, spread across the membrane, and the cocoon soared higher.

Higher, even higher.

The large cocoon floated above the Akalantes Palace like a moon.

And the inside swelled up like a balloon.

Pooshuk—!

In an instant, the cocoon contracted, and a viscous, bright red energy burst out like blood.

It was the moment Raphael frowned at the eerie sight.

“Keuheok……!”

People began to collapse, bleeding black blood from their mouths and noses.

‘Evil energy……!’

Raphael hurriedly circulated his aura to protect his entire body.

However, he also knew that it was only a temporary measure.

“Y, Young Master……. It hurts. H, help me. Save me…….”

People, shedding black blood instead of tears, clung to his feet and begged.

Even the people of the Kaishen family, who seemed to know how to deal with monsters, became sluggish in their movements.

“Kuaaaaaa—!”

In the spreading evil energy, the monsters let out screams as if they had gained new life and played with the fallen people like toys.

‘Damn it.’

The hope that had risen was extinguished in an instant.

‘If this continues, everyone—.’

Then.

Raphael felt a huge shadow cast over his head.

A shadow that seemed to cover even the sun.

‘What other disaster is—’

However, what came into his eyes when he raised his head was completely different from what he had expected.

A huge mystical beast was leaping above him.

The sun was revealed again by that movement, illuminating the mystical beast.

To be exact, the figure of a person standing upright on the mystical beast.

Raphael opened his mouth without realizing it.

He had never once thought that his childhood friend was like a saint.

But now—.

Luatisha, with the shining sun above her head, reached out her hand.

As if casting a quiet curtain of night over the world, the energy of dispelling evil flowed from the saint’s fingertips.

* * *

Luatisha frowned as she watched the membrane repeatedly expand and contract.

‘It’s disgusting.’

But that wasn’t the problem.

‘To spread evil energy like this.’

At this rate, people were going to die because of the evil energy.

Not only innocent ordinary citizens, but also the courageous people who were fighting against the monsters and Clatie.

‘The people inside Crescentio’s barrier will be fine, but…….’

Crescentio was continuing to expand the barrier.

However, it was difficult for people to even reach the barrier.

“Nike!”

A ginni [a magical being] was created in the air at Luatisha’s call.

The gazes of the people inside the hall, who had been exhausted by the appearance of the huge mystical beast, regained their vitality.

Yes, the mystical beast and the Saintess are here.

“Mama!”

Luatisha jumped onto Nike’s back.

“Leap high. I’m going to spread the power of dispelling evil.”

“Woong!”

Nike kicked off with its hind legs as it was. It was a high leap as if it would hit its head on the ceiling as it was.

However, the ceiling was shattered by a single swing of the mystical beast’s forefoot.

Nike, who came out of the hall and landed on the top of the palace, leaped towards the sky once again.

To spread the power of dispelling evil as widely as possible.

“Hermes Jjaek!”

“I’ll make a wind path, Jjaek!”

Hermes Jjaek, who soared up with a flutter, flapped its short wings and busily darted around the mystical beast.

The path that the messenger bird takes is the fastest path.

Through this path, the power of dispelling evil will spread faster, with minimal loss.

‘Good.’

Luatisha took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

The divine power that was only allowed to her.

That powerful force swirled around her entire body and began to spread outwards.

* * *

Clatie, who was crouching inside the cocoon with her eyes closed, opened her eyes with a sparkle.

‘This is…… the power of dispelling evil?’

It was so powerful that it purified the evil energy that had been poured out by feeding on fanatics and humans.

Even the range is wide.

‘……Was she this strong?’

No.

It was definitely not like this when she saved Crescentio before.

‘Then has she gotten stronger in the meantime? How on earth?’

Unlike herself, who was clearly continuing to gather believers, Luatisha was reclusive.

To gain even greater power without doing anything!

Why does Luatisha always get what she wants more easily than herself, who works so hard?

‘How much do you have to torment me to be satisfied!’

The power of dispelling evil could not dwell inside the solid cocoon.

But at this rate, she doesn’t know what will happen.

Clatie bit her lip tightly.