Running the Romance Fantasy with Baby’s Cash, Extra Chapter (15)
Extra Chapter 15
The murderous intent I felt from behind made my nerves tingle.
Cain, who received that intent directly, was, of course, thrilled.
“Ah, it’s been a while since I’ve felt such intense murderous intent. Only Sid can emit this much.”
Cain rose languidly, smiling.
Following his movements, roses bloomed profusely over his well-defined muscles.
‘Seriously… what a showoff.’
Cain approached with a fatal charm.
I stared at him with a cold gaze.
“Isn’t it obvious how I’m here? Darling whispered to me, suggesting we meet in a private room.”
“I didn’t say let’s meet alone! And I didn’t say it was a private room!”
I quickly told the truth, lest Sid misunderstand.
“Darling, are you embarrassed? Your shy side is also cute.”
“Get lost!”
“But bringing another man to our rendezvous… I’m disappointed.”
Cain slowly blinked his long, slit pupils.
“But it’s Sid, so whatever. I’ve always said, I like enjoying things with three—”
Cain couldn’t finish his sentence.
The hand he extended towards me began to freeze white.
Cain grinned.
“I was trying to protect my hands, but it happened so quickly… Sid, you’ve gotten stronger?”
Reddish-black demonic energy flickered around his frozen hand.
But it had no effect.
“Wow, it doesn’t budge.”
“Why is a bastard who should be hiding in some dirty corner of the Demon Realm in the Human Realm?”
“Because Darling missed me and called me.”
I sighed deeply and said to Sid.
“I summoned him in case there was demonic energy. Demons are experts in demonic energy.”
“…Demonic energy?”
Sid’s gaze turned to me.
His purple eyes held a hint of welcome for some reason.
“You felt demonic energy from that bastard?”
“That bastard?”
“That butterfly or swallow or whatever.”
…A butterfly isn’t a swallow.
Rather, Cain feels more like a swallow.
“Butterflies have nothing to do with demonic energy.”
The welcome disappeared from Sid’s eyes.
No, was that something to be happy about?
“It seems like Clattier’s soul has possessed Cheria.”
“What?”
“There’s no proof yet, though.”
“If Master thinks so, it must be true.”
Sid wrapped his arm around my shoulder.
“You should have told me sooner. My power is for Master.”
“I only found out recently…”
Right after finding out, I strangely couldn’t spend time with Sid.
“Let’s get out of here for now.”
“Hmm? Why are we leaving?”
“I want to be alone with you.”
Sid whispered as he brushed my hair back.
I somehow couldn’t focus.
How can he look so handsome even from this angle?
And why does he smell so good?
“W-wait a minute! You’re not just going to leave, are you? You have to unfreeze me!”
I thought I heard someone desperately shouting from behind.
“Is this a new game? That sounds good, but your skin is necrotizing? What did you do to the ice?”
But I couldn’t hear well.
“Hey, Darling?”
Thud.
As soon as the door closed, Sid pushed me against the wall and kissed me.
Hot and dizzying.
* * *
“So?”
My friends leaned in, making chin rests with their hands.
“What happened after you rushed out of the banquet hall yesterday?”
“Nothing happened… Nothing special.”
I avoided my friends’ gazes and mumbled vaguely.
“Nothing special, but how did your hair get so messed up?!”
“And your lipstick is smudged!”
“Smudged? I fixed it all—”
I realized what I was saying.
My friends were looking at me with narrowed eyes.
“Aha.”
“You did something that smudged your lipstick?”
“What could that have been~?”
“What did someone who always eats so neatly do?”
“…”
I was completely caught.
I pressed my lips together and then smiled.
“I did something amazing.”
My friends’ eyes widened.
I stood up from my seat.
“I should start getting ready soon. It’s almost time.”
“What? You have to tell us what amazing thing you did!”
“Are you going to make His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress wait?”
At my words, my friends reluctantly got up from their seats.
“Tell them when you get back that the rumor about two men fighting over me is false.”
“Hmm? It doesn’t seem completely false, though?”
“Yeah. It was fun watching it live at the banquet hall yesterday.”
I shook my head at my friends’ teasing.
Everyone seemed sad to leave like this, so they said something.
“It’s a shame. I want to stay a little longer.”
“Don’t be too sad. I’ll be going to the capital soon, too.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, I have some work to take care of directly at the temple.”
An administrative saint has a lot to do.
Of course, separately from that.
“I have something to wrap up in the capital.”
“…?”
My friends tilted their heads.
But I didn’t answer and just smiled.
“But that man named Nabi is coming to the capital with you, right?”
…Huh?
“He has to come with you.”
“Yeah, it makes my eyes happy to see a handsome man without a partner for once.”
“More than anything, that man has the scent of a research subject.”
“…You guys.”
Are you sad about parting with me, or are you sad about not seeing Nabi?
“Come to think of it.”
Tiriel opened her mouth as if she had remembered something.
“I thought I saw someone who looked like Cain from behind last night.”
“N-no way! That kind of back view is common!”
At my words, Tiriel frowned.
“Common… It’s not easy to mistake that perfect back view…”
“Speaking of Cain, I also think of Crescentio.”
“Ah, I want to see both of them.”
I was sweating profusely.
The reason I told Cain to meet me in my private lounge was all because of this.
The moment Cain showed up at the banquet hall, my innocent friends would be charmed by the demon again!
In the meantime, we arrived at the main gate.
Just in time, my dad and grandpa came out with the imperial couple.
The Emperor, who found me, turned to this side.
“Luatisha.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I, ahem, I’m sorry.”
The Emperor coughed awkwardly with an embarrassed face.
“I had unnecessary misunderstandings. Even though I know you’re not that kind of child.”
“No, it’s natural that you might do that with a heart that cherishes your child.”
“I, I’m not that much of a fool for my child! It’s not that pathologically severe! I’m definitely not more than Duke Paeraton…!”
The Emperor shouted with his face flushed red.
“…?”
Isn’t he making excuses because he’s too startled?
As I looked at the Emperor with doubtful eyes, the Empress called me.
“My dear.”
“Your Majesty the Empress.”
“Flowers have bloomed in the Imperial Palace for you. I’ve redone all the interior design to your liking, and I’ve prepared all the clothes and accessories so you can just come.”
“…I think you do that interior design every year.”
The Empress held my hand tightly.
“The Imperial Palace is always open to you. If you’re worried about living with your in-laws, we can step aside.”
The Emperor was shocked at those words.
“What…! Where are the Emperor and Empress going, leaving the Imperial Palace!!”
“Your Majesty, please be quiet!”
The Empress, who silenced the Emperor with a single blow, made serious eye contact with me.
“Our Sid is much better than that man.”
Her Majesty the Empress told me something so obvious and then got on the carriage gracefully.
“Oh, right, my dear. This is a gift.”
Before leaving, Her Majesty the Empress handed me a box.
When I opened the box.
〈The Joy of Honeymoon〉
〈The Perfect Honeymoon Destination Recommendation〉
〈How to Use Saint Luatisha’s Medal – Advanced Edition〉
“…”
There were so many books that felt really sincere in many ways.
* * *
After seeing off my friends and the imperial couple.
I went into my room.
Cain glared at me with an unusually sulky face.
“Sorry.”
“How could you do that? You almost completely cut off my hands and feet.”
I almost had a big problem because I froze Cain and completely forgot about him.
Sid’s ice isn’t ordinary ice.
“I’m sorry.”
I felt sorry since I was in a position to ask for help.
How surprised must Cain have been to abandon his usual smooth attitude and get so angry.
“Yeah, you should be sorry.”
“Yeah, sorry.”
“You should be most sorry to Darling yourself.”
…Huh?
“You have to cherish my hands. They’re hands that can make Darling very happy.”
Doesn’t he ever get tired?
I pushed away Cain’s hand that was digging into my waist.
Cain smiled languidly.
“Of course, it was thrilling because it was a different experience. Is this the pleasure of being ignored and neglected?”
“Then should I do it one more time? I can freeze even your windpipe this time.”
With those words, Sid came into the room.
Raphael was with him.
I tilted my head at the unexpected combination.
“How did you two come together?”
“This guy followed me. Why aren’t you going back to the capital?”
“I can’t go back knowing there’s danger near my friend.”
Raphael was there when I talked about Cain and Cheria’s identities before.
He seemed worried as much as he was there.
“Thank you, Raphael.”
“If you’re thankful, don’t do anything dangerous.”
Raphael ruffled my hair.
But he was immediately stopped by Sid.
I looked around me.
Sid, Cain, and Raphael.
‘If you look at everyone’s abilities, they couldn’t be more outstanding.’
All three of them will be a great help this time.
Then Raphael asked.
“But is it okay not to tell the Duke or the Young Duke?”
“I don’t want to tell my family if possible.”
“Why?”
“I don’t want to worry them.”
“Suddenly?”
“I’ll never worry you. So you can always rest assured wherever I am, whatever I do.”
I said firmly.
‘Because after I finish this—.’
I glanced at Sid.
Our eyes met right away.
A face that seemed to have been looking at me without ever taking his eyes off me.
His appearance in a wedding dress overlapped on that face.
“Luatisha?”
“Anyway! I want to handle it without my family knowing.”
Hot.
I opened my mouth, hiding my red cheeks.
“Then let’s talk about Clattier first!”
* * *
“If Clattier has possessed Cheria’s body, you may not be able to feel the demonic energy.”
“It was like that before.”
It was like that with Shuriel.
Shuriel, the result of the fusion of Liliel’s split ego and Clattier.
I couldn’t feel the demonic energy back then either.
“The problem is that the demonic energy will be weaker now than it was then. It’ll be harder to detect.”
“If it’s Clattier who possessed her, not Liliel, it’ll be even harder to catch the demonic energy.”
“If you can’t catch the demonic energy—.”
I took Sid’s words.
“—You can’t separate Cheria and Clattier.”
“…”
“…”
Silence filled the room.
I thought of Cheria.
Not Cheria possessed by Clattier, but the real ‘Cheria’.
She was just a girl who didn’t know anything.
Even though she suddenly fell into great danger and escaped with romantic fantasies, she knew how to look back on it and fix it right away.
She’s a bit of an airhead, but that’s also a positive and lively girl.
A very, very ordinary girl.
“I have no choice.”
I sighed deeply.
Cain’s face distorted as he realized what I was thinking.
“No. No. There must be another way! You can just kill that girl, right?”
I lightly ignored Cain’s nonsense.
“I have no choice but to call Crescentio.”
I thought of the face of the elegant, shy, and easily embarrassed angel.